Sentences with phrase «more space for students»

Lusher Charter School leaders are meeting with engineers and consultants in preparation to major repairs at both of its school buildings, while continuing to look for more space for students at the satellite campus.

The backup to get into charters comes despite those schools adding more space for students.

So generally, this approach leaves more space for students» creativity and allows to dive deeper into subjects.

Not exact matches

Robert Bjork, of the University of California, coined the phrase «desirable difficulties» to describe the counter-intuitive notion that learning should be made harder by, for instance, spacing sessions further apart so that students have to make more effort to recall what they learnt last time.

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Sunny skies continue to be the forecast for the student housing sector, with investor interest in this property niche continuing to increase, more institutional capital flooding into the space and a continued demand seen for new development.

«Government must be a force for good,» Wynne averred; it must «mak (e) a positive difference in the long and short term»: thus billions in promised infrastructure spending and the jobs that come with it; free tuition for 150,000 students; and 100,000 more daycare spaces — all done «prudent (ly),» mind you, with a balanced budget to come in the spring.

Such an alternative view of students in classroom space would call for more, not less interaction, cooperation in tasks rather than competition, a dynamic give and take instead of a unilateral telling and listening.

Sonoma State University Wine Spectator Learning Center Wins «Top Real Estate Projects» Award The new home for Sonoma State University's Wine Business Institute includes the Wine Spectator Learning Center, a state - of - the - art facility with classrooms and outdoor space that have capacity for more than 300 students, venues for public seminars and events, and technology to showcase the business of wine and hospitality...

Check out the full article for more, and watch this space: we're not done with student gun protests OR with new forms of political organizing.

New York Daily News article on students marching across the Brooklyn Bridge with BP Adams to petition the DOE for more space for sports and other activities.

Efforts are underway within sectors of the academy at Oxford, including the push to install baby changing tables in some departments and to make the Middle Common Rooms (MCRs)-- spaces reserved for the comfort, sanity and fraternisation of postgraduate students in their respective colleges — more family friendly.

But even ideology - focused students, including your blogger, forget to look for political messages in more creative spaces.

But Team de Blasio refuses to give it added space there for more grades, though students fleeing Wadleigh and FDA have left ample room.

On Saturday, February 11, VID put together a solid group of supporters for the Rally Opposing the NYU2031 Plan, NYU's aggressive, tower - heavy 20 - year construction proposal to jam our low - rise community with structures of inappropriate size, height and bulk (including a huge hotel), which will mean the takeover of public space and the influx of a concentration of more thousands of students, staff and faculty.

«The herbivores created space for other plants and animals to move in and we saw much more diversity and variety in these ecosystems,» said Rebecca Kordas, the lead author of the study who completed this research as a PhD student in zoology at UBC.

So far, more than 30,000 students have had the experience of designing experiments for microgravity through the SSEP program, which is part of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in the U.S. and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education internationally.

(There's also an Office of Education at NASA headquarters that runs agency - wide programs such as scholarships and research opportunities for students and efforts to attract more minority students into space science.)

Possibly even more important for Weinberg, the organization has made space for teen advocacy, working with high school students from across the United States and Canada on projects to get youth involved in science.

Teachers can help students more safely navigate online spaces by talking about cybersecurity and engaging students in group activities and games that help highlight how easy it can be for private information to be stolen and for passwords to be cracked.

Industry - University: Industry — Cortex (St. Louis U.) part of CIC space in St Louis — $ 5000 startup; rent $ 4500 / mo; 440 sq. ft.; emphasis on community presence and partnership; required more internal advocacy (convince president); considering space versus personnel; two other universities were already present at the space when they joined; Technology Transfer for SLU also at this location; used for student business competitions.

«It matters more on who is in that space and the kinds of decisions that educators make to set students up to make positive choices for their learning.»

How can we make the space even more comfortable for students?

