The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment or Pisa tests examines the performance of 15 - year -
old pupils in mathematics, science, and reading.
Pisa - published by the OECD - compares the performances of 15 - year -
old pupils in reading, maths and science over 58 nations.
The Flagship School — a parent - led special school to provide 56 places for 9 - to 6 - year -
old pupils in Hastings, which was identified as an opportunity area earlier this year
The gap in achievement between 15 - year -
old pupils in England in key subjects is one of the largest and most unequal among developed countries, a release of international test data showed.
Children were 9 — 10 - year -
old pupils in a local elementary school.
In particular, certain countries have strict laws regarding decency and conduct, and
older pupils in particular may, in all innocence, fall foul of these laws.
Arts - based approaches may offer a route to re-engage
older pupils in learning, but this does not always translate into better attainment.
Not exact matches
A 15 - year -
old pupil stabbed teacher Ann Maguire to death
in a «completely irrational act stemming from a deep seated grudge», a senior detective has told the inquest into her death.
A drop
in the number of
pupils studying GCSE Religious Studies (RE) is being put down to some schools flouting the law and not teaching the subject to 15 and 16 - year -
olds.
Research by the Education Policy Institute has found that just one
in ten disadvantaged
pupils in England score grade 7 - 9 (A-A *
in old system)
in GCSE maths.
The 14 year
old's friend and fellow
pupil at Castlebay Community School, Laura MacIntyre, remains
in hospitals after being seriously injured
in the suicide bombing.
-- The competition is only open to primary and secondary school
pupils in the UK and entrants must be between 5 and 16 years
old at the time of submission.
It also refuses to give
older Scottish
pupils the right to not participate
in the sessions, as they have
in England and Wales.
GBENGA ADENIJI and SIMON UTEBOR write about the hideous face of cultism which is dangerously polluting the academic milieu
in the nation's public secondary schools Looking forlorn and weak, Miss Lillian Friday, a 16 - year -
old pupil of Community Secondary School, Otuoke
in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has yet to get over her -LSB-...]
Chux Ohai An eight - year -
old female
pupil of Liberty Bells School
in Lekki, Lagos, Tamilore Aderibigbe, has been named as the Fun Tease Star of the Month.
Per -
pupil funding levels should be adequate across all programs and settings — both school districts and community based organizations —
in order to support high - quality pre-k for 3 - and 4 - year -
olds, and the state should establish a timeline for ensuring adequate resources while expanding access to all eligible children, particularly
in high - need communities.
The vast majority (60 %) of
pupils engaged
in cyber bullying of their teachers were between 11 and 16 years
old, but some were primary school
pupils.
A 17 - year -
old Junior High School
pupil, [name withheld], is
in police custody for allegedly killing his mother over his missing mobile phone memory card.
Success Nwogu, Ilorin While some of her mates are
in school learning and playing, eight - year -
old pupil of Bethel Nursery and Primary School (ECWA)
in Ilorin, Asmau Abdulsalam, writhes
in pains.
The new spelling and grammar test for eleven year
olds has been prepared to an excellent standard, as set out
in this technical paper, and the new provision for teaching multiplication tables by the age of eight, for most
pupils as crucial to success
in maths as phonics are to success
in English, has not attracted the widespread criticism that our opponents expected.
The first
pupils to embark on the mathematics National Curriculum as 5 - year -
olds in 1989 will not complete it until they are 16
in 2000, before moving on to further and higher education.
«We know younger individuals have larger
pupils, and their lenses are more transparent, so their exposure and sensitivity to that light is even greater than
in older individuals.»
STRATFORDOBSERVER.CO.UK - Oct 30 - Former Stratford School
pupil Jack Knowles founded dating app Temptr, which has been launched
in 60 countries and is doing so well it is set to make the 28 - year -
old a billionaire.
One of the boys was hit
in Teacher struck off after relationship with 16 - year -
old pupil he sent clip of him miming «I Will Always Love You» Disgraced history teacher David Fenwick
11 - year -
olds «struggling
in the three - Rs» More than 135,000
pupils left primary school this summer with a poor grasp of the three - Rs, despite a
This portrait of the
pupils, teachers, and local environment of Norway House Cree Nation — a robustly successful school and community center
in Manitoba, steered toward the needs of Native students and the hiring of Native faculty — represents the 85 - year -
old Obomsawin's 50th feature, and she is already at work on the 51st.
A drop
in pupils achieving a C or above was predicted before the results were released, due to the new policy that requires 17 year -
olds to re-sit English and Maths if they got a D or lower the first time around.
This should be bolstered by a code of good practice, written
in a way to ensure
pupil understanding which, when they are
old enough to appreciate its significance, they should be asked to sign.
