Sentences with phrase «expand by a grade»

Each has expanded by a grade a year as its students grow up.

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As such, we believe management's financial discipline in expanding by acquisition will be a key factor in maintaining the investment - grade rating.

Investment - grade bonds issued by corporations to expand, modernize, cover their expenses, and finance other activities.

By the time Donnel was in sixth grade, his Saturday workload had expanded.

The «No Child Left Behind» act, signed by President Bush in January, greatly expands federal oversight of public education, mandating annual testing of children in grades 3 through 8 and one grade - level in high school, insisting every classroom teacher be fully certified and setting a 12 - year timetable for closing racial and economic achievement gaps in test scores.

Stipulates that charters in NYC that are approved by their charter entity to start instruction or expand grade levels in the 2014 - 2015 school year or thereafter and request co-location in a public school building to be provided access to such facilities (S.6356 - D / A.8556 - D, Part BB)

The EITC would expand options for families seeking additional choices in the grades before college by allowing up to $ 100 million in tax credits for contributions to public and private schools.

Monitoring the Future has been conducted by researchers at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor since 1975, expanding the study periodically to include additional grades and topic areas.

MacInnes was so inspired by the project that she wondered how she might expand the activity, and the idea to conference with a third grade in every state — Chatting Across the USA — took shape.

The school has had its charter renewed three times, and Turnamian is now looking to expand the school, which serves grades 5 - 8, to include grades K - 4 by August 2010.

The district piloted VTS in grades K - 5 at El Verano last year and plans to expand the program to all elementary schools by 2009.

Expand fourth grade students for Next Generation Assessments by incorporating these practice exercises into their daily learning.

Administered online, they offer significant improvements over tests of the past by including writing at every grade, expanded accessibility features to meet the needs of all students, and performance tasks that ask students to demonstrate an array of research, writing, and problem solving skills.

Expand sixth grade students for Next Generation Assessments by incorporating these practice exercises into their daily learning.

If schools are forced by an OCR investigation to expand access to AP classes for poor and minority kids, what are the chances that they will also do all the complex work it takes (from kindergarten through 11th grade) to make sure those students are ready?

Expand third grade students» knowledge base and prepare them for Next Generation Assessments by incorporating these engaging, rigorous practice exercises into their daily learning.

They are also relevant to the expanding charter - school sector, which has the opportunity to choose grade configurations without the disruption caused by school closures.

The new student - assignment policy will begin next fall with about 500 kindergartners and transfer students, and will expand by one grade each year through elementary school.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Kirk Talbot (R - Jefferson), will allow students who are currently participating in the Louisiana Scholarship Program to switch to the Tuition Donation Rebate Program, which will expand its capability by providing an alternative to current scholarship students who wish to transfer to a different school or who are continuing to a grade without any available seats in the Louisiana Scholarship Program.

Newly reformed GCSEs in maths and English were taken by pupils for the first time this summer, using a 9 to 1 grading scale instead of the previous A * to G. For maths the new syllabus has been expanded, and requires pupils, for example, to demonstrate a greater grasp of problem solving.

One Brooklyn charter is looking to expand by adding more grades, international travel and a boarding school.

The 2017 - 18 Section 99k - Cybersecurity Competition Event Grant is made available to public school districts that provide pupils in grades 6 - 12 with expanded opportunities to improve computer science skills by participating in cybersecurity competitive events hosted by Mertit Network, Incorporated, known as Michigan High School Challenge, or hosted by the Air Force Association, known as Cyberpatriot.

Through an initial phase followed by expanded implementation, in - school and out - of - school time SEL programs will be provided to approximately 30,000 K - 6th grade children in 76 schools over the six - year period.

New Jersey concurrently expanded the capacity of higher education to train early childhood educators by developing a specialized preschool to 3rd - grade certification with multiple pathways to licensure and by supporting the development of transfer agreements between 2 - and 4 - year schools.

A curriculum strategy that expands time for in - depth elementary science instruction by using science - based reading strategies: Effects of a year - long study in grade four.

