Sentences with phrase «traditional high school performed»

The students in Kettle Moraine's traditional high school performed as well as students in Canada, Finland, and European countries that are highly regarded, and charter school students» performance has been in the same league as Singapore, which came in as the second highest - scoring among the countries taking the test, but «with a learning engagement that's off the charts,» she says.

Not exact matches

Your students become healthier, happier and better performing and your school earns higher revenues compared to traditional junk food vending programs.

«Our findings reveal that, across all grades and subjects, students in online charter schools perform worse on standardized assessments and are significantly less likely to pass Ohio's test for high school graduation than their peers in traditional charter and traditional public schools,» said McEachin.

Brewer seems to understand that youth culture, both as performed and as consumed, is no longer hierarchical in quite the same way that Hollywood has been portraying it as since the»50s — that high school, like so much else on the planet, no longer operates according to the traditional power pyramid.

High school students using PBL in American studies performed as well on multiple - choice tests as students who received a traditional model of instruction, and they showed a deeper understanding of content (Gallagher & Stepien, 1996).

The bottom line is that Florida high school students taking Algebra or English I online perform at least as well on state math and reading tests as do students taking the same courses in a traditional format.

With a mission of «high - performing public schools, inside and out,» EdBuild sought to provide both facilities renovations and academic support to a group of low - performing schools in the District of Columbia, with a vision of eventually taking on a large swath of D.C. schools and creating space that could be used flexibly by both traditional district and charter schools.

b. Should states limit charter schools to certain geographic areas, such as urban communities or those with a high concentration of low - performing traditional public schools?

The report, «Boosting Performance and Containing Cost through Mayoral Academies,» contrasts the low performance of low - income and minority students and the wide achievement gaps in traditional district schools, and the high performance of low - income and minority students and smaller achievement gaps in high - performing charter schools in neighboring states.

Florida high school students taking Algebra or English I online perform at least as well on state math and reading tests as do students taking the same courses in a traditional format.

When one of Washington, D.C.'s highest - performing traditional public schools pursued plans to convert to a charter in 2006, the district agreed to several of its demands in exchange for the school's agreement to stop flirting with charter status.

Their most effective strategy — working with superintendents to create far more high - performing traditional schools that would lure parents away from charters — might require dramatic changes to teachers» contracts that unions have spent decades winning.

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Their intention to perform, to complete Year 12, having high self concept of ability, coming from an overseas country or English as a second language, working relatively few hours outside of school as well and coming from a traditional family are all influencing that engagement quite strongly.

One was that students not offered vouchers went on to attend high - performing public schools (either traditional or charter schools).

Traditional public schools have their own built - in barriers to admission, starting with zip code: You don't have to write an essay to get into a high - performing suburban school, but you do have to belong to a household with the means to buy or rent in that neighborhood.

By these traditional measures we are the highest performing four - year public high school in Oakland.

But the bottom line is that expanding high - performing public charter schools can increase the academic performance of students in both charter and traditional public schools.

It wasn't until reformers created nondistrict charter - school sectors — a space for public education outside of the traditional system — that we saw a proliferation of high - performing high - poverty schools.

They have targeted strategies to get strong teachers and leaders into high - poverty / high - minority schools and can swiftly remove ineffective teachers; they are closing low - performing schools and offering high - quality choices through both traditional and charter schools; and they have adopted demanding graduation standards and assessments so that students leave high school capable of attending college and ready for careers.

Others see a future in which students have a choice of high - performing charter, magnet or traditional schools.

But proponents have said charter schools could make gains with students who haven't performed well in traditional classrooms, such as the 30 percent of Washington students who drop out of high school.

Charter school operators with good track records would be able to apply to open new schools across the state, although the performance thresholds will be lower in areas where traditional school districts perform poorly and are in high - poverty areas.

Green Dot is best known for taking over Locke High School, the first time a charter organization had taken over a traditional, low - performing school in the L.A. Unified School DisSchool, the first time a charter organization had taken over a traditional, low - performing school in the L.A. Unified School Disschool in the L.A. Unified School DisSchool District.

