Only half of students in large
urban school systems graduate from high school, US students lag behind their international counterparts, and racial - ethnic gaps in achievement are large by kindergarten and continue to grow thereafter, she said.
Not exact matches
Peterkin, director of the
Urban Superintendents Program (USP) at HGSE for 15 years, has mentored a number of USP graduates who are currently in high - profile urban school sys
Urban Superintendents Program (USP) at HGSE for 15 years, has mentored a number of USP
graduates who are currently in high - profile
urban school sys
urban school systems.
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).
While most of Chicago's high
school seniors hope to attend college, the
school system has a long way to go to make that vision a reality, according to a new report that is among the first to track the post-high-
school experiences of
graduates from a major
urban district on a broad scale.