Sentences with phrase «while student enrollment»

The district still receives the same dollar amount per pupil, yet while student enrollment has declined, the number of full - time staff at LAUSD has increased, according to a report commissioned by the district.

Between 2008 - 2012, the teaching profession grew 48 percent, while student enrollment experienced only 19 percent growth.

And while student enrollment in traditional public schools has increased, the city's public charter schools, over which Henderson has no control, have outpaced that rate of growth, according to a recent report by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute.

Not exact matches

Absent now are the worries that graduate (i.e., post-baccalaureate) theological schools will fail to attract enough able students to meet the needs of increasingly urbanized and sophisticated churches: «While the increase in theological enrollment has not kept up with the increases in graduate school or college enrollment, nevertheless it has exceeded the rate of growth recorded in Protestant church membership» (11).

Nordic countries» teaching methods reaping rewards Unesco statistics of tertiary education enrollment by country show that while 21.5 per cent of Maltese students successfully enrol into university each year, 70 per cent of the students in Nordic countries continuing their education after secondary school.

But SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson, in a hearing on the budget before state lawmakers Tuesday, pointed out that while full - time enrollment may be down at SUNY's community colleges, a large chunk of their population is made up of adult learners, who are far more likely than fresh - out - of - high - school students to study part time and require more services.

The districts, which do not include the Big 5 city school districts (NYC, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers), together expect to increase school property taxes by $ 516 million, or 2.4 percent, even while forecasting total enrollment to dip by 6,145 students, or 0.4 percent.

Some countries» enrollments, particularly the Gulf states», dropped sharply, while other countries, including China, India, and South Korea, sent more students.

January 4, 2013 Study identifies strategies to help minority students in med school While minority populations are rising throughout the country, enrollment by minority students in the nation's medical schools has stagnated.

The White House «fact sheet» on America's College Promise lists what states and colleges would have to do: participating colleges would have to «adopt promising and evidence - based institutional reforms to improve student outcomes,» while states would have to coordinate high schools, community colleges, and four - year schools to reduce remediation rates and, to create incentives to improve, «allocate a significant portion of funding based on performance, not enrollment alone.»

Our State Board of Education permits schools, with prior approval, of counting students for enrollment in their district while the student receives instruction online from another source...

While we can not separately identify for - profit graduate enrollment for 1993 graduates, cross-sectional enrollment data from the National Postsecondary Student Aid Survey (NPSAS) allow us to examine how graduate enrollment patterns have changed over time.

While the impact of vouchers on African American students was large, the impact of a voucher offer on the college enrollment rate of Hispanic students was found to be a statistically insignificant 2 percentage points.

In surveying 84 of its member institutions, the association found that minority - group students make up 12.5 percent of total enrollment (6.4 percent black, 5 percent Asian American, 0.9 percent Hispanic, and 0.2 percent American Indian), while only 3.1 percent of faculty members are members of minority groups.

The House Education and Labor Committee approved a measure last month that would bar students in their first year of postsecondary education from receiving federal supplemental loans, while the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee voted to delay disbursement of supplemental loans for 30 days after enrollment.

Yet, in the 2005 — 06 school year, more than 10 percent of Arizona's enrollment was in charter schools, while only 3 percent of Minnesota students attended a charter school.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new analysis of data from the Education Commission of the States (ECS) finds that almost every state has some type of dual - enrollment policy, which allows high school students who are ready for college work to enroll in college courses while completing their high school programs.

While black students» share of student enrollment has remained virtually constant since 1968 (between 15 and 17 percent), white students» enrollment share has declined from 80 percent in 1968 to 51 percent 2012.

In short, while the expansion of successful charter networks surely threatens enrollment in district schools, the evidence indicates that it would benefit even students who continue to attend them.

Numerous randomized - controlled studies have demonstrated that students in choice programs exhibit higher academic performance while additional studies have found higher graduation rates, increased college enrollment, and increased civic - mindedness.

While the plan has resulted in replacing failing and low - enrollment schools with charter schools and smaller campuses, it has also led to a surge in violence that has increasingly turned deadly, many activists, parents and students say.

While his lawyers seek evidence of displeasing enrollments in AP courses, he is complicit in strangling the scholarship program that enables 1,300 District of Columbia low - income minority students to escape from the District's execrable schools.

While the enrollment numbers «settled out,» students engaged in team - building activities and took diagnostic assessments that further informed placement decisions.

While Pecchia concedes that Youngstown has had to close schools because of slumping enrollment, the new assignments mean large numbers of students who would have been eligible for vouchers next year won't be for at least two years.

Elementary schools can allocate up to 50 percent of seats to students within a defined neighborhood, while high schools have no geographic boundaries; all open - enrollment schools with available seats must admit students at any time of the year; selective schools can employ test - based admissions; and expulsion policies (but not all discipline policies) are standardized.

