Sentences with phrase «high school building project»

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The collapse poses a headache for Theresa May's government, which had employed Carillion to work on 450 projects including the building and maintenance of hospitals, schools, defence sites and a high - speed rail line.

In regard to infrastructure, the Party has provided $ 11.3 billion over ten years to municipalities so they can plan in advance to manage growth; delivered a twenty - year strategic plan to catch up on high priority infrastructure projects; and committed an average of $ 6 billion annually to build, maintain, and repair schools, hospitals, highways, urban transit, universities, colleges, parks, and senior care facilities.

Shepherd is a lot better than his small school would suggest, but he might end up this year's version of Tanoh Kpassagnon: a small school building project with a high upside.

With another grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Roseman and her colleagues are leading work on a new curriculum project that builds on the THSB project to focus on energy concepts in high school biology.

Building on its work at the middle school level, Project 2061 has been funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to develop a six - week curriculum unit for high school biology students.

He is co-founder of Project Building Excitement for Science and Technology (BEST), an afterschool program for junior high school students.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Responsible for implementing the full project, Portuguese technology design company, JP - Inspiring Knowledge (JP - IK), has chosen the award - winning NetSupport School to be bundled with the devices to allow the Kenyan schools to provide a high - quality learning environment for their students in technology - led teaching and learning — as well as being able to support and manage school devices via the built - in Technicians» CoSchool to be bundled with the devices to allow the Kenyan schools to provide a high - quality learning environment for their students in technology - led teaching and learning — as well as being able to support and manage school devices via the built - in Technicians» Coschool devices via the built - in Technicians» Console.

The project was delivered on time in a challenging timescale despite exceptionally high levels of rainfall during the programme, and the green field site immediately adjacent to the original school was highly constrained which made the building installation phase more complex.

To launch the home project with high engagement, McMillian had her students help with a Habitat for Humanity building project for a former student from their own high school.

At Mc2STEM High School, integrated project - based learning and real - world internship experiences build the crucial link between academic achievement and future economic success.

The project, Changing the Subject: The New Urban High School Project, builds on the U.S. Department of Education's New American High Schools program, which this past spring recognized 10 high schools for their efforts to integrate vocational and academic learning throughout the curproject, Changing the Subject: The New Urban High School Project, builds on the U.S. Department of Education's New American High Schools program, which this past spring recognized 10 high schools for their efforts to integrate vocational and academic learning throughout the curricHigh School Project, builds on the U.S. Department of Education's New American High Schools program, which this past spring recognized 10 high schools for their efforts to integrate vocational and academic learning throughout the curProject, builds on the U.S. Department of Education's New American High Schools program, which this past spring recognized 10 high schools for their efforts to integrate vocational and academic learning throughout the curricHigh Schools program, which this past spring recognized 10 high schools for their efforts to integrate vocational and academic learning throughout the curSchools program, which this past spring recognized 10 high schools for their efforts to integrate vocational and academic learning throughout the currichigh schools for their efforts to integrate vocational and academic learning throughout the curschools for their efforts to integrate vocational and academic learning throughout the curricula.

The comings and goings at the Build SF studio continue throughout the afternoon as students arrive from their morning high school classes, go to work on their various projects, or move on to their assigned mentorships.

«Jobs» for Community Improve Skills At one high school, community projects are the key to building reading and math skills that enable students to pass basic standards tests, a graduation requirement.

Scratch is very versatile that way — while elementary students get a lot out of it, it's also used by middle and high school students to build projects with increased complexity.

By putting staff and students at Phoenix High School in control of their new building project, Hammersmith & City now has one of the most iconic and functional sixth forms in the country

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

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.

The Big Lottery Fund has a funding programme aimed at projects which help people and communities most in need, and The Wolfson Foundation awards approximately # 1.75 million each year to high - achieving state - funded secondary schools and sixth - form colleges for building or equipment projects related to the teaching of science and technology.

Building strategically on Education Week's reputation as the «must read» independent news source for leaders, educators, and policy experts in pre-K through high school, Editorial Projects in Education has extended its reach by serving readers, users, viewers, and clients across an array of platforms — from mobile devices to newsprint and magazine - style reports; from broadcast and Web video to webinars and live events; from targeted e-newsletters on selected topics to the online TopSchoolJobs recruitment service.

This investigation will outline the major components of the first phase of a larger project designed to build and test a body of evidence - based strategies and practices that can ultimately be adopted by a broad range of elementary, middle and high schools.

She currently leads evaluations of child welfare interventions targeting parents for the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self - Sufficiency — Next Generation project, a digital writing and feedback intervention in New York City high schools called Drive to Write, and a smartphone application to promote father engagement that is part of the Building Bridges and Bonds study, among others.

As innovative assessments are administered and used for accountability and reporting in participating schools, states in the demonstration authority can apply lessons learned from implementation to improve their innovative systems and take these projects to scale, building a new statewide assessment system over 5 years - one that is high - quality, fair, and worth taking.

Managers of the Los Angeles school district's massive program to build 160 new schools and expand and repair hundreds of existing campuses are forecasting a possible funding shortfall as high as $ 2.5 billion, just as the multiyear project approaches its halfway point.

Spearheading the project to build that system was Josh Garcia, a former principal and high school math teacher who arrived in Tacoma as deputy superintendent in July 2012.

