Sentences with phrase «urban high school came»

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Not only did the district, the largest in the country, take on a student population that had come to symbolize the impossibility of educating a certain kind of child — the urban poor who entered high school two and three grades behind — but it succeeded in getting those students to graduation.

The Texas educators attending came from nearly 70 communities throughout the state representing a mix of rural, urban, and suburban districts as well as elementary, middle, and high school principals.

Probably the most convincing argument for the fundamental difference between start - ups and turnarounds comes from those actually running high - performing high - poverty urban schools (see sidebar).

At the highest performing urban school in the city of Providence, Rhode Island, the mantra when it comes to education is «children always come first.»

Urban charter schools have an incredible track record of increasing student achievement, while increasing school funding by as much as 10 % yields very modest test score effects, and these effects come at a very high cost.

Last time I checked, the highest performing charters were doing better than their district counterparts in urban districts, but very few of these schools have come close to closing the achievement gap when it comes to college and career - readiness.

«If students knew when they woke up in the morning that what they had to say really mattered in what changes were made in the school - they would really come,» says RaShawn, 17, who attends an overcrowded urban high school his district has labeled as failing.

An Arizona teacher who teaches in a very urban, high - needs schools writes about the realities of teaching in her school, under the pressures that come along with high - stakes accountability and a teacher workforce working under an administration, both of which are operating in chaos.

The design concept comes from Rosenstock's experience as a former teacher and headmaster in Boston as well as from his experience as director of the federal New Urban High Schools project, which studied urban high schools that were using school - to - work strategies as a lever for whole school reUrban High Schools project, which studied urban high schools that were using school - to - work strategies as a lever for whole school refHigh Schools project, which studied urban high schools that were using school - to - work strategies as a lever for whole school Schools project, which studied urban high schools that were using school - to - work strategies as a lever for whole school reurban high schools that were using school - to - work strategies as a lever for whole school refhigh schools that were using school - to - work strategies as a lever for whole school schools that were using school - to - work strategies as a lever for whole school reform.

These may be elementary schools where students do not come with the array of discipline problems that are characteristic of many urban high school students.

Cahill, who was in charge of urban school reform at the Carnegie Foundation, came to the nation's largest school district last year to oversee a total revamping of its high school program.

Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligSchools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligschools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.