Sentences with phrase «in vast schools»

Natural channels in the reef serve as «superhighways» for fish and other marine life, drawing in vast schools of stingrays.

The principals and teachers of our schools are well - educated, motivated and committed people who are eager to share their faith and talents with the children in our vast school system.

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It's intended to give graduates a solid background in both economics and finance, and like Schulich, has a vast network of partner schools you can opt to study abroad in.

Other companies now use OkCupid's vast trove of social data, and Yagan, a self - professed introvert who is married to his high school sweetheart, stands as the foremost authority in a fast - growing $ 2 billion industry.

The vast majority of these prizes have been given to Chicago School economists who are in effect shills for the financial sector.

It means we will be able to use that money to invest in our priorities at home, such as housing, schools and the NHS, and it means the days of paying vast sums to the European Union every year are coming to an end.

At the time, a movement was building to rein in zero - tolerance policies that had resulted in severe consequences for in - school infractions, the vast majority of which were only misdemeanors.

WASHINGTON — Standing before vast crowds from Washington to Los Angeles to Parkland, Fla., the speakers — nearly all of them students, some still in elementary school — delivered an anguished and defiant message: They are «done hiding» from gun violence, and will «stop at nothing» to get politicians to finally prevent it.

The vast majority of registered faith schools in England have a Christian faith designation, but there are also a small number of schools with other faith designations - including Muslim, Jewish and Sikh.

The reality of the situation is that the vast majority of the children in public schools in Saudi are muslim, and the statistic for non-muslims would be far less than 1 %.

The Church's public presence lifts people's hearts, and the service she gives — in Catholic schools, homes for the elderly, chaplaincies in prisons and hospitals, and the vast range of projects for the poor and disabled and so on — is generally appreciated.

They create schools for their «intelligent» children to attend, they pay for test preparation programs and tutors, they spend countless hours volunteering in their children's schools, they raise extraordinary amounts of money for these schools, and they call on their vast network of friends and relatives to get their children into preschools and magnet schools and universities.

They were built mostly after Independence in 1948, when the new government's policies of providing primary schools on a vast scale wiped out the missionary institutional efforts prior to that time.

In the following decades the vast expansion of higher education would take place overwhelmingly at state or municipal schools.

Professor Gerard V. Bradley has an interesting and thoughtful piece up today over at NRO, in which he laments the demise of numerous Catholic colleges / universities and encourages Catholics to bring the faith to secular schools (where the vast majority of Catholics are now being educated):

The University has recently opened a Benedict XVI Centre specialising in Catholic social teaching, and is proud of its particular links with Pope Emeritus Benedict, who addressed a vast crowd of children gathered there from schools across Britain on his State Visit in 2010.

In addition, the vast majority of religious people I know don't even contemplate this (which tells you their pastor, Sunday school teacher, etc. isn't bringing it up).

Statistics show that the vast majority of physical bullying takes place in schools, with a small percentage taking place in public spaces, like the park.

These skills are immensely valuable and yet are not taught in the vast majority of schools.

But that pizza may soon be a cafeteria staple of the past as new, sweeping nutritional guidelines start next fall in the vast majority of schools in Illinois and throughout the nation.

The vast majority of people in this country know nothing about the school meal program or how it operates, and while it is great that, thanks to this show, some of them are now aware of problems they may not have known existed, I think that many of them also believe that Jamie's approach to fixing school food is a realistic one.

The Northfield parks ceded away both tracts in 1976 under the Techny Agreement, a boundary pact in which local school and park districts and the Villages of Northfield, Northbrook and Glenview divided up Techny, a vast, undeveloped tract owned by two Catholic orders.

On visits to lunchrooms in Chicago public schools, the Tribune watched as vast quantities of unpeeled fruit, vegetables, milk cartons and other items got pitched into the garbage.

The vast majority of sack lunches that kids bring to school aren't properly cooled or refrigerated and could pose a health hazard to young children, a new study in the journal Pediatrics suggests.

From the tens of thousands of e-mails I have received over the last six years [now 14], from my conversations with mothers all across the country, including the mothers of many Olympic athletes, I believe that, first, and foremost, the vast majority of mothers (and many fathers, of course) just want to make youth sports fun again, to know that everything possible is being done to protect their children from injury and abuse and given a chance to play until they graduate high school; that if it is no longer safe for our children to learn baseball or soccer on their own on the neighborhood sandlot, the organized sports program in which we enroll our child - the «village» - will protect them and keep them safe while they are entrusted to their care.

