Sentences with phrase «performed last school year»

That means the state's nearly 1,300 public schools will be graded in an entirely new way next month when the state reports how they performed last school year.

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A «study» commissioned last year by the dairy industry, and performed by a company that conducts marketing research for corporate food clients, suggested that 35 percent fewer elementary school students drank milk when flavored milk was removed from the cafeteria.

In the last four years, our neighborhoods have not gotten safer, our schools have not performed better and our fiscal strength has not increased.

A total of 154 state - funded schools out of about 3,200 were classed as under - performing - 61 fewer than last year.

Last year, both schools launched their own versions of the Meyerhoff program, which seeks out high - performing students who intend to pursue a Ph.D. in science or engineering.

Over the course of the last few years, I've had the pleasure of visiting many high - performing schools in diverse communities.

But even a local ballot measure to sustain school funding in this, the highest - performing district in the state, failed last year when antitax advocates mobilized to oppose it.

Singer Alicia Keys performed last year at the Betty Shabazz International Charter School in Chicago, where actor Danny Glover has also made an appearance.

Two of the network's three schools rank among the 15 top - performing high - poverty schools in the state, and the newest site, opened last year, was the number - one first - year school in the state.

Thanks to a last - minute revision to North Carolina's year - old K - 12 accountability law, none of the teachers in the state's lowest - performing schools had to take a much - talked - about competency exam last week.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act, which President George W. Bush signed into law last year, represented a victory for the advocates of public school choice: the law rejected funding for private school vouchers, but did mandate that districts allow children in persistently failing schools to transfer to public schools that perform better.

Last school year ~ I worked with one brilliant young lady ~ who could perform math and reading at three levels above her grade ~ recite hundreds of historical facts from memory ~ and trouble - shoot the teachers technology problems ~ but when you gave her a county - required essay prompt to hand - write ~ she would stand in the corner and cry.

Early graduation is focused on higher performing students, many of whom will receive scholarships, etc. and use the last year or two of high school to take A.P. classes that they can receive credit for in college.

Since last year, the U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $ 75 million in grants to schools and school districts interested in developing systems that reward good teaching and compensate teachers for taking jobs in hard - to - staff schools (low - performing and typically high - poverty schools).

In December last year, Brighton College was named as the highest performing co-educational school in England by the Sunday Times.

Last year, Newlands School in Southwark won the award thanks to its new building, which has superb facilities for sport, design, construction, hospitality and catering, art and the performing arts alongside specialist teaching focus on literacy and numeracy.

Winner: Brighton College In December last year, Brighton College was named as the highest performing co-educational school in England by the Sunday Times.

And last but not least, for four years in a row, Yu Ying was recognized as a TIER - ONE or HIGH - PERFORMING school by the DC Public Charter School school by the DC Public Charter School School Board.

Using the last year of data available for the entire state of Georgia, here's a complete list of what persistently low - performing schools actually did because of NCLB:

Whether the measure is graduation rates, improved instructional quality, last year's improvement in the lowest - performing schools targeted for special intervention, a nation - leading new collective - bargaining agreement, the addition of many new high - quality public schools, increased parental choice, or a material increase in the proportion of effective teachers, the arrow is pointed decidedly up in Newark.

The $ 4 billion in Race to the Top grants, which seek to reward states for their commitment to reforming teacher effectiveness, data systems, low - performing schools, and academic standards and assessments, are paid for through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed last year by Congress.

This plan, announced in September last year, sought to place Australian students amongst the top five highest performing nations in rigorous international performance tests through a combination of additional, targeted funding using a model mirroring the Gonski proposal, new initiatives in teacher training and accountability, personalised student learning plans, greater school autonomy, and a raft of other Commonwealth initiatives.

Over the last five years, our measures show the already high percentage of California charter schools that are high performing has increased modestly while the percentage of low - performing charter schools has dropped by about one - third.

According to the organization, it consistently ranks among the city and state's highest performing public schools, with 97 percent of students meeting math standards and 88 percent meeting reading standards on last year's state exams.

The bill also says the contract for an independent charter school considered to be persistently low - performing in the next - to - last year of its contract may not be renewed.

He also noted that spending money on failed schools hasn't been limited to voucher schools: Last year, for example, taxpayers spent about $ 361 million operating 52 low - performing public schools in Milwaukee in which 10 percent or fewer of the students were considered proficient on state tests.

The Florida state Department of Education set aside $ 140 million last year for a new «schools of hope» program that will provide up to 25 low - performing schools an additional $ 2,000 per student for services such as tutoring, after - school programs, counseling, and teacher development.

