Sentences with phrase «performing schools across the country»

Charter schools are free, autonomous public schools that operate independent of traditional school district policies and many state regulations, giving them the autonomy and flexibility that are the hallmarks of high - performing schools across the country.

New Leaders for New Schools is cracking the code of how to drive dramatic gains in low - performing schools across the country,» said Jon Schnur, CEO & co-founder.

Unfortunately, the term «new math» is a misnomer; the math strategies suggested under Common Core have been employed in high - performing schools across the country for decades.

Not exact matches

Richard Whitmire is author of On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools Are Pushing the Envelope, which chronicles the rise of leading charter school network Rocketship and the impact of high - performing charter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the cSchools Are Pushing the Envelope, which chronicles the rise of leading charter school network Rocketship and the impact of high - performing charter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the cschools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the country.

First, I don't see the number of high - performing schools growing quickly enough to meet the incredible need across the country.

Unlike countries like Australia, which randomly supplies sample schools» results across all SES and communities, if one digs a little deeper you will find Shanghai supply generally their higher performing schools for comparison.

Since the ASD launched three years ago, it has been touted by policymakers in Tennessee and across the country as a promising approach for states looking to improve their lowest - performing schools — and criticized by some local educators and communities for not showing results quickly enough.

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.

Whitman's book profiles six high performing urban schools across the country, including University Park Campus School, and offers insight into their success.

In order to achieve this, the Commission suggests the government should mandate all schools in the ten lowest performing local authorities to take part in area - wide programmes, as well as reform the training and distribution of teachers across the country and create new incentives — including better starting pay — to get more of the highest - quality teachers into the schools that need them most.

According to a 2015 study of charters in urban regions across the country, conducted by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University, African - American students at charters out - performed comparable students at nearby public schools in math by roughly a half years» worth of learning.

Blaming a lack of improvement in the worst - performing areas of the country on a «lack of political will», Sir Michael will say there is «urgent need» for a London challenge - style approach by MPs, council bosses and headteachers «to raise secondary school standards in towns across the north and midlands».

Yet districts across the country are showing it can be met and are turning low - performing schools into places where all of its students learn to high levels.

Charter schools have created high - performing options for millions of families across the country, and initiatives such as New York City's small high schools of choice have shown that public - school choice in large districts can significantly improve graduation rates.

Our extensive data and control group methodologies allow educators to compare one student's academic growth to anonymized data from students across the country who perform similarly, share similar demographic characteristics, and are educated in similar schools.

Your EEI Category tells you how students from low - income families are performing in your school or city relative to FRL students in other schools and cities across the country.

«Several high - quality charter schools across the country are making an amazing difference in our children's lives, especially when charters in inner - city communities are performing as well, if not better, than their counterparts in much wealthier suburbs,» Duncan said.

In local communities across the country, NEA affiliate members and leaders are working closely with parents, families, and community members to close achievement gaps, improve low - performing schools, and transform relationships between schools and their communities.

Through its Schools to Watch ® (STW) program, the Forum has developed criteria for identifying high - performing middle - grades schools, and created tools to help schools use the criteria and expand the program states across the United States and selected and honored hundreds of successful schools across the country during the Annual STW ConfSchools to Watch ® (STW) program, the Forum has developed criteria for identifying high - performing middle - grades schools, and created tools to help schools use the criteria and expand the program states across the United States and selected and honored hundreds of successful schools across the country during the Annual STW Confschools, and created tools to help schools use the criteria and expand the program states across the United States and selected and honored hundreds of successful schools across the country during the Annual STW Confschools use the criteria and expand the program states across the United States and selected and honored hundreds of successful schools across the country during the Annual STW Confschools across the country during the Annual STW Conference.

It's important to note that parents in low - income and low - performing schools do protest and fight to get rid of ineffective teachers, but their voices go unheard in the same way voices from low - income communities across the country go unheard.

Bluum is responsible for identifying high - performing school models and game - changing school leaders across the country in order to entice them to work in Idaho's new school sector.

In 2014, two local school teachers, Sandra Zupetz and Patricia Paddock, applied for and were accepted into the Arizona Charter School Association's Fellowship, a program that incorporated research and charter development, visitations of highly performing charter schools around the country, and guidance and mentoring via successful school leaders from across the Vschool teachers, Sandra Zupetz and Patricia Paddock, applied for and were accepted into the Arizona Charter School Association's Fellowship, a program that incorporated research and charter development, visitations of highly performing charter schools around the country, and guidance and mentoring via successful school leaders from across the VSchool Association's Fellowship, a program that incorporated research and charter development, visitations of highly performing charter schools around the country, and guidance and mentoring via successful school leaders from across the Vschool leaders from across the Valley.

The university, like many education schools across the country, often must rely on anecdotal evidence from principals and graduates to determine that its programs are working, rather than hard data showing students are performing better.

She added: «There are more than 170 free schools across the country and the vast majority are performing well - in recent weeks three have been rated «outstanding» and six have been rated «good», despite only opening 18 months ago.»

These programs have improved learning opportunities for millions of students across the country by enabling educators at the state, district and school levels to make informed, research - based decisions on which programs are the most effective, how to implement evidence - based practices, and how to help the lowest - performing schools.

Moving forward, we hope Secretary DeVos will take advantage of opportunities to listen and learn from educators across the country (including the Department's School Ambassador Fellows) and we would welcome the opportunity to share with her the profound impact of transformational leadership on the lowest - performing, highest - need schools.

Montessori For All aims to help all children gain access to an excellent education by opening and leading high - performing, authentic, public Montessori charter schools in diverse communities across the country.

Although the article actually cites this research — noting that it is «considered the gold standard of measurement by charter school supporters across the country» — it only does so to show that one particular charter chain in Detroit is low performing.

Massachusetts» K - 12 public schools are the best - performing in the country, and across the state 18 charters finished first last year on state tests.

With the Building Excellent Schools Fellowship, Ms. Carlstone - Hurst observed at over 40 high performing charter schools across the country to design and lead Libertas College Prep, a school that will change the outcomes for each student that enters itsSchools Fellowship, Ms. Carlstone - Hurst observed at over 40 high performing charter schools across the country to design and lead Libertas College Prep, a school that will change the outcomes for each student that enters itsschools across the country to design and lead Libertas College Prep, a school that will change the outcomes for each student that enters its doors.

New York, NY (April 25, 2016)-- Across the country, there are schools serving hard - to - reach kids that knock it out of the park academically, performing far above average, and boasting vibrant cultures and strong family engagement.

The Arizona Department of Education recognized Vail as the top - performing school district for two consecutive years in a row and has won countless awards and been highlighted across the country.

In districts across the country we are working with parents to ensure successful turnaround programs are used at the lowest performing schools, and we are championing quality school models at all types of public schools.

Increase the number of proven, high - performing public charter schools by recruiting charter management organizations and leaders from across the country who have demonstrated a proven record of success educating children and teens in economically challenged urban neighborhoods.

Across the country, state education leaders want to know which state supports and interventions are being provided to low - performing schools and districts, which supports result in improvement, and which supports are most cost effective.

«Using Star data to inform instruction, we're now able to set achievable goals, challenge Snake River students to perform on par with their peers, and ultimately ensure that Idaho students enjoy the same academic opportunities they'd have at top - ranked schools across the country.»

In a rebuttal to those who say states should use common tests so that the public can compare how students perform across state boundaries, fewer than one in five public school parents said it was important to know how children in their communities performed on standardized tests compared with students in other districts, states or countries.