Sentences with phrase «many urban students»

More than 90 % of urban students finish high school.

What I also realize because of the background that many students, inner city students or even urban students, like the Hopi reservation or any other, they come from heavily compromised backgrounds, family backgrounds; either it's drugs in the neighborhood or family or single parent homes whatever.

I'm going to focus on the development of students» academic discourse as a high - leverage instructional practice that contributes to deeper learning, one in which our urban students need particular explicit instruction.

The majority of urban students in about half the states fail to meet even minimum national standards in mathematics, reading, and science, finds the report, Quality Counts» 98, scheduled for release Jan. 8.

This is the only way deeper learning will mean educational equity for urban students.

Urban students in grades seven and eight who were engaged in the LeTUS inquiry - based science curriculum demonstrated higher standardized test scores than students engaged in traditional instruction in a sample of 5,000 students.

A former middle school teacher, Francois came to the Ed School to explore school sites that support urban students of color well.

While it is reasonable to extrapolate the findings to other urban students who are similar to New York City applicants, we would argue against these results being applied to students who differ substantially from applicants to the charter schools.

Urban students in grades 3 - 5 received inquiry - science instruction.

«The first time we brought our small - town, somewhat sheltered kids together with the urban students — most of whom live in the shadows of Chicago's skyscrapers but have never once been to the heart of the Loop or a major museum — one of them pondered, «What are the real differences between life in Effingham and life in Chicago?»»

Despite the diversity of their experiences, they share a deep commitment to bringing high - quality education to urban students.

At both schools — one in our city and one in Los Angeles — educators saw blended learning as a way to custom - tailor the school experience for urban students whose backgrounds and learning needs varied widely.

Their perceptions of Hispanic and black urban students: They «do not work hard enough to improve their life circumstances.»

Garcia brings to the council an understanding of the struggles faced by many urban students.

For example, urban students generally have higher achievement levels than rural / remote students.

Thomas J. Kane, «The cost of the charter school cap: Evidence shows low - income, urban students pay the price» CommonWealth Magazine, October 5, 2016.

Despite these efforts and the Annenberg philanthropy devoted to them, the academic performance needle for most urban students barely moved.

His experience has been helping urban students with a history of failure, indifference to 6 F's on a report card, lack of parental support, and low skill level rise to consistent success.

Mandy Savitz - Romer's professional experience has allowed her to link research to practice in the field of school counseling, specifically as it relates to college access and retention for urban students.

Wendy Kopp, the founder of Teach for America and a personal hero of mine, speaks of the ingredients (frequent assessment, high energy, vision, etc) teachers need to achieve great success with poor, urban students, yet there is nary a mention of special ed in her latest book.

When you have four RCTs — studies meeting the gold standard of research design — and all four of them agree that charters are of enormous benefit to urban students, you would think everyone would agree that charters should be expanded and supported, at least in urban areas.

We were concerned, though, that despite applications of the best reform initiatives, too many of our students still did not achieve to their potential; that authentic learning (which we believe so critical to urban student success) was largely missing; and that the fundamental issue of how to teach critical thinking was rarely addressed as an integrated element of instruction.

Their research interests include the effects of childhood exposure to violence, parenting practices across cultures, college access for urban students, and promoting resiliency in children.

A consortium of big - city school districts and businesses were scheduled to announce this week plans to create a national distance - learning network that would make those educational experiences — and many more — possible for urban students.

«I chose Harvard because I knew I would learn to create and implement structural reforms benefitting urban students that align with my teaching philosophy.»

And it is at reach of almost any Brazilian urban student, representing a powerful example of how collective intelligence works.

The council's Beating the Odds VI report, a city - by - city analysis of student performance, recently revealed that urban students» scores on state assessments in reading and math as well as on the more rigorous federal test — the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)-- are rising, with urban students making the most gains in mathematics.

It basically results in a charter movement that is designed to serve certain urban students with no - excuses - type schools.

Our results should be helpful for many policymakers who are concerned about urban students like those we study.

The urban students in this study were encouraged to select books that were slightly above their current reading level, and researchers continually assessed the appropriateness of the challenge through conferences with each student during every session.

It provides yet another piece of evidence suggesting that urban students benefit when afforded more educational options.

At Blackstone Valley Prep, analysis of the suburban and urban students» scores on the 2013 state exams measuring proficiency in reading and math offers 80 different snapshots, by grade, subject and family income, with Blackstone students faring better than their peers on nearly all.

But for many years, it has meant just that, as minority urban students have made do with out - of - date textbooks, leaking school roofs, and substandard school libraries.

Under Bob's leadership, Envision Education put in practice a highly successful redesign model that has opened a path to college and college retention for underserved urban students at Envision's three Bay Area arts and technology high schools.

In states like Colorado, where charters are perceived as public schools serving local students, advocates may find they can build bipartisan support, especially in light of traditional conservative support for charter schools and the sector's continued focus on serving disadvantaged, urban students, which appeals to liberals.

Another program, Project Choice, gives families of urban students the opportunity to choose to have their children bused to suburban schools.

Their summary of the sector's academic outcomes, which draws heavily on a series of studies by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University, is likewise relatively uncontroversial: there is a positive achievement effect for poor, nonwhite, urban students, but suburban and rural charters come up short, as do online charters, about which the authors duly report negative findings.

To the contrary, rural students consistently do less well in college on a variety of outcomes (readiness for credit - bearing courses, grades, rate of progress, graduation) than urban students from similar income groups.

Voucher programs narrowly targeted to income - disadvantaged urban students reach a particular student population that appears to benefit most from access to private schooling.

Enlisting the Community to Promote Achievement Concerned that many urban students, especially African - American ones, were underachieving in school, Hugh B. Price made community involvement in local schools a focus of his tenure at the National Urban League as well as the subject of a book.

These participation trends are not surprising, since most voucher programs are targeted to low - income urban students or students with disabilities.

Now compare this to CREDO's urban charter school study, which found that urban students enrolled in charter schools gained.07 standard deviations relative to their peers in district schools in one year.

Helping Urban Students Succeed Judy Farmer, the new chairwoman of the board of directors of the Council of the Great City Schools, thinks urban schools are doing a lot right, and more joint efforts by educators and communities can lead to greater gains.

Amistad Academy Using chants, rewards, consequences, and lots of hard work, staff members at Amistad Academy charter school in New Haven, Connecticut, are helping urban students set and meet goals.

New Chancellor Committed to Urban Students Michelle Rhee only spent a few years as a classroom teacher, but during that time she developed a passion for helping underprivileged students.

Charter advocates in Massachusetts sought to increase the number of urban students who can enroll in charters, and the state had several well - qualified charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» unions.

Findings demonstrate that a standards - based, inquiry science curriculum can lead to standardized achievement test gains in historically underserved urban students, when the curriculum is highly specified, developed, and aligned with professional development and administrative support.

Twenty - five years after the first charter law was enacted in Minnesota, the public charter school sector has helped spark significant public education improvements, particularly for urban students and students of color.

Facts and Figures About College Enrollment for Rural vs. Urban Students Question: Are rural students more or less likely than their urban peers to attend college?

We offer pathways to success to urban students who otherwise might not have access to both formal arts training and a college preparatory education.