Sentences with phrase «institutions at all levels of the school»

On Thursday, October 8, 2015, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted a meeting of his office's Education Consortia, representing hundreds of educational institutions at all levels of the school system in every corner of the borough.

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Roy D. Simon, a professor emeritus of legal ethics at Hofstra University School of Law, suggested that the practice has helped «level the playing field» by providing resources for people to mount cases against big institutions that would be impossible otherwise.

Most obvious is that teaching at all levels and with all subject matter came to be done in «schools,» institutions with their own type of organization even when in or related to churches.

Rare mutations that shut down a single gene are linked to lower cholesterol levels and a 50 percent reduction in the risk of heart attack, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Broad Institute at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, and other institutions.

The School of Naturopathic Medicine accepts prerequisites completed at the community college level, however, to be competitive in the selection process, prospective applicants with community college prerequisites are encouraged to supplement these courses by successfully completing related advanced courses at a four - year institution.

Not surprisingly, all of this innovation and experimentation at the secondary level has led to a dramatic rise in applications to institutions of higher education by students without a traditional high - school background.

An LEA shall use these grant funds to support direct student services including: (1) a student's enrollment and participation in academic courses not otherwise available at the student's school; (2) credit recovery and academic acceleration courses that lead to a regular high school diploma; (3) activities that assist students in successfully completing postsecondary level instruction and examinations that are accepted for credit at institutions of higher education; and (4) if applicable, transportation to allow a student enrolled in a low - performing school to transfer to another public school.

It is at the secondary level that they introduce the high stakes exams for students, with Japanese students required to take an entrance exam for upper secondary school and students in both countries required to take tests at the end of upper secondary school that will determine what kind of higher education institution they can enter.

More than a decade of research, at Harvard and elsewhere, on accountability, school improvement, and school organization has become «increasingly specific,» he said, «about the conditions that promote high - level learning and performance in educational institutions,» within classrooms and in systems as a whole.

We find that only 36 percent of Virginia high school seniors are likely to be able to use program - level earnings data to make a meaningful distinction between programs of study at two or more institutions.

Chris has taught at all grade levels, set growth records at many of his former institutions, and has experience in public, private, and charter school institutions.

In our work at the higher education level and with institutions of higher education, we are finding that proven strategies for increasing college completion parallel the Quality Schools Action Framework.

School leaders should not ignore the influence of this local process in determining what level of funding eventually arrives at their institution.

Delaware (where my daughter just moved) is right, Secretary DeVos should review this guidance letter, and until the federal government gets its act together on secondary education (which it appears may never happen), families should opt out of state schools subject to federal dictates, opting in, instead, to learning institutions that embed preparation for exams at a pre-university level that can lead to placement advanced in future course sequences: these advanced level subjects should be embedded within the balanced curriculum that an international baccalaureate education represents, in contrast to the narrow extension of elementary school that DC bureaucrats remain focused on, as if time had not run out on the Obama administration and its failed efforts to improve the lives of American youth, now mired in debt that it encouraged in pursuit of a «North Star» goal that led the United States astray.

It demonstrates that a particular high school is teaching at a level that is appraised nationally, and it serves as a testament for higher education institutions that the students with accredited high school diplomas can meet the demands of college courses.

L. 108 — 454, § 106 (a), inserted at end «Such term also includes national tests for admission to institutions of higher learning or graduate schools (such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Law School Admission Test (LSAT), Graduate Record Exam (GRE), and Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT)-RRB- and national tests providing an opportunity for course credit at institutions of higher learning (such as the Advanced Placement (AP) exam and College - Level Examination Program (CLEP)-RRB-.»

A Master of Social Work from an accredited institution may be required to become a practicing school social worker and, along with state certification, would allow you to become a school social worker at any grade level.

In the absence of changes at the state level, California's public school districts and four - year institutions have taken the lead.

A soon - to - be released set of recommendations based on the meeting and written by policy analyst Pamela Burdman, states that «all high school students should have the opportunity to take the courses they need to be prepared for college - level work at any of California's higher education institutions.»

Specific provisions included scholarships and loans to students in higher education, with loans to students preparing to be teachers and to those who showed promise in the curricular areas of mathematics, science, engineering, and modern foreign languages; grants to states for programs in mathematics, science, and modern foreign languages in public schools; the establishment of centres to expand and improve the teaching of languages; help to graduate students, including fellowships for doctoral students to prepare them to be professors at institutions of higher learning; assistance for the improvement of guidance, counseling, and testing programs; provisions for research and experimentation in the use of television, radio, motion pictures, and related media for educational purposes; and the improvement of statistical services at the state level.

Even families who typically do not have much time or opportunity to engage in education can find ways to be involved in their children's academics with the help of school resources and initiatives.9 Then it becomes paramount for policymakers, educators, and school leaders to know how their institutions can best design their practices and services at the secondary level to maximize postsecondary student success, especially for underrepresented groups.

Blake taught school and college - level English in Colorado and New York for several years and has taught fiction workshops at institutions including the University of Maryland and George Washington University.

Academic publishers and educators alike have felt the frustration of having viable technology and device penetration available, but have faced slow adoption from some institutions, especially at the public school level.

Due to prestigious Californian - art programmes at universities and art schools, and the close relationship with these educational institutions enjoyed by the many iconic artists who've worked there as professors, the art scene in L.A. has been considered the most significant part of American contemporary art on an academic level.

He was also a guest lecturer or instructor at Toronto's esteemed post-secondary institutions including Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, and the University of Toronto, and was becoming known to various levels of government, agencies, and organizations for his willingness to participate on committees responsible for reviewing legislation, such as developing Ontario's Securities Act in the 1960s.

His client, the former chief of orthopedic surgery at UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine, exposed evidence of corruption and cover - up at the highest levels of the medical institution.

Apple wants to position its new entry level 2018 iPad as an education - focused tablet, but given the cemented position more affordable Chromebooks and Windows devices have in educational institutions across North America — especially in often cash - strapped Canadian public school boards — it's unlikely this will happen at a vast number of educational institutions.

Applicants for the Online Bachelor — Respiratory Therapy program must possess a high school diploma or equivalent, and have completed a total of 71 semester credits of specific coursework at the post-secondary level by an accredited institution.

Such education, it is believed, if instituted at all levels from school through tertiary institutions and professional bodies, to the wider community, would ensure a better understanding and appreciation of the nature of the past practices and thereby protect against their repetition through design, neglect or ignorance.

At the community level, the institutions of which the child is part during his development (school, friends, sports teams, and cultural, etc.) pass on their values, influencing choices and believes about priorities and important aspects of life.