Sentences with phrase «high class problem»

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So should too much talent be a problem, it would be an extraordinarily high - class problem and one that usually doesn't occur.

While Madigan would have Illinoisans believe it would only be a tax increase on the rich, recent history and Illinois» spending problems dictate the middle class would face tax hikes under a progressive tax system — where income is taxed at increasingly higher rates, rather than the current flat rate of 4.95 percent.

A novel concept at the time, High Resolution Fundraising was put forth as a means to solve one of the hardest chicken - and - egg problems faced by nearly all fundraising companies: in an asset class historically dominated by social validation, how do you get someone to be your first investor?

Economic class differences in the U.S. have caused problems — frequently racial ones — at cheap or free - admission high school events.

Saturday is set to see the long - awaited return of Kenya's world 800m record - holder Rudisha following knee injury problems as he lines up as part of a high - class field including world indoor and outdoor champion Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia and Botswana's Olympic silver medallist Nijel Amos.

«Research on both inequality across schools and tracking within schools has suggested that students in more affluent schools and top tracks are given the kind of problem - solving education that befits the future managerial class, whereas students in lower tracks and higher - poverty schools are given the kind of rule - following tasks that mirror much of factory and other working - class work.»

Two days ago it seemed sure that the worst homework assignment of the year would be the «go on a date with a classmate and act ladylike» assignment from a Utah Financial Literacy class, but the week isn't even out yet, and a Pennsylvania math teacher is joining the competition with a high school math problem about sexual assault.

You probably remember your advanced high school math classes as having these kinds of problems.

One Glenbard East High School official called the loitering «a monumental problem,» prompting Village President William Mueller to announce increased police bicycle patrols near the school once classes resume.

The only doctor most women will see anaesthetist unless the midwife detects any problems or the mother is classed as high risk due to medical problems or due to previous problems with births.

NANCY MOHRBACHER, IBCLC: Actually, there's an easy solution to this high - class problem.

«Year after year we have seen cuts or small increases that haven't kept up with inflation,» said Ms. James, who bemoaned a list of problems with city schools including large class sizes, schools closing, the high drop out rate for children of color and cuts to music and arts programming.

Many of the high - ranking bureaucrats Mayor Bill de Blasio has charged with correcting New York City's «tale of two cities» income inequality problem are themselves members of the wealth - agglomerating class.

The goal is to «have high quality online content which allows the students to learn at their own pace, pause, reflect, practice,» Koller said, «and then they come to class for something that is much more about active learning, problem solving, and debate and is much more engaging.»

Hagen had been assigning this problem in quantum mechanics class and had found that the approximate value approached the exact one more closely for higher energy states.

Comprising a comprehensive research and development network, a merit - based academic society and a system of higher education, CAS brings together scientists and engineers from China and around the world to address both theoretical and applied problems using world - class scientific and management approaches.

Surprisingly, the risk of heart attack associated with opioids was even higher than that seen with Vioxx and other COX - 2 inhibitors, a class of drugs that has been plagued by concerns about heart problems, including heart attack.

They found that people who ate a diet high in carotenoids (a class of antioxidants found in brightly colored vegetables) had a 43 % lower risk of vision problems.

This class is designed to address the common ailments of the western lifestyle: stress, inactivity, overweight, knee problems, back problems, repetetive stress conditions, arthritis, high blood pressure — the list goes on.

If you've never run farther than the mandatory mile in your high school Phys Ed class, no problem.

You can curl up in a coach class airplane seat, legroom is never a problem, and you can wear the highest heels in the world and not tower over your man.

And while it might sound like a high - class problem, there's the business of managing all those ever - present servants, who insist on calling her «Mrs. Grey,» mirroring the formal way they address her spouse.

In today's theatrical environment, that's the definition of a high - class problem.

The only problem is, they get in each other's way every chance they get, especially when they're teamed up to infiltrate a high class dog show in an effort to save the panda.

Michele Naber, who teaches regular and AP biology at Mission Viejo High School, in Mission Viejo, California, assigns MIT's practice problems to her students as in - class assignments and on tests.

To supplement high school AP - prep classes, the Web site compiles material relevant to all three subjects, including video clips, exam questions, and practice problems.

When Jeff Weitz, a high school physics teacher at Horace Mann School, in Riverdale, New York, had to miss class for a conference, he considered assigning his students a problem set to complete in his absence.

This isn't a new problem — I suspect that most teachers, when they were first studying Julius Caesar in their high school years, saw the language as an obstacle, just as their classes do today.

Another high school teacher, who teamed up with a university class to work on an electronics problem, said students «like to be presented with problems that are real, not a textbook experiment.»

Cambridge, MA — A new study finds that 8th grade students in the U.S. score higher on standardized tests in math and science when their teachers allocate greater amounts of class time to lecture - style presentations than to group problem - solving activities.

