Sentences with phrase «public school population became»

Researchers at Duke University have determined that as North Carolina's public school population became less white, its charter school population became whiter.

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In 2000, WHEA became the state's first charter public high school and now has a student population of 131, a staff of 15, including eight teachers, and about 15 volunteer mentors.

Over the past decade, though, drug - resistant infections have become a reality in the general population, and one of them has forced several school districts into the forefront of a battle against a major public health threat.

As my colleagues and I have reported, public schools have become more racially diverse in recent decades, largely as a product of a significant expansion of the Hispanic school age population.

But during the same period, California's public school student population has also become more diverse.

The U.S. public school population has become ethnically diverse, but the principalship has not.

Increased accountability can be beneficial for the special needs population if public school IEP team members heed the voice of reason, employ the sensibilities of the special education profession, remember and reflect on why they became special educators, and exercise humanity by listening to the people who know students best, parents.

Looking at students in grades 4 - 8, the researchers found that the regular public school population in North Carolina has become less white over the past 15 years (from 64.1 percent white to 53 percent white), while the charter school population has grown more white (from 58.5 percent white to 62.2 percent white).

The population of U.S. public schools has become increasingly diverse in terms of students» racial and cultural backgrounds, but the large majority of school principals are still white.

As Montessori programs in public schools expand, Montessori education is becoming available to a more diverse population of American students than ever before.