Sentences with phrase «students at district»

The theater students at the district school are creating hip - hop pants and hoodies inspired by astronaut outfits for the charter school's eighth - grade girls, he said.

In one specific way of collaboration, Cole - Gutiérrez detailed how students at the district's Los Angeles High School for the Arts are designing costumes for the dance - focused Gabriella Charter School.

Raymond's Stanford - based organization, CREDO, finds that overall students in Los Angeles charter schools make greater gains on standardized tests in both math and reading than students at district schools.

Of those, 22 found that the performance of students at district schools improved after a school choice law was enacted.

By February 16, 2018, and annually thereafter through February 14, 2020, the District, in collaboration with the working groups, will develop and provide informational programs for parents or guardians of students at all District schools (parent programs) that will explain the disciplinary policies of the District in an easily understood manner.

Also last year, about 9 percent of students at district - run schools received suspensions, while at Noble campuses on average nearly 23 percent of all students were suspended, according to the Illinois State Board of Education's data.

LCFF dollars flow to districts, and districts have both the responsibility and opportunity for improving all student outcomes and closing achievement gaps for students at their district schools.

They are charged to serve as leaders in their schools and represent all students at the district level.

Ben then takes issue with the growing consensus that charters work, by stating that students in urban charter schools «perform just about as well» as students at district schools.

We'd be remiss if we didn't mention that WNYC recently did its own dive into the data to find out if charters or districts are better at retaining their students — and they found that in NYC, across all grades, a smaller percentage of charter students transferred out of their schools than did students at district schools.

On average, Connecticut spends $ 4,000 less per pupil on charter school students than it does on students at district schools.

Specifically, we predicted the percentage of students at the district and school levels who score proficient or above on their state's mandated standardized tests, without using any school - specific information such as length of school day, teacher mobility, computer - to - student ratio, etc..

But what about students at district schools who are not exposed to charter schools?

I also find large and meaningful reductions in the percentage of students at district schools who are required to repeat a grade as a result of charter school entry.

Third, I assess the effect of charter proximity on historically underperforming students at district schools, a population often referenced in debates over charter expansion.

I investigate a number of possible mechanisms by which charter schools might influence students at district schools by examining school - level data and survey results from parents and teachers.

When I look within a three - mile radius, I find no evidence of spillover effects on test scores of students at district schools, positive or negative.

Together, this indicates that the positive spillovers of charter schools on nearby students at district schools did not come at the detriment of students across the city.

I compare the outcomes of students at district schools after a charter school opens nearby to the outcomes of students in the same schools before a charter opened.

In math, charter school entry increases performance among all subgroups of students at district schools except Hispanic students and students classified as LEP, who experience no effects; Asian students only experience a significant positive effect in math in district schools located within a half - mile radius.

To assess the spillover effect of charter schools on students at district schools, I analyze how individual students» test scores, attendance, and grade progression change in response to exposure to a charter school.

My analysis finds no spillover effects on students at district schools within a larger, three - mile radius of a charter school.

The Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) requires that participating private schools administer LSP students the same assessments required of students at district schools statewide.

These charges seemed odd, given that the best studies available on the subject — from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO)-- show that Michigan charter students make large academic gains relative to similar students at district schools, particularly in Detroit.

The bus can hold 25 kids at a time and has served about 5,000 students at the district's elementary and middle schools, as well as in neighboring districts in the county.

But weighting each district by its enrollment shows that an estimated 21 percent of all students at these districts opted out.

Not exact matches

Uber's ATG group will set up its first operation outside the U.S., at MaRS Discovery District in downtown Toronto, which will also include eight current University of Toronto students on Uber's payroll.

«We should be focused on arming law enforcement,» said Mr. Scott, who has proposed helping school districts pay for an armed police officer or sheriff's deputy at every school, and for every 1,000 students in large high schools.

The district provided the backpacks, which were donated, free of charge to students, and they will be the only backpacks allowed at Stoneman Douglas for the time being, officials say.

For all district schools, safety protocols for routine school operations are being reinforced, including requiring students and staff to wear identification badges while on campus; locking classroom doors at all times; locking and securing exterior doors and gates throughout the day; and being vigilant in monitoring the campus throughout the day.

At Capital Factory Friday morning, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a new partnership with the Austin Community College District to offer its App Development with Swift curriculum to students.

Ashley Dumas, a graduate student at the University of Alabama who directed the excavations at the original Tabasco ® factory said that the bottle found in the Comstock mining district of Virginia City is a Type 1a bottle, one of the earliest forms known.

Robert recognized this at the earliest stages of applying for the district's eight salad bars through Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools (LMSB2S), and set out to involve the most important critics of all — the students.

Instead of insisting that students take one fruit or vegetable each day at lunch, West New York School District (WNYSD) students willingly fill their lunch trays with healthy produce.

You can request a salad bar for any school in your district that has at least 100 students.

Resident District Manager of Sodexo Anthony Delligatti said students will be able to use Flames Cash at UFood Grill.

And not to beat another dead horse here, but for those who want to learn how to work effectively with their school district's student nutrition director and school board to make changes in their own schools» food, there is plenty of free advice, based on real - world experience, at http://www.peachsf.org.

An adult family member of any Yankton School District student may submit an application at any time.

After the district got on board with the NSLP, it began bringing in lunches to all four of its elementary schools while students at Glen Crest had to say goodbye to fried foods such as french fries to comply the program's strict nutritional guidelines.

Each district campus must ensure the presence of at least one campus or district employee trained in the use of the defibrillator each time a substantial number of students are present.

Second largest in the nation, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) enrolls more than 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade, at over 900 schools, and 187 public charter schools.

I work at a public school district in Minnesota, and we are required to provide an alternative (either lactose - reduced milk, milk fortified with lactase, or milk to which lactobacillus acidophilus has been added) for students with lactose intolerance.

The mild - mannered Onstott is one of about 20 students from various Chicago high schools who plan to protest the district's food at the board meeting and present members with other possible paths as they review the bids.

But you wouldn't know it by listening to an angry coalition of high school students who plan to speak out on Chicago Public Schools meals Wednesday at the monthly Chicago Board of Education meeting.One of those students is Teresa Onstott, a sophomore at Social Justice High School who last week practiced a speech that details the «sickening pizza, chicken sandwiches and nachos» the district serves each day and urges the board not to renew the contract for the company providing the food.

Our grant is designed to help high - need schools and districts implement breakfast - in - the - classroom, at no charge to students, in one or more schools.

There is an obvious disparity between the funds made available by the federal government to support free meals for low - income students and the revenue collected by school districts (from federal «paid» meal reimbursements and student payments) to support the very same meals when served to children at higher income levels.

Even though almost every student at the KIPP Academy... is from a low - income family, and all but a few are either black or Hispanic, and most enter below grade level, they are still a step above other kids in the neighborhood; on their math tests in the fourth grade (the year before they arrived at KIPP), KIPP students in the Bronx scored well above the average for the district, and on their fourth - grade reading tests they often scored above the average for the entire city.

When Peggy Bodnar became the Food & Nutrition Services Supervisor at Boise School District in 2007, she was inheriting a progressive school lunch program that was already profoundly committed to improving the health and wellness of their students.

My day at Greeley - Evans School District 6 Nutrition Services was filled with enthusiastic school nutrition heroes, satisfied student customers, fresh food served with a smile, and support for the new frontiers of school food: think egg pops, food trucks, house - made hot sauce and coffee kiosks for teen entrepreneurs.

The Golden Radish Award publicly recognizes school districts for all aspects of farm to school, from local food procurement to hosting taste tests to gardening with students, and is awarded at Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honorary Levels.