Sentences with phrase «percent of alternative schools»

b. Availability of counselors, measured as the percent difference between the percent of alternative schools in the district that had a counselor and the percent of regular schools that did.

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400,000 students, or approximately 15 percent of all students in New York State attend nonpublic schools, providing an important educational alternative in virtually every corner of New York State — and especially so in communities where the existing public schools are failing.

400,000 students, or approximately 15 percent of all students in New York State attend nonpublic schools which provide an important educational alternative in virtually every corner of New York State — and especially so in communities where the existing public schools are failing.

Less than 50 percent of surveyed teens found it «very believable» that cigars are not a safe alternative to cigarettes, according to a first - of - its - kind UNC School of Medicine study.

While the vast majority of the 965 candidates seeking certification through the so - called «alternative route» are nonteachers «looking for a career change,» an estimated 25 percent are people «currently teaching in a setting other than the public schools,» said Leo F. Klagholz, director of teacher preparation and certification for the state department of education.

Seventy - seven percent of schools that opted out provided a retirement plan with a match, nine percent offered a plan but with no employer match, and fourteen percent provided no alternative retirement plan.

I did not know then that «private school» could mean 15 different categories of schools — parochial, independent, military, alternative, and so on — which make up 24 percent of all the schools in the United States.

With roughly 30 percent of American students dropping out before receiving a diploma — a rate that has been stable for several decades — assessing existing alternatives to the traditional high school is an urgent task.

More than 60 percent of teachers who started jobs in low - income schools via the alternative - preparation program Teach For America were still teaching two years later, a report says.

This alternative approach, which now educates more than 30 percent of public - school kids in 19 cities, requires a new structure in order to work.

Colorado requires that 95 percent of students be in a high - risk group before a school can be labeled an AEC and the D.C. Public Charter School Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populaschool can be labeled an AEC and the D.C. Public Charter School Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populaSchool Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populations.

Asked about the fact that only 13 percent of alternative programs are charter - run, Golden noted that charters only make up 6 percent of schools nationwide.

Ninety - seven percent of young adults from families with high incomes completed high school; more than 90 percent of them earned a regular diploma and 4 percent followed an equivalency test alternative.

Five of the six New York City high schools participating in Project S.M.A.R.T. (School Mediator Alternative Resolution Team) had a 45 to 70 percent reduction in suspensions for fighting during the program's first year of operation.

For example, 62 percent of public school students in our sample believed that, if faced with long - term suspension or expulsion, they were legally entitled to at least one of the following: a formal disciplinary hearing, opportunity to be represented by legal counsel, opportunity to confront and cross-examine witnesses bringing the charges, or opportunity to call witnesses to provide alternative versions of the incident.

The vast majority of alternative programs — 87 percent — are run by traditional school districts not charters.

No fewer than 26 % percent of respondents living with school - age children have used an alternative to traditional public schools at some point in those children's education.

The researchers found that in 1998, about 38 percent of the eighth graders sent to the district's Transition Centers — alternative schools for students who turn 15 before graduating from eighth grade — were still unable to raise their scores to meet the promotion cutoff after being retained and attending summer school again this August.

One in four school children in the United States no longer attends his neighborhood school; fully 15 percent of all kids (more than 7 million) now participate in a public alternative school.

e. Teacher absenteeism, measured as the percent difference between the percent of absentee teachers at alternative and regular schools.

d. Teacher experience, measured as the percent difference between the percent of teachers in their first or second year of teaching at alternative and regular schools.

California also intends to include a proportionate share of alternative schools identified under this separate approach within the five percent of schools identified for comprehensive support.

Forty percent of school districts with alternative schools provide counseling services only in regular schools.

In a sign of the changing school choice landscape, 26 percent of adults living with school - age children have educated at least one of their children in an alternative setting that was not a traditional public school.

Michael McKibben of the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) reports that ethnic minorities compose 46 percent of those entering alternative programs; 27 percent are males who want to teach in elementary schools - three times the normal rate.

More than one out of every five charter campuses (21.1 percent) failed to achieve the «met standard» or the «alternative standard,» or were «not rated» compared to fewer than one out of every 10 public school campuses (9.6 percent).

