Sentences with phrase «of students from each grade»

This article is about what I do daily in my job, so I couldn't help to chuckle when this was about a child, when I have a whole program of students from grades k - 5.

The New York State Education Department estimates that each test book will take 60 minutes to complete for a total of 6 hours of testing of students from Grades 3 to 8.

The high school reform initiative also involved using data - warehousing technology to follow the progress of three cohorts of students from grade 9 to grade 11 on one particular subskill of the state assessment.

For example, in gathering a normative sample for a state assessment a certain number of students from each grade level in each county or school district could be selected.

In other words, if we follow sequential cohorts of students from a grade level in a school, we should hypothesize to see a drop in achievement when a teacher with a very high value - added estimate leaves the school (or a particular grade), and an increase in achievement when a teacher with low value added leaves.

Not exact matches

With a 1.7 high school grade point average and unable to get admitted to any degree - granting institution, Kalin faked an MIT student ID and then used a letter of recommendation from a professor he met there to get himself admitted to NYU.

Families with kids in kindergarten through 12th grade will spend an average $ 634.78, versus $ 688.62 in 2012, while families of college students will spend $ 836.83, down from $ 907.22 last year.

«At the University of Pennsylvania, Angela Duckworth and her team studied what separates successful 7th grade students from those who weren't doing as well.

It was the kind of description that you might expect from a sixth - grade student at a science fair.

Through the years, the Kelley School has fashioned a reputation as a true MBA innovator, from being one of the few programs that give a single grade for the entire core curriculum to having a series of first - year academies that provide experiential learning, consulting projects and coaching to students interested in six core areas that range from capital markets and strategic finance to consulting and supply chain management.

After a crushing loss in a student council race in the 6th grade, Lee learned the importance of getting the story right from the beginning.

One of the students I work with is a grade 12 female from Iran.

When the members of the school board of Dover, Pennsylvania, a small community near Harrisburg, required students to read a short statement concerning intelligent design before studying ninth - grade biology, they met stiff resistance from some parents and teachers.

Although Malcolm was an outstanding student and extremely popular among his peers, he dropped out of school when his white eighth grade English teacher discouraged him from becoming a lawyer and suggested carpentry as a more «realistic goal for a nigger.»

Each team is composed of nine students, three from each grade point category, and includes three Honor (GPA 3.75 - 4.00), three Scholastic (GPA 3.00 - 3.74), and three Varsity (GPA 0.00 - 2.99) students.

I too have been reading since the beginning — who needs a story — you've got the man, you've got the happiness, and you've got the skills to make one hell of an empty stomach feel like the luckiest organ in the world — Besides, my husband, who was able to vote when I was born, just happens to be my professor from college... And when people ask what grade I got in his class, I become quiet and with a slight whisper say «I got a B» — And that was only 1 of 3 B's I got in college... Our story is wonderful for him since he nabbed the young student... Doesn't sound so good for me, but I love him and sharing it regardless... Happy Anniversary Deb and Alex!!!

A good student — «though football was all I thought about from the seventh grade on» — Smith went to Princeton, where he was president of his class in his sophomore, junior and senior years, captained the football team and in 1952 and 1953 was named All - East and All - Ivy League at single - wing fullback.

According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, the gap in eighth - grade reading and math test scores between low - income students and their wealthier peers hasn't shrunk at all over the past 20 years.

Refrain from grading the first assignment (s) each semester; write comments, mark incorrect answers, and allow for revisions, so that students focus on the learning instead of just the grade.

She was the founder and head of Bridges Academy, which serves a population of twice - exceptional students in grades 6 - 12, from 1994 - 2003 (bridges.edu).

It was written by a perspective Princeton student who believed that «The recruitment of elite athletes from grade school onward is degrading our entire educational system, and it bodes ill... for America's children and our nation's future.»

Character Education: State Board of Education Policy 2109 (2005) requires character education to be incorporated into the curriculum for all grades modeled by moral leadership from school administrators, teachers, and students.

According to a study by Byers, Dillard, Easton, Henry, McDermott, Oberman, and Uhramcher (1996), students at Urban Waldorf went from having 26 % of third grade students reading at or above grade level in 1992 to 63 % at or above grade level in 1995.

Drawing material from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS - 88) and tracking a representative sample of students who were in 10th grade in 1990 and 12th grade in 1992, to see what was happening in their lives in 2000, the following was discovered in comparing high school athletes to non-athletes.

For this school year, in a bid to boost participation in its lunch program from its paying students, the district will now offer them the choice of two entrees and a self - serve salad bar available on Tuesdays and Thursdays for students in grades three to five.

