Not exact matches
These
students are in classrooms in most
school systems — and face some of the steepest odds for
graduating from high school — yet only one - third of district - level leaders believe educators in their
schools are prepared to effectively teach English - learners, according to an Education Week Research Center survey
from late
last year.
Washington — The «modified» ability tests that may decide whether a physically handicapped
student graduates from high school or is accepted by a college do not and can not comply fully with federal regulations designed to prevent discrimination against the handicapped, according to a report issued here
last week by the National Research Council, the research branch of the National Academy of Sciences (nas).
On average, fewer than half of the American Indian and Alaska Native
students in 12 states
graduate from high school, says a report released
last month by the Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles of the University of California, Los Angeles.
American
students in fourth grade are among the leaders on math assessments worldwide, but by the time
students graduate from high school, they are nearly
last among 41 nations, according to the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
Analyses
from the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center estimate that over 120,000 public
high school students in the state of Texas failed to
graduate with a regular diploma
last school year.
Last year, we reported that the number of «dropout factories» — those
high schools that
graduate 60 percent or less of their
students — had declined
from 2,007 in 2002 to 1,746 in 2008.
Last year, the founding class of
students from KIPP Bridge
graduated high school, and over 80 % enrolled in college in the fall.
The OSSE findings also confirmed our reporting
from the
last school year at Ballou High School, citing violations, specifically, with 113 of 177 graduating students» re
school year at Ballou
High School, citing violations, specifically, with 113 of 177 graduating students» re
School, citing violations, specifically, with 113 of 177
graduating students» records.
Attorney General George Jepsen's office filed an appeal Thursday asking the Connecticut Supreme Court to conclude that a trial judge embarked on «an uncharted and legally unsupported path»
last week in asserting authority over how the state distributes education aid and sets standards for
graduating from high school, serving special - needs
students and evaluating teachers.
Across the country, 31,357
students who
graduated from high school last year took the Spanish achievement test; 23,813, French; 3,540, Latin; 3,345, German, and 473, Hebrew, according to the College Board.
Data
from Serving Our Children, a nonprofit that administers the voucher program, show that 98 percent of voucher recipients
graduated from high school on time
last year, a far
higher rate than the 70 percent of
students who
graduated in four years
from D.C. Public
Schools.
Last year, we reported that the number of «dropout factories» — those
high schools that
graduate 60 percent or less of their
students — had declined
from 2,007 in 2002 to 1,746 in 2008.