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The share of part - time work among university - educated Canadians also rose from 10 per cent in the 1990s to 13.5 per cent today, with the gap relative to high - school graduates narrowing to only one percentage point.

The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risin our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risin many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risin the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risIn the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risk.

But in a sign of how challenging this transition can be for schools, district figures show that lunch sales for September through December dropped by about 5 percentage points since the previous year, or more than 20,000 lunches a day.

The high school graduation rate in New York State barely budged last year, inching up just half a percentage point, according to data released by the state Education Department.

County leaders are feeling the squeeze this year, as are other local government and school district officials, given the allowable growth in the state's cap on property taxes is less than 1 percentage point.

Asian high - school juniors led the way in SAT participation at an 89.4 percent clip — up 16.4 percentage points from 2016.

Earlier this year, Mayor Bill de Blasio hailed the fact that high school graduation rates ticked up two percentage points, but this data point obscures the fact that college readiness in NYC high schools lags far behind graduation rates.

Schools with no religious character have on average 0.8 percentage points more «Asian» pupils than would be expected for schools located in theirSchools with no religious character have on average 0.8 percentage points more «Asian» pupils than would be expected for schools located in theirschools located in their areas.

Jewish schools have on average 13 percentage points fewer «Asian» pupils than would be expected for ethnically inclusive schools located in their areas.

Overall, Muslim schools have on average 34 percentage points fewer «white British» pupils than would be expected for ethnically diverse schools in the areas in which they are located.

Among the key findings of the state comptroller's office audit of the Willsboro Central School District: The district overestimated appropriations in the adopted budgets by more than 10 percent over the past three years; the district has accumulated fund balance that exceeds the statutory limit by nearly 12 percentage points, and district officials did not develop a multi-year financial plan.

And during his eight years as deputy superintendent and then superintendent for the San Francisco Unified School District, Carranza raised graduation rates for African - American students by 13.9 percentage points and for Hispanic students by 15.4 percentage points — faster than the overall growth rates in California as a whole.

The 83.2 percent figure for the 2014 - 2015 school year is up 4.2 percentage points from the national rate of 79 percent of students graduating in the 2010 - 2011 school year.

Older daters (40 year olds were 4 percentage points more likely than 18 year olds); educated daters (those with college graduates were 15 percentage points more likely high school graduates); and those who also indicated an interest in religion and spirituality (13 percentage points more likely than those who did not).

The findings show that the overall wastage rate change for secondary schools had increased by one percentage point from 10.2 per cent in 2011 to 11.2 per cent in 2015.

In a report on the 2009 — 10 school year, the project says that, nationally, its students improved their scores in all four core subjects compared to their performance in their home school the year before — by from 6 to 11 percentage points — and that 96 percent of the students classified as seniors at the beginning of the school year graduateIn a report on the 2009 — 10 school year, the project says that, nationally, its students improved their scores in all four core subjects compared to their performance in their home school the year before — by from 6 to 11 percentage points — and that 96 percent of the students classified as seniors at the beginning of the school year graduatein all four core subjects compared to their performance in their home school the year before — by from 6 to 11 percentage points — and that 96 percent of the students classified as seniors at the beginning of the school year graduatein their home school the year before — by from 6 to 11 percentage points — and that 96 percent of the students classified as seniors at the beginning of the school year graduated.

An increase of one standard deviation in the level of maternal schooling increases the likelihood of graduating from college by 14 percentage points, nearly three times as much as the corresponding effect for single - parent family structure (5 percentage points).

During the same school year in New York City, the differences at the same two grade levels were about 4 and 7 percentage points, respectively (see Figure 1a).

Lynch says he's proud of the fact that the schools he's worked in — which have tended to serve working - class students — have had good records and that «a high percentage of the students got jobs; some of them have done quite well from an academic point of view.»

In Denver, in 2012 13, the percentage of special - education kindergarten students was 1.8 points higher in district schools than in charterIn Denver, in 2012 13, the percentage of special - education kindergarten students was 1.8 points higher in district schools than in charterin 2012 13, the percentage of special - education kindergarten students was 1.8 points higher in district schools than in charterin district schools than in charterin charters.

The influence of these same students on the district - school sector was an increase in the proportion of students classified as special education by only 0.9 percentage points.

After controlling for average class size, per - pupil spending in 1998 - 99, the percentage of students with disabilities, the percentage of students receiving a free or reduced - price school lunch, the percentage of students with limited English proficiency, and student mobility rates, high - scoring F schools achieved gains that were 2.5 points greater than their below - average D counterparts in reading (see Figure 2).

In 2016, UK schools saw a disappointing decline in A * - C grades at GCSE level, with the proportion of pupils who gained a C grade or above dropping by 2.1 percentage points from the previous yeaIn 2016, UK schools saw a disappointing decline in A * - C grades at GCSE level, with the proportion of pupils who gained a C grade or above dropping by 2.1 percentage points from the previous yeain A * - C grades at GCSE level, with the proportion of pupils who gained a C grade or above dropping by 2.1 percentage points from the previous year.

Fifty - two percent of city charter school students were in 90 - 100 % minority schools, compared to only 34 % of traditional public school students — a difference of eighteen percentage points, very similar to the overall difference of twenty percentage points between the two sectors of schools (Table 22 on p. 63 of our report).

