Sentences with phrase «where graduation rates increased»

Tanya Roane, principal at Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus, where graduation rates increased last year.

Tanya Roane, principal at Cardozo Education Campus, where the graduation rate increased by 11 points, to 52 percent, said school administrators also are working much harder to track down students who left.

Not exact matches

Orlando is one of 83 school districts, from Newark to Los Angeles, where regular schools increased their graduation rates by at least one percentage point from 2010 to 2014 while sending more students into alternative education, ProPublica's analysis found.

Prior to returning home to lead Tulsa Public Schools, Dr. Gist served as commissioner of education for the State of Rhode Island where student achievement reached historical highs, and graduation rates increased significantly.

Larry Perondi, superintendent of the Oceanside Unified School District in California, reports that his district's graduation rate has increased since the district opened three centers where struggling students can earn credits partly through online courses.

Graduation rates rose in 36 states, with the biggest increases in Delaware (where 87 percent of students graduated on time in 2014, up 6.6 percentage points from 2013); Alabama (where 86.3 percent graduated on time, up 6.3 percent); and Oregon, which has had one of the lowest graduation rates in tGraduation rates rose in 36 states, with the biggest increases in Delaware (where 87 percent of students graduated on time in 2014, up 6.6 percentage points from 2013); Alabama (where 86.3 percent graduated on time, up 6.3 percent); and Oregon, which has had one of the lowest graduation rates in tgraduation rates in the nation.

He has also worked at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where he managed billion dollar non-profit investments targeting increased high school and college graduation rates.

Dr. Elliot was committed to increasing the high school and college graduation rate among students who lived in the Northeast San Fernando Valley, where she had served as an educator since 1986.

When Oakland Unified Public Schools, where I was previously superintendent, helped educators prioritize social and emotional learning (SEL), we saw dramatic increases in graduation rates for students of color, and a nearly 50 percent decline in suspensions.

Contrast this with Chicago, where increases in graduation rates grow somewhat gradually the farther you get from city limits.

Mandating increased graduation rates — or any other reform that focuses solely on the high school level — will never work when you're dealing with a student population that is far from where it's expected to be.

Prior to Learning Heroes, David was Vice President of Mission Advancement at America's Promise, where he helped develop and implement the GradNation campaign to increase the high school graduation rate to 90 percent by 2020.