Sentences with phrase «performing public charter high schools»

Low - income minority adolescents who were admitted to high - performing public charter high schools in Los Angeles were significantly less likely to engage in risky health behaviors than their peers who were not admitted to those schools, according to a new UCLA - led study.

Not exact matches

Now, parents and education advocates from across New York City are asking state legislators to ensure the future of high - performing public charter schools by supporting the Governor's proposal.

Also at 10 a.m., dozens of parents will deliver letters to City Hall demanding that the de Blasio administration expand access to New York City's high - quality, high - performing public charter schools, Manhattan.

So we have in mind a trip the mayor has yet to take: a visit to a high - performing, New York City charter public school that sets high standards and demands achievement.

By Patricia Huertas When my oldest son, William, was entering first grade, I entered him in a lottery for one of New York City's high performing public charter schools.

«Our findings reveal that, across all grades and subjects, students in online charter schools perform worse on standardized assessments and are significantly less likely to pass Ohio's test for high school graduation than their peers in traditional charter and traditional public schools,» said McEachin.

The researchers compared two groups of high school students from low - income neighborhoods in Los Angeles — 521 students who were offered admission to high - performing public charter schools through the district lottery, and 409 who were not.

The film finds dramatic visuals, an invaluable and often challenging part of any documentary, for its conclusion, as the profiled families attend public lotteries where they hope to beat the long odds of getting into a high - performing charter school whose applicants may outnumber its vacancies by more than ten times.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadCharter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadcharter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

He talked about Newark's universal enrollment system, which includes all of the city's public schools (both district and charter), noting that 75 % of families chose a school other than their neighborhood school and that 42 % of families listed their first choice as a «high - performing charter school.»

With a mission of «high - performing public schools, inside and out,» EdBuild sought to provide both facilities renovations and academic support to a group of low - performing schools in the District of Columbia, with a vision of eventually taking on a large swath of D.C. schools and creating space that could be used flexibly by both traditional district and charter schools.

Even more of the control group members attended high - performing public charter schools in their communities after losing the lottery.

Four Corners charter students do well on NAEP, even when compared to public school students in Massachusetts, the highest - performing state.

b. Should states limit charter schools to certain geographic areas, such as urban communities or those with a high concentration of low - performing traditional public schools?

As the recent comparative studies have shown, these results pale in comparison to Boston's high - performing charter sector but are stronger than those in most other urban public school systems.

On August 30, The 74 will release a new book by Richard Whitmire about America's high - performing public charter schools called The Founders.

Of the public schools in California serving large numbers of students in poverty, 12 of the 15 highest - performing ones are charter schools, says a new analysis by the California Charter Schools Assocschools in California serving large numbers of students in poverty, 12 of the 15 highest - performing ones are charter schools, says a new analysis by the California Charter Schools Assoccharter schools, says a new analysis by the California Charter Schools Assocschools, says a new analysis by the California Charter Schools AssocCharter Schools AssocSchools Association.

Chicago Public Schools has authorized a cluster of remarkably high - performing charter sSchools has authorized a cluster of remarkably high - performing charter schoolsschools.

An analysis performed by Public Impact looked at how replacing low - performing charter schools while replicating high - performing ones could and should work.

BVP is among a growing number of high - performing charter - school networks (including Summit Public Schools, Citizens of the World Charter Schools, Denver School of Science and Technology, and others) that are intentionally socioeconomically dcharter - school networks (including Summit Public Schools, Citizens of the World Charter Schools, Denver School of Science and Technology, and others) that are intentionally socioeconomically dischool networks (including Summit Public Schools, Citizens of the World Charter Schools, Denver School of Science and Technology, and others) that are intentionally socioeconomically dCharter Schools, Denver School of Science and Technology, and others) that are intentionally socioeconomically diSchool of Science and Technology, and others) that are intentionally socioeconomically diverse.

Granted, the fabulous standardized test scores of those high - performing charter networks who take on this special ed challenge may not be as uniformly high — at least in the short term, but when one in every twenty public school students now attends a charter, the movement is mature and entrenched enough to move to the next stage of reform for both moral and political reasons.

When one of Washington, D.C.'s highest - performing traditional public schools pursued plans to convert to a charter in 2006, the district agreed to several of its demands in exchange for the school's agreement to stop flirting with charter status.

Another study, by Michigan's Mackinac Center for Public Policy, found positive, but by their admission «not great,» results: Detroit charter high schools performed somewhat better than predicted based on their socioeconomic makeup, while Detroit Public Schools performed worse than preschools performed somewhat better than predicted based on their socioeconomic makeup, while Detroit Public Schools performed worse than preSchools performed worse than predicted.

