Sentences with phrase «high book report»

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Guests who believe they have experienced racism while using Airbnb may report instances of discrimination to the company or accept Instant Booking listings at a higher price than normal, but there's currently no policy in place to put them on a level playing field with other white guests.

Online travel services company Expedia reported a 23.2 percent rise in fourth - quarter revenue, helped by higher gross bookings.

Online travel services company Expedia did report a 23.2 percent rise in fourth - quarter revenue, helped by higher gross bookings.

Voices from the left and the right slammed former FBI director James Comey over the revelations in his new book, «A Higher Loyalty,» USA Today reports.

A 2012 Credit Suisse Research Institute report evaluated the performance of 2,360 companies globally over six years and found that companies with one or more women on boards delivered higher average returns on equity, lower leverage, better average growth and higher price / book value multiples.

Merle M. Ohlsen describes group counseling of adolescents and children in schools.9 Helen Driver reports on two groups for high school seniors, three groups for college students, and four leaderless teachers» groups.10 The second part of Driver's book reports on forty - four projects using small groups in elementary, high school, college, and graduate professional schools (as well as mental health settings), as described by the leaders of each group.

The National Research Council report («A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society») reminded me of Jerry because his life seemed to refute one of the book's principle claims: that the «culture of poverty» has little or nothing to do with persistently high rates of black poverty.

usmanov supporter or not has repeatedly said that if and when he gets his 30 % it will allow him to look at the books and as discussed to an extent on Radio 5 live last night and in the The Swiss Ramble report, even if the figures are not quite correct there is no doubt that our wage bill on players alone is far too high as so many have little or no transfer value, yet are on pretty big wages.

The study noted that the request by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) to request inclusion of spirit / cheerleading in the High School Reporting Information Online (RIO), an Internet - based high school sports injury surveillance system, the NFHS Spirit Rules Book, a valuable resource for high school coaches updated annually, and the Cheerleading Safety Manual and Spirit Safety Certifications for coaches offered by the Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators in collaboration with the NFHS were all «positive steps... to improve cheerleading safety.&raHigh School Associations (NFHS) to request inclusion of spirit / cheerleading in the High School Reporting Information Online (RIO), an Internet - based high school sports injury surveillance system, the NFHS Spirit Rules Book, a valuable resource for high school coaches updated annually, and the Cheerleading Safety Manual and Spirit Safety Certifications for coaches offered by the Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators in collaboration with the NFHS were all «positive steps... to improve cheerleading safety.&raHigh School Reporting Information Online (RIO), an Internet - based high school sports injury surveillance system, the NFHS Spirit Rules Book, a valuable resource for high school coaches updated annually, and the Cheerleading Safety Manual and Spirit Safety Certifications for coaches offered by the Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators in collaboration with the NFHS were all «positive steps... to improve cheerleading safety.&rahigh school sports injury surveillance system, the NFHS Spirit Rules Book, a valuable resource for high school coaches updated annually, and the Cheerleading Safety Manual and Spirit Safety Certifications for coaches offered by the Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators in collaboration with the NFHS were all «positive steps... to improve cheerleading safety.&rahigh school coaches updated annually, and the Cheerleading Safety Manual and Spirit Safety Certifications for coaches offered by the Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators in collaboration with the NFHS were all «positive steps... to improve cheerleading safety.»

Reports of academic dishonesty — within prestigious universities, on high school exit exams, by authors of bestselling books — have been widespread this fall.

First, let me point out that while you're right that I did some of my reporting for the book at a public charter school and a private school, I reported in more depth at two traditional public schools (Fenger High in Chicago and I.S. 318 in Brooklyn).

Spitzer spent some $ 100,000 on high - priced prostitutes from the Emperors Club VIP, once ordering three women for separate interludes on the same day, the book says in one of the more bawdy details that was not previously reported.

More than 2 1/2 years after these laws went on the books, repeat concussions began to decline among high school athletes, researchers report online October 19 in the American Journal of Public Health.

