Sentences with phrase «going to the top student»

However, they go to the top students at the top law schools.

Not exact matches

In the same way that students who attend top universities may be predisposed to getting higher paying jobs than those who didn't go to college at all, one could argue that the really great entrepreneurs don't need any help from an incubator.

«If you're not going to be in the top half of the class, you're going to run the risk of mistakenly thinking that you are not a good student, of coming to a conclusion about your own abilities that's at odds with reality.»

To get an idea of what a «typical» week might be for a student - athlete facing a big weekend game, SI chronicled the comings and goings of Vaughn, a top player in a top program, during the time between Tuesday's Colorado game and last Saturday's showdown with Iowa State.

Benefiting from discovery and play in our Early Childhood program, skill - building in our Lower School, and rigorous intellectual challenges in the High School, Green Meadow students go on to top colleges, fulfilling careers, and are known for their resilience and creativity.

Often, we parents have to let go of the idea that our child will be the most popular, the best athlete, or a top student.

He went on to graduate at the top of his class with first class honours in Politics and Modern History at Manchester University, winning the Robert McKenzie Prize for political science, his first book contract and election to the (sabbatical) leadership of the students» union, Labour Students» National Committee and NUS National students» union, Labour Students» National Committee and NUS National Students» National Committee and NUS National Council.

«If they are high achieving students, they have less access to rigorous courses and they are far less likely to go to a top - notch college.

Eyewitnesses say the heavy trees fell from the top of the waterfalls and landed on the people, mostly students who had gone to swim.

Radio phone - ins and television debates have asked how parents can be expected to find the money for «top - up fees» and whether students will be deterred when they need to find # 3,000 a year to go to uni.

Fifteen years ago, a record of research went a long way toward boosting a grad - student prospect to the top of the grad - school application pile, says Marty Ligare, a professor in the physics department at Bucknell.

Across the academic spectrum, «over half of the STEM degrees went to students whose [SAT math] scores put them in the top third of their class; those in the bottom third earned about one - sixth of the degrees,» Sander and Taylor continue.

Being a judge this year was no easy task with so many creative and well - designed projects, however, the top prizes went to some very deserving students.

Well, you have to go to undergrad first, and we ranked the top schools for you pre-med students.

Cher receives top - billing here as abortionist Beth Thompson, but Anne Heche is the lead, playing a student of architecture named Christine who's been handed money by her married lover (Craig T. Nelson) to make their mutual problem go away.

With a $ 10,000 prize going to the biggest seller (and the loser receiving a «broken rib sandwich» courtesy of the champ), the restaurant's waitstaff — comprised of failed TV actor Connor (Steve Lem me), wannabe ladies man Guy (Erik Stolhanske), obsessive - compulsive weirdo Nuts (Jay Chandrasekhar), busboy turned waiter Donnie (Paul Soter), medical student Tara (Cobie Smulders), and aspiring ballerina Mia (April Bowlby)-- will do whatever it takes in order to end the night on top.

In 2005 — 06, depending on the grade, a student's math scale score had to rise by an average of 32 points to go from the top of the Performance Level 1 range («failing» or not meeting learning standards) to the bottom of the Performance Level 3 range («proficient» or meeting learning standards).

«Our educational system is less about having students race to the top and more about going back catching those that are behind and building a pipeline to provide all students a fair and subsequent opportunity to learn,» he said.

That student went from nearly being expelled, to being enrolled in a top college.

In addition, 86 % of day students at the school were accepted into their first - choice university, of which over a third of students (38 %) will be going on to study at a top 10 ranked university in the country.

On Top of the News Billions in Pell dollars go to students who never graduate The Hechinger Report 8/17/15

In particular, the drop in ranking relative to one's peers may have a negative effect: a marginal G&T student is likely to go from being near the top of the regular class to being near the bottom of the G&T class.

The top - line finding alone — that just 12 percent of high school graduates do not enroll in college within eight years of graduation — provides additional evidence that schools need to continue to focus on preparing all students to be ready for a college environment, whether or not they go right away (or ever).

That means putting money into initiatives that will bring achievement for all students: historically low performers, who must be able to compete in a world that demands higher skills; average students, who need to care more about their studies if they are going to succeed; and top students, who will drive the country's future innovations.

Let's face it, grades often matter a lot, and many students who want to go on to top graduate and professional schools need good grades.

Race to the Top money gets to schools in two ways: Half goes out based on the percentage of federal funding that schools get for low - income students (Title I), and the other half is discretionary.

Four of the country's universities currently reside in the top ten in the world rankings — Cambridge, Oxford, UCL and ICL — and it is female students in particular who are making the most of this respected higher education structure — they are more than a third more likely to go to university than boys.

