Sentences with phrase «poor student achievement»

How much of a correlation is there, if any, between the two, and what metrics are most reliable to determine who's at fault for poor student achievement?

They described the school as a difficult one to work in and couldn't see how they were going to get out of the cycle of poor student achievement.

But various education advocates have warned against expanding the charters because they have shown poor student achievement across the state and the nation.

Second, I argue that there may be a relationship between poor student achievement and the hiring practices of many charter schools, which employ inexperienced and / or uncertified educators.

I like Engerman's perspective of linking poor student achievement with the poor hiring process in the charter schools.

Lawrence, Massachusetts, has long been plagued by poor student achievement.

The Vergara case was a distraction from some of the larger reasons behind poor student achievement — segregated neighborhoods and school funding based largely on property taxes.

As an educator in DCPS it is true that many factors are contributing to poor student achievement such as a lack of curriculum, no content specialists for support and ill - prepared administrators to lead the schools.

On the other hand, the continued argument becomes whether or not there is a relationship between poor student achievement and the hiring practices of charter schools, which employ inexperienced and / or uncertified educators.

It upends the stasis that pervades so many urban districts: the veto power that teachers unions and other adult interests hold over all decisions; the culture of low expectations that blames social factors (and the parents themselves) for poor student achievement; the slow pace of reform that subjects yet another generation of students to failure while the system struggles to get its act together.

A Three Year Plan for Building a «Thoughtful» Professional Learning Community in a School with a Tradition of Poor Student Achievement.

«If the trouble with New York City schools is poor student achievement, it seems that whether principals are tenured or not, or make a lot of money or not, are both far removed from the problem,» adds Lazarski.

California auditors released a scathing assessment of the Oakland public schools last week, blasting one of the state's most beleaguered districts for mismanagement and poor student achievement and warning that it is hovering on the brink of serious financial difficulty.

Poor student achievement?

That being said, there are indeed charter schools in this country that do not make the grade, sometimes because of financial mismanagement or facilities challenges, and every once in a while, due to poor student achievement.

Less than 5 percent of those schools closed due to poor student achievement.

Boulos concludes that the contract's job protections — including seniority, job definitions, tenure, and others — «collectively contribute to poor student achievement and a failing school system.