[BOX 3: Grants and Contracts] Financial Statements, 1957 - 1959 Financial Reports, 1957 - 1959 Financial Statements, 1958 Financial Reports 1960-1961 1962 1963 1964-1965 1966-1967 Report on Review of Source Data Preparation for Accounting Purposes, Oct. 1961 AAAS Budgets, 1968 - 1969 Financial Reports, 1968 - 1969 Financial Statements and Accountant's Opinion, 1969 Financial Statements and Accountant's Opinion, 1970 Financial Reports, 1970 - 1971 Financial Reports, 1972 Financial Reports from Operations, 1979 Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 1974 and Projections to 1963 Report for Examination of Financial Statements and Additional Information, 1983 - 1984 Closed out Funds and Stocks AAAS Grants Committee, 1955 AID Audit - Mexico City, 1974 Asia Foundation, 1955 - 1975 Boston Concerts Carnegie Corp. - Grant to AAAS for Science Teaching Improvement Program Graham Chedd - Contract [3 folders], 1973 - 1977 DOS - AID Irene Tinker, 1973 - 1977 RISM Research for the Study of Man, 1973 - 1977 Smithsonian, 1971 - 1977 Audit, 1973 - 1977 Close Out, 1976 - 1978 GE Grant - Regional Consultants on Science Teaching, 1956 Gordon Marshall, Exhibits Contract, 1952 National Endowment of the Arts, 1973 NSF Grant - Soviet Science, 1952 Training Talented Students, 1955 Travelling High School Library, 1956 Gordon Conference on Teacher Education, 1956 Junior Academies Workshop, 1957 Proposal to NSF for Development of Science Teaching Materials for Elementary and Junior High Schools, 1961 Progress Report to the NSF on the Holiday Science Lecture Program, 1963 Proposal to the NSF for 1964 Visiting Foreign Staff Project, 1963 NSF - US - Japan Comparative Science Program, 1963 NSF - US - Japan Cooperative Science Program, 1964 WGBH, 1972 Willis Shapley, Contract Agreement, Oct. 1978 DHEW - Barrier Free Meetings, Oct. 1977 CBS News - Conquest Program Series, 1959 MISCO Contract - original, 1972 Basic Books Publishing - New Roads to Yesterday, 1963 - 1966

Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. recipient Qi Shen's bio already reads like a seasoned professor's: 15 journal publications — including work in the high - impact Journal of Applied Physics and Nature's Scientific Reports — book chapters, more than a dozen conference papers, and four patents.

In the wake of a relatively weak opening for Jennifer's Body, Variety reports that Cody has just signed on to write and produce a movie based on Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High teen book series for Universal Pictures.

As sophisticated as del Toro can be in blending the supernatural with the sexy (the eroticism here will catch you off guard), this film's Cold War intrigue plays like a high schooler's book report.

We moved on to reliving the past by proxy, the worst kind of evil, the kind that thinks its doing the right thing, and an unconventional choice for a book report Taylor made in high school that is reflected, albeit briefly, in the film.

In a book that Smerdon and Borman would curate for the Urban Institute in 2009, Saving America's High Schools, many of the members of the research team expanded on the findings from the Gates report, offering a wealth of specific findings for many of the larger districts receiving Gates funds.

Indeed, in our recent book, Failing Our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Education High - Ability Students, we reported the same dual accomplishment in the Federal Republic.

The Leadership Conference Education Fund reports that African American families consider ensuring that students have access to computers and other technology in school the second - highest priority for additional school funding (after ensuring that there are enough books and instructional materials), with 94 percent saying it is one of the most important or very important uses.

* The University of New Hampshire's high prices are an extreme example of rising college costs, Stateline reports: http://bit.ly/1PNC4Xj * New book accuses Education Dept. of fudging numbers on student - loan defaults, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports: http://bit.ly/1PBlTSV * SUNY Poly expansions in Plattsburgh, Chautauqua County get $ 325 million in state budget proposal, The Albany...

The report's author, Professor Keith Topping comments: «This year's findings reveal that, strikingly, children read their favourite books at a much higher level of difficulty and with a greater level of comprehension than those recommended to them.

* Jon McGee discusses his new book on «the changing marketplace for higher education», Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1TlmmrQ * The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may not change the outcome on affirmative action, including higher education, Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1PzjRPS * Obama's recently released 2017 fiscal year budget promises more mohigher education», Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1TlmmrQ * The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may not change the outcome on affirmative action, including higher education, Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1PzjRPS * Obama's recently released 2017 fiscal year budget promises more moHigher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1TlmmrQ * The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia may not change the outcome on affirmative action, including higher education, Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1PzjRPS * Obama's recently released 2017 fiscal year budget promises more mohigher education, Inside Higher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1PzjRPS * Obama's recently released 2017 fiscal year budget promises more moHigher Ed reports: http://bit.ly/1PzjRPS * Obama's recently released 2017 fiscal year budget promises more money...

Regardless of whether one feels that a general lack of positive outcomes tends to discredit these programs, one can not overlook the fact that the reports about their effectiveness consistently identify three specific opportunities to increase reading achievement: an increased availability of high interest books, sustained wide area reading, and opportunities for students to share their reading experiences with others (Eriksson, 2002; Krashen, 2002).

