Sentences with phrase «bigger schools along»

A year ago little Paintsville (Ky.) High, a school with 299 students, won the boys» title, beating a succession of bigger schools along the way.

Not exact matches

When the child goes to school he is taking another big step along his road to autonomy and identity.

A big shout - out here to those of you who have been brewing along with our Beer School!

And if your little one is going to school for the first time, I KNOW you're worried about how you are going to get a meal on the table after this big life change of starting school along with every change that may come along with it.

Well organized clubs at Michigan State and Michigan along with one at independent Notre Dame show that lacrosse is gaining popularity at the biggest schools.

This afternoon the Golden Nugget released regular season win totals for some of the most prominent schools along with a fairly unique prop — an over / under on the combined wins for all five major conferences: ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac - 12 and SEC.

The City Council has directed both bodies to work together toward a plan for a joint recreation campus on a 13 - acre parcel of Park District property along 95th Street, but library officials fear a combined venture will further hinder the plans they have for a big new library near Neuqua Valley High School.

Increased pressures at school and within peer groups, along with confusion and anxiety over puberty, are often cited reasons for the increased emotionality in young teens (for more on how to talk to your child about puberty, read up on puberty's big changes and the hormonal and bodily changes it brings).

But the biggest problem I've had all along with this approach is that it does not address the needs of elementary school children, who are the biggest consumers of the federally - subsidized meals program.

Along with the reduced bump in aid to K - 12 schools, Cuomo called for a modest 1 percent increase in higher education spending, a 3 percent increase in health care and 14 percent hike on big - ticket capital projects.

Along with NYSUT and NYSSBA, the New York State PTA, New York State Council of School Superintendents, Conference of Big 5 Schools, New York State Association of School Business Officials and School Administrators Association of New York State are represented in the letter to Cuomo.

Education groups control the state's biggest super PACs, and while reformers and unions will likely take sides along most partisan lines in November, supporters of charter schools and tax credits for donations to private schools have focused on targeting eight incumbent Democrats in the primaries, forcing the New York State United Teachers to play defense in support of allies.

«I think that along with the schools, this is the biggest issue in the campaign,» Hawkins explained.

That ad, and more like it (along with fliers and other attention - grabbers in what will likely be a low - turnout primary) was the product of an independent expenditure effort backed by the California Charter Schools Association, which has been a big force in battles with teachers» unions over charter schools in Los Angeles and at the state level aSchools Association, which has been a big force in battles with teachers» unions over charter schools in Los Angeles and at the state level aschools in Los Angeles and at the state level as well.

Along with a 3 percent increase in aid to K — 12 schools, Cuomo called for a 1 percent increase in higher education spending, a 3 percent increase in health care and 14 percent on big - ticket capital projects.

I've brought out the big guns today with Dr. Peter Lemon who's professor at the school of Kinesiology at Western Univeristy here in Ontario to talk about nutrition for exercise along with intermittent fasting and causes of obesity.

I decided to tag along and check out the changes to the High Point area as I went to school back when overalls and plaid shirts were cool and worn three sizes too big.

Leonard Jr. has enjoyed major guest roles on Tyler Perry's FOR BETTER OR WORSE and Nickelodeon's BIG TIME RUSH, along with maintaining his basketball skills, dancing skills, and love of cooking during his first year in high school.

Vince Vaughn (Swingers, Old School) plays Peter LaFleur, owner of a modest gym called Average Joe's, who are struggling to keep their clientele from going to bigger, more high - tech gyms like Globo Gym, which is run by pumped fitness guru, White Goodman (Stiller, Along Came Polly).

Since «George Washington» (2000) opens with a teenage girl's dreamy, wise - beyond - her - years narration as the camera floats in slow - motion through waving fields of grass and glides along railroad tracks, you probably don't need to be told that first - time feature director David Gordon Green, then just twenty five and fresh out of film school, was a big Terrence Malick fan.

The film opens in limited release tomorrow and got a big boost from Oprah Winfrey earlier this week when she brought Guggenheim, D.C. school district chancellor Michelle Rhee (who features prominently in the film) and recent tag - along Bill Gates onto the show to spread the message to an obviously gigantic audience in her farewell season.

Related Reviews: The Jungle Book 2 (Blu - ray + DVD) The Jungle Book • TaleSpin: Volume 1 • TaleSpin: Volume 2 • Sing Along Songs: The Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book Return to Neverland: Pixie - Powered Edition • Cinderella II: Dreams Come True • Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure The Return of Jafar & Aladdin and the King of Thieves • Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin • The Lion King 1 1/2 Holes • Finding Nemo • Piglet's Big Movie • Monsters, Inc. • The Cat Returns • Teacher's Pet • Recess: School's Out Saludos Amigos & The Three Caballeros: Classic Caballeros Collection • The Aristocats • The Emperor's New Groove Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams • Cinderella III: A Twist in Time • A Goofy Movie • The Brave Little Toaster

Still and all, we're not nearly as far along when it comes to publishing rigorous research that is relevant to policymakers, especially state leaders and lawmakers, who make many of the big decisions when it comes to K — 12 schooling.