The charter school bill (SB 1546), passed by the House in a 87 - 27 predominantly party - line vote, establishes a system that allows highly rated charter schools to expand enrollment and add new grades without having to seek approval from school districts.

It will expand by one grade per year until it reaches the fifth grade, and the teachers will stay with the same children every year, to build accountability for their learning.

For Spanish - language speakers, this early emphasis on their home language enables them to «expand their vocabulary and build literacy in their first language; study a highly academic curriculum in their first language; successfully transfer Spanish reading and writing skills to English in later grades; acquire high levels of self - esteem by becoming bilingual and playing a supportive role for their English - speaking classmates.»

In 2011, Cameron expanded the options for students by establishing The Classical Academy campus in Vista, California to augment and increase K - 12 grade options for The Classical Academies and in 2013 The Classical Academies Online Program.

MSLA opened in 2009 as a K - 2 school with 134 students, and is expanding to a K - 5 school by adding grade each year.

A high - performing charter school must notify its sponsor, in writing, by March 1 if it plans to increase enrollment or expand grade levels for the next school year.

Reading well by grade three ensures that a student has a solid foundation of literacy skills to continue to expand their understandings of what they read, make meaning, and transfer that learning across all subject areas.

For its pilot project in the Brickell area, Miami - Dade's school system wants to expand the existing Southside Elementary School by creating a building nearby for students between sixth and eighth grades.

The Westside school would serve 740 students in transitional kindergarten through 6th grade and expand to 1,020 students and add 7th and 8th grades by the fifth year.

The problem with growing existing schools is that most of those schools graded «good» or better by Ofsted are already too large or have no spare land in which to expand.

The plan approved Monday will expand KIPP a grade a year, until it has about 480 students by the 2021 - 2022 school year.

The new rule must maintain a high standard of quality for teachers and simplify the licensure system as much as practicable, including the following: (a) simplify the grade levels licensees can teach and adopt broadfield subject licenses; (b) enable school districts to increase the number of teachers by offering internships and residency opportunities; (c) simplify out - of - state licensure reciprocity; and (d) expand pathways for existing licensees to fill high needs or shortage areas.

Inspired by Emdin's advice to trust students to lead their own learning, and to raise expectations, a 7th grade science teacher expanded a robot - building project from her honors class to the entire 7th grade.

The plan is for all grade levels to expand by 20 new student slots in fall 2015 and eighth graders will roll up to a new ninth grade.

Next school year, district officials may nearly triple the number of students using the program by expanding it to the third and fourth grades.

As students transition into third grade, they are expected to take the foundation of multiplication problems they have been learning and expand upon this by adding in division problems.

Morris Jeff serves students in grades pre-K through 9th grade and will expand to a full high school by 2020.

The Greenfield project would start with the 5th grade and expand by one grade every year.

Board group's agenda: The Florida Coalition of School Board Members» agenda for the 2018 Legislature includes expanding school choice by creating a scholarship for bullied students to attend private schools, using paper and pencil testing through the 8th grade, allowing SAT and ACT scores to be used in place of state assessments as a requirement for high school graduation, and more.

In 2017, the Academy expanded by offering an Online High School, starting with eighth grade, for students unable to move to Nevada.

SB 801 by Sen. Kel Seliger / Rep. Ken King expands current law regarding the instructional material list adopted by the SBOE to require that all materials be suitable for the subject and grade level for which they were submitted and be reviewed by academic experts in the appropriate subject and grade level.

Managed by Michigan - based National Heritage Academies, Lakeside Charter Academy will house kindergarten through fifth grade, eventually expanding to eighth grade.

Bush is well - respected by Indiana's own state superintendent, Tony Bennett, who told our colleagues over at StateImpact Florida that the former governor has been a resource as Indiana launched similar initiatives, like A-F grading for schools, teacher evaluations, performance based pay, expansive voucher programs and expanded charter school options.

The Brio range has also been expanded by introducing a new VX grade with striking Black Interiors and Audio - Video Navigation.

The latest introduction from Lenovo is a professional - grade ultraportable which expands on the ThinkPad X Series in order to maximize mobility while not sacrificing any of the usability and manageability required by business applications.