Sentences with phrase «good number of schools»

Having looked at the fairer funding levels and knowing Hampshire's 15/16 formula, a good number of schools (including mine) will be funded below the notional per pupil level that you would get by applying the DfE rates.

While a good number of schools / districts have already addressed this issue through a shift in policies and practices, the knowing - doing gap is still alive and well.

A good number of those schools are named after the founder of the Society of Jesus, St. Ignatius of Loyola.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

With more MBA programs than ever before serving a record number of students — about 10,000 students are registered in Canadian MBA programs this year, up from 4,800 in 1998 — specialization has become a defining trend, helping schools compete for the best students, and graduates compete for the best jobs.

Professor Harry Kraemer at the Kellogg School of Management, author of Becoming the Best: Build a World - Class Organization Through Values - Based Leadership, tells me that being a social entrepreneur has very little to do with how much money you have or the number of people who report to you.

When the team looked at these numbers — average rate of improvement between third and eighth grade in math and reading — many schools that are traditionally thought of as «bad» suddenly seemed good.

Other schools with better - than - expected numbers include UC - Berkeley's Haas School and the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.

Women have largely flocked to medical and law schools in greater numbers over the past few years, but they are now turning to business school as well in part because business schools are mindful of the shortage of women students and are recruiting them more aggressively than they have before.

The number of applicants showing up at the school's information sessions around the world is down as well.

The piece draws a comparison to Virginia's Fairfax County, which is similar in many ways to Westchester: They're both suburbs of big cities (New York and Washington, D.C.), they have similarly high home values, and they educate about the same number of students in public schools, which in both places have a good reputation.

Because the Financial Times and The Economist, which both rank 100 institutions, include many non-U.S. schools in their rankings, a larger number of very good MBA programs at U.S. schools remain unranked by those two publications.

As a well - compensated ~ 28 year old HF professional in NYC from a prestigious top 10 school, these numbers look exactly correct to me and are actually slightly conservative projections of my last 6 years of net wealth.

Professor Malia Mason of Columbia University Business School says using an exact number rather than a round one «signals that you have more knowledge about the value of the good being negotiated.»

Mark lives in Salem, Oregon, where he serves on the school district budget committee as well as a number of church boards and committees at the local, state, and regional level.

Translation: many of the schools are given a ranked number, even though in a good deal of cases there is no statistical basis for the difference between one EMBA program and another.

Why yes and since there is a higher incident of sx abuse in families we should castrate all males in families and while we are at ti to be a coach or a school teacher they should all be castrated as well since a significant number of coaches and teachers molest.

it's a real degree, some of the top schools that offer it are the University of Iowa, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Pittsburgh, and a good number of others..

«Well, this is sort of our real address — we sort of live with my nan...» We must defend our schools with confidence and the knowledge that we are offering something that large numbers of people want.

A better measure of the strength of a congregation as a vehicle for maturing would be the number and proportion of the adult membership that meet in groups — disciple schooling, soma, and mission - support — outside the sanctuary at other times of the week.

51.428571 also god showed me this number and is in exact sequence in every personal id numbers given to me SS, date and month of birth, year of birth two state identifiers and 3 different school ids that's 7 and when divided by seven ea has a fractal remainder that is infinite so that's 490,000,00 to one odds of probability I would have better odds winning 3 lottos in a row.

The number of Christians remains small, but Christian schools (kindergarten through university) and leaders are disproportionately influential and Christian churches are a well - established part of the present scene.

The actual number by that date was probably not much more than a third of that total; furthermore, despite the good that existing centers have done and are doing, the plan's most imaginative features — those that would bring such centers into close contact with schools, churches, the police, and other responsible community organizations — are the ones that have been least realized.

(For example, information on the number of lawyers, law schools, and so forth in a society could be a substitute measure of legal development, but in that case the relationship with societal complexity would be well - nigh tautological.)

Father Nichols» suggestion was that we ought to «for the sake of making the best use of our resources, radically to reduce the number of our schools in the state sector, so as to concentrate on

He added: «There was a system of administration in that school over a long number of years which allowed a paedophile to flourish, gave him authority, not only over all of the pupils, but gave him authority over the staff as well and put him in a position where he could abuse people and that needs to be explored, it needs to be investigated, it needs to be enquired into.

The Principal of Public School 244 in Queens, New York City, has revealed that his pupils now have longer attention spans, are getting better academic scores, and the number of overweight and obese students has dropped by two percent — all since the school went «Meat Free» back in JaSchool 244 in Queens, New York City, has revealed that his pupils now have longer attention spans, are getting better academic scores, and the number of overweight and obese students has dropped by two percent — all since the school went «Meat Free» back in Jaschool went «Meat Free» back in January.