As shown in Figure 1b, the share of students with autism is 0.2 percentage points smaller in charters than in district schools in Denver and 1 percentage point smaller in New York City.

Our analysis finds that for children from low - income families, increasing per - pupil spending by 10 percent in all 12 school - age years reduces the annual incidence of poverty in adulthood by 6.1 percentage points.

Students who won the lottery are more than 55 percentage points more likely than losers to attend their first - choice school in the first year, and on average spend an additional 1 to 1.5 years enrolled in that school overall.

For example, high - risk middle - school lottery winners are 18 percentage points more likely than lottery losers to be enrolled in CMS in their 10th - grade year.

At first glance, our survey data would seem to confirm those fears: Support for charter schools dropped by 12 percentage points between 2016 and 2017, the largest change in opinion we observed on any item (Figure 1).

Specifically, increasing per - pupil spending by 10 percent in all 12 school - age years increases the probability of high school graduation by 7 percentage points for all students, by roughly 10 percentage points for low - income children, and by 2.5 percentage points for nonpoor children.

Republicans who are informed of his position move toward it on three of the four issues: we observe a 5 - percentage - point increase in opposition to Common Core, a 15 - percentage - point increase in support for charter schools, and a 10 - percentage - point increase in support for tax credits.

The education world continues to digest the headline finding from the 2017 EdNext Poll: a dozen - percentage - point one - year decline in support for charter schools, with similar drops among Republicans and Democrats.

In schools that had a chance to achieve a Recognized rating, low - scoring students who were not designated as eligible for special education in 8th grade were 2.4 percentage points more likely to be newly designated as such in 10th grade, an increase of more than 100 percent relative to the 2 percent designation rate in other schoolIn schools that had a chance to achieve a Recognized rating, low - scoring students who were not designated as eligible for special education in 8th grade were 2.4 percentage points more likely to be newly designated as such in 10th grade, an increase of more than 100 percent relative to the 2 percent designation rate in other schoolin 8th grade were 2.4 percentage points more likely to be newly designated as such in 10th grade, an increase of more than 100 percent relative to the 2 percent designation rate in other schoolin 10th grade, an increase of more than 100 percent relative to the 2 percent designation rate in other schoolin other schools.

That year, we found large shifts toward Obama's positions on charter schools (an 11 - percentage - point increase in support), vouchers (an 11 - percentage - point decline in support), and merit pay (a 13 - percentage - point increase in support).

While we find only small effects for children from nonpoor families, for low - income children, a 10 percent increase in per - pupil spending each year for all 12 years of public school is associated with roughly 0.5 additional years of completed education, 9.6 percent higher wages, and a 6.1 - percentage - point reduction in the annual incidence of adult poverty.

Pupils in the top performing academies outperformed the average in mainstream schools by 15 percentage points, but many were found to underperform in academies and achieve worse marks than the average for mainstream schools.

• Among African Americans, 26 % of those in the control group attended college full - time at some point within three years of expected high school graduation; among those in the treatment group, the voucher offer increased this rate by 7 percentage points, a 25 % increment.

We also find a sizable but statistically insignificant difference in satisfaction with school location (13 percentage points).

In ELA, the average score of students in New York State public schools increased by six percentage pointIn ELA, the average score of students in New York State public schools increased by six percentage pointin New York State public schools increased by six percentage points.

They find that, across all seven Noble high schools with graduating seniors in that year, students were 19 percentage points more likely to enroll in college than one would predict based on their incoming ability, suggesting that the network has continued to produce positive results as it has expanded.

There's some good news for schools and teachers from the Center for American Progress (CAP): more new teachers are staying in the classroom after five years, up nearly 20 percentage points since 2007.

Lottery - winning middle school students also are 18 percentage points more likely than those who lose the lottery to still be enrolled in school in 10th grade.

Prior research has demonstrated that additional mathematics coursework in high school is associated with higher earnings later in life, and that even one additional year of math coursework increases annual earnings by between 4 and 8 percentage points.

For the 2010 - 11 school year, a 10 - percentage - point increase in charter enrollment is associated with a decline of 16 percentage points in minority students» exposure to non-minority students.

For example, a 12.1 - percentage - point increase (one standard deviation) in the fraction of a state's population that is black is associated with roughly a 2 - percentage - point increase in charter school enrollment in the state.

The problematic figure in this table is the percentage of traditional public school students in hypersegregated schools used as the point of comparison.

Across 21 comparisons (seven sites with three racial groups each), we find only two cases in which the average difference between the sending TPS and the receiving charter school is greater than 10 percentage points in the concentration of the transferring student's race.

Paul E. Peterson speaks with Patrick Wolf of the University of Arkansas about his study finding that students in Milwaukee who received vouchers to attend private schools were 2 - 5 percentage points less likely to be accused or convicted of crimes than comparable students who attended public schools.

If the dropout rate is an additional 2 percentage points, or roughly one standard deviation, higher than expected, a state experiences a 1 - percentage - point increase in charter school enrollment.

When Michigan's scholarship program became effective for high - school juniors who took the state tests in the spring of 1999, participation immediately jumped by 10 percentage points.