Sentences with phrase «performing seats in schools»

Bluum, with the support of the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation, is committed to helping create new, high - performing seats in schools that are ready, willing, and able to serve the state's growing and increasingly - diverse student demographic.

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c) in fact has worked in many instances to obstruct, delay and otherwise frustrate elements of the reform agenda including the use of neighborhood schools, charter schools and all other available vehicles and opportunities to provide seats in performing schools to all children in the BPS,

Districts with schools that had persistently failed to make «adequate yearly progress» in their test - score performance were required to offer the students in those schools options ranging from a seat in a higher - performing public school to free tutoring services.

States would have the obligation to create and offer those children in the worst schools seats in better - performing schools.

This summer, a high - performing KIPP charter school in Annapolis, Maryland, was forced to close because it couldn't find a permanent facility, even though the school district, according to its own study, had 900 empty seats in a nearby, underutilized school.

The Charter School Growth Fund, seeded by the Pisces and Walton foundations, among others, aims to create 100,000 seats in high - performing charter schools by 2015.

Up north in underprivileged Newark, the Education Law Center is marshalling resources to launch an assault against the approval of a 7,500 - seat expansion of seven high - performing charter schools.

The measure would direct state education officials to give priority to applications in the lowest - performing 25 percent of school districts and those with long waiting lists for charter seats.

Although TFA corps members do perform a short - term public service by filling vacancies in hard - to - staff schools, they deflect attention from the lack of trained and experienced teachers who should be filling those seats.

After nearly a year of preparation, my team and I are ready to take on an ambitious goal in partnership with our city's educational leaders: adding 7,000 seats to Boston's high - performing schools by the year 2020...

But even a child lucky enough to score a lottery seat in a top elementary gifted, unzoned or charter school still has to navigate a labyrinth of different applications, interviews, portfolio reviews, auditions, tests and Open House visits to score a seat at a Specialized or Screened or Performing Arts or Limited Unscreened or Ed - Opt or P - Tech or Honors Program High - Sschool still has to navigate a labyrinth of different applications, interviews, portfolio reviews, auditions, tests and Open House visits to score a seat at a Specialized or Screened or Performing Arts or Limited Unscreened or Ed - Opt or P - Tech or Honors Program High - SchoolSchool.

Ryan, who has worked in education since 1990, was hired in 2013 to help the Albertson Foundation create Bluum, and the independent nonprofit now has five employees in downtown Boise and a mandate to fulfill the foundation's goal of «20 in 10,» or 20,000 new high - performing charter school seats in 10 years.

This is important to us because we work with the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation in their efforts to create 20,000 new high - performing school seats in Idaho by 2024.

Students from low - performing schools — a term the city has not yet defined — would have, in many cases, preference for those out - of - boundary seats.

Granted a wish, most parents likely would put their students in a high - performing school rather than a failing one, but the top - rated schools only have so many seats.

«It is further evidence that policymakers in Madison, if they want to improve education in Milwaukee, should focus on expanding the number of seats at high - performing schools and children in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.»

Governor Deval Patrick and the Legislature attempted to narrow the gaps six years ago when changing state law to allow for the doubling of charter - school seats in the lowest - performing districts.

In order to meet demand from CPS students and families, we are increasing access to high - performing schools and expanding the number of seats in magnet, selective enrollment, International Baccalaureate and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programIn order to meet demand from CPS students and families, we are increasing access to high - performing schools and expanding the number of seats in magnet, selective enrollment, International Baccalaureate and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programin magnet, selective enrollment, International Baccalaureate and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs.

high - performing middle schools there where enrollment is largely white, middle, or upper - class, to reserve 25 percent of their seats for students who score a 1 or a 2 on the state standardized tests, a step in the right direction that was greeted,

Currently, the Upper West Side of Manhattan is up in arms over a plan to set aside 25 percent of seats in high - performing middle - schools for low - performing students.

In the legislature, where term limits have opened many seats, we have the opportunity to create a legislature that supports school choice and high - performing charter schools.

In partnership with the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation, Bluum plans to help create 20,000 new, high - performing school seats in Idaho in 10 yearIn partnership with the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation, Bluum plans to help create 20,000 new, high - performing school seats in Idaho in 10 yearin Idaho in 10 yearin 10 years.

Many high performing charter schools accept a large number of students in the early grades, but as students leave a charter school for one reason or another, charter schools are allowed to leave those seats open; clearly this can produce exceptionally low teacher - student ratios creating an uneven playing field for those in traditional public schools that are held to a higher standard.

Many high performing charter schools accept a large number of students in the early grades, as students leave a charter school for one reason or another, charter schools are allowed to leave those seats open.

Our vision is for Connecticut to have the highest - performing, most equitable education system in the nation — a system that provides education leaders with the flexibility needed to pursue excellence and rigorous standards to measure their success, that is supportive of many different types of schools and many paths to success and that empowers parents to be in the driver's seat of their child's education.

The fact is that while the number of high - performing high school seats in Denver is growing there are very few open seats (most are filled at the sixth grade for the good 6 - 12 grade schools).

Families Empowered has released new data, which illustrates the scale of Houston's waitlist problem: more than 30,000 students in Houston were placed on a waitlist for a seat at a high - performing charter school for the 2014/2015 school year.

In this Franklin - McKinley Collaboration Compact, the district and charter schools, along with their community partners, are committing to dramatically increase the number of high performing seats for students.

In Texas, families searching for a seat in a high - performing charter school face a blind lottery in order to get a seaIn Texas, families searching for a seat in a high - performing charter school face a blind lottery in order to get a seain a high - performing charter school face a blind lottery in order to get a seain order to get a seat.

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Students who entered lotteries and won spots in New York City charter schools performed better on state exams than students who entered the same lotteries but did not secure charter school seats, according to a study by a Stanford University economist being released Tuesday...

Many parents in Nashville exercise school choice by moving into zones of high - performing schools or by entering the lottery and hoping for seats in choice schools.

As reported by the Statesman, my nonprofit organization, Bluum is committed to what we call the «20 in 10» strategy; creating 20,000 new high - performing Idaho school seats in 10 years.

They might not know all the options available or be able to provide transportation, and there are not enough seats at the district's «highest - performing» schools, even in the choice - rich environment of Indianapolis, the capital of a state once dubbed the «reformiest» in the nation.