Sentences with phrase «often by pupils»

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Bonhoeffer considers the case of a young boy who is asked by his teacher, in front of the other pupils, «Is it true that your father often comes home drunk?»

«The education policies of the previous Coalition Government, continued by this one, premised on extensive and excessive autonomy for schools and the obsessive pursuit of deregulation, have rapidly increased covert selection, often targeted at pupils from materially deprived backgrounds.

Teachers of these pupils were often reluctant to risk overstretching them by teaching overly complex content.

The drops work by opening the pupil and preventing the iris from constricting in response to light and are often used for routine examination and photography of the back of the eye.

MANY teachers do not know how to use data provided by annual assessments of their pupils» literacy and numeracy ability, despite often criticising the tests themselves, a new report has found.

As reported by the BBC, The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) states that schools «too often» refuse permissions to attend its exams, even if pupils will only be away from lessons for a couple of hours.

I often use at the start of a revision session or during drop down days to get pupils engaged by having a competition board and the winner is the pupil who scores the most points - earning themselves a prize.

In addition, by working cohesively to improve the mental health of its pupils the school often improves within other areas.

This is one reason why schools which hope to engage pupils by promoting only popular music often run into difficulties: in my experience, the pupils have such strong views on popular music that it's easy to repel as many as you attract.

The schools operated by CMOs often receive less overall public funding on a per - pupil basis than comparable district - run public schools, with the deficit ranging from approximately 10 to 30 percent.

Too often pupils are allowed to fail in mainstream education before being referred to AP schools, by which time they are disheartened and angry.

«In the past, the content proposed by authoritative committees has often been selected without reference to the needs and capacities of particular pupils,» (1947)

Too often, digital work is carried out by pupils only to receive no teacher assessment.

The Conservatives argue that, too often, pupils who have slipped behind by this stage never catch up.

We heard many examples during our enquiry of schools restricting their languages curriculum in recent years, and these decisions were more often than not driven by small or falling pupil numbers.

«What teachers do say is that getting pupils ready to learn is eating into precious teaching time and they are frequently unsupported by school leaders who too often do not teach and are divorced from the day - to - day realities of life in the classroom.»

Average district per - pupil spending does not always capture staffing and funding inequities.14 Many districts do not consider actual teacher salaries when budgeting for and reporting each school's expenditures, and the highest - poverty schools are often staffed by less - experienced teachers who typically earn lower salaries.15 Because educator salaries are, by far, schools» largest budget item, schools serving the poorest children end up spending much less on what matters most for their students» learning.

County councils, often with more pupils than urban authorities, also face big increases - Lancashire is forecasting demand to rise by 13,000, Hampshire by 11,000 and Kent is expecting to need places for more than 9,000 extra pupils.

Too often, it is the marking itself which is being monitored and commented on by leaders, rather than pupil outcomes and progress as a result of quality feedback».

Since school spending per pupil has been relatively stable in real terms for the last seven years, allocating extra curriculum time and resources to teaching EBacc subjects may have often implied diverting them from non-EBacc subjects that offer less benefit in terms of school performance, as evaluated by the new headline measures.

Today's figures suggest pupils in grammar schools are more often taught by qualified, experienced teachers than those in schools with higher numbers of pupils from low - income families.

The assertion comes as the government publishes data - or league tables - detailing schools» performance in national curriculum tests, often known as Sats, taken by Year 6 pupils in the summer term.

Uppingham's extensive educational outreach goes beyond this partnership though; many local schools have benefited from our community service work — which includes the teaching of Latin and extra mathematics and French and learning support — often delivered by Uppingham pupils.

«Because disadvantaged young people are often held back by a lack of aspiration from their parents who have failed to engage with their educational progress, schools have used the pupil premium in some imaginative ways — such as literacy classes for parents — to increase parental engagement.»

The programme, which is currently overseen by the NCS Trust, has a stated mission of «social mixing» between pupils of different backgrounds, meaning that participants are often on free school meals or have special educational meals, as well as including those from pupil referral units or not in any education or training at all.

The idea of the Flipped Classroom is that pupils learn new concepts at home, rather than at school through watching educational videos (quite often made by their teachers).

They are often run by faith groups and there are concerns about the safety of pupils in their charge.

She refers to Deployment and Impact of Support Staff in Schools — an Institute of Education report that found a negative effect of TA support on academic progress it also found that the day - to - day support for pupils with SEN in mainstream schools was often provided by those TAs.

The letter said pupils» achievement by the age of 16 is poor in comparison with pupils elsewhere in the west midlands and nationally; secondary schools are too often failing to build on the success of pupils in primary schools; the gap between the GCSE attainment of disadvantaged pupils and their better - off peers is wide; and not enough has been done to address these failings over the years.

Given that grade boundaries here are often separated by only a few marks, pupils can easily slip downwards, which could cost the school a whole progress point.

Designed by John McDonald — a world renowned pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright — the house was often visited by Hollywood silver screen stars and hotshots including Lucille Ball and John Wayne.