Sentences with phrase «numbers of schools moving»

«The Chief Statistician has concluded that we are unable to publish the «Local Authority Budgeted Expenditure on Schools 2011 - 12: Wales and England Comparison» bulletin this year due to the current changing education policy landscape in England and the large numbers of schools moving to academy status in - year and therefore out of local government control,» the spokesperson added.

This will be a tough planning challenge for national and local government, against a background of spending constraints and growing numbers of schools moving outside of local education authority control.

The negative effects of school mobility increased with the number of school moves.

Not exact matches

Aerial footage from the scene showed a number of people lying on the ground outside the school, being treated for injuries and moved to ambulances.

While a number of factors combined to establish this as a specialty — complete with three - year medical school residencies and national boards and certification — it represents a definite move away from treating human beings piecemeal.

Milwaukee is the site of an experimental state program that provides a $ 2,500 scholarship to a limited number of low - income parents who would like to move their child to a private school.

Our numbers have expanded to 45 known schools and initiatives, and we've started to see the Public Waldorf Education impulse move from its spiritual home in the West towards its historical roots in the East... with a few stops in between: schools based on the principles of Public Waldorf Educationwere granted charters in Colorado, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Idaho and Florida this year and are set to open in the fall.

Didn't get a job until I was 21, didn't get, my license, move out of home and it really did a number on me, I was also picked on quite a lot in High School as I was over weight which I think affected me socially in terms of I have a minor case of social anxiety, it's not debilitating but I do notice it and it affects certain things.

School Bus Safety School bus safety involves the cooperation of a large number of people: the bus driver; each rider; pedestrians and bikers who move in and around the bus, and other drivers.

The question of identity has grown more pressing over the course of the last 15 years as the number of Waldorf schools has grown and as a new generation of teachers has moved into positions of responsibility within the schools.

While this number reflects an improvement — Missouri moved up from the 15th spot in the previous School Breakfast Scorecard — there is plenty of room for improvement.

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Finally, I move onto the government's plans to increase the number of academies in the system by turning outstanding schools into academies.

The DOE is also moving forward with plans to close and re-open 26 additional schools, which could bring the total number of new schools as high as 80.

This move, according to him, is expected to address the furniture deficit in a number of schools as part of his administration's commitment to dealing with the challenges in...

«We have to enhance the number of black and Latino kids who can get into the specialized high schools, so they can move onto stellar careers,» said state Sen. Jeffrey Klein (D - Bronx), who is pushing the project.

For example, she notes, the latest tally from the National Science Foundation shows that Penn State, one of the largest universities in the country, has moved into the top 40 schools for the number of African - American undergraduates who eventually earned science and engineering Ph.D. s.

A number of districts across the country have moved to equalize across schools the share of poor students, as measured by eligibility for subsidized lunch.

Then we focus on success stories in three states: Learn how Maryland has increased the percentage of high school graduates, how Oklahoma has increased the number of appropriately credentialed teachers in its schools, and how Georgia has increased the percentage of high school graduates who move immediately on to postsecondary studies.

Additionally, on the topic of rising pupil numbers, modular buildings hold the easy possibility of extension and the capability to be easily moved, far more suitable to a changing school site than a traditional construction.

Building on this, Cahill proceeded to set forth a «dynamic model,» arguing that, for true transformation that will allow schools to most effectively move forward with Common Core, schools can not just focus on one area of design, but instead, need to approach reform from a number of different angles.

Students at a small but growing number of high schools across the country are moving toward an integrated - mathematics pathway, in which they learn a blend of topics like algebra, geometry, and statistics each year.

When he closed a number of underperforming schools during his tenure as CEO of Chicago Public Schools, many displaced students were moved into similarly low - performing schools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang vischools during his tenure as CEO of Chicago Public Schools, many displaced students were moved into similarly low - performing schools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang viSchools, many displaced students were moved into similarly low - performing schools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang vischools, and worse, inadvertently exposed to gang violence.

Everyone likes the idea of boosting the number of effective teachers in schools with large numbers of poor and minority students, but in his testimony before the committee, Ed Next executive editor Rick Hess had a few warnings for those who think the obvious course of action is to encourage states and districts to move effective teachers out of schools with affluent kids and into schools with poor kids.

