Sentences with phrase «good local secondary schools»

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These are really intended for secondary school children aged 11 - 14, but may well be suitable for a home educated child as young as eight or nine who enjoys and understands maths.There are many interesting and well - produced Key Stage 3 maths text - books available online and at local bookshops.

For every one child that might successfully make it through a grammar school and go on to university there will be many more left behind at the local secondary believing they weren't good enough.

As a result, in the first eighteen months the number of local secondary schools graded Good or better by Ofsted had doubled.

«We trust head teachers to decide what is best for their pupils — including when and how to take part in work experience or work - related learning — and are providing valuable support for them through the Careers and Enterprise Company, which is working with secondary schools and colleges to support the development of relationships with local employers.»

As we are all aware, educational establishments at primary and secondary school level rely on funding from the local education authority and in times where austerity budgets are tight, as should be expected with what little additional funds there are, funding is better put to use providing teaching aids to enhance the students learning rather than providing for their security.

Waddesdon Manor, in Buckinghamshire recently won the VisitEngland Best Large Attraction award and for secondary school pupils you can actually learn how it functions as a major tourist attraction looking at how visitors use the facilities, what promotional materials and techniques are used, and how the local community are employed.

Implemented in eight secondary schools and a local college, this program was designed to build students» college preparedness by training instructors in shared teaching strategies and best practices, strengthening academic rigor in the classroom, and promoting collaboration and consistency in teaching and study strategies across grades and schools.

In its annual report published in December, education watchdog Ofsted criticised 16 local authorities for «underperforming» as less than 60 per cent of pupils attended good or outstanding secondary schools, and there were lower than national GCSE attainment and levels of expected progress.

According to local educators, America's public elementary and secondary schools are on the path to a more rigorous curriculum, and in their view this will lead to a better educated citizenry.

Under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended, local educational agencies (LEAs) are required to provide services for eligible private school students as well as eligible public school students.

Encourage community colleges and 4 - year colleges to partner with local high schools as well as to offer distance learning courses to expand offerings to secondary students who are ready for more advanced learning opportunities.

We know that this means 15 secondary schools are still local authority schools and have been rated as less than good for the whole 10 year period in question — all of which is down to the local authority (unless you can explain otherwise).

Under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)(see Appendix A), local educational agencies (LEAs) are required to provide services for eligible private school students as well as eligible public school students.

Executed well, these courses give secondary students rich opportunities to learn the ropes of teaching under the wing of a veteran teacher and to gain experience through internships in local elementary or middle schools.

Roisin Maguire (pictured right), principal of St Joseph's College, in Trent Vale, said the initative is «a unique opportunity» for local secondaries «to work together to attract, develop and retain the very best maths staff for all our schools in Stoke».

And one way we are doing that is by empowering and engaging parents of our most vulnerable students, as well as working with local leaders and civil rights groups, in the fight to improve their child's elementary and secondary education and helping them to hold school systems accountable when it comes to their children's future.

With the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act on the table, Race to the Top continuing, the Investing in Innovation (I3) rules set, a reorganization of Madison schools (scroll for links) and local budget choices that may privilege new initiatives over existing programs and services; it is a good time to repost one of my favorite essays on education reform: David Tyack's «A Conservationist Ethic in Education?.»

Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, states are provided with funding to develop the technical skills of secondary and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in CTE programs.46 Currently, 12.5 million high school and college students are enrolled in CTE programs.47 These programs help keep students in school; the graduation rate of CTE students is about 90 percent, 15 percentage points higher than the national average.48 However, research on their effectiveness is still in the preliminary stages.49 The best and most effective CTE programs are linked to and supported by local business or industry; provide real - world experiences or work opportunities; give students tangible outcomes such as an industry credential or college credit; and create pathways for pursuing college or career after graduation.50

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