71 % of all 16 to 18 - year -
old pupils had heard words like «slut» or «slag» aimed at girls
in school on a regular basis
I have only tested this material once
in Norway with 15 - year -
old pupils who have ESL, but it worked quite well as they were engaged and fascinated.
More able /
Older pupils may be encouraged to record
in writing using high level persuasive language.
However, Wilshaw said that bringing back the national tests for 14 - year -
olds in England would help tackle the persistent underperformance among the most able
pupils.
So when I recently learned that PISA (the Programme for International Student Assessment, a worldwide evaluation of 15 - year -
old school
pupils» scholastic performance — and one of the main sources of concern over the state of reading, math, and science education
in the US) had released an overview of performance
in digital reading, navigation and computer use
in 2009, I was excited.
In discussing poetry for 12 - to 14 - year - olds, Benton and Fox refer to «rites of passage» poems, in the sense that pupils undergo significant changes in their lives during this period and a teacher's choice of poetry must reflect thi
In discussing poetry for 12 - to 14 - year -
olds, Benton and Fox refer to «rites of passage» poems,
in the sense that pupils undergo significant changes in their lives during this period and a teacher's choice of poetry must reflect thi
in the sense that
pupils undergo significant changes
in their lives during this period and a teacher's choice of poetry must reflect thi
in their lives during this period and a teacher's choice of poetry must reflect this:
And it's no secret that educators are less happy being «held to account» for
pupil results
in the midst of all this change than they were under the
old standards and tests (though many were plenty cranky on this topic before the standards changed!).
Adolph Gottlieb,
in his sourced quotes on painting art and life; collected quotes give important information to students and
older pupils.
Expressionism and its artists, shortly described and explained
in clear quotes + selected art images, for art students,
older pupils and maybe even for art teachers.
Caspar David Friedrich, his sourced quotes on painting and life
in Romanticism, collected for students and
older pupils; But also for teachers
in art education; Friedrich's quotes give information directly from the artist himself about his painting art
in German Romanticism.
Arshile Gorky,
in sourced quotes of the American artist on his painting art and artistic life, collected for students and
older pupils; but also for teachers
in art education.
Surrealism, described
in quotes of the famous Surrealist artists André Breton, Dali, Jean Arp, Miro, Marcel Duchamp; it is useful study material
in art education, for students, teachers and
older pupils.
One Room, Many Lessons:
Pupils in Amy Ponte's third - grade class take on «
old» names as they learn to embroider.
Both the RSA Academy
in Tipton and Penrice Community College will start services that will involve using the schools premises for volunteer
pupils and
older adults to engage
in skills swap classes.
At a higher level, more experienced or
older pupils can be expected to go about the activity
in an organised, systematic way.
Manor College of Technology, built
in 1966, is to have # 14m spent on it, while the work at 50 - year -
old Barnard Grove site is costing # 2.8 m. Students at the 1,250 - capacity Manor College will benefit from a new three ‑ storey «super block» with updated teaching facilities and a specialist block for 30
pupils with learning difficulties, as well as a major refurbishment of the sports hall and a new multi-use games area.
Schools with
pupils classed as «deprived»
in publically funded non-mainstream settings including Special Schools, General Hospital Schools,
Pupil Referral Units and 14 - 15 year
olds in Further Education (FE) Colleges will also attract a Premium of # 600 per annum.
Pupils watching will witness a re-enacted Tudor lesson, and be among the first to «step inside» the newly renovated 600 year
old building, described by historian Michael Wood as «one of the most atmospheric, magical and important
in the whole of Britain.»
Only 10 per cent of London
pupils could match the maths skills of the average Shanghai 15 year -
old, with
pupils in Hong Kong, Maastricht, Helsinki, Milan, the Australian states of New South Wales and Victoria, the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and the US states of Massachusetts and Connecticut consistently outperforming London
pupils in maths, science and reading.
The study examined 15 year -
olds educated
in both private and state schools and found that they were approximately six months behind
pupils in Asia and wealthy parts of North America and Europe, with
pupils in Shanghai being as much as three years further ahead
in maths.
For example, recruit
pupils for extra-curricular groups; arrange extra rehearsals; follow up on interests shown
in the classroom (eg finding a child who is learning the guitar at home, informally, and getting them involved
in a school group); produce a programme for the school concert which includes every child's name; liaise with other staff members (eg with the Art Department to provide a cover for said programme); organise refreshments; run a Parent Support Group for music; arrange for matching T - shirts for the jazz band or school choir; deliver a «sponsored sing» for charity; visit an
old people's home to perform for the residents; and a host of other things which make for «a musical school».
We've worked with schools with no budget, using
older furniture
in a new and creative way, to those raising thousands of pounds for a full overhaul designed by their
pupils.