Sentences with phrase «popular in traditional public schools»

The push to extend both the 6.5 - hour day and the 180 - day year began with the charter school movement in the 1990s and has become increasingly popular in traditional public schools.

Not exact matches

A study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health analyzed the traditional model of education versus an increasingly popular approach to learning in the health sciences fields — the flipped classroom model — where pre-recorded lectures are viewed outside of the classroom and in - person class time is devoted to interactive exercises, discussions, and group projects.

As noted, school closures have been a popular policy approach both for charter schools and for traditional public schools, particularly in large urban areas.

Another popular argument among critics of school choice is that there aren't enough spaces in schools of choice to absorb all the students interested in leaving traditional public schools (notice how the critiques of school choice tend to cancel one another out).

The 11 cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania through 2012 have been popular among families seeking alternatives to the traditional public schools, but their quality has been called into question because most of their students have been unable to reach state benchmarks on math and reading tests.