Sentences with phrase «school admissions criteria»

In the past, the allocation of the vast majority of school places was overseen by local authorities, based on school admissions criteria.

Our task was to figure out what to do about magnet school admissions criteria.

Not exact matches

However, manipulation of admissions criteria happens across the whole range of schools in this country; it's not exclusively a problem for faith - based schools.»

«Unfortunately it's a social reality, and the only way we're going to stop this is by the government changing the rules and the admission criteria, where schools have to serve the local population.

BABI admission criteria included a requirement to have been running courses for two years which the School of Babywearing had not.

Get a place for your child at a primary or secondary school - applications, deadlines, admission criteria, appeals and complaints

In January, Tudor Grange proposed to give priority to pupils from two Church of England primary schools, including St James, in admissions, over criteria based on catchment and distance.

Tudor Grange Academy, a secondary school in Solihull without a religious character, is consulting on changing its admissions criteria to give priority to children attending two religiously selective Church of England primary schools, to the detriment of others who live nearer to the Academy.

The fact that admission to schools 100 % funded by the taxpayer is dependent on religious worship is scandalous and religion needs to cease being an admissions criteria to state schools immediately.»

A civil rights consultant hired by the Buffalo School District to review admissions policies at criteria - based schools, is accusing Board Member Carl Paladino of making «a clear effort to control my work and intimidate me.»

As Buffalo Public Schools near the start of the long process for admission to the city's criteria school next year, the district is asking city residents to come up with ideas for improving racial and ethnic diversity in the sSchools near the start of the long process for admission to the city's criteria school next year, the district is asking city residents to come up with ideas for improving racial and ethnic diversity in the schoolsschools.

The DOE wants the middle school planed for vacant sections of popular P.S. 158 to admit students who meet somewhat stringent admissions criteria, such as good attendance records or test scores, as well as students who would meet lower standards, according to a notice released by the department.

«We've listened to local parents, and the admissions criteria at this school reflects our balancing the various voices and feedback we've gotten from them,» DOE officials said in a statement.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed today's Supreme Court ruling that the admissions criteria to the Jews» Free School (JFS) in Kenton contravene the Race Relations Act 1976, describing the judgment as «of immense importance.»

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has today commented on a Court of Appeal judgment that has found the admissions criteria of the Jewish Free School (JFS) in breach of the Race Relations Act 1976.

This is not a matter of restricting «religious freedom» or otherwise; that the admissions criteria of a state - funded faith school have been found to be racially discriminatory should be enough impetus to look carefully at the criteria all faith schools use to discriminate in their admissions.»

She is also proposing to change the admissions criteria for state - funded faith schools and to force private schools to help the state sector.

The Buffalo Public School District has agreed to work toward resolving the admission requirements for criteria based - schools.

Currently, 35 of the 174 free schools in England use faith admissions criteria.

Some free schools have a faith designation, and therefore use faith - based admission criteria to prioritise entry for 50 % of their students.

The Buffalo School Board still hasn't decided what to do about major problems in the admissions process for the city's criteria schools, most visibly City Honors.

The Buffalo Public School District is working toward more changes to the admissions process for the city's criteria - based schools.

As the authors of the new UNC study write, admissions committees often assume that «[t] ypical selection criteria [such as] standardized test scores, undergraduate GPA, letters of recommendation, a resume and / or personal statement highlighting relevant research or professional experience, and feedback from interviews with training faculty... correlate with research success in graduate school.»

This last finding is consistent with recent evidence showing no academic benefits of attending a Boston or New York City exam school for students who just met the admissions criteria (see «Exam Schools from the Inside,» features, Fall 2012).

For instance, some magnet schools» admission criteria solely focus on academic ability and achievement, while others include behavior, request for recommendations from teachers / counselors, and written essays.

There is a wide range of different themes for the 504 California magnets, which are scattered across 87 school districts.8 Most people probably think of the «gifted» or «high achieving» version of magnet schools with selective admissions criteria, but these are less than 20 percent of California magnet schools (81 of the 504).

Magnet schools are many - splendored things, however, and we sought to know more about them — their themes, whether they have selective admissions criteria, whether they are co-located with a traditional public school (TPS), etc..

Noting that I had raised concerns about the unintended consequences of prohibiting voucher schools from setting their own admissions criteria or charging more than the voucher, Kingsland wrote:

These high schools are sometimes known as «exam schools» in reference to their selective admissions criteria, which can include entrance exams.

«LACES is not a high - end private school but an inner - city school with no admissions criteria in GPA.

The undergraduate plan used a numerical formula for considering race in admissions decisions, while the law school policy considered race as an undefined factor among many criteria.

Schools select eligible students they wish to admit, based on the school's established admissions criteria, and participating students are required to take state tests in English language arts and math.

After all, there are traditional «public district schools» that have admissions criteria (e.g Bronx School of Science), charge for various services (e.g. music, AP tests), or are open only to families who inhabit certain neighborhoods (e.g. all of them).

Colleges and universities should adopt admissions criteria that consider not only what classes students have taken, but also what they actually know and are able to do, argues a report from the Center for School Change.

To ensure equity of access, choice schools should not be allowed to use their own admissions criteria but should be required to take all applicants or admit by lottery.

The schools» actual admission criteria and procedures are interesting, variegated, and somewhat sensitive.

Between fall 2002 and fall 2008, the school district closed 23 large failing high schools (with graduation rates below 45 percent), opened 216 new small high schools (with different missions, structures, and student selection criteria), and implemented a centralized high school admissions process that assigns over 90 percent of the roughly 80,000 incoming ninth - graders each year based on their school preferences.

Selective - admissions magnet schools are the best example, but you can find explicit enrollment criteria in other district programs, too, including gifted - and - talented initiatives and some career - and technical - education options.

In our close examination of the 100 most socially selective primary schools we find as many as 18 oversubscription criteria used in one school and several instances where the school appears to contravene the admissions code.

Often, enrollment for magnet schools is regulated in a variety of ways to ensure schools remain racially balanced, usually through the use of admissions criteria, first - come, first - served applications, lotteries and / or percentage set - asides for neighborhood residents.

The School's admissions criteria became more selective and reached out increasingly to recent college graduates in addition to current practitioners.

Several OPSB and BESE public schools have selective admissions based on entrance exams, language proficiency exams, prior grades, essays, and other criteria.

Four others use school - specific admissions criteria, such as musical auditions, to select their students.

Free schools are already the most diverse type of school, and schools like University of Birmingham School have used their admissions criteria to actively promote bring children together from different backgrschool, and schools like University of Birmingham School have used their admissions criteria to actively promote bring children together from different backgrSchool have used their admissions criteria to actively promote bring children together from different backgrounds.

Dr Becky Allen, Director of Education Datalab, said: «There are many benefits to giving parents a choice over where their child is educated, but our new research shows that that there is not equity in access to many primary schools, either because higher - income families are advantaged in their ability to exercise choice or because their admissions criteria favour certain pupils.»

Schools that wish to accept voucher students may not set admissions criteria for voucher applicants.

While both states limit their vouchers and tax - credit scholarships to low - income students, they do not otherwise restrict admissions criteria, nor do they prevent schools from charging full tuition.

In 2003, the Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan Law School's admissions system that takes into account race among a number of factors so long as it is not the defining criteria nor part of a quota system.

Parents are advised to check individual schools» admission criteria before applying.

At Ascend, our mission insists that our schools be truly public institutions: free and open to all children, without admission criteria, tuition, or fees.