Sentences with phrase «academic records of»

It means that marks of the assignments are also helpful to the overall academic records of the students.

Unions also question the academic records of charter schools, accusing them of skimming the best students — an accusation disputed by charter school supporters, noting students are enrolled by lottery.

That is, before the financial mismanagement and shoddy academic records of the charter sector (particularly glaring in its virtual schools) came to light.

Union leaders steered the debate away from the academic records of two big city school systems.

He alleged that the academic records of Justice Osoba at Fiwasaye Grammar School, Akure indicated that she was born in 1950 whereas she had been claiming to have been born in 1957.

My family had chosen our neighborhood because of the academic record of its public schools and, as a result, I attended schools that were 92 percent or more white and only about 2 percent black.

The U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, for example, might have chalked up a better record improving the academic record of low - achieving children in American families than has the U.S. Department of Education if it had been tasked by Congress to improve maternal skills in reading and writing and given similar funding.

Maxim worked on AI projects with Electronic Arts and Lockheed Martin, and has a solid academic record of over 50 published papers on AI and related topics.

Researchers have connected chronic parental stress to the poor academic record of their children (Harold 2007).

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Shorn of human weaknesses like the need to eat or sleep, computers are now speed - reading through not only the vast academic literature but also CT scans, electronic medical records, and mountains of data from clinical trials and genomic studies.

He is well - liked by his peers, volunteers with University Big Brothers and Sisters, is involved in his church (he is an adult convert to Mormonism), is a member of the University's interfaith Religious Life Council, and has compiled an impressive academic record.

The enduring popularity of faith schools despite a national decline in church attendance could be put down to their academic record.

There is no difficulty in defending the record of our schools in terms of the moral and civic values they encourage, nor... their academic quality.

ASB's Student Task Force will select Scholarship recipients on the basis of academic record, educational and career objectives and commitment to wholesale baking industry.

If anything, they were hoping for changes that would have benefited partial qualifiers, such as letting them practice during their year on the sidelines and granting them an extra year of eligibility if their academic record proved to be satisfactory.

He left Cherokee High School in North Carolina with the best rebound record in the state, both All - District and All - State, and was named his school's Academic Athlete of the Year.

«Because of this limitation, UNC's decision to support the courses as legitimate combined with a stale and incomplete record that does not allow the panel to drill down to the course and assignment level — even if the panel had wanted to second guess the courses — it can not conclude academic fraud occurred,» the decision says.

Alongside Oxford's formidable academic stature is an enviable sporting record; we are one of the top sporting institutions in the country.

I concentrated on my studies and, with an average of 93.4, I applied for an academic scholarship at the University of Chicago and I was awarded one on the basis of my scholastic record.

When the first murmurings of this scandal began to surface in 2011, Roy Williams was adamant in his assertion that he had no inkling of an idea that something was going on, and was actually outspoken in his defense of his programs» academic track record.

Winners are chosen from a pool of more than 15,000 finalists based on test scores, academic record and an essay.

Looking back on something like a memory book that contains both their academic records and snapshots of their work samples throughout the years will give them good memories of what they've achieved kindergarten through 12th grade.

JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not - for - profit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways.

Any non-FHSAA member private school that has a student who wishes to participate in this program must make all student records, including, but not limited to, academic, financial, disciplinary, and attendance records, available upon request of the FHSAA.

For the 2016 to 2017 academic year, this will be allocated on the basis of the number of pupils recorded in the January 2015 school census data.

EFA is currently looking at ways of allocating place funding in the academic year 2016 to 2017 and encouraging institutions to focus on recording accurate data on high needs students in 2014 to 2015.

For the 2016 to 2017 academic year, element 2 will be allocated on the basis of the number of students recorded in the 2014/15 ILR R14 data.

This shadowy gathering of world leaders - academics, bankers, company bosses and politicians - has been meeting annually since 1954 for cosy off - the - record chit - chats about the affairs that affect us all.

