Sentences with phrase «white teacher scored»

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When Mr. King first walked onto the stage in the Eastport - South Manor High School auditorium, he was greeted with a large portion of the 1,000 - person crowd, mostly teachers, quietly holding up green and white signs that read, «We are all more than a score.»

6,687 students 623 classroom teachers 10 schools (one high school, two junior highs, seven elementary) $ 188.8 million 2010 - 11 budget 1 % of students need free or reduced price lunches 97 % students are white or Asian (3 % black or Latino) 83 % of third - graders scored proficient or higher on this year's state's English test; 90 % on math exam.

The research also finds that black students are 54 percent less likely than white students to be identified as eligible for gifted - education services after adjusting for the students» previous scores on standardized tests, demographic factors, and school and teacher characteristics.

Not surprisingly, the more teachers believed they could make a difference, the better both black and white students scored on achievement tests.

Jaleel White scores as the beloved third - grade teacher, a guy given to breaking out the old banjo as he gives his class a challenge of his own — track him down and figure out what he'll be doing this summer, based on his clues.

So now, here we are, barely ten years into this huge reform, with our little platoon of teachers and administrators and parents fighting feverishly on the front, beginning to make some progress on test scores and feel some confidence about improving our kids» academic opportunities — and I look up from my trench and, instead of seeing the school house door thrown open with garlands of WELCOME signs, I see teachers back to cheering from the windows as the reform generals scurry away, white flags in hand.

By the end of 1st grade, however, the black - white test - score gap is greater for students who have at least one black teacher.

Even though the achievement gap has not narrowed — black youngsters now score on NAEP where white fourth graders did several decades ago — are not the black student achievement gains evidence that, when teachers know what to do, they do it?

Mr. Cerf, a Democrat who clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court and worked in the Clinton White House, pushed many of Mr. Klein's most controversial education changes, expanding charter schools, closing failing schools and using test scores to evaluate and compensate teachers.

From 1999 to 2010, the percentage of teachers in the state who were not white or Asian grew by 50 percent, increasing from 16 percent to 24 percent.118 In addition, the average SAT score of nonwhite, non-Asian teachers in the state increased significantly more than the SAT scores of white and Asian teachers.119

In contrast, though teachers perceive no disadvantage, both Asian and non-English speaking Hispanic parents give their children low scores on approaches to learning or social skills compared with how White parents score their children.

Their conclusion, as reported by the Brookings Institute, was that «Having a top - quartile teacher rather than a bottom - quartile teacher four years in a row could be enough to close the black - white test score performance.»

And, while White students also benefit by learning from teachers of color, the impact is especially significant for students of color, who have higher test scores, are more likely to graduate high school, and more likely to succeed in college when they have had teachers of color who serve as role models and support their attachment to school and learning.

«While White students also benefit by learning from teachers of color, the impact is especially significant for students of color, who have higher test scores, are more likely to graduate high school, and more likely to succeed in college when they have had teachers of color who serve as role models and support their attachment to school and learning.

Harbor Teacher Prep Academy (2015 - 16) 1111 Figueroa Place Wilmington, 90744 - 2311 CORE score: 100 Latino: 57 % African American: 11 % White: 4 % Asian: 22 % English learners: 0 % Students with disabilities: 1 % Free and reduced lunch: 72 %

Pushing for a link between student test scores and teacher pay, President Barack Obama on Wednesday dangled $ 5 billion in federal grants to states willing to undertake a top - to - bottom overhaul of their schools in support of the White House's priorities...

I've sat at many a table at many a professional development or scoring site where White teachers have let their hair down and let their true colors show as if they forgot that my Black self was right in front of them.