Sentences with phrase «fewer challenging classes»

One stated objective was to address the «disparate impact» of policies that might lead to racial minorities taking fewer challenging classes than their peers, totally ignoring the obvious fact that African American and Hispanic students are, on average, much less prepared for AP courses by the time they reach 11th and 12th grade.

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Most concerning, class sizes are growing and classrooms host an increasing number of students with learning challenges or other special needs — with too few staff and resources made available to support them.

The middle classes, for their part, «are realizing that their dreams of upward mobility for themselves and their children will not be realized, and they find few if any political options which challenge them.

The challenges confronting this development are of various kinds depending on the time and the place but can possibly be classed under a few large rubrics.

A few weeks ago I taught a Korean cooking class, which offered a slew of challenges and new recipes!

Gk is not where efforts should be targeted if we are to move beyond third place nirvana and actually challenge for top honours... A dominant DM and no coquellin isn't that yet... maybe one day but he should be back up for a world class DM... some serious attacking option on the right side... Difficult I know but essential especially if the whippet is to get his deluded wish and moved to CF... And a world class left back... Need to clear out 6 or 7 of deadwood move a few youngsters up pecking order... The man is paid 8 m to get this sh ** right

While there are undoubtedly fewer sides in the Premier League boasting more battling attributes and traits that Sam Allardyce's Blackburn side, to really compete at the big venues you need a touch of class and from first - hand experience, Blackburn have been found out at the challenging arenas this season.

As exciting a prospect as ter Stegen is (he will be a world - class goalkeeper in a few years), Arsenal should really be looking for a more experienced option to challenge Szczesny.

How this relates to the comments above:» Paly... been a Challenge Success poster school for as long as I can remember: TA, block scheduling, pre-break finals, many class projects, homework free days, now homework time limits, a school climate coordinator, more de-laned subjects, fewer APs / student than peer high schools I've read, and a later start / no zero period that promotes sleep.

Of the many subjects taught in the eight - year cycle of a class teacher, few are more challenging than the science main lessons of the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.

I know that my daughter's class is completely nut - free (a few children in her class have nut - allergies) and it can be challenging to find things they will eat that comply with the nut - free zone.

In this class you will learn the basics of breastfeeding, including how to get the best start for you and your newborn, what is normal in the first few months, and how to overcome some of the common challenges new mothers face with breastfeeding.

Then, a few weeks ago, I was invited to try a TRX - yoga fusion class, in which you use a TRX suspension trainer to support your body in challenging poses.

Adding in a few new workout classes outside of your comfort zone can help challenge your body and hone your range of motion.

Those who invest in playing online will see that there are a few unlockables hidden behind level progression and class challenges.

Taking a few minutes to write about the class (whether it is a simple reflection on how a lesson went, how a student demonstrated an exceptional insight, or sharing a few successes and challenges from the week) and then sharing this writing with the class can increase trust and respect between the teacher and the students.

He added: «We know that our colleagues in state schools often do a fantastic job with fewer resources, larger classes, more curriculum constraints and significantly different challenges and we do not presume to patronise them by suggesting we can necessarily run their schools better than they can.

LACES» results stand out even more because the school has many of the challenges that often sink urban schools into the lower - performing category and anchor them there: a predominately urban, minority population; large classes (the average is 29 students in middle - school classes, 34 in high school); few computers, no computer lab, and a building that was new when Franklin D. Roosevelt served as president.

Great for inspiring reluctant writers or filling a few hours in your class with fun yet challenging learning activities.

Just as challenging, they will need to find ways to adapt to shrinking class sizes and fewer resources to offer a diverse and rich curriculum in the intervening time.

If you are teaching with one, a few, or a class set of iPads, finding the right apps and project ideas for your students can be a challenging task.

When Elaine Nielson was in sixth grade, her teacher noticed that she and a few of the other students in her class were up for a challenge and decided to start teaching them Algebra.

The school had few truly challenging classes in years past, so it turned to Advanced Placement courses as a way to put in place a consistent and rigorous curriculum.

Instead of providing all kids with college - oriented learning (as Eliot supported), these educators pushed what would become the comprehensive high school model, with middle - class white kids (along with those few children of émigrés deemed worthy of such curricula) getting what was then considered high - quality learning, while poor and minority kids were relegated to shop classes and less - challenging coursework.

With fewer than a thousand miles on the odometer, this model challenges small car competitors, regardless of price and class!

The past few years have seen BMW, Audi, Lincoln, Buick and others send new offerings into the segment, and Mercedes introduced the GLA - Class just over a year ago to answer that challenge.

Gabriel Allon faces his most determined enemy — and greatest challenge — in the stunning new novel from the «world - class practitioner of spy fiction» (The Washington Post) Few recent thriller writers have excited the kind of critical praise that Daniel Silva has, with his novels featuring art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon.

A few new modes have also be thrown in for good measure to try to spice things up a little, such as the new multi-class racing which can have an entire grid crappy little hatchbacks and terrifyingly fast exotics on the track at the same time, challenging you with finishing first in your respective class while avoiding the other.

Set on the liberated shores of Normandy Beach, it's within this area where players can pick up Service Orders (timed challenges that grant XP bonuses and rewards), test out weapons in the firing range, customise their player profile, challenge players in 1v1 battles and prestige weapons, classes, and player rank, amongst a few other additions.

Missions can be more difficult than challenges, but some of the early game ones are as simple as playing a certain class for ten minutes or getting a few kills.

Conversely, thoughtful attention to social justice issues affords any individual or organization the capacity to rise to the challenge of complex global work across lines of race, gender, class and disability (to name a few).

I would like to work as a PSS on a part time basis, and I plan on challenging the CNA exam in a few months to work as a Certified Nurses» Assistant once again, and I will take the medication aid class to update my medication skills once again, so I will be able to administer medications as well.

For law firms, real estate costs has been a challenge for some time, as recessionary woes have been replaced by a landlord's market when it comes to class - A office space, pushing up rents and leaving some markets with very few blocks available.