Sentences with phrase «school dropout recovery»

GEO Foundation currently manages four charter schools in three states and we support both a K - 12 «early college» model and a high school dropout recovery model.

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This is a trend that we've noticed since we began researching the field; one school district my colleague Katherine Mackey profiled in a case study several years ago didn't even know how many students it had served in its dropout recovery program in a given year, let alone how they had fared in the program.

In this case that meant at the fringe of schools — in the advanced classes, foreign languages, and credit and dropout recovery options they couldn't otherwise offer, for example.

In my travels, I've spoken to people who run alternative schools, people who work in recovery programs to reclaim existing dropouts, and people involved in a variety of dropout prevention programs.

With it, sometimes, comes the idea of creating new education options for out - of - school youth and dropout recovery programs for those who have fallen by the wayside.

As I've noted before, alternative high schools, or dropout - recovery programs, are well - suited to forging competency - based approaches; by design, such programs take on students with varying credit and mastery levels.

Terry Grier, superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, has made online credit recovery classes the centerpiece of his aggressive dropout - reduction strategy.

Executive Summary In the fall of 1999, Wichita Public Schools launched a dropout - recovery and credit - recovery program, called the Learning Centers, in response to the district's low graduation rate.

Charter schools in Texas range from campuses at dropout recovery centers and residential treatment centers to college preparatory schools with a STEM focus.

Second, public schools are eligible to earn funding for a full day if they provide at least 43,200 minutes (4 hours per day) of instructional time to students enrolled in (1) a dropout recovery school; (2) an alternative education program; (3) a school program located at a day treatment facility, a residential treatment facility, psychiatric hospital, or medical hospital; (4) program offered at a correctional facility, or (5) a charter school providing adult high school diplomas or industry certification under Section 29.259.

With expertise in dropout recovery, our team extends its leadership and solutions to support schools and keep at - risk students on - track.

Changes the definition of a dropout recovery high school to mean a school offering instruction in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in which 50 % or more of its pupils are either designated as dropouts, as specified, or and were not otherwise enrolled for a period of at least 180 days and the school provides specified instruction, and also includes a high school in which 50 % or more of its pupils left a school and were not otherwise enrolled in a school for a period of at least 180 days.

A nationally - recognized expert on the prevention and recovery of dropouts, Dr. Robledo Montecel pioneered research on school dropouts in Texas.

Two new dropout recovery charter schools will open in Gary in August, raising the number of charters in the city to nine.

Christel House will use its $ 1 million award to build a five - school network that includes two types of schools: a K - 12 model that replicates its Christel House Academy, which is located on Indianapolis» south side and has produced among the best results in the state among low - income students, and another school model called Dropout Recovery Schools schools: a K - 12 model that replicates its Christel House Academy, which is located on Indianapolis» south side and has produced among the best results in the state among low - income students, and another school model called Dropout Recovery Schools Schools (DORS).

Christel House also plans to launch a fourth new school in 2017 but has yet to determine whether that school will be K - 12 or Dropout Recovery.

That's one reason they're hard to study — because having a «charter» may be less important than the school's core mission, which might be dropout recovery, or the arts, or bilingualism, or giving new options to disabled children.

Christel House will launch one additional Christel House Academy and two Dropout Recovery Schools (see below).

DROPOUT RECOVERY SCHOOLS (DORS) Model: Offers students 18 and older who have dropped out of high school multiple pathways, based on needs and ability level, to obtain a diploma, prepare for college, and start a career.

Bobby Jindal's Push for Choice: While Dropout Nation has devoted plenty of space to reform efforts in other states, it hasn't taken as much notice as it should about what is happening in Louisiana outside of the Recovery School District effort in New Orleans, which has been the epicenter of the expansion of charter schools and school cSchool District effort in New Orleans, which has been the epicenter of the expansion of charter schools and school cschool choice.

SIATech (pronounced SIGH - a-tek) is an award - winning network of charter schools focused on dropout recovery.

The school, which is backed by Indianapolis philanthropist Christel DeHaan, plans to open a second K - 12 charter school by 2014, then launch multiple dropout recovery schools for adults.

Our dropout recovery academy focuses on helping students earn their high school diploma AND prepare for a successful career or to enter college.

Eyeing Gary's ripe population of dropouts, two other dropout recovery schools considered applying for charters from the Indiana School Board last year, but withdrew their applications for now.

The reporter also pointed to evidence of school districts using «credit recovery programs» that shove potential high school dropouts into online learning sweatshops that provide a pathway to graduation that in no way resembles rigorous high school coursework.

At the same time, virtual programs can help schools expand course and summer school offerings, as well as overcome challenges like teacher shortage and dropout recovery.

2009: In Springfield, the cap on charter schools is raised to 120: 70 for Chicago, 45 outside of Chicago and 5 replicating dropout recovery charters are instituted.

Using the Catapult Academy Dropout Recovery Model, we identify centrally located facilities, create a student - friendly environment, and hire teachers, counselors, and a local school management team.

If Texas is to reach its goal of graduating at least 95 percent of its students, then it must change course — from masking the number of dropouts to making each child count, from dropout prevention or recovery to a graduation plan for each student, from dropping out to school holding power, from at - risk students to high school reforms that produce high school graduates.

Fast Track funding could also support personalized drop - out recovery programs at community colleges that allow dropouts to complete a regular high school diploma and begin college - level work.

Christel House Academy is a network of K - 12 and adult dropout recovery schools.

Haywood Community Learning Center is a dropout recovery program that partners with other programs to provide after school enrichment for elementary, middle, and high school students.

The availability of accurate longitudinal data on school dropouts, tied to the Academic Excellence Indicator System, is critical to maintaining the credibility of the school accountability system and to informing urgently needed strategic dropout prevention and recovery efforts.

Credit Recovery, part of a larger high school dropout strategy, allows students that are credit deficient to potentially graduate on time by providing intentional opportunities through increased access.

ALS, Inc., which currently operates one charter school in Charlotte and is scheduled to open another this fall, also runs 23 alternative high schools focusing on dropout recovery in seven school districts across the state of Florida, according to a due diligence report provided to State Board of Ed members that was compiled by the National Association of Charter School Authorschool in Charlotte and is scheduled to open another this fall, also runs 23 alternative high schools focusing on dropout recovery in seven school districts across the state of Florida, according to a due diligence report provided to State Board of Ed members that was compiled by the National Association of Charter School Authorschool districts across the state of Florida, according to a due diligence report provided to State Board of Ed members that was compiled by the National Association of Charter School AuthorSchool Authorizers.