Districts rich or poor and urban or rural, teachers and administrators, equipment suppliers, consultants, building contractors, pension funds — along with the advocacy organizations that everywhere push for more school spending — can detect such opportunities for gain and join forces, at least up to the point at which remedies are specified and the bigger pie begins to be sliced.

The @ School Fairs can be as big or small as you like and teachers can get help and pointers along the way.

Critical thinking, risk taking, and collaboration — along with academics and discipline — are just some of the areas where Bates Middle School reported big improvements after integrating the arts across all subject areas.

In fact, with a new Department of Education seemingly more inclined to abide by what ESSA actually says and less inclined to make things up as it goes along (see: Obama ED's adventures with «supplement not supplant»), states have big opportunities when it comes to testing, accountability, school improvement, and more — and the responsibility to take advantage of them.

New York teacher Kevin Glynn was once a big fan of the Common Core, but he says the standardized testing that's come along with it is reducing students to test scores and narrowing what gets taught in schools.

The parents union, along with the parent empowerment efforts of StudentsFirst's New York affiliate (which is helping families in the Big Apple's traditional district fight for school libraries as well as lobby for teacher quality and other reforms), is actively helping families do more than just have a voice.

school governance is faced with big questions about who is in charge of public education in North Carolina and how we should improve student outcomes along the educational continuum.

The trimmed - down expansion plans will allow grammars to grow bigger or to develop spin - off sites along the lines of the Sevenoaks «annexe» built by Weald of Kent Grammar School in Tonbridge last year.

Along with pegged jeans, ruffles and big hoop earrings, I say bring on the next generation of continuous improvement — but just like those giant, teased bangs from the»80s, let's leave the rigidity of one - size - fits - all and highly punitive approaches to school improvement in the past.

The difference in style, along with substance, was clear in one of biggest education stories of the year: the Camden school takeover.

Schools along the Waianae coast and the southeast side of the Big Island have begun to implement similar practices.

Whilst of course the move towards collaboration has hit one or two (high profile) icebergs along the way (it was always going to), I truly believe that a more collaborative approach to workforce management, both within Multi-Academy Trusts and between schools, can play a big part in tackling the skills crisis, and in re-vitalising the careers of many teachers, who currently feel disillusioned and may be considering their futures in the profession.

A consortium of large school districts in California has a big head start on the national change in education policy — they've been compiling sophisticated data along these new metrics in their schools for years now.

What had been a perpetually failing, corruption - battered school system is now hardly a system at all, but rather a network of largely autonomous charter schools, with some of the biggest name brands in education, like Kipp, represented along with homegrown versions.

This «is the single biggest step toward local control of public schools in 25 years,» said Senator Lamar Alexander (Republican - Tennessee), chair of the Senate education panel and a chief architect of the law along with Senator Patty Murray (Democrat - Washington).

My biggest concern is that the demise of the US public school will finish breaking the backbone of our middle class - but I suppose that's what Bush & company have wanted all along.

Southern Democrats were just then getting rid of Reconstruction along with Yankee control of their public schools and they didn't want education federalized over some presumed Catholic threat to take over public schools in northern big cities.

Democrats sought unsuccessfully Thursday to add bigger raises for state employees and retirees and to cut private school vouchers from the Senate budget before it passed 33 - 15 along party lines.

«I always cite Florida as, really, the furthest along in terms of providing the widest range of choices and the greatest access to those choices of any state in the country, and from a political standpoint, having real bipartisan support for these choices,» she said in an interview last year with Ed Pozzuoli, a South Florida attorney who's a big backer of charter schools.

The biggest projects this summer are taking place at seven schools which are getting new roofs, windows, and doors along with other upgrades to bring the buildings into compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act.

The strong job growth in the «burbs compared to big cities, along with the lower costs of rent and other housing and lower levels of violent crime, have also brought more low - income families to suburban communities and their schools.

My son is in middle school, so I limit longer trips and scatter them throughout the school year and try to plan for my bigger travels during summer or school breaks, especially if he is going to tag along to write for the kids corner section of my travel website.

However they are the best place in the area to see large pelagics — big barracuda schools, reef sharks and tuna are common, with occasional dolphins, mola - mola and even hammerhead sharks if you are lucky, along with luscious hard and soft coral gardens.

Larger pristine coral formations, big schools of fish, large groupers and chance encounters with pelagics are some of the best life to see along South Wall.

As we drifted along we encountered some incredible marine life such as a big school of bumphead parrot fish (the biggest ones I have ever seen!)

As the divers drifted along with the current schooling batfish, Big - Eye Jack and fusiliers also were seen cruising along the reef.

Schooling Pick - handle Barracudas, Big - Eye Jacks and batfish were seen cruising along the reef densely covered in soft coral, both alongside the wall and the slope side.