It can take up to 12 months for your salad bar (s) to be fully funded depending on the number of schools waiting in the queue as well as the amount of direct donations made to your district.

While preparations are still in the early stages, it already promises to be one of our best shows yet, mixing well - known numbers with original choreography: with a contemporary piece on gender politics to old school tap, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

With Folsom now the marquee football program that Cordova once was back in the 1970s and 80s, the Lancers» numbers — of both players and wins — steadily decreased through the years as the best athletes in Cordova's enrollment area drove a few exits east on Highway 50 or simply abandoned the sport at the high school level.

A map of all three - star - or - better recruits in every state, divided by the number of FBS schools.

I remember that 91 team well i had just graduated high school that year.In the 90 season i saw they changed to black uniforms i was like that's my team.I was like i got to have one of those black jerseys and i went to the mall right after xmas in 90 and what do i find a number 21 black jersey sitting on the clearence rack with a host of other teams jerseys that was the only Falcons one left.So i bought it and wore that at school the next week and i told people this is my team win lose or draw.That 91 team was exciting to watch and that's how it all started for me being a fan of this team.

Having lived in a number of neighborhoods and gone to a good many schools, he has found coasters a stabilizing force.

That increase in the number of years out of high school to be allowed to play in the NBA should shape players to have more well - rounded games.

And the number of good secondary - school players has increased markedly over the last 10 years.

It has been some time since I was at school, Arsenal fans, but I was pretty good at maths and I am sure my memory has not failed me to the point where I can not do a simple sum like adding and subtracting, but maybe it has because the numbers concerning the amount of money available to Arsene Wenger to fund the transfer deals he wanted this summer just does not add up.

Cooperstown is going to become even more of a bland high - school - history textbook than it already is, distilled to names, numbers, and nothing more, with prominent figures and events removed to keep the idea of sanctity alive and well, rather than risk telling a story someone might not want to recall.

Then we broke up the double team and well all those that were there know what is was like but unlike the growing number of Liverpool scarfs that were appearing at school I stuck with my yellow and blue silk one with the cannon on it proudly.

With the new school year upon us, it's always good to have a list of some truly awesome math apps in our back pockets (or really, on our tablets and phones) to help sharpen our kids» numbers skills.

It has been a good two weeks for parents looking to make high school football safer, with a number of promising developments.

There are a number of factors to consider when determining which school or schools will be the best fit.

The right high school for your student goes well beyond statistics available about standardized testing results and the number of advanced or honors level courses offered.

They are mostly doing their best, being cooperative, living their school - age lives of friends, and words, and numbers, and rules, and four - square, and be quiet in the library, and string or percussion, and you can't say you can't play, and the topography of California, and no running in the hallway.

• Shake up the parental leave system so fathers can spend more time with kids under two years - old • 25,000 more dads per year to sign their child's birth certificate, to reach international standards and halve the number of those who don't • Dads able to stay overnight in hospital with their partner when their baby is born • Modern and relevant antenatal education for both parents • Dads reading with their children in all primary schools • Family professionals — midwives, teachers, health visitors, nursery workers, social workers — confidently engaging with dads as well as mums, and supporting all family types.

It is not enough to measure the number of fruits and vegetables or the quantity of sodium in each dish; you also have to prepare the food well, in the school and not at some outside kitchen as so often happens when our school kitchens are no more than «warming centers.»

A lot of good changes were made at Gunn in preparation for school this year: - limits on AP classes - limits on the number of classes a student can take overall - changes to the overall schedule - adding skills for managing stress to the Phys Ed curriculum.

Having done this kind of work myself for many years in San Francisco, I can vouch for how frustrating it can be, and yet, as a parent or guardian who really wants to make a difference in nutrition and health for an enormous number of children, there is really no better opportunity than serving on your local school nutrition parent advisory council.

It can take up to 12 months for your salad bar (s) to be fully funded depending on the number of schools waiting in the queue as well as the amount of direct donations made to your district.

As already reported here (and recapped well by AP today), Congressional representatives from potato - growing states worked quickly to block a new rule that would reduce the number of starchy vegetables that could served to school children in a single week.

Now, though, the Texas Department of Agriculture inexplicably wants to take a huge step backwards in child nutrition by proposing: a return of deep fat fryers to our schools; a six-fold increase in the number of allowed junk food fundraising days; and the abolition of the «time and place» competitive food restrictions that have served our children well for over a decade.