Sentences with phrase «of top schools in the country»

Even though Logan Tuley - Tillman committed to the University of Michigan back in February, he is still being courted by some of the top schools in the country including his now biggest rival, The Ohio State University.

Graham Keegan said that, although some of Arizona's charters weren't strong academically when they first opened, these charters transformed many low - income neighborhoods and eventually evolved into some of the top schools in the country.

In 2011, HOPE was recognized as one of the top schools in the country for its strong culture in On Purpose: How Great School Cultures Form Strong Character by Samuel Casey Carter.

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Another, smaller, tech hub is in Pasadena (home one of the country's top technology schools: Cal Tech).

For example, the US Department of Education's Race to the Top Fund, which offered $ 4 billion in grants to states that developed successful educational reforms, spurred innovations that hold promise for school systems across the country.

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Later this month, FloSports will stream live coverage of USA Football's 7 - on - 7 National Championship Series tournaments, which feature top U.S. high school players, while the streaming service will also stream match - ups between some of the country's top - ranked high school football programs, starting in late August.

Indeed, the World Economic Forum in its recent competitiveness ranking lists the UK among the top three countries in the world for «the most technologically - ready» economy, quality of scientific research institutions and management schools, strong intellectual property rights, and at the very top for foreign ownership of companies.

This is one of the wealthiest and most exclusive areas in the country and it's known for its large, historical homes, rich architectural history and top - notch school system.

One of the country's top Catholic state schools has been criticised in a report by the government body... More

ABOUT PARK CITY CULINARY INSTITUTE Park City Culinary Institute collaborates with the region's top chefs to offer a distinctive culinary program that rivals some of the best culinary schools in the country.

The expert panel of CADI judges including Franco Pacini (director, The French Pastry School), Matthew Stevens (publisher, Dessert Professional), Liz Grossman (managing editor, Plate Magazine), and John Reed (American Culinary Federation / owner, Customized Culinary Solutions) will evaluate finalists in three categories of best new product, best flavor profile, and best sustainable product to determine the winners from the country's top pasty artisans to be on display at Chicago's Navy Pier on Sunday, October 20.

Balancing his coaching duties and audacious plan to bring the top recruiting class in the country to the little - known basketball school with the wave of uncertainty surrounding his personal life and job security, Dowkens takes his Badlanders to Las Vegas to play the eighth - ranked UNLV Runnin» Rebels on national TV in a game that seems certain to define his career.

This year Parade magazine named him the top high school basketball player in the country and one of the top 10 football players.

Because of Duval's contributions, IMG Academy spent the majority of the 2016 - 17 high school basketball season ranked as one of the top teams in the country.

As a 17 - year - old in 2004, Gattis was one of the top high school prospects in the country.

More specifically, I believe that these coaches could be familiar with the top schools in the country, but that the tail end of the top 25 is highly inaccurate and fans tend to overrate these teams when they see any type of ranking next to a school.

«If you talked to him on the telephone or anywhere for the first time, you'd never have a clue he's one of the top athletes in the country going to the top schools in the country,» Panzella said.

Chuma Edoga, one of the top offensive linemen in the country, is down to four schools and slightly favors one SEC team over the rest.

Not to be outdone, the back judge, Tom Kelleher, a sporting - goods salesman from Miami, reported that Tom Jr. had been ranked among the top half percent scholastically of all high school seniors in the country.

The minicamp brings 54 of the top high school players in the country together under one roof.

With his college plans already decided, he wants to put one final stamp on his high school career before hitting the junior amateur circuit and leaving for Texas to join one of the top collegiate golf programs in the country.

Prevailing over a field of the country's top 24 teams, the Granite Bay Rugby Club has won the national high school boys rugby championship (under age 19) for the first time in its short seven - year history.

At 63 years old, he feels connected with high school athletes working the annual Under Armour All - American game, a showcase of the top players in the country.

Back in 2012 she placed just outside the top 100 of the English Schools Cross Country Championships and she was also knocked out of her heat in the 800m at the English Schools.

Berkeley Prep is where Nicholas Petit - Frere, one of the top - rated offensive tackles in the country, attends school.

In private sessions Saturday, 22 school teams from around the country will toss around ideas on how schools can help to broaden the rigid notion of «success» that has taken hold on so many hyper - competitive campuses — high grades, top test scores and acceptance into prestigious colleges.

