Sentences with phrase «in education rankings»

During the last decade, thousands of visitors have flocked to Finland — now a leader in education rankings — to uncover this small Nordic country's secret to its education success.

Connecticut owes much of its improvement to a big jump in its Education ranking, climbing to No. 3 from No. 18, due largely to better high school test scores.

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Some 800 pages came back containing information such as my Facebook «likes,» my photos from Instagram (even after I deleted the associated account), my education, the age - rank of men I was interested in, how many times I connected, when and where every online conversation with every single one of my matches happened...

Card is ranked No. 36 on Research Papers in Economics» (RePEc) list of most commonly cited economists; and Google Scholar indicates one of his papers on education and the labour market has received even more citations than the famous Card - Krueger study.

Instead, the bill would create a point - based system like those used in countries such as the U.K. and Australia that use factors such as English ability, education and job offers to rank applicants.

In developing economies, education ranks first for giving.

What the top ranked cities had in common was being situated in relatively wealthy countries with good health and education systems, good quality infrastructure and they tended to be medium - sized, and had low population densities.

Global - trade crossroads Georgia is climbing in business rankings, thanks to education, tax incentives, investment and research.

CNBC's Scott Cohn reports the North Star State ranked second in education and moved up a notch from last year's ranking, but it's expensive to live there.

When you type a website's URL, it will give you a comprehensive list of data of any site you put in such as global rank, estimated traffic (w / data range), engagement metrics: time on site, page views and bounce rate, visitor demographic (gender, education, geography, etc.), and traffic sources (search traffic, social media traffic, referral traffic, and display advertising).

Sea Girt ranks high in amenities, employment, weather and education, but the high cost of living and real estate prices keep this area out of reach for most Americans.

Top - ranked for both orthopedics and rheumatology for 26 consecutive years, HSS is an engine of research and innovation (112 inventions in 2016 alone), medical education (serving physicians in more than 150 countries) and better patient outcomes (Net Promoter Score of 92).

He is a Chartered Accountant by education and was awarded the silver medal for securing a second rank All India in the May 1989 exams.

The Alberta Haskayne Executive MBA — a joint program offered by the Haskayne School of Business and the University of Alberta — has been ranked as the 19th best joint EMBA program in the world by higher education analysts Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

In a church whose membership ranked lower than the older Protestant denominations in education and socioeconomic status, a bishop could well speak like thaIn a church whose membership ranked lower than the older Protestant denominations in education and socioeconomic status, a bishop could well speak like thain education and socioeconomic status, a bishop could well speak like that.

And the U.S ranks 48th in the world in education, specifically in Math and Science.

Since 2002, Dr. Nowzari has served as one of the selected scientific experts on an international panel charged with assessing and ranking research proposals for the Ministry of Education and Research, section of medical engineering, in Italy and was reappointed in 2009.

I couldn't help but see in him a personification of education these days — our focus on test - scores, assessment, standards, ranking and comparison, as well as a correlating misunderstanding of the importance of play (at one point in the film, a boy confronts this adult: «But they are toys!

She has received multiple grants and certifications for TRCCS, including the Green and Healthy School's highest ranking Sugar Maple Status and US Department of Education's National Green Ribbon Schools Award in 2014.

My concern is that in this era of draconian state education budget cuts (here in Texas, we rank second to last in per - student spending), state agencies, under pressure from cash - strapped districts, might be far too liberal in allowing these exempt — but often quite lucrative — fundraisers.

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UPSIDE: Education is the draw in Buffalo Grove, where ACT scores rank among the top 20 of Chicago - area high schools.

«Senate Democrats have led the fight to make a quality higher education affordable to all New York students, and our Higher Education Ranking Member Senator Toby Stavisky has carried a bill to accomplish just this goal,» Stewart - Cousins said in a seducation affordable to all New York students, and our Higher Education Ranking Member Senator Toby Stavisky has carried a bill to accomplish just this goal,» Stewart - Cousins said in a sEducation Ranking Member Senator Toby Stavisky has carried a bill to accomplish just this goal,» Stewart - Cousins said in a statement.

Similarly, we need to reassess our education spending and determine why New York is one of the leaders in per - pupil spending, yet falls toward the middle or bottom in most assessment rankings.

