Sentences with phrase «demands than a high school»

For instance, a core elementary teacher has very different content demands than a high school math teacher, who has very different duties than a special education teacher, etc..

Not exact matches

For more than a week, the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have held the country's attention as they join with peers across the country to demand a change in America's gun laws.

Students at more than a dozen school in central and northern New York are expected to take part in a national high school walkout today to demand action on gun control.

The Bureau said so far, no fewer than 50 of its school projects are already open for use, demanding which one has been changed to high fee paying school.

Since the beginning of the Eleventh Five - Year Plan, the school has adhered to major strategic demands of national defense, constantly condensing the direction of the frontier research, focusing on improving the capability of independent innovation, undertaking major national science and technology research and a large number of research projects such as the National Defense Program 973 (which is called the National Basic Research Program of March 1997), Program 863 (which is known as the High - tech Research Development Program carried out by Deng Xiaoping in March 1986), and national defense pre-research and models, winning more than 260 provincial and ministerial awards.

Eighty - eight percent of the more than 1,000 students who participated in the survey said they would work harder if their high schools demanded more of them, set higher standards, and raised expectations.

The programme is so much in demand from schools that we have a higher number of requests for booking educational visits than we can currently accommodate and so advise educators to book their visit several months in advance to secure a place.

How better to investigate and satirize contemporary mores than through the eyes of a high - school guidance counselor who is juggling the demands of status - hungry parents and their anxious children?

The popularity of portables has created such a high demand for the classrooms that they are being ordered by school districts faster than they can be produced.

High expectations, demanding courses, and dedicated faculty combine to give the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES) the feel and results of a pricey prep school rather than an urban magnet school.

Faculty compensation in college, unlike public high school, is also influenced by market demand for those faculty members, so people in some fields are paid significantly more than others and outside offers are sometimes matched.

Nationally, demand for these schools remains high, with more than 75 percent of charters having waiting lists that together could fill at least 900 more schools.

Amid this unprecedented enrollment surge (an increase of some 2.3 million students over 1930), education leaders once again argued that the intellectual abilities of the new high - school entrants were weaker than those of previous groups of students; and these new students needed access to less - demanding courses.

In a survey of high - school students released by the National Governors Association in July 2005, more than a third of respondents said their school had not done a good job of challenging them academically or preparing them for college; almost two - thirds said they would work harder if the courses were more demanding or interesting.

The secondary school provides teaching accommodation for 750 pupils aged 11 to 16, helping to meet the growing demand for places following an increase in housing locally and rising birth rates in the area that are significantly higher than national trends.

LACES Threads High Expectations Throughout School High expectations, demanding courses, and dedicated faculty combine to give the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES) the feel and results of a pricey prep school rather than an urban magnet sSchool High expectations, demanding courses, and dedicated faculty combine to give the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES) the feel and results of a pricey prep school rather than an urban magnet sschool rather than an urban magnet schoolschool.

The school receives 47,000 euros a year in positive discrimination money to hire aides and special education teachers, who are paid slightly higher salaries than classroom teachers because of their required sixth year of university training and the demands of their jobs.

Particularly in urban communities that have few, if any, high - quality public school options, the demand for charters can be significantly higher than there are seats available.

Twenty - five American school districts, including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit, possess the size — more than 100,000 students each — and the resources to build the kinds of organizations that might effectively support the schools, by recruiting and training high - caliber teachers, developing a demanding curriculum, and building an assessment system that accurately tracks student progress.

Chicago has five high - demand classical schools throughout the city now, but more than 1,000 students who qualified to enroll in a classical school this year did not receive an offer.

By focusing on funding students rather than schools, we let families cultivate the high quality education options that their children need and ensure that schools are created where parents demand them.

In order to meet this parental demand for choice and the public's desire for more high quality public educational options for families, three key things must be addressed in California: the funding inequity which results in charter school students being funded at lower levels than their traditional public school counterparts, the lack of equitable facilities for charter school students, and restrictive and hostile authorizing environments such as LAUSD Board Member Steve Zimmer's recent resolution limiting parent choice.

With high - stakes accountability and the ever - increasing demands placed on school leaders, the job of the principal has become more difficult than it's ever been.

It is a movement of teachers, administrators, parents, and students who are demanding something more of their schools than just higher test scores.

And to the issue of standardized testing, more than 60 % of Florida's school districts have now signed onto the national petition demanding that government rely less on high - stakes standardized testing.

5) Demand that schools that have high special education kids (magnet schools won't accept these students) and high ELL students receive more funding than grossly overfunded magnet schools.

Here are a few examples: the for - profit company will install their own handpicked boards that in turn hire the company for «management,» and these fees routinely cost up to 15 % of the school's FTE; the for - profit company will demand that parents purchase supplies directly from the school itself, which is often another LLC that charges exorbitant rates for the basics; in many cases, the biggest part of the scam is one LLC (e.g. Red Apple Development, the construction arm of Charter Schools USA) will purchase land to build the school on and then turn around and charge the school (read: taxpayers) rent that is substantially higher than the going rate / property value, sometimes as high as a million dollars a year.

