Sentences with phrase «form of fewer students»

I hope it doesn't come back to bite them in the wallet in the form of fewer students and loss of Federal grants.

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Although most students have at least some form of student loan debt, few understand the basics of how these loans actually work.

I spent four years there as a student so have a bit of a soft spot for them but hope we keep our form up and bang in a few to keep our goal difference healthy.

Few topics stir up as much debate in the education sphere as steering public money in the form of vouchers to pay for students to attend private school.

Reading is essential for all forms of learning and education, but many students complete elementary school with inadequate reading ability, and there has been little progress in the last few decades in helping these students gain necessary reading proficiency.

The issue arose when members of the Georgia legislature expressed concern that support groups for gay and lesbian students had been formed at a few high schools in the state.

This work will be fundamentally about the steady effort and the daily actions of teachers and educators such as those who empowered the high school students who visited us from China a few weeks ago and of those of you who partnered with those teachers to create new forms of learning from action for their students.

On its 2012 - 13 student application form, GIA listed tuition rates of $ 2,850 per student, per year for class sizes fewer than 10.

Over the next few years, we worked with the community, teachers and parents to develop and implement competency - based education (CBE), a form of personalized learning that allows students to study and learn at their own pace, working through competencies that build on each other to maximize learning.

Based on our experiences at Meadow Park Middle School and our knowledge of the literature, we formed a few strategies other schools can employ when looking to increase teacher collaboration to better serve students learning English.

For these and other reasons, an extensive body of research suggests that small schools and small learning communities have the following significant advantages: • Increased student performance, along with a reduction in the achievement gap and dropout rate • A more positive school climate, including safer schools, more active student engagement, fewer disciplinary infractions, and less truancy • A more personalized learning environment in which students have the opportunity to form meaningful relationships with both adults and peers • More opportunities for teachers to gather together in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small schools at the middle level increases the chances for students to be successful in high school and beyond.

As NPE noted, these forms of instruction are «potentially profitable» because the schools receive the same funding per student that a standard district public or charter school would get, «while having far fewer costs for teachers, services, transportation or facilities.»

Almost half of all states have some form of student involvement in their decision - making, while there are few opportunities for students to be directly involved in federal education decision - making.

Programs can take a variety of forms — after - school tutoring, one - on - one tutoring, and Saturday school, to name a few — but whatever the form, intervention must reach struggling students early.

A few of the major challenges for district and school leaders aiming to improve teaching and learning in their organizations are to identify which elements or conditions in schools and classrooms have a significant effect on student learning; to figure out which of those elements or conditions are relatively accessible to their intervention (directly or indirectly) and finally to determine what are the most productive forms for those interventions to take.

We shifted towards standardized forms of inquiry, looking at student achievement data for the handful of Mam - speaking students who had been at Bridges for more than a few years; looking at achievement data for the 15 Mam - speaking kindergartners; looking at the entry level of Spanish proficiency (as measured by the IPT Language Proficiency Test) for native Spanish speaking students in our bilingual program and comparing the IPT scores of Mam - speaking children.

Fewer than 10 percent of city schools currently offer any form of computer science education, and only 1 percent of students receive it, according to estimates by the city's Department of Education.

Higher academic achievement was observed in both lower and higher performing students in the few studies that used some form of either cognitive, developmental, or constructivist forms of pedagogical theory coupled with computer technologies.

Traditionally, the course involves a study for a few years as per the university norms, where a student needs to complete substantial research in the form of a whole thesis or a dissertation.

Aside from great rewards, the Discover it Chrome card offers students even more value in the form of fewer fees.

While the U.S. Department of Education has made a history in the last few decades by taking the stand that student debtors who file for bankruptcy be required to agree to some form of income - based repayment plan, a recent case has poked a big hole in that hot air balloon defense!

I would advise students to take a few minutes a week (that's really all it takes) to read some good books and form some type of financial plan.

Unlike other forms of debt, however, the ways to discharge student loan debt are few and far between.

Although most students have at least some form of student loan debt, few understand the basics of how these loans actually work.

AH I just did a few workshops with the students, so I can't speak for their projects, but what worried me about some of them was the importance they gave to the form and structure of the exhibition.

If you are seeking approval for a newly launched program, we will provide a conditional approval, pending receipt of this within 90 days of your actual program (If you have fewer than 16 students in your class, please send in whatever evaluation forms you have for that session.