Sentences with phrase «public school graduates»

The percentage of Buffalo Public School graduates who went on to a two - or four - year college increased to 67 percent for the Class of 2015, putting the district on the heels of the national rate for more affluent districts.

However, on average only about 65 % of students in Aurora Public Schools graduate from high school.

It has, however, been true of some D.C. public school graduates in years past, with some D.C. adult literacy programs populated by essentially illiterate system graduates.

I'm a proud public school graduate, and these days, an even prouder public school parent.

Every Chicago Public Schools graduate who met the academic criteria would get free tuition, fees and books from City Colleges of Chicago.

The percentage of Buffalo Public School graduates who went on to a two - or four - year college increased to 67 percent for the Class of 2015, putting the district on the heels of the national rate for more affluent districts.

In comparison, only 55 % of students at D.C. Public Schools graduated from high school.

Today, the MPS Foundation is proud to offer 12 scholarships to assist Milwaukee Public schools graduates in achieving their higher education goals.

Change in total number of Pennsylvania public school graduates by gender and race between AY2009 — AY2010

Graduates from private high schools greatly outperform public school graduates by 130 points and males test better than females.

Figure 1 displays change in the total number of Pennsylvania public school graduates among different race groups by gender between the years of 2008 - 2009 and 2009 - 2010.

BYW was also pleased to host the brand new «Hay Mac» Wrestling Program, an initiative started by Boston Public School graduate Joe Bordieri at the Hayden Mcfadden Elementary School at the New Bedford Public Schools.

Ken has lived and worked in Columbia / Ellicott City for over 28 years and both his Son Stephen and Daughter Laura attended Howard County public schools graduating from Atholthon High School.

Peer Leader Aloysia Jean, a New Haven Public Schools graduate and now a student at Georgetown University, captured that power well, saying, «At College Summit, we dream with our eyes wide open.»

Also in these ranks: leaders like former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick (Milton Academy and Harvard), former Tennessee congressman Harold Ford, Jr. (St. Albans and UPenn) and, of course, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, the lone public school graduate among these (Northern Valley Regional in affluent Bergen County and Stanford), who has also been the most vocal supporter of school choice.

As the authors of a study finding lower rates of anti-Jewish views among private school graduates than public school graduates noted, «private school teachers can lead meaningful discussions about sensitive topics, whereas public schools are constrained by rigid neutrality and are particularly sensitive to matters of religion.»

83 % of Jenison Public School graduates earn a college diploma.»

Of the 25 interns, 72 percent identify as people of color, 28 percent are Metro Nashville Public School graduates and 36 percent are first generation college graduates.

It is clear that the total number of Pennsylvania public school graduates increased from 2008 - 09 to 2009 - 10.

On Monday, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education published a damning report showing that one - third of D.C. public school graduates last year improperly received diplomas, exposing a «culture of passing» that prized glowing statistics over adhering to school system policies.

As a Minneapolis Public Schools graduate myself (1978) and now as a proud parent, I will gladly tell people about the great things I see happening in MPS every day.

Post-Secondary Attainment Less than half of Oakland's public school graduates enrolled in a post-secondary program (46 %).

Preston Hampton, a Seattle Public Schools graduate, recalls what it was like attending a junior - high school where his principal lamented a growing racial gap on...

One Newark Public Schools graduate wrote in last night to agree that there are far too many bad teachers in schools (in Newark, about one tenured teacher out of almost 4,000 -LSB-...]

He is a native Washingtonian and DC public school graduate.

I'm a proud public school graduate and a prouder public school parent.»

Noble's six - year college graduation rate is currently 31 percent — well above the national average for low - income students and, depending on the subgroup, two or three times that of Chicago public school graduates.

This scholarship supports Milwaukee Public Schools graduates who live in a single - parent household and have siblings attending a Milwaukee Public School.

Her recent publications includeWho's Making It: The Academic Achievement of Recent Boston Public School Graduates in the Early College Years and Removing Roadblocks to Rigor: Linking Academic and Social Supports to Ensure College Readiness and Success.

A broad coalition of Louisville nonprofits, government and businesses plans to raise tens of millions of dollars to enable every Jefferson County Public Schools graduate to obtain at least a two - year college degree.

Demond Means, a Milwaukee Public Schools graduate who heads one of the state's highest - performing school systems, has been tapped to lead — at least for now — a Milwaukee turnaround district mandated by the Legislature in hopes of turning around some of the city's poorest - performing schools, County Executive Chris Abele is expected to announce Thursday.

The percentage of Buffalo Public School graduates who went on to a two - or four - year college increased to 67 percent for the Class of 2015, putting the district on the heels of the national rate for more affluent districts.And new data released Wednesday by Say Yes Buffalo show that the rate of college - going graduates has gone up 10 points since 2012, the year before the o...

Still, they found that homeschoolers drop out of the military before their enlistment period is over at a rate almost double that of public school graduates (41.5 percent versus 26 percent in the first three years of service), and often with unfavorable discharges.

He advocated for state databases containing college and career outcome information of public school graduates, so parents can see the life outcomes of former students of their children's current or future schools.

A first - generation college student and public school graduate, James Kelly is passionate about improving schools and committed to making sure that all students have access to a quality education.

Asterisk on Cynthia Nixon's education career: She is a lifelong New Yorker and public school graduate, but not from the city's school system: She went to Hunter College Elementary and Hunter College High School, part of the City University.

«I am excited to see Lyn bring her perspective as a Tennessee native, public school graduate, public school parent, and former PTO president to Tennessee AROS.,» says Inez Williams with the Tennessee PTA.

She is the parent of two Chicago Public School graduates, a veteran elected local school council member, and writer of the blog, PURE Thoughts, which covers key education issues.

Clearly, we want all of our public school graduates to partake in the «American dream,» awash in opportunities to earn a decent living in a vibrant economy of a country with the highest standard of living in the world.

The average score was 19.1 in 2013, the first year in which all public school graduates completed the ACT.

Our public school graduates rank well below many other countries.

We partnered with the Nashville Public Education Foundation to conduct an in - depth, multi-level analysis of what college access and success looks like for Nashville's public school graduates.

And certainly, our public school graduates should have the same chance for college success as their peers nationwide.»

The College Board percentage is lower because it includes all public school graduates, including those who do not take AP exams.

She is a proud mother of two Chicago Public School graduates.

Sandra Korn, public school graduate who was a senior at Harvard College in 2013 explained why she was opposed to Teach for America:

The Hawaii Department of Education's stated vision is to have all public school graduates realize their individual goals and aspirations.