Sentences with phrase «among other high school»

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China's testing was limited to Shanghai students, a narrow scope Lusardi likened to the U.S. testing only students in Washington, D.C. Still, China and other Asian countries typically rank among the top five for other school subjects — and OECD data showed some positive correlation between financial literacy skills and high performance in mathematics and reading.

The NRA, bolstered by Trump, has been a vocal proponent of allowing more guns in public places, including schools, but the exception for the convention has raised eyebrows and prompted skepticism among students and at least one parent who lost his child in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed and others injured.

The poll also identified characteristics among evangelicals which correspond to other characteristics already noted as significant in distinguishing the religious television audience from the non-audience: the typical U.S. evangelical was characterized as a white female Southerner, aged 50 or over, with a high - school education and a modest income.

The players, all high school superstars, were forming cliques and beefing among themselves — Darrick never passed, Don always shot, etc. «And the worst thing,» says Madkins, «was that the other teams in the league knew what was going on, and they knew exactly what buttons to push.»

Wofford told 247sports.com that Ohio State's high school relations department contacted him about his interest and that because of his (Wofford) «relationship with Coach Meyer and the staff from when they recruited LB Trey Johnson,» among other factors, the camp «made sense.»

Shoulder subluxations, along with other shoulder injuries, are among the most frequently seen high school wrestling injuries.

Turner shared the backfield at Buford (Ga.) High School with Tennessee commit Anthony Grant and junior 4 - star Derrian Brown, who has an offer from Auburn, among other Division I programs.

Also joining the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix line up is 17 - year - old high school star Sammy Watson, who will compete at 800m against, among others, 2015 World Champion Marina Arzamasova of Belarus.

To some, Adderall abuse may sound foreign, but Adderall and abuse of other attention - deficit drugs is growing among high school and college students across the nation.

The use of muscle - enhancing behaviors among middle and high school boys and girls - including such unhealthy behaviors as using protein powders or shakes, steroids, and other muscle - enhancing substances - is substantially higher than previously reported, a new study finds.1

Chasing a narrow notion of success has led to epic levels of cheating, drug use, anxiety, sleeplessness, loneliness and other ills among high school students, Pope has found in her research.

One significant victory in that battle was last year's passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act which, among other things, uses Medicaid data to directly certify children for free and reduced price meals; helps states improve the certification process for school meal aid; allows universal free meals for students in high poverty communities; and expands USDA authority to support meals served to at - risk children in after school programs.

The area near the intersection of Woodridge and Plaza drives includes, among other things, Village Hall, a library, public works facility, park district community center, post office, junior high school and open space.

A number of the top - performing school districts — Los Angeles Unified School District and San Antonio Independent School District, among others — serve a particularly high proportion of students from low - income houseschool districts — Los Angeles Unified School District and San Antonio Independent School District, among others — serve a particularly high proportion of students from low - income houseSchool District and San Antonio Independent School District, among others — serve a particularly high proportion of students from low - income houseSchool District, among others — serve a particularly high proportion of students from low - income households.

This is a theme that's been echoed here before by, among others, TLT's anonymous school food professional, Wilma and Justin Gagnon, CEO of Choicelunch, a private, high quality school food caterer in California.

In the spring, high school students in south suburban Minooka staged a cafeteria boycott to protest, among other things, the limited healthy food options.

The programme also registered suppliers to distribute farm produce to public institutions including the School Feeding Programme, the Free Senior High School Programme, Prisons, Defence and Police, among others to ensure availability of quality food in a timely manner in these institutions.

Hawaii Representative Chris Lee said: «An Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) would have enabled law enforcement to prevent the recent tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and would have prevented the seven fatalities of the mass shooting at Xerox right here in Hawaii, among many others.

SU has been ranked among the top 10 party schools for the last six years, but this year landed high rankings in a number of other categories.

«Freedom comes at the high price of, among other things, abandoning national pay and conditions of service for teachers and allowing all schools to select their pupils.

The U.F.T. held three «emergency» meetings with its members and parents on Thursday, ran a full - page anti-Cuomo advertisement in the Daily News, and released an extensive report claiming, among other things, that charter schools don't enroll enough high - needs students compared to their district school counterparts.

The start of work on 200 Community Day Senior High Schools, implementation of a $ 156 million Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SEIP), implementation of a Progressively Free S.H.S. Programme in 2015, start of work to expand infrastructure in our technical and vocational institutions among others are evidence of his work.

The ten Junior High School (JHS) students who made it to the finals of Citi FM's Literacy Challenge, have been named, to participate in the final contest, that will see the overall winner take home an amount of GHc10, 000 among other prizes.

