Sentences with phrase «such as a graduation requirement»

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As they set graduation requirements, political leaders and educators weigh such factors as the potential impact of graduation requirements on dropout rates, whether coursetaking requirements adequately prepare students to meet the expectations of postsecondary institutions and the workplace, and the.As they set graduation requirements, political leaders and educators weigh such factors as the potential impact of graduation requirements on dropout rates, whether coursetaking requirements adequately prepare students to meet the expectations of postsecondary institutions and the workplace, and the.as the potential impact of graduation requirements on dropout rates, whether coursetaking requirements adequately prepare students to meet the expectations of postsecondary institutions and the workplace, and the...

A range of initiatives from the New York State Education Department (SED) regarding standards, assessments, and graduation requirements has been very helpful in [forming] such important district strategies as aligning our curriculum, more effectively focusing our staff development, and instituting additional summer and afterschool programs.

«We define community service as volunteering in the community for some form of extrinsic reward, such as fulfilling a graduation requirement or obtaining class credit,» Singleton told Education World.

Third, educators began giving credit toward graduation for such courses as Consumer Math, Refresher Math, and Shop Math, watered - down material that had not previously satisfied a graduation requirement.

Substantial progress has been made in the area of curriculum, where Risk «s recommendations could be fulfilled by rule changes, such as increasing requirements for graduation.

Among the additions were some things the commission had urged, such as stiffer high - school graduation requirements, as well as many it had not - yet these add - ons produced little by way of improved educational outcomes.

In the last year, Florida and Idaho have jumped on board as well, and districts, such as Tennessee's Putnam County schools, have adopted an online - learning graduation requirement, too.

In this study, advanced courses included Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, honors - level, Cambridge Program and dual - enrollment courses, as well as courses that exceeded graduation requirements in math, science and world languages (such as multivariate calculus and inorganic chemistry).

States have adopted more demanding state content standards, such as the Common Core State Standards in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics, and have raised graduation requirements, particularly in mathematics and science, in an effort to better prepare students to meet college and career expectations (Zinth, 2012).

The report identifies state and local levers, such as transcript analysis, credit policies and graduation requirements, to mitigate the challenge.

Innovation status, which provides a package of waivers to public schools to implement new school designs, has been enacted through legislation in states such as Colorado and Massachusetts.55 In addition, states should reform their systems of graduation requirements in order to reflect students» comprehension of material instead of how many hours they attend a course.

For example, many voucher proponents point to other measures of voucher effectiveness, such as increased parent satisfaction.59 The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a strong proponent for expanding voucher programs as a way to increase enrollment in parochial schools, wrote in a letter to Sen. Marco Rubio (R - FL) and Rep. Todd Rokita (R - IN) that «parental surveys, the number of families renewing scholarships, student graduation and matriculation, and basic accounting requirements, for example, are sufficient to assess and maintain the integrity of the program.»

Another stream of inquiry in the late 1980s revisited the district role in response to increasing state policy interventions such as curricular standards, graduation requirements, standardized testing, teacher career ladders and new licensure requirements.

My view now is as it was then: all Canadian law schools should require a basic reading knowledge of French as either a requirement for admission or, at a minimum, as a requirement for graduation, and all Canadian law societies should require such knowledge as a requirement to be called to the bar.