Sentences with phrase «serve higher percentages of students»

At the same time, charter schools served a higher percentage of students whose parents are college educated and a lower percentage of students whose parents are high school dropouts.

Across the country, charter public schools are serving a higher percentage of students from low - income backgrounds than district - run public.

We have partnered with all types of schools, and we have special expertise working with underserved schools that serve high percentages of students with the most urgent needs: low - income students; students who are struggling academically; and students who need extra support to address social, emotional, or other challenges.

It is a nonprofit, independent school that serves a high percentage of students with low - income backgrounds and special needs.

Seventy percent of districts in Colorado and small and rural, and those districts serve a high percentage of students who are English - language learners.

On average, teachers of color work primarily in schools that serve high percentages of students of color and students from low - income families.

This then changes the denominator in the percentage formula so that LEA units serving exactly the same number of students, now serve a higher percentage of students in the EC program.

Public charter schools in Indiana served a higher percentage of students in special populations when compared with traditional public schools in 2012 — 13 (14 percentage points more).

Families want these schools, and these schools serve a higher percentage of students that are in need of free and reduced - price lunch (5).

Not exact matches

The result: Stanford tends to attract a very high percentage of prospective students who want to do their own thing and, once in Silicon Valley, the school serves up enough opportunities to push the odds in their favor.

Titone, a member of the Assembly Education Committee, said the legal fight is needlessly hampering the development of the Staten Island charter school, which serves a high percentage of special education students.

Lynch says he's proud of the fact that the schools he's worked in — which have tended to serve working - class students — have had good records and that «a high percentage of the students got jobs; some of them have done quite well from an academic point of view.»

The survey sought to identify issues and successful practices in «inclusive» STEM schools — schools that serve students from groups historically under - represented in STEM fields and with a higher percentage of students who qualify for a free or reduced - price lunch (which is linked to family income)-- as opposed to «selective» STEM schools, which recruit students who have higher levels of prior achievement.

It serves students in Boston's neighborhood schools, which have traditionally had a high percentage of low - income and at - risk students.

Despite serving a substantially greater proportion of students from low - income families and minorities than district schools, a higher percentage of CMU schools (86 percent) made AYP in 2010 - 11 than did public schools statewide (79 percent).

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.

Typically, urban and rural schools serving poor and minority students have the highest turnover rates, and as a result they have the highest percentages of first - year teachers, the highest percentages of teachers with fewer than five years of teaching experience, the lowest paid teachers, and the lowest percentages of accomplished teachers.

Among high schools that serve large percentages of African - American and Latino students, one in four don't offer Algebra II, and one in three don't offer chemistry.

Approximately 95 percent of CSGF's member schools enable students to outperform comparable district schools in both math and reading; nearly 70 percent of schools enable their students to outperform state averages in both math and reading, although they serve much higher than average percentages of low - income and minority students.

We also serve a high percentage of special education students relative to other district schools, and currently house the district - wide program for beginning and intermediate English language learners.

Strengthening school districts — Launched in 2009, the Irvine - funded California Linked Learning District Initiative was implemented over seven years within nine California school districts that, together, served 14 percent of the state's public high school students (including a high percentage of low - income youth of color, within rural and urban geographies).

The report finds that states with higher rankings are strong in many of the following areas: they have a large percentage of students in charter schools, strong rates of new schools opening and they serve a significant amount of historically underserved students.

Statewide, charters serve a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged and ELL students, and about the same percentage of special needs students, as the traditional public schools.

Trent Sharp talks about his work with the Texas Comprehensive Center to examine the geographic and social factors that affect low performing schools and high performing Title one schools, which serve a large percentage of low - income students, throughout the state.

Charter schools serve a higher percentage of black and Hispanic students than district schools do, and while charter schools boast greater percentages of black and Hispanic principals than district schools, these charter - school leaders overall are far less diverse than the students they serve (see Figure 4).

This big improvement has occurred even as the schools are serving a higher percentage of low - income students — 84 percent — than before the storm, and despite the fact that many of the students missed months of school.

The percentage of students with special needs served by charter high schools is also more representative of the public high schools serving the wealthiest towns.

The most experienced teachers, and thus the highest paid, are much more likely to work in low - poverty schools and serve a lower percentage of students of color.

Charter high schools serve less LEP students than those even served by New Jersey's high schools in the wealthiest communities, let alone the districts located in the poorest communities, yet charter high school operate in communities with high percentages of LEP students.

In the past few years, charter public schools in Colorado have outperformed comparable public schools in nearly every area, while serving high percentages of minority students in urban areas.

Engaging Schools works with urban middle and high schools that serve high percentages of low - income students; students who are struggling academically; and students who need extra support to address social, emotional, and other challenges.

Figure 2 — Distribution of Teacher Characteristics Across K — 6 Schools, by Location K — 6 schools serving more - disadvantaged students have a higher percentage of less - prepared teachers.

For example, charter public schools in Colorado have outperformed other public schools in nearly every area while serving high percentages of minority students in traditionally urban areas.

Good places to start include HBCUs and Hispanic - serving institutions; high schools and colleges with high percentages of high - achieving students of color; and community or faith - based groups.

Over the last several years, charter public schools in Colorado have outperformed comparable public schools in nearly every area, while serving high percentages of minority students.

High percentages of principals report serving students who are experiencing family or personal crisis (95 percent), come to school hungry (85 percent), and are in need of mental health or healthcare services (91 percent and 82 percent, respectively).

Beach Court saw a dramatic change in CSAP proficiency scores from the low 40's to the upper 60's in 2007 with numbers growing into the upper 80's, amongst the highest in Denver, and certainly the highest for any elementary school serving so many low - income students (growth was also in the 80 and 90 percentage points for many of those years).

The project targets seventh - and eighth - grade science classrooms that serve high percentages of Hispanic students.

Another result of his fairness campaign: Compared with DCPS schools, the charters here serve a higher percentage of poor kids, higher percentage of African American students and nearly as many special - education students.

So when we see this kind of data, we wonder: what percentage of high need students does this school serve?

Propose an education program designed to serve English language learner students; or propose a location in a neighborhood with a high percentage of English language learner students, while demonstrating capacity to provide high - quality educational services to this population

While some charter schools serve some of the students in highest need, analysis of TEA data for 2016 - 17 statewide reveals that there is very little difference in the percentage of students served who are considered at risk of dropping out: 50 percent in traditional schools compared to 52 percent in charter schools.

The San Diego charter school was recognized for being one of the highest performing urban schools in the nation based on their work serving a diverse student population in grades kindergarten through 11th grade with a high percentage of low - income students.

In some states, charter schools serve significantly higher percentages of minority or low — income students than the traditional public schools.

Charter schools tend to serve higher percentages of low - income students.

For instance, a national comparison of per - student funding levels from state and local sources among districts serving low - versus - high percentages of poor students found that in 20 states, districts serving wealthier students received more funding on average than those serving poorer students.

«The steady gains charter schools have achieved year after year, even as they serve a higher percentage of District students, are beginning to add up,» McKoy said in a statement.

The now K - 12 schools serve over 900 students, 86 percent who qualify for free or reduced lunch, 93 % who identify as Hispanic or Latino, and over 55 % who are English Language learners — percentages higher than those of the geographic district.

In New Mexico, 66 percent of public school students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch — meaning only Mississippi serves a higher percentage of poor students in its public schools.

School districts that serve economically disadvantaged students account for the highest percentage of uniform wearers.