Sentences with phrase «which magnet programs»

Before LA School Report published a new district database that breaks down state standardized test scores at LA Unified's magnet programs and schools, parents weren't able to compare which magnet programs were academically successful and which ones weren't.

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The H - 1B program, which allows US companies to bring in foreign workers in specialized fields like math, science and engineering, has long been a magnet for controversy.

He supports charter schools, school choice within a district, and «money follows the child,» a program in which students who attend magnet or charter schools bring education funding with them instead of sharing it with their old school district.

Which will help kids learn about magnets better — real magnets or a computer program that simulates magnets?

These chosen district schools largely comprise the country's 2,722 «magnet» schools (according to 2011 data), most of which offer themed programs and were originally designed to encourage desegregation by attracting a multi-racial clientele.

Public school districts similarly offer choice and magnet programs that entice students to leave zoned schools, which theoretically «hurts» the zoned schools in the same way as you suggest vouchers do.

Starting with that program as a base, Grignano has branched out to work on obtaining a number of grants, including a magnet school grant from the federal government, which have helped make the school what it is.

The study, which one of the researchers provided to Education Week, also indicates that some grants under the federal magnet - schools program are going to districts that have no realistic chance of furthering the program's primary goal of promoting racial desegregation.

Lawrence MS Gifted / Highly Gifted / High Ability magnet program is designed for differentiated instruction, while striking a balance between the creative, open - ended learning activities from which gifted students benefit.

How can NAACP leaders advocate for magnet schools — which are programs in public schools that operate similar to charter schools — and deny children and families charter school options?

After a brief welcome by TCSA Executive Director David Dunn, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath kicked off the day with remarks and provided some information on his background which includes serving on the Dallas School Board for four years, attending a public magnet school in Garland and graduating from college in two years, starting a software company, and his work with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Program.

Your help is needed to ensure funding is sufficient to support magnet school programs, especially through the federal Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP), which is authorized under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Natalie Rasmussen, a teacher at Minneapolis North High for 20 years, describes the selective Summatech STEM magnet program which drew students from across the...

Magnets, which can be an entire school or a program within a school, are specialized based on specific themes like Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, known as STEM, performing arts, or business.

Principal Sonya Swafford says the magnet program, particularly the health portion, which is backed by a patchwork of federal grants, has brought the school a sense of purpose and community.

An unqualified success for these new schools would be results like those at Science Leadership Academy, a magnet school that is home to the district's longest - running project - based learning program, which opened in 2006.

Thus, every public school in the racially and economically isolated areas — which are, not coincidentally, the «lowest performing» schools — should exceed even the magnet schools in facilities, teacher excellence and salaries, small class size, extracurricular and art programs, etc..

The purposes of the magnet program evaluations were to review the enacted practices associated with each, and to assess the extent to which each program delivers its promised policies and practices.

The Education Department should update its now archived guidance on civil rights regulations for charter schools, and strengthen it by including provisions known to have been successful in other programs like magnet schools, which combine school choice with high - quality diverse student bodies.

A review of the demographics in various school choice programs by Connecticut Voices for Children provides a school - by - school rundown of which type of students attend charter, magnet and vocational - technical schools.

• Florence Nightingale Middle School BET magnet, which will use a $ 65,000 grant to offer funding for high - performing L.A. Unified teachers to develop unique programs and innovative practices that will improve student academic achievement, as well as opportunities to pursue National Board Certification.

Florence Nightingale Middle School BET magnet, which will offer funding for high - performing teachers to develop unique programs and innovative practices that will improve student academic achievement, as well as opportunities to pursue National Board Certification.

The report compares student achievement in non-urban schools, urban schools, and the choice programs of public charter schools, magnet schools operated by districts, regional magnet schools such as those operated by CREC, and Open Choice programs in which inner - city students attend suburban schools.

It was a pretty safe bet that the students being brought into these magnet programs, which were located in a school with high drop - out and low college preparedness rates, would both graduate and go to college.

High school magnet programs in the arts, some of which are application - and audition - based, give students intensive studio experiences in the visual and performing arts, extensive credits beyond the high school arts requirements, and an accelerated general education curriculum that promotes college and career readiness at a high level.

Some districts offer specialized magnet school programs, which focus on a educational theme or method (for example, early - college preparation, Montessori education, or STEM - focus).

Istrouma High School, which reopened in August, may add a magnet program next year to sync up with and attract students from a middle school magnet program already in operation.

These 16 schools — all of them elementary (see list below)-- are not magnets or affiliated charters, nor do they participate in the School for Advanced Studies program, which embeds gifted students within a school, contributing to the school's overall performance.

In particular, it focuses on the enrollment of minority students in AP programs in New Haven's interdistrict magnet high schools, which are designed in - part to increase academic achievement for students of color.

As a magnet school teacher, I have had the opportunity to create innovative programs to engage students and to grow as an educator, which is directly related to the endless possibilities magnet programs provide.

About 30 schools have both general assignment availability and magnet program availability, which require different application processes.