Sentences with phrase «quality of alternative school»

Many states around the country have yet to determine how to best measure the quality of alternative school education.

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Johnson suggests the school would provide an alternative for parents and improve the quality of education in the city.

The School of Engineering's mission is to educate engineers committed to the innovative and ethical application of science and technology in addressing the most pressing societal needs, to develop and nurture twenty - first century leadership qualities in its students, faculty, and alumni, and to create and disseminate transformational new knowledge and technologies that further the well - being and sustainability of society in such cross-cutting areas as human health, environmental sustainability, alternative energy, and the human - technology interface.

In 2017, the New Mexico Public Education Department responded to a legislative proposal to implement a charter school moratorium by noting, «The families of New Mexico continue to seek alternative, quality choices for the education of their children.

Another problem is the sheer lack of high - quality public school alternatives within reasonable driving distance of many a failing urban school; given the choice between the low - performing school in their own neighborhood and the mediocre school ten miles away, parents may stick to the path of least resistance.

Instead Symonds stressed the importance of building a high - quality American education system that values alternatives to earning a bachelor's degree, such as earning an associate's degree or attending a certificate program after high school.

Most of the schools in this latest survey did assure the quality of the provision reasonably well, but there are risks involved in this situation, particularly as many of the pupils who attend alternative provision are the most vulnerable and disenfranchised in our education system.»

Put differently, even if the quality of voucher - participating private schools was identical in every city, they would all show different effects depending on the academic effectiveness of the publicly funded alternatives.

But even the best journalists and newsrooms make mistakes sometimes, and the latest ProPublica story on the spread of low - quality alternative schools may be an example.

With no high - quality alternative settings to send them to and no power to eject them from the premises, the school safety officers find themselves either herding them into classrooms or bonding with the worst offenders in a sort of reverse «Stockholm syndrome.»

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The color of the bubble reflects a metric composed of factors that taken together are warning signs that a district's alternative schools are of poor quality or that a district may be using alternative schools to improve accountability measures.

Accordingly, some indicators that are appropriate measures of performance for comprehensive high schools can not accurately measure the quality of educational programs at alternative schools.

Just as Trump's flunkies exert political pressure to halt access to healthcare (or immigration or policies to address climate change), so NJEA exerts political pressure — as well as its deep pockets — to stave off the continued enrollment of children, mostly poor and of color, in high - quality alternative public schools.

The profound lack of knowledge about public education, as reflected in comments about public schools being «flush with cash» and badly underserving the nation's children, coupled with policy proposals based on these «alternative facts», pose a threat to a high - quality education for more than 50 million students.

For most of the past decade, NCATE, the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education and the ed schools they represent have spent more time criticizing school reformers, decrying the presence of alternative outfits such as Teach For America, and defending their shoddy offerings, than on improving the quality of their teacher training.

Public charter schools across the country were started with the promise of being alternative, quality options for parents to choose for their children.

Over the years, one of the mysteries of my school choice advocacy has been the reluctance among many, including a large number of supposedly market sensitive business leaders, to understand and accept the dynamics of competition and how, in a choice environment, these dynamics will produce a supply of quality education alternatives to meet the demand while driving improvement in the public schools.

The debate over the quality of alternative provision has grown in prominence in recent years, as the rate of permanent exclusions from schools has increased.

As a secondary educator with experience in a public school, I believe that alternative forms of education can be beneficial; however, not at the expense of quality educators.

Meanwhile Ofsted should check schools are commissioning alternative provision in line with a «nationally - agreed quality assurance framework» that proves it is of a high standard.

The quality of alternative provision for excluded pupils varies wildly across the country, and even between adjacent authorities, exclusive data obtained by Schools Week reveals.

But 2,000 respondents to an Ipsos MORI survey have faith in the capacity of comprehensive schools to enable social mobility, with 47 per cent backing high - quality schools over other educational alternatives, such as lowering tuition fees, to help poor pupils.

That means your student will get a higher quality education through a local public charter school than they would at any of the alternatives.

2.1 The Superintendent provides sufficient oversight to ensure quality programming while protecting the autonomy of the nontraditional or alternative school's operation.

Under the bill, an independent oversight board would be created inside the state Department of Education to review new charters and monitor existing ones in a move to address growing questions about the quality and access of the alternative schools.

How much would it take to provide the same quantity and quality of alternative services to poor kids as we do kids in rich schools?

One of her first priorities this year is finding a solution to the patchy quality of alternative provision, an issue Schools Week has highlighted in a recent series of hard - hitting investigations.

Although many states now staff their schools with teachers prepared through alternative certification routes, there is a growing concern about the quality and relevance of the programs to produce excellent teachers, especially teachers to serve the teaching fields with the most needs — math, science, special education and English as a second language and bilingual education.

«if educational responsibility remains solely on the immediate family, «choice» may take place in a world of insufficient numbers of quality schools, inadequate information about the stakes and alternatives, and large numbers of people unable to use the choice system effectively.

In earlier testimony to the Education Committee, Dr. Bill Jones, Principal of Manatee School for the Arts in Bradenton, Fla., said, «The main reason why we're asking for alternative and additional authorizers really goes to the question of quality of education, both for the students and the quality of the charter school system, iSchool for the Arts in Bradenton, Fla., said, «The main reason why we're asking for alternative and additional authorizers really goes to the question of quality of education, both for the students and the quality of the charter school system, ischool system, itself.

«Alternative authorizers will lead to additional charter schools, which will result in greater competition and an increase in the quality of all schools, both traditional public schools and public charter schools,» said Haag.

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.

These issues have become more embarrassing as alternative teacher training outfits such as Teach For America have emerged as the high - quality teacher training regimes of choice for school districts.

Moreover, it offers strong evidence for this alternative direction to the policy debate on public school reform by analyzing the role of union - management relations in educational quality.

They also talk about a «school quality review» conducted by «expert educators» to determine whether schools are actually providing high - quality education for all children, something similar to the school inspection process that Education Sector (now part of the American Institutes for Research) was touting as an alternative to AYP a few years ago.

Environmental Impact and Energy Efficiency: Schools have made efforts to reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, improve water quality and conservation, decrease hazardous waste production, and expand use of alternative transportation.

Schools experience a greater increase in breakfast participation when they serve higher quality breakfast items and incorporate alternative breakfast delivery methods, rather than the traditional model of breakfast served in the cafeteria.

Specifically, a case study on Boston highlights how restrictive charter school caps can impede the growth of a high - quality charter sector; a case study on Denver illustrates the potential and challenges of district - charter collaboration; a case study on New Orleans describes how a city can embrace chartering and alternative governing structures to bring about improved opportunities for students; and a case study on Washington, D.C. illustrates how a well - developed city ecosystem can support a large charter market share.

The infusion will allow the state to double the number of these alternative schools serving primarily urban students and improve the quality of all charter schools, priorities of Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist.

The type of residency program — whether run through a teacher preparation program, an alternative certification provider, or a school district — matters less than the quality of the program.

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He teaches at the free experimental art school the Bruce High Quality Foundation University (BHQFU), and is co-founder of the alternative art space 1:1 in the Lower East Side.

While Colony Driving School does appear to be an entirely legitimate and high quality driving school, the state of Texas has given students and parents some rather enticing alternaSchool does appear to be an entirely legitimate and high quality driving school, the state of Texas has given students and parents some rather enticing alternaschool, the state of Texas has given students and parents some rather enticing alternatives.

When people perceive that both the costs of maintaining a relationship and quality of alternatives are high (which may be the case in college, especially for possible hook - ups), they will be less motivated to maintain their relationship.6 Indeed, feeling that an alternative is more attractive than a current partner may predict not only dissolution but also engaging in infidelity.7, 8 Thus, increased costs of maintaining relationships and presence of [often «tempting»] alternatives at school may lead to challenges in keeping the relationship going during the transition to college.