Sentences with phrase «feature longer school days»

Right now, more than 20,000 children are on waiting lists for the state's charter schools, which feature longer school days, better schedules, and, in many cases, higher MCAS scores.

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[viii] And a longer school day and year is a distinguishing feature of those charter schools that have the strongest positive effects on student achievement.

In addition to longer school days and years, extensive tutoring, and a «no excuses» culture, the schools also feature frequent quizzes to determine what is being learned (and what needs to be retaught) and highly selective hiring of teachers and principals.

Unfortunately, many of the most important features of the plan, such as extended learning time in core subjects and a longer school day to include enrichment in art, music, and academic tutoring, were never funded at adequate levels by the state.

Featuring school - proof reinforced, yet lightweight design, the new 11.6 - incher from Lenovo comes with multimedia - and web content - capable hardware and battery that should last throughout the entire school day, or even a bit longer.

The Compact Lite has all the features that you need for anything, from carting around school supplies through a long day on a mountain bike.

A curated component of the full / Dialogues program, presented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the third annual Symposium will feature a day - long series of discussions and provocative discourse with artists, curators, and professionals on the current issues that engage them.

Apple this afternoon uploaded a new iPhone X video to its YouTube channel, which is designed to show off Face ID, the facial recognition feature of the iPhone X.In the humorous video, which appears to take place at a high school, using Face ID on the iPhone X causes everything in the surrounding area to unlock, including lockers, cabinets, doors, and more, with items flying everywhere.Apple has shared several video ads focused on the iPhone X, including short tutorials and demonstrations of features like Face ID, Animoji, Portrait Mode, and Portrait Lighting.This minute - long video will likely be aired on television in the coming days and