Sentences with phrase «into particular schools»

However, this analysis does not account for the possible sorting of students into particular schools based on characteristics not captured by their prior achievement and demographic characteristics.

«You guys are being introduced to... how stuff happens with kids and getting into particular schools,» one defendant, Adidas - affiliated Merl Code, said, according to the agent.

In most other countries, students take a test in 8th grade which places them into a particular school.

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The state, and the republican school in particular, must play its role in transmitting this inheritance to each new generation and to immigrants by assuring mastery of French language, literature, and history, and socializing students into the French way of life.

How does this school's particular way of «having to do with God» both unify the school's practices of teaching and learning into a single course of study and make them adequate to pluralism?

There has also been a deliberate attempt to develop our particular situation into a strong culture for the College, mainly rooted in traditions that staff experienced in their own schools a generation ago, or in revivals of medieval traditions, such as that of the boy - bishop (a boy rules the College for a day on the feast of St Nicholas.)

By engaging people in the effort to understand God by focusing study of various subject matters within the horizon of questions about Christian congregations, a theological school may help them cultivate capacities both for what Charles Wood [2] calls «vision,» that is, formulating comprehensive, synoptic accounts of the Christian thing as a whole, and what he calls «discernment,» that is, insight into the meaning, faithfulness, and truth of particular acts in the practice of worship (in the broad sense of worship that we have adopted for this discussion).

Can we reconceive theological education in such a way that (1) it clearly pertains to the totality of human life, in the public sphere as well as the private, because it bears on all of our powers; (2) it is adequate to genuine pluralism, both of the «Christian thing» and of the worlds in which the «Christian thing» is lived, by avoiding naiveté about historical and cultural conditioning without lapsing into relativism; (3) it can be the unifying overarching goal of theological education without requiring the tacit assumption that there is a universal structure or essence to education in general, or theological inquiry in particular, which inescapably denies genuine pluralism by claiming to be the universal common denominator to which everything may be reduced as variations on a theme; and (4) it can retrieve the strengths of both the «Athens» and the «Berlin» types of excellent schooling, without unintentionally subordinating one to the other?

The focus of the Jubilee Centre reminds us that we need to reach further back into history than we have been accustomed to if we are to revive Catholic education: in particular, we need to learn from the great Catholic schools and universities of the pre-Reformation era.

This is basically because this particular school moves the kids up into their new school years after the May half term.

In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.

Acceptances into the Early Childhood programs at the Hartsbrook School are based on the school's ability to meet the particular child's needs, as well as on factors such as age ratios in the School are based on the school's ability to meet the particular child's needs, as well as on factors such as age ratios in the school's ability to meet the particular child's needs, as well as on factors such as age ratios in the class.

But for other secular homeschoolers, those who do not follow a particular philosophy — which may either mean that they fall into the group of homeschoolers known as eclectic or that they use many public school methods — they don't or don't seem themselves as having a single, shaping vision that guides all their choices other than providing their children with an excellent, safe education.

Your child will be exposed ONLY to children with his particular diagnosis, which means he will be quite isolated from the general population (this is true to some degree even if the school is eager to take your child on «outings» into the community).

Of particular note was Vilsack's announcement of an additional $ 8 million in federal funding for schools to assist with professional training as well as implementation of the «Smarter Lunchroom» techniques, which are proven to nudge kids into making healthier choices.

The Obama administration, in particular first lady Michelle Obama, has made more healthful school lunches a priority, but this study was conducted before new standards went into effect.

Merle Waxman, ombudsperson and director of the Office for Women in Medicine at Yale Medical School, says that a lot of problems stem from miscommunication, and in particular, e-mail often gets people into trouble.

«Often, we want to generate a particular cell population from stem cells for introduction into patients,» says co-senior author Young - sup Yoon, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (cardiology) and director of stem cell biology at Emory University School of Medicine.

Of particular interest is the collaboration Fratelli Rossetti has entered into with up - and - coming designer Marco Lagona — check out some totally fun looks made with old school perfection.

Nadine is thrown into a particular tizzy when Krista starts dating Darian, and has only the surly but soft - centred Mr Bruner (a lovely turn by Woody Harrelson) during school lunchbreaks.

One scene in particular comes to mind, when Casey bumps into an old school friend in the library.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

Yet, research shows that students with disabilities graduate from high school at lower rates than their peers and may face particular challenges when moving into adult roles.