Project BOOST (Building Options and Opportunities for Students) is a program targeted at late elementary, middle and high school students who have demonstrated academic talent but come from disadvantaged neighborhoods where they do not have the opportunity to develop their talents.

He has pushed for state - of - the - art learning environments — breaking ground on a $ 230 million project to build two new high schools, and securing a $ 3.5 million grant from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation to design student - centered, blended instruction.

By this fall, projected enrollment will exceed building capacity in all of the ward's public elementary, middle and high schools except for Hearst Elementary, which will be overfilled by fall 2020 at the latest.

Through an innovative technology solution built in partnership by UBS, the Tennessee College Access and Success Network and Discovery Education, The TalentED Project establishes an online community of college access and admissions professionals to match high - potential students with schools that increase their likelihood of graduation and future success.

The English High School, Boston This project aims to build a school - wide culture of literacy by developing a sustainable model of supplemental literacy instruction, engaging students as co-teachers and co-designers in the development of that model, and creating a professional learning community to support ELA teachers in building literacy communities in their own classSchool, Boston This project aims to build a school - wide culture of literacy by developing a sustainable model of supplemental literacy instruction, engaging students as co-teachers and co-designers in the development of that model, and creating a professional learning community to support ELA teachers in building literacy communities in their own classschool - wide culture of literacy by developing a sustainable model of supplemental literacy instruction, engaging students as co-teachers and co-designers in the development of that model, and creating a professional learning community to support ELA teachers in building literacy communities in their own classrooms.

High Point Academy Spartanburg (HPAS) will be a community - centered school built on the principles of honor, integrity and service where academic excellence, STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) education, fine arts and a project - based, applied learning style of instruction produces an educational environment rich in creativity, innovation and achievement.

During middle school, for example, students from elementary schools that had implemented the Developmental Studies Center's Child Development Project — a program that emphasizes community building — were found to outperform middle school students from comparison elementary schools on academic outcomes (higher grade - point averages and achievement test scores), teacher ratings of behavior (better academic engagement, respectful behavior, and social skills), and self - reported misbehavior (less misconduct in school and fewer delinquent acts)(Battistich, 2001).

The Service - Learning and Linked Learning will be the basis of the YPI Valley Public Charter High School's educational focus and build on core strengths from the Bert Corona Charter School (service learning) and the San Fernando Institute for Applied Media Pilot School (project - based learning), and the strong technology resources provided by the Youth Policy Institute for families in the community.

Rather it's an after - school program that builds creative, community - based projects for kids in high - poverty communities.

On class sizes, he said that the «reason we have so many kids educated in class sizes over 30 is (because) the Government has raided the budget to build schools in areas in high demand to fund the free school project.

Similarly, the National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education, or NAATE, which provides specialized professional growth opportunities for educators, works to retain teachers and school leaders through opportunities to grow in data - driven instruction techniques, peer leadership, and communication and feedback.32 Building on past professional learning successes via its network of teacher leaders in 185 sites, the National Writing Project's, or NWP's, College Ready Writers Program demonstrated that teachers will commit to and participate in high quality professional development that helps them strategize approaches to teach argument writing using nonfiction texts and provided adaptable classroom materials.

But DCPS has been spending hundreds of millions building and renovating buildings, particularly high schools, and it's not clear how much more money will be available for such projects.

In April 2015, Excel broke ground on the our history: a project to build a new school facility for Excel Academy Charter High Sschool facility for Excel Academy Charter High SchoolSchool.

In fact many elementary schools focus on PBL projects that would fit in steps 1 and 2; so if PBL is built into the scope and sequence of the entire life of a student, one can only imagine the amazing things students can do at the middle - grades level, let alone in high school.

The ISEP project has built a model of a STEM Ecosystem structure involving students and their families from the Buffalo Public Schools at middle and high school levels.

The project between the Copper River School District and Kodiak had teams work across districts to design, build, and launch pre-earthquake sensors into high altitude as an experiment in gathering sensitive data for the project.

The home building project helps at - risk youth successfully transition from school to the workforce while rebuilding their communities, helping participants work toward a high school diploma or GED while gaining experience in the construction industry.

In fact, as Hemmings reports, it was the students of that very high school course who built the Ford F - 100 as a class project.

The Shop took notice of actor Sung Kang's «Project Underdog,» a ’72 Maverick built by the actor and a team of aspiring automotive technicians from Alhambra High School in Alhambra, California.

Detroit high school students got the rare opportunity to build a replica Shelby Daytona Coupe as part of a class project.

Finally, I've been working on two public art projects, «The Whispering Parabolas» (in which two massive parabolas will be built on opposite ends of the Central Park Reservoir, to facilitate intimate conversations in the middle of Manhattan), and «10,000 Windows,» in cooperation with the students of La Guardia High School.

Cooper Union has demonstrated a long history committed to to service to society, and there are a number of existing initiatives that continue to build community from the Saturday art program for high school students, to the Interactive Light Studio, an outreach project where engineering students are working to create a digital display that responds to sound, which will be installed at local public school for deaf and hearing children.

In 1961, I was a high school student, and a radio ham, and the youngster sitting in the back of the room at Project OSCAR meetings, watching my mentors design and build the world's first non-government communications satellite.

The other being built by High School students who are members of ACE — mentor program as a project for the homeless and being donated to the homeless outreach, Joppa, which desires to create a Tiny House Community for the homeless in the area.