Sentences with phrase «performing public middle»

The school earned its 5th consecutive letter grade of «A» ranking as the highest - performing public middle school in Miami - Dade County, and among the top of all middle schools in Florida, based on the points it received under the State of Florida Accountability Program.

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«The Shape of the U» showed that in the 2007 - 08 school year, controlling for demographics of students served, approximately 21 % of California charter schools were performing in the bottom tenth of all public schools in the state, with another 21 % in the top tenth, and strikingly few «in the middle.»

Today the Edwards is recognized as one of the highest - performing middle schools within the Boston Public Schools, and we have shared our school schedule as a national model for ELT.

Compared with 2000, the proportion of 2003 Blue Ribbon public schools that performed well or in the middle tier on state tests increased, while the number of low - performing schools dropped.

By 1999 Feinberg, with fifth - through eighth - graders in trailers on a school parking lot, and Levin, with the same grade levels on the fourth floor of a public school surrounded by housing projects, had the best performing middle schools in Houston and the Bronx, respectively.

At a panel convened last week by the Public School Forum of N.C., a research and advocacy group in Raleigh, Tulbert was one of several principals at low - performing schools — many of them teeming with low - income children — who described how their children tend to arrive lagging behind their middle - class and upper - class peers.

The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are being made in students» academic achievement.

By providing resources to attract and retain teachers in the 37 low - performing, high - turnover middle and high schools, the settlement renders the legal question raised in Reed «academic,» said Dale Larson, an attorney with the law firm Morrison & Foerster, which, with the ACLU and the nonprofit law firm Public Counsel, brought the lawsuit.

Founded in 1982, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program recognizes public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are being made in students» academic achievement.

In the U.S., where 87 % of white students attend a majority white school, many middle - class and affluent urbanites grapple with what Mike Petrilli calls the Diverse Schools Dilemma: Should I send my child to a local public school that offers racial, cultural, and economic diversity or to a more homogenous — but perhaps higher - performing — school?

By 2009, DPCS became the highest performing school in Central Harlem and was ranked the number one public middle school in New York City.

Teaching Opportunity Camino Nuevo Charter Academy Middle School ELD / Ethnic Studies Teacher Camino Nuevo Charter Academy (CNCA) is a community of high - performing public schools that utilizes a...

AppleTree created America's first charter - school incubator, which launched three high - performing middle and high schools: Washington Mathematics Science PCS, Cesar Chavez Public Policy PCS and Paul PCS.

● Three high - performing charter schools are opening new campuses, including Two Rivers Public Charter School in Ward 5, DC Prep with a new elementary school in Ward 8, and KIPP DC, with a new middle school in Ward 7.

The school district of Horry County Schools in South Carolina is turning around Whittemore Park Middle School, a low - performing, high - poverty public school.

The Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA) has recognized PMS as one of Alabama's highest performing middle schools.

Six of the 14 top - performing Reward Schools in Metro Nashville this year were charter schools, including KIPP Academy, a public charter middle school in East Nashville.

With 149,817 more fourth - graders reading at Proficient and Advanced levels, systemic reform efforts focused on stemming achievement gaps have also helped children from the middle class and high - performing students as by those who have been given the worst American public education provides.

The National Blue Ribbon Schools award honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are being made in students» levels of achievement.

Brinig: As we discuss in our book, the loss of Catholic schools is a «triple whammy» for our cities: When Catholic schools close, (1) poor kids lose schools with a track record of educating disadvantaged children at a time when they need them more desperately than ever; (2) poor neighborhoods that are already overwhelmed by disorder and crime lose critical and stabilizing community institutions — institutions that our research suggests suppress crime and disorder; and, (3) middle - class families must look elsewhere for educational options for their kids, leading many to migrate to suburbs with high - performing public schools.

She is the coauthor (with Kristina Doubet) of Differentiation in Middle and High School: Strategies to Engage All Learners and (with Chester E. Finn Jr.) of Exam Schools: Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools, a big - picture look at a high - performing but understudied niche of U.S. education.

In Expanding District Capacity to Turn Around Failing Schools: An Evaluation of the Cameron Middle School Charter Conversion, Public Impact's Daniela Doyle looks at Metropolitan Nashville's first attempt at gradually converting a chronically low - performing district school to one operated by a charter management organization.

Having completed my student teaching in high - performing elementary schools in Manhattan, I entered the Title I public middle school where I began my career with certain expectations.

Additionally, many of these parents do not have the same privilege of moving outside of their neighborhoods if their public schools are not performing at a level deemed to be «good» nor do they have the networks, resources, or time that many middle and upper - class families have to research better choices that are available to them (Hannah - Jones 2016).

Animal Rescue Corps performed Operation Spring Three in conjunction with New Leash on Life of Middle Tennessee in Lebanon and the Lebanon Department of Public Health and Safety.

DANBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Danville, IL, 1/2005 to 6/2007 Assistant Teacher • Assisted in implementing middle school lesson plans according to lead teacher's instructions • Provided support to individual students with their assignments and learning concepts • Ascertained that students behaved properly during class time and ensured a safe learning environment for them to thrive in • Performed research work to gather materials for class instruction • Supervised students during classroom activities and in playgrounds

During the past 3 decades, a broad national consensus has emerged identifying poverty - related disparities in child development and school readiness as a critical public health problem.1, 2 Children growing up in poverty fall behind their middle - class peers in development from the time they say their first words, usually shortly after their first birthday.3 In a 2009 population - based analysis, 4 40 % of low - income eighth graders performed below the basic level for their age group in reading.