Sentences with phrase «performing public school closest»

He and his staff did a little internet research to identify the lowest - performing public school closest to their church.

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When he closed a number of underperforming schools during his tenure as CEO of Chicago Public Schools, many displaced students were moved into similarly low - performing schools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang vischools during his tenure as CEO of Chicago Public Schools, many displaced students were moved into similarly low - performing schools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang viSchools, many displaced students were moved into similarly low - performing schools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang vischools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang violence.

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.»

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.

61 percent oppose closing down low - performing public schools and assigning students to other schools.

Caroline Hoxby's «remarkable study» of New York City's charters, as John Merrow describes it (see here) would surely suggest that they do: «The lottery winners [those who attended the charters] went to 48 public charter schools, and those who finished 8th grade performed nearly as well as students in affluent suburban districts, closing what the researchers call the «Harlem - Scarsdale achievement gap» by 86 percent in math and about two - thirds in English.»

It emphasizes high - stakes testing, judging teachers by their students» test scores, closing low - performing schools instead of helping them improve, and promoting a huge increase in private management of public schools.

A plan unveiled today by Great Public Schools Now identifies 10 low - income neighborhoods where the nonprofit will focus its efforts on expanding access to high - performing schools for kids close to where theSchools Now identifies 10 low - income neighborhoods where the nonprofit will focus its efforts on expanding access to high - performing schools for kids close to where theschools for kids close to where they live.

While they are considered «high - performing» charters, close inspection of Plato Academy student populations in Pinellas County reveal that their enrollment of African American, disabled and low socio - economic students is far below the Pinellas district average (According to the DOE School Public Accountability Reports, 2015 - 16.)

The controversial gutted - and - amended SB95, which has seen 40 + versions behind closed doors and would create a charter - managed Achievement School District comprising some of North Carolina's lowest performing schools, looks to be on the move for public debate in the waning days of the 2015 legislative session.

He also said he would impose a moratorium on the practice of closing low - performing public schools, which has opened up valuable real estate for use by charters.

We support providing options for a quality public education and make no mistake, we also support closing poor performing charter schools that do not meet the accountability and compliance standards set out in the law.

Most parents with children in public schools do not support recent changes in education policy, from closing low - performing schools to shifting public dollars to charter schools to private school vouchers, according to a new poll to be released Monday by the American Federation of Teachers.

«We know that closing low - performing charter public schools is one of the strongest tools available to ensure quality in California's charter school sector.»

Wisconsin's lowest - performing public schools would be forced to close or reopen as charter schools and the state's 2 - year - old accountability report card would be revamped under a bill unveiled Monday.

«The incumbent in Board District 5 has voted to close nearly every charter public school in his district, many of which are incredibly high - performing,» said Borden.

During the past year, Wisconsin state legislators debated a series of bills aimed at closing low - performing public schools and replacing them with privately run charter schools.

(7) create new, innovative, and more flexible ways of educating children within the public school system, with the goal of closing achievement gaps between low - performing student groups and high performing student groups.

Seattle Public Schools provides detailed information on how each school, and the district overall, is performing and what we are doing to increase academic achievement and close the achievement gap across the district.

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.

As a result, schools have been turned into testing factories and thousands of low - scoring public schools that serve the poorest students have been closed and replaced by corporate charter schools that, on average, perform no better than the underfunded schools they replace.

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