Sentences with phrase «greater challenges for school»

Changing this is the great challenge for schools, because the share of black and Hispanic students is growing.

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It's a challenge to come up with school lunches for him but these are great!!

With the precious support of the World Bank and Valrhona, the World Cocoa Foundation, the Trade for Sustainable Development (T4SD) project of the International Trade Centre (ITC), Google Food Lab (GFL), Future Food Institute (FFI) and the Business School Lausanne (BSL) invite you to a three - day hackathon (October 23 - 24) to collaborate on creating, prototyping and birthing hardware and software tools which address some of the greatest challenges of cocoa farming.

we have a squad capable of challenging for the title its the tactical school boy errors that costs us, Ancelotti would be great since we need to start a whole new project season after sanchez and ozil leave.

For Challenge Success representative senior Laine Ratzer, the way to build a stronger community within Piedmont is through greater school pride, which can create a sense of unity.

Because one aspect of TLT of which I'm most proud is that this blog has proven to be a forum where school food providers feel as comfortable voicing their views as anyone else, and I like to think this is because I feel (and have expressed here many times) only the greatest respect for what they do and the daunting challenges they face.

That is to say, Lunch Money is a really great way for parents to get up to speed on how school lunch programs operate and areas where there may be clear room for improvement, but no parent should assume that just by reading Lunch Money he or she fully understands the challenges faced by their own food services director.

Every year my fantastic Post colleague Jay Mathews takes a great deal of time to assemble his list of America's Most Challenging High Schools, and he's just done it again for his 2014 list, which you can read all about here.

While some school food out there is still worthy of criticism, I have only the greatest respect for those willing to take on this challenge.

To address challenges, SNA has advocated for greater financial support for school meal programs and practical flexibility under whole grain and sodium mandates.

It is a great privilege to continue to support the Bronx Borough President's Chess Challenge with Chess in the Schools, whose mission so clearly aligns with AT&T's own commitment to creating pathways to success for New York City's most underserved students,» said Marissa Shorenstein, New York State President, AT&T.

If you are looking for a challenging old school side - scroller and don't get frustrated easily, the rewards are a great, if short game with well thought out boss battles, nail biting, edge of your seat excitement and overall a wonderful final game for Two Tribes.

The Great Debaters (PG - 13 for profanity, mature themes, brief sexuality, and the depiction of violence and disturbing images) Denzel Washington directs and stars opposite Forest Whitaker and Kimberly Elise in this fact - based drama, set in 1935, about a professor at a small black college who inspired students to form the school's first debate team and to challenge Harvard for the national championship.

So on top of figuring out ways around the tournament's three deadly tasks, he and Ron (Rupert Grint) must also face an even greater challenge: finding a date for their first formal school ball.

I've written a few times (here and here, for example) about the great work that the Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) is doing to help schools push the design envelope on what's possible for students.

The program — for and about teachers — will focus on the most important challenges and opportunities facing America's teachers, and feature examples of great teaching from various schools and classrooms across the country.

Empowering current school students with the knowledge, skills and motivation to meet the greatest challenge of their lives is not a luxury but a necessity, for them and all of us as well.

A perfect storm of greater demand for teachers, fewer people entering the profession (particularly in key subjects), severe pressures on schools funding and a restrictive migration system, means that schools are having to think outside of the normal channels of recruitment to more flexible staffing models to cope with these challenges.

To promote student learning and achievement, research indicates that teacher advancement systems should compensate teachers for their expert contributions, particularly in economically disadvantaged schools where teaching challenges tend to be greater (Accomplished California Teachers, 2012).

U.S. Schoolchildren Tumble in International Reading Exam Rankings, Worrying Educators (The Washington Post) Marty West discusses the impact the Great Recession may have had on school systems and what that means for improving educational outcomes for the most challenged students.

When all this is factored into a growing population, threats to public funding and an increasing shortage of available land for development, the challenges for those with the responsibility to plan, design and deliver school places are significant and there has never been a greater need for innovative solutions.

The report, which examines the challenges of being young in modern Britain, found that being too fat or not attractive enough was of great concern for teenagers, with only fears of unemployment and not finishing school ranking higher.

For the most part, the Gates early - college initiative focuses on the motivation of students, hoping that greater autonomy and more challenging material will help keep them engaged and interested in school.

When we started the @K12lab at Stanford's d.school back in 2007 we began with a hunch that design thinking would be a great tool for educators to deploy in their classrooms and schools, and that ultimately, it would be a useful process for kids working through interdisciplinary challenges.