The vast majority of Kentucky voters, including parents with children in public schools, support the healthy school meal standards in effect nationwide, according to a poll released today by the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project.

WASHINGTON — The vast majority of Kentucky voters, including parents with children in public schools, support the healthy school meal standards in effect nationwide, according to a poll released today by the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the vast majority of states participating in its National School Lunch Program have opted to order ground beef that doesn't contain the product known as lean finely textured beef.

Helping children learn to recognise and cope overwhelming emotions is an ongoing process that certainly doesn't stop when they enter primary or elementary school, in fact I would say emotional regulation becomes even more important in the vast social network of school.

«Yet, in this report, we can see the stark evidence that the vast majority of free schools are failing to demonstrate any significant commitment to equality and diversity.

... or if it's right that we continue to pay the vast majority of welfare benefits in cash, rather than in benefits in kind, like free school meals.

A third of all state - funded schools in England are currently «faith» schools, the vast majority of which are run by the Church of England.

The vast majority of its members are teachers and / or administrators in public schools.

The joint statement from the Governor's office, http://governor.ny.gov/press/1262011GrowTheEconomy, suggests that the vast majority of the $ 250 million reduction in the payroll tax will go to small business and the self - employed rather than schools, making reimbursement problematic.

The State Education Department today is expected to present the Board of Regents with regulations to conform with the Every Student Succeeds Act, the successor to No Child Left Behind, under which the vast majority of NYC's transfer schools would be designated as «in need of improvement» and could be at risk of being closed.

«But it's to direct my words and exhortations to the ears of the of the vast majority of people, in any institution whether it's a school, or a bank, or it's a hedge fund, or it's a Council leader's office, or it's a legislature, who are good and honorable and honest and decent and want to do the right thing.»

Dozens of charter schools were closed for the morning; parents and children, the vast majority from Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy network, were handed matching oversize T - shirts, granola bars and water bottles, and encouraged to chant and dance for about two hours in a show of strength and enthusiasm.

Participants took part in a real - time electronic poll which explored their views on a series of issues relating to their profession: Among the results were: over three quarters of BME teachers considered themselves to be ambitious, yet stated they are being held back by racial discrimination, and the attitude of senior colleagues; nearly two - thirds (62 %) of BME teachers felt their school or college was not seriously committed to addressing their professional development needs and aspirations; 63 % of BME teachers said their employers were not committed to ensuring their mental and physical wellbeing at work, with workload cited as the single most negative factor impacting on their wellbeing; the vast majority of BME teachers felt the Government does not respect and value teachers and does not understand the day to day realities of teaching (99 %); three quarters of BME teachers said they were not confident that their headteacher will make professional and fair decisions regarding their future pay.

A Populus poll for the Times today reveals the vast majority of the population is unconcerned by stories this weekend that the Conservative leader may have tried cannabis in school, but there are limits to what will be forgiven.

Consultant Aecom's chief executive for the UK & Ireland Patrick Flaherty said: «The major focus must be on drastically improving the quality of carers advice in schools in partnership with industry, so that every student is fully aware of the vast array of STEM careers out there.»

The vast majority (60 %) of pupils engaged in cyber bullying of their teachers were between 11 and 16 years old, but some were primary school pupils.

The mayor feels that we need to improve all of our schools and the vast majority of our students are in traditional public schools,» Mr. Ragone said.

The vast majority of school district budgets were approved by voters in New York on Tuesday, but it's actually a decline from last year.

School budgets were up for votes in communities around New York state this week, with a vast majority of spending plans being passed by voters.

Yes, a vast majority of school districts in the country are run by elected boards.

«The increase that he is recommending for this year... does not bring the vast majority of school districts out of the hole that they are in.»

The vast gulf between what Labour are defining as success and what parents, teachers and pupils experience in our schools is astonishing.

Earlier this week, an Assembly bill was approved that extends the ability of counties to keep a higher sales tax in place, while also continuing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's control over the city's vast school system for another two years.

An illegal war Uncontrolled immigration # billions leaking every year via new quangos Students (in England) now have to mortgage their futures to get to University 24 hour binge drinking breakdown of the family vast increase in licensed gambling External debt quadrupled to $ 11 Trillion making us the second largest debtor nation in the world after the USA at $ 12 Trillion (we may overtake them later this year) Pension funds pillaged for # 5Bn a year Gold reserves sold for a pittance Children leaving school unable to read or write NHS a basket case - 1 in 10 leave hospital sicker than when they went in.

Roughly 9,000 students, the vast majority of them black or Latino, attend public schools in the district, while about 24,000 students who live there attend yeshivas.