Sentences with phrase «excellent students at»

was from a program for excellent students at the Hebrew University.

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Always an excellent student, Gates scored a 1590 out of 1600 on his SAT and enrolled at Harvard University, pleasing his parents who encouraged him to pursue a career as a lawyer.

Even at not very good seminaries, some students are excellent by any standard.

«He was an excellent, serious student, and he won the Trojan Award for being the best athlete at Coffee High,» says Mathis.

Students at these high - achieving schools can be ranked in the bottom quartile even with excellent grade point averages, and consequently feel «dumb» and «less worthy» compared to the majority of their peers.

At 3:30 p.m., Families for Excellent Schools holds a rally calling for the charter school sector to grow to 200,000 students by 2020, Foley Square, Manhattan.

Hoosick Falls CSD Superintendent Kenneth Facin said, «Making these students feel welcome was an excellent effort and showed a genuine sense of community, something Hoosick Falls excels at.»

Also at 11 a.m., charter school parents, organized by Families for Excellent Schools, will gather on the steps of City Hall and demand that de Blasio apologize for insulting charter school students» achievement on 2016 state exams, Manhattan.

On Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., «thousands of teachers will rally in Foley Square to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio to support growing the charter sector to 200,000 students by 2020,» per Families for Excellent Schools.

«Thanks to Mayor de Blasio and his friends at the UFT, there are now roughly an equal number of students in community schools as there are in public charter schools,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah Kittredge.

FAMILIES FOR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS FIRST MADE an issue of school safety in February, shortly after the New York Times reported on controversial student discipline practices at Success Academy, the city's largest charter network, which maintains close ties to FES.

My research adviser at the time was an excellent scientist, but I did not feel he was interested in advising me as his student, even before I told him of my new career plans.

«This diverse range of habitat provides excellent conditions for native sweat bees,» explains Professor Robert Paxton from the Institute of Biology at MLU, where Paxton and PhD student Patricia Landaverde - González have studied 37 sites on Yucatán.

The top schools have excellent advising, he says, but at second - tier schools, the Ph.D. mentors may not always be qualified to supervise students, and only 20 to 30 percent have a Ph.D. themselves.

«Even if companies have all the best intentions and if the code of ethics works excellent in our part of the World, different systems and laws in combination with procurements and language barriers cause erosions into the code rendering it rather counterproductive in countries with greatly varying circumstances,» says Maira Babri, doctoral student at the Umeå School of Business and Economics (USBE) at Umeå University in Sweden.

«He trained a great number of excellent students in experimental astrophysics and pioneered a program to develop interferometry at short wavelengths.

The Raspberry Pi Projects Kit is an excellent investment for a student at home who wants to work on a series of projects.

The agreement aims to strengthen the internationalization of excellent Irish researchers and to give U.S. students the opportunity to gain international experience in a research environment at the highest level.

Adam Sefkow, a physicist at Sandia National Laboratory, one of many graduate students whom Davidson advised, recalled that Davidson was «an excellent mentor.

In the video below, the MGH Graduate Student Division provides an excellent look at life as a student, both in the Center and at MGH in gStudent Division provides an excellent look at life as a student, both in the Center and at MGH in gstudent, both in the Center and at MGH in general.

Director Kyle Patrick Alvarez, who appeared at Sundance in 2013 with the excellent David Sedaris adaptation C.O.G., assembles an across - the - board terrific ensemble of young stars to play the students.

These are an excellent revision tool which students can use at home or for last minute revision before an exam.

Continual reminders that students are failing to meet high standards are less effective than establishing where exactly individuals are in their learning, tailoring teaching to meet students at their points of need, and monitoring and celebrating excellent progress towards high standards.

Khan Academy and BrainPop do an excellent job at this principle, creating multimedia content that allows students (and teachers) to move through the lesson at their own pace.

When I visited Eagle Rock School in Colorado, an excellent school that targets at - risk kids from all over the country, I found many students who fit this description, many who were extremely gifted in writing, visual arts, or music, but had been a problem in their schools because they were so bored.

«Australia has excellent universities but they must place student outcomes at the forefront of their considerations to meet the needs of our economy, employers and ultimately boost the employment prospects of graduates,» he said.

