Sentences with phrase «ways urban high school»

This program examined the ways urban high school students benefit from and utilize school - to - work programs, with an exploration of class differences on work relationships and overall experience.

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A high - poverty urban district with 28 percent English language learners and more than 50 home languages spoken throughout the district, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) in California was looking for new ways to reach these diverse families.

And turnaround schools, both in Chicago and in other urban districts like Philadelphia, are experiencing significant enrollment loss — driven largely by the rapid expansion of charter high schools — that in some ways hinders improvement.

Engaging Schools reviews current research on what shapes adolescents» school engagement and motivation to learn — including new findings on students» sense of belonging — and looks at ways these can be used to reform urban high sSchools reviews current research on what shapes adolescents» school engagement and motivation to learn — including new findings on students» sense of belonging — and looks at ways these can be used to reform urban high schoolsschools.

As we reflect on this moment in urban Catholic education, the Jubilee closings should not cause us to lose faith in our future; rather, we have an opportunity to work together and identify new ways — from donor relations to cost - sharing collaboration — to maintain and grow our national network of high - quality Catholic schools, especially those that serve lower - income populations in urban areas.

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.

Summary: This article reports on in - depth case studies of three urban, socioeconomically and racially diverse small public high schools, a student survey, and a comparison of student survey results to a national sample of students, Hamedani et al. investigate the ways in which school - wide social emotional learning can be implemented and how these efforts shape students» educational experiences.

Specifically, Dr. Prime explores the ways in which African American students» science experiences are influenced by the socio - cultural position which African Americans occupy in American society and the implications of this for the preparation of STEM teachers for urban high schools.

This represents an unprecedented alliance in the development of a charter high school, and a powerful way to serve high school students living in San Diego's urban core.

Especially in high - poverty urban schools, where kids often struggle with reading, teachers spend hours every day on these skills and don't teach history or science in any systematic way.

With the program, we find the best ways to put visionary leaders in high - need, urban schools — through researching best practices and by sharing what we find with the public.

Charter supporters say the system meets demand for high - quality education that regularly arises in economically distressed parts of the city, paving the way for innovation in a struggling urban school system.

Summary: This article reports on in - depth case studies of three urban, socioeconomically and racially diverse small public high schools, a student survey, and a comparison of student survey results to a national sample of students, Hamedani et al. investigate the ways in which school - wide social emotional learning can be implemented and how these efforts shape students» educational experiences.