Our research, in partnership with Public Impact, found that the best
urban public schools in the nation share two distinguishing characteristics.
This is often due to the poor quality of
urban public schooling in our nation, and reflects recruiting practices and priorities that privilege athletics and not academics, thus putting young people in situations where it is extremely challenging for them to excel academically.
Not exact matches
Prior to his appointment by the Governor, he was Superintendent of
Public Education
in San Diego City
Schools, the
nation's eighth largest
urban school district.
Alternative Routes to Teaching; When Mayors Take Charge; From A
Nation at Risk to No Child Left Behind; Inside
Urban Charter
Schools; The Role and Impact of
Public - Private Partnerships
in Education; The Latino Education Crisis
Even if 1
in every 10 of these graduates entered teaching for two years (average tenure at KIPP - like No Excuses charter
schools) before moving onto other careers, they would provide only 6 percent of the some 450,000 teachers currently working in the member districts of the Council of Great City Schools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school sy
schools) before moving onto other careers, they would provide only 6 percent of the some 450,000 teachers currently working
in the member districts of the Council of Great City
Schools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school sy
Schools (the
nations 66 largest
urban public -
school systems).
Georgia's Gwinnett County
Public Schools, one of the
nation's top
urban school districts and the largest
school district
in the state, has recently experienced the benefits of this collaboration by piloting a new adaptive cognitive vocabulary app that's enabled by this new platform.
During Dr. McIntyre's tenure, the Boston
Public Schools was named one of the top performing
urban school systems
in the
nation.
Any doubt about the progress being made by the
public school system — and the efficacy of its hard - won reforms — was erased last week by new data showing D.C. Public School (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any urban district in the n
public school system — and the efficacy of its hard - won reforms — was erased last week by new data showing D.C. Public School (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any urban district in the n
school system — and the efficacy of its hard - won reforms — was erased last week by new data showing D.C.
Public School (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any urban district in the n
Public School (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any urban district in the n
School (DCPS) to be the system with the greatest improvement of any
urban district
in the
nation.
«Wallace's research and experience shows that a world - class
public education system requires an effective principal in every school,» said J. Alvin Wilbanks, chief executive officer and superintendent, Gwinnett County Public Schools, and the nation's longest - serving urban superinte
public education system requires an effective principal
in every
school,» said J. Alvin Wilbanks, chief executive officer and superintendent, Gwinnett County
Public Schools, and the nation's longest - serving urban superinte
Public Schools, and the
nation's longest - serving
urban superintendent.
Educators
in Detroit's
public school system face a tough reality: Detroit Public School students are last in the nation among urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live in po
public school system face a tough reality: Detroit Public School students are last in the nation among urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live in po
school system face a tough reality: Detroit
Public School students are last in the nation among urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live in po
Public School students are last in the nation among urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live in po
School students are last
in the
nation among
urban students proficient on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and fifty - seven percent of Detroit children under the age of 17 live
in poverty.
«Ray Cortines has more experience, skill and expertise at running a large
urban public school district
in the
nation and maybe the world,» said board member Steve Zimmer, explaining why the seven board members turned to Cortines.
They are unique
in the
nation in that they have autonomy over budget, staffing, governance, curriculum and assessment, and the
school calendar to provide increased flexibility to organize
schools and staffing to best meet students» needs, while operating within the economy of scale of a large
urban public school district.
Today, our
school district is a leader and innovator
in public education, offering families some of the best educational choices
in Iowa as we become the
nation's model for
urban education.
Thirty years after being labeled the worst
school district
in the
nation and after two decades of fiscal crisis, Chicago
Public Schools (CPS) welcomed more than 381,000 students back to class last month as a leader among the
nation's
urban school districts.
D.C.
Public Schools was once among the
nation's lowest - performing
urban school districts, but
in recent years has won widespread attention for making rapid progress as judged by scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
People from other cities and districts called us at Substance or contacted Dr. Jordan directly
in Chicago when they discovered just how pernicious «The Paul Vallas Method» really was, especially for black children and the
nation's segregated
urban public schools.
A 2007 study by the Council of the Great City
Schools, a coalition of the nation's largest urban districts, found that from 2001 to 2006, more of Oakland's public school children were excelling each year, at about every grade level, in reading and math (the math analysis didn't include high sc
Schools, a coalition of the
nation's largest
urban districts, found that from 2001 to 2006, more of Oakland's
public school children were excelling each year, at about every grade level,
in reading and math (the math analysis didn't include high
schoolsschools).
The Broad Center for the Management of
School Systems is an independent nonprofit organization that prepares talented and visionary K - 12 public school system leaders to support students in our nation's urban communities in reaching new levels of achiev
School Systems is an independent nonprofit organization that prepares talented and visionary K - 12
public school system leaders to support students in our nation's urban communities in reaching new levels of achiev
school system leaders to support students
in our
nation's
urban communities
in reaching new levels of achievement.
The book shares what works
in some of the
nation's most successful
public schools — EL Education
schools that are beating the odds to create remarkable achievement — located primarily
in urban and rural low - income communities.
Writing for the Washington Post, Lindsay Layton reported the NOLA district closed the remaining neighborhood
schools as part of a «grand experiment
in urban education for the
nation,» shifting local control of
public schools by voters and their elected representatives to privately operated charter
schools.
The Broad (rhymes with «road») Prize for
Public Charter Schools is a new annual award to honor the urban public charter school system that has demonstrated the most outstanding overall student performance and improvement in the nation in recent years while reducing achievement gaps for poor and minority stu
Public Charter
Schools is a new annual award to honor the
urban public charter school system that has demonstrated the most outstanding overall student performance and improvement in the nation in recent years while reducing achievement gaps for poor and minority stu
public charter
school system that has demonstrated the most outstanding overall student performance and improvement
in the
nation in recent years while reducing achievement gaps for poor and minority students.
He found that the studies show that while there are some examples of success, particularly
in large
urban school districts that primarily serve students of color like those
in New York City and Boston, they also show that across the
nation, there is little evidence that charters do better than traditional
public schools when it comes to student test scores.
The Broad (rhymes with «road») Prize for
Public Charter Schools is an annual award to honor the urban public charter school system that has demonstrated the most outstanding overall student performance and improvement in the nation in recent years while reducing achievement gaps for poor and minority stu
Public Charter
Schools is an annual award to honor the
urban public charter school system that has demonstrated the most outstanding overall student performance and improvement in the nation in recent years while reducing achievement gaps for poor and minority stu
public charter
school system that has demonstrated the most outstanding overall student performance and improvement
in the
nation in recent years while reducing achievement gaps for poor and minority students.