Sentences with phrase «on traditional high school»

This certainly looks like a more female take on the traditional high school gun tragedy — compared to, say, Gus van Sant's Elephant.

Not exact matches

Utah high school senior Keziah Daum caused controversy on Twitter when she wore a traditional Chinese dress to prom on April 22.

It wasn't until high school when I experienced a full - on traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

As the 2013 high school football season enters the home stretch, with teams fighting to stay alive in the playoffs, or preparing for traditional end - of - the - season games on Thanksgiving morning, the risk of concussion is an ever - present concern.

My son is two years past the traditional Little League age... he will start his freshman year of high school in two months and he seems light years away from being a 12 year - old playing baseball on the 60 foot diamond.

In exchange for a much higher expectation and dependence on parent involvement in the school, tuition is kept much lower than what other traditional preschools charge.

The program, which Cuomo made a legislative priority, will primarily benefit traditional students, those who go to college straight from high school and earn their degrees on time.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

In face of this criticism, Moskowitz has time and again cited the network's high performance on standardized tests compared to traditional district schools.

«I am determined that the policy of free Senior High School will continue and continue and continue... so that all our children would always have the opportunity to go to school,» the President said attracting an appreciating applause of a delegation from the Bawku traditional Area led by the Bawku Naaba, Asigri Abugrago Azorka II who called on him at the Flagstaff House in School will continue and continue and continue... so that all our children would always have the opportunity to go to school,» the President said attracting an appreciating applause of a delegation from the Bawku traditional Area led by the Bawku Naaba, Asigri Abugrago Azorka II who called on him at the Flagstaff House in school,» the President said attracting an appreciating applause of a delegation from the Bawku traditional Area led by the Bawku Naaba, Asigri Abugrago Azorka II who called on him at the Flagstaff House in Accra.

The pair, Miss Lois Boahemaa who is a JHS «2» student of Modern Preparatory School at Jema and Master Abubakari Osman who is in form «3» at D / A Junior High School (JHS) at Pramposo have therefore called on the government, district assemblies, civil society organizations, parents, traditional and religious leaders to work collectively to eliminate things that impede the rights and safety of children.

The program, which Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo made a legislative priority, will primarily benefit traditional students, those who go to college straight from high school and earn their degrees on time.

The UFT is calling on the state Legislature to enact legislation that will require taxpayer - funded charters and charter chains to accept and keep comparable numbers of high - needs students as traditional public schools.

«Our findings reveal that, across all grades and subjects, students in online charter schools perform worse on standardized assessments and are significantly less likely to pass Ohio's test for high school graduation than their peers in traditional charter and traditional public schools,» said McEachin.

Brewer seems to understand that youth culture, both as performed and as consumed, is no longer hierarchical in quite the same way that Hollywood has been portraying it as since the»50s — that high school, like so much else on the planet, no longer operates according to the traditional power pyramid.

The film sees Kalu take on a community leadership role as traditional Hawaian burial sites are disturbed; Kalu's status Kumu sees her teach her male high school students as they prepare for a end of performance, accompanied by sixth grade tomboy Ho'onani, who is also «in the middle» like Kalu.

It also describes more «traditional» educators like Mary Laurie, a high school principal who eschews data on students for relationships with them and «no - excuses» for a kind of personalized tough love.

High school students using PBL in American studies performed as well on multiple - choice tests as students who received a traditional model of instruction, and they showed a deeper understanding of content (Gallagher & Stepien, 1996).

The bottom line is that Florida high school students taking Algebra or English I online perform at least as well on state math and reading tests as do students taking the same courses in a traditional format.

It is innovating within an antiquated federal regulatory structure that has historically prized access to higher education and tried to control quality based on a school's inputs — does it look like a traditional college?

With a mission of «high - performing public schools, inside and out,» EdBuild sought to provide both facilities renovations and academic support to a group of low - performing schools in the District of Columbia, with a vision of eventually taking on a large swath of D.C. schools and creating space that could be used flexibly by both traditional district and charter schools.

Research on traditional VE compared outcomes for high school graduates who did not go on to postsecondary education.

The appeal of traditional VE has diminished as high school students realized that the highest - paying jobs required college degrees and set their sights on college in order to get these jobs.

Graduates of career - themed high schools that emphasized the connection between school and getting a good job earned 11 percent more per year, on average, than graduates of traditional high schools eight years after graduating (Stern et al., 2010).