During the talk, titled «The Elusive Quest for Ambitious Schooling: Limits and Possibilities of the American High School,» Mehta reported on his book - length research on fostering «deeper learning» in American public schools.

In their chapter in the new book, Black Female Teachers: Diversifying the United States» Teacher Workforce, the authors look at Black teacher attrition, reporting that Black teacher turnover rates are significantly higher than those of other teachers.

In the same issue, however, another librarian reported seeing «parents take books away from children because they didn't have a high point value and therefore weren't worth reading.»

Her approach is simple yet provocative: affirm the reader in every student, allow students to choose their own books, carve out extra reading time, model authentic reading behaviors, discard timeworn reading assignments such as book reports and comprehension worksheets, and develop a classroom library filled with high - interest books.

This year's report includes a list of students» highest - rated book picks in each grade and top educator picks for different age groups.

The widespread use of electronic grade books, strongly aligned benchmark assessment systems and report generators that provide analytics more aligned to the critical questions teachers want to ask, are reducing the high hurdles and frustrations experienced by teachers and make it easier for them to assimilate the practice in real time, not dependent on seat time in a course.

In their book, «School Choice: The New Improved Sorting Machine,» Moore and Davenport report the study of public high school choice that found «Most families did not understand the complex process.

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, in its Full Text Internet Library (http://ericae.net/ftlib.htm), has assembled high - quality books, reports, journal articles, newsletter articles, and papers dealing with educational measurement and evaluation.

-- Jonathon Wood looks at some upmarket Hillmans and Humbers — better known as Sunbeam - Talbots / Books For Christmas — The Automobile's guide to the very best of festive old - car reading / Cars In My Life — Chris Gordon concludes his motoring memoirs / Six Of The Best Norman Painting on Morris's first off - roader / Deep South — Michael Worthington - Williams heads off to the land of cotton on the trail of the Hanson / Italian High Performer — Part One of Edward Eve's reassessment of Alfa Romeo's immortal six - cylinder power plant / By Nash To Merano — Mike Bullett and Sandy Burnett report on the recent Alpine Raid by Frazer Nash enthusiasts.

Our selection of exclusive BMWs come with a complete Story Book featuring vehicle service history, accident and claim history verified by a CarProof report, and a copy of all work we have done to recondition and certify this car to our high standards.

Book sales, they report «continued to be strong, with high single - digit growth in the quarter due to a combination of popular titles and a growing trend for adult colouring books.»

Books appear quickly on Amazon via CS and while author royalties are slightly higher, some authors reported print quality to be better at IngramSpark.

In fact, the single highest - earning title reported to me was an indie original by a previously unpublished writer with no other books available to date.

One of the things that struck me, and probably many others, about his report and its conclusions, is that self - pubbed titles tend to average higher review ratings than trad - pubbed books.

The importance of increasing access to books in schools was highlighted in the most recent Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report which found that children ages 6 — 17 from lower - income households are more likely to read books for fun in school and far less likely to read books outside of school than their higher - income peers.

In a finding that speaks to the vital role that libraries play, it was those libraries that serve rural communities that reported the highest book circulation numbers, largely due to the lack of bookstores in these communities and the unavailability of «one day delivery lockers» or Sunday delivery from online retailers.

With transcripts of interviews, newspaper clippings, autopsy reports and diary excerpts, the book appears to document a high school shooting that took place in a suburban community sometime after the D.C. sniper rampage.

Simon & Schuster have released their financial results and the publisher has reported that for the three months ended September 30, 2015, Publishing revenues increased $ 4 million, or 2 %, to $ 203 million from $ 199 million for the same prior - year period, reflecting higher book sales.

Long term (over 30 days) or permanently bargain priced books remain on the site permanently unless author requests removal or the book is reported as priced higher than $ 3.

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These high schoolers are more likely than other age groups to use the library, including for research and book - borrowing,» said Kathryn Zickuhr of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, a co-author of the report.

Closing this report of the highest earning book authors, at number 10 we have J.K Rowling ($ 10 million).

WH Smith has just reported an 8 % in profit in the 12 months to the end of August 2015, compared to the year before, with «coloring therapy» books helping to deliver a strong second half for the high street sector of the business.

The report's author, Professor Keith Topping comments: «This year's findings reveal that, strikingly, children read their favourite books at a much higher level of difficulty and with a greater level of comprehension than those recommended to them.

«Shelf Awareness has reported that in response to the direct competition, which is across the 466,000 books that Overstock supplies, Amazon.com has begun discounting the price of hardback books much higher than before.