Sentences with phrase «traditional public students»

Students who participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) are 5 percent more likely to be proficient in English and 4 percent more likely to be proficient in math than traditional public students.

Not exact matches

At the hands of bureaucrats, bosses, and judges, Christian merchants, universities, schools, hospitals, charities, campus fellowships, students, public officials, employees, and citizens have been fired, fined, shut down, threatened with a loss of accreditation, and evicted for living out traditional convictions about marriage and sexuality.

She teaches chess at Intermediate School 318, a traditional, non-magnet public school in Brooklyn that enrolls mostly low - income students of color.

BCPS has a student population of more than 225,000 students at nearly 230 traditional public schools.

The decision by Spokane Public Schools to abolish the valedictorian system and traditional class rankings is defended as a way of reducing student stress («Spokane schools will eliminate valedictorian system, class ranking,» The Spokesman - Review, Feb. 3).

A student who transfers from the Florida Virtual School full - time program to a traditional public school before or during the first grading period of the school year is academically eligible to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first grading period if the student has a successful evaluation from the previous school year pursuant to paragraph (a).

A student who transfers from a charter school program to a traditional public school before or during the first grading period of the school year is academically eligible to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first grading period if the student has a successful evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to subparagraph 2.

Moving a small percentage of traditional public school students into charter schools leaves the majority of students in «broken» schools.

«When the charter industry begins serving students with special needs and English Language Learners at the same rate as traditional public schools, and cracks down on the fraud, mismanagement and abuse prevalent at so many charters, perhaps its leaders can then join our longstanding fight for the equitable funding that all kids need.»

Cuomo and Flanagan also want to make it even easier for charter schools to reject, and even kick out, students who don't do well academically and might tarnish the pretty statistics charter schools often paint to suggest they present a much better alternative to traditional public schools.

Charter school's students of the poorest neighborhood of New York City are doing excellent test scores in the state exams & the traditional public schools are falling miserably where those charter schools are co located.

He, however, added that the group (ICE) would soon reach out to student unions in tertiary institutions in the state, traditional rulers and the National Orientation Agency on the need to sensitise the youths and other members of the public to shun violence during the 2019 elections.

The measure also would require charters — publicly funded but privately managed schools — to enroll special - education students and English - language learners at rates comparable to traditional public schools in their districts.

At the Kaduna meeting, President Muhammadu Buhari's ministers talked to artisans, traditional rulers, students and a cross section of the public.

It also requires charters to enroll a number of English - language learners and special - education students comparable to traditional public schools, and to adopt a code of ethics to prevent business conflicts.

Students at Success Academy, which is authorized by SUNY, outperformed not only students in New York City's traditional public schools but those in every other district in thStudents at Success Academy, which is authorized by SUNY, outperformed not only students in New York City's traditional public schools but those in every other district in thstudents in New York City's traditional public schools but those in every other district in the state.

Ms Turnely continued: «In the face of the government's campaign to broaden access to universities, elite public schools have actually increased the number of pupils they send to Oxbridge over the last five years, whilst ethnic minority students are twice as likely to attend modern universities than traditional universities.»

The mayor feels that we need to improve all of our schools and the vast majority of our students are in traditional public schools,» Mr. Ragone said.

«Based on this cooperative effort, I think we will arrive at a good solution for the students in Success Academy as well as the children in traditional public school buildings.

March 5: DNAinfo's Heather Holland reported on a public elementary school, P.S. 116, that stopped assigning traditional homework to its students and encouraged them to play, read and socialize with family instead, sparking outrage among some parents.

In New York, under close public supervision, they admit students by lottery and have outperformed traditional neighborhood schools.

A new study says that on average, New York City charter school students show growth equal to 23 extra days of learning in reading and 63 more days in math each year, compared with similar students in traditional public schools.

Bill Gates» philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is making an about - face on its education priorities to focus on networks of traditional public schools aimed at improving student achievement.

In the 25 years since Minnesota passed the first charter school law, these publicly funded but privately operated schools have become a highly sought - after alternative to traditional public education, particularly for underserved students in urban areas.

Charter schools statewide receive on average 75 cents for every dollar spent on students in traditional public schools, according to charter advocates.

«All students must be treated equitably by the Department of Education, whether they are in a traditional public school or a public charter school.»

Mayor Bill de Blasio took heat over his tough stance on charter schools during an appearance on MSNBC's «Morning Joe» on Monday, and countered that he's acting in defense of the many more students who go to traditional public schools.

And they deliver this marketing via third party transactions that tap into student and family residential information that the DOE licenses, yet won't provide to traditional public schools for the same purpose.

«Some 96 percent of students in public education attend traditional public schools,» Magee said.

The fight has escalated in recent weeks, with Cuomo claiming the mantle of charter - school advocate to position himself against de Blasio, who halted plans to allow three of eight charter schools run by former councilwoman Eva Moskowitz to move into traditional public school buildings and share space with other students.

Powell also said charter schools provide important competition to traditional public schools to spur innovation and academic improvement for all students.

The UFT is calling on the state Legislature to enact legislation that will require taxpayer - funded charters and charter chains to accept and keep comparable numbers of high - needs students as traditional public schools.

Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, the union of the city's teachers, said the proposed changes amounted to favoritism for charter schools at the expense of students in traditional public schools.

The changes, which Education Commissioner John King said are already under way, include increasing public understanding of the standards, training more teachers and principals, ensuring adequate funding, reducing testing time and providing high school students the option to take some traditional Regents exams while Common Core - aligned tests are phased in.

Around 50 to 60 percent of traditional charter school students are Black, compared to approximately 10 percent in online charters and 12 percent in traditional public schools.

In the current study, the researchers analyzed data from 1.7 million K - 12 students in Ohio who attended a traditional public school, charter school, or an online charter school between the 2009 - 10 and 2012 - 13 school years.

«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.

They analyzed nearly 70,000 school records for students in district - based traditional public kindergarten in New York City in 2009, and linked the records to demographic information and neighborhood characteristics.

Some organizations that do post oaths online — the Student Pugwash USA is one such example — have a hard time reconciling the confidentiality of their members with the traditional aspect of public revelation.

High - school students build their understanding of lunar science - and lunar science careers - and translate the information for the public using traditional and new media.

We find at least one piece of evidence of competition awareness in all 12 cities, indicating that traditional public - school leaders generally acknowledge students» alternative schooling option of attending a charter school.

Again, these improvements are measured relative to what would have happened to the same students in traditional public schools.

Charter school students in grades 3 through 8 perform better than we would expect, based on the performance of comparable students in traditional public schools, on both the math and reading portions of New York's statewide achievement tests.

These studies show, consistently, that parental schools of choice not controlled by public school districts 1) are usually prohibited by law from screening out students based on admission exams, 2) use ability tracking less frequently than traditional public schools even when, legally, they can, and 3) may use ability tracking, but when they do, it is less likely to have a negative effect on the achievement of low - track students.

Normally, if we say that a traditional public school is «more black» or «more Hispanic,» we mean to imply that the school has fewer white students.

In a constructive response to competition, school faculty and administrators may implement reforms that use resources more efficiently, improve the overall quality of education within the traditional public schools, and increase responsiveness to student needs.

This database contains entries for all students who attend New York City's traditional public schools and for all students who attend New York City's charter schools.

About half of charter school applicants are female, just like students in the traditional public schools (see Figure 2).

Most of the students in charter schools whose teachers are unionized attend one of the five charter schools that were formerly traditional public schools but converted to charter status.

[2] We also cited a study from Arizona that found that charter schools within one traditional public school district pulled students from 21 distinct districts.