Sentences with phrase «magnet schools by»

This year, Malloy's budget underfunds Connecticut's public magnet schools by $ 50 million dollars and yet provides more than enough money for Connecticut's charter schools.

All of MSA's directors have not only been catalysts for change in their own communities, they are leading a national dialogue and creating strategies for magnet schools by improving educational environments now that lead us into the future.

After an intense application process, New Century has been named as one of only 55 nationally certified magnet schools by Magnet Schools of America.

In some cases, charters are run as magnet schools by universities and colleges.

• What is the prevalence of magnet schools by state?

You get into magnet schools by accumulating points.

The department wants to cut funding for each magnet school by 6.5 percent beginning next school year.

Not exact matches

Along with the goodies offered by my fellow panelists, I'll be giving away a bunch of cool Lunch Tray magnets (featuring a tiny reproduction of a vintage school lunch poster) as well as two vintage lunch trays.

«We have established proof of principle that it is possible to produce ankle block in the rat by intravenous injection of magnetic nanoparticles associated with ropivacaine and magnet application at the ankle,» write Dr Venkat R.R. Mantha and colleagues of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

In a whole - school magnet, the entire school population is there by choice.

A «blueprint» he proposed in year two, as achievement lagged, increased the hours of literacy training, with additional time and summer school for those falling behind, and added more programs for the same purpose, to be paid for by centralizing control of Title I funds and eliminating other programs (such as some magnet schools).

Under the plan, unanimously approved by the board late last month, the busing program will be replaced by a voluntary integration program making extensive use of new magnet schools.

In the absence of race - based constraints, some reform efforts that aim to improve school quality, such as charter schools, open enrollment, magnet schools, and vouchers, may intensify segregation by income, race, or achievement (see «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, Summerschools, open enrollment, magnet schools, and vouchers, may intensify segregation by income, race, or achievement (see «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, Summerschools, and vouchers, may intensify segregation by income, race, or achievement (see «A Closer Look at Charter Schools and Segregation,» check the facts, SummerSchools and Segregation,» check the facts, Summer 2010).

Using the theme as a base, the magnet school seeks to enhance it by building family and community partnerships.

When the K - 12 magnet school, which enrolls about 400 students, recently had to replace its principal, the new administrator was not chosen by the central office from its promotion list.

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New American High Schools Make the Grade Whether a comprehensive high school, a magnet school, a small pilot school, or a restructured vocational - technical school — the Department of Education's 30 «New American High Schools» have been transformed by research - based reform strategies.

The lottery study corroborates these results, as students admitted to the G&T magnet schools show little improvement in test scores by 7th grade, despite having higher - achieving peers and being taught by more effective teachers.

April 7, 2016 — To better meet the unique needs of different students, urban districts are increasingly expanding the options available to families by providing a variety of public schools: traditional, magnet, charter, and hybrid models.

The scant magnet school literature is largely focused on two issues: a) their achievement effects [2] and b) their effects on socioeconomic or racial segregation [3](by far the largest focus of the extant research).

We are limited by the quality of the CCD indicators on magnet schools.

Under the terms of a court settlement reached with the aid of a nationally known desegregation researcher, the San Francisco Unified School District will open a currently unused facility to house the entire student body of a magnet middle school affected by the district's asbestos - cleanup prSchool District will open a currently unused facility to house the entire student body of a magnet middle school affected by the district's asbestos - cleanup prschool affected by the district's asbestos - cleanup program.

Finally, the Supreme Court, responding to one of many state appeals, decreed in 1995 by a 5 — 4 vote that Judge Clark could not impose a program of magnet schools to attract white students from the suburbs.

L.A. currently operates 15 magnet schools and 173 magnet programs, many hosted by conventional public schools.

Under the agreement approved by the two sides, Connecticut was to open two new magnet schools in the Hartford area each year between 2003 and 2007.

Instead of cutting staff, however, the district is trying to hold on to more students by expanding its popular magnet - school programs, adding thousands of new seats for 2016 — 17.

Instead of focusing on remedying the harm done to those black schoolchildren injured by segregation, the District Court here sought to convert the Kansas City, Mo., School District into a «magnet district» that would reverse the «white flight» caused by desegregation.

