Sentences with phrase «small public high school»

New Findings About the Effectiveness and Operation of Small Public High Schools of Choice in New York City

On Top of the News City Students at Small Public High Schools are More Likely to Graduate, Study Says New York Times 1/26/12

Summary: This article reports on in - depth case studies of three urban, socioeconomically and racially diverse small public high schools, a student survey, and a comparison of student survey results to a national sample of students, Hamedani et al. investigate the ways in which school - wide social emotional learning can be implemented and how these efforts shape students» educational experiences.

It operated by Alliance College - Ready Public Schools, an independent non-profit charter management organization that has grown to 18 high performance small public high schools and middle schools created in Los Angeles between 2004 and 2010.

New York City teenagers attending small public high schools with about 100 students per grade were more likely to graduate than their counterparts at larger schools, according to new findings from a continuing study released on Wednesday night.

The article notes the 2013 report «Sustained Progress: New Findings About the Effectiveness and Operation of Small Public High Schools of Choice in New York City» by the group MDRC, which studies the causes of high graduation rates at small high schools in New York City.

Chicago's Renaissance 2010: The Small Schools Movement Meets The Ownership Society China's Small Schools Go Digital City Students at Small Public High Schools Are More Likely to Graduate, Study Says Do Small Schools Harden Segregation?

Summary: This article reports on in - depth case studies of three urban, socioeconomically and racially diverse small public high schools, a student survey, and a comparison of student survey results to a national sample of students, Hamedani et al. investigate the ways in which school - wide social emotional learning can be implemented and how these efforts shape students» educational experiences.

In his younger days, he successfully made the transition from a small public high school in Hopatcong, New Jersey, to Harvard University.

In fall 2006, James O'Brien, a former teacher and first - time principal, started the Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School, a small public high school in Brooklyn, New York's Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood, where one third of the residents live below the poverty line.

Then came a fresh start as a freshman in one of this city's new generation of small public high schools.

This report presents encouraging findings from that study, providing clear and reliable evidence that, in roughly six years, a large system of small public high schools can be created and can markedly improve graduation prospects for many disadvantaged students.

A version of this article appears in print on January 26, 2012, on Page A26 of the New York edition with the headline: City Students at Small Public High Schools Are More Likely to Graduate, Study Says.

In 2002, New York City created a cohort of nonselective, small public high schools that mostly served disadvantaged students of color and emphasized academic rigor, strong staff and student relationships, and community partnerships.

Help Steve raise money to support students from MetWest, a small public high school in East Oakland (where Steve is tutoring math) attend the Woolman Semester School, a Quaker school focused on peace, justice and environmental sustainability.

In the case of New York City, this basket is the June 2010 «research» report by MDRC entitled «Transforming the High School Experience: How New York City's New Small Schools Are Boosting Student Achievement and Graduation Rates» and the January 2012 follow up report «Sustained Positive Effects on Graduation Rates Produced by New York City's Small Public High Schools of Choice.»

I am now a special education teacher in the NYC Department of Education, at a small public high school in Brooklyn.