Sentences with phrase «huge number of schools»

Despite the huge number of schools, there is a lot of competition for places in the best ones.

While a huge number of schools in recent years have expanded into new buildings, there are still many which operate in old buildings and porta - cabins.

States had been pressuring the Department of Education to do something, because, without congressional action, a huge number of school districts would have been labeled as failing under the law.

Not exact matches

In fact, our school system, as I already pointed out, rents space to a huge number of very diverse private concerns, including homeowner associations, clubs, and so on.

It's gotten a huge number of hits, appparently because of a controversy I didn't know about over the Waldorf School.

He shoots and sinks a huge number of threes, unlike the players who we traditionally consider «old - school» these days (like DeMar DeRozan or Tyreke Evans).

Now, though, the Texas Department of Agriculture inexplicably wants to take a huge step backwards in child nutrition by proposing: a return of deep fat fryers to our schools; a six-fold increase in the number of allowed junk food fundraising days; and the abolition of the «time and place» competitive food restrictions that have served our children well for over a decade.

I do try very hard to be objective on this blog and to always consider the monumental task facing my (or any) school district trying to feed huge numbers of kids on very little money.

Among the major areas of disagreement are the Senate's insistence — despite the huge deficit — on a politically popular property - tax rebate and a new Senate plan to lift the cap on the number of charter schools, which is strongly opposed by the teachers - union - friendly Assembly.

Some schools have been forced to convert sick bays and classroom blocks into dormitories as a result of the huge numbers sent to them.

«There is a very small number of people that control a huge amount of water,» said Douglas Kenney, director of the Western Water Policy Program at the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder.

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Those who venture out on their own, and it is a huge number of people these days especially in our tourist hotspots, can have the benefit of the previous experience from school days, activity holidays, from organisations such as scouting, guiding and the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme (DofE).

Despite these large numbers — which indicate a huge systemic change — and despite the long - standing practice of social promotion in public schools, the rationale for holding students back seemed readily apparent to many parents.

For example, no effort is made to show the increase in public - school spending in America during the past 30 (or 50) years, the uses to which that money has been put, the steady reduction in class size, the huge increase in numbers of school employees, and the various trends in achievement that correlate almost not at all with any of these resource trends.

You see, for example, in the transition from primary school to secondary school huge numbers of children find it difficult.

The popularity of charter schools among Bostonians and the growing number of families whose children attend them is potentially a huge political asset to a new administration; it can also be a credible threat.

Huge numbers of middle school students are rushing to take geometry and advanced algebra when their abstraction level is so developmentally inappropriate that these courses are belittled to nothing more than regurgitation and back - of - the - bookishness.

Does the huge expansion in the number of computers in schools serve as an appropriate disruptive innovation?

Since the start of the free schools programme, the government has acquired a huge number of land and buildings — both permanent and temporary — across a wide variety of types, from local authority and central government buildings, to office blocks, health buildings, churches and retail units.

Youngsters are showing up in huge numbers at high school, totally unprepared for the rigor of the current curriculum, not to mention the even more rigorous curriculum that must be put in place to meet our graduates» needs.

Nearly every school on our list offers a host of AP courses and has a huge number of students enrolling in them (either by requirement or by choice) and racking up solid scores on the AP exams.

The collapse of the national economy, particularly the collapse of the youth labor market, forced a huge number of adolescents back to school.

Laura recognised that there was a huge need to provide good autism training to staff who worked in mainstream schools due to the increasing number of students with autism spectrum conditions who were being educated outside of the specialist sector.

Statistical analysis has been published in a new report, which suggests there were huge disparities in the grades awarded to pupils, with a large number of independent schools coming forward to report problems, representing 30 per cent of the national entries.

The huge rise in the number of academies will change how schools do business.

The huge increase in the number of schools that have become academies or are about to become academies will not just change things teachers and pupils.

Due to the huge variety of learning activities and the number of children in schools, maintaining safety is a constant challenge.

Pavan Dhaliwal, director of public affairs and policy at the BHA, said: «We acknowledge, of course, that there are plenty of «faith» schools out there in which problems of this kind described in some of the blogs do not arise, or do not arise to the same extent, but it remains the case that there are a huge number of people out there who have experienced indoctrination, misinformation, discrimination, neglect, and abuse during their childhoods as a result of the extensive freedoms and pervasive lack of oversight that «faith» schools of all kinds enjoy.

In conclusion, there is no one magic switch to saving energy but, by being proactive now, schools can take a huge number of small steps to help them on their way.

He said that «huge» budget pressures on schools and colleges were leaving headteachers with «no alternative» but to cut the number of subjects offered to pupils and to increase class sizes.

They'll be told that their schools» test scores are about to fall off a cliff and that huge numbers of teachers, thanks to new evaluation systems, are about to be rated as ineffective.

A number of states placed huge bets on professional development, spending enormous sums to train their teachers and school leaders.

Good news for Careers in general but unless the funding is spread across the spectrum of 14 — 18 in schools and colleges, advice and guidance will continue to be fragmented, some unbiased and many of our learners will not have access to one - to - one guidance because of the huge numbers involved and the high work load of those responsible for delivering the service in schools and colleges.

«We know we still have huge numbers of parents who want to send their children to a charter school but don't have access to one; that needs to change.

Our education system is already failing huge numbers of students each year — over half a million dropped out of high school during school year 2008 - 2009 alone — and is slipping in international rankings.

«What School Could Be presents relevant, practical ideas backed by a huge number of examples of the innovative practices and programs taking place in schools across the United States.

All of the «options» Florida is offering have the same issues as public education: they are only as good as the quality of programs & people - administrators, teachers, evaluators, etc. implementing them - and more importantly, in the voucher plan there are two huge issues: 1) poor and uneducated parents rarely are aware of the range of quality and number of schools available (which I am sure the politicians are counting on) 2) Even if every parent were saavy in the needs of their child and the kind of school they should look for, there aren't enough of those schools available...

The Manchester Central MP said Labour's sponsored academy programme did «a huge amount to transform a small number of failing schools in disadvantaged areas», but warned there was «no evidence» that the process of changing schools into academies «in and of itself» led to school improvement.

Huge numbers of students were graduating from high school unprepared either for college work or modern employment.

The higher education and business communities are speaking out about the huge numbers of high school graduates not prepared for work or college.

The recent four - year drought in California pummeled the expansive Central Valley — with high numbers of low - income, English Language Learners in the schools — resulting in an exodus of families and a huge loss of revenue for schools.

This achievement is particularly significant given the huge number of children whose families move them to charters because they were unsuccessful in public schools.

I'm talking, of course, about the huge number of Teach for America alumni who are even now applying to the nation's top law schools.

(Tenn.) A first - of - its - kind college tuition program is showing huge gains in its inaugural year with the number of high school graduates enrolling full - time in the state's community colleges jumping 14 percent this fall.

The huge number of converter academies which seem to have used their «freedom» to go downhill according to Ofsted — those schools which were rated good or outstanding and are now requiring improvement or, even, inadequate.

The end result of all this confusion and delay will be that schools will be forced to appeal on results in huge numbers.

Despite the huge decline in college students enrolling in Education Teacher Prep programs in Pennsylvania and California, and despite the huge numbers of laid off experienced teachers in both States, California and Pennsylvania are among the «leaders» in charter schools, charter school corruption and TFA recruits.

The total number of normal public school teachers that have to be fired to make up for this huge loss in revenue is about 800 teachers.

Despite the huge long term cost of portables, the number of permanent school buildings has plunged while the number of portable school buildings has skyrocketed.