Sentences with phrase «handful of students in»

Glover said he hates hates social promotion, but is unable to require more than a handful of students in each grade to repeat the year without getting bogged down in legal challenges that would only derail his efforts.

As the founding, President and CEO of Florida Virtual School she and her team grew the organization from a handful of students in 1996 to a highly acclaimed online school using personalized, next generation learning solutions.

A handful of students in a range of grades arrived on the first day of school, she said, unable to speak a word of English.

If every school starts from scratch, the prospects are grim for reaching more than a scattered handful of students in every city.

Not exact matches

Kohn and a colleague conducted a handful of experiments in which they asked students — both in groups and individually — to come up with ideas on how to improve the university.

A handful of schools in the New York area is rolling out an experimental new curriculum designed to educate students on how to use cellphones safely, CBS News reports.

That group and other students from across the Denver area also held a «lie - in» at the state Capitol around noon Wednesday ahead of debate in a House committee over a handful of pro-gun bills introduced by Republicans expected to happen Wednesday afternoon.

In my time at DTS, though, I have only come across a handful of students who have reached this level of classroom etiquette.

Our group, though small, is amazingly diverse, including homeless men and women, university and seminary students, people whose addictions are still active and others who are in recovery, young professionals and social workers, a mix of ethnicities and even a handful of «normal» folks.

I doubt many Americans have heard of the school, which was founded in 1977 by Warren Carroll in an abandoned elementary school with a handful of students.

Add to this mix a handful of international students, most likely from a Middle Eastern, Islamic culture or from an Asian society in which people deem it strange to share any religious conviction, and we have an assembly that we could address only if the miracle of Pentecost touched our tongues.

Since the school's inception in 1981, Hartsbrook has evolved from a fledgling institution with one teacher and a handful of kindergarteners to a fully accredited Waldorf school serving students from infancy through 12th grade.

In Buffalo, public school officials led invited guests on a tour of a handful of schools, hoping to show them how the dollars secured from their respective governments are impacting the students.

New York City schools and a handful of districts statewide have used the standardized tests under Common Core for grades 3 through 8 as a factor in promoting students to the next grade.

A handful of students protested Vice President Mike Pence's graduation speech at Notre Dame, while other students in attendance booed.

A handful of 6th - grade students at Southside Middle School take the Common Core mathematics test in Rockville Center, April 24, 2015.

Little is one of a handful of attorneys working on behalf of eight districts that largely serve low - income students in Maisto vs. State of New York, or the «Small Cities» case.

«Our new degree program gives students an unparalleled advantage in this field as it is the only one of its kind in the state, and one of only a handful in the entire country.»

«That is welcome news to the community of scientists who have been deeply involved in NIH - funded diversity programs that serve a relative handful of students each year,» Mervis wrote.

A handful of other fire scientists and grad students from Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) are checking equipment in the test room as well.

Made up of scores from 550,000 fourth and eighth graders from more than 40 countries, the assessment shows a handful of East Asian countries scored among the highest, whereas U.S. students wound up in the middle of the pack.

As soon as spelunkers led by Pedro Boshoff, a former student of Berger's, found a handful of ancient teeth and a jaw deep in the cave's Dinaledi Chamber in September 2013, it was clear that «something bizarre was going on,» Berger says.

Four years ago, a Harvard grad student in neuroscience named Sam Moulton was one of a handful of serious academics involved in ESP research, or psi.

Around Valentine's Day in 2013, Mundorff and a handful of students broke ground at the new site, a wooded bluff on the Tennessee River, opposite downtown Knoxville.

About Site - London lifestyle blogger and Student Nurse Laura talks about all things London, with a handful of luxury living and travel posts thrown in for total luxe!

He pointed to a five - year graduation rate that has increased from the high 50s to nearly 74 %, to the fact that there's been a doubling share of Newark's African - American students who exceed the New Jersey average on state assessments, and that Newark is now outperforming 80 % of 37 demographically similar systems in the state (after lagging behind all but a handful of them in 2010).

Students in both schools were offered vouchers, and nearly 50 students and their families chose to attend one of a handful of nearby private schools, most of which were religiously affStudents in both schools were offered vouchers, and nearly 50 students and their families chose to attend one of a handful of nearby private schools, most of which were religiously affstudents and their families chose to attend one of a handful of nearby private schools, most of which were religiously affiliated.

Rather than simply providing an alternative to neighborhood public schools for a handful of students, the theory says, school choice programs actually benefit students remaining in their neighborhood schools, too.

Cady Ching, a Summit biology and AP environmental science teacher, uses a handful of strategies to check in on her students» needs — including Summit's personalized learning platform (PLP).

Schools may in fact decide to run an extra class in a subject that was a popular third choice for students over a subject that was a top choice for a handful of students.