For more than 15 years, America has tried rigid systems of high - stakes testing to encourage and demand improvements in school quality, teacher effectiveness and student learning.

PHOENIX (AP)-- Thousands of Arizona teachers wearing red shirts and carrying signs protested outside more than a thousand schools Wednesday, demanding higher salaries and better school funding.

Teachers gathered outside Arizona schools to show solidarity in their demand for higher salaries staging «walk - ins» at approximately 1,000 schools that are part of a statewide campaign for a 20 percent raise and more than $ 1 billion in new education funding.

Northeast Charter Schools Network Connecticut State Director Yam Menon said, «Despite the fact that public charter schools in Connecticut provide high quality educational opportunities and families are demanding them in unprecedented numbers, the latest rankings from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools show that our law continues to inhibit, rather than spur, these very opportuSchools Network Connecticut State Director Yam Menon said, «Despite the fact that public charter schools in Connecticut provide high quality educational opportunities and families are demanding them in unprecedented numbers, the latest rankings from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools show that our law continues to inhibit, rather than spur, these very opportuschools in Connecticut provide high quality educational opportunities and families are demanding them in unprecedented numbers, the latest rankings from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools show that our law continues to inhibit, rather than spur, these very opportuSchools show that our law continues to inhibit, rather than spur, these very opportunities.

Rather than being seen as a problem, charter school closures should be viewed as an indication of a healthy public school system committed to meeting parent demand for high quality school choice options, and providing the transparency and accountability that parents and the general public wish to see in place for all public schools.

(Demand was also high for several district schools, including Ann Street — which had the third highest share of families rank it first — a sign that parents may care more about schools» track records and reputations than who runs them.)

The scramble by lawmakers to react to the deaths of 17 people Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School comes with less than three weeks remaining in the annual legislative session and as students from Parkland, along with their counterparts from Leon County, are expected to flood the Capitol this week demanding gun control.

Classes have resumed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland following last month's mass shooting, but many students have no intention of just returning to class quietly, and they are demanding that elected officials do much more than just listen to their pleas.

Required Qualifications * Must be at least 16 years of age * Licensure requirements vary by state * Attention and Focus o The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted * Customer Service Orientation o Actively look for ways to help people, and do so in a friendly manner o Notice and understand customers» reactions, and respond appropriately * Communication Skills o Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with customers and colleagues o Actively listening by giving full attention to what others are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times * Mathematical Reasoning o The ability to use math to solve a problem, such as calculating day's supply of a prescription * Problem Resolution o Is able to judge when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong; recognizing there is a problem o Choosing the best course of action when faced with a complex situation with several available options PHYSICAL DEMANDS: * Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time * Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for moving from one work area to another * Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm * Extending hand (s) and arm (s) in any direction * Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist * Stooping to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles * Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately * Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication * Visual Acuity: o The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts * Occasional lifting of up to 30 lbs; exerting up to 30 lbs of force occasionally and / or up to 10 lbs of force frequently, and / or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects Preferred Qualifications * Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting * Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician * PTCB National Certification Education * High School diploma or equivalent (preferred) Business Overview CVS Health, through our unmatched breadth of service offerings, is transforming the delivery of health care services in the U.S..

School is often particularly difficult as the demands for concentration are great, the distractions from other children higher than at home, and the level of adult supervision lower.

Highest Demand from Home Buyers The district with the highest home buyer demand — as measured by realtor.com ® listing views compared to the surrounding county — is Rocky River City School District in Cuyahoga, Ohio, rated 10, where listings within district boundaries receive 2.8 times more views than other areas in Cuyahoga Highest Demand from Home Buyers The district with the highest home buyer demand — as measured by realtor.com ® listing views compared to the surrounding county — is Rocky River City School District in Cuyahoga, Ohio, rated 10, where listings within district boundaries receive 2.8 times more views than other areas in Cuyahoga CDemand from Home Buyers The district with the highest home buyer demand — as measured by realtor.com ® listing views compared to the surrounding county — is Rocky River City School District in Cuyahoga, Ohio, rated 10, where listings within district boundaries receive 2.8 times more views than other areas in Cuyahoga highest home buyer demand — as measured by realtor.com ® listing views compared to the surrounding county — is Rocky River City School District in Cuyahoga, Ohio, rated 10, where listings within district boundaries receive 2.8 times more views than other areas in Cuyahoga Cdemand — as measured by realtor.com ® listing views compared to the surrounding county — is Rocky River City School District in Cuyahoga, Ohio, rated 10, where listings within district boundaries receive 2.8 times more views than other areas in Cuyahoga County.

Vivas adds, «While highly ranked school districts in these markets have pushed home prices higher than their surrounding areas, the majority of these high demand markets are relatively affordable when compared to the national median, which is a big factor contributing to their popularity.»

In villages such as Tinley Park, Woodridge, Homer Glen and Lemont, Gallagher & Henry brings a portfolio of more than 40 home plans to towns with an established record of forward - thinking leadership, providing homebuyers in - demand amenities, high - achieving schools and robust recreational options alongside expert craftsmanship that ensures a community's architectural integrity and the homeowners» long - term investment.