In the wake of last year's reports on schooling, a number of states — including Florida, California, Illinois, and Arkansas — moved rapidly to bolster their teaching ranks.

A large number of schools across the UK are moving to the cloud, but many still fear this option or see it as a costly conversion.

The audience was particularly moved by a number of comments the students made, including one's plea for a safe school.

A previous investigation by Schools Week revealed that the only school - led factor that caused volatility in results linked to swings in GCSE pass rates was moving a large number of pupils into different exams each year.

I believe that we are experiencing the tip of the iceberg in school consolidation, but we are in a slow - moving ship and this year we will only see a slightly less small number of mergers and school closures.

Academia has a set of standards that you move up based on the number of articles that you get published in the highest ranked publications, which cater to an exclusive audience of other academics that doesn't include the general public, community educators, and the people on the ground at local schools.»

However, students could later leave school for a number of reasons, such as being expelled or moving house, which could then make the tables inaccurate.

A number of primary school pupils have been moved to alternative teaching centers, after their schools were closed due to safety concerns.

In California, we've moved beyond assigning schools a single number score each year and are implementing a «dashboard» accountability system, to better capture and communicate multiple dimensions of school performance.

The numbers of parents paying by cash are similar across both stages of education, which suggests that all schools are moving away from it at the same rate - more than half of parents appear to have moved past cash, but only secondary schools have dedicated software as a clear alternative, perhaps suggesting that some primary schools do not fully understand the benefits of parental payment software.

The row involves West Dunbartonshire council's move to cut the number of principal teachers of individual subjects in the area's five secondary schools and replace them with «faculty heads» whose roles cover a range of subjects.

Researchers have long known that moving schools at age 11 causes problems for significant numbers of children.

It's great that there's more activity in education and... there's a chance that we can actually move some of these numbers of failing schools to not - so - failing schools and onto being great schools.

Reforms targeting governance and funding policies were also included in the analysis, such as the increase in the number of academies in England as part of moves to gives schools greater autonomy.

Lastly, the National Education Association points out that moving students from public to private schools harms school districts because they can not reduce their fixed facilities and transportation costs in proportion to the number of students who leave.

Mr Trobe said the move would disadvantage schools with «a high number of incoming pupils whose Sats results are at a relatively low level.

As part of the Move Across America program at Adams Elementary School in Arkansas City, Kansas, students kept track of the number of quarter - mile laps they have run or walked to see if they can reach the total number of miles between San Francisco, California, and New York City.

California's Dashboard Data Will Guide Improvement By Heather J. Hough and Michael W. Kirst In California, we've moved beyond assigning schools a single number score each year and are implementing a «dashboard» accountability system, to better capture and communicate multiple dimensions of school performance.

After offering substantial financial incentives, they identified a subset of the high value - added teachers willing to move between schools and recruited a larger number of low - income schools willing to hire the high - value - added teachers.

Although charter schools can (and sometimes do) attract students across traditional boundary lines, we do not believe it is reasonable to expect that students move freely across entire CBSAs to attend charter schools for a number of reasons.

School personnel are not having the number or quality of meaningful conservations needed to move schools forward in a focused, cohesive manner.

However, they say that the number of looked - after children moving from London is «too small» to impact on secondary schools with bigger cohorts.

There are a number of fairly effective innovation schools with great school leaders that are considering a move to Luminary or development of their own network.

* UPDATED A contingent of LA parents, armed with a petition of about 420 signatures, will ask the state Board of Education this week to adopt a summative rating to evaluate schools in addition to a number of proposed measures that move beyond ranking schools solely based on test scores.

In cases where achievement is weighted heavily, as with the current formula, schools with high numbers of students who perform as above on state tests have lower school performance grades of C, D, or F. By simply shifting the formula to 50 - 50, many of those C schools would earn a B, and D schools would move to C, and so on.

But instead of throwing in the towel and closing, like eight other UTCs have done so far, the school opted to join BMAT in September, claiming the move will increase pupil numbers.