Late last year, Stanford released research which showed that elementary Chicago Public School students were achieving faster learning gains than almost
any other large public school district in the country.
Not exact matches
«The contract with the teachers» union expired in October 2009, while contracts with the union for principals and
other school administrators and
District Council 37, the city's
largest public employee union, expired in March 2010.
In the latest turn, the Houston
public schools fired a teacher and reprimanded two principals this month after the state education agency raised concerns about possible test - tampering in the
district — the state's
largest — and 10
other districts.
Based on a year of self - examination by 44 of the
largest urban
districts, «Challenges to Urban Education: Results in the Making,» casts the future of inner - city
public schools in terms far more optimistic than
other recent assessments.
Even if 1 in every 10 of these graduates entered teaching for two years (average tenure at KIPP - like No Excuses charter
schools) before moving onto other careers, they would provide only 6 percent of the some 450,000 teachers currently working in the member districts of the Council of Great City Schools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school sy
schools) before moving onto
other careers, they would provide only 6 percent of the some 450,000 teachers currently working in the member
districts of the Council of Great City
Schools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school sy
Schools (the nations 66
largest urban
public -
school systems).
The Boston study of just over 2,000 students in the
public school district's universal program for 4 - to -5-year-olds found greater gains in vocabulary and math for participating students compared with nonparticipants, after one year, than seen in any
other study of
other large - scale pre-K programs around the US.
It would be as if those who always thought the
district was too
large to be manageable suddenly got their wish, leaving half the students in traditional
public schools and the
other half to wherever their parents could find new slots to enroll them.
How closing
schools hurts neighborhoods I Can't Think I Wish I had a Pair of Scissors So I could Cut Out Your Tongue An Interview with Zoe Weil Little But Lucky Make School A Democracy No Forced School Closures Oakland Must Again Commit to Creating Small Schools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades: Small schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
schools hurts neighborhoods I Can't Think I Wish I had a Pair of Scissors So I could Cut Out Your Tongue An Interview with Zoe Weil Little But Lucky Make
School A Democracy No Forced
School Closures Oakland Must Again Commit to Creating Small
Schools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades: Small schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools Oaktown Oaks thrived for decades: Small
schools kept community alive Opposition to School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very large and very small public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
schools kept community alive Opposition to
School Closures Impressive Fight: Professor Our Non Negotiables: What We Stand For SA's growing numbers of very
large and very small
public schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
schools is raising concerns about kids getting lost in crowded campuses Small High
Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools Post Big Gains: 5 Questions with Gordon Berlin Small
Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools: The Myth, Reality, and Potential of Small
Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools Study Shows Why Cliques Thrive in Some
Schools More Than Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools More Than
Others The Power of 12 The True Cost of High
School Dropouts U.S. News Ranks America's Best High
Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About School District Consoli
Schools for Third Consecutive Year What Does Research Say About
School District Consolidation?
This report provides a new resource for understanding the state of urban
public schools in the U.S. Geared specifically toward city leaders who want to evaluate how well traditional
district and charter
schools are serving all their city's children and how their
schools compare to those in
other cities, the report measures outcomes for all
public schools, based on test scores and non-test indicators, in 50 mid - and
large - sized cities.
In November, a quietly released study from Stanford University revealed that Chicago
public school students, on average, learn more from third grade through eighth grade than in any
other large or moderate - sized
district in the country.
Despite these challenges, they are optimistic that their voices and those of
other students across New York City's
public schools will gain ground — as the nation's
largest school district struggles to raise its own quality review score from «developing» to «proficient.»
According to a 2013 Interim Report published by the Center for Reinventing
Public Education, a monitoring arm of the Gates Foundation (www.crpe.org), the Hartford
Public Schools have received the
largest allocation of grant dollars of any of the
other competing urban
districts.