The education reform bill, passed last year by the state legislature with overwhelming support and signed by Governor Dannel P. Malloy, grows high - performing public school options, provides fairer funding for public charter school students, and creates a Commissioner's Network to turnaround our state's chronically failing schools.

Last year de Blasio announced that as part of his school renewal plan, he would be giving the lowest performing public schools financial support in hopes that they can turn around their downward spiral.

A study conducted by the school district and researchers at Stanford University, and published last year, found that students in the district's English - only programs performed better than their peers in bilingual education programs in the early grades.

For the last three years all Brooke campuses have been in the top ten highest performing K - 8 schools on standardized tests in Math and ELA combined.

Also before the Assembly panel is AB 47, which would make some basic changes to the state's Open Enrollment Act - a controversial law adopted last year that gives parents and students new rights to transfer from low - performing schools.

For another, Quitman's student population is rapidly changing: There was an influx of children with special needs when their school closed last academic year, and meanwhile some of the highest - performing students are being recruited away by well - regarded charter schools.

Fortunately E.P. Pearce Elementary, in Greensboro, was the top performing elementary school in the district last year, and Dyson said that luckily, the school environment is very trusting of its teachers.

This year, the Partnership is celebrating a decade of working with schools, and an independent report released last month from Public Impact shows it has achieved tremendous growth with some of the state's lowest - performing schools.

The network was recognized last year with the prestigious Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools, an annual award that singles out high - performing charter networks that serve large proportions of low - income students and students of color.

Similarly, a DFE report published last year found that «lower socio - economic status groups may look for [factors that]... may lead [them] to select themselves out of high performing schools».

Bryan authored a much - discussed draft of legislation last year that would have funneled five of the state's lowest - performing elementary schools into the state - controlled achievement districts as a pilot program, although the notion did not gain any significant traction during the General Assembly's long budget debates last summer.

Cuomo formed the education reform commission last year as the engine to drive his promise to shake up the state's school system, which, in his 2012 State of the State address, he painted as excessively expensive, under - performing, and driven by interest groups.

I credit the teachers and principals for the wisdom in recognizing where to begin their journey in building a high performing middle school, and valuing the knowledge that has been accumulated over the last several decades that informs successful work with 10 - 14 year olds.

In other words, many of the low - performing district schools (Tier 1) have improved over the course of last year!

The Charter High School of Arts — Multimedia and Performing, better known as CHAMPS, is at risk of losing its charter after school administrators failed to act aggressively last year when learning that an employee used a school credit card for her personaSchool of Arts — Multimedia and Performing, better known as CHAMPS, is at risk of losing its charter after school administrators failed to act aggressively last year when learning that an employee used a school credit card for her personaschool administrators failed to act aggressively last year when learning that an employee used a school credit card for her personaschool credit card for her personal use.

• Thomson has made the Recycling Honor Roll list for the last 2 years in recognition of our composting and recycling program • Being an International Baccalaureate School with a focus on action, our students raised over $ 1,000 last year to benefit D.C.'s homeless • The Thomson Choir performs each year at Zoo Lights, the Cherry Blossom Parade, as well as caroling with neighboring partners

«Had Monroe City School Board better performed their duties regarding oversight of this school during the last four years, this whole ordeal for parents and taxpayers could have been avoided.&School Board better performed their duties regarding oversight of this school during the last four years, this whole ordeal for parents and taxpayers could have been avoided.&school during the last four years, this whole ordeal for parents and taxpayers could have been avoided.»

The ruling in that case last year protected hundreds of teachers in high - poverty, low - performing schools who were receiving pink slips based solely on their lack of seniority.

Thanks to a last - minute reworking of North Carolina's year - old K - 12 accountability law, teachers at the state's «lowest - performing» schools did not have to take a controversial competency exam this year.

In a telephone interview last week, Nunez gave LA School Report his take on education politics in Sacramento, recent shifts in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing...

In a telephone interview last week, Nunez gave LA School Report his take on education politics in Sacramento, recent shifts in union priorities after last year's controversial debate over teacher dismissals, and his vision for higher - performing schools.

The article goes on to describe how these qualities are being put to the test in Houston, where Terry Grier, the superintendent (check out his Houston schools blog here), has joined forces with Fryer, committing $ 19 million last year to nine of his city's worst performing secondary schools.

The district's state - appointed superintendent, Paymon Rouhanifard, last week announced that next year he will turn over control of five of the district's lowest - performing schools to operators of the district's fledgling «renaissance schools,» a form of charter schools with both greater resources and greater accountability.