In some other places, the elementary school is on a year - round schedule, but the middle and high schools are on traditional schedules.

(p. 22) On later earnings they find: «Charter high school attendance is associated with an increase in maximum annual earnings for students between ages 23 and 25 of $ 2,347 — or about 12.7 percent higher earnings than for comparable students who attended a charter middle school but matriculated to a traditional high school.»

We didn't think we could get the attention of (much less have an impact on) traditional schools without proving that low - income kids could be served at a scale akin to a district and achieve at high levels.

Florida high school students taking Algebra or English I online perform at least as well on state math and reading tests as do students taking the same courses in a traditional format.

The middle - school movement sought to place adolescents in environments that would be sensitive to their developmental needs and, in contrast to traditional junior high schools, would focus on «teaching the child, not the subject.»

So far, high scores on relatively low - bar state tests have served to assure middle - class parents that their traditional public schools are good and their real - estate investments are safe.

Kevin Booker and his colleagues («The Unknown World of Charter High Schools,» research) find that such schools in Florida and Chicago do better than their traditional counterparts at helping students reach graduation day and ensuring that graduates go on to cSchools,» research) find that such schools in Florida and Chicago do better than their traditional counterparts at helping students reach graduation day and ensuring that graduates go on to cschools in Florida and Chicago do better than their traditional counterparts at helping students reach graduation day and ensuring that graduates go on to college.

These patterns suggest that the positive effects of charter school attendance on educational attainment are not due solely to measured differences in the achievement of students in charter and traditional public high schools.

This is very different from the traditional math classroom, especially in middle and high school where students sit quietly taking in information, writing down examples, and working on practice problems independently.

«It had to end,» she says, adding that her daughter was beaten down by a traditional high school that had no tools for accommodating Yuki's learning style, which tends toward hands - on learning rather than memorization.

But while today's high - achieving schools for low - income students (Knowledge Is Power Program [KIPP], for instance) are passionate about cultivating both character and traditional academic skills, schools built around the 7 Habits are focused on training confident kids who are good at planning, goal setting, and decisionmaking.

A study released earlier this month by Mathematica finds that students attending charter high schools in Florida scored lower on achievement tests than students in traditional public schools, but years later, the charter students were more likely to have attended at least two years of college and also had higher earnings.

We're generally averse to «tracking» (deciding early in secondary education who's right for college and who's right for work), so our state policies generally view CTE as an «add on» to, not a replacement for, a traditional high school education.

Given what we know about learning, why don't schools look more like California's High Tech High, with its emphasis on project - based team problem solving and the relevance of curricula that cross traditional content domains?

On Top of the News Virginia Governor Moves to Upend Traditional High School The Washington Post 5/12/16

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When Bishop examined the effects of high - school exit exams, one traditional form of external accountability, on intrinsic motivation by comparing whether students subjected to this approach engaged in less reading for pleasure or were more likely to associate learning with rote memorization, he found no evidence that accountability undermined natural curiosity and even found some evidence of the opposite.

Across all 28 states in our study we found that public charter school sectors were more cost effective and / or generated a higher return on investment (ROI) than traditional public schools.

We wouldn't necessarily expect CTE students to show as much academic progress as their peers in traditional high schools because they are spending less of their time on academics!

An influx of start - up grants and private donations helped the original High Tech High get off the ground, but now it runs on about the same budget as a traditional school.

«They either need more time on content, or they've really been burned by traditional math instruction,» says the teacher from San Lorenzo Valley High School, near Santa Cruz, California.

One was that students not offered vouchers went on to attend high - performing public schools (either traditional or charter schools).

«A co-op on steroids,» she says.The curriculum, which runs from prekindergarten through high school, includes classes in traditional subjects like chemistry and music theory.

The script, a lively Murder Mystery for a cast of twenty different characters is suitable for Middle and High school students who are able to concentrate on building confidence in characterisation through this traditional, one location play.

For example, Mizelle (1995) found that students who stayed together with the same teachers through sixth, seventh, and eighth grades and experienced more hands - on, life - related learning activities, integrated instruction, and cooperative learning groups were more successful in their transition to high school than were students from the same school who had a more traditional middle school experience.

On average, charter schools show higher achievement than traditional public schools, especially with traditionally underserved student groups and in urban environments.