Sentences with phrase «few local high schools»

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As a local business, «We support local kids» high school [activities],» he says, noting that this includes agricultural groups, sports teams and drill teams to name a few that compete with other schools.

He joined the local Black Hills Astronomical Society while still in high school in 1957 and became its president a few years later, before seizing on the chance to work with professional astronomers when he took a job at the University of Arizona as a research technician developing imaging devices for telescopes in 1968.

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania showed that patients who received support from community health workers (CHWs)-- trained local residents who provide tailored support to high - risk patients - had 30 percent fewer hospital admissions in one year compared to those who did not receive CHW support.

A study of 49 states by The Education Trust found that school districts with high numbers of low - income and minority students receive substantially less state and local money per pupil than school districts with few poor and minority children.

The scaling of high - performing CMOs provides one of the highest levels of return and leverage for philanthropic funds, particularly when you consider that CMOs tend to deliver much higher student achievement than the local district; these schools will continue to serve students in a high - quality way over time; and there are few investments in K — 12 that have consistently yielded this level of performance.

At Cedar Heights Junior High School in Port Orchard, Washington, principal Patricia Green considers herself fortunate that the local Kiwanis Club has taken a leadership role in hooking up the school with a few dozen businSchool in Port Orchard, Washington, principal Patricia Green considers herself fortunate that the local Kiwanis Club has taken a leadership role in hooking up the school with a few dozen businschool with a few dozen businesses.

The data also indicate that patterns of student attrition at KIPP schools are typically no different from other local schools except that KIPP schools replace vacancies with fewer students in the last two years of middle school, and those late - arriving students are somewhat higher - achieving than students entering KIPP schools in 5th and 6th grades.

A few high - rated public schools run by the local board also participated for the first time but dropped out after the first round, returning to a selection process controlled by individual principals.

To be sure, the proof will come when local innovation and investing in what works yields results — better reading and math scores, safer schools, fewer expulsions and dropouts, higher graduation rates, and more students prepared for college and employment.

DRAPER, Utah — Concussions have been a hot topic in the world of football the last few years, and a handful of local high school teams have taken measures to help reduce concussions by using new protective headgear during practices.

This followed an earlier study from the department finding that «many high - poverty schools receive less than their fair share of state and local funding... leav (ing) students in high - poverty schools with fewer resources than schools attended by their wealthier peers.»

Although the impact of poverty certainly should be acknowledged, some of the challenges of high - poverty schools — less - qualified teachers, staff turnover, fewer resources, or limited access to advanced coursework — are the consequence of policy decisions for which local and state officials should be held accountable.

We did have a democratic high school for several years that served the needs of many kids for whom the local high school wasn't a great fit, and we currently have a very small project - based alternative high school, but it's got fewer than 20 students enrolled.

A few weeks ago, during this ritual, I received a phone call from a local newspaper reporter who covers high school sports.

While the top 100 list is usually dominated by new releases, cook books, self - help, a few classics, and recently, coloring books, right now a sizable portion of Amazon's top sellers resemble required reading at your local high school:

After making a few new acquaintances at the local high school, the city's state of rural normalcy is upended by a series of grisly murders.

[Hard to believe that many of the Fort Lauderdale high - school Law Magnet students and 7 - 8th grade Juvenile Street Law Participants have been local lawyers for a few years now.

The video shows a local news clip featuring David Hogg, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who has made several news appearances over the past few days calling for gun control.

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. - Just a few months before the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 19 - year - old gunman Nikolas Cruz tried to buy an AR - 15 rifle at a Coconut Creek pawn and gun shop, but he was turned away because of his age, the owner told Local 10 News in an exclusive interview.