Sentences with phrase «toward graduation»

This webinar discusses the challenges facing students and educators, and highlights the ability of rigorous, standards - based digital curriculum to help students improve their reading comprehension while earning credit toward graduation.

In addition, advisers will review student transcripts and highlight any concerns about progress toward graduation.

Students can use the volunteer hours gained toward graduation requirements, while getting a behind - the - scenes look at their local national parks.

The required courses take time and tuition dollars but don't count toward graduation.

«I can not tell you how scared I am for the future of our country,» wrote an unnamed student who is heading toward graduation.

He traveled a non-traditional path toward graduation, taking almost 10 years to complete his degree.

Put simply, by the time the class of 2016 reached senior year, the district had fewer students it needed to move toward graduation.

What are some qualities that are so recognizable and palpable in those classrooms where high expectations and high support value and encourage each student toward graduation and college and career readiness?

This creates big problems for students moving forward toward graduation as well as a market for such an alternative.

AP exam scores of a 1 or 2 earn 110 points toward the graduation index.

These schools help students who are credit deficient make up credits and work toward graduation.

But first there is a more immediate concern: the intense pressure that all graduate students feel as they struggle toward graduation.

Students earn «points» toward graduation based on how well they score on seven end - of - course exams.

The idea that we have students striving toward graduation and we were going to shut down for a week during spring break, was just, that could not happen.

For many, you are finally on the home stretch toward graduation.

«Any tool that helps get kids credit toward graduation is certainly worth having,» he says.

But we also have ambitious goals to follow our students from year to year, ensuring that each one makes continual progress toward graduation.

If my student wants a high school diploma, I can help them understand how each block of time in class or each completed project adds up toward their graduation requirements.

Make student involvement part of a credit - bearing class, which counts toward graduation or service - learning credits.

Some regard it as the latest in a line of ideas intended to keep students progressing through school and heading toward graduation, akin in some ways to practices like social promotion.

Talent Development also is identified as an effective research - based plan for keeping students on track toward graduation by the U.S. Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse.

Students also spoke about the power of «knowing you are progressing;» the schools curriculum is flexible enough that even if students are not on pace to complete a course in a single trimester, they are still making real progress toward graduation for every competency that they master.

Whether it was revamping the courses high schools offered, allowing certain students to test out of requirements or losing low - performing students to charter schools, the district moved students toward its graduation rate in a variety of ways.

Research on college and career readiness has clearly confirmed that post-secondary success depends on much more than just academic content knowledge and critical thinking skills, and that a host of meta - cognitive and non-cognitive competencies are significantly predictive of whether students will persist toward graduation in college or succeed in entry - level jobs.

Next Generation Curriculum & Assessments: Every SJHA student, with teacher support, leads two student - parent conferences per year, guiding parents / guardians through their portfolio of work and progress made toward graduation.

Dartmouth stated that while AP exam scores would continue to be a valuable tool for evaluating applicants, beginning with the class of 2018, AP exam scores would no longer qualify for credit to be granted toward graduation.

Students who score a 4 or higher on standardized EOC exams will earn college credit as well as the maximum 150 points toward the graduation index.

For a $ 50 processing fee, we'll send you an official transcript with the credit applicable toward your graduation total as a non-core-subject credit.

It risked delaying my progress toward graduation without enhancing my technical skills or increasing my list of publications.

In high school, college, and graduate school there were administrators and faculty members that took an interest in me, or who I approached, who helped to guide me through the seemingly endless and tedious journey toward graduation.

Sutter is heading toward graduation conflicted about the future.

An advisor, who may be a school counselor or paraprofessional, like those provided by the Louisiana Supplemental Course Academy, can advise students on courses available, how those courses would apply toward graduation requirements, and what may (or may not) be an appropriate placement.

, chronicled a host of K — 12 school systems that are moving away from the age - old tradition of failing students whose work doesn't cut it, in hopes of keeping students motivated and on the road toward graduation.

An increasing number of urban districts are scrapping traditional high school grade structures, changing their retention policies, and devising more flexible routes toward graduation to address high dropout rates.

[23] These data strongly suggested that transfer students» credits weren't counting as effectively toward graduation requirements as were those of native students.

After its first summer, in which the J - Term was piloted in three schools, 100 students were helped toward graduation.

Flexible block scheduling provides class choices toward graduation requirements while accounting for students» interests and goals.

Hands - On: Hub Program Partners Building on the success of the AfterZone system for middle school, PASA's high school system called the Hub provides credit toward graduation through participation in a variety of Expanded Learning Opportunities / programs operated by community - based program providers like Inspiring Minds, Codery, Engineers Without Borders, and more.

Our comprehensive offerings help all educators foster continuous improvement — key to guiding an increasingly broad range of learners toward graduation and a successful future.

49 % of our founding class of 2010 graduated or is persisting toward graduation within 6 years.

«At this time of the year, juniors especially don't have that much time to just spend on stuff that doesn't go toward graduation.»

Meandering Toward Graduation, a report from EdTrust explores that issue, highlighting the gulf between the growing expectation that all students be «college and career ready» and the realities of high school curriculum that are poorly preparing students to achieve their postsecondary goals.

Other overlooked factors include student engagement, school climate, progression toward graduation, concurrent enrollment, and Career and Technical Education coursework, he said.

Predict opportunities to drive student success toward graduation, college, and / or career.

A bachelor's degree from an accredited university or senior status or 90 units toward graduation (with the exception of the Blended Degree Program)

The harder work in increasing graduation rates will come in later years as all subgroups move toward 90 percent graduation rates for the city in 2038 - 39 and as DCPS grows toward a graduation rate of 85 percent in 2021 - 22.

Additionally, students must complete and receive a passing grade on 68 % of the units attempted for the term to maintain pace toward graduation (see IV, B).

Drawing their way toward graduation — from the art basics of simple shapes and coloring, to exciting advanced techniques of shading and blending — players will wield a variety of tools, including markers, colored pencils, pastels and paints to illustrate popular Pokémon from all known regions.