An ongoing independent poll of 143,000 working people being conducted for Unite, Britain's biggest union, shows that immigration is in fact ranked last as an issue of concern with working people's top worries being money problems, the rising cost of living, cuts to public services, stress, education and housing.

It's no secret that New York has long ranked first in the nation for the amount it spends on education per pupil.

The magazine publisher said the huge investment made in education by Osun government was part of reasons for the state to be ranked among the best four states in Nigeria on female child education.

On education, we should be looking eastwards for positive role models, to arrest our decline in the PISA world rankings - we have fallen as low as 28th in maths.

We can not allow a system to continue where we spend the most of any state on education, but rank only 38th in results.

Out of 285 schools in the nation, SU was ranked among 64 «top performers» by the SR Education Group for women pursuing degrees online in STEM fields.

The Ranking Member of the Committee on Education, Prof. Dominic Fobih has said government's free SHS programme underway is an extremely hasty initiative, that won't offer beneficiaries the best in the programme.

Michael Gove, Conservative education spokesman, said: «We've won a swing which seems to be on a rank with Margaret Thatcher's swing in 1979.

ALBANY — Outgoing state education commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of Eeducation commissioner John King hopes to help school leaders in other states navigate the difficult transition to the Common Core standards and related standardized testing in his new position as the second - highest ranking official in the U.S. Department of EducationEducation.

We rank dead last in the country in education spending per child.

Slaughter says the 2008 elections not only put President - elect Barack Obama in the White House but also increased the ranks of senators and representatives who share her opposition to funding abstinence education.

But in 2016, education efforts dominated the top of the rankings.

In 2009, then rank - and - file Assembly Member Carl Heastie was the lead sponsor of a bill designed to weaken then Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ability to determine education policy in New York CitIn 2009, then rank - and - file Assembly Member Carl Heastie was the lead sponsor of a bill designed to weaken then Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ability to determine education policy in New York Citin New York City.

The ranks of the anti-Cuomo protestors were stronger, with more than 1,000 teachers and public education advocates marching through the Empire State Plaza concourse, clogging security checkpoints into the Capitol and rallying on the Million Dollar Staircase in a boisterous protest of the governor's plan.

And while New York ranks first in education spending, we're 34th in performance.

And rank - and - file lawmakers were less - than - bullish on reaching a packaged deal like what was included in the budget, when they were forced to swallow a bitter pill on education reform in order to receive a boost in school aid.

In a statement, Latimer, who is the ranking minority member on the Senate Education Committee, accused Astorino of sinking to a «new low» by «using his children as political props to make points that are pure fiction.»

With nothing much happening in Westminster, the appointment of Toby Young to the board of the main regulator of higher education appears to sparked division in the Tory ranks.

Mr Miliband's comments come just weeks after deputy prime minister Nick Clegg spoke out on for - profit education providers while attempting to soothe concerns in Lib Dem ranks about Michael Gove's free schools programme.

In an attempt to diversify its teaching ranks, the Buffalo school district is partnering with the Buffalo Teachers Federation and SUNY Buffalo State on a new program that will recruit students while they are still in high school and offer them incentives to pursue a career in educatioIn an attempt to diversify its teaching ranks, the Buffalo school district is partnering with the Buffalo Teachers Federation and SUNY Buffalo State on a new program that will recruit students while they are still in high school and offer them incentives to pursue a career in educatioin high school and offer them incentives to pursue a career in educatioin education.

The head of the state's Business Council, Heather Briccetti, says the state already spends more than most other states on education, but does not rank among the top rated schools in the nation.

His education commissioner, Stefan Pryor, is unpopular with some rank - and - file teachers because of his support for charter schools and for the way that reforms were carried out in recent years.

The U.S. did rank 11th for college education for citizens 25 to 34 years old in 2015.

The state's highest - ranking education official threw her support behind Mayor de Blasio's quest to remain in control of the city schools Saturday.

Writing as a state senator sharing constituents, and the ranking member of the Senate Education Committee, Latimer asked his colleagues to work on rewriting NCLB now, saying the current law is failing to meet our children's needs in both these areas.

«There are so many people at our campuses that are dedicated to giving our students the education and resources they need to thrive in college and in their future careers, and The Princeton Review rankings is an affirmation from our students that we are doing it right,» said SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher.