Sentences with phrase «rates than traditional district schools»

Of course, that sets O'Farrell up for one of the biggest criticisms against charter schools — that they suspend or expel kids at higher rates than traditional district schools.

Charter schools graduate high school students at higher rates than traditional district schools - 79 % versus 66 % for traditional schools.

Not exact matches

A new Fordham report finds that 28 % of teachers in traditional district schools miss more than 10 school days a year for sick or personal leave while teachers in charter schools have lower rates absences.

Clickable surveys offered through school or district Web pages are easier to prepare and tabulate, and appear to get higher rates of response, than traditional paper surveys that are sent home in backpacks or mailed, say school administrators who have joined the trend.

In Tennessee, for example, the state's traditional districts need only to ensure that 42.8 percent of black high school students are proficient in Algebra I during the 2012 - 2013 school year, some 20 percentage points lower than the rate of proficiency for white peers.

Their report found that, on average, charter school students in New York City tend to stay at their schools at a higher rate than do students at nearby traditional district schools.

This has resulted in states such as Tennessee letting traditional districts get away with low bar goals, such as ensuring that 42.8 percent of black high school students are proficient in Algebra I during the 2012 - 2013 school year, some 20 percentage points lower than the rate of proficiency for white peers.

These findings turn out to be as good or better to what we've seen in urban districts, where Linked Learning students are earning more credits and graduating at higher rates than peers in traditional high school programs.

Recent internal progress reports obtained by LA School Report show only 54 percent of seniors are currently on track to meet their «A through G» course requirements for graduation, but the reports also show the problem is spread throughout the district, as 55 of its 59 traditional high schools with more than 200 students show a projected graduation rate behind last year's districtwide rate of 74 percent.

The District's public charter schools have expelled students at a far higher rate than the city's traditional public schools in recent years, according to school data, highlighting a key difference between two sectors that compete for the District's students and taxpayer dollars.