Sentences with phrase «higher admissions into»

One study reported that states with medical marijuana dispensaries had higher rates of both marijuana and alcohol use, as well as higher admissions into alcohol treatment facilities.

Not exact matches

Again, the very frank admissions of weakness or stupidity or lack of faith or downright blindness and disloyalty on the part of the disciples are sometimes explained as due to Peter's lifelong penitent self - accusation: he could not recall incidents from the life of his Master without breaking into tears once more, as once he did outside the high priest's house in Jerusalem.

After 28 years working to get kids into college, Thacker left his job as a high school counselor in 2004 to write «College Unranked: Ending the College Admissions Frenzy» and found the Education Conservancy, through which he is building a broad - based reform coalition of educators at both the supply (high school) and demand (college) sides of the equation.

On topic questions included: what defines a «community school», whether community schools are only located in low - income neighborhoods, whether there is a plan to extend universal pre-K to three year olds, how much more expensive community schools are to operate than «regular» schools, why was the UFT not at this announcement, whether academic gains are expected from community schools and how will such gains be measured, what programs are added to «regular» schools as they are converted into «community» schools, potential changes to the admissions process for specialized high schools and whether the seats announced today are new programs or new spaces.

The Federal Government Thursday scrapped the conduct of post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for candidates seeking admission into higher institution.

But the Department of Education plans to move a high school without specialized admissions requirements from elsewhere in Manhattan into the space instead, said Lenny Speiller, the DOE's executive director of public affairs.

Plans are already underway to turn Hughes elementary into the Syracuse Latin School, which will offer a classical curriculum to high - achieving students who pass an admissions exam.

They also hope that university admissions officers consider taking into account what applicants «know» (for example, what they learned in their high school elective classes), in addition to their grades and standardized test scores.

The effects of high - stakes testing programs on outcomes such as retention, graduation, and admission into academic programs are different from the results of using grades alone.

* If the ACT and College Board folks build the Common Core into their widely used college - admissions tests, as seems likely, will these new consortium - based assessments even be needed at the high school level?

The OECD folks offer some explanations, terming Shanghai a «leader in reform» and citing in particular its near - universal education system, its competitiveness (including admission both to universities and to the best secondary schools), a very high level of student engagement, a modernized assessment system, an ambitious new curriculum, and a program of intervention into weak schools.

Besides Finland's 50 - plus «special» high schools (which a local expert says «can just as well be called schools for the gifted and talented»), we found — especially in metropolitan Helsinki — an underground network of families jockeying to get their little ones into primary and middle schools that have impressive track records of high school and university admission.

The test - refusal rate was also very low in New York City, where state tests factor into middle and high school admissions and gifted - and - talented placement.

Young people in the United States today, she says, are suffering because of «school stress, the college admissions process, high - stakes testing, cutthroat competition, the emphasis on stardom rather than on enjoyment of activities, sleep deprivation, parental pressure, the push for perfectionism, the need for escapism, the Age of Comparison, [and] the loss of leisure and childhood...» Among her favorite culprits for this state of affairs are testing in general, the SAT in particular, the «Nation at Risk» report, and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which she believes turned elementary schools and junior high schools into testing factories.

Daniel Follmer had been working in undergraduate admissions for seven years when he decided to enroll in HGSE's Higher Education Program (HEP) with the hope of gaining a better understanding of how the work he was doing fit into the broader educational landscape.

Traditional public schools have their own built - in barriers to admission, starting with zip code: You don't have to write an essay to get into a high - performing suburban school, but you do have to belong to a household with the means to buy or rent in that neighborhood.

Thus, taking travel distance and local neighborhood demographics into account, a public school of choice that over represents white middle - class students based on the results of unconstrained lotteries might, instead, dispense offers of admission based on lotteries in which students from low - income families or families from neighborhoods in which blacks predominate have higher odds of selection.

If you're already looking ahead and know what college you or your child would one day like to apply to, our high school schedule planners take into account the college admission requirements of any schools you may be considering.

High - performing countries tend to have more rigorous selection processes for admission into teacher preparation programs compared with the processes in the United States.7 A program can be selective in many ways: It can admit only a small number of candidates; it can set a high bar for admission; or it can include qualitative or performance - based assessments of a candidate's knowledge and skiHigh - performing countries tend to have more rigorous selection processes for admission into teacher preparation programs compared with the processes in the United States.7 A program can be selective in many ways: It can admit only a small number of candidates; it can set a high bar for admission; or it can include qualitative or performance - based assessments of a candidate's knowledge and skihigh bar for admission; or it can include qualitative or performance - based assessments of a candidate's knowledge and skills.

