Sentences with phrase «students in the district missed»

About 3,500 students in the district missed three days without an excuse last year.

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A Tribune investigation has found that nearly 32,000 Chicago students in public elementary schools - or roughly 1 in 8 - missed four weeks or more of class during the 2010 - 11 year, as the cash - strapped district does little to stem a devastating problem.

The Tribune investigation found that nearly 32,000 Chicago K - 8 grade students — or roughly 1 in 8 — missed four weeks or more of class during the 2010 - 11 year, as the cash - strapped district does little to stem the devastating problem.

School officials estimate that, depending on the school, between 25 and 40 percent of students miss at least 18 to 20 days of classes a year in the district.

A school that misses AYP two years in a row has to allow students to transfer to a better - performing public school in the same district.

Another study examines the effects of participation in a G&T program offered within regular middle schools to students who were just barely deemed eligible to participate as compared to those who just missed becoming eligible, based on the «identification matrix» scores the district used.

Knee also misses an opportunity to address the elephant in the room that any education business must face: the impact of such companies on their customers or end users, including effects on student learning, teacher quality, school productivity, or district cost savings.

Meanwhile, across the state, Philadelphia's 207,000 students missed classes last Thursday when district bus drivers and maintanance workers walked out in a dispute over a salary increase.

With 66 of the state's 67 school districts now sending daily - attendance updates to the state's motor - vehicles department, Florida has suspended some 5,000 driver's licenses of students who have missed at least 15 days of school in a 90 - day period.

When absenteeism increased last year in the Dallas Independent School District, resulting in the loss of more than $ 1 million in state aid, school officials drafted a new policy requiring that any student who misses more than 10 classes during the school year automatically receive a failing grade.

In school districts across the country, students face health and other issues that cause them to miss school for weeks and sometimes months.

In this can't - miss webinar, you'll hear from experts like Sergio Anaya, supervisor of instructional innovation at Colonial School District, Pa., and Lesa Wang, visual arts and STEAM teacher at the Marymount School of New York, on how they brought powerful STEAM learning to their schools & the benefits to their students.

In Tacoma and 16 other cities across the nation, school districts are boosting student attendance by sending home what they call «nudge» letters when students miss too many days of school.

Students were chronically absent in every state, and nearly 500 school districts reported that 30 percent or more of their students missed at least three weeks ofStudents were chronically absent in every state, and nearly 500 school districts reported that 30 percent or more of their students missed at least three weeks ofstudents missed at least three weeks of school.

The district also has campaigns that address chronic absences of students who miss 15 or more days of school, promote dental and eye care in the schools, and promote Restorative Justice programs to prevent bullying and encourage safe environments.

And, because of the small size of the district and limited teacher and course resources, advanced students interested in accelerated curriculum or more electives were often missing out on opportunities to get ahead.

This report provides a detailed look at chronic absence in the Houston Independent School District for the 2014 - 2015 school year, when about 9.3 percent of students missed 10 percent or more of the school year.

The participation rate is even higher in urban districts where 65 percent of the largest 100 districts participate, covering 40 percent of all urban high school graduates.The National Student Clearinghouse didn't reveal which districts are or are not participating and so it is unclear how the missing high schools might be skewing the data.

All of which continues to miss the point: The real issue, especially when it comes to children living in poverty, is whether all students have access to good schools regardless of whether they are charters, District schools, parochial, or private schools.

Hayward: Hayward Unified School District in California's Bay Area knew that many of its students were missing too much instructional time.

Hayward Unified School District in California's Bay Area knew that many of its students were missing too much instructional time.

Several recognized schools and districts show students enrolled in October but «missing» from the numbers taking MCAS the following May.

Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student's academic performance.

National data from the Office for Civil Rights shows that at least 6.8 million public school students missed 15 or more days of school in 2013 - 14, and it affects at least 89 percent of the nation's school districts.

In a study of a Midwest school district conducted comprised of 3,587 black students, there were 3,714 days of instruction missed by black students due to disciplinary actions!

For example, 31 percent of the 504 students in Arkansas» Bradford School District missed three or more weeks of school.

SoundOut conducted an informal interview with many state agencies and school districts in order to round out the information that was missing in the Students on School Boards Toolbox.

The bill ensures that every district is using the same definition when measuring student absences and requires that all School Report Cards include data on chronic absenteeism so that the public can be apprised of whether schools in their communities are struggling with too many students missing too much school.

A high - level investigation into chronic absenteeism in Washington, D.C., high schools has found that students across the city graduated despite missing more than 30 days of school in a single course, in violation of district policy.

Frank and Hovey (2014) state, «But this process misses some of the biggest cost drivers in the district's budget and never addresses some of the fundamental resource issues that may actually drive student success.»

We've called on SAISD to expand its non-academic support for our students — support sorely missing in a district that appears to prioritize the addition of new leadership positions in an already top - heavy district hierarchy over providing social workers or behavior specialists for our students.

Peer effect is a critical missing measure in studies that purport to show charter effectiveness (CREDO NJ for example)-- because it's really hard to separate «school effect» from «peer effect» [because «peers» are an integral part of the «school»] Clearly, schools like North Star that serve substantively different student populations than district schools, and shed «weak» non-compliant students (& their parents) at astounding rates, create peer conditions that are advantageous to those few (50 % or so) who actually make it through.

That's especially true for districts» youngest students because data shows that students who miss a lot of school in their early years are likely to flounder academically.

He noted in a statement that students missing class not only cost districts as a result of lost state revenue - they also greatly increase their likelihood of dropping out of school.

«And while urban areas and high schools typically have the largest percentage of students missing school, the problem also exists in rural, town and suburban districts as well as in elementary and middle schools.»

Maria Cervantez (left) has struggled to get her children to stay in school, but with Eagle Point School District's help, Rosario (right) is an engaged student who is missing a lot less class time.

In Tennessee's Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan, one nonacademic indicator for school and district accountability is the «chronically out of school» metric, which will evaluate progress in reducing the number of students who miss ten percent or more of the school yeaIn Tennessee's Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan, one nonacademic indicator for school and district accountability is the «chronically out of school» metric, which will evaluate progress in reducing the number of students who miss ten percent or more of the school yeain reducing the number of students who miss ten percent or more of the school year.

Solution: Since the spring of 2011, E3 Alliance, in partnership with the participating school districts, business community and community partners across the region, has spearheaded a regional approach to increase student attendance through the Missing School Matters Campaign.

The missed days at Stoneman Douglas were in addition to the seven days all district students missed during Hurricane Irma in September.