Sentences with phrase «than their host districts»

· State charters receive $ 2,800, or 26 %, less per student than their host districts even though they educate students with similar levels of need.

Charter schools also are effectively serving English language learners, with a graduation rate that is 45 percent higher than their host district schools and 31 percent higher than New York's statewide average.

Jon, AF pays its teachers about 10 % more than their host district pays its teachers on average, spends slightly less total $ $ on a per pupil basis, and academically outperforms its host districts by wide margins in terms of standardized tests in reading, writing, and math, graduation rates, and college entrance.

In all but one at - risk subgroup, charter schools achieved higher graduation rates than their host districts.

On average, charters in Connecticut serve more Black students than their host districts, and serve more students who qualify for free and reduced price lunch than their host district.

When you total the graduation rate and the Percent Still Enrolled, charter schools are at 93.4 %, which is higher than both host districts (87.7 %) and the state (91.7 %).

The rates of children who qualify for free / reduced price lunch at most charters are far lower than their host districts, charters serve virtually NO English Language Learners and a tiny fraction of students with disabilities (with the sending district footing the bill for those services).

Side by Side charter has significantly fewer needy children than its host district — which brings me to Ms. Dichele's other claim: that her school spends less than public schools.

However, data from the State Department of Education reveals that about 90 percent of Connecticut's charters serve a less needy population than their host districts: fewer poor children, fewer English Language Learners or fewer students with disabilities, with most having a combination of two or three of these categories.

In Connecticut in 2012, 60 percent of charters graduated more African - American students than their host district, and 67 percent graduated more free - and reduced - priced lunch students than their host districts.

Their rate of improvement was also better than their host districts» and about on par with the state's growth.

Among the schools recommended for renewals with limitations are schools that serve more special education students than their host district and the state average, schools that employ trauma - sensitive, emotionally - responsive practices to meet student needs, and a school that was identified as a

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Such was the welcome from Lauren Underwood, a registered nurse running for Congress in Illinois» 14th district, to the crowd of more than 1,600 for the 17th Annual Ultimate Women's» Power Lunch in Chicago hosted by Illinois Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakows

Chicago: The Park District is hosting free parties — many including haunted houses or «chambers of horrors «-- for children on Thursday at more than 250 fieldhouses throughout the city; check with your local park fieldhouse for details.

Starting Monday, the Chicago Park District will host the 2nd annual Spring Break Swim Blitz, a follow - up to the swimfest last year that taught more than 13,000 students to swim.

More than 100 stakeholders, including school food service and nutrition directors, teachers, current students, youth ambassadors, district and school administrators, and representatives of the state departments of education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Parent Teacher Association, nonprofit organizations, and industry, attended a meeting October 16 - 17, 2014, in Washington, D.C., hosted by the... Read More

More than 100 stakeholders, including school food service and nutrition directors, teachers, current students, youth ambassadors, district and school administrators, and representatives of the state departments of education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Parent Teacher Association, nonprofit organizations, and industry, attended a meeting October 16 - 17, 2014, in Washington, D.C., hosted by the...

Gibson, who served three terms and is not seeking re-election because of self - imposed term limits, joins more than 60 other local and state leaders, committees and organizations who have endorsed Faso in the race, including state and local GOP and Conservative party leaders, elected officials from the 11 - county district, CNBC television host Larry Kudlow, noted political science professor Dr. Gerald Benjamin and the state Conservative Party, among others.

«I have convicted more politicians than any other district attorney in this state's history, and I know the difference between a crook and others,» said Hynes of his host.

The Empire State plays host to a handful of competitive House races, but more than a third of New York's independent expenditures for cycle have gone to the 1st District.

With support from a host of community partners, the district spent more than a year preparing the museum and its teachers before opening two years ago.

The social enterprise has been hosted in more than 40 countries and 132 cities since, and is now available at The District Docklands in Melbourne.

A host of new, small schools opening in Chicago will get more money than regular district schools, officials have decided.

Surely, a school district could allow a public academy to use assessment measures better aligned to its SEL curriculum and standards framework than an existing model — but in addition to, not a replacement for, state and host district assessments.

Charter schools in the NewSchools» portfolio achieve proficiency rates in reading and math that are about 9 percentage points higher, on average, than those achieved by schools in their host districts.

The costs to provide our education program, however, is only slightly less than that of our host district.

More than half of district schools in NYC charter host districts fail to meet both the ED and ELL targets.

While the charter school graduation rate was only slightly higher than that of their host districts, the more impressive data point is the percent of students who did not graduate but are still enrolled and working towards their diploma (Percent Still Enrolled).

In 2012, the graduation rate for New York charter school students with disabilities was 81 percent higher than the graduation rate in their host districts, and 13 percent higher than New York's statewide average.

English language learners in charters have a slightly lower graduation rate than charter host districts.

More than half of the student population resides outside the host district, yet most towns provide no public transportation to and from the school.

Worse off are «Qualified» certification districts, which host more than 1 million students, including in LA, San Diego and Oakland.

One study that controlled for these factors found that the charters touted as successful — KIPP, Achievement First and Uncommon Schools — spend between 20 - 30 percent more than comparable public schools in their host districts.

It's not a live public forum or debate where we can see the candidates answer questions or exchange views in real time, but it's better than nothing: Educators 4 Excellence, an organization that advocates for teachers to take a more active role in shaping education policies, plans to host a podcast interview with District 6...

And it took more than a decade to perfect the model: The districts faced a host of challenges, including persuading families to enroll and rolling out a robust curriculum.

The New York City Department of Education is doing more to support charter schools than most host districts in the country.

The annual ceremony is among a host of incentives the Pittsburg Unified School District uses to encourage attendance and reduce chronic absenteeism, defined in California as missing more than 10 percent of school days in a year for any reason — excused, unexcused or suspension.

(Los Angeles, CA)- On Wednesday, May 14, more than 200 parents representing charter schools throughout South L.A. and the rest of Board District 1 will gather at a candidate forum hosted by CCSA Families, which is part of the California Charter Schools Association.

SDE admitted that, academically, Great Oaks performs well below the state average, and worse than Bridgeport, its host district.

«In every single category, African - American students in charter schools scored higher than African - American students in traditional public schools in the same host districts,» Moorehouse said.

While there is a long history in our district — more than 20 years — of hosting a summer orientation for new teachers, in the past three years we've made a conscious shift to focus this training more on the culture and vision of the district rather than merely procedural information.