Sentences with phrase «toward graduation each year»

Students have the opportunity to earn 8 credits toward graduation each year of grades 9 through 12, for a potential grand total of 32 credits.

Not exact matches

If we had an 85 percent graduation rate and we were inching up toward 90 percent, if we didn't have the worst SAT scores among 50 upstate school districts, if we didn't have a Syracuse Teachers Union survey — the results of which revealed that 300 teachers reported being assaulted on the job and more than half feel threatened on the job, and 21 percent of their new teachers teaching from zero to five years leave in addition to more seasoned veteran teachers — we wouldn't need such bold decisive action, but we're not in that category.

After several years of teaching, they each went on to earn master's degrees (Bill at MIT; Larry at Stanford University), then Ph.D. s. Bill's work at MIT resulted in two publications and unpublished contributions toward the solution of a difficult experimental problem: the deceptively simple 2NO2 / N2O4 equilibrium, which was still under investigation 25 years after his graduation.

Toward the end of the school year, a sixth grader I had taught during my second year teaching invited me to his high school graduation.

Those still in their sophomore and junior years were earning more credits toward graduation, giving hope that the success of the first cohort of students will be repeated by subsequent ones.

All professional staff members, including the principal, advise a small group of 18 to 20 students four days each week and stay with those students for four years, navigating their path toward graduation and beyond.

Dr. Weast led Montgomery County Public Schools — 16th largest school district in the nation — to achieve both the highest graduation rate among the nation's largest school districts for four consecutive years and the highest academic performance ever in MCPS at a time when the non-English-speaking student population more than doubled and enrollment tipped toward low socioeconomic demographics.

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The city funneled millions of dollars of additional resources for high school electives and college - level courses this year, and the school system has for years been working on organizational improvements for tracking students in the highly mobile school system and monitoring their progress toward graduation.

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

High school English is a four - year, sequential program of study through which students earn credits toward graduation, as well as a broad selection of electives through which students enrich their learning experiences.

«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.»

The Ethnic Studies Committee, which LA Unified unceremoniously disbanded last year, has been renewed by the district, and members agreed to meet for up to three more years with a goal toward incorporating ethnic studies as a graduation requirement, according to Derrick Chau, director of secondary instruction at LA Unified.

The school also has helped students earn more credits toward graduation, an increase of more than 300 percent over the previous year.

All professional staff members, including the principal, advise a small group of 18 — 20 students four days each week and stay with those students for four years, navigating their path toward graduation and beyond.

Aside from our core course requirements listed below, beginning in the 2010 - 11 academic year, students no longer received credit toward graduation for courses in which they had not received a C or higher.

A couple of years ago, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wrote a compelling op / ed in which he reminds us of the Commission's analysis which shows a revenue formula badly skewed to reward success on the court despite a total absence of success off the court by players at many participating schools in terms of progress toward graduation.

During their initial year of implementation, the Alternative Learning Center (ALC) experienced an 84 percent course pass rate, with 1,885 credits earned toward graduation.

While the Los Angeles Unified School District continues to drive toward higher and higher graduation rates, district data provided to The 74 and LA School Report show that more than half of last year's graduating seniors received grades that made them ineligible for admission into California's public universities.

«The results are promising, suggesting that linked learning is helping kids move toward graduation and be on track to be able to go to a four - year college,» explained Roneeta Guha, lead author of the report and a senior researcher at SRI.

Weast led Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) to achieve both the highest graduation rate among the nation's largest school districts for four consecutive years and the highest academic performance ever in MCPS as the non-English-speaking student population more than doubled and enrollment tipped toward low socioeconomic demographics.

Finally, dual enrollment students had earned more postsecondary credits three years after high school graduation (indicating that they had made more progress toward a degree).

Here's the start of my new column at NJ Spotlight Last month, New Jersey's new acting Commissioner of Education Lamont Repollet described the state's sixth year in a row of increased high school graduation rates — now 90.5 percent — as «exciting,» because it «demonstrates we are on a path toward closing our achievement gaps and achieving excellent and equitable educational opportunities for our children.»

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.

Students selected for the program work as an extern full - time (32 - hours per week) during their third year of law school for a nonprofit or government agency for which they receive law school credit toward their graduation.

A unique opportunity for college seniors to earn an MBA in three years directly after graduation and move more quickly toward their career goals.

Many of the standard resume tips college students find on the internet and even from career services experts are great tips, but they're geared toward traditional college students, students who enroll in college immediately after high school graduation, attend college full - time without taking breaks in attendance, and graduate within four to five years.

However, if you've only attended some years of college and haven't actually obtained a degree yet, it is permissible to list the degree you're working toward with the anticipated graduation date.