Sentences with phrase «performing schools»

Meanwhile, most students who get placed on waiting lists have no other choice but to attend low performing schools in their local neighborhoods, while they wait to be called.

In the meantime, we will continue to advocate for more high performing schools in the communities that need them most.

It seems to me that when a superintendent of a high performing school district writes or speaks about important educational issues, people should carefully evaluate those ideas and not discard them.

Also, often times charter schools are permitted from hiring certified teachers, contributing to the formula of lower performing school districts and lower student achievement in these classrooms.

The bill would create a school leadership development program that would train educators in poorly performing schools how to better collaborate and use student data to tailor instruction.

High performing schools with proven academic excellence while being developmentally responsive and socially equitable.

As a result of these changes, the country has risen from the lowest performing school systems in the world to one of the highest.

That's why we are turning around the worst performing schools by turning them into academies supported by sponsors with a track record of education excellence.

This shows that even in top performing school districts, a much lower share of students met the standard on the new test.

As long as the ability to attend a quality school is determined by where one lives, people will always leave areas with poor performing schools in search of high quality schools.

So this experiment may become a compelling argument for creating relatively rapid improvement of very low - performing schools by recruiting skilled operators under an umbrella of tough accountability.

This focus on growth extends to top - performing schools as well.

How the world's best performing school systems come out on top.

The proposal also would require testing for taxpayer - subsidized students at private voucher schools while barring the lowest - performing schools from enrolling new voucher students.

The move is the first step in his plan to put as many as 500 poor - performing schools on a state watch list as a signal to shape up or be shut down.

«You have to do closures of low - performing schools at the same time you're opening new schools,» he says.

They are also responsible for intervening in the lowest - performing schools through extra funding, new leadership and other turnaround strategies.

Leading the Change provides data - driven decision - making tools to school boards to help transform chronically low - performing schools into high - quality institutions.

The goal was to design a system that rewarded incremental gains without punishing high performing schools where a majority of students are already proficient.

In thousands of the top performing schools across the country, only those providing nutrition for kids from poverty are meeting or exceeding the standards.

But other moves are less bending, such as one provision that states principals of low performing schools who have been there more than two years will likely be replaced.

Just because you are a high - performing school doesn't mean you know how to teach what you do; we need to train folks to be trainers.

Most low performing schools serve poor children who live in neglected neighborhoods and we pay a price for our communal neglect.

Low - performing schools need better principals and teachers.

Prior to this year, networks could hide results from lower - performing schools within the network's aggregate numbers.

He said when poor - performing schools close, the students who attended those schools can move to a school that is meeting requirements.

This is where my seven years of experience on the ground intervening in high at - risk, low performing schools comes into play.

Another problem with moving more schools out of the red category is they won't be eligible for extra help that low - performing schools get from counties.

The organization takes over low - performing schools while working in conjunction with the district to manage the schools and retaining union contracts.

Turning around chronically low - performing schools requires fast action and strong direction from leaders.

«But 28 percent of recipients would not have entered a low - performing school if the reward did not exist,» she says.

This can result in too many schools opening that lack the elements necessary for success, and too many low - performing schools remaining open long after they should be shut down.

The state monitors intervention efforts and can step in if a low - performing school continues to struggle.

Finally, some say that we can't close all low - performing schools because there are too many.

That's why in 2015, Raise Your Hand continued its tradition of investing millions of dollars in developing high - performing school leaders.

The more elite or higher performing schools create additional hoops that some parents don't have access to, such as attending seminars or filing extra applications.

High needs schools will not transform into high performing schools without effective teachers.

But probably the most interesting finding — and, for fans of true portfolio management, the most encouraging — is that demand for higher - performing schools increased over time.

Do financial incentives help low - performing schools attract and keep academically talented teachers?

How low - performing schools respond to voucher and accountability pressure.

When you look deeper into the data, you see that underserved students in high - performing schools still suffer from an achievement gap.

High - performing school boards lead by example and regularly examine their own performance.