Seven neighboring school districts send students to these two schools, where they will spend between 50 percent to all of their time in these alternative educational facilities.

Senate Bill 193 would allow parents to use 90 percent of the per - pupil grant the state gives to local public schools and instead put it toward alternative educational expenses, including private school tuition or homeschooling.

In addition, about 20 percent of public charter schools are alternative schools, which cater to dropout, homeless and over-aged students.

According to the Texas Education Agency, charter schools rated under normal accountability measures had a graduation rate of about 95 percent in 2015, but charter schools rated under alternative standards had a graduation rate of less than 50 percent.

About 22 percent of Texas charter schools are rated under alternative standards.

Moreover, while collectively charter, virtual and alternative schools account for 14 percent of high schools and 8 percent of students, 20 percent of high school students who do not graduate on time attend these schools.

In addition, it's an unfortunate consequence of the inflexible, high accountability targets many states set (like a 95 percent student attendance rate even for programs serving chronic truants) that when an alternative school opens its doors to students like Ed and Dario, the school itself risks sanctions.

According to the report by GradNation, 52 percent of the nation's low - graduation - rate high schools are charter, virtual and alternative high schools, all of which have grown in number since 2000.

virtual schools make up only about 10 percent of high schools, yet make up more than 50 percent of low - graduation - rate high schools nationwide, states should not be permitted to exclude alternative, charter, and virtual schools from the statewide accountability and improvement system required under ESSA.»

New analysis conducted for this report shows that under the ESSA definition, 52 percent of the nation's low - graduation - rate high schools are charter, virtual and alternative high schools, all of which have grown in number since 2000.

The GradNation report states that «in light of the finding that alternative, charter, and virtual schools make up only about 10 percent of high schools, yet make up more than 50 percent of low - graduation - rate high schools nationwide, states should not be permitted to exclude alternative, charter, and virtual schools from the statewide accountability and improvement system required under ESSA.»

The number of alternative programs nationwide has skyrocketed, rising from 70 programs in the 2000 - 2001 school year to 658 in 2011, according to the U.S. Department of Education, and these programs now make up 31 percent of all teacher preparation programs in the nation.

Alternative schools, which are established to meet the needs of «at risk» students, make up 6 percent of all high schools and share a similar graduation rate with charter schools — 52 percent.

Fifty - seven percent of alternative high schools are low - graduation - rate schools.

When looking just at district - operated alternative schools, they make up 23 percent of low - graduation - rate high schools, and when separating virtual schools out from charter schools, the percentage of low - graduation - rate schools that are charter schools falls to 22 percent.

* High - poverty elementary schools were primarily regular schools (98 percent); special education schools (schools that serve children with disabilities) and alternative schools (schools that serve students at risk for school failure) each made up 1 percent or less of high - poverty elementary schools.

Moreover, while collectively charter, virtual and alternative schools account for 14 percent of high sch...

On the last point, the 2016 Building a Grad Nation report notes that alternative, charter, and virtual schools comprise only 10 percent of high schools nationwide, but they make up more than 50 percent of high schools with graduation rates at or below 67 percent.

As for alternatives, the report cited the dramatic shift in Baltimore City public schools, where out - of - school suspensions fell by more than 50 percent under policies set in place by Superintendent Andres Alonso.

They found that just 28 percent of parents prefer to send their children to a public school, while a combined 69 percent of parents prefer alternative forms of education.

Although only 12 percent of the district's students are African - American, 90 percent of students assigned involuntarily to the alternative high school are African - American.

As of three working days before school starts for kids, officials said, 27 percent of 1,650 new teachers were from alternative education programs.

Over this period, the allocation away from the safe investment in Treasuries continued to dwindle from its onetime peak of $ 505 million to $ 41 million, and the allocation to alternative investments continued to grow, surpassing 80 percent of the school's portfolio during the first half of 2008.

When Lamm announced his impending retirement in 2001, the school had an aggressive allocation to risky assets, with 46 percent of its endowment in a category labeled «alternative investments,» primarily hedge funds, private equity, and similar risky investment vehicles — a risk that was partially balanced by keeping fully 42 percent of the portfolio in U.S. Treasuries.