Sentences with phrase «given to students included»

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Both majors give students access to two research forests, including the nearby 5,157 - hectare Malcolm Knapff Research Forest.

Combined (including Dalhousie law and the soon - to - be-settled school of education), they comprise 15,000 students and more than 2,500 faculty, have annual spending of $ 270 million, occupy 1.6 million square feet and give out 6,000 scholarships.

«STEM Behind Hollywood» uses the scientists and experts who consult Hollywood filmmakers to create free classroom activities for teachers, including software and iPad apps, to explore popular movie themes such as zombie, superheroes, space and forensics to give students the chance to solve problems as real - life scientists would.

The points include expanding entrepreneurship training courses to arts, humanities and science students, making it easier for start - ups to get the cash they need, giving college students some breathing room on college debt, and making the incorporation process simpler.

The commission recommended several reforms including reforming civilian and military retirement programs, reducing agricultural program spending, eliminating in - school subsidies in federal student loan programs, and giving the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation the authority to increase premiums.

When you refinance your federal student loans, you are giving up repayment options, including the options to defer payments or enroll in an income - driven repayment plan.

Prominence is given to sustainability from the onset of the program, with students brought in two weeks before classes begin for an orientation that includes seminars on «the business case for sustainability.»

In the last ten years I have moved increasingly toward experiential teaching (using self - awareness exercises, role playing of counseling methods, live demonstrations of growth groups, and so forth), which involves the students» own feelings, responses, and needs; asking the students to draw up their own «learning contract» based on what they want to get from a given course or workshop; expecting students to participate in the teaching by sharing in some systematic way the insights they have discovered to be meaningful; revealing my own struggles, uncertainties, and weaknesses; and asking the students to evaluate anonymously the course, including my teaching.

According to CBS, students at Pennridge High School in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, were given a math worksheet that included a question about sexual assault.

Cohen gave us an overview of why ecological literacy is so important for students who may not have any previous connection to natural systems, including food systems.

The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, up for a vote as early as today, would attempt to fix some of these problems through a variety of means, including allowing schools in high - poverty areas to offer free meals to all students without any paperwork, making foster children automatically eligible for free meals, and giving incentives to states that improve their certification rates.

Admission is based on a review of many factors, including strong prior academic performance, positive teacher reports, a successful interview at our School, and the student's ability to give something back to our School community.

The latest version, updated in July 2010, provides easy - to - follow instructions on what to do if a student with food allergies develops symptoms, including whether to immediately inject epinephrine or to give only an oral antihistamine.

What they gave the USDA was a modeled prediction based on all sorts of data the firm collected from 2,314 students at 398 schools that year, including the types of food served, the amount of time kids were given to eat, prices charged, and interviews with children and their parents revealing what the kids typically ate in the course of a day and family income.

The kids tell me the food sucks now lol but they do nt see the bigger picture either... while it was a different era for us when us parents were in school; the fundamental rights shouldve remained the same... which is give the kids their choices... the Federal Gov can INCLUDE nutritious items on the free lunch menus while including more choices for them instead of reducing them to avoid social stigmas within the student body of the schools... Kids can be so cruel... Ive lived that first hand... I'm wondering who to contact to protest these changes.

These included not allowing students with no religion to be admitted, if the school was undersubscribed — something the school has now changed; and having a «Catholic service criterion», which gives priority to parents who, for at least three years, have carried out activities including «Assisting in the Liturgy: for example by reading, singing in the choir or playing an instrument, altar serving, flower arranging.»

Awards were given to the overall best students in various categories including the overall best student in Geography, Business, Science, Mathematics and the overall best student in this year's WASSCE.

However, a series of missteps by the challenger, including stumbling over the definition of a trade agreement during an on - camera interview on NY1 and then bragging at a press conference that organizing a student exchange program in Japan gave him the necessary credentials to deal with important international issues, appeared to have hurt his chances.

The Alliance for Quality Education, a statewide coalition of education groups including teacher unions, contends that all additional state financial assistance allotted to districts in 2016 - 17 should be distributed according to the state's «foundation» formula, which gives extra weight in funding distribution to districts with students who are poor or non-English speaking.

Other forms of support he said he gave to the constituency in the educational sector include the provision of 1,100 teachers» note 3 lesson notes books for schools, 10 packets of roofing sheets for schools, disbursement of Gh cents 10,000 as scholarship packages for students, construction of 4 classroom blocks in four communities (Bugri, Bugpiigu, Gagbiri Natinga and Kugur), roofing of a classroom block at Bulpielise and rehabilitation of a kindergarten block at Bugri Natinga.

The state should also support the college dreams of non-traditional students — including those who attend college part - time because they can not afford to give up their job.

Speakers, including myself, gave an overview of key challenges and the students could then choose an issue on which to carry out their own research.

