Sentences with phrase «small urban high schools»

She undertakes a detailed study of two small urban high schools in their first year of conversion from a large, comprehensive high school.

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A decade ago, the Cleveland Heights - University Heights City School District in Ohio set out on a daunting task of taking a large urban high school with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the buiSchool District in Ohio set out on a daunting task of taking a large urban high school with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the buischool with 2,000 students and breaking it up into five smaller units housed in different parts of the building.

Other than that basic commonality, the schools were very different — some were big, some small, some urban, some rural, some were high - tech, some were low - tech, some integrated, some racially and economically isolated.

Heights High is one of 20 urban high schools in Ohio transforming into small schools as part of a state - wide initiative led by the KnowledgeWorks FoundatioHigh is one of 20 urban high schools in Ohio transforming into small schools as part of a state - wide initiative led by the KnowledgeWorks Foundatiohigh schools in Ohio transforming into small schools as part of a state - wide initiative led by the KnowledgeWorks Foundation...

We have these school divisions and the urban areas have [high populations] and obviously big school divisions, but the rural divisions have struggled to maintain a variety of course offerings to high school students in their really small schools.

In 1997, Richard opened the first Urban Assembly high school, and when the Bloomberg administration was looking for organizations with capacity to create small schools to replace the city's failing big high schools, Richard and the UA stepped forward.

In effect, the nation's urban high schools, which served increasing numbers of young people from poor and immigrant families, were arguably providing the best academic and, for a smaller number of students, vocational education available in the United States at that time.

The foundation encouraged urban school districts to close large, dysfunctional high schools and replace them with smaller ones, either in alternative spaces or by placing several schools within the building that once housed the large one.

Yes, many will take a course here and there, but the comprehensive high school in most suburban districts and proliferation of small high schools in urban systems will continue to enroll the vast majority of eligible teenagers.

Fueled by a confluence of interests among urban parents, progressive educators, and school reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagschool reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagSchool and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagschool Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagSchool of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, pagSchool, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, page 33).

It spent about $ 650 million on a program to replace large urban high schools with smaller schools, on the theory that students at risk of dropping out would be more likely to stay in schools where they forged closer bonds with teachers and other students.

It may also be difficult to translate work done in this small school, where in any given year a quarter to 40 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, a federal measure of poverty, to larger, urban schools with higher concentrations of low - income students.

A More Perfect Union High School is a small, high - performing urban charter schHigh School is a small, high - performing urban charter sSchool is a small, high - performing urban charter schhigh - performing urban charter schoolschool.

Sen. Bob Hall, R - Edgewood, noted that while a program like the one introduced in Richardson may work for larger, urban school districts, it would put small, rural districts at even more of a disadvantage in staffing classrooms with high quality teachers.

These students are reaching the halfway mark in their teacher education programs and one of my most important goals is to create a sense of energy and motivation as they — for the first time — take on the responsibility of working with small groups and organizing instruction for whole classrooms of students in Milwaukee's high needs urban schools.

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.

One of the Gates Foundation's initiatives provides funds to create small high schools in urban districts.

This common problem, which surfaces in school after school, led us to consult some of the most successful urban educators we know — teachers and principals who have been involved in founding new, small high schools in New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.1 These schools, which serve low - income, minority communities, have begun to routinely graduate and send to college more than 90 percent of their students.

Research shows many schools face challenges in retaining high - quality teachers, especially urban school districts and small, rural school districts.

The researchers looked at 14 recently converted small high schools in a large, urban school district in California.

She served as principal of Norwood High School, a small Appalachian urban school district in the middle of Cincinnati, for five School, a small Appalachian urban school district in the middle of Cincinnati, for five school district in the middle of Cincinnati, for five years.

By Sarah Giddings From the first day I stepped foot into my class in a small urban public high school, I realized one reality about teaching.

Richard Kahan, founder and chief executive officer of the Urban Assembly, a network of 20 small high schools and middle schools in the city, said he knew that students were doing better in small schools than large schools, but was still surprised by how positive the results were in the study.

HGM students receive the benefits of a small academic program — a core of teachers and a small student body who know each other well, mixed with the advantages of attending a public, urban high school.

«Large high schools, particularly those serving low - income students in urban areas, have disproportionately lower achievement and higher incidences of violence than smaller schools serving similar student populations,» Dixon read from a resolution passed by the association.

The authors consulted with successful urban educators who were involved with innovative, small high schools in New York City, and asked what strategies they recommended for engaging students in doing their schoolwork.

It works for displaying art too: Taiwanese firm B+P Architects created this mirrored urban space as a small art gallery for a local high school in New Taipei City, using a recycled shipping container.

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.