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Today's Military High Schools There Not Just For Troubled Teens Anymore By: LeeAnna Military high schools today are claiming they are not the “punishment” places they used to be. Remember hearing the phrase, {or maybe you actually were told this by your parents}, “If you don't straighten up, your going to military school.” Today, military schools in general want to change their image, and they don't take teen's who don't want to be there anymore either. Many young people have graduated from military high school every year, and they want to dispel the myths t... Tags: military high schools
San Diego Schools Choice Program Means More Opportunities For Students But More Work For Parents By: Patricia Hawke More than one-third of the students in the San Diego schools were enrolled in the Choice Program for the 2005-2006 school year. The program gives parents the ability to transfer their children from their assigned school to one that offers more academic opportunities or specific school attributes. The program offers six methods of eligibility.
Program Improvement School Choice. Children assigned to San Diego schools that have failed the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) academic ... Tags: San Diego Schools
Lots Of High School Choices In The New York City Schools By: Patricia Hawke Looking for a high school for your child that concentrates on preparing for higher academics? The New York City schools have five such high schools.
If you have a child now in elementary or middle school, live or plan to live in New York City, and you would like to see your child excel in high school and college, begin planning now for his or her enrollment in one of five specialized New York City schools.
Three of these New York City schools have been around for the be... Tags: New York City Schools
Spotlight On Success Program To Benefit Arizona Schools By: Stacy Andell For many years, the Arizona schools have experienced a lot of negative publicity that affects its ability to recruit talent, garner extra funding, and keep students in the public school system. Current superintendent Tom Horne says that much of this publicity is unwarranted and unfair to the Arizona schools that have made many positive strides toward improving education.
To counter this unwanted publicity, Horne developed the Spotlight on Success program for the Arizona sc... Tags: schools, school, Arizona schools, arizona
Academic Intervention Services Available From New York Schools By: Patricia Hawke As with all public schools across the nation, New York schools have standards in reading and mathematics that must be met by its students. Unfortunately, many students fall short of the standards and their families are not in a position financially to provide the extracurricular tutoring that is required to improve the skills of their children. The New York schools do not want to see any child at any grade left behind and provides the solution.
Many Denver Schools To Close Campuses During Lunchtime By: Patricia Hawke Beginning with the fall of 2006 school year, many high schools in the Denver schools system will close their campuses during lunchtime. This means that Denver schools students will not be allowed to leave campus to eat at nearby restaurants, fast foods, and convenience stores.
Denver schools superintendent Michael Bennet introduced the final draft of the new policy, called the Denver Plan, in the spring of 2006. Bennet believes his plan will reduce the increasing afternoon... Tags: Denver Schools
Houston Schools New Budget Brings Needed Money For Teachers And Improvements By: Patricia Hawke Houston schools teachers have not had significant pay raise in seven years. The new Houston schools budget plans for an average 8.6 percent pay raise for teachers for the 2006-07 school year, with a total of $49.2 million in funding. The state is providing $31 million for the pay raises, and the Houston schools are providing $18.2 million from their own revenues. An additional $8 million increase also is included for teacher performance pay.
NCLB Program Should Take Its Cue From Dallas Schools By: Patricia Hawke Failure to educate our country’s most disadvantaged students is the most glaring and abiding social and moral problem of the United States. For nearly 20 years, our nation has worked to improve our schools and student achievement levels. The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act was to be the answer to this dilemma by holding all schools accountable for student performance using high-stakes testing.
The error in thinking is the belief that the NCLB test ratings are fair and accu... Tags: Dallas Schools
The Small Schools program in San Francisco Schools was established back in 2000. One successful example of a small school is the San Francisco Schools’ Leadership High School. This high school has a total of only 345 students, uses high standards and close relationship with teachers to help at risk students. Leadership High School was established about 5 years ago and now has some of the highest test scores in all of the S... Tags: san francisco schools, schools, san francisco
Baltimore Schools Designate Six Schools As Persistently Dangerous With A Warning To Another By: Patricia Hawke The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act requires that all states report any schools that are considered persistently dangerous. The state of Maryland is only one of six states that have reported having such schools. Some metro areas with similar or worse problems report no dangerous schools at all.
Since each state sets its own suspension limits for reporting, the NCLB provision is inconsistent across the nation with many states ignoring it all together. The state of M... Tags: baltimore schools, schools, baltimore
New York Schools Cited As Among The Best In The Nation By: Patricia Hawke According to the National Education Association, the New York schools have made significant strides in academic achievement over the past few years. In a nationwide comparison, the New York schools have improved student achievement, as well as the schools themselves. Though issues remain that challenge the New York educators, parents and the community can be assured that the New York schools are doing everything in their power to remedy these.
Nea Gives New York Schools A Failing Grade By: Patricia Hawke Though public schools across the nation are improving their school environments for students, the New York schools are falling behind, according to the National Education Association (NEA). In a recently posted web page, the NEA cited many failings of the New York schools. Here are some of the challenges that the New York schools continue to face during the 2006-2007 school year.
This summer several San Jose Schools won some kind of award or honor for their continued achievements in education. Three schools in the San Jose Schools system have won awards for successfully competing in the California Student Media and Multimedia Festival. River Glenn Middle School and Almaden Elementary entered a multimedia technology and science project into the competition. This project entitled “Environmental Conce... Tags: San Jose schools, schools, San Jose
Charter Schools In Boston Are Urged To Join Boston Schools System By: Patricia Hawke In an unprecedented move in April, the Boston schools launched an initiative to convert all the charter schools within the city over to their school system as pilot schools. The move was in response to the millions of funding dollars lost each year for the children who attend the charter schools. Converting the schools to pilot schools, under the jurisdiction of the Boston schools, would reclaim future dollars, as well as expand the Boston schools’ portfolio of experimental s... Tags: boston schools, schools, boston
Baltimore Schools Lose In Court — Ruling Favored Charter Schools By: Patricia Hawke In 2005, City Neighbors and Patterson Park Public, two charter schools in Baltimore, appealed the Baltimore schools’ per student funding formula to the state board. The board ruled in their favor, and the Baltimore schools appealed the board’s decision in the Court of Special Appeals, Maryland’s second highest court. Early this month, the court ruled in favor of the charter schools, requiring Maryland school systems to spend as much money per student at charter schools as the... Tags: baltimore schools, schools, baltimore
The Los Angeles Schools Bond Measure — Is It Needed? By: Patricia Hawke On November 8th, the voters of who live in the Los Angeles schools district will be faced with their fourth proposition, called Measure Y. The $3.985 bond measure, which will be paid by property taxes, is for more planned expansion within the Los Angeles schools, allowing them to add another 25 elementary schools to the current list of 160 schools that are scheduled to be constructed by year 2012. Some of the money also is slated for other needs, such as new school buses, rep... Tags: los angeles schools, schools, los angeles
Choices And Charters In Cleveland Schools By: Patricia Hawke If you’re looking for the latest and most innovative educational trends, you need look no further than Cleveland Schools. Charter schools, schools that are run privately, can be either non-profit or for-profit organizations, and can sometimes be selective of the students they accept. Charters in Cleveland schools often receive district money to run the school.
In Cleveland Schools, and indeed throughout the state of Ohio, charter schools are referred to as community scho... Tags: Cleveland Schools
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