Sentences with phrase «largest schools competition»

Released to launch the Big Pedal 2018, the UK's largest schools competition to encourage more young people to cycle, walk and scoot to school, the survey also revealed that the number of children concerned about air pollution rose to over half in London (53 per cent) and that 34 per cent stated that politicians were most responsible for bringing down levels of air pollution, while 29 per cent held drivers as most accountable.

Not exact matches

Memorial has the best record in history for the 29 — year — old John Molson School of Business MBA International Case Competition, which is the largest and oldest case competition inCompetition, which is the largest and oldest case competition incompetition in the world.

(Regeneron, by the way, just announced it'll spend $ 100 million over the next decade to sponsor the nation's largest high school science competition.)

On Thursday at the American Museum of Natural History, Regeneron made the largest single commitment the Science Talent Search (STS), the nation's oldest and most prestigious high school science competition, has ever received.

«The largest competition of its kind in Canada, the RBC Fast Pitch Competition sets the Haskayne School of Business apart by providing startup cash, advisory support and mentorship, and it has led to the creation of new opportunities for students from all disciplines across our great campus,» says Kim Neutens, director of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and competition of its kind in Canada, the RBC Fast Pitch Competition sets the Haskayne School of Business apart by providing startup cash, advisory support and mentorship, and it has led to the creation of new opportunities for students from all disciplines across our great campus,» says Kim Neutens, director of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Competition sets the Haskayne School of Business apart by providing startup cash, advisory support and mentorship, and it has led to the creation of new opportunities for students from all disciplines across our great campus,» says Kim Neutens, director of the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Although subsequent administrations have continued reviewing vertical mergers, the Chicago School's view that these deals generally do not pose threats to competition has remained dominant.139 Rejection of vertical tie - ups — standard through the 1960s and 1970s — is extremely rare today; 140 in instances where agencies spot potential harm, they tend to impose conduct remedies or require divestitures rather than block the deal outright.141 The Obama Administration took this approach with two of the largest vertical deals of the last decade: Comcast / NBC and Ticketmaster / LiveNation.

When you look at that competition, it would be clear that the top ten schools have been able to enroll larger numbers of students.

There are signs that the old - school group led by veterans such as Velasco and Palmer and Corbett are being overrun in the larger events by younger, uptight athletes coming off a background in Ironman competitions and road marathons.

Capability to host more events than any other large stadium in the world, including NFL football and a Super Bowl, MLS soccer, NCAA basketball and baseball, high school sporting events, motocross, concerts, conventions, marching band competitions.

Commenting on Nick Clegg's latest announcement about the Pupil Premium, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «Introducing competition for funding amongst our schools is quite unacceptable.

It is the only event that pulls the largest crowd to a competition of gari soakings, jama and all the exciting things enjoyed way back in the secondary school days.

In a study that surveyed the nation's 100 largest school districts, New York City scored an A-minus on school choice and competition.

It's the world's largest high school science competition.

These include claims that bullying stems from large class or school sizes, competition for grades, or other school life pressures.

The Milwaukee school choice program and the response of Milwaukee Public Schools are especially significant in light of Frederick M. Hess's study of the effects of competition on large urban school districts.

Two years ago, PELP, a collaborative project between faculty at Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education that focuses on developing effective leadership and management practices to support large - scale organizational change in urban school districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jSchool and Harvard Graduate School of Education that focuses on developing effective leadership and management practices to support large - scale organizational change in urban school districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jSchool of Education that focuses on developing effective leadership and management practices to support large - scale organizational change in urban school districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jschool districts, began the Case Competition where teams of Harvard University students present recommendations for a school district to a panel of faculty jschool district to a panel of faculty judges.

And, finally, do students who attend traditional public schools subject to competition from charter schools make larger achievement gains than they would have in the absence of charter schools?

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Consistent with this hypothesis, we find that the effect of competition is more than twice as large for elementary and middle schools as it is for high schools (see Figure 2).

Two policy factors turn out to matter considerably more: a larger private - education sector (which presumably introduces more competition into the educational system) and the presence of a centralized examination system (which presumably holds students and schools accountable).

Yet the schools that faced voucher competition experienced much larger increases in test scores.

Each of these results is statistically significant at a very high level, meaning that we can be highly confident that the test - score gains made by schools facing the actuality or prospect of voucher competition were larger than the gains made by other public schools.

VEX Robotics is the largest and fastest growing middle and high school robotics competition in the world, with more than 20,000 teams from 40 countries that participate over 2300 competitions across the globe.

Large - format graphic and signage specialist MX Display's learning space team created and installed the mural at Whitegate School, in Clifton, which won a competition that aimed to raise awareness of the importance of good design and layout in schools.