This form enters your student into Collegiate Charter High School of Los Angeles» admissions lottery for 9th grade for 2018 - 2019.

This process continues into 8th grade and includes high school visits, hosting admission staff, application and interview prep, and placement assistance.

Under one scenario, families moving into a new home would not know for sure which elementary, middle or high schools their children would attend because admissions would be based on a form of lottery.

Vladovic noted the importance of reclassifying before students enter high school so that they are equipped to pass the A-G coursework required for graduation and admission into California's public universities.

Many elite colleges and universities no longer offer undergraduate teacher preparation programs, and many teacher preparation programs are housed within less selective colleges.5 Nonetheless, the academic profiles of teaching candidates in regional comprehensive universities are high relative to other programs offered in those schools.6 Furthermore, many teacher preparation programs do not have admission criteria beyond those of their home institution, and only have access to a pool of candidates already admitted to the overarching college or university.7 For these reasons among others, the average SAT scores of students going into education have historically been lower than those of their peers entering other professions, although there is some evidence that this is shifting.8

For high schools: College, Career and Military Readiness indicators, including students meeting the Texas Success Initiative benchmarks in reading or math; students who satisfy relevant performance standards on Advanced Placement or similar exams, students who earn dual - course credits, students who enlist in the military, students who earn an industry certification, students admitted into postsecondary certification programs that have as an admission requirement successful performance at the secondary level, students who successfully complete college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high school.

While the Los Angeles Unified School District continues to drive toward higher and higher graduation rates, district data provided to The 74 and LA School Report show that more than half of last year's graduating seniors received grades that made them ineligible for admission into California's public universities.

At the K - 12 level, in the near term, there would be widespread unhappiness with high schools, some of whose graduates could no longer gain admission to college, and that unhappiness would reverberate into middle and elementary schools that have been promoting students willy - nilly.

Sedlacek has studied non-traditional students and how their status impacts their admissions into higher education

Admission into a CAEP - accredited (formerly NCATE) education program requires candidates to hold a Bachelor's degree (or higher) from an accredited institution.

It leads off with an admission that «the traditionally stable Higher Education publishing market... recently gone into decline.»

2) Progress as promised - 2012 Final Report from KC Pet Project in Kansas City, MO - Our organizations is working diligently to take a once high - kill shelter and turn it into an open - admission, no kill shelter.

In response to these past scares, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has taken steps to comfort pet parents, such as the implementation of an Import Alert system, which requires high - risk foreign companies to provide documentation that their products are safe prior to admission into the country.

High school students who are looking to secure admission into a good college or college students who have just completed their graduation often look out for relevant jobs that will act as a stepping stone for their careers or will help them in covering the expenses required for their education.

That is why it is always an act of honor for a former student to approach you requesting you to write for them a Letter of Recommendation for Student to facilitate their admission into an institution of higher learning.

Be within no more than 30 days of successful completion of all requirements needed to obtain a high school diploma or the equivalent, such as the General Education Development test (GED) or other equivalency test recognized by the candidate's state of residency, or diploma and official transcript reflecting equivalent education as evaluated by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers for secondary education (if documents are not in English, a translation into English from a translation service approved in the United States for legal or government documents must be available upon request).

Possess a high school diploma or the equivalent, such as the General Education Development test (GED) or other equivalency test recognized by the candidate's state of residency, or diploma and official transcript reflecting equivalent education as evaluated by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers for secondary education (if documents are not in English, a translation into English from a translation service approved in the United States for legal or government documents must be available upon request).

Admissions requirements for Associate's Degree programs in Medical Assisting in Alaska are usually more stringent, with some requiring a minimum high school GPA for admission into the school of your choice.

The usual requirements for entrance into a medical assistant program include a high school diploma or GED, an admissions interview, and the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) or other pre-entry examination.

Requirements for admission into Associate's Degree programs are generally more stringent and minimum high school GPA requirements may apply.

Yesterday I spent the afternoon with high school students who are planning, preparing, and building a resume and portfolio for both college admissions and after graduation and into the professional working world.

The report also validates AHHA's repeated calls for increased investment into primary and community - based care in order to prevent the high numbers of avoidable hospital admissions currently experienced by public hospitals.

The magnitude of the problem caused by high risk consumption of alcohol is often hidden by the lack of collection of useful data for example at the time of hospital admissions, when children are put into out of home care because of their neglect, when people are incarcerated because of alcohol related crime and when children are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) at some of the highest rates in the world.

Even admissions of minor mistakes can be twisted into admissions of heinous acts and spur a high - conflict ex to take you to court, or simply broadcast to everyone with whom they come in contact that you are a terrible person.