Educators believe that student engagement in the classroom is crucial to learning and that it can increase achievement and enrollment in challenging courses while decreasing dropout rates.

While the DC School Reform Act requires that all schools be funded through a uniform formula based on student enrollment, the city continually underfunds charter schools.

Historical data shows that Montgomery's white enrollment as a percentage of the entire student body — at more than 90 percent in 1971 — has dipped every year since, while the percentage of Hispanic students has been climbing since 1984.

States should offer and expand dual enrollment programs that give advanced high school students the opportunity to take college - level courses while in high school and receive college credit for successfully passing those courses.

But critics say universal enrollment is flooding some schools with students while emptying others.

With respect to the documentation listed in clause (c) of this subparagraph, if the documentary evidence presented originates from a foreign country, the board of education or its designee may request verification of such documentary evidence from the appropriate foreign government or agency, consistent with the requirements of the Federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 USC section 1232g), provided that the student must be enrolled in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subdivision and such enrollment can not be delayed beyond the period specified in paragraph (2) of this subdivision while the board of education or its designee attempts to obtain such verification.

Some districts gained students despite the rise of charters (Chandler, Higley, Queen Creek) while others lost enrollment.

We also investigated whether college enrollment patterns shifted over time, given the network's rapid expansion while the students in our sample were enrolled, and found no evidence that Noble's effectiveness declined appreciably over this period.

Chile's voucher program has led to widespread socio - economic stratification and a decline in public school enrollment, all while making little to no impact on student achievement.63 The program's design essentially creates three school systems: public schools attended mostly by the lowest - income students; voucher - subsidized private schools attended by more middle - class students, as they can charge additional fees or tuition; and nonsubsidized private schools attended by the wealthiest students.

While a majority of the participating schools in Florida and Indiana told us they plan to increase their enrollment of scholarship students in the coming year, less than a quarter of Louisiana respondents said they plan to increase their enrollment.

Some schools have selective admissions, while others are open enrollment or seek diverse student bodies.

One of the most effective ways that Arizona can address the financial barriers that obstruct low income students — while also increasing enrollment and completion, and alleviating the financial strain on universities and colleges — is by offering more robust state - sponsored grant aid.

While the state is not currently collecting data on course enrollment, Ze'ev Wurman, who is referred to in this article, directed us after the article's publication to the results of a survey of the representative number of 8th grade students in California who took the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, the test given every two years to a cross-section of 137,000 8th - grade students across the United States.

Should charters be held to enrollment standards that other schools can not meet, while districts continue to practice questionable policies such as the warehousing of special need students in select placements (while often failing to follow - though on their obligations for services, we might add)?

Education policy changes made this decade by state lawmakers have helped create a trend in which enrollment in traditional public schools has declined while more students are enrolling in charter schools, private schools and homeschools.

Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) allows an eligible high school student to take a college or university courses while they are in high school.

While incredibly vague on the details, the proposal also implies that the $ 1 billion increase in Title I would only go to districts that adopt the student budgeting and open enrollment practices.

Two were shut down in midstream — one for health and safety concerns, another for financial shortcomings — while four were denied renewal of their charters, for reasons ranging from failure to meet the 25 - student enrollment threshold to financial weakness to an inability to satisfy the local school board that the school could meet its educational goals.

Despite incredible budget challenges, 100 new charter schools opened their doors across the state in 2011 - 12, while enrollment surged by more than 13 %, from 365364,000 024 students in 2010 - 11 to over 412,000 students.

While black students were only 11 percent of the district's enrollment, they received 51.3 percent of the short - term suspensions, compared to 23.6 percent for white students who made up 51.5 percent of the enrollment.

Over the past two plus decades, inflation adjusted per - student education spending in Mississippi has increased by 54 percent while teacher salaries and student enrollment have decreased by two and three percent, respectively.

While they are considered «high - performing» charters, close inspection of Plato Academy student populations in Pinellas County reveal that their enrollment of African American, disabled and low socio - economic students is far below the Pinellas district average (According to the DOE School Public Accountability Reports, 2015 - 16.)

While Detroit Public Schools» enrollment has been in precipitous decline since 2009, the district's special education enrollment is climbing quickly because charter schools simply don't offer the services those students need.

While the upcoming round of closures has provoked the usual complaints, the reality is that many students already opt for something other than their neighborhood public school — and charter enrollment is highest in some of the city's neediest neighborhoods.

While the sheer number of Latino students in California makes the task of having less concentrated enrollments of black and Latino students in many schools very difficult, Orfield rejects the view that if more racially integrated schools can't be achieved for all students, it shouldn't be attempted at all.