The researchers» approach to measuring the causal effect of competition between private and state schools uses the fact that the amount of competition in education today has in large part been influenced by the Catholic church's efforts in the nineteenth century to construct an alternative school system wherever the state religion was not Catholic.

Competition via school choice is the other weapon in the «tough love» arsenal, and until it's wielded at large scale, we are unlikely to see real results.

That study, while reporting negative achievement effects for participants in Ohio's largest voucher program, also found that students remaining in public schools performed higher on tests, owing to program - induced competition.

Exploring the critical role of school choice in the future of education reform, the Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI) is an interactive web application that scores large school districts based on thirteen categories of policy and practice.

«The bottom line is clear: Large - scale expansion of parental choice and competition will not, by itself, solve the problems of the most distressed urban schools.»

The first is a database on the extent and characteristics of school choice in the nation's 100 + largest school districts, as reported in the Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI), the most recent version of which is found here.

Had competition between private schools been maximising the quality of education each provided to its voucher students, we would not have observed such a large gain in test scores once schools knew their results would be made public.

Egalite found, «The competitive threat of the LSP ranges from negligible to modestly positive in the public schools exposed to the threat of competition, with effect sizes growing in magnitude as the competitive threat looms larger.»

Enrollment in the New York City schools, the largest district in the country, was flat from 2005 to 2010, but both Chicago and Los Angeles lost students, with declining birthrates and competition from charter schools cited as among the reasons.

Dan Olweus asserts that bullying is not a consequence of large class sizes or schools, competition for grades, or insecurity («A Profile of Bullying at School,» p. 12).

Over the years, one of the mysteries of my school choice advocacy has been the reluctance among many, including a large number of supposedly market sensitive business leaders, to understand and accept the dynamics of competition and how, in a choice environment, these dynamics will produce a supply of quality education alternatives to meet the demand while driving improvement in the public schools.

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(Disclosure: I am the former codirector of the organization, which is part of PDK International) School - based Educators Rising chapters offer students taking teacher academy courses leadership opportunities, competitions, and the chance to network with a larger movement of like - minded peers beyond their school School - based Educators Rising chapters offer students taking teacher academy courses leadership opportunities, competitions, and the chance to network with a larger movement of like - minded peers beyond their school school walls.

New Orleans» Recovery School District and Denver received the top ranking in the new Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI), an annual guide to the conditions of K - 12 school choice in the nation's 100 + largest school districts, released yesterday by the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings InstitSchool District and Denver received the top ranking in the new Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI), an annual guide to the conditions of K - 12 school choice in the nation's 100 + largest school districts, released yesterday by the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institschool choice in the nation's 100 + largest school districts, released yesterday by the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institschool districts, released yesterday by the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution.

«The cracks» have become all too familiar in our education system, in large part because our schools reflect our broader culture of competition, conflict, and obsession with quantifiable success.

Because the reformers are one way or another upsetting the apple cart, whether they are independent charter schools or large CMO / EMOs, homeschoolers, or a burgeoning private school industry (in some localities), the monopoly sees the competition through its monocular and myopic viewpoint as another singular entity bent on dominating the current monopoly.

There is no doubt that Betsy DeVos believes in school choice, and her record is one of funneling large sums of her personal fortune to influence politicians to embrace competition among schools as educational policy.

And, since the Millennials have overtaken the Baby Boomers as America's largest generation, today's schools simply can not afford to ignore the implications of this competition.

Failure to win support of teachers for adoption of a new evaluation system based on test scores, once again doomed several of the state's largest school districts in the federal Race to the Top competition earlier this month.

While LA School Report has been paying close attention to the elections taking place at UTLA, the nations second largest teachers union, the competition hasn't attracted much outside attention — that is until recently.

Both of these favorite flats species are in record numbers and in greater competition for food in such large schools.

Swedish Game Awards (SGA) is Sweden's largest game development competition for students at universities and upper secondary schools.

Top graduates from highly ranked schools can expect to earn an above - average salary out of college, but due to large competition most graduates will find offers for assistant positions at $ 35,000 — $ 45,000 / year.

First, the school, even without the immediate financial issue, faces intense competition in the coming years, with the arrival of much larger and better financed institutions in the New York City area and rapid changes in the world's needs.

• Provide a library for youth in the area • Allow youth free access to a computer lab for after school activities • Provide computer training to the community at - large • Teach graphics and web skills to youth • Run a small radio recording studio • Run a low cost internet cafe • Use the exterior space for informal sports tournaments and other competitions

Currently working for an in - house department at a large insurance company in Chicago, she graduated in the top third of her class, was a member of law review and participated in the school's moot court competition.