Second grade elementary students from Statham Elementary partnered with high school students at the Sims Academy of Plant Sciences Program for a live streaming event in which Academy students gave the second graders a virtual tour of their greenhouse.

The school serves a maximum of 80 students from kindergarten through eighth grade.

This need of authority leads to one of the most distinctive features of Waldorf education, the class teacher who ideally advances with the students from first through eighth grade.

Señora Pasion, our Spanish teacher, begins working with our rising first grade students towards the end of their kindergarten year (at age 5 or 6), and Spanish studies continue until they graduate from our middle school.

At the Waldorf School of Baltimore, students use fountain pens from fourth grade on.

The addition of the upper school, which opened programming to students in grades 10 - 12 for the 2015 - 16 school year, makes Hershey Montessori School the first in the world to fully implement Dr. Maria Montessori's vision for educating children from birth through 18 years, with an adolescent residential program on a working farm.

The eight students that gave testimonies ranged from first year university to grade 10 and all told the same story of incoherent yelling, conveying disgust and contempt, swearing, personal attacks, humiliating and demeaning conduct.

Students from grade 3 to university levels have benefited from the vast amount of materials available.

Our highly qualified math tutors provide instruction to students of all academic levels in every subject of math spanning from elementary grade math to graduate school math, business course subjects, and beyond

The maximum award for students from K - 3 is 25 percent of the annual tuition and for Grades 4 and above is 50 percent.

From fourth grade on, the teacher assesses the students in the writing of their own compositions and, starting in sixth grade, in the integration of science experiment write - ups in their main lesson books.

Since the school's inception in 1981, Hartsbrook has evolved from a fledgling institution with one teacher and a handful of kindergarteners to a fully accredited Waldorf school serving students from infancy through 12th grade.

Last spring, a class of fifth - grade students from Bancroft Elementary School in the District descended on the South Lawn of the White House to help us dig, mulch, water and plant our very first kitchen garden.

A student who transfers from the Florida Virtual School full - time program to a traditional public school before or during the first grading period of the school year is academically eligible to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first grading period if the student has a successful evaluation from the previous school year pursuant to paragraph (a).

A student who transfers from a charter school program to a traditional public school before or during the first grading period of the school year is academically eligible to participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first grading period if the student has a successful evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to subparagraph 2.

Capacity: The new two - story facility, with a capacity of 1,600 students (an increase of 400 from the former campus), allows for the standard middle school configuration of Grades 6 - 8 on one campus... which provides sixth - graders with greater opportunity for academic rigor, fine arts and career electives and athletic and extra-curricular activities, as well as 30 additional minutes of instructional time each day, compared to an elementary schedule.

Sonja Hill from the Children's Hunger Alliance explained that when the program is fully implemented in the fall students in grades Pre-K to 2 will have direct delivery of breakfast to their classrooms, allowing the students to eat together in the room as a small group while beginning their school day.

A mix of delivery styles will help Southern Local customize their program for efficiency; young students (Pre-K through grade 2) will have breakfast delivered directly to the classroom, while students in grades 3 - 8 will «Grab n» Go» from the cafeteria line back to their classrooms.

Students in grades 1 3 also receive letters from me about good food choices and the importance of calcium rich foods to build strong bones and teeth.

With a total enrollment of around 5400 students from pre-school to eighth grade, Gadsden will be serving breakfast - in - the - classroom in all nine of its schools: six elementary schools, two junior highs, and a pre-school.

Whether you were a child in grade school or a university student, summer meant freedom from study and responsibility, the opportunity to work a job and have plenty of disposable income at hand, or even just to laze about all summer enjoying your life of irresponsibility and freedom.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer said combining the middle school grades from Wadleigh and FDA II was «a brilliant solution,» and praised the efforts of community members and students to defend Wadleigh.

Students of second - grade classes from PS 330 (Astoria), PS148 (East Elmhurst), and PS 112 (Long Island City) who won the NYC Ferry vessel - naming competition took a celebratory ride on May 10 aboard an NYC Ferry vessel, the Owl's Head.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville) today is calling on New York's congressional delegation to prevent the U.S. Department of Education from carrying out a threat to sanction New York schools as punishment for the hundreds of thousands of students who opted - out of grades 3 - 8 Common Core standardized tests this month.

Assemblyman says Congress must «referee» to stop Secretary of Education from cutting federal school funding to punish NY for massive student opt - outs of grades 3 - 8 tests