Sentences with phrase «based upon school»

The law enabled flexibility in funding (such as principal salaries no longer are based upon school size), autonomy for small schools where they are accountable for their own AYP results, and lifting seat - time requirements to allow students to concurrently enroll in postsecondary institutions.

From the funds appropriated for the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program, the Commissioner of Education shall calculate an amount for each school district based upon each school district's proportionate share of the state's total unweighted FTE student enrollment and shall disburse the funds to the school districts by July 15.

Not exact matches

He compares it to the way teachers motivate students; grades based entirely upon the final exams are usually enough to incentivize the best students to go above and beyond to achieve high marks, but many students perform better when faced with regular testing throughout the school year.

Liberal and old school Theologians as well as non believers find their way based upon the light they are given even though they may be miles apart on understanding what is the meaning of the Angel of Lord.

But they don't leave it there — they want to set laws based upon their religious beliefs, set school curricula based upon their religious beliefs, have their religious prayers in public meetings, put their religious texts on public buildings, etc..

Is it so surprising that positions in churches or schools that are based upon faith in God are denied to someone who denies that faith?

The religious are always looking to put religion front and center in public life: displays and signs on public property, laws based upon their religious beliefs, their beliefs taught as science in schools, bells on Sunday, etc..

That's exactly why atheists don't want believers creating laws based solely upon their beliefs, why atheists don't want those beliefs taught in schools as science, why atheists don't want those beliefs posted on public buildings, etc..

You can check out your favorite stores on BetterWorldShopper.org (they have an app, too, if you want to check it on the go) where they grade companies A-F (just like in school) based upon 5 issues: human rights, environment, animal protection, community involvement and social justice.

These were formulated by different Vedic schools and purportedly based upon the Vedas.

At issue was whether school officials can be sued for violating the First Amendment rights of what the students claimed was their «private, non-curricular speech based solely upon its religious viewpoint.»

Ed School Follies: The Miseducation Of America's Teachers by Rita Kramer Free Press, 228 pages, $ 22.95 In her lively new study based upon fourteen schools of education across the country, Rita Kramer skewers two quite distinct forms of folly.

«Religious Education» involves little detailed teaching of the Faith upon which the school's ethos is based.

She can't buy whole milk at school, which, I believe, based upon personal research, is not bad for you.

And while HISD currently has about 35 dietetic interns who will come into local schools to educate about new foods, they currently do so only upon request and on a relatively ad hoc basis.

Some tasks include: Review, clean out, and notify me of important emails on a regular basis; Draft responses to important emails upon discussion and review with me Review daughters school blogs and notify me of all important dates, projects, performances; Assist in responding to emails and drafting emails to teachers on issues related to daughters Track daughters school grades and academic performance on a regular basis via a website.

As a part of the newly enacted membership process of the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education, Schools must do a self - study based upon the 7 Core Principles of the Alliance.

Based upon your experience, what would you tell a current high school senior with food allergies looking at college?

The Waldorf School of Garden City has rolling admission based upon space and availability.

His book, however, is actually based upon personal journeys and in - depth research in two radically different schools, neither of which is from the public school system.

● Based upon parental reports, the average grade point average for high school students is between 3.15 and 3.24.

Based upon IRS guidelines, you receive an immediate income - tax deduction for the value of the School Nutrition Foundation's remainder interest.

Allocations for non-maintained special schools are based on the pupil number data from the January 2015 school census; and allocations for special post-16 institutions are based upon the individualised learner record (ILR) data and 16 to 19 national funding formula average funding factors.

School lunch offers about 30 % of a child or teen's total daily calorie requirement, based upon their age.

This arrangement is based upon the parents» work schedules, the child's school schedule as well as the needs of the child.

She would use a win to further the appalling set of policies the right wing of her party are intent upon: cutting welfare provision for the disabled and the elderly, cutting housing benefit, furthering the privatisation of the NHS, expanding faith - based and selective schooling, preparing for a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations protecting consumers, employees and the environment.

Her world outlook was based upon what she would refer to as Victorian values — voluntary schools, hospitals endowed by benefactions, improved prisons and new town halls.

Based upon response to killing of students in Florida high school the Rump is going to call for arming «well trained» workers in every office across the country.

