Sentences with phrase «school in the program»

Two years in, at these and others of the lowest - performing high schools in the program, academic progress is hard to see.

A recent federal analysis of the first cohort of schools in the program nationwide found mixed results.

Schools in the program for at least three years saw a 70 % drop in discipline incidents with and without weapons during that period.

The audit last month of 16 of the 17 schools in the program found that five had exceeded that limit.

Schools in the program achieve a purposeful connection between data collection, analysis, lesson and unit planning, and student - centered instructional approaches.

Regardless of which school serves as the test center, you may request test results be sent to any independent school in the program.

But it's unclear if the oldest schools in the program will meet the five - year goal and questions remain over how to return local control.

In total there are 94 elementary, middle and high schools in the program.

Schools in the program for at least three years saw a 68 % drop in suspensions.

And it's not just the number of schools in our program but the quality of efforts being made in those schools that make the difference.

Burke also rejects expanding the two - year - old statewide voucher program, calling it an «entitlement program» for families who send their children to private schools, noting most students attending private schools in the program did not attend public schools previously.

We also know that, given the four options allowed under SIG, 73 percent of the 1400 schools in the program chose the easiest and least aggressive «transformation» option, which required replacing the principal but none of the staff.

CORE's accountability system would replace the current system, with most schools in Program Improvement, facing NCLB sanctions, with a three - tiered system that rewards top Schools of Distinction and identifies the 15 percent of Title I schools needing improvement.

The Wall Street Journal editorial page has already taken the Administration to task for backing away from some of its tougher «Race to the Top» provisions around teacher evaluations and charter schools in the program's final application.

(The remaining 74 schools in the program showed no growth in either year and were not included in the study.)

Madison's only school in the program, Lighthouse Christian, has 10 students using vouchers — the same as last year.

The report notes that while larger public high schools offer more program choices than smaller ones, even small public schools do better compared to private high schools in programs for which data is available: Gifted or Honors classes, Advanced Placement, and distance learning.

Two - thirds of private schools in the program are meeting or exceeding academic expectations, up from less than half last year, according to the Louisiana Education Department.

Early advocates of school reform (see for example, Edmonds, 1979; Comer, 1997; Slavin, Karweit, & Madden, 1989) incorporated characteristics of effective schools in their programs for at - risk students.

A simple comparison of the scores of schools in the program and the comparison LEAs suggests the literacy hour may have played a role in this general improvement.

Schools in Program Improvement must continue to notify parents annually that they can transfer their children to another school, and they must continue to set aside 20 percent of Title I money for student tutoring and transporting students to schools of their choice.

A ninth - grade teacher, she is the first national winner from a charter school in the program's 65 - year history, and the first from Massachusetts.

[xliii] In a stinging dissent, Judge Andrew Kleinfeld observed, «Discriminating against religious schools in a program of otherwise general availability makes no sense as a strategy for avoiding an establishment of religion, because treating everyone the same without regard to religion is hard to see as «establishing» anything — except equality.»

Shouldn't schools in those programs get a reprieve?

And, interestingly, even among the 58 schools in the program, 41 percent still continued to offer only fresh fruits and vegetables, indicating there may be little interest overall in changing the status quo.

Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer and Council Member Ydanis Rodríguez issued a joint statement that said «the label has stigmatized this and other schools in the program.»

We estimate that the New York City bonus program had a positive effect on student math achievement in these schools in both program years, although the estimated effect in the second year fell just short of conventional levels of statistical significance.

Taxpayer support for private schools in the program is $ 6,442 per student; public schools in Milwaukee receive $ 13,818.

Second, are the schools in the program delivering higher performance, measured by individual test results, vis - à - vis similar schools that do not belong to the program?

Rep. Annette «Polly» Williams is backing a proposal by state education officials to bar private schools in the program from charging voucher students registration and book fees that public schools do not impose, according to Greg Doyle, the spokesman for the state education department, which proposed the rule last month.

If Dallas parents drive a child to an «exchange» school in the program, the school district will pay them up to $ 720 per child annually for transportation costs.

Eason says that the materials desired by schools in the program vary greatly.

Largely lost in the discussion of the new regulations has been any recognition of the requirements for private schools in the program that existed prior to this year's changes.

Principal supervisors join with their teams of principals to participate in a unique, yearlong opportunity to learn from expert supervisors and receive targeted feedback on their work managing principals across networks of schools in this program.

One challenge Wolf faced is that the voucher programs have high attrition rates, and only those who finish high school in the program seem to benefit.

The average school in our program improved in English Language Arts and Math from 2015 to 2016 and 2016 to 2017, no matter the number of years in the program.

, this means that de Blasio will have closed more than «a third of the original 94 schools in the program.»

Principals of some schools in the program said that the coaching and the support provided by the community organizations were making a difference in their schools.

Mr. Mulgrew said some of the high schools in the program were struggling because the principals did not have good relationships with teachers.

«Every school in this program is accountable,» says John White, Louisiana's state education superintendent.

A comparison of the successful and unsuccessful schools in the program reveals that success seems to depend on the quality of leadership and on the effectiveness of instructional programs and practices.

He said the district plans to more than double the number of schools in the program this year.

Other complaints have been lodged about the quality of individual schools in the program and questions have been raised about whether some schools chosen to receive hundreds of thousands in tax dollars have adequate facilities, teaching staff and curricula.

In a speech in November 2014 he vowed to «demand fast and intense improvement» for the 78 schools in the program, just as earlier that year in Riverside Church he made a commitment to «shake the foundations» of the school system.