As part of the programme, government will absorb the cost of tuition, school uniforms, feeding among others, to ensure that money is not an impediment to education for qualified Junior High School gradschool uniforms, feeding among others, to ensure that money is not an impediment to education for qualified Junior High School gradSchool graduates.

He began with the implementation of the Progressively Free SHS, implemented the Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SEIP), built Community Day Senior High Schools - the largest addition to our school stock since independence, expanded infrastructure in hundreds of existing Senior High Schools among other interventions.

Superintendent Christopher Brown told his school board recently that the district would have to cut 62 full - and part - time positions, drop a year of middle school art and eliminate its seventh - grade reading program and high school Latin classes, among many other reductions.

Addressing a press conference in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, Nana Akufo - Addo stated that, at several places where he campaigned, Ghanaians were asking for roads and school projects among others; an indication that the Mahama - led administration has little to show for its eight years of stewardship in the highest office of the land.

The bill, once it passed, got high praise from Mayor Bloomberg, among others, who even singled out State Sen. Bill Perkins - who he's been at odds with over charter schools - for praise for pushing the measure.

President Akufo - Addo's key policy initiatives which includes the much touted one - district one - factory, one - village one - dam, free Senior High School (SHS) among others, will cost the country over GHc2 billion.

In the final hours of the session, legislators agreed to extend mayoral control over New York City schools another year, after Mayor Bill deBlasio agreed, among other things, to allow some high performing charter schools to be regulated by the state, not the city.

In the final hours of the session, legislators also agreed to extend mayoral control over New York City schools another year, after Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed, among other things, to allow some high performing charter schools to be regulated by the state, not the city.

Among other issues, Senator Klein and the community voiced concerns that co-location of a high school with a middle school would be inappropriate, forcing children as young as 11 and as old as 18 to share the same facilities.

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Many former scientists have found success and fulfillment in teaching (high school and college), science writing, and consulting, among other areas.

Detailed census data from the 1960s to the 1980s show that members of this group were up to 15 percent less likely to graduate from high school, had among men 5 to 9 percent lower wages (because of disability), and were 15 percent more likely to be poor compared with siblings and others of their generation, Almond reports in the August Journal of Political Economy.

In 1992, among the high - scoring high school seniors (those with test scores in the top tenth of the class), black and Hispanic youth were three times as likely to be from families with incomes less than $ 20,000 than white and other non-Hispanic youth (12)(see figure, below).

Texting while driving and other risky motor vehicle behaviors among U.S. high school students.

«Veterans with PTSD had a very high sleep disorder prevalence of 16 percent, the highest among the various health conditions or other population characteristics that we examined,» said Principal Investigator and senior author James Burch, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina.

A research team led by Jeanne Mager Stellman of the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University reported in April that the herbicides used to defoliate battle zones contained two to four times the previously reported levels of dioxin, a poison linked to a high incidence of prostate cancer, diabetes, birth defects, and other ailments among American veterans, the Vietnamese, and their descendants.

He also predicts that the outbreak in western Japan will follow the course of the one among high schools in New York City, with mild cases predominating but with smaller numbers of severe cases among those with other health problems.

Among other measures, the High School Sports Brain Injury Prevention Act would require student athletes to be cleared by a doctor before returning to play or practice.

First kisses, break - ups and polyamory are among the topics covered in Personal and civic responsibility, love of learning, and empathy for others: these are the qualities that Wayland High School seeks to instill in its students.

Among many other experiences, he follows a large group of Israeli high school students on a journey to Poland's death camps, where some admit to being afraid of leaving their hotel rooms, so frightened are they by the remarks of teachers and Secret Service agents on the dangers of anti-Semitism.

By chance, Craig has just run into an old high school pal, Vince (Ethan Embry), who works as a collector for a loan shark and is more than ready to cut corners — among other things — en route to a big score.

During the festival, professional workshops and lectures for the community and area high school and college students address topics such as acting, directing, producing, animation and filmmaking, among others.

A Chicago native and perpetual graduate student — he holds degrees in law and business, among others — Kelley got the inspiration for Arete while volunteering to help the rowing team train at his old high school.

However, many others believe charters divert resources from traditional public schools and don't meet up to accountability measures.These opposing views often lead to friction among people who actually have much in common: a genuine concern for children and the national right to high - quality public education.

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The federal government's own comprehensive analysis of Title I, mandated by Congress, conducted by RAND among others, and published in 2007 after several years of NCLB experience, found the largest academic gains since 2000 and 2003 among students in high - poverty schools.

A productive response to that question would not contemplate the merits of «voucher programs» per se but would instead view vouchers as one vehicle among others for growing the number of high - quality individual school choices available to low - income families.