In a move widely seen as dismissive of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's education initiatives, Miner and de Blasio on Monday called upon state officials to revise school aid based on the Citizens for Fiscal Equity court decision, which held that New York City schools were inadequately funded.

Each school district's share of the BOCES administrative and capital budgets is based upon the proportion that its students represent among all students in Rockland County, based upon each district's Resident Weighted Average Daily Attendance (RWADA).

But it is all too easy to come out of graduate school thinking that traditional measures of scholarship are the figures of merit upon which you should base your career.

In a new paper published this week in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, first author Miguel del Campo, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues in Brazil and Spain, describe the phenotypic spectrum or set of observable characteristics of congenital Zika (ZIKV) syndrome, based upon clinical evaluations and neuroimaging of 83 Brazilian children with presumed or confirmed ZIKV congenital infections.

Drawing upon a base of over 35,000 students at more than 1,000 local school science fairs, more than 1,100 students in grades 5 — 12 from nearly 300 schools will be evaluated this year on their scientific research and communication skills.

While his responsibilities for the school are many, he still makes time to work with patients on a weekly basis and conduct free monthly holistic health science webinars each designed upon one simple idea... empowerment through education.

Our school lunch programs are based upon this document as well as other government run food programs.

As an American surgeon, it is no longer hard for me to distrust our own medical literature and cast it aside, when in our clinics, you see a tsunami of illness and death coming into your office daily and you just can not explain it based upon what we all learned in medical school.

This grim tale is based upon actual events and chronicles the coming - of - age of two high - school seniors living in gritty Caddo, Texas in 1960.

Worst of all, Peyton barely if at all references the game upon which it was based, even as an Easter egg for nerds like yours truly; but then again, that game itself was kind of a Frankensteinian hybrid of old - school monster movies, making this adaptation's departures feel like some sort of feeble and unsuccessful full - circle gesture to liberate its ideas from a derivative foundation.

Based upon the research of HGSE Professor Thomas Hehir, a leading international expert on educating students with disabilities, the workshop explores why inclusion matters and how schools can treat diversity as an asset.

The results presented here are based upon a nationally representative, stratified sample of 1,138 adults (age 18 years and older) and representative oversamples of the following subgroups: public school teachers, parents of school - age children, African Americans, and Hispanics.

With a curriculum based upon Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, this K - 12 Indianapolis school emphasizes exploration and deep understanding over rote memorization.

In some cases they stipulate, as in Multnomah County, Oregon, that professional development «funds will be allocated based upon seniority of the unit members who make application,» thus converting these expenditures from a lever for school improvement into a perk for long - serving faculty.

The results presented here are based upon a nationally representative, stratified sample of 4,214 adults (age 18 and older), which includes representative oversamples of the following subgroups: parents with school - age children living in their home (2,170), teachers (669), and Hispanics (805).

The legal bases upon which data is processed are also being modernised, but where a school is processing data pursuant to an established purpose enshrined in law, it is unlikely to change much, though the new legal bases have been developed to support existing and proposed data use more clearly.

Interactive Learning is based upon the Learning - Focused professional - development program, which teachers at Cochrane first began using in the 2007 - 08 school year.

The Spokane (Washington) Public Schools, along with many other school districts, has made a living embracing this simple concept: If we assess our students beforehand, create a common curriculum based upon what the students need to have, then teach that curriculum and fill in what the students don't have, and then assess the students again to be sure they got it, we'll probably be okay.

You'll see many tools becoming part of unique maker ecosystems in schools based upon teacher expertise and student interests.

As we have touched upon earlier, some schools, generally those based in more rural areas, lag behind in the strength of their Wi - Fi connectivity and broadband provision (Information and Communication Technology in UK State Schools, BESA,schools, generally those based in more rural areas, lag behind in the strength of their Wi - Fi connectivity and broadband provision (Information and Communication Technology in UK State Schools, BESA,Schools, BESA, 2014).

Mr Smith said: «I wish I could add that today proper forethought, planning and insight would never allow a repeat of such concerns amongst our membership, and that the values and principles upon which our schools are based are much better understood and appreciated by legislators and politicians.

Ms. Steirer says her decision to serve others must be based on personal values and should not be imposed upon her by the school system.