Sentences with phrase «of underserved students»

If we really wanted to change education in ways that are more representative and meet the needs of underserved students, we surely could.

Most of our underserved student population is coming in with limited academic and social - emotional skills.

Building Excellent Schools (BES) is a national nonprofit organization committed to improving the academic achievement of underserved students in our nation's urban centers.

Additionally, presenters will share information from a research report by Human Impact Partners to help identify promising practices to address the health and educational needs of underserved students in California.

Aspire's mission is to open and operate small, high - quality charter schools in low - income neighborhoods, in order to increase the academic performance of underserved students, develop effective educators, share successful practices with other forward - thinking educators, and to catalyze change in public schools.

The focus is on schools that serve significant numbers of underserved students in grades PreK - 12 and will be operated by (a) early - stage charter networks for which this would be their first or second school or (b) district - operated schools with sufficient autonomy and support to realize their vision.

So while this Scott Morgan may not be a marijuana - rights activist, a musician, or a rugby player, I am honored to be part of a high - impact organization — powered not by a cape but by an amazing team and board, an equally amazing alumni network of 2,000 leaders, and partnerships with 180 education organizations across the country — working for an all - important cause on behalf of underserved students and our nation.

02, Ed.D.» 07; and Stanford University Professor Eric Bettinger on the project which will use state and university administrative datasets to examine barriers to college access of underserved students and possible solutions or policy interventions to improve collegiate outcomes.

However, states would be required to intervene in schools in the lowest 5 percent of performance, those with groups of underserved students that consistently demonstrate low performance and those with graduation rates below 67 percent.

There are higher proportions of underserved students including those who are economically disadvantaged, African - American, Hispanic, and Limited English Proficient.

Equity and Culturally Responsive practices are a key system feature of a school's system and help close achievement gaps of underserved students.

«Even as they applaud the gains, our state leaders should formally renew our state's commitment to focusing on the academic needs of our underserved students and closing these gaps,» said Arun Ramanathan, CEO of Pivot Learning Partners, a nonprofit that works with districts to improve learning.

Building Excellent Schools (BES) is committed to improving academic achievement of underserved students in our nation's urban centers.

Academic Gaps Indicator Included within the proficiency and growth scores are measures of «academic gaps,» which evaluate the performance of underserved students — such as poor students, English language learners, students of color, and special education students — compared to their peers.

While some suggest that these demographics indicate charter schools are contributing to the resegregation of public education, charter school advocates counter that charter enrollment resembles the demographic breakdown of traditional public schools in their surrounding districts and neighborhoods, and note that communities often intentionally establish charter schools to reach large numbers of underserved students (NAPCS, 2012).

Programs that support the academic achievement of underserved students — including Puente and other national programs like it, such as MESA, GEAR UP, and AVID — are expected to become increasingly necessary in our public schools as the population of minority students soars.

Cisneros felt that something needed to be done, so in 2012, he co-founded DREAMzone, an initiative with the goal of responding to the needs of these underserved students and creating an ally network at ASU.

TCSA is committed to helping school leaders, their teams, and their boards keep their eyes on what matters most, as they serve some of the underserved students and families across the state.

The concept behind the Florida charter school movement is that community - based organizations, colleges and universities create charters schools to serve students in those communities, with a focus on meeting the needs of underserved students.

Researchers Rochelle Gutiérrez and Sonya Irving, who investigated the mathematics achievement of underserved students, describe a software package called Culturally Situated Design Tools.

«I look forward to having the opportunity to address the Summit to share my vision of education and what we are doing on the ground to turn around schools to fit the needs of underserved students.»

TCSA is committed to helping school leaders, their teams, and their boards keep their eyes on what matters most, as they serve some of the underserved students and -LSB-...]