But, Esquith's students also attend school six days a week, score in the top five to ten percent nationally in standardized tests, and go on to some of the best universities in the country.

Microsoft Excel required Climb up the stairs and down again without tripping and making a mistake 10 subtraction questions going up and 10 subtraction questions going down The questions become longer as you reach the top A new set of numbers every time the file is opened Use this resource as a mental exercise, or allow the students to use a calculator to help them.

As might be expected, online learning is part of the package, but course choice goes further: it allows K — 12 students to learn from unconventional providers that might range from top - tier universities or innovative community colleges to local employers, labs, or hospitals.

«Who would have thought that these students are going to some of the top colleges and universities around the world?»

Microsoft Excel required Climb the stairs and down again without tripping and making a mistake 10 addition questions going up and 10 addition questions going down The questions become longer as you reach the top A new set of numbers every time the file is opened Use this resource as a mental exercise, or allow the students to use a calculator to help them.

Microsoft Excel required Climb up the stairs and down again without tripping and making a mistake 10 subtraction questions going up and 10 addition questions going down The questions become longer and more difficult as you reach the top A new set of numbers every time the file is opened Use this resource as a mental exercise, or allow the students to use a calculator.

On Top of the News Private School Vouchers to Go to about 300 D.C. Students Washington Post August 5, 2012 Behind the Headline How Vouchers Came to D.C. Education Next Fall 2004 Nearly three hundred new students have been awarded vouchers in D.C. as part of a controversial federally - funded Students Washington Post August 5, 2012 Behind the Headline How Vouchers Came to D.C. Education Next Fall 2004 Nearly three hundred new students have been awarded vouchers in D.C. as part of a controversial federally - funded students have been awarded vouchers in D.C. as part of a controversial federally - funded program.

Winners of the $ 4 billion Race to the Top jackpot committed to grand goals in using the federal grants to raise student achievement, as measured by higher test scores, narrowed achievement gaps, and increased graduation and college - going rates — all in four years.

Goes from level 5 till 8 Some students should be able to to A-C, Middle of the group should be able to do A-F, and the top of group should be able to do all of them, A-L This can lead into sketching graphs, solving quadratic and cubic equations... great for 9 - 1 GCSE and for ADDITIONAL Maths work too...

After you have your new desk set up, decide what items will go in which pockets, making sure to keep those items that students shouldn't have their hands on easily near the top, and those that are safe, and not used much by you, near the bottom.

This Assembly looks at: Why we go to school Why education is important Reflection of what education means to them Top Tips on how students can make the most out of school Optional video's to support the slides Reflection

When we were ready to go to the next group of choices, one student in each corner lifted the top card.

Four of the country's universities currently reside in the top ten in the world rankings and it is female students in particular who are making the most of this respected higher education structure — they are more than a third more likely to go to university than boys.

Urban schools reinforce the student perception that teachers bear final responsibility for what they learn.By allowing passive witnesses, the schools support these student perceptions that all relationships are (indeed rewarding) students for being essentially authoritarian rather than mutual.As youth see the world, they are compelled to go to school while teachers are paid to be there.Therefore, it is the job of the teacher to make them learn.Every school policy and instructional decision which is made without involving students — and this is almost all of them — spreads the virus that principals and teachers rather than students must be the constituency held accountable for learning.In a very real sense students are being logical.In an authoritarian, top - down system with no voice for those at the bottom, why should those «being done to» be held accountable?

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Students who are rejected, he said, go to the top of the waiting list for the grade teachers deem appropriate.

«Among the top quarter of these low - income high schools, 60 percent or more of the students went to college in the fall.»

Thousands of students nationwide have participated in the competition and winners have gone on to do some amazing things; including speak in front of Congress, work with the nation's top scientists, and pursue academic careers in the sciences.

Moved in part by this report, Arne Duncan went on to use two tools at his disposal — Race to the Top grants and No Child Left Behind waivers — to pressure states to reform their teacher evaluation systems and to include student test scores in these evaluations.

While researching what happens to graduates of top charter schools when they go to college, Richard Whitmire noticed a gender gap in the performance of the students.

Thanks to the Louisiana Scholarship Program, Jalen went from being recommended for special education to one of the top students in her class at New Orleans» Good Shepherd School.

Instead of offering college credits to only the top high school students, the idea was to use college credits as a psychological motivator with the bottom of the socio - economic ladder who might not otherwise go to college at all.

Even though 42 % of students in Colorado qualify as low - income, a non-low income student is more than 12 times as likely to go to a top - tier college — a list that includes several Colorado colleges.