The team at Kit Out My Office, www.kitoutmyoffice.com, undertook the study as part of ongoing research into how furniture can affect productivity, with a particular focus on school children.

Certification systems deny school administrators the ability to take their context or the promise of a particular applicant into account when hiring.

«As the practice becomes embedded within the school, we will be able to expand it into other curriculum areas such as history, geography or science where the children can address problems within particular settings and empathise with characters, dilemmas and different subject matter.

Too often urban schools in particular fall into disrepair, and the air of neglect radiates to students, teachers, and passersby.

«Schools» ability to manage particularly difficult cases has been adversely affected by cuts to local authority budgets, in particular Behaviour Support Services, and the fragmentation of the school system into academy and free sSchools» ability to manage particularly difficult cases has been adversely affected by cuts to local authority budgets, in particular Behaviour Support Services, and the fragmentation of the school system into academy and free schoolsschools.

States use subgroups for two purposes, with potentially two different minimum subgroup sizes, or n - sizes: reporting (school report cards available to the public online) and federal accountability (used in state calculations to determine which schools fall into particular categories under ESSA).

In particular, there is a consistent perception that single - site schools and school leaders of color who are not tied into local funder networks have historically not been connected to dominant funding channels.

«They know that going into high school, if they perform at this particular level at this GPA and class rank, they can get into the University of Colorado guaranteed,» said Jack O. Burns, the university's vice president for academic affairs and research.

In management consulting, the crucial assumptions are that 1) each organization possesses a unique culture and set of goals; therefore, the same intervention is likely to elicit different results depending on a school's history, organization, personnel, and politics; and 2) suggestions for change should creatively blend knowledge from many different sources — from general organizational theories, from deep insight into the district or schools under study, and from «craft» knowledge of what is likely to improve schools or districts with particular characteristics.

School administrators and teachers can also select students into particular classrooms for reasons that are related to achievement.

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.

This special report dives into the toolbox available to those looking to boost school quality, approaches that may show promise in specific schools and with particular populations, and the opportunities and challenges posed by the new Every Student Succeeds Act.

Once that overall impression is made, going in and digging into the data and looking at a dashboard of measures will reveal what happened in that school to earn that particular letter grade.

«I went into this role with a lot of passion and a strong sense of urgency that I wanted to improve the education of all children, and in particular children who've historically been not well served by our school system,» she says in an interview recorded for the Harvard EdCast.

The authors also point out that sustained programs of professional development and support are required «if the substantial rewards promised by the research evidence are to be secured,» so that each teacher can «find his or her own ways of incorporating [feedback] into his or her own patterns of classroom work and into the cultural norms and expectations of a particular school community.»

Of critical importance to our method is the assumption that students are not systematically placed into or pulled out of a particular grade cohort within a school depending on the domestic violence status of the student or his peers.

It also entails disciplined inquiry into the details of a particular problem and results in a product or presentation that has meaning or value beyond success in school.»

As a first test for nonrandom selection of students into or out of particular schools and cohorts of students, we examined whether peer family violence appears to have an effect on cohort size or student characteristics such as race, gender, and income.

One trial in particular drove Patterson's story into the national spotlight when supporters of the Westboro Baptist Church descended upon the school in protest of Landon's election.

In response, savvy exam school promoters sometimes enter into treaties with the regular high schools — a sort of reverse quota system — and promise not to admit more than so many youngsters from particular districts or neighborhoods.

One area under particular scrutiny is education, where funding for programs such as charter and pilot schools, mainstays in the effort to bring innovative teaching practices into broader use, has long been a political hot topic.

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.

By understanding the range of jobs that adults in particular circumstances might be trying to get done, SNHU incorporated new designs into its burgeoning online program: reconfiguring wait times for financial aid advice, implementing high - touch guidance models, and launching advertising campaigns that catered to adults who were considering going back to school to better themselves or make a better life for their loved ones.

In school, this translates into strong consumer pressure to lower academic standards, reduce requirements, and minimize the amount of learning that is needed to attain a particular level of credential.»

The increase in secondary school ICT budgets in particular, is expected to continue into 2014 by a significant 11 per cent.

The results of BT's Tech Factor 2017 competition revealed that schools are increasingly looking to bring new, sophisticated technology products into the classroom, in particular virtual reality (VR) headsets, robotics and coding tools, and sound recording equipment.

It was funny, because you actually had parents that talked about that when their children put on that school uniform on a Monday morning, they knew that they were going into school and that they had to behave in a particular way, they had to speak in a different way.