Sentences with phrase «education pupil means»

Special education pupil means any pupil with an IEP or a 504 plan.

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The school meal recommendations are also meant as handbook for communication between stakeholders; providers of education and supporting activities, schools, persons in charge of school food services and pupil welfare, as well as for parents and carers, and the schoolchildren themselves.

Using the education of Welsh pupils, striving for attainment in some of the most challenged and deprived communities of Britain, as a means to score points off the Labour Party, is a cheap trick which will be seen for what it is by the Welsh people.

The shadow education secretary argued a lack of confidence in GCSEs and A-levels means many independent schools were turning to exams such as the IGCSE, the pre-U or the international baccalaureate (IB) to stretch their pupils.

«If the diploma doesn't earn its spurs as a qualification, and that means respect from employers, pupils, parents and higher education, we face a serious problem.

Mr Kennedy said he wanted to maximise «real choice» in education, which meant freeing up the curriculum so it was responsive to the needs of all pupils, whether academic or more vocationally - inclined.

In the past decade, monitoring the provision of quality education primarily meant tracking inputs into schools such as per pupil educational expenditures, number fo trained teachers, class sizes and teacher - pupil ratio, instructional time andaccess to ICT.

A Department for Education (DfE) spokesman said: «Pupils are already benefiting hugely from the academies programme and thanks to our reforms more of them than ever before are going to good or outstanding schools, meaning more parents can access a good school place for their children.

discussed why pupils differ from each other and what that might mean in education.

Annual figures from the Department for Education have revealed that the school population in England increased by 121,000 since last year, meaning that pupil numbers have risen for seven successive years.

What would American education look like if we had shunned IQ tests as a means of sorting children, used higher salaries to attract more able recruits to teaching, adapted the kind of engaging cooperative inquiry among both teachers and pupils that Dewey favored, and expected all children to do rigorous mathematics and science beginning in elementary school?

The dramatic escalation of the federal government's revenue contribution, to close to 15 percent of education's national total, almost guarantees that mean per - pupil revenues will not decline in 2010.

She said: «In practice this could mean taking a proportion of pupils from lower income households, so that selective education is not reserved for those with the means to move into a catchment area or pay for tuition to pass the test.

«Data drowning» also means that they are at greater risk than ever before of sensitive pupil and school financial data from falling into the wrong hands, which could potentially bring chaos to unassuming education institutions.

According to the National Education Union (NEU), the cuts to front - line teaching posts are happening at a time when pupil - to - classroom teacher ratios are rising, which means bigger classes and less individual attention for children.

«The implications for pupils are grave - for some it has meant they have wrongly missed out on a place at their preferred sixth form, further education college or university of choice.»

The Scrapped Education Maintenance grants could be reinstated which previously saw pupils receive means - tested payments of up to # 30 per week to encourage 16 to 18 - year - olds to stay in eEducation Maintenance grants could be reinstated which previously saw pupils receive means - tested payments of up to # 30 per week to encourage 16 to 18 - year - olds to stay in educationeducation.

According to the Department for Education (DfE), in England there are 1,228,785 pupils with special educational needs, which means that every teacher is likely to teach a child with SEND at some point during their career.

The U.S. Department of Education derives the equity factor by calculating the average deviation in per - pupil spending from the state mean to create a weighted coefficient of variation.

However, half of those referrals now come from education — up from just 8 per cent to 50 per cent, which means more than two pupils are now referred every school day.

The Department for Education (DfE) said this meant an extra 22,000 pupils had achieved the expected level compared with the previous year.

Much of this question depends on what you mean by grammar schools working, but you could look at whether they work for the pupils attending them and for the education system as a whole.

But Andy Ratcliffe, the chief executive of the private equity philanthropy charity Impetus, which funds education projects, said the plan means some pupils will gain and then lose eligibility for free school meals within the space of a few months, at the same time as the census data which informs exam results and school funding is collected.

The lack of a strong vocational education at the moment means that many pupils are poorly served, he says, as not all children are suited to a narrowly academic approach.

Rebecca Williams, of Welsh education union UCAC, said it was impossible to guarantee the translated text would capture the precise meaning pupils intended.

They told BBC Wales education correspondent Colette Hume it would mean more quality time to spend with pupils.

It includes a pledge to protect the education budget for two to 19 - year - olds in real terms, including an allowance for rising pupil numbers, which the party claims will mean an education budget # 2.5 bn larger than Labour's and # 5bn larger than the Tories».

Nick Gibb, the schools minister, today hailed an increase in the number of pupils taking these subjects, claiming it means «even more young people will have access to all the opportunities higher education provides».

Even though 2,000 pupils managed straight 9s, Tim Leunig, the chief analyst at the Department for Education, predicted earlier this year that «about two» pupils would get straight 9s across the board — although he did mean across all their GCSEs in the future after most subjects move to the numbered system, and was tweeting informally.

Gabriel Heller Sahlgren, research director at the Centre for Market Reform of Education, said: «There is evidence to suggest becoming an academy can mean better results for pupils, but only among schools that were LEA - maintained prior to conversion.

Education Secretary Michael Gove said he was «protecting the frontline, handing power to teachers and introducing a pupil premium for the poorest» - but the «size of the deficit means we have had to make tough decisions».

The programme, which is currently overseen by the NCS Trust, has a stated mission of «social mixing» between pupils of different backgrounds, meaning that participants are often on free school meals or have special educational meals, as well as including those from pupil referral units or not in any education or training at all.

Well, the state Department of Education is closed at the moment, meaning, among other things, that the results of last year's statewide standardized tests are still embargoed from the public, but Mahmoud has seen his pupils» results and allows as how they are «amazing.»

They have risen to its challenges and sought to support a world - class education for pupils whilst keeping spending within available means.

«Yet, whilst the Tory government continues to deny there is a problem, they can't come up with a solution... this means growing numbers of pupils are not getting the education they deserve,» said Ms Powell.

A highly respected teacher of English who is passionate about using education as a means of helping to develop pupils.