Sentences with phrase «works by high school students»

Works by high school students from Brookhaven are part of the exhibition.

In addition to the exhibition of work by her high school students, Blau also supervises Pratt student teachers.

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Broward Sheriff's Office deputies are working late into the night to investigate the aftermath of a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland by a former student.

On Wednesday, as high school students from DC, Maryland, and Virginia protested in front of the US Capitol and the White House, Sen. Jeff Flake (R - AZ) announced he and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - CA) were working on a bill that would raise the minimum age to buy an AR - 15 rifle to 21 for buyers who aren't in the military (an initiative opposed by the National Rifle Association).

When I met Reed, she was working with a 17 - year - old girl named Keitha Jones, whose childhood had been extremely difficult and painful and who expressed her frustration and anger by starting a fistfight, nearly every morning, with the first student at her high school who looked at her the wrong way.

program that lets kids and their adult caregivers learn about the park first hand by using fun, self - guided worksheets; the NewYork Historical Society, where she developed curriculum guides to help classroom teachers incorporate primary sources into their instruction; the American Museum of Natural History, where she developed a series of teacher guides for the Moveable Museum exhibits and several temporary museum exhibits; and MOUSE, a New York City based non-profit organization that works to train middle and high school students to initiate and manage technology help desks, where she developed curriculum and educational support materials for students, faculty advisors, and MOUSE trainers.

In Chicago a programme called OneGoal, launched in 2009, is preparing struggling high - school students for college by stressing the link between hard work and destiny.

Already science students at nearby Deerfield High School are keeping tabs on water quality by testing it monthly, and the Highland Park Park District is working on an educational program for the slough.

In our direct education work, FoodCorps currently concentrates on schools with high rates of students from low - income households, as measured by eligibility for free or reduced - price school lunch.

The candidates» comments also accompanied the release of a new report by the working group that accused the city of concentrating high - needs students in struggling schools.

Building on its work at the middle school level, Project 2061 has been funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to develop a six - week curriculum unit for high school biology students.

Many people are having a go — from a woman who works at a fish market by day and cultures sea urchin meat by night, to high - school students culturing shellfish in their refrigerators.

According to the research, led by Dr. Belle Gavriel - Fried of TAU's School of Social Work and conducted by TAU student Idit Sherpsky, in collaboration with Dr. Israel Bronstein of Bar - Ilan University, the participation of male high - school students in competitive sports is associated with problem gambling and gambling frequency, and female students who participate in competitive sports are at a higher risk of gambling freqSchool of Social Work and conducted by TAU student Idit Sherpsky, in collaboration with Dr. Israel Bronstein of Bar - Ilan University, the participation of male high - school students in competitive sports is associated with problem gambling and gambling frequency, and female students who participate in competitive sports are at a higher risk of gambling freqschool students in competitive sports is associated with problem gambling and gambling frequency, and female students who participate in competitive sports are at a higher risk of gambling frequency.

And Project 2061, the AAAS science literacy initiative, is working with teachers in Colorado, Maryland, Boston, and Washington, D.C., on a module that prepares middle - school students for high school biology — by teaching them chemistry.

BTI's Plant Genome Research Program hosted 29 undergraduate and high school students for a summer of hands - on lab work, bioinformatics training, and mentoring by scientists at BTI, Cornell University and the USDA Holley Center.

The research fellowships support high school students who work in the laboratories of resident or visiting scientists on hands - on research projects, with each student being supervised by a senior scientist mentor.

These retreats cater to the overworked and overhauled members of Korean society (professionals, stay - at - home mothers, and even high school students) and encourage guests to detach themselves from worldly affairs by focusing inward on their spiritual healing, without the crutch of everyday distractions such as their phones, technology, and work.

In fact, I know of several high school students who learned to code and who are saving for college or to start a business by doing freelance coding work.

From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes The Bell Jar Study Guide has everything you need to ace Schools and Online Social Networking By Nancy Willard Most educators working with middle and high school students are aware of the

Among the high - profile premieres this year are «Antz,» the new Dreamworks animated film; James Ivory's «A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,» with Kris Kristofferson playing a character inspired by novelist James Jones; «Dancing at Lughnasa,» starring Meryl Streep in the film of Brian Friel's celebrated play; John Waters» «Pecker,» with Edward Furlong as a fast - food worker whose photos are embraced by the New York art world; Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh in «The Theory of Flight,» about a work - release prisoner assigned to a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease; Ben Stiller as a drug - addicted TV writer in «Permanent Midnight»; Christina Ricci in «Desert Blue,» about slim prospects for a teenager in a town of 89 people; «The Imposters,» the new film by Stanley («Big Night») Tucci, starring Tucci and Oliver Platt as cruise - ship stowaways; «Rushmore,» with Jason Schwartzmann as a prep schooler who is a lousy student but hyperactive in campus activities; Cameron Diaz in «Very Bad Things,» about a bachelor party that ends in murder; Cate Blanchett as «Elizabeth,» the story of England's 16th century monarch, and «The Judas Kiss,» with FBI agent Emma Thompson on the trail of the kidnapper of a computer genius.

It depicts an American high school student who has worked hard to be invisible to of all the classic cliques by becoming an acquaintance of them all and how this all changes when he gets to know the «dying girl».

