Sentences with phrase «including rocketship»

He said Bobb had received a number of contacts from «successful national operators,» including Rocketship Education, which runs several schools in San Jose, Calif..

Earlier this year, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson ruled that charters can not require volunteer hours after a report by Public Advocates found that a third of charters illegally required forced work hours (including Rocketship).

Many schools around the United States have already adopted the rotation model of blended learning, including Rocketship Education, which is a charter public school system for low - income students.

Examples, if you can stand them, include Rocketship X-M, The Phantom Planet, and exactly one other cosmic Earth - uber - alles flick for each particle in the known universe.

Earlier investments of nearly $ 3 million in this personalized learning portfolio include Rocketship, a national network of blended learning schools seeking to eliminate the achievement gap in low - income neighborhoods, New York City's School of One blending learning model upon which New Classrooms is based, and CFY, a national nonprofit organization that runs the acclaimed online learning platform, PowerMyLearning.com, which provides students, teachers, parents and school leaders with free online access to pre-screened digital learning activities produced by third parties, as well as consumer ratings.

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The two included Little People characters can enjoy a spinning rocketship ride, zoom down the curvy slide in a fast car or ride the spinning teacups.

As for the voices included in the story, six of the nine Rocketship sources contacted me to express their frustration over how NPR's blogger mischaracterized their comments (more on that below).

Before becoming CEO of Rocketship, Preston had numerous roles including teacher, principal, director of schools, VP Bay Area and chief achievement officer.

They included schools run by Aspire, Rocketship Education, Summit, Alliance College - Ready Public Schools and KIPP.

They include other information about charter schools and Rocketship.

However, Rocketship, a private corporation, has pursued a secretive path, hiding important board material from the public view, including this MOU.

It is particularly known for its bare - bones curricular focus on standardized test scores in reading and math, its use of computer - based «learning labs» that cut down costs, and its promotion of the Rocketship brand — including a daily pep rally where students chant that they are «Rocketship Rocketeers.»

Morgan Hill Unified outlines the core issues with Rocketship, including high teacher to student ratios, tiny property for such a large number of students, questionable education practices, and issues with teacher credentialling.

We ran additional analysis, using the definition provided in the charter petition to Morgan Hill Unified, and found that at best, Rocketship is in the top 12 %, as compared to all schools in California (including continuation schools, a comparison that strikes us as less than flattering).

Every Child Ready is used at AppleTree's 10 preschools, including the preschools we operate in partnerships with Rocketship, Democracy Prep and Achievement Prep charter schools in D.C..

Rocketship lost a lawsuit contesting the County's zoning exemption of the Tamien site, and to make matters worse, four local school districts (including Alum Rock) filed suit against Rocketship's petition to open 20 new schools.

In December 2011, Rocketship won approval to open 20 new schools in Santa Clara County, including the Jackson St site.

She has served in many leadership roles at turnaround schools and high - performing charter networks, including Achievement First and Rocketship.

The book includes great advice from many Aspire blended learning teachers, and shares key insights from blended learning leaders across the country, including folks at the KIPP Foundation, Summit Public Schools, Rocketship Education, E. L. Haynes Public Charter School, the Alliance College - Ready Public Schools, Cornerstone Charter Schools (Detroit), Highline Public Schools (Washington), Mastery Schools and FirstLine Schools.

The report includes profiles on Rocketship Mateo Sheedy: Top elementary school in the region for Latino API and Aspire Phoenix Academy: Fourth highest - performing high school in the region for % of Latino students who graduate in 4 years eligible for a state university.

Rocketship is currently exploring potential partnerships with cities including Denver, Chicago, Tulsa, Okla., Houston, and Phoenix, to open 30 new schools by 2015.

Rocketship offers professional development to new teachers, including mentorship from administrators and more experienced teachers.

The donors listed on Rocketship's website include mostly individual and collective venture capitalists and non-profit organizations.

The main draw is the collection of cool playground equipment, including slides built into a hillside, climbing ropes, a new - age merry - go - round, and a four - story rocketship tower.

Jon's resume includes doing storyboards at Danny Antonucci's A.K.A. Cartoons for Cartoon Networks Ed, EDD and EDDY, character design / development for Marv Newland's International Rocketship, animating on an R.E.M. video, lead animation on Disney's «The Buzz on MAggie» as well as Warner Brothers hit show Mucha Lucha.