Sentences with phrase «schools as a mature student»

For the record @HackneyAbbott, I was a trainee solicitor when elected, having gone to law school as a mature student and single parent (1/2)

Money coach Melanie Buffel, who returned to complete her MBA as a single mom more than 20 years after finishing her last degree, says adults must plan carefully before returning to school as a mature student.

After completing her BA in painting at Glasgow School of Art in 1995, Williams worked for four years before enrolling at the RA Schools as a mature student in 1999.

The program also proved to be the right experience for Anna - Carolle Bougie, who graduated in 2001 from law school as a mature student.

By the way — this is not to denigrate mature students — if one can get into a law school as a mature student, without any form of undergraduate degree, then what does that say about the claim that the JD indicates the law school degree is a 2d professional degree?

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OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening September 25, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Fame (PG for mature themes, teen drinking, sexuality and mild epithets) Remake of the 1980 classic revolving around the aspirations of students at NYC's School for the Performing Arts as they prepare for professional careers in dance, music and acting.

Granted, the fabulous standardized test scores of those high - performing charter networks who take on this special ed challenge may not be as uniformly high — at least in the short term, but when one in every twenty public school students now attends a charter, the movement is mature and entrenched enough to move to the next stage of reform for both moral and political reasons.

The dysfunctional nature of how urban schools teach students to relate to authority begins in kindergarten and continues through the primary grades.With young children, authoritarian, directive teaching that relies on simplistic external rewards still works to control students.But as children mature and grow in size they become more aware that the school's coercive measures are not really hurtful (as compared to what they deal with outside of school) and the directive, behavior modification methods practiced in primary grades lose their power to control.Indeed, school authority becomes counterproductive.From upper elementary grades upward students know very well that it is beyond the power of school authorities to inflict any real hurt.External controls do not teach students to want to learn; they teach the reverse.The net effect of this situation is that urban schools teach poverty students that relating to authority is a kind of game.And the deepest, most pervasive learnings that result from this game are that school authority is toothless and out of touch with their lives.What school authority represents to urban youth is «what they think they need to do to keep their school running.»

Granted, the fabulous standardized test scores of those high - performing charter networks who take on this special ed challenge may not be as uniformly high - at least in the short term, but when one in every twenty public school students now attends a charter, the movement is mature and entrenched enough to move to the next stage of reform for both moral and political reasons.

As always, the students made the importance of the Clairemont transformation real and credible — poised, engaged, remarkably mature, and wonderfully articulate about how their academy experiences bring life to school and school to life.

Accordingly, students are provided assistance and encouragement as they develop personal awareness and social responsibility crucial to the maturing middle school student.

«As the charter sector grows and matures, it's encouraging to see new entrants eligible for The Broad Prize — and this year's finalists are impressive schools that have demonstrated some remarkable results for their students,» said Frederick M. Hess, director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and a member of the 2017 Broad Prize review board.

He particularly enjoys guiding high school students as they mature from 9th grader and graduate four years later as adults.

These «mature collaborations», as we call them, signed Compacts in environments where districts had supported charter schools for many years and believed that the district's job is not to run all schools directly but to instead manage a portfolio of public schools for the city's students.

Sometimes, a student who has low test scores but great teacher recommendations and a mature personality will still be admitted to a competitive school, as some schools recognize that smart kids do not always test well.

Working off the debts as you go to a more affordable school is the best way forward, and for the mature student who realizes how important paying down debt really is this will put them so far ahead of everyone else.

Mature students (anyone out of high school for four years or more) will receive the same access to OSAP support as younger students.

As a mature student at Saint Martin's School of Art he came under the influence of Victor Pasmore and other proponents of constructivism.

In fact it wasn't until 1995, a quarter of a century and four children later, that she enrolled as a mature student at Grennan Mill Craft School («the most stimulating year of my life»), after which she trained as a potter through the Crafts Council of Ireland Pottery Skills Course.

Next, if we checked an adequate sample of those admitted as mature students, I wonder if we'd find that all, or at least most of them, also met the law schools» requirements for research and writing aptitude.

From those who left school at 16 and feel they haven't yet realised their true potential to those with extensive career experience looking to further develop their skill set or take a new direction — as well as graduates hoping to return to higher education to study for a Masters or PhD — the mature student population is a richly diverse and integral part of the student community.

Anyone starting a university course over the age of 21, who didn't go straight to university after school or college, is classed as a mature student.

A mature student is one who is 19 years of age or older as of the first day of classes without an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent.

To become a reputed high school teacher and nurture the skills of teaching students and shaping the young minds so that they are able to think rationally and grow up as mature and sensible human beings.