Sentences with phrase «language learners enroll»

This presentation looks at the rates in which children who are Hispanic and / or English language learners enroll in preschool and the impact of pre-K on their learning outcomes.

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Even though Pioneer is considered a «high - needs school» and enrolls a large number of English language learners and children of immigrants, every student gets a chance to learn in Jones» high - tech classroom.

The measure also would require charters — publicly funded but privately managed schools — to enroll special - education students and English - language learners at rates comparable to traditional public schools in their districts.

It also requires charters to enroll a number of English - language learners and special - education students comparable to traditional public schools, and to adopt a code of ethics to prevent business conflicts.

With 46 schools across Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens, Success Academy enrolls 15,500 students, primarily low - income children of color in disadvantaged neighborhoods: 75 % of students receive free or reduced - price lunch, 87 % are children of color, 16 % are children with disabilities, and 8 % are English language learners.

This will also help charter schools, like Eva Moskowitz's Success Academies, that seek to enroll more English - language learners or students from other underserved subgroups.

The poor, the disabled, English language learners, and the academically struggling should be given clear and unambiguous rights to enroll in all schools, and schools should be obligated to serve them and held accountable for serving them well.

For instance, Newark charter schools enroll less than half the percentage of special education students and English language learners as the Newark public schools.

schools must enroll special education students and English language learners at rates similar to the district as a whole

More than 11 million school - age children speak a language other than English at home, and Texas enrolls the second largest population of K - 12 English language learners.

Scholars also enroll in a course focusing exclusively on teaching English language learners in the content areas in order to prepare them to support English development in the mathematics classroom.

For example, a 2010 New York state charter school law requiring charter schools to mimic the demographics of the surrounding neighborhood — implemented to address gaps in English language learner and special education enrollment at charter schools — might mean, if enforced, that a school in upper Manhattan's District 6 would need to enroll a student population in which 98 percent are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, a commonly used measure of low - income status.64

This amendment might have even incentivized schools to try to recruit and enroll more English language learners in order to lock down that funding, as well as to increase overall diversity of the school (schools are penalized if they are not composed of at least 25 % and at most 75 % minority students).

As voters decide whether to allow more charter schools, a Globe review has found that the schools enroll English - language learners at much lower rates than those in traditional systems, even as many charter schools have been stepping up efforts to recruit more of the students.

Merriman said charters around the city are working on initiatives to enroll more kids with disabilities and English language learners, including online applications in many languages and charter schools designed for kids with autism.

The network enrolls higher percentages of students with disabilities and English language learners compared to the city and the state.

Grant recipients all enroll special education students and English - language learners at rates comparable to district schools as a whole.

Furthermore, specialty schools, including charter schools, are not all required to enroll students with special needs, including English language learners and students with disabilities, thus providing «choice» for only some children and families.

-- Paterson district schools enroll nearly twice the percentage of low - income students (90 percent vs. 46 percent) and almost 10 times the percentage of English language learners (19 percent vs. 2 percent) as Paterson's charter schools.

But the impact is deeply personal: Students with disabilities, English language learners and other disadvantaged students are less likely to be enrolled in a charter school, and more likely to be kicked out if they do enroll.

Scholars also enroll in a course focusing exclusively on teaching English language learners in order to prepare them to support English development in the science classroom.