A docudrama mapping the trials of real - life teacher Francois Begaudeau over the course of one year in a rough Paris high school, work shopped and performed by actual students, any concerns of gimmickry or over-earnestness dissipate as the film's searing insight and joyful wit carry the viewer through an all - too - brief 130 minutes.

Editor's Note: Though the San Fernando Education Technology Team is no longer active at San Fernando High School, some of the former participants have created their own company to tell stories through media, and continue to foster the program's goals by working with San Fernando students on Saturdays to produce the iCan Film Festival.

It's full of new work by modern - day poets with selections at the level of middle and high school students.

Filmed by EL Education, «Austin's Butterfly, a true story about a Presumpscot Elementary School first - grade student who was tasked with making a scientific drawing of a tiger swallowtail butterfly, shows the impact of feedback and revision on creating high - quality work.

High school students say they will work harder if they feel challenged in school, a survey released by the Alexandria, Va. - based Horatio Alger Association suggests.

Students were protecting themselves from extra work by ostracizing high achievers, «constraining the fast minority,» and holding down the achievements of those who were above average, «so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority.»

In his research visiting nearly 30 American high schools, he recognized that students weren't often being given rigorous, challenging, and meaningful work — often referred to by educators as «deeper learning.»

Now, it's entirely possible that high schools and students would respond the new «standard» by working harder to prepare for it.

This years group at Tyner Academy, a high school, is reading Never Work Harder Tthan Your Students by Robyn Jackson to learn about ways to engage students in hands - on learning, said facilitator Charlene Lewis, an academic coach at theStudents by Robyn Jackson to learn about ways to engage students in hands - on learning, said facilitator Charlene Lewis, an academic coach at thestudents in hands - on learning, said facilitator Charlene Lewis, an academic coach at the school.

The «Page of Cloth,» a multi-canvas piece of art work collectively created by high school students in Gloucester, MA from 1971 to 1988, will be on display at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Monroe C. Gutman Library from Monday, March 3 through Monday, March 17,school students in Gloucester, MA from 1971 to 1988, will be on display at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Monroe C. Gutman Library from Monday, March 3 through Monday, March 17,School of Education's Monroe C. Gutman Library from Monday, March 3 through Monday, March 17, 1997.

His current work includes a project on the evaluation of high school performance using non-test score outcomes that is funded by the Spencer Foundation, and an IES - funded project on the outcomes of students who attend for - profit colleges.

They may also be appropriate for schools characterized by a high degree of staff cohesion, in which teachers work collaboratively to improve student learning and it is difficult to isolate the performance of a single teacher.

Though the San Fernando Education Technology Team is no longer active at San Fernando High School, some of the former participants have created their own company to tell stories through media, and continue to foster the program's goals by working with San Fernando students on Saturdays to produce the iCan Film Festival.

Another widespread problem is that most middle schools do not put forth common expectations for the content knowledge and skills needed by all students to be ready for high school work.

Although Skype employee Ross Smith is clearly motivated by sharing his passion with students, other experts might be motivated by working with students in high - need schools or by company incentives to participate in the program.

By high school, the teachers can step back to let students direct their own group work.

As members of usc's peer - counseling program, the students are hired and paid by the university's admissions office, but they work under the direction of the college advisers in the high schools.

Looking back, I can see that my colleagues and I were struggling to counteract powerful tendencies that work against high student achievement in urban schools: If teachers work in isolation, if there isn't effective teamwork, if the curriculum is undefined and weakly aligned with tests, if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chasm.

Such initiatives can give high - achieving students an incentive to work hard by taking summer school or online classes to wrap up their requirements a semester or two early.

This year, about 20 students from the University of Southern California are helping to finance their education by working in the guidance offices of 17 Los Angeles inner - city high schools.

It's an effort to bring young college journalists to rural high schools to teach students how to find, collect, and produce news stories about pressing local issues, and by their work bring these issues to the attention of local, regional, and state media.

By the upper grades of high school, students no longer need roles defined for them and are able to jump into group work without guidance.

By giving teens something constructive to do when their parents are likely to be at work, quality afterschool programs hold the promise of preventing high - risk behavior, building resiliency, and improving students» prospects following high school.

Employed by the county, she works in three Hillsborough schools — two high schools and one middle school — to provide intensive services to pregnant and parenting students to help them finish school without having additional children.

In Littleton, Colorado, infamous for its student assassins, a teacher has been taking high school students to a remote part of Kenya where they work side by side with local people, a project that gets no media coverage.

Still Working: Ghosts of Chinese Transcontinental Railroad Workers by Lonnie Dai Zovi, is a short ghost story with exercises about a pair of graduated high school students taking their last camping trip together sleeping out in the open, right where the deserted Chinese Labor camp, where the workers on the Transcontinental Railroad used to stay.

In our site - based work, which included in - depth interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, we examined 24 high schools with varying legal environments situated across three states (New York, North Carolina, and California), stratified by school type (traditional public, charter, and Catholic) as well as by student socioeconomic composition.

Cleveland High's academies include a manufacturing academy focused on metal working skills sought by hundreds of local firms; representatives of those companies come to the school and work with the students.

By 1920 most big - city high schools in the country were offering four high - school tracks: college preparatory, commercial (which prepared students, mostly young women, for office work), vocational (industrial arts and home economics), and general (which offered a high - school diploma without any specific preparation for future educational or vocational endeavors).