Sentences with phrase «by class size»

Those who influence public policy, especially economists who study the subject, report that student achievement is not effected by class size.

Accompanied by every fitness toy imaginable — and then some — teams, designed by class size, course through stations executing two exercises in six mini sets of 30 seconds.

The bill was also opposed by Class Size Matters, which fights for reasonable class sizes in the city's overcrowded public schools.

We are not constrained by class size.

Not exact matches

For one thing, class size will, by necessity, be limited at each hub, which seems to undercut the notion that these courses are «massively open,» in the first place.

He gave the example of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who he would argue has less power today than five years ago because of economic turmoil caused by sanctions and a middle class of an unprecedented size and aspirations.

Good data on the exact size of the middle class are hard to come by, but it remains small across most parts of the continent.

China's middle class is already around the size of the entire population of Canada and U.S. combined and expected to double by 2020.

They extend tests of DR - CAPM to six portfolios of U.S. stocks sorted by size and book - to - market ratio, five portfolios of commodities sorted by futures premium and six portfolios of government bonds sorted by probability of default, and to multi-asset class combinations.

The truth from the ground, based on the extensive footwork due diligence I conduct plus emails from readers around the country reporting similar observations, is that the inventory of home listings of soaring (the published inventory reports by design have 2 - 3 month lag), prices are dropping quickly, the time it takes to sell a home is increasing significantly and, most important, the potential pool of middle class home buyers no longer have an income level that will support the size of mortgage it takes to «buy» a home.

To accommodate the requests, Brady would have to find new tax revenue elsewhere, possibly by shrinking the size of provisions in the bill aimed at benefiting middle - and working - class households.

I picked this recipe size because it can be easily made by hand in class.

NABCA regularly publishes reports containing sales by brand, size, class and type of beverage alcohol.

He can fend off three linemen the size of small duplexes and grab a 230 - pound running back by the bottom lip and plant him like a rhododendron, but he can't seem to get his butt out of bed for class.

* World Class — Goal Keeper * Lots of new talent for youth teams * Reduced wage bill by reducing our squad size of over 21s from 25 (24 really as Diaby never counted) to 21.

Bla, a holding midfielder who is part of the 2019 graduating class at YSC Academy, said the size of the school, its campus and the distance and accessibility by train all factored into his decision.

The district's director of communications, Jessica Maxey - Faulkner, said that programs and classes are limited by the size of the local field houses, as well as the supervisor - per - pupil ratio.

Your child is one of many (even if you luck out and have small class size), and you're swept away by a system that has little room for individuality.

If all children are to be given the chance of a good education, regardless of their background, the Government needs to ensure that classrooms are staffed by fully qualified teachers, class sizes need to be reduced and the poverty gap closed.

Class sizes would be cut, the Lib Dems promise, by a programme targeting # 2.5 billion at struggling pupils.

By Sean Ryan The only difference between a 40 - hour asbestos course and an eight - hour class is the size of the bill, according to roofers who want the state to back off a new training requirement.

The key Welsh Liberal Democrat policy of reducing infant class sizes continues to be implemented by Kirsty Williams in Government as schools across Wales are set to benefit from 80 new teachers to reduce class sizes.

Funding for the new teachers comes from the # 36m fund to reduce infant class sizes set up by Welsh Liberal Democrat Cabinet Secretary for Education Kirsty Williams.

People want teachers to have the time to be able to dedicate to each pupil - that is why we'll deliver smaller class sizes by capping them at 25.

While the Labour leader decried rising class sizes in primary schools, David Cameron countered by yah - booing at trade union control over the opposition.

Nonetheless, class size is perceived as a very important factor by parents.

Dwindling teacher retention and low schools funding had, by the mid-1990s, led class sizes, particularly in primary schools, to be regarded as something of a crisis.

The average size of classes taught by one teacher in state - funded secondary schools was 20.4 in January 2011, down from 20.5 in January 2010.

