Sentences with phrase «coming out of our primary schools»

20 % of the kids coming out of our primary schools by modern standards are illiterate or innumerate and if you think you can solve that problem - which is one of the scandals of modern times - by being nice to people and cosying up to the vested interests of the trade unions, you just don't understand the powers of the unions.

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«The role of philanthropy here is not to be the primary funder, but rather to fund pilots, to fund new ideas, to let people — it's always the educators coming up with the ideas — to let them try them out and see what really works super well and get those to scale,» Gates said while delivering a keynote address at a Cleveland schools conference, according to the Post.

But seriously, my interest in fashion first came from my primary school days and the infamous «out of school uniform days».

Out of all the imagery that's come out of the upcoming fourth season of Netflix's techno - horror anthology Black Mirror, the most eye - catching stuff has been the bright primary colors and old - school sci - fi look of «USS Callister.&raqOut of all the imagery that's come out of the upcoming fourth season of Netflix's techno - horror anthology Black Mirror, the most eye - catching stuff has been the bright primary colors and old - school sci - fi look of «USS Callister.&raqout of the upcoming fourth season of Netflix's techno - horror anthology Black Mirror, the most eye - catching stuff has been the bright primary colors and old - school sci - fi look of «USS Callister.»

One thing that came out of the research that gives me cause for concern is the fact that 61 per cent of primary schools and 39 per cent of secondary schools still feel it is important or very important to wait for the government to support adoption.

London based La Retraite RC School came out on top in the key stage 4 schools category and Edward Pauling Primary School (London) and Northern Saints C of E Primary School (north east) were named joint winners in the key stage 2 schools category.

They say the results of their study suggest arranging seating in a semicircle in primary school «could lead to equal opportunities for everyone in the class» but caution that, when it comes to student participation, factors such as teacher personality and their teaching style shouldn't be ruled out.

That's why we've undertaken reforms already to strengthen teacher training, to get more expertise, more specialisation into primary schools, and to guarantee the literacy and numeracy skills of those coming out of our universities and entering the profession.

In urban schools students come and go all day.No 45 minutes is like the time that preceded it or the time that will follow.Urban schools report 125 classroom interruptions per week.Announcements, students going, students coming, messengers, safety aides, and intrusions by other school staff account for just some of these interruptions.It is not unusual for students to stay on task only 5 or 10 minutes in every hour.Textbook companies and curriculum reformers are constantly thwarted by this reality.They sell their materials to schools with the assurance that all the students will learn X amount in Y time.They are continually dismayed to observe that an hour of school time is not an hour of learning time.Many insightful observers of life in urban schools have pointed out that it is incredibly naive to believe that learning of subject matter is the main activity occurring in these schools.If one observes the activities and events which actually transpire — minute by minute, hour by hour, day in and day out — it is not possible to reasonably conclude that learning is the primary activity of youth attending urban schools.What does the process of changing what one does every 45 minutes and even the place where one does it portend for fulfilling a job in the world of work?If one is constantly being reinforced in the behaviors of coming, going, and being interrupted, what kind of work is one being prepared for?

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Families That Can is organizing parents to come out to vote in the primary on March 5 and to spread the word to their families and friends about the importance of this school board election.

The figures come ahead of Primary School Offers Day (Monday 16th April), when half a million families find out whether they've got a place at their chosen sSchool Offers Day (Monday 16th April), when half a million families find out whether they've got a place at their chosen schoolschool.

While he pointed out that generally speaking, Europe has better primary and secondary schools than the United States, the latter wins out when it comes to higher education — «not because of the people, but because of the funding.»