Localecopia Marketplace is now making inroads with farm - to - school for 5 school districts (3 of which are the top 11 in the country).

Rankings giant U.S. News and World Report just released their 2018 list of the top high schools in the country — totaling more than 20,500, nearly 1,300 of which are located in New York.

More than 1,100 law school professors proclaimed their opposition to Trump's attorney general pick in a letter to Congress Tuesday, rejecting Sen. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican, as unfit to handle the responsibilities of the country's top law enforcement official.

«If Albany is serious about consolidation, then they should actually put teeth behind it and order school districts, fire districts and municipalities to do it — not just blame upstate for New York being in the top tier of highest taxed states in the country.»

However, former shadow home secretary David Davis recently criticised the abolition of grammar schools for creating a «dominance» of public school boys in top jobs which had «handicapped the intellectual capacity of the country».

As a result, it is commonplace for MD / PhD psychiatrists or neurologists to obtain fully independent, tenure - track assistant professorships — at the top universities in the country — within 4 or 5 years of their graduation from medical school.

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.

Dr. Monica Evans, an associate dean for graduate programs and associate professor in the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication, is a co-author of the paper and leads the University's game design program, which is ranked as one of the top programs in the country by The Princeton Review.

Dr Nimalan Arinaminpathy, lead author of the research, from the School of Public Health at Imperial College London said: «TB is the top infectious disease killer worldwide, yet we have had little idea of the true scale of the problem in India — the worst affected country.

March 10, 2015 Pritzker School of Medicine program ranks 10th in latest survey The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine moved up a notch to regain its top 10 status as one of the country's best medical schools and its primary care program scored its strongest rating since 2010, according to the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report's «Best Graduate Schools.schools and its primary care program scored its strongest rating since 2010, according to the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report's «Best Graduate Schools.Schools.»

March 14, 2017 UChicago's Pritzker remains among top medical schools in national survey The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine earned a No. 15 spot in an annual review of the country's top medical schools.

East Coast About Blog Dynamic Baseball blog is showcasing high school baseball players to College Coaches, and Major League Baseball Scouts in some of the top venues in the Country.

The Italian fashion education system is split between Milan, Rome and Florence, with latter the home of the country's top ranked school, Polimoda, which ranked 9th in both BoF's BA and MA programme rankings and boasts two historic campuses within the Renaissance city and one of the most significant fashion libraries in the country.

In contrast to top - performing countries, Australia draws its teachers largely from the middle third of school leavers.

Thanks to her efforts, Alperton Community School is now in the top one to five per cent of the country in terms of qualifications and accreditations.

This trend is of concern because we know that high - performing countries draw their teachers from the top third (and in some cases, the top 10 - 15 %) of school leavers.

In addition, 86 % of day students at the school were accepted into their first - choice university, of which over a third of students (38 %) will be going on to study at a top 10 ranked university in the countrIn addition, 86 % of day students at the school were accepted into their first - choice university, of which over a third of students (38 %) will be going on to study at a top 10 ranked university in the countrin the country.

Richard Whitmire is author of On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools Are Pushing the Envelope, which chronicles the rise of leading charter school network Rocketship and the impact of high - performing charter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the cSchools Are Pushing the Envelope, which chronicles the rise of leading charter school network Rocketship and the impact of high - performing charter schools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the cschools in Denver, Spring Branch, and other cities across the country.

Fifteen - year - olds in the Kettle Moraine School District on the western edge of the Milwaukee metropolitan area achieved reading scores in 2015 that ranked among those of the top seven countries that are part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.

So when these top - flight schools decide that advanced honors courses in physics and chemistry are to be given the same weight in calculating a student's official grade point average (GPA) as any other course, including cooking, check - book balancing, and make - up algebra, it becomes ever so clear — once again — that the country's progressive educators have successfully pushed back the forces of school reform.

While citizens polled by the Gallup organization continued in 1984 to rank discipline, drugs, and standards as their top worries about schools, school - board members across the country have worries that reflect their managerial responsibilities for school systems, a survey by the journal of the National School Boards Association has school - board members across the country have worries that reflect their managerial responsibilities for school systems, a survey by the journal of the National School Boards Association has school systems, a survey by the journal of the National School Boards Association has School Boards Association has found.

Patrick currently works as an instrumental music teacher in the Pennsbury School District, which has been recognized since 2006 as one of the top 100 communities for music education in the country by the NAMM foundation.