Sentences with phrase «limited academic opportunities»

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At a school with absurdly rigorous academic demands (both in terms of admissions standards and classwork), his recruiting opportunities are limited, but he has figured out ways to recruit as well as possible.

Under Title IX, to achieve gender parity between men's and women's sports, universities and colleges have to meet one of three different requirements: 1) equity in participation opportunities for both men and women; 2) scholarships offered proportionally based on the number of male and female athletes; and 3) comparable overall treatment of women's and men's sports (including but not limited to quality and maintenance of locker rooms and facilities, equipment and supplies, access to practice fields, publicity of teams and events, the quality of coaching, academic tutoring, traveling budgets, etc.).

Academic women often find that their career opportunities are limited after having children.

Core academic requirements, parent or student preferences for electives and the financial burden of hiring more teachers can limit opportunities to expand health education courses.

When the post-Sputnik boom produced a glut of young physicists, he saw limited opportunity for an academic career in that field.

Research opportunities aren't limited to your home academic institution.

Refugee children are often exposed to many languages of instruction over the course of their migration, resulting in language confusion and limited opportunities to master academic content.

We provide extensive opportunities for personal and academic growth, offering a wide array of classes including but not limited to: Project Lead the Way (PTLW) Engineering courses, band and art.

Chief among them is the exacerbation of the problems the pedagogy was originally intended to address — namely, low academic performance and limited economic opportunities.

Fund (LDF) of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), highlights the continued need for greater educational equity, and warns that race and gender disparities in opportunity and academic achievement lead to high dropout rates, limited job opportunities, and increased risk of poverty for African American females.

On average, students from low - income communities lose three months of academic gains during the summer because of limited summer learning opportunities.

To ensure that African - Americans are not limited by persistent opportunity gaps, investments in high - quality early learning such as the national push for universal pre-K is essential to building a foundation for development, learning, academic success, and productive citizenry.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

In schools, the standard approach to these disruptions has been to isolate students through suspensions and expulsions, ultimately limiting their learning opportunities and sending them down a path that leads to lower academic outcomes.

Unionizing these schools will limit teachers» academic innovation and constrain opportunities for their students, which will slow the educational improvements that have been made in each of these low - income communities.

Teachers who fear poor performance by a student may not recommend a challenging course or may encourage a struggling student to drop a challenging course; thus closing academic doors and limiting the potential for career or college opportunities.

The Lofoten Declaration was written in August 2017 at a gathering in the Lofoten Islands of Norway of academics, analysts, and activists, all of whom recognize that globally we have a window of opportunity to limit the expansion of the oil and gas industry, in order to achieve the Paris climate goals.

Some law professors are opting to offer lecture recordings to students online, but Sier says some professors feel that this threatens the academic integrity of their classes due to limited group discussion opportunities.

Spring recruiting opportunities include the following: summer and fall externships (for academic credit) with government agencies, non-profit organizations and corporate counsel offices; summer / fall judicial externships (for academic credit); summer law clerk and post-graduate law clerk positions with small and mid-sized firms; and a limited number of post-graduate entry - level positions at firms and government agencies.

In order to provide ample opportunity for supervision and clinical experience, Odyssey limits the number of interns to no more than 3 in an academic year.