Sentences with phrase «more academic schools»

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Adding to the rankings were how well programs equipped their students with skills recruiters seek and student feedback on the school's academics, career services and more.

Among the top 20 MBA programs in the U.S., at least four schools — Yale, Harvard, Northwestern, and UCLA — have increased their average scholarship payouts to students by more than 100 % since the 2004 - 2005 academic year.

Instead, he said, it might make more sense for Stoneman Douglas or the Broward school district to provide students with extra academic support, like an Algebra I refresher, before they take the test.

«This is more than an embarrassment,» wrote Russell D. Moore, dean of the school of theology and senior vice president for academic administration at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Academics ◾ LGBT students at schools with comprehensive policies on bullying and harassment are much more likely to report harassment to school authorities who, in turn, were more likely to respond effectively.

By and large theological schools are still bogged down in traditional academic concerns designed more to produce scholars than strategists.

Government needs a more practical, less academic social policy aimed at the deficiencies of public authority» law enforcement, school standards, and work requirements» that the research itself suggests are central to poverty today.

The academic evidence relating to the impact of SRE in schools is not much more hopeful.

When the institution of the university developed in the Middle Ages and the writings of Aristotle were rediscovered, theological schooling stressed far more than it previously had discursive reasoning, technical logical skill, and academic specialization.

Murray draws on those studies, but in Coming Apart, Fishtown, like Belmont, is shorthand for a statistical cohort: people with blue - collar or low - level office jobs and no academic degree more advanced than a high - school diploma.

At the same time, Catholic professors criticized their institutions for intellectual mediocrity, redefined «academic excellence» in line with the standards of leading graduate schools, and turned (with equivocal success) to theology to provide what Holy Cross historian David O'Brien has termed «the bridge between the older Catholic identity and the newer, more excellent version of Catholic higher education.»

The Church needs to find its way in a world where public school administrations are more preoccupied with transgender rights than restoring a rigorous academic curriculum.

Its universities in the United States have larger enrollments and more academic prestige than ever before, Jesuit high schools are attracting large numbers of excellent students, and some Jesuit publications and parishes are very successful.

But despite these recurring complaints, theological schools have more and more tended to make academic quality the central element in their reputations.

Yet another sign of the flourishing of AATS - member graduate professional schools in the United States was the astonishing — from the vantage of the 1990s — statistic that despite the intervening economic depression they averaged three times as much endowment per student ($ 6,103) as all privately controlled academic institutions ($ 2,040), and more than ten times as much as publicly controlled institutions ($ 455).13

The majority of seminaries, with the exception of interdenominational graduate theological schools, have little access to universities, and thus are more sensitive to the movements within the churches than to the trends in the academic world.

I've never been one to consider myself the creative type — I was always the bookworm in school and excelled in academics, not arts — but as I grow older, I find myself venturing more and more into artistic outlets.

The Australian Beverages Council, representing the local energy drinks industry, has responded to research published in the journal Academic Pediatrics from the Yale School of Public Health which links the consumption of energy drinks to a more likely risk of hyperactivity and inattention symptoms in middle - school chiSchool of Public Health which links the consumption of energy drinks to a more likely risk of hyperactivity and inattention symptoms in middle - school chischool children.

«I'm looking for more of an academic school.

But how tied is that school to the more academics - minded ACC and / or its in - state companion in Charlottesville?

Both schools pull in more athletic revenue than the majority of front - line Big 12 candidates, but they have way worse men's basketball programs, smaller fanbases, less academic funding, and lower university rankings than the league's averages.

After the notoriety the COF gained from this, more than 1,000 readers chimed in on Reddit posts questioning whether College of Faith schools were «diploma mills» with subpar academic standards preying on deluded athletes.

Then again, maybe if Cooper had made sure more players had done well in classes during the school year, he wouldn't have three starters on the academic ledge now.

Some feel this comes from a relatively casual attitude toward sports, but, more tangibly, it is the result of the absorption of Ivy students in the tougher academic programs which are enforced in their schools.

In the same way that responsive parenting in early childhood creates a kind of mental space where a child's first tentative steps toward intellectual learning can take place, so do the right kind of messages from teachers in school create a mental space that allows a student to engage in more advanced and demanding academic learning.

Demand for our program is growing, and Challenge Success is working hard to ensure that we continue to provide research - based assessment and interventions that reduce student stress and increase academic engagement for more schools and families across the country.

Otherwise, you might have to consider a private school that either specializes in working with gifted kids or has a more advanced academic program.

who participated in secondary school athletics during the 2011 - 2012 academic year, during which they sustained more than 1.3 million injuries, of which the NATA estimates that 22 percent were from concussions, *** a condition that continues to increase despite the overall decrease in youth sports injuries.

Not only are there social pressures and additional obligations such as sports or after - school jobs, but the academic requirements are much more rigorous than previous years.

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More important than the labels of «play - based» or «academic - focused,» though, is what actually happens in the classroom and how teachers respond to emotional situations, so ask about specific scenarios when you're considering a school.

For a more detailed review of the school's academic performance, as measured by the CAASPP program, check back soon for the most current information.

PS 116's principal Jane Hsu told DNA Info that the school «spent over a year «analyzing studies focused on the effects of traditional homework» and decided that it was more important for the Pre-K through fifth grade students to do activities that «have been proven to have a positive impact on student academic performance and social / emotional development» such as reading at their own pace and playing.»

They had suggestions for how to make changes in the school culture and the presentation of our academics so the level of education was not compromised, but simply modified and taught in a more thoughtful way.

Bullying tends to peak in 6th grade, and many students find that the academic challenges of middle school are far more difficult than in elementary school.

The Waldorf School of Garden City's ideas and people cross more than academic disciplines — they transcend languages and nations.

If you know your child needs more time after school for academic help or because he or she plays a sport, you might be able to take advantage of free sit time.

food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.

Chicago Public Schools is simultaneously increasing its awareness of the dangers of severe allergies and stocking more of the EpiPen shots used to treat them this academic year.

After more than a decade of no - nonsense academics and harsh discipline, «He (Levin) had created the perfect middle - school student, but he hadn't created the perfect college student,» said Tough.

Officials describe the dinner initiative as having three goals: hedging against childhood hunger, reducing alarming rates of obesity and drawing more students to after - school programs, where extra academic help is available.

Since good behavior in schools generally translates to more time teaching and more time on task, cutting or reducing recess time could affect everything from test performance, to grades, to academic progress.

Challenge number two is — this is something that I became more aware of working on Helping Children Succeed — that even going beyond the challenges that low - income kids face and the gaps in our academic outcomes, there are significant problems with some of the basic approaches to teaching and education that we have in our schools: The basic principles of American pedagogy, how we teach math, how we teach anything.

«When you think about it, it's kind of weird that, after spending all day in school, kids are asked to do more academic assignments when they get home.

Democratic schools like Longview School focus on teaching the whole child, so they not only learn rigorous academics, but also develop into more independent, responsible young adults.

She wishes she would have dropped more academic subjects when they were in elementary school.

In a Waldorf school, the arts are a fundamental tool that not only furthers the students» academic skills but, more importantly, cultivates the uniquely human capacity of creativity.

Here, students are given more than academic school education.

Every school day, federal child nutrition programs provide nutritious meals that are critical to the health and academic success of more than 30 million students nationwide.

National studies show that students who eat school breakfast are more likely to: reach higher levels of math achievement; score higher on tests; have better concentration, memory and alertness, improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance; and maintain a healthy weight