Community School District superintendents would regain a number of administrative and operating powers — including student transportation and safety — that have been given to school «networks» by the Department of Education.

Council members sounded off about some of the same issues, including the high cost of the bus passes given to students and the need to improve vocational education because there are jobs in the booming local construction industry and economy.

They include further raising the state's minimum wage, and passing a Dream Act to give financial aid to immigrants who are college students.

But those close to him have previously said they don't fear a primary given what they consider the governor's strong progressive record, including successfully pushing for the legalization of same sex marriage, passage of the SAFE Act gun control law, enactment of a $ 15 hourly minimum wage and a statewide paid family leave program, and a free tuition program for some public college students.

The legislation would give the city the power to base teacher firings on factors other than seniority, including chronic absenteeism and poor student test scores.

But in its final post-trial submission filed this year, New York argued the formula does not represent the funding needed to give all students, including those in the small - city districts, the opportunity for a «sound basic education» under the New York Constitution, according to the alliance.

Dolan Wednesday said there was discussion of expanding the tax credit to include those who give money that can be used toward scholarships for college students in need who might not otherwise qualify for assistance.

Other budget provisions: The budget agreement also includes: an expansion of the state's Tuition Assistance Program for college students and their families; a 12 percent increase in aid to cities and local governments; a $ 3.8 billion transportation bond act; an increase of $ 1.1 billion in aid to schools; and an expansion of the EPIC program, which gives seniors access to reduced - rate prescription drugs.

«Now that Ms. Black and Mr. Polakow - Suransky have been approved by State Education Commissioner Steiner, I hope we can move forward on the many challenges the system faces, including creating a curriculum that will give students a well - rounded education, new and better interventions for struggling students, and early action to turn around failing schools,» he said in a statement.

Included in that legislation, known as the Dream Act, is a provision that would give students who are in the country illegally access to tuition assistance at city and state universities.

The work has given Shepherd and her protégés — including Vanags and Ufnar — an idea of the skills aspiring outreach workers need to communicate science to teachers and students.

Irani has reportedly asked for a week to get back to the students about their demands, which include making the stipend raise effective from April 2014 and giving students back pay.

Ram and her collaborators — including Wenli Zhang, a UA doctoral student in management information systems, and researchers from the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation — created a model that was able to successfully predict approximately how many asthma sufferers would visit the emergency room at a large hospital in Dallas on a given day, based on an analysis of data gleaned from electronic medical records, air quality sensors and Twitter.

Recently, four leading biomedical scientists called for more thoughtful training in their field, including giving students a broader range of skills to prepare for diverse careers, for example in industry, communications, law, or policy (scim.ag / 1x2XzNq).

Examples of ways of doing this include: giving seminars, helping to organize conferences and workshops, helping to organize seminars and talks, and discussing research with undergraduate and graduate students who are working on research projects.

«This will help give students in the region a more comprehensive look at agriculture to include organics,» Adams said.

Given either pictures or descriptions of skeletal features of hominids, including modern human, apes and australopithecines, students will assign them to their appropriate group.

At the beginning of a school semester in yoga class, I like to give my teen students lots of important responsibilities; including taking roll call, setting up the room for yoga and holding each other accountable for appropriate behavior.

He insisted on showing them all on a projector (he explained aspect ratios and why you lost most of the picture on home video back then) and gave his students a chance to see many classics, including works by Kurosawa, Chaplin, Bergman, and many others.

The cruel tutelage of the Sparrow Matron includes numerous instances of sexual violence and degradation, as in - between lock - picking workshops, certain students are even asked to give up their own gender identification to complete their lessons.

Lesson plan and student handout included which asks them to draw topology diagrams and give advantages / disadvantages of each topology.

I've also adapted and included a version of the student booklet with commentary / answers to give teachers an idea of what needs to completed when.

Open to 13 -15-year-olds students across the UK, the competition — a collaboration between BBC Learning, BBC Comedy and the National Literacy Trust - called on secondary school students to become classroom jokers and was given backing by some of the UK's top comedy talent, including Charlie Higson, Kerry Howard, Marcus Brigstocke and David Walliams.

For instance, the Cleveland Scholarship Program gives enrollment preference to low - income students, but includes students of all income levels.

All students who participated in the study during the first semester, including those who did not receive a tour, were provided with a coupon that gave them and their families free entry to a special exhibit at Crystal Bridges.

Some of the top reasons for this rise in blended learning include course credit recovery and giving students access to otherwise - unavailable online learning opportunities.

There are even benefits for the teacher, as online submission points for homework and assignments, including reminders and other useful tools and can be used to also make a teacher's life easier and give them more time to find ways to make their students» time at school the more fulfilling.

«What I suggest is that we need to have an expanded schedule to allow schools to do everything — get all students to proficiency, give them a thorough education in other subjects like history, offer a well - rounded education that includes health and art, and create students that have the skills that employers want in the 21st century.»