Sentences with phrase «requirements of the traditional high school»

Rhode Island will also award a Commissioner's Seal for students have exceeded the expectations and requirements of the traditional high school diploma

Not exact matches

Without many of the bureaucratic requirements placed on traditional public schools, charter schools are held to a very high standard for advancing student achievement.

The study found that — out of 22 policy barriers to competency - based education, as cited by principals — 20 were merely perceived or could be dealt with through creative workarounds or waivers.14 The same year, a 50 - state policy scan by the Carnegie Foundation found that only nine states provided no flexibility in granting high school credits beyond traditional seat time requirements.15

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 report also said, «Charter high schools are providing a greater proportion of their students with college access (37 percent) through higher A-G subject requirement completion rates than their traditional school peers (24 percent).»

Although critics frequently claim that charters aren't held to the same standards as traditional public schools, the opposite appears to be true in Washington D.C. OSSE's report makes clear that several of the city's traditional high schools have chosen to ignore the district's graduation requirements, while charters only hand out diplomas to students who earn them.