A handful of students who have been socializing in an online chatroom end their digital discussion and don their own headphones.

When a handful of students leave, these same line items cost more in per - pupil terms.

These are just a handful of examples of the in - depth learning that occurred at home once my students were given the gift of time:

The students held an unveiling ceremony for the plaque in front of their principal, a handful of members from the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, teachers, school board members, a federal judge with a personal connection to internment, a former detainee, and a few of the relatives of the individuals commemorated on the plaque.

All but a handful of the network's 300 African Americans are in D.C. And except in D.C., BASIS doesn't take Title I or school - lunch funding, so it has no statistics on student poverty.

Mining the Mind's Resources With seed money to develop self - sustaining arts programs in a handful of rural, suburban, and urban schools, Argentinean community artists are engaging students who never considered school interesting or important to their futures.

In classrooms with access to only a handful of devices, students can work in pairs or groups by sharing a text they've found and completing a graphic organizer togetheIn classrooms with access to only a handful of devices, students can work in pairs or groups by sharing a text they've found and completing a graphic organizer togethein pairs or groups by sharing a text they've found and completing a graphic organizer together.

A handful of years later, the demographics had shifted in the school community, and I realized that my students had changed.

In 1970 — 71, there were only a relative handful of federal student aid programs, and total aid, including loans, amounted to just $ 16.5 billion in 2015 dollarIn 1970 — 71, there were only a relative handful of federal student aid programs, and total aid, including loans, amounted to just $ 16.5 billion in 2015 dollarin 2015 dollars.

These are among a handful of topics that middle school students in New York City have tackled as part of their Saturday debate program, which draws heavily from Word Generation, the innovative curriculum developed under the direction of HGSE Professor Catherine Snow.

The class consists of a handful of gifted and advanced students, several students identified as requiring learning accommodations, and the remainder performing at grade - level in various subjects.

In one common scenario, a white educator in a suburban school stands in front of a classroom that has one or two or maybe a handful of students of color, surrounded by white studentIn one common scenario, a white educator in a suburban school stands in front of a classroom that has one or two or maybe a handful of students of color, surrounded by white studentin a suburban school stands in front of a classroom that has one or two or maybe a handful of students of color, surrounded by white studentin front of a classroom that has one or two or maybe a handful of students of color, surrounded by white students.

Often used by elementary reading teachers, storyboards are a form of comic strip in which students illustrate the main ideas of reading material in a handful of distinct segments.

In some places, Catholic schools must participate in these, usually as a condition of receiving students with vouchers; in a handful of places, diocesan authorities have willingly joined in, but nobody would say there's been a great rush by Catholic schools to be compared — with charter schools, with district schools, with other private schools, even with each other — on the basis of academic achievemenIn some places, Catholic schools must participate in these, usually as a condition of receiving students with vouchers; in a handful of places, diocesan authorities have willingly joined in, but nobody would say there's been a great rush by Catholic schools to be compared — with charter schools, with district schools, with other private schools, even with each other — on the basis of academic achievemenin these, usually as a condition of receiving students with vouchers; in a handful of places, diocesan authorities have willingly joined in, but nobody would say there's been a great rush by Catholic schools to be compared — with charter schools, with district schools, with other private schools, even with each other — on the basis of academic achievemenin a handful of places, diocesan authorities have willingly joined in, but nobody would say there's been a great rush by Catholic schools to be compared — with charter schools, with district schools, with other private schools, even with each other — on the basis of academic achievemenin, but nobody would say there's been a great rush by Catholic schools to be compared — with charter schools, with district schools, with other private schools, even with each other — on the basis of academic achievement.

Some people have said that only a handful of students are capable of the level of research seen in The Concord Review essays.

For teachers who are looking for new activities to get students more involved in reading and writing at home, here are a handful of suggestions.

Collaborative groups may go from only a handful of students to larger groups in a short time period.

Back in the United States, we find a dizzying assortment of gifted and talented programs in many districts, a handful of states that require «gifted» students to be «identified» (though not necessarily «served»), and a small but distinguished array of super high schools such as New York's Stuyvesant High School and Virginia's Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.

In the second year, «we have a handful (and growing number) of teachers who are truly innovating at each site and are pushing their peers to both play and learn alongside their students,» they wrote in an earlier updatIn the second year, «we have a handful (and growing number) of teachers who are truly innovating at each site and are pushing their peers to both play and learn alongside their students,» they wrote in an earlier updatin an earlier update.

In NYC, students are starting to file public applications for next September for various high schools (Screened, Limited Screened, Unscreened, Ed Opt, Arts / Audition, Zoned and more), while students applying to the handful of elite, specialized high schools have already taken the qualifying SHSAT Exam and are now just waiting for their results and placements.