Of course I fully agree with many of the more accepted goals of the liberal variants of critical pedagogy whose arch-categories include the following — to foment dialogue, to deepen our appreciation of public life, to create spaces of respect and appreciation for diversity, to encourage critical thinking, to build culturally sensitive curricula, to create a vibrant democratic public sphere, to try to change the hardened hearts and minds of our increasingly parasitic financial aristocracy, to build knowledge from the experiences and the histories of students themselves, to make knowledge relevant to the lives of students, and to encourage students to theorize and make sense of their experiences in order to break free from the systems of mediation that limit their understanding of the world and their capacity to transform it, to challenge racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism, to fight against white supremacy, etc..

The contextually - driven design for the school's Senior Centre re-conceptualised an underutilised courtyard into a central modern learning environment, providing six general purpose learning areas and a presentation space catering for more than 150 Year 5 and 6 students.

And that personal space creates the conditions for more authentic writing because it naturally fosters a student's voice, style, and thoughts.

In a space where more choice is available, students need to be held more accountable for their behavior and work outcome.

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Whole - school strategies — such as creating a space for self - regulation in each room or implementing a more trauma - informed approach to discipline — can create the circumstances for individual students to get the support they need.

Swanson and the students often wish for more space, but they make every effort to follow wise business practices.

In addition to requiring more spending for special - education programs, the agreement reached in late July between the district and the federal agency calls for the timely and appropriate placement of some 3,500 students who are awaiting spaces in special - education classes.

«As a result of [my mission to Huntsville], classroom learning will be much more activity - based rather than theoretical - things like survivability, the history of space flight, the equipment used... and I will expand on the NASA material to make lesson plans more interesting for the students.»

I was hopeful that this statement would carve out space between the two sides, offering a compromise position reflecting the principles of both and opening a path for more disadvantaged students to access great schools.

While the single - point rubric may require that we as educators give a little more of our time to reflect on each student's unique work when grading, it also creates space for our students to grow as scholars and individuals who take ownership of their learning.

Included in this lesson are following: * Keyword Championship Title Screen * Rule of the game * Score card * Unit 1 - How the Market Works Keywords (ready to be cut up) There is space for adding your own keywords and definitions to make the game more fun and suited to your students.

One area that is becoming much more important for students is online portfolios, or any online space available for students.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

Online education doesn't have the same need for physical space and accessibility, which means the barrier to entry is much reduced and that — as any economy student knows — means there will be more competition on price and quality.

«By adding square footage to HGSE's main campus for the first time since 1972, we have the opportunity to add flexible learning spaces that will benefit our students and faculty, open up collaborative new work spaces that will bring more of our community together under the same roof, and complete much - needed upgrades that will allow the historic Longfellow building to remain the centerpiece of this campus for many years to come.»

But the program does more than just instruct — it is also meant to be a space for students to find joy in learning and feel comfortable taking risks.

REVIEW: Teachers and students will find lots of useful information and resources for teaching and learning more about the universe and space at this site.

They wondered, Were students preoccupied by the sheer number of other test takers they were «competing» against or by distractions that might occur in a larger space — more noises, for example?

For example, in the playground when one group of students want to play a game that requires more space than is currently available.

Bunkabin, the leading supplier of en - suite site sleepers and portable cabins, has launched its Bespoke Sleeper to offer even more space and comfort for students.

Their feedback has really shed new light on what the space will be used for and how we can get more students to use it.

The space looked more like a teacher storage facility than an inspiring place for students to work together and learn.

It also has an enhanced new bathroom design for additional space and comes with an optional full - size fridge and microwave for the more independent student.

Students memorize routine knowledge, both academically and socially, but nothing is yet routine enough to free up space for more rigorous concepts.

We realized that we needed more space within the district than just the two classrooms for our Students and Teachers Achieving Remarkable Success (STARS) program, which focuses on our neediest students with autism and communication diStudents and Teachers Achieving Remarkable Success (STARS) program, which focuses on our neediest students with autism and communication distudents with autism and communication disorders.

Football Foundation pitches are more than just spaces for people to play football — they can help to transition a student into a career.

That's what grabs headlines in the K - 12 space, and I think we can all agree that today's NAEP results are disappointing, especially for lower - performing students in schools that continue to receive more resources but have not yielded much in the way of real results.