Sentences with phrase «conventional school system»

But Audrey Spalding, education policy director at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, wondered what these state officials have done to bring accountability to Michigan's conventional school system.

Counter-organization and outreach to groups that will benefit from reform (particularly parents of children doing least well in the conventional school system) can counter opponents» initiatives.

The North - East sub-region harbours one of the largest concentrations of Almajri, numbering over two and a half million, who are outside the conventional school system.

The exception to this trend is in Darlington where 6.5 per 1000 pupils are educated outside the conventional school system.

The way the conventional schooling system is set up — sit down, learn, read, write — we lose so many of these guys so early, because the guys» verbal centers come in a year to a year and a half later.

Not exact matches

Bulky, hefty and downright expensive, conventional school textbooks may rank as the most outdated part of our nation's public education system.

Thanks to a breakthrough led by researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, treatment for hemophilia can now be administered via a biodegradable system, a capsule, giving people affected by the hereditary bleeding disorder hope for a less expensive, less painful treatment option than conventional injections or infusions.

Studying various systems of medicine, I found a wealth of information not yet taught in conventional medical schools and was able to heal myself.

Studying various systems of medicine including Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture and Ayurveda, she found a wealth of information not yet taught in conventional medical schools.

Stand for Children exists to challenge the conventional power arrangements of the K - 12 public education system, organizing parents at the grassroots level to advance a school reform agenda.

Colorado requires that 95 percent of students be in a high - risk group before a school can be labeled an AEC and the D.C. Public Charter School Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populaschool can be labeled an AEC and the D.C. Public Charter School Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populaSchool Board is considering a proposal based on a «gap» model that would set the threshold at 60 percent high - risk students, while some other states allow schools to bypass conventional accountability systems if their missions focus on serving alternative student populations.

The speed of the system means the PT is ready for action faster than conventional passthroughs, allowing back - to - back rack washing - a huge bonus for busy school kitchens in peak times.

(Va.) Despite recent efforts of the Obama administration to provide states more flexibility in developing new accountability systems, school districts across the nation continue to rely on performance measures tied to conventional testing systems, according to a new report.

A new study released today challenges the practice of ranking nations by educational test scores and questions conventional wisdom that the U.S.educational system has fallen badly behind school systems abroad.

Tuck, who has a Harvard MBA, has a strong background in educational reform, gaining national attention for turning around 18 high - poverty, low - performing charter schools in Los Angeles, before then - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who's a candidate for governor, recruited him to improve schools within the conventional public school system.

So the conventional rating system for Coal City schools never factored in student success in areas — like being good in the hands - on trades that offer multiple career opportunities — other than test - taking.

And if it used a conventional admissions system, based on distance, it would be very likely to become a magnet for middle - class families and be accused of poaching pupils from existing schools.

In a conventional voucher system, the taxpayer pays taxes to the state, which then distributes vouchers to parents to use as payment at a chosen private school.

But I wonder if writers are not on the verge of simply exchanging one slave system (old school conventional publishing) for the new school of digital publishing.

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