Sentences with phrase «same large high school»

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The larger question is whether the courts will allow the same right at the high school level.

From 56 - student New Harmony High in the utopian settlement of the same name, to sprawling Ben Davis High in suburban Indianapolis, with its largest - in - the - state enrollment of 2,798; from schools with picturesque handles like Turkey Run (enrollment 164) and Rising Sun (252), to consolidated districts that go by neologisms like Tri-West Hendricks (301) and Jac - Cen - Del (228), the eyes of March are on the tournament.

At the same time build autonomy while — at once — recognizing the value and complexity of the interdependence between the individual self and the larger world as they ready themselves for high school.

Ruth Jonen, food services director for Palatine Township High School District 211 in Chicago's northwest suburbs, defended the quality and safety of foods served in schools, saying they «by and large use the same food distributors as the restaurant down the road.»

This may help explain the larger trend, because today's seniors are more likely to have at least a high school diploma than those in the same age range a decade ago.

A career academy is a small learning community within a larger high school, comprising a team of teachers who work with the same group of students during grades 10 - 12 or 9 - 12.

If, for example, drug - market activity is concentrated within a few schools, we might expect large differences in criminality in the high school years that diminish as enrollment in the chosen school ends and lottery winners and losers return to the same neighborhoods.

Higher - performing middle schools share many of the same practices and attributes, concludes a study of 15 New York state middle schools that serve larger - than - average percentages of poor students.

In «Graduation Rates Are Insufficient As An Accountability Measure,» Chad Aldeman looks at some problems with using highs school graduation rates for accountability purposes and presents data showing the large variation in college - going rates at schools with the same graduation rates.

In other words, we ask whether teachers who receive higher TES ratings than other teachers in their school produce larger gains in student achievement than their same - school colleagues.

More importantly, she ignores the large and statistically significant improvement in high - school graduation rates resulting from vouchers in that same study.

This analysis makes clear that large differences in the performance of high - SES students and low - SES students in the same schools do exist; that these apparent gaps are not simply reflective of gaps in preparation; and that while the variation across school districts is substantial, the variation within school districts may be even larger (at least among the largest districts in Florida).

New York City's open choice system provided them with access to schools throughout the city, which often included one or more new small, themed high schools, including those that opened in the same building as the larger school that had been closed.

These effects are all larger than what would have been predicted based on the same students» test - score gains, leading the researchers to conclude that «high achieving charter schools alter more than cognitive ability.»

This paper foreshadows the larger research project we have launched in New York City Schools that examines in depth teacher perceptions of their work environment and how conducive school climate is to learning behaviors (e.g., experimenting with new teaching practices) and, at the same time, to retaining high standards for accountability.

Gender gaps in educational attainment, which are not unique to the United States, are more difficult to explain using conventional economic models than gaps based on socioeconomic status or race, because males and females grow up in the same families and attend the same schools.Recent evidence provides one possible explanation for the especially large gender gap in high school graduation rates among blacks and Hispanics.

At the same time, these evaluations also detected large positive effects of the programs on high school graduation.

The picture looks largely the same as for the national sample, with slightly larger proportions of students graduating from high school at a college - prepared level, matriculating, and completing college.

Low - income, African - American, and Hispanic students in the 50 largest districts in Texas are less likely to attend schools with experienced teachers than high - income and white students in those same districts, concludes a report by the Education Trust, a Washington - based nonprofit research and advocacy organization.

One - size - fits - all models of professional development for principals (widespread throughout the United States), are unlikely to work well in complex and difficult high school settings (the same point holds for some larger middle schools).

MCLs reach 100 percent of the students in a subject within their school (in larger high schools, possibly splitting responsibility with one or two others in the same subject).

She and others also talked about the larger cultural change in testing that's coming at the same time as other shifts in school funding and accountability, including a new high - stakes teacher evaluation system that will be in place next year.

We explored the same relationship with the CST in order to identify the largest gaps for high - need students with SBAC and whether they are the same districts and schools with low scores on the CST.

As we are now seeing, requiring all schools to meet the same high standards for all students, regardless of family background, will inevitably lead either to large numbers of failing schools or to a dramatic lowering of state standards.

«We chose to give to the Greater Good fund because we have been so happy with the Great Hearts approach for our daughter, and the idea that the same high - level academic environment and classical education is offered in communities that are less fortunate than ours is very important... I see the Great Hearts schools as a larger community, and it's important to us that this community be diverse and support young people from all socio - economic backgrounds.»

At the same time, we know that teacher leaders are part of a larger connected system within schools, and their success often depends on the presence of content experts, access to high quality instructional materials, and the necessary time to work with colleagues.

The final budget bill cut state K - 12 spending by nearly $ 800 million, over7 percent — the largest amount in Wisconsin's history — and limited local governments» abilities to make up for these cuts through property taxes.14 That same year, Gov. Walker passed major tax cuts primarily targeted toward corporations and the wealthy that totaled $ 2.33 billion over 10 years.15 Gov. Walker and Act 10 proponents argued that the bill's reforms would allow schools to offset these cuts by reducing teachers» benefits and hiring lower - paid teachers, preventing budget cuts from affecting students.16 Gov. Walker also argued that eliminating requirements to bargain over salary structures, hiring, and working conditions would give schools additional flexibility needed to attract and retain higher - quality teachers.17

My husband spent years in grad school, started contributing when he started working full time and we have about the same amount now — he was able to save larger amounts — higher limits when he started too.

A large cyclone in 1970 caused 500,000 deaths, but a similar cyclone in the same area in late 2007 (including a tsunami - like 2 - metre - high sea water intrusion) caused only 8000 deaths, though affecting the houses or livelihoods or 8 million people: most of the more exposed people received early warning, and took refuge in thousands of government - built cyclone shelters, chiefly schools and other public buildings, made of concrete and other hard materials, and built upon 12 - 15 feet high concrete pillars.