Sentences with phrase «more average pupils»

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«I'm guaranteeing for the next three years - and I've agreed this with the chancellor of the exchequer - that funding per - pupil will keep rising for every school - in fact, it will rise on average by more than 2 %, that's more than cost pressures.»

On average, 82 per cent of pupils achieve five or more GCSEs at grade A * to C, including English and mathematics.

«New York public schools now spend more per pupil than any other state and 87 percent above the national average.»

New York schools already spend more per pupil than any state in the nation, at an average of $ 19,818, almost double the national average of $ 10,700.

«Over the last decade we have made substantial progress in narrowing the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and the rest - the average achievement for those pupils has risen more sharply than for others,» she claimed.

Schools with no religious character have on average 0.8 percentage points more «Asian» pupils than would be expected for schools located in their areas.

[Cuomo said the latest lawsuit challenging the way New York allocates education dollars is flawed because the state spends more money per pupil — on average — than any other state and doesn't get top results.]

New York State currently spends more per pupil than any state in the nation, at an average of $ 19,818, almost double the national average of $ 10,700.

«New York today spends more per pupil than any other state in the nation — $ 19,552 — nearly double the national average of $ 10,608 per pupil.

More to the point, says the Empire Center, «School spending in New York [state] was driven primarily by instructional salaries and benefits — which, at $ 14,769 per pupil, were 114 percent above the national average of $ 6,903, the census data show.»

Rosemary Serra, president of the Nassau County Federation of Republican Women, said New York invested more money per pupil in education than most states, but still had a below average graduation rate.

A statistical comparison of facial traits of European Americans and African Americans — forehead - chin distance, ear height, nose width and distance between pupils, for example — with other body traits — forearm length, height at waist, etc. — showed that facial traits are, on average, more varied than the others.

It estimates that expenditures average $ 6,680 per pupil, hardly more than 50 percent of the average actual expenditure level of $ 12,637 per pupil in the districts where respondents live.

If you attend Incline High School in the upscale town of Incline Village, for instance, you in effect «receive» more than $ 13,248 in public funds — that is, the per - pupil expenditure in that community, which is far above the state average of $ 8,274 per pupil.

The provisional school results will include performance measures such as the percentage of pupils achieving five or more GCSEs or equivalents at A * to C, the percentage of pupils achieving the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), and the Attainment 8 scores, showing average achievement across eight subjects, including English and maths, for those schools that have opted into the new accountability system a year early.

Indeed, in the face of recent findings by Education Policy institute, which found that 20 of the largest multi-academy trusts (MATs)-- running more than 300 schools — fall «significantly below» the national average for improving pupils» attainment, the importance of self - assessment not just within each school but right across the trust, is perhaps more important than ever before; and goes to the heart of addressing the issues raised in the all - party parliamentary group's (APPG) 21 questions http://www.nga.org.uk/News/NGA-News/Pre-2016/21Q.aspx

We also eliminated 18 answers of more than $ 50,000 for per - pupil spending and 17 answers of more than $ 100,000 for average teacher salaries.

Even homeowners, for example, were off by more than $ 5,000 on average for per - pupil spending and by more than $ 11,000 for teacher salaries.

The impact of these Healthy Schools activities means that: pupils are more engaged in P.E; literacy has improved; pupils have better relationships with one another and are more physically active at break and lunch times; attendance is in line with national averages; there are very low incidences of bad behaviour recorded after lunch time; all pupils that attended swing high club showed improved handwriting as a result of this intervention; 55 fruit pots are sold each day to pupils in KS2; and 40 pupils attend breakfast club.

The half of the sample who saw the prompt claimed, on average, that their districts spent $ 5,262, about $ 1,000 more than the others, but still only 54 percent of the actual per - pupil spending levels in their districts.

In Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston, the coefficients of variation were nearly always more than 0.15, meaning that one - third of the schools in these districts had spending levels that deviated from their district's average by 15 percent (or $ 225,000 for a school of 500 when average spending is $ 3,000 per pupil).

In other words, these schools typically received 1 to 4 percent more than the district average, or $ 15,000 to $ 60,000 per school of 500 students in a district where the average school expenditure is $ 3,000 per pupil.

In Washington State and New Mexico, districts with student enrollments between 100 and 1,200 spend $ 104 million and $ 69 million more, respectively, in total public funds than if they were spending the statewide average per pupil in these districts.

