Sentences with phrase «public high school»

Online courses first appeared in public high schools in the early 1990s.

See them teaching in classrooms of public high schools in our cities.

For example, an eligible management organization's high school performance levels are compared to performance levels for public high school students in traditional districts in the state.

We found the outcomes are driven entirely by students at public high schools.

In response to the slow rate of economic growth after 1973, states took a number of actions to improve the skills of students graduating from public high schools.

This can happen in a traditional public high school where high - achieving students only take honors or AP courses.

The premise is simple: Two public high school teachers are going to have a fight in the parking lot after school.

Could the selective public high school play a larger role in educating our country's high - achieving pupils?

Then came a fresh start as a freshman in one of this city's new generation of small public high schools.

He attends public high school and is very active with a close group of friends and just enjoys being a regular kid.

Drivers ed classes are offered by public high schools throughout the state, private drivers safety training schools and online approved driving schools.

Get a good grade, pass the entrance exams, an then get into the best public high schools and colleges.

He's now a junior - at the local public high school.

In the 1990's public high school graduation rates actually fell, from 74 percent in 1990 to 72 percent in 2000.

In addition, reservation schools often are small, and native students can feel intimidated when they move on to large public high schools.

From the first day I stepped foot into my class in a small urban public high school, I realized one reality about teaching.

Our school system includes several elementary schools, middle schools and two public high schools as well as a host of private schools, all of which have excellent educators.

The vast majority of public high schools offer access to hands - on college experience with almost all (98 percent) offering career preparation.

Congratulations to these charter schools for being recognized as the top public high schools in the nation!

If you are in a zone of choice, they will have to apply to and attend a traditional public high school where the same kind of selection bias would occur.

A teacher recently told me that ~ 75 % of students in his suburban public high school classes have smartphones — reasonably close to the number this survey finds for law students.

The report presents key reforms, principles, and practices at 15 diverse public high schools in six states that improved over the past decade and achieved outstanding gains on state accountability exams.

Going to college may not seem like the biggest of deals these days, but it remains an all too elusive goal for many public high school students in urban areas.

It didn't take me long to figure out, when I tried the regular public high school, that this was not for me.

I spoke recently with a teacher at an alternative public high school.

Unlike public high schools, colleges do not pay faculty solely on the basis of years of experience and degrees held.

As a veteran public high school principal I can see the big picture of this issue.

Why was a magnet program established at, of all places, this failing public high school?

I think public high schools ought to offer, at the senior level, a course in philosophy, including metaphysics.

The data contained 1500 participants aged 14 - 19, from 15 different public high schools.

Most public high schools no longer offer drivers education courses.

One public high school there is helping them meet high expectations.

We worked with students and their teacher in an urban public high school setting.

I became a volunteer teacher in public high schools during and after college.

Drivers ed classes are offered by public high schools throughout the state, private drivers training schools and online drivers ed providers.

But don't teach it in public high school science classes.

Moreover, most private high schools employ a counselor who is solely dedicated to matters of college admissions, something very few public high schools are able to offer.

But there was an alternative: a separate public high school recently started offering free college credits through a set of different magnet programs.

Many high schools, especially public high schools, the only requirement for passing is attendance.

These programs are offered at public high schools or as part of a continuing education program sponsored by the local school district.

Just as I predicted when I retired from 10 years of public high school teaching in CT 4 years ago — things would continue to spiral downward.....

Second, given that charter high schools tend to be much smaller than traditional public high schools, charter school effects might simply be attributable to their smaller size.

Many will look for alternatives to their local public high schools, and private schools may be among their choices.

The methodology to determine the nation's best public high schools is comprised of three steps.

Though I had taught in a variety of schools and settings, both abroad and locally, this was my first year teaching at this larger urban public high school.

This paper studies a recent British reform that allowed public high schools to opt out of local authority control and become autonomous schools funded directly by the central government.

That is an advantage not given to students of any color, and any gender, at most public high schools in the city.

Jessica is the co-author (with Kristina Doubet) of Differentiation in Middle & High School: Strategies to Engage All Learners (ASCD) and Differentiation in the Elementary Grades: Strategies to Engage & Equip All Learners (ASCD), as well as Exam Schools: Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools with Chester E. Finn, Jr..