Sentences with phrase «poor graduation rates»

They posted especially poor graduation rates: less than 40 percent of students at closure schools graduated within four years, compared to citywide averages of about 60 percent during those years.

Graduation rates have been of particular concern to advocacy groups, who feel the waiver system has led to poor graduation rate accountability.

In 1991, at the climax of Washington's undefeated national championship season, a Seattle TV station aired a report on the poor graduation rate of the players under coach Don James, who quit on Sunday after Washington was placed on probation (page 11).

When he officially took the helm as leader of the city school system he certainly inherited a number of challenges: poor graduation rates, gaps in special education services, burned bridges between his predecessor, Jean Claude Brizard, and the teachers union and the school board, among a host of others things.

Students who are just learning English are far more likely to miss school and drop out than their peers, a probable contributor to their poor graduation rates.

Buffalo, NY — Buffalo Public School officials said Wednesday plans are already in place to counter a student absentee rate that is contributing to the district's poor graduation rate.

He believes this can ultimately affect Syracuse's poor graduation rate, in which less than half of ninth grade students graduate within four years.

Even schools with otherwise commendable overall graduation rates can camouflage the poor graduation rates of minority or special - needs...

When he officially took the helm as leader of the city school system he certainly inherited a number of challenges: poor graduation rates, gaps in special education services, burned bridges between his predecessor, Jean Claude Brizard, and the teachers union and the school board, among a host of others things.

The changes at John Adams and Rhodes are following the district's push to split apart its traditional comprehensive high schools, most of which have low test scores and poor graduation rates, into smaller specialized schools.

On average, students who attend for - profits have poor graduation rates, high loan - default rates, and dismal job prospects.

Established a special project called All In for Youth to address the poor graduation rate from Grade 12 among youth in Calgary