In states like California and Georgia, smaller districts receive a subsidy of 15 percent or more of the average per - pupil spending levels in their larger - district peers.

A negative score means that, on average, students in property - poor districts actually receive more state and local funding per pupil than students in more affluent areas do.

Average per - pupil public revenues (from all sources, including federal Charter School Program start - up grants) across the NewSchools portfolio were more than $ 11,500 in 2010, ranging from about $ 9,000 to $ 16,000, depending on the states and cities where schools are located.

I discovered that Wellesley spends no less than $ 15,383 per pupil, more than $ 2,000 more than the national average.

Traditional public schools received $ 7,000 more per pupil in local revenues, on average, than did public charter schools.

The average central - office budget in 2010 was about $ 5.3 million, or more than $ 1,500 per pupil.

When people are asked to estimate per pupil spending in their local school districts, the average response in 2016 is $ 7,020, a little more than 50 percent of the actual per pupil expenditure of $ 12,440.

When we asked respondents to estimate per pupil spending in their local school district, the average response in 2016 was $ 7,020, little more than 50 % of the actual per pupil expenditure of $ 12,440, on average, in the districts in which respondents lived.

In a pilot scheme where every child at primary schools in Newham and Durham was offered a free meal, they were more likely to eat a better diet at school, do significantly better in class — with an average of two months more progress by pupils at key stages 1 and 2 — and be less fussy about what they ate at home.

But there were only eight chains where poorer pupils with top grades at primary schools made more progress than the national average.

A U.S. Department of Education analysis of more than 40 studies, including five focused on K - 12 pupils, found that «students who took all or part of their classes online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through traditional face - to - face instruction.»

An evaluation of the initiative by academics at Sheffield Hallam University found that those pupils who took part in the study made an average of two months more progress in English and science than a similar group of pupils who did not take part, and therefore formed a control group.

Four questions about averages that pupils might find more interesting than the usual ones from the textbook.

Utah is one of only 10 states that have negative wealth - neutrality scores, meaning that, on average, students in property - poor districts actually receive more funding per pupil than students living in wealthy areas.

The poorest fifth schools, as defined by the number of pupils eligible for free school meals, spent on average 31 per cent more per pupil than the richest fifth.

The analysis of Department for Education (DfE) data also highlighted that secondary schools with more than 40 percent on free school meals will have an average loss of # 803 per pupil.

The researchers at Loughborough University's School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences found that, when compared to the London average, pupils on the Greenhouse Sports programmes are twice more likely to meet or exceed the 60 minutes of exercise a day recommended by government.

However, research by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the charity Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) shows that primary schools with more than 40 per cent of children on free school meals will on average lose # 473 per pupil.

The average amount of money spent per pupil by U.S. public schools has more than doubled in real terms since 1970, and the number of pupils per employed teacher has declined from 22 to 15.

The researchers at Loughborough University's School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences found that, when compared to the London average, pupils on the Greenhouse Sports programmes are twice more likely to meet or exceed the 60 minutes of exercise a day recommended by Government.

The health gains were most visible in disadvantaged catchment areas — over a half of schools with more than a quarter of pupils on free school meals said their facilities had improved, compared to 39 per cent of schools with lower than average take up of free meals.

In one school, pupils who regularly participated in Greenhouse Sports» programmes, which are mainly delivered outside the school curriculum, consistently attended, on average, a week's more school per year than their non-Greenhouse peers.

In the short time since the introduction of national standards for school food, primary school pupils are already eating more of their 5 - a-day at school and are being offered a lunch which is lower in fat, sugar and salt than the average lunch of 2005.

The best schools measured by the Department for Education's new «Progress 8» measure have FSM rates much closer to the national average (15.2 %), and are less socially selective, with a third of these schools actually admitting more FSM pupils than their catchment area.

Though the average impact of setting or streaming on low attaining pupils is negative, evidence suggests that certain types of grouping are more effective than others.

[28] During the 2015 — 2016 academic year, the average voucher value in Louisiana was $ 5,856, which was barely more than half the statewide average expenditure per pupil in the district schools.

Or a district that previously chose to concentrate Title I funds in its poorest schools could instead distribute Title I to still eligible but less poor schools, if those schools have more experienced teachers which would pull up per pupil state / local spending average in its Title I schools.