Sentences with phrase «selecting higher achieving students»

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However, our analysis also revealed a group of other high schools that exhibited similarly poor performance and enrolled similarly low - achieving students — but were not selected for closure.

The way students are selected for the academy is a form of tracking — basically, it's creating a separate educational path for high - achieving students.

In addition, four students who were identified as either high achieving or low achieving were selected as in - depth case studies which involved observations and in - depth interviews with students, teachers, teaching artists and parents.

The Center for American Progress recently released a report showing that when districts and states put in place smart processes to select high - quality curricula, students achieve at higher levels.

«As an organization committed to helping students from high - poverty communities achieve success, we are thrilled to be selected as a Science Learning Challenge winner,» said Elisabeth Stock, CEO and Co-Founder of PowerMyLearning.

As the oldest teacher recruitment program in the country, South Carolina's Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement, or CERRA, facilitates a variety of programs that aim to recruit, retain, and support highly qualified teacher candidates.64 CERRA recruits middle and high school students, college students, and career - changers by offering an array of programs across the state.65 For example, the Teacher Cadets Program is a high school recruitment program offered at nearly 160 schools in South Carolina.66 As Teacher Cadets, high - achieving juniors and seniors who express an interest in teaching complete field placements in classrooms and learn about curriculum development.67 The South Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, another one of CERRA's recruitment programs, is one of the most competitive scholarship and loan programs in the state: Through the program, select high school seniors who display a strong desire to pursue teaching receive a forgivable loan to attend college.68

Many teachers hand out their Student of the Week awards during the first few months of school to their highest academically achieving students because these students are easy to select and come up with reasons for why they deserve this special award.

In comparisons of NAEP scores within select urban environments, charter students do achieve higher scores in some subjects and grade levels.

In too many schools, high - level courses are open to only a select group of high - achieving students, thus perpetuating historical inequalities in academic outcomes.

Sometimes, it is appropriate to select a high achieving, popular student to represent their peers in a student involvement activity.

In contrast, serving other groups of vulnerable students as equitably as Massachusetts charter schools seem to do is not a norm; some charter schools, particularly in cities, participating in «creaming,» or selecting deliberately for higher - achieving, lower - needs students.