What came next was the 2010 launch of HISD's Apollo 20 program, the nation's first large - scale effort to implement high - performing charter school practices in a traditional public school environment.

Once again, Mayor de Blasio needs to acknowledge that charter schools are public schools and support lifting the cap for charter schools as well as continued expansion of progressive models such as the PROSE program for traditional public schools that are both high and low performing.

Charter schools are free, autonomous public schools that operate independent of traditional school district policies and many state regulations, giving them the autonomy and flexibility that are the hallmarks of high - performing schools across the country.

«There is a role for charter schools in California's education system, and that role should be performed to the same high standards of integrity, transparency and openness required of traditional public schools.»

While he approved the majority of requests for space from charter schools in February, he canceled plans for three schools affiliated with a high - performing network known as Success Academy Charter Schools, arguing that they would crowd out traditional school prschools in February, he canceled plans for three schools affiliated with a high - performing network known as Success Academy Charter Schools, arguing that they would crowd out traditional school prschools affiliated with a high - performing network known as Success Academy Charter Schools, arguing that they would crowd out traditional school prSchools, arguing that they would crowd out traditional school programs.

More often than not, these charter schools in predominantly minority neighborhoods are higher - performing than their traditional counterparts.

In other words, this strategy of district - wide school improvement will only work if there are better options available for families, either through expansion of pre-existing high - performing public schools, either charter or traditional, or through the establishment of new high - performing schools.

Once the plan was formalized under the new organization, its leaders said the effort might not reach 203 schools but would include financial support for high - performing traditional schools in low - income areas.

School districts and their local partners in inner cities and rural communities are overcoming poverty and family breakdown to create high - performing schools, including charters and traditional public schools.

Charter schools across the board are performing the same or better than traditional district schools, while serving a higher proportion of historically underserved students.

There's not enough data yet, however, to show that the residency program is producing high - performing teachers who outshine graduates from traditional routes, something Drew Furedi, the executive director for talent management at the Los Angeles Unified School District, acknowledges.

I want charters to perform at way higher standards than traditional public schools... and thankfully most do.

In fact, many high - performing traditional public schools — particularly magnets and selective enrollments — enforce a

In fact, many high - performing traditional public schools — particularly magnets and selective enrollments — enforce a no - excuses policy by screening the students who enter their school.

Louisiana is also making life easier for charter schools, with new authorizing boards, a fast - track for high - performing networks, and access to facilities equal to that of traditional public schools.

That's a move that allows high - performing charter operators to open another school without going through the traditional yearlong charter approval process.

From a national perspective, these are odd moves, considering that in cities such as Denver, Houston and Hartford, you can see traditional school leaders collaborating with high - performing charters.

Princeton's already been burned by Princeton Charter School, which bills the district annually for about $ 5 million in tuition and entices the cream (of the cream, if you will) away from the already high - performing traditional district.

Our goal is that every school — whether charter or traditional — must be a high - performing, quality school.

While the experimental public schools showed slightly higher levels of academic growth than traditional schools overall, the number of students performing at grade level was lower than the state average.

Funding will be awarded to non-selective, high - performing magnet, pilot, or traditional schools where at least half of the students met or exceeded proficiency in English or math on state tests.

The grants will be awarded to non-selective, high - performing magnet, pilot, or traditional schools where at least half of the students met or exceeded proficiency in English or math on state tests.

One such emerging reform, called Expanded Learning Time (ELT), adds hours and / or days to the traditional school schedule under the assumption that more classroom time will help disadvantaged, minority students «catch up» to the speed of their higher performing peers.

In our view, «educational choice» includes: education savings accounts, scholarship tax credit programs, public charter schools, virtual charter schools, home schools, and high - performing traditional public schools.

The grants were available to expand non-selective, high - performing magnet, pilot or traditional schools where at least half of the students met or exceeded proficiency in English or math on state tests and the school as a whole performed significantly better in math and English than surrounding schools with similar demographics.

A recent Detroit News analysis found charter high schools in Detroit performed worse than traditional public schools.