In fact, many magnets are the victims of their own success: by the 1990s most neighborhood schools had the science labs and computer technology that had once made magnets unique.

The New York City school system's magnet - schools admissions procedure appears to offer students a choice of schools without leading to increased segregation by race or class, a new study asserts.

A number of them were products of the country's efforts to desegregate — and integrate — its public - education system, prompted by court orders, civil rights enforcers and activists, or federal «magnet school» dollars.

But we already have selective - admissions magnet schools (of the sort profiled recently by Checker Finn and Jessica Hockett in Exam Schools) and I don't remember many reformers calling for their aboschools (of the sort profiled recently by Checker Finn and Jessica Hockett in Exam Schools) and I don't remember many reformers calling for their aboSchools) and I don't remember many reformers calling for their abolition.

The case was brought last month by the parents of three white preschoolers who were denied admission to next fall's kindergarten class at the Arlington Traditional School, a countywide magnet school serving about 300 students in grades School, a countywide magnet school serving about 300 students in grades school serving about 300 students in grades K - 5.

A federal judge ruled last week that the Arlington County, Va., school system was violating the U.S. Constitution by using racial preferences to admit students to its three magnet schools.

An article by Christine Rossell that appeared in the Spring 2005 issue of Ed Next looked at the history of magnet schools in the U.S. and changes in their admissions policies over time.

Using a complicated formula approved by the court, the state funds magnet schools that accept students from several different districts (at a minimum there must be two) at a per - pupil rate that increases as the number of districts sending students increases — an attempt to bring central - city minority students and white suburban students together in the same school.

The ESD data include charter schools, traditional public schools, and selective - admissions magnet schools run by the Detroit Public School (DPS) system.

By 1981, there were some 1,000 such magnet schools in the United States; by 1991, there were over 2,40By 1981, there were some 1,000 such magnet schools in the United States; by 1991, there were over 2,40by 1991, there were over 2,400.

The directory published by the Magnet Schools Association of America lists more than 3,000 magnet or theme - based schools as mSchools Association of America lists more than 3,000 magnet or theme - based schools as mschools as members.

William Maestri, offers an alternate explanation: «We believe that schools are magnets of hope in the midst of despair, and by reopening them, you ensure that people will come back.»

The Senate, by voice vote, has passed a bill that would end the ban on the teaching of secular humanism in programs funded by federal magnet - school money.

These chosen district schools largely comprise the country's 2,722 «magnet» schools (according to 2011 data), most of which offer themed programs and were originally designed to encourage desegregation by attracting a multi-racial clientele.

Despite the greater exclusivity and resource advantages enjoyed by magnet schools, parental satisfaction with magnet schools and the other district schools of choice is no greater — and may be less — than the level of satisfaction of parents with a child at a charter school.

This can be inferred from other surveys conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, which have found that 2011 — 12 enrollments in magnet schools constitute 2.1 million students, slightly more than the 1.8 million students attending charter schools.

Unlike charter schools, which usually must admit students by lottery if they are over-subscribed, many magnet schools have admission standards.

That implies that two - thirds of the 9 percent of all students said by parents to be attending a chosen district school are attending magnet schools.

This type of strategy is not seen as harmful by the district because it helps them «launder» their school grades — the magnet students artificially boost the school metrics and the district can take credit for the «improving» school grades.

According to the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of 2011 — 12, a nationally representative survey of schools conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, 28 percent of magnet schools give admissions preferences to academically gifted students, three times the rate of charter sSchools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of 2011 — 12, a nationally representative survey of schools conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, 28 percent of magnet schools give admissions preferences to academically gifted students, three times the rate of charter sschools conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, 28 percent of magnet schools give admissions preferences to academically gifted students, three times the rate of charter sschools give admissions preferences to academically gifted students, three times the rate of charter schoolsschools.

They do not seek to award a scarce commodity on the basis of merit, for they are not magnet schools; rather, by design and in practice, they offer substantially equivalent academic programs and electives.

While intra / inter-district transfer programs and magnet schools present more choices to families, it is important to consider the following key features adopted from a recent research brief by Kara S. Finnigan and Jennifer Jellison Holme to ensure equal access and equity of participation.

While many public school choice options can be considered by states — including open enrollment policies and magnet schools — the most prominent public school choice policy is charter schools.