Sentences with phrase «new graduation policy»

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New York State Senate Democratic Policy Group Initiatives Would Help Over 1.3 Million New Yorkers; Make Higher Education More Affordable by Reducing Student Loan Debt, Increasing Savings For Families, Expanding Access to College Credit for High School Students Initiatives to Enhance Readiness and Increase Graduation Rates and Employment Will Help More New Yorkers Achieve College Success

The new Regulatory Task Force on Academic Policy, which is being led by Phil Weinberg, the deputy chancellor for teaching and learning, will report twice a year on how closely schools are complying with graduation requirements.

As Reckhow and others have noted, the focus in grant making has been on pushing new approaches and broader policy changes that might indirectly foster improvement in high schools — through higher standards, stronger graduation requirements, and better teacher training.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new study of the Chicago Public Schools» (CPS) double - dose algebra policy for struggling 9th grade students — the first such study to examine long - term impacts of this intervention — has found substantial improved outcomes for intensive math instruction on college entrance exam scores, high school graduation rates, and college enrollment rates.

Northeast Charter Schools Network New York Policy Manager Jason Zwara said, «This new graduation rate data continues to show how well charter schools serve their students, particularly those with high neeNew York Policy Manager Jason Zwara said, «This new graduation rate data continues to show how well charter schools serve their students, particularly those with high neenew graduation rate data continues to show how well charter schools serve their students, particularly those with high needs.

With the new policy, students who have completed all requirements and do not pass one or two of the end - of - course exams may still graduate if approved by an individual graduation committee (IGC).

In 2016, district superintendents across the state raised concern that new, more rigorous end - of - course examinations were too difficult and that the state would see graduation rates fall by up to a third under the new policy.

Clarification: New York's designation on the map of stakes for student graduation has been changed to reflect nuances in its testing policy.

The 2016 report provides a new national and state - by - state analysis of low - graduation - rate high schools; the number of additional students it will take for the country and each state to reach 90 percent; a look at the validity of graduation rates; and policy recommendations for change.

Eliminate barriers to personalized learning: Many existing policies — from school funding formulas, to class size limits, to graduation requirements — create barriers to new personalized learning models that use time, resources, and human capital in new ways.

Participating states (Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont) committed to policy and implementation changes around graduation requirements, assessments, and accountability.

Another stream of inquiry in the late 1980s revisited the district role in response to increasing state policy interventions such as curricular standards, graduation requirements, standardized testing, teacher career ladders and new licensure requirements.

As Paul Tough points out in his recent New York Times article, «Rich kids graduate; poor and working class kids don't» the graduation rates for students from underrepresented communities are significantly higher at small liberal arts institutions, where students are encouraged to question the dominant discourse and develop their own policy perspectives.

Profile of a Virginia Graduate — Assistant Superintendent for Policy and Communications Cynthia Cave discusses the development of the Profile of a Virginia Graduate and the new graduation requirements that become effective with students entering the ninth grade in the fall of 2018 (class of 2022).

Parents can add a rider to their homeowners or renters insurance policy that provides extra coverage for a pricey item their kid is taking to college, like that sweet new laptop Grandma gave them for graduation.