Sentences with phrase «post-secondary education rates»

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In the context of post-secondary education, the Party promises to reduce tuition fees to 1999 - 2000 levels and fully fund a tuition freeze thereafter; reduce student loan interest rates; increase the availability of post-secondary and trade spaces in the province; and support initiatives to build additional student housing.

CIS Wake will use the money to further its mission of reducing Wake County Public School System's dropout rate and preparing students for post-secondary education and careers.

Those programs are responsible, in good part, for the schools high graduation rate and for the percent of students who move on to post-secondary education at a community college or university, added Shaman.

Confidence in gross findings can be developed by replication, by averaging results over several time periods, and by using several measures of the development of human capital — not tests alone, but also attendance rates, dropout rates, and promotion rates (a very high - quality assessment will track indicators of human capital such as post-secondary school earnings and higher - education outcomes as well).

The upshot of this improvement in college readiness is that, upon graduation, while charter and public school students are just as likely to go on to post-secondary education, charter students enroll at four - year colleges at much higher rates.

While we are incredibly proud of our alumni and their strong college persistence rates, we know we can and must do better to ensure all Brooke alumni have the post-secondary education and skills necessary for long - term professional and personal success.

Financial literacy is a subject that I have a deep passion for and strongly believe that educating students and their families about the importance of managing money, how loans and interest rates work, and available options to pay for post-secondary education will lead to increased educational equity and opportunities for our students.

States would also be required to include graduation rates in their accountability systems, as well as one measure of post-secondary education or workforce readiness (such as college enrollment rates, for example), and English proficiency rates for English - language learners.

The report cards rate schools and districts on student achievement, student growth, closing the achievement gap and whether students are on - track for their grade and ready for post-secondary training and education.

High school graduation rate and post-secondary education enrollment are other factors.

Retained students are less likely to receive a high school diploma by age 20, receive poorer educational competence ratings, and are less likely to be enrolled in any post-secondary education program.

Despite tight budgets, Northeastern district leadership committed to a long - range technology plan designed to improve engagement, graduation rates, and preparation for post-secondary education.

(By the way, the favorite whipping boy of the ed establishment, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, managed to have a 98 percent grad rate, and 94 percent of the students moved onto a post-secondary education... legitimately.)

I implement a dose response difference - in - differences estimation strategy, which uses the changes in special education brought about by the PBMAS to estimate the effect of special education status on student performance on state standardized exams, high school graduation rates, post-secondary attainment and quality at public universities in Texas, and earnings in the Texas labor market.

As of 2015, some 98 percent of 25 - to 34 - year - olds had completed upper secondary education — the highest rate in the OECD — and 69 percent of this same age group had completed post-secondary education, again the highest rate among all the OECD countries, and that rate continues to grow.

With the cost of post-secondary education in Canada rising at 3 times the rate of inflation, by the time high school graduation arrives, you may be looking at the cost of a degree of well over $ 50,000.

While their rates are higher than other lenders, they are making post-secondary education accessible for those from low - income families.

It is evident that major reforms will be required before substantive positive changes in the Indigenous graduation rates and outcomes at the secondary and post-secondary education levels will emerge.

68 % of adults in Ontario have completed their post-secondary education, a rate higher than any OECD country, including the U.S.

Retained students are less likely to receive a high school diploma by age 20, receive poorer educational competence ratings, and are less likely to be enrolled in any post-secondary education program.

To achieve the participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in post-secondary education, in technical and further education, and in higher education, at rates commensurate with those of other Australians in those sectors.