The average size of classes taught by one teacher in state - funded primary schools increased slightly, while the average size of classes taught by one teacher in state - funded secondary schools decreased slightly.

And following the formation of the Coalition government, Mr Clegg remained consistent by promising «we will aim to cut class sizes.»

Other proposals aimed at increasing the availability of one - to - one adult supervision, such as Classroom Assistants, were received less well, with teachers initially reacting badly to the perceived de-skilling of their work and the belief that smaller class sizes were going to be achieved by diluting the role of qualified teachers.

A report published in December 2011 by the Department for Education looked at the impact of a rising birth rate on pupil numbers and how that could affect class sizes and educational outcomes.

Highlights were policies still claimed by Labour today as among its most significant achievements — the creation of the minimum wage, Scottish and Welsh devolution, and bills to reduce class sizes — as well as one key Brownite policy whose wisdom has now become disputed: independence for the Bank of England, which also involved removing its role as City regulator.

Now a combination of Quomo's low ball budget proposal along with the poorly constructed tax cap in place school local school districts need to portray the extremely unpopular cuts they now face (loss of electives and AP options; cuts to music, art and athletics; increased class size) as being directly the result of decisions made by our legislators in Albany.

«Despite all the money that has been spent by Labour, schools taking disadvantaged children aren't getting the money they need to break this link by cutting class sizes and providing them with extra support,» he said.

If a grade has five or six classes today and one is eliminated, class sizes in that grade would spike by five or six students, said Queens Councilman Daniel Dromm, a former public school teacher.

Unfortunately, following years of neglect from the Bloomberg administration, our city's school system is plagued by school overcrowding and excessive class sizes, where hundreds of thousands of our children simply don't have adequate space to learn.

The appellate division of New York State Supreme Court on July 28 declined to rule on the allegations in a lawsuit filed by the UFT and a coalition of community groups and parents on Jan. 5, 2010 that the New York City Department of Education was misusing hundreds of millions of dollars in Contract for Excellence funds earmarked for smaller class sizes.

Launched on May 22, the 30 - second TV spot paints a bleak picture of city public schools with «class sizes up, after - school programs gone» and «great teachers threatened by layoffs.»

«By working together and recognizing their shared responsibility to all Los Angeles public school students, United Teachers Los Angeles and the district were able to keep more than 4,000 teachers in classrooms, preserve early childhood education and prevent class - size increases,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.

«As evidenced by the State's approval of our C4E [Contracts for Excellence] class size reduction plan every year the law was in effect, we've remained committed to minimizing the growth of class size in all of our schools.»

MANHATTAN — A state appeals court threw out a suit brought by the United Federation of Teachers and NAACP alleging the city misused funds allocated specifically to reduce class size.

He said class sizes are expected to swell by up to one and a half students per class, and pink slips are scheduled to be delivered to teachers in the coming weeks.

A preliminary report released by the Department of Education on Dec. 14 shows that average class sizes increased this school year.

And according to a September audit by the city comptroller's office, the DOE used more than 25 percent of money targeted to early grades class size reduction to cover its own portion of the budgets for 245 schools, rather than to enhance their budgets, as intended.

An emerging class of pillbox - size computers, outfitted with sensors and linked together by radios, can form perceptive networks able to monitor a factory, a store — even an ecosystem.

Compact elliptical galaxies form a rare class of stellar system (~ 30 presently known) characterized by high stellar densities and small sizes and often harboring metal - rich stars.

Under the Senate proposal, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) would divide the fleet into classes based on size or weight and set fuel - economy standards for each class to achieve an overall average of 35 mpg by 2020.

A step in the right direction, Wenzel says, would be defining the vehicle classes by size rather than weight.

One potential culprit captured by the study: Faculty may lack the training necessary to take advantage of smaller class sizes, open classroom layouts and other strategies meant to reduce the reliance on conventional lecturing.