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Classrooms at Disselboom primary school are equipped with SchoolVision, a lighting system developed by Philips that changes the atmosphere and ambience of a classroom depending on the type of lesson being taught.

The court opined (contrary to all the evidence) that the «pervasively sectarian» atmosphere of the parochial schools might cause remedial teachers, either «subtly or overtly,» to begin to «indoctrinate the students in particular religious tenets at public expense.»

While I'm very sympathetic to Dreher's hope (I teach at a school that advertises itself as Christian), I see something problematic in a kind of greenhouse theory of conservative education in which students are reared and taught within an engineered, not - in - the - world atmosphere.

The fact is, the fervent atmosphere and SRO crowds at the Garden along with the TV exposure and gobs upon gobs of dollars (league officials predict a cool $ 1.4 million windfall for the schools and the conference from last week's event) all melded to create a spectacular climax to the conference's four - year pursuit of that beacon of intercollegiate marketing, the ACC.

Inspectors should consider the food on offer at the school and atmosphere of the school canteen.

This guidance states: Inspectors should consider the food on offer at the school and atmosphere of the school canteen.

«Different gases have widely different lifetimes in the atmosphere after emission and affect the climate in different ways over widely different timescales,» said co-author Michael Oppenheimer, the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Geosciences at Princeton University.

Using 19 climate models, a team of researchers led by Professor Minghua Zhang of the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, discovered persistent dry and warm biases of simulated climate over the region of the Southern Great Plain in the central U.S. that was caused by poor modeling of atmospheric convective systems — the vertical transport of heat and moisture in the atmosphere.

«We can explain it as an accelerating band of molten iron circling the North Pole, like the jet stream in the atmosphere,» said Dr Livermore, from the School of Earth and Environment at Leeds.

The Jeremiah Horrocks Institute based within the School of Physical Sciences and Computing at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK is seeking a Research Associate to work with Professor Robert Walsh in the area of activity and dynamics of the solar atmosphere.

Director Francis Lawrence, along with scripter Justin Haythe, delivers a striking opening stretch detailing Dominika's fall from grace as a ballerina and her initial exploits at the aforementioned school, with the undeniably watchable atmosphere perpetuated by star Lawrence's solid work and the ongoing inclusion of compelling sequences.

Greta Gerwig stars as the leader of a clique of college girls trying to change «the atmosphere of male barbarism» at their preppy East Coast school.

Discipline and rigid rules are part of the atmosphere at the boarding school.

The initial teaser trailer for Sofia Coppola's remake of The Beguiled was long on ethereal atmosphere and short on plot, but a newly released trailer for the film gives us a little more insight into the sinister events going on behind closed doors at a Southern girls» boarding school during the Civil War.

It is, say researchers for CASEL and GLSEN, a physical or psychological torment that includes verbal or physical harassment, social exclusion, and other instances of abuse that create an unsafe atmosphere at school for victims, bystanders, and sometimes perpetrators.

The Association for Moral Education Conference Comes to HGSE «Such a wonderful sense of collaboration» is how Mary Casey, lecturer of education at Harvard Graduate School of Education, describes the atmosphere at the 31st annual conference of the Association for Moral Education (AME).

At issue are the actions of some of the nine members of the school board, which the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools says has created a «circus atmosphere» in the district.

Truancy spikes at about age 15, when most youngsters enter 9th grade and the less - supportive atmosphere of high school.

Since last May, in a series of legal documents and Honolulu Star - Bulletin opinion pieces, the five trustees of the Kamehameha Schools / Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate have come under attack for allegedly mismanaging money and creating an atmosphere of intimidation at the Kamehameha Schools, Hawaii's second - largest private school.

Instead, the OSSI defines certain attributes a recipient school should have, such as a student body of 400 or less, and an atmosphere in which each student is known well by at least one adult.

Lesley Hinds, City of Edinburgh City Council's transport convener, said: «The whole aim of School Streets was to create a safer, more relaxed atmosphere around schools, encouraging children to walk and cycle and parents to leave their cars at home.