He is also a senior advisor to Democracy Prep Public Schools, a network of high - performing charter schools based in Harlem, NeSchools, a network of high - performing charter schools based in Harlem, Neschools based in Harlem, New York.

Across the country in Washington, D.C., Andrea Smith, a 6th - grade math teacher at E. L. Haynes, a high - performing public charter school, shares Bergmann's enthusiasm, but focuses on a different aspect of the flipped classroom.

They recommended that each state develop a mechanism to «close its lowest performing five percent of schools and replace them with higher - performing, new schools including public charter schools.»

In his new book The Founders, education reporter Richard Whitmire shares the history of the top 20 percent of high - performing public charter schools, and the visionary educators who did whatever it took to create innovative schools that works for students.

One was that students not offered vouchers went on to attend high - performing public schools (either traditional or charter schools).

Since 2007 we have overseen the closure of forty low - performing public charter schools, all the while aggressively supporting growth for our highest - performing schools.

Charter schools are evolving and growing to meet parent demand for high - performing public school options, and these finalists continue to show that high academic achievement is possible for all students.

In a study funded by the Gates Foundation, Duckworth and a number of other researchers are trying to understand what predicts college persistence among graduates of several high - performing urban charter school networks: YES Prep Public Schools in Houston, Mastery Charter Schools in Philadelphia, Aspire Public Schools in California and Achievement First Schools in Connecharter school networks: YES Prep Public Schools in Houston, Mastery Charter Schools in Philadelphia, Aspire Public Schools in California and Achievement First Schools in ConneCharter Schools in Philadelphia, Aspire Public Schools in California and Achievement First Schools in Connecticut.

Interestingly, today's extraordinarily high - performing urban charter schools — arguably the greatest story in public education in a generation — bear a curious resemblance to the Catholic schools of Baby Boomer memory.

When public schools integrate these elements — as in a pilot project run by Harvard economist Roland Fryer in Houston, early evidence suggests those schools are seeing the same gains as high - performing charters.

Democracy Prep is a national network of more than 20 high - performing public charter schools led by 1,000 + world - class educators with the motto: Work Hard.

The stars of the film are Geoffrey Canada, the CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone, which provides a broad variety of social services to families and children and runs two charter schools; Michelle Rhee, chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public school system, who closed schools, fired teachers and principals, and gained a national reputation for her tough policies; David Levin and Michael Feinberg, who have built a network of nearly one hundred high - performing KIPP charter schools over the past sixteen years; and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, who is cast in the role of chief villain.

There's surely a lot that can be learned from trying to uncover the secret formula that makes these high - performing charters do so well, ideas that can then be applied more broadly in public and charter schools alike.

But the bottom line is that expanding high - performing public charter schools can increase the academic performance of students in both charter and traditional public schools.

In Idaho, public charter schools are perennially some of the state's highest performing public schools on state achievement tests in both English Language Arts and mathematics, and on the SAT.

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.

Along with the oral history, The 74 has published a book, The Founders, by Richard Whitmire, which tells the history of high - performing public charter schools in the U.S.

It wasn't until reformers created nondistrict charter - school sectors — a space for public education outside of the traditional system — that we saw a proliferation of high - performing high - poverty schools.

Public Impact researchers working with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute on a new study found that replacing low - performing charter schools while replicating high - performing ones could dramatically improve quality within just a few years.

A vast array of nonprofit organizations came of age to support public school innovation: Teach For America, TNTP, dozens of high - performing charter school networks, new - school incubators, advocacy organizations, and much more.

I watch higher - income parents, mostly white, buy their way into high - performing suburban districts while demanding a «moratorium» on public charters in order to deny the school choice they exercise to low - income families, primarily of color.

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What came next was the 2010 launch of HISD's Apollo 20 program, the nation's first large - scale effort to implement high - performing charter school practices in a traditional public school environment.

I am excited to share that with this round of grants, we will surpass our Year 1 goal: over 1,600 more families will have access to high - performing Boston Public Schools, Boston charter schools, and Boston Catholic sSchools, Boston charter schools, and Boston Catholic sschools, and Boston Catholic schoolsschools.

Steve Barr founded Green Dot Public Schools in 1999 with the vision of transforming secondary education in California by creating a number of high - performing charter high schools using available public doPublic Schools in 1999 with the vision of transforming secondary education in California by creating a number of high - performing charter high schools using available public dSchools in 1999 with the vision of transforming secondary education in California by creating a number of high - performing charter high schools using available public dschools using available public dopublic dollars.

As Chairman of the Senate Education Committee and later as Senate Speaker Pro Tempore, Jamie was a key leader in efforts to identify and support effective teaching, overhaul Tennessee's K - 12 education funding formula, raise academic standards for Tennessee students, turn around low - performing schools, and expand high - quality public charter schools in Tennessee.