Sentences with phrase «college and high school courses»

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The «Modern Family» goof took the GED to graduate high school by the time he was 13 and hoped to take some online college courses.

Last year, only 44 percent of high - school graduates were prepared for college - level math and 36 percent were prepared for university - level science courses, according to the National Math and Science Initiative.

Targeting low - income high school / college students who are interested in coding, open government, and civic technology, the program offers mentoring, programming courses, resource access and an internship.

Mayor Tubbs graduated in 2012 from Stanford University with a Master's degree in Policy, Leadership and Organization Studies, plus a Bachelor's degree with honors; he is a Truman Scholar and a recipient of the highest university award, the Dinkelspiel.Tubbs has been a college course instructor for Aspire Public Schools and a Fellow at the Stanford Institute of Design and the Emerson Collective.

Actually a test on comparative religion, philosophy and scientific reconcilliation on the grown up scale, is more of a high school or college test; that is if an unbiased course on such were allowed to start with.

Credit courses in TM are offered in high schools and colleges across the country.

Parents who continue to teach their children this are inevitably going to confuse the heck out of their children when they have to take more advanced science courses in high school and college.

In the space of time available to him, of course, Mr. Clinton could offer little more than a hasty outline of this proposal, but he did manage to make clear that what he was referring to was some sort of system whereby American high school (and, as it was to turn out, also college) graduates would exchange some years of service, either as policemen, environmental workers, or offerers of some form of assistance to poor children, in exchange for the government's subsequently paying their college tuition» a kind of GI Bill for non-GIs.

And since I somehow got through high school and college without ever taking a literature course (except for drama lit in college, which was great, but it was very specific in genre), I am currently trying to read a few classics every yeAnd since I somehow got through high school and college without ever taking a literature course (except for drama lit in college, which was great, but it was very specific in genre), I am currently trying to read a few classics every yeand college without ever taking a literature course (except for drama lit in college, which was great, but it was very specific in genre), I am currently trying to read a few classics every year.

And, of course, there was a graduation ceremony and I now have my fourth diploma (after high school, college, and graduate school)-- from Kingsford UniversiAnd, of course, there was a graduation ceremony and I now have my fourth diploma (after high school, college, and graduate school)-- from Kingsford Universiand I now have my fourth diploma (after high school, college, and graduate school)-- from Kingsford Universiand graduate school)-- from Kingsford University.

Besides watching every game on film and fielding the complaints of outraged general managers, Kuharich assigns officials to games — there are 45 NFL officials of whom 35 are used every weekend — keeps tabs on other officials, college and high school, who would like to get into professional football and, of course, makes certain that the officials he has now are always in control of the game.

JUNIOR GOLF LESSONS (AGE 17 AND UNDER) Greenhorn Creek is a strong advocate for youth golf, in addition to our Academy programs, Greenhorn Creek is the home course for Bret Harte High School and a host course for, youth, high school and College level tournamenAND UNDER) Greenhorn Creek is a strong advocate for youth golf, in addition to our Academy programs, Greenhorn Creek is the home course for Bret Harte High School and a host course for, youth, high school and College level tournameHigh School and a host course for, youth, high school and College level tournaSchool and a host course for, youth, high school and College level tournamenand a host course for, youth, high school and College level tournamehigh school and College level tournaschool and College level tournamenand College level tournaments.

Proposal 48 holds that entering athletes can be eligible as freshmen only if they have a minimum score of 700 on the combined college board SAT test (or a 15 of 36 score on the American College Test) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core ccollege board SAT test (or a 15 of 36 score on the American College Test) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core cCollege Test) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core courses.

The paradox of team golf creates a challenge for talented players as they make their way through high school and college as the best kids on the course are trained to strive to better their games for their own advancement.

We also offer English Language classes for international campers, and fully accredited high school level courses for all campers through Weil College Preparatory School located on the Weil cschool level courses for all campers through Weil College Preparatory School located on the Weil cSchool located on the Weil campus.

A popular student in her small high school, Katie started college expecting to ace her courses and be best friends with her two roommates.

Incidence, clinical course, and predictors of prolonged recovery time following sportrelated concussion in high school and college athletes.

The classes are attractive to high schoolers and their parents because they have the potential to help a student skip prerequisites or other college courses — and for some, that might mean saving money on the path toward a college degree.

The question is whether or not these same motivated and high - achieving students would have done just as well in college without taking AP courses in high school.

Courses are available at the college's Glen Ellyn campus, 425 22nd St.; Glenbard North High School, Kuhn and Lies Roads, Carol Stream; and Neuqua Valley High School, 2360 95th St., Naperville.

If it's important to your children to have high school accreditation, and they don't want to work at local colleges or adult education classes, it may be worth following more formal courses such as those available at Northstar (UK) and / or registering at an umbrella school such as Clonlara (USA), although these are expensive options.

He meets monthly with superintendents from the Marlboro, Highland and Wallkill school districts to discuss how to expand college - course access to high - school students.

And he said now is the time to act, because students remain behind in international comparisons and many high school graduates must pay for remedial courses in college because they are so ill - preparAnd he said now is the time to act, because students remain behind in international comparisons and many high school graduates must pay for remedial courses in college because they are so ill - preparand many high school graduates must pay for remedial courses in college because they are so ill - prepared.