REC Education identified the need for more teachers in 2012 as the school system struggles to cope with present levels of demand and faces up to even greater challenges in the coming years.

It will be challenge and at the same time a great opportunity to renew and reinforce the commitments of the Education for All Campaign, launched in Jomtien, Thailand in 1990 with an enlarged conception of Education that goes beyond schools to include non-formal education processes (4)

Given the strong union support for the Obama presidency, there was great speculation within education circles throughout the fall as to whether the new president would turn out to be a reformer — willing to challenge existing practices and the teachers unions in order to achieve dramatic changes in schools — or play it politically safe by backing programs that brought only marginal changes.

Then the internet came along, and I realized I could build a school online and let selection bias draw the students I could best serve: those who thirst for a greater challenge than they're finding in their classrooms.

Having co-taught in first grade, second grade and sixth grade, I feel confident in saying that the greatest challenge is finding a working model for middle school co-teachers.

These are some great challenges for Marymount and many other schools to address as these successful new programs grow.

So what factors determine success, and how can schools prepare themselves for the challenges of greater freedom?

The capacity challenges for states and school districts are immense as they contemplate taking on the new standards, which call for bringing greater depth to science understanding and asking students...

SEN schools share particular challenges, in that the amount of sensitive data they hold is greater than for mainstream schools, but this system is also ideal for schools with pupils across the SEN spectrum.

The plans aim to tackle those inequalities and ensure Britain is a country that «truly works for everyone» by looking at the experience and outcomes for children who face the most challenges in mainstream school - including those at greatest risk of exclusion - such as those with special educational needs (SEN), children with autism or children in need of help and protection, including those in care.

BPS was burdened by a turnover rate for new teachers of 50 percent in the first three years and, despite an abundance of university - based teacher preparation programs in the greater Boston area, lacked teachers of color, teachers equipped for urban school challenges, and those certified in the hard - to - staff areas of math, science, and special education.

«It's more challenging to do that, but it offers greater flexibility» for schools to customize the program to their own needs.

School visits abroad provide further opportunities for pupils to experience challenge, but also call for even greater care, organisation and planning than visits and adventures at home.

This pilot is a great opportunity to challenge school decision makers to think differently about PE and sport as a tool for wider outcomes across their school.

Shell today called for schools across Great Britain to enter The Bright Ideas Challenge, its national schools» science competition, now in its third year.

Active Kids Superstar Cooks challenges pupils to cook the ultimate, great tasting, healthy meal for the chance to win # 10,000 of new kitchen kit for their school plus an exclusive dance class with Ashley Banjo.

School visits abroad provide further opportunities for pupils to experience challenge, culture and languages, but also call for even greater care, organisation and planning than visits and adventures at home.

When the Great Recession hit, however, property values fell sharply, making it hard for school districts to raise local property taxes — schools» primary local funding source — without raising rates, which is politically challenging even in good times.

For the next 25 years, Dockterman tested and created dozens of educational programs, among them the award - winning Science Court, an animated television show that aired on ABC Kids that taught the fundamental concepts of elementary and middle school science; the Great Ocean Rescue, a computer application where students face four challenging rescue missions that take them deep into the world's oceans; and Decisions, Decisions, a game that teaches students the complexities of topics like immigration, the constitution, environment, or building a nation through role - playing and informed discussion.

In Boosting Idaho Students» College Prospects by Expanding Access to Great Teaching, Bryan Hassel, Shonaka Ellison, and Jeannette P. Cornier of Public Impact examine the challenges that prevent rural schools from accessing great teaching and present four strategies for increasing access to highly effective instruction in rural IGreat Teaching, Bryan Hassel, Shonaka Ellison, and Jeannette P. Cornier of Public Impact examine the challenges that prevent rural schools from accessing great teaching and present four strategies for increasing access to highly effective instruction in rural Igreat teaching and present four strategies for increasing access to highly effective instruction in rural Idaho.

Through our full - time private school, individual courses for credit, and tutoring, Brightmont meets the individualized needs of students with learning difficulties and those seeking greater academic challenges.

In this paper written for the Rural Opportunities Consortium of Idaho, Public Impact examines the challenges that prevent rural schools from providing great teaching, and presents four strategies for increasing access to highly effective instruction in rural Idaho.

Chronic absence is especially challenging for students from low - income communities whose families face greater hurdles to getting to school and have fewer resources to make up for lost learning time.

Those schools have the greater struggle — more challenges for teachers who are stretched too thin, and increased reliance on scant federal and state funding.

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With some estimates showing failure as high as 70 % strategic initiatives in for - profit companies, the challenge is even greater with school improvement efforts.