Sentences with phrase «of the public school population»

While charter schools still serve less than 5 percent of the public school population, in a dozen population centers charters now enroll more than 20 percent of public school students.

Recent headlines have also pointed out that, for the first time in our country's history, white students no longer constitute a majority of the public school population.

Assuming that trend persists, 2,000 new charter schools would have to be started each year through 2015 for charter enrollment to approach 10 percent of the public school population.

For years, online education served a small percentage of the public school population — for course make - ups, for students unable to go to school, and for prodigies pursuing their passions in athletics or music.

The explanation can be found in the dramatic change in the composition of the public school population (see Figure 1c).

The first charter school was formed in Minnesota in 1992, and by 2007 charters were educating about 2 % of the public school population nationwide.

Black students make up over 30 % of the public school population in New York City, while Black teachers make up only slightly more than 19 % of the teacher population (Albert Shanker Institute, 2016).

In Oakland, Black students make up about a quarter of our public school population, and Black teachers make up about a fifth of Oakland teachers.

Students of color are predicted to make up 55 percent of the public school population by 2024 (Kena et al., 2015).

Census data indicate that Illinois ranks fifth among states in the size of the public school population that has limited English speaking proficiency.

Eighty - seven percent of white students attend majority - white schools, even though such youngsters make up just over half of the public school population.

That while they are only 17 percent of the public school population, they represent 35.6 percent of students who experienced corporal punishment, 37.4 percent of all students suspended and 37.9 percent of all students expelled.

If states are going to walk away from those students, we are going to lose whatever progress we've made with those students, who now make up the majority of our public school population.»

In 2007, about 40 districts were implementing socioeconomic integration plans; by 2016, that figure more than doubled to 100 school districts and charter networks, according to The Century Foundation.34 Today, 4.4 million students attend school districts or charter school networks with socioeconomic integration plans — representing about 8 percent of the public schooling population.

The Nevada program applies to all students who have been enrolled in public school for 100 consecutive days — 93 percent of the public school population.

Students from low - income backgrounds, who make up over 80 % of the public school population, have improved at an even faster rate than the city's average.

The percentages of ELLs in 2008 - 09 ranged from 1 % to 24 % of the public school population.

Blacks represent about 90 percent of the public school population.

Two decades later, with vouchers and similar schemes serving one - third of one percent of the public school population, Moe has written a scathing critique of the single force in American politics most responsible for preserving public education against privatization efforts: American teachers and their unions.

Special education addresses approximately 12 % of our public school population.

Students of color make up 35 percent of the public school population, yet just 15 percent of teachers in the state identify as persons of color.

The state's English Learner population accounts for nearly 10 percent of the public school population and 16 percent of Chicago Public Schools students.

Nationally, students of color make up more than 40 percent of the public school population, but teachers of color comprise only 17 percent of the teaching force.