The gains of low-achieving students are often ignored. From Wordnik.com. [LA Times reporters respond to my questions on school ratings] Reference
The point, he said, is to take bold action in persistently low-achieving schools. From Wordnik.com. [Duncan Ready to Bribe Districts to Create 5,000 Charter Schools] Reference
Maybe I was switched at birth and I am really part of a family of low-achieving sloths. From Wordnik.com. [Substitute Me] Reference
Duncan says that "The point is to take bold action in persistently low-achieving schools.". From Wordnik.com. [Obama-Duncan Go with the Failed Chicago Solution] Reference
Yet here we have McCain's official adviser "quite frankly" writing them all off as "low-achieving". From Wordnik.com. [Discourse.net: Friday McBush/McSame Bashing] Reference
Yet here we have McCain's official spokesperson "quite frankly" writing them all off as "low-achieving". From Wordnik.com. [New McCain Ad Calls Obama "Disrespectful" -- Any GOPer Have A Problem With That?] Reference
In comparison, TFA hardly prepares and barely supervises the teachers it sends to low-achieving schools. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
The goal was to close the gap between high - and low-achieving children by holding their schools accountable. From Wordnik.com. [Candidates Split Sharply] Reference
Most of the sample low-achieving group (nearly 60%) had not participated in the summer reading program at all. From Wordnik.com. [School Library: For the Love of Learning] Reference
The DOE list of 47 schools could grow when the state announces its list of persistently low-achieving schools soon. From Wordnik.com. [City Revisits School Closings] Reference
The low-achieving, low-income population was growing fast, threatening to skew the system's overall progress, he argued. From Wordnik.com. [Data-Driven Schools See Rising Scores] Reference
The cost was not present at high-achieving schools with mostly African-American students, or at any low-achieving schools. From Wordnik.com. [The social cost to academic achievement -- Willingham] Reference
For one thing, some of the city's most successful schools are completely focused on educating low-achieving, inner city kids. From Wordnik.com. [Parents Push For Diversity In New Orleans' Schools] Reference
For one thing, some of the city's most successful schools are completely focused on educating low-achieving, inner-city kids. From Wordnik.com. [Parents Push For Diversity In New Orleans' Schools] Reference
In another environment, many of these kids would be tracked low-achieving or low-literacy and put on the back burner of society. From Wordnik.com. [Farai Chideya: Educational Opportunity in the Age of Obama] Reference
"Departments should not throw low-achieving candidates into matric and expect them to succeed with no additional help," she said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Rhee said that reversals were inevitable when attempting to turn around a low-achieving school system and that she was undaunted. From Wordnik.com. [D.C. elementary schools lose ground on test scores; secondary gains continue] Reference
However, there are several recent initiatives in localities nationwide to increase compensation to staff at low-achieving schools. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Gibson Savages Scottie Griffin at cvillenews.com] Reference
But will upwardly mobile parents ever be comfortable sending their children to schools that are this focused on low-achieving kids?. From Wordnik.com. [Parents Push For Diversity In New Orleans' Schools] Reference
I support another bipartisan proposal that will help low-achieving, low-income schools transform themselves through proven reforms. From Wordnik.com. [Radio Address On Eduction] Reference
In its first year, it became clear that the low-achieving and disengaged students were not participating or responding to the program. From Wordnik.com. [School Library: For the Love of Learning] Reference
There are many evidence-based strategies that exist for teaching at-risk and low-achieving students reading, math, social studies, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Charter School Proposal at cvillenews.com] Reference
In a Sacramento junior high, low-achieving students are barred from orchestra and chorus to free up time for remedial English and math. From Wordnik.com. [School not fun.] Reference
This increase will allow low-achieving schools to receive expert advice to adopt research-based models to improve teaching and learning. From Wordnik.com. [Vp Announces Hispanic Education Action Plan] Reference
So if KIPP's achievement rate increase looks good after four years, it will be in spite of, not because of, low-achieving students leaving early. From Wordnik.com. [Progress report from big study of KIPP] Reference
Tracey Bailey has inspired all kinds of students, including those previously known as low-achieving or at-risk to reach for excellence and to attain it. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks By The President Teacher Of The Year Award] Reference
She is as unpopular as Fenty in some sections of the city, especially east of the Anacostia River, where many children languish in low-achieving schools. From Wordnik.com. [Rhee hints that her job as D.C. schools chief hinges on Fenty's reelection] Reference
In more than thirty states, plain-tiffs representing low-achieving students have sought court orders to increase school funding on constitutional grounds. From Wordnik.com. [Must Schools Fail?] Reference
A long line of parents, summoned there by Ms. Stansberry, sat outside the school's main office waiting to talk about their low-achieving or disruptive children. From Wordnik.com. [States Test Out New Math] Reference
Obama launched Race to the Top last year to encourage states to take steps toward performance pay, expand public charter schools and improve low-achieving schools. From Wordnik.com. [Washington area vies for Round 2 of Race to the Top funds] Reference
Funding will be targeted to those children most in need of academic assistance as part of a comprehensive approach to help low-achieving students meet high academic standards. From Wordnik.com. [State By State Analysis Of Key Clinton Gore 2001 Initiatives] Reference
Mapleton district to close two low-achieving schools. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Dubai Asian Schools Make the Grade] Reference
The state says test scores put Ella Elementary on a list of "persistently low-achieving" schools. From Wordnik.com. [www.appeal-democrat.com - News :] Reference
Pushing algebra for all students has failed to prepare low-achieving students for college, reports Education Week. From Wordnik.com. [Joanne Jacobs] Reference
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