Voters in the 19th Congressional district are being offered a choice between longtime resident John Faso with a proven track record of cutting budgets, lowering taxes, and working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and a radical New York City academic, with no roots in the district, who supports higher taxes, the Iran Nuclear Deal, and ever larger government in Washington.

But auditors for Comptroller Scott Stringer who studied records from the 2015 - 16 academic year said when it came to homeless kids, the DOE missed the target 92 percent of time.

Memorisation is being mistaken for learning and high academic records as a yardstick for measuring the ability of students» creativity.

The Ho Polytechnic Chapter of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana, (POTAG), has asked Government to speed up the payment of this year's book and research allowances, in order to avoid the distraction of the 2016/2017 academic year for tertiary institutions, as has been recorded in the past.

«Having successfully achieved the desired goals of the rehabilitation and reintegration programme, with recorded significant improvement in the academic performance of the girls, in September, a final send - off party was organised for the 106 Chibok girls.

This is a race between a transient and hard - left - wing academic elitist shopping for a congressional seat, and a smart, passionate, and common - sense conservative with a deep record of service to his community.

Stone reiterated Trump's call for Obama to release his academic records, but also admitted these sorts of issues aren't the stuff of a full - blown presidential campaign.

While it has worked with relevant academics and key partners like the Community Security Trust (long responsible for recording anti-Semitic attacks in Britain), the short life - cycle of Tell MAMA to - date plus the nature of self - reporting data of this kind poses genuine limitations in data collection.

«In the last two weeks, Nigeria and Nigerians have been inundated with the news of the incredible performance of Mr. Ayodele Dada, a student of the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, who set a new academic record by graduating with a 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average.

Following the legislation, the SED also put in place a «Parents Bill of Rights,» allowing parents to review their children's academic records and affirm that their children's information is protected by federal and state law and would not be sold or used for commercial purposes.

«Spontaneous development has been recorded since the intervention of this technological initiative of our administration as our students results have improved through the academic tools being given to them, while their performance has been on the increase.

«With record numbers of New York City families struggling with homelessness, we are proud to partner with Borough President Melinda Katz and people across Queens on Project: Back to School, which gives homeless children backpacks and school supplies critical to their academic success.»

Ed Miliband has a record of trying to put non-establishment people into the Lords including Lord Glasman, the academic and proponent of Blue Labour.

The E&E Legal Institute then weighed in, responding to the claims of the university and the public record's custodian in stating that it is in the public interest to ensure «transparency» of academic research that taxpayers finance and that the state's public record laws allow for such public disclosure.

Her excellent academic record impressed Edward Pickering, the director of the Harvard Observatory, where she volunteered to be a research assistant and soon earned a permanent job.

NIH examines indicators such as the track record of graduates in academic medicine positions, time to graduation, overall student happiness, how well the program integrates the medical and scientific training, and most importantly, the quality of the scientists and science available to the MD / PhD students; NIH manifests disapproval or approval of a program by decreasing, increasing, or maintaining the number of funded trainee positions at that institution.

BN: Results that are novel are more likely to be published, and the primary currency of an academic scientist is a publication — a good publication record in prestigious journals helps you get a good academic job, funding and awards.

There has only been one legal case in which academic privilege and researcher - participant confidentiality were on the table: In 2014, CAUT funded a legal challenge on behalf of two University of Ottawa criminology professors resisting police efforts to obtain records related to a study about male escorts.

If you spend a lot of time worrying that you are not good enough to be part of the lab team, that someone will discover you are an intellectual phoney despite your having an academic record that suggests otherwise, you could be experiencing «impostor syndrome ``.

Selby adds that beyond seeking stellar academic records coupled with demonstrated leadership skills and motivation, the committee also looks for candidates who have made links with a French scientist in advance of the competition.

«Our lawsuit seeks to compel the USDA to reinstate the records, which it had no right to remove from its website in the first place,» said Delcianna Winders, currently the Academic Fellow of the Harvard Animal Law & Policy Program, in a statement.

But he says his academic career is on indefinite hold because of his record.