This means all forms of safety and security while at school — food if hungry, clean clothes if needed, medical attention when necessary, counseling and other family services as required, and most of all, caring adults who create an atmosphere of sincere support for the students» well - being and academic success.

Hallway Greeters Make Morning Transition Safe, Pleasant The atmosphere at New Hampshire's Dame School is slower and happier since hallway greeters have become part of the morning routine.

In an Oct. 21 speech to students at Carlmont High School in Belmont, Calif., the President said his «executive order» would help alleviate the «atmosphere of fear» that pervades many American...

«Such a wonderful sense of collaboration» is how Mary Casey, lecturer of education at Harvard Graduate School of Education, describes the atmosphere at the 31st annual conference of the Association for Moral Education (AME).

This guidance states: Inspectors should consider the food on offer at the school and atmosphere of the school canteen.

Is it a surprise, then, that principals at schools with high teacher ratings for «instructional climate» outrank other principals in developing an atmosphere of caring and trust?

Students, teachers, and parents at these schools all lose, because the environment doesn't encourage the development of positive connections and relationships that would lead to an atmosphere of teamwork.

Speaking at a conference of chief state school officers last week, a parade of senators and representatives acknowledged the crucial importance of addressing the now five - year overdue reauthorization but agreed they're unlikely to get the job done before the fall elections in today's partisan atmosphere.

«We also host a robust student life at Primavera to create an atmosphere of collaboration and community,» the school notes.

It encourages teachers to ask students questions at the start of the school year to create an open and lively atmosphere.

But he directed much of his ire at the plan itself: Mandating that schools improve while holding the threat of closure over their heads, and at the same time trying to «bypass» district governance, creates the wrong atmosphere for schools to actually improve largely on the basis of test scores, he argued.

At the typical well - off suburban school, the atmosphere is one of order, cooperation, compliance with rules, and respect for authority.

With raciones averaging at around the $ 11 mark and medias at around $ 6.50, lingering here will cost you a little more than it would in an old - school tapas joint, and aficionados of the traditional tapa scrum might find the atmosphere a little subdued.

School of bumphead parrotfish sleeping on the wreck at night and the gloomy atmosphere are unforgettable memories!

Faust 24 evokes an atmosphere of a distressed search, delimited by the dash - cam surveillance recordings of five patrol cars that responded to an emergency call of a school shooter at the University of Texas in late 2010.

Wright took a masters there and waxes lyrical about the atmosphere in the early 1990s: «It was one of the best art schools in Europe at the time.

Adding a decade - long rush of methane to the atmosphere would boost that by $ 60 trillion, mostly between 2050 and 2075, said Chris Hope, a modeling expert at Cambridge's Judge Business School.

Ailie is an ARC DECRA Fellow in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment at Monash University.

He served as professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (1971 — 94); distinguished research professor at the Institute for Space Science and Technology, Gainesville, FL (1989 — 94); chief scientist, U.S. Department of Transportation (1987 — 89); vice chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Oceans and Atmosphere (NACOA)(1981 — 86); deputy assistant administrator for policy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1970 — 71); deputy assistant secretary for water quality and research, U.S. Department of the Interior (1967 — 70); founding dean of the School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences, University of Miami (1964 — 67); first director of the National Weather Satellite Service (1962 — 64); and director of the Center for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Maryland (1953 — 62).

But some, like Eelco Rohling, professor of ocean and climate change at the Australian National University's research school of earth sciences, now argue that this target can not be achieved unless ways to remove huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are found, and emissions are slashed.

He needs to leave the atmosphere of censorship at the Harvard Law School and join the ranks of free men and women.»

One said that Silverglate understated the degree of faculty opposition to the guidelines, while others debated whether the atmosphere has changed at the school.

In today's zero - tolerance atmosphere, even a classroom scuffle or fight at a football game can get your child kicked out of school and even charged with a juvenile crime such as assault or battery.

Out of all three schools the atmosphere for learning has been the best at Wilson.