«They provide an evaluation of student mastery of content and skills in various courses of study, serve as a tool for measuring the degree to which students are on track to graduate high school college - and career - ready, and help shape future instruction.»

The Democrats also looked to Washington and Illinois, which use assessments that are baked into the state high school curriculums to help place students in college courses.

We are especially pleased with the decision to expand access to Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses, particularly in schools that have lower college - going rates and that do not already have access to these classes, and to support the state's landmark Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P - TECH) initiative.college - going rates and that do not already have access to these classes, and to support the state's landmark Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P - TECH) initiative.College High School (P - TECH) initiative.»

College readiness: The governor wants to expand access to Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses in high school, which are proven to boost college readiness upon gradCollege readiness: The governor wants to expand access to Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses in high school, which are proven to boost college readiness upon gradcollege readiness upon graduation.

The algebra initiative is inspired by a recent report by researchers at the New School, which found that students who don't take algebra do not have access to high - level math and science courses in high school, and are less likely to be college School, which found that students who don't take algebra do not have access to high - level math and science courses in high school, and are less likely to be college school, and are less likely to be college ready.

She told lawmakers at a joint legislative budget hearing in January that it is a top priority, citing studies that indicate children who participate in high - quality preschool programs are 50 percent less likely to be placed in special education courses, 25 percent less likely to drop out of school, and 60 percent more likely to attend some college.

Go Deeper: Stone Lab offers courses for college and graduate students as well as various programs for educators and high school students.

The data included whether the students participated in MESA during the fall of ninth grade, which AP courses they took in high school and which fields or subject areas they said they were likely to pursue in college.

By competing and succeeding in a truly challenging course at a real university, students who have no other connection with higher education — because they often are the first in their families to complete high school, let alone consider college — receive an emotional boost and a realization that college is possible for them.

Bar Harbor - based educational opportunities include a Summer Student Program for high school and college students, high school and college internships, sabbatical placements for science teachers and a year - round array of on - campus courses, conferences and workshops, including the internationally renowned Short Course on Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics.

If you've been programmed by the government, high - school health class, and college nutrition courses to fear fat and find the opposite information presented here confusing, join the club.

Aimed at college and high - school males, the flick all but guarantees its audience a good time awash in masculine joshing, gross - outs and, of course, boobs.

John Huston's 1956 film of Herman Melville's whaling drama turned epic odyssey, a classic of American literature and a staple of high school and college literature courses, remains the most famous screen version of the novel.

This film follows the course of a group of high school teens about to graduate and go off to college, and perhaps never see each other or their town again.

Add to that the commentary from writers and historians, and it's easy to imagine this being the foundation for a high school or college history course... one that students would actually enjoy.

Often our courses are written for individuals with at least a high school education, and sometimes a college education and several years of professional work experience as well.

My memory of calculus, based on two courses — one in high school and one in my freshman year of college — is that it is all about approaching curves and points and never really getting there: closer, always closer, but never arriving.

The National Science Board in 2004 found that completion of rigorous math courses in high school was a predictor of college success, across race, ethnic, and socio - economic lines.

High schoolers can begin to investigate the mathematics behind the cube (elegant curriculum kits are distributed and sold by Seven Towns Ltd., the makers of the Rubik's Cube), while college students can take entire courses on the mathematics of the Cube.

While states under ESSA need to identify for intervention only the lowest performing 5 percent of schools, high schools with graduation rates under 67 percent, and some unspecified percentage of schools in which at - risk subgroups are underperforming, the National Governors Association reports that «40 percent of all students and 61 percent of students who begin in community colleges enroll in a remedial education course at a cost to states of $ 1 billion a year.»

Amanda King, a recent Effingham High School graduate who plans to major in journalism in college, says that as a result of rewriting drafts of scripts based on her teachers» and classmates» critiques, the course has improved her writing skills more than her rhetoric class has.

In return, the parent receives a state - funded account that can be put toward multiple but limited uses: private - school tuition, tutoring from certified tutors, individual public - school courses, online programs, community college and university tuition, standardized testing fees, curriculum costs, and saving for future higher - education expenses in a tax - advantaged federal Coverdell Account.

If the new Common Core assessments set the high school graduation bar at true college readiness — meaning students are on track to take credit bearing courses from day one — the country is likely to learn that scarcely one - third of all students, and many fewer low - income students, are at that level now.

In contrast, many high school and even college course loads are about mastering pre-existing bodies of knowledge rather than engaging curiosity.

Since we're an Early College high school, the counselors at Trinidad Garza understand that our students need to be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to thrive not only in their high school classes, but also in their college courses and envirCollege high school, the counselors at Trinidad Garza understand that our students need to be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to thrive not only in their high school classes, but also in their college courses and envircollege courses and environment.

In her case, this opportunity translates into demanding mornings spent at her Sunset District high school, where she is taking precalculus, American history, and two English courses, a course load is designed to prepare her for the upcoming college - application process.

Glavac: The book, which has become a best - seller, is being used by schools at the elementary and high school level, in college and university Internet courses, and in teacher pre-service courses.