Sentences with phrase «into specialized high schools»

«We have to enhance the number of black and Latino kids who can get into the specialized high schools, so they can move onto stellar careers,» said state Sen. Jeffrey Klein (D - Bronx), who is pushing the project.

I hope that funds from the proposal are concentrated more in those districts where the fewest students have access to the type of gifted and talented programs that feed into the specialized high schools,» said Carole Brown, member of Stuyvesant Black Alumni Diversity Initiative, Stuyvesant High School Class of 1981, Fordham University» 85, Columbia University «90.

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Look into options in your region — you may be able to take specialized courses in high school that enhance your eligibility for apprenticeship.

November 4, 2011 — As the high school football season heads into the playoff stretch and upcoming winter sports season begins The Pennsylvania Athletic Trainers» Society (PATS), announced today that it has partnered with Sport Safety International; a medical consulting firm that specializes in providing expert advice in the area of sport safety and injury prevention, to help introduce «Concussion Wise ™» an online concussion education program designed for athletic trainers, coaches, parents, athletes and other health care professionals.

On topic questions included: what defines a «community school», whether community schools are only located in low - income neighborhoods, whether there is a plan to extend universal pre-K to three year olds, how much more expensive community schools are to operate than «regular» schools, why was the UFT not at this announcement, whether academic gains are expected from community schools and how will such gains be measured, what programs are added to «regular» schools as they are converted into «community» schools, potential changes to the admissions process for specialized high schools and whether the seats announced today are new programs or new spaces.

The lawmakers» action comes as enrollment numbers published Friday by the Education Department show even fewer black and Hispanic kids got into the city's elite specialized high schools in 2016.

But the Department of Education plans to move a high school without specialized admissions requirements from elsewhere in Manhattan into the space instead, said Lenny Speiller, the DOE's executive director of public affairs.

The cram schools prepare children for the next school year and school entrance exams, giving them a leg up into gifted classes and, hopefully, into one of New York City's specialized public high schools.

Chris Whittle launched Edison Schools in 1991, having already prospered with «Channel One,» which introduced a specialized (and commercialized) television news show into U.S. high sSchools in 1991, having already prospered with «Channel One,» which introduced a specialized (and commercialized) television news show into U.S. high schoolsschools.

Programs range from Stanford Online High School to specialized dropout prevention high schools run in partnership with community - based nonprofits toRocketship, which plows savings from technology into extended learning opportunities and higher teacher salaries, to the North Carolina Virtual Public School, a signature program of Democratic Governor Bev Purdue (launched when she was the state's Lt. GovernHigh School to specialized dropout prevention high schools run in partnership with community - based nonprofits toRocketship, which plows savings from technology into extended learning opportunities and higher teacher salaries, to the North Carolina Virtual Public School, a signature program of Democratic Governor Bev Purdue (launched when she was the state's Lt. Governhigh schools run in partnership with community - based nonprofits toRocketship, which plows savings from technology into extended learning opportunities and higher teacher salaries, to the North Carolina Virtual Public School, a signature program of Democratic Governor Bev Purdue (launched when she was the state's Lt. Governor).

They are, however, associated with higher standards for entry into the teaching profession, higher teacher salaries (30 to 34 percent higher for secondary - school teachers), and teachers who are more likely to specialize in one subject in middle school and to have majored in the subjects they teach.

Secretary DeVos is right when she says that American state schools appear to have grown accustomed to being in receive mode, waiting for orders from on high as to what they are to do next; while independent schools continue to enjoy their autonomy and capacity for innovation, which was once a rationale for the charter sector as well, but that sector has lost its vitality since philanthropists suborned leading educational entrepreneurs into specializing in test prep, so impatient did they become to see the effects of their spending reflected in national test score reports, an improvement that has not been forthcoming.

This is a stressful time for many urban eighth - grade students and parents who are considering high school options, and hearing from public schools about acceptances into selective or other specialized programs.

Since 1976, Catapult Learning has been providing supplemental instructional services to schools across the country, bringing highly - trained teachers and high - quality curriculum into schools to help with specialized programs such as Title I intervention and summer school.