The class is The History of American Higher Education, and the goal is for students to study the development of higher education in America as a way to understand the origins of contemporary problems and pracHigher Education, and the goal is for students to study the development of higher education in America as a way to understand the origins of contemporary problems and prachigher education in America as a way to understand the origins of contemporary problems and practices.

After class, I can check their high scores and the amount of time spent on task, and see which math problems were causing the most confusion — which helps me plan better lessons in future.

In a high school setting, this involves communicating with all of the teachers who take classes in which the problem occurs.

Tenth - grade world history students interview Chinese immigrants and record their stories; ninth - grade physical science students design and strength - test mock airplane wings; junior English students research, write, and illustrate children's nonfiction picture books; algebra students of all grades investigate a public - transit problem and propose solutions to city officials; sophomore geometry students build scale models of museums they've designed; students across the grades in an environmental - stewardship class raise public awareness of a polluted river — all are examples of academically challenging projects that also manage to engage the minds, hands, and hearts of most high school students across a wide range of abilities and interests.

As a result, the problem the law sought to tackle is still dire: Students in high - poverty schools, a national survey has shown, are twice as likely to have their most important classes taught by teachers without proper certification.

When faced with a persistent bullying problem at Burton Tech High School, the student, faculty, and administration decided to do something big: they devoted a whole class period for an entire school year, from August until June, to bullying prevention.

Jasmine Reed, a 9th grader at John Hope College Preparatory High School, writes a word problem on the board in Nicolette Norris» Algebra 1 class.

At Carver High School in New Orleans, the percentage of teachers responding that fighting among students is a serious problem at the school decreased by 60 - percentage - points since 2009, and the percentage of teachers saying that students cutting classes is a serious problem decreased by 50 - percentage - points.

• More fulfilled and dedicated in and to their profession • They center teaching around the student • Willing to meet the needs of their students through new methods • Able to persist when things don't go as planned • Able to perceive their student's learning levels • More frequent in offering assistance to students with learning problems and to help them become more successful • Less likely to submit students with learning problems for special services • Able to set higher goals and expect more from students • Work longer with students who are falling behind • Able to teach students in such a way that the students outperform other classes • A predictor of success for students on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, the Canadian Achievement Test, and the Ontario Assessment Instrument Pool (Trull, 2004)

More importantly, given that rates of suspensions can be as high in mostly - black schools run by black principals (and overseen by superintendents), it's hard to argue whether the problem is one of racial bigotry (as implied by Duncan in his announcement), a matter of class bias (just as likely), or haphazard school and district policies.

As students progress from elementary school through high school, they need to rely on reading comprehension not only for their literature classes, but also for solving mathematical word problems and understanding texts in science, social studies, and other subjects.

The rules requiring waiver states to submit plans for providing poor and minority children with high - quality teachers was unworkable because it doesn't address the supply problem at the heart of the teacher quality issues facing American public education; the fact that state education departments would have to battle with teachers» union affiliates, suburban districts, and the middle - class white families those districts serve made the entire concept a non-starter.

Studies of high school economics classes showed that students taught with project - based units not only learned more economics content, but they also learned to be better problem solvers in economics (Finkelstein, Hanson, Huang, Hirschman, & Huang, 2010; Mergendoller, Maxwell, & Bellisimo, 2006).

Students tackle an algebra III problem during an AVID / TOPS class at East High School last spring.

higher level, critical thinking activities and problem based learning in class that couldn't have been assigned as homework

Putting their heads together to define the process and identify strategies for higher levels of thinking for problem solving resulted in 100 % mastery across all six classes of sixth graders... year after year after year.

Spread out among the retro - chic sofas and love seats of the Bar Hygge brewpub in Philadelphia's gentrified Fairmount neighborhood, a class of ninth - graders from Vaux Big Picture High School listens to restaurant co-owner Stew Keener talk about the collaboration and problem - solving that occurs on a daily basis in the food business.

So without a lecture to listen to, he and his classmates at Segerstrom Fundamental High School spend class time doing practice problems in small groups, taking quizzes, explaining the concept to other students, reciting equation formulas in a loud chorus, and making their own videos while teacher Crystal Kirch buzzes from desk to desk to help pupils who are having trouble.

Rhee has repeatedly claimed that the problem facing American education is not a lack of money, despite the fact that in Connecticut, at least, the lack of sufficient resources means urban students face larger class sizes, fewer options and middle - income and working families end up paying unfairly high local property taxes.

All VBCPS 10th - grade students are required to participate in an online SAT course through Khan Academy, and they have the opportunity to take part in SAT courses and prep classes offered at each of the division's high schools that build vocabulary, critical reading and writing skills as well as help students develop test - taking and problem - solving strategies.