Sentences with phrase «having small class sizes as»

This K - 5 Harvest Network school is praised on its website for having small class sizes as well as an «African American focus.»

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As a partner to clients like Taco Bell, Burger King, Johnny Rockets, Wingstop and even entertainment giant Redbox, Tukaiz has proven the balance of a small business attitude and global corporation size capabilities delivers a unique, best - in - class experience.

The candidate said he would fight for the reduction of class sizes in Queens, retaining programs and services that benefit seniors — such as senior centers and technology courses, and making sure small business owners have access to affordable rent.

«As a New York City public school teacher for 25 years, I've seen what our children need to succeed: smaller class sizes, more parental involvement, and balanced input in the education process from all members of the community,» Dromm said in a statement.

Overall, I've really enjoyed my time here at Chase Grammar School — I've certainly benefitted from the smaller class sizes as it gives you that quality one - to - one time with the teachers.

An effect of this size would be so small as to be essentially negligible from the standpoint of public policy; a one - point gain is too little to justify the expense of class - size reduction.

«Conclusive evidence has shown the benefits of class sizes of 1:15, especially in the primary grades,» says Charles M. Achilles, a professor of educational administration at Eastern Michigan University, in Small Classes, Big Possibilities, an article he penned for The School Administrator: «Since the early, 1980s, a large - scale project in Indiana, a major experiment in Tennessee, numerous smaller studies and evaluations of projects that use low adult - to - student ratios have found that youngsters in small classes (1:15 or so) as compared to youngsters in larger clSmall Classes, Big Possibilities, an article he penned for The School Administrator: «Since the early, 1980s, a large - scale project in Indiana, a major experiment in Tennessee, numerous smaller studies and evaluations of projects that use low adult - to - student ratios have found that youngsters in small classes (1:15 or so) as compared to youngsters in larger Classes, Big Possibilities, an article he penned for The School Administrator: «Since the early, 1980s, a large - scale project in Indiana, a major experiment in Tennessee, numerous smaller studies and evaluations of projects that use low adult - to - student ratios have found that youngsters in small classes (1:15 or so) as compared to youngsters in larger clsmall classes (1:15 or so) as compared to youngsters in larger classes (1:15 or so) as compared to youngsters in larger classesclasses

For example, grouping schools according to size (as is done in high - school sports) and giving awards to the top 5 percent in each size class would tend to even out the incentives (and disparities) between large and small schools.

It is unclear whether similar results would be obtained in different contexts, such as developed countries, where smaller class sizes may allow more tailored instruction even without tracking, and extra resources, such as remedial education, computer - assisted learning, and special education programs, may already provide tools to help teachers deal with different types of students.

After considerable research, we decided that blended learning would allow us to expand class size to 28 - 30 students and still maintain what we viewed as a non-negotiable: our emphasis on individualized and small - group instruction.

bsallamack - One thing the district has done has been to sacrifice smaller class sizes (now in the mid 20's and up) to keep as many counselors in the schools as possible.

Opponents also argue that we can't afford to take any money out of the public system when the Legislature has refused to pay for smaller class sizes and teacher raises as provided by Initiative 728 and Initiative 732 in recent years.

While these schools provide small class sizes to increase individualized attention, they tend not to challenge students with rigorous academics and college - preparation courses, such as AP or honors.The two most viable options for former dropouts and other students who have not succeeded in traditional schools are really not viable at all.

Some states have high - quality programs as evidenced by such traits as ensuring teachers hold bachelor's degrees and enforcing small class sizes.

The Purnell Swett program is small and has small class sizes (average is 25 students), but it is integrated with the local comprehensive high school as it is located in one corridor of the building.

Their classes have mixed ability levels, but teachers said they were able to tailor their lessons to individual students» needs, owing to three factors: planning time built in to the schedule, somewhat smaller class sizes, and computer - based testing programs used as needed to provide immediate feedback.

Such as, «In (insert your local school district) Prop. 30 funds have allowed us to (insert what you've been able to do with the funding like negotiate for smaller class sizes, rehired XX teachers and counselors, restored salary cuts with an increase of XX %, reinstated music, P.E. and art, etc.).»

I summarise PAST experiences (as research focuses on what has happened in the past) and the preponderance of evidence shows that reducing class size DOES INCREASE achievement but the effect is small.

Indeed, esteemed researchers such as Peter Blatchford have found that there is no particular threshold that must be reached before students receive benefits from smaller classes, and any reduction in class size increases the probability that they will be on - task and positively engaged in learning.

EPA guidelines for vehicle size class stipulate a car having combined passenger and cargo room of 110 to 119.9 cubic feet (3,110 to 3,400 L) is considered a compact car, and as such the tenth generation Civic sedan is technically a small - end compact car, although it still competes in the compact class.

As a result, the small estate car class has shrunk in size even when compared to just a couple of years ago.

For example, the TV size is smaller than some other airlines have in their First Class cabins (the Asiana A380 First Class one is more than twice as big) and I feel like the foot rest could be a little bigger, but that's not to say that it's small by any means.