And, rather than expecting all students to master the same curriculum content and to be at the same point in their learning at the same time, excellent learning progress (or growth) is an expectation of every learner — even those who begin the school year at more advanced levels of attainment.

It was a tight contest, with many students from all over the region submitting pieces of high quality work that showed both excellent written skills and good imaginations, but Kirsty did really well at producing a finished article that was a cut above the rest.

At one school, with excellent NAPLAN results, my science students couldn't read a science article and answer a basic comprehension question which asked for the opposite definition to that given in the article.

«At a time when the importance of excellent teachers has been further reinforced by recent research, the Harvard Teacher Fellows program is designed to attract and support talented students to a vitally important profession,» said Harvard University President Drew Faust.

And at the end of the day, excellent training can lead to the creation of successful students or the productive workforce, right?

A student might have excellent skills at creative problem solving and concept construction, but because he or she didn't have the opportunity to construct understanding with a relevant goal that would motivate the brain to hold the necessary factual or procedural information, this student fails to acquire the knowledge.

If there's an idea you need for helping a struggling student or a tool you need to assess his or her progress, the odds are excellent that you'll find it at www.interventioncentral.org.

«My intense desire to see my school excel comes not only from an unwavering belief that all students deserve an excellent education, but also the unique role Sousa played in the civil rights movement,» said Kamras referring to a challenge to segregation at Sousa that culminated in Bolling v. Sharpe, the 1954 Supreme Court case that paved the way for the desegregation of all DC public schools.

The only way to implement any of these reforms successfully, within budget and at scale, is to help excellent teachers increase their productivity: swap portions of excellent teachers» time with digital instruction so they can teach more classes with similar or even smaller group sizes; let them delegate nonessential tasks to other adults; use digital tools to save time on instructional monitoring and planning; put them in charge of other teachers; and let the willing have more students to nurture under their strong wings.

Shifting from a poor to an excellent curriculum can increase student learning by the annual equivalent of several months of additional learning, or, to put the same point differently, can move a student who is performing at the 50th percentile to the 70th.

This excellent worksheet allows your students to look at the mark making in Van Gogh's drawings.

An excellent way to get students giving spontaneous spoken phrases at the end of a lesson.

Excellent analysis of where a student feels they are at, and a foundation for a conversation.

Have patience with the slow start — this one pays off with excellent timing and a great commitment from these grad students at UCSD.

While some substitutes are excellent, at the extreme end, Cherry Rice discovered numerous stories about substitutes getting assaulted or having inappropriate relationships with students.

The Wall is an excellent book to share with students of all ages; its powerful message can be interpreted at many levels.

This is an excellent activity for those students who learn by doing and not just seating at their desk.

«At a time when the importance of excellent teachers has been further reinforced by recent research, the Harvard Teacher Fellows program is designed to attract and support talented students to a vitally...

The Grimbles» Last Game - a sketch for teenage drama students Great to explore ensemble cast work with a number of speaking roles Mask work and «games» are included Physical theatre Challenging and creative A dark, surreal and comic tale For the PERILOUS TALES collection of surreal and slightly dark cautionary tales by Offbeat Theatre's Barbara Hockley An excellent opportunity to use bizarre costumes and masks A dance number is required at the end - anything you like... Dark, surreal and completely off the wall Ed and Molly Grimble play computer games all the time - in fact, they do little else.

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In a new Public Impact policy brief, A Better Blend: A Vision for Boosting Student Outcomes with Digital Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at largeStudent Outcomes with Digital Learning, which we co-authored with Joe Ableidinger and Jiye Grace Han, we explain how schools can use blended learning to drive improvements in the quality of digital instruction, transform teaching into a highly paid, opportunity - rich career that extends the reach of excellent teachers to all students and teaching peers, and improve student learning at largestudent learning at large scale.

Rather than expecting all students to reach the same point in their learning at the same time, every student is expected to make excellent progress in their learning, regardless of their starting point.

Yet, by raising awareness of what is on offer at UTCs and the excellent business partnerships we have, this should entice more students.

This is an excellent unit consisting of 14 pages for students to complete at any time of the year but especially, Halloween.