Sentences with phrase «performing kids in the state»

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He and his wife Dani are passionate about writing great melodies and telling great stories, and have performed their music all over the United States, usually packing out a minivan with their three kids in tow.

NYC's Administration for Children's Services failed miserably in implementing recommendations made in a 2015 audit that found kids are being put at risk by the agency's renewal of contracts with poorly performing vendors, the state Comptroller's Office said.

The city's Administration for Children's Services failed miserably in implementing recommendations made in a 2015 audit that found kids are being put at risk by the agency's renewal of contracts with poorly performing vendors, the state Comptroller's Office said Wednesday.

Yes, the kind of movie where the climax of the film hinges on the performance of an all - kid music ensemble performing in front of the U.S. President and the rest of Congress after a State of the Union - caliber address.

Of course, that's only a «win» for kids if the new charter schools themselves are high - performing — which is by no means a given, especially in states like Ohio.

We could spend an entire EdNext volume arguing over the CREDO results alone, but I think some things are clear: one, nationally, low - income kids gain faster in charters than in district schools; two, many of CREDO's state and city - specific studies show very strong comparative gains for low - income charter students; and three, the movement as a whole has made significant progress by doing exactly what the model calls for and closing low - performing schools.

«If you look at international comparisons, kids in the United States perform better at elementary school than the later grades... so it made sense to look at whether grade configuration influenced this.»

After implementing Capturing Kids» Hearts, Ash Fork School District went from underperforming to the highest performing school district in the state based on standardized testing.

What many parents will notice if they have a child taking math in a Common Core state is that kids are being asked to perform the same old equations — but they're being taught new ways of arriving at the old answers.

Just six states — Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma, and South Carolina — offer kids in failure mills the opportunity to transfer to better - performing schools.

In 2004, 60 % of New Orleans students — some 40,000 kids — went to a school that performed in the bottom tenth of all Louisiana public schools, according state - issued School Performance Scores (SPSIn 2004, 60 % of New Orleans students — some 40,000 kids — went to a school that performed in the bottom tenth of all Louisiana public schools, according state - issued School Performance Scores (SPSin the bottom tenth of all Louisiana public schools, according state - issued School Performance Scores (SPS).

These groups, including the Texas chapter of the NAACP, the Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, and the Texas State Teachers Association, are obviously and blatantly placing the priorities of adults and their special interests ahead of the kids who are languishing in under - performing schools or on waiting lists for openings in charters that are in need of expansion capital to accommodate demand.

Forty - four percent of Louisiana public schools received a D or F ranking under the state's grading system, and some 84 % of the kids in the program come from one of those low - performing schools.

So if you're a parent in New Orleans, you can apply to send your kid to some of the worst performing schools in a state with one of the lowest achievement levels in America.

The Ohio School Boards Association and other education advocates have expressed concern in the last few weeks that the state was trying to create a new statewide plan for helping low - performing schools and kids by July 1 - too soon for schools to have time to weigh in on it.

In a situation when you have the lowest - performing non-alternative school in the state, we need to change the outcomes for these kids.&raquIn a situation when you have the lowest - performing non-alternative school in the state, we need to change the outcomes for these kids.&raquin the state, we need to change the outcomes for these kids.»

Today, when White speaks in support of the Common Core, he can seem to talk minimally (or too little) about its impact on middle - class schools, reserving his most impassioned rhetoric for the ways in which the Common Core will help the poorest and neediest in the state, offering those students the caliber of education rich kids in high - performing East Coast suburbs are getting.