Sentences with phrase «only schools demand»

As Rothstein puts it, we must resist the «dangerous myth» that «all children, regardless of academic background, can achieve to the same high standards if only schools demand it.»

Not exact matches

While it's true that fewer students are applying to b - school each year, supply and demand is hardly the only factor driving the trend.

Conservatives say: «Not only will I shout my prayers from the rooftops to be seen and heard by EVERYBODY, but I will demand that forced prayer be reinstated in the schools, and that any child, regardless of their religion, who doesn't say Christian prayers will be severely punished!

The study thus challenges the conventional wisdom that a more demanding school will improve the performance of students who are already performing well, but only at the cost of forcing out poor performers.

It is noteworthy that, in contradistinction to the older Bible - centered training in the past, most of these students had come up through the modern graded Sunday Schools in which not the Bible but the child has been central; in which the Bible has been brought into the focus of attention only when the situation demanded it.

It's as basic as your kids starting at a new school and finding out the main teachers are leaving — only, when it comes to multi million pound football contracts, agents are allowed to ask questions that demand straight answers.

The first is that it is not only the money but what corporations are involved in providing school lunches are demanding.

We want to make sure that Congress knows young people not only support the standards but demand healthy food in our schools.

As co-chair of my school district's student nutrition committee for the past 8 years, I get exactly the same kind of feedback from parents and other advocates — some demand farm - to - school, some want only organic, some want to ban HFCS, etc. — and few understand the USDA regs which govern the meal program, or the limits of what can be accomplished on the inadequate government reimbursement.

Realistically, the only way we can do this is to create a very small number of state schools that have the freedom to select the most gifted children regardless of their wealth — perhaps just several thousand in a given year - and which provide these children with the most academically demanding education available anywhere in the country.

«It should have been clear to senior civil servants that growing demand for school places, combined with a drive for schools to make efficiency savings, would only build pressure in the system.

Free schools are meant to be only one of the ways to address this demand.

NON-WHITES ONLY: New School Students Demand Safe Space for «Persons of Color» A group of students at The New School in New York City have demanded college administrators...

Squadron's only press release that day involved the demand that the Chinese Lunar New Year be made a public school holiday.

Only when progressives hold the gavel can we actually deliver on the progressive agenda working families demand: fair funding for public schools and universities, stronger rent laws, real criminal justice reform and so much more.»

But with all of the demands of the classroom and the limited time in a school calendar, how do we pack all of the resources, strategies, and exemplars into only a handful of professional learning days?

The Priority School Building programme has only scratched the surface and there is much to be done to meet the demands of the modern education system.

There is considerable evidence that during the past decade in Texas the needs of minority students have received increased attention as a result of an accountability system that demands that a school show not only overall progress, but also progress among its most disadvantaged charges.

As schools adapt to new connected training initiatives and expand their uptake of cloud based storage and learning, the demand on network services will only increase.

At a time when only seven in 10 American students graduate from high school in four years, an ambitious new president is demanding that the nation raise its educational sights even higher.

At a time when only seven in 10 American students graduate from high school in four years, President Barack Obama is demanding that the nation raise its educational sights even higher, asking all Americans to commit to at least one year of education after high school.

Properly implemented, the foundation believed, these attributes would «lead not only to better outcomes for students attending the schools, but to increased demand for such schools.»

Closing a school in any city demands keeping community members in the loop, if only to admit what you don't know, says Yeager.

Given that only 1.48 percent of special education students are privately placed nationally, the experience with McKay suggests a pent - up demand for private schooling among the disabled.

«This demand on leading schools of education to spread more widely what they know about «learning» is only going to increase through this century as more and more quarters of society recognize their continuing role in «teaching» and the advancement of human development.»

The pattern will make planning difficult not only in terms of students, but also with regard to the need for school buildings and the demand for teachers, according to the report.

through the megaphone, or when they and others called him a liar, demanded his resignation, and declared that he only cared about students in charter schools.

However, since its initial interest growth, 3D printers have become not only far more affordable - many companies who sell 3D printers to schools offer all - in - one packages for squeezed academic budgets - but have also become more in demand.

Opening new schools is the only way we are going to be able to meet the twin challenge of meeting rising demand for school places and improving educational standards across the country.

All that said, Chicago isn't the only urban school district in the nation struggling with the demands of educating a large number of high - need students.

The U.S. isn't the only country in which organized groups have demanded that schools improve their performance.

Instead, he repeated the government line that new grammar schools would only open where their was demand from the local community.

Here at Aviation High School, a public school in Seattle, students must be willing not only to pursue a demanding academic workload but also to explore the worlds of aviation and aeroSchool, a public school in Seattle, students must be willing not only to pursue a demanding academic workload but also to explore the worlds of aviation and aeroschool in Seattle, students must be willing not only to pursue a demanding academic workload but also to explore the worlds of aviation and aerospace.

«It's all part of this drive away from industrialised OOSH care, towards a service that is more personalised, convenient and can cater for growing demand not only from families but also from schools.»

Quite rightly, the free school application process is a demanding one, even for existing «Outstanding» schools and is designed to ensure that only the best and most capable applicant groups are selected to open new schools.

• A new intergenerational study shows that for 76 % of 15 - 17 year olds, studying hard for good exam results is their biggest priority for the coming year; and they are preparing to sacrifice friendships, family time, hobbies and even sleep to achieve this, • In fact 57 % of 15 - 17 year olds feel school work must come before anything else if they want to do well in the future • And only 39 % of this age group think being happy is more important than good grades • Yet half (51 %) of UK business leaders calls on teens to develop broader life / work skills before leaving education A new report launched today by National Citizen Service (NCS) reveals that the UK ¹ s 15 - 17 year olds feel under significant pressure to excel in exams at the expense of other life skills, experiences, healthy relationships and even their own happiness, suggesting that they are struggling to juggle the demands of young adulthood.

However, since its initial interest growth, 3D printers have become not only far more affordable — many companies who sell 3D printers to schools offer all - in - one packages for squeezed academic budgets — but have also become more in demand.

Some teachers had experienced disrespect from school leadership who not only failed to consult staff on policy and practice, but dismissed their ideas or concerns out of hand and demanded unquestioning compliance.

Choice could revolutionize our education system, he explained, «only if they create a large demand for private schools to constitute a real incentive for entrepreneurs to enter the industry.»

The only problem, he said, is that there aren't enough schools to meet demand.

Finnish schools only demand the most basic of educational levels to be met (about 4th grade level).

According to the report, a large number of participants suggested that new selective schools «should be facilitated only where there is a local need and clear demand from parents».

Nick Timothy, director of the New Schools Network, which represents free schools, said he believed they were the only way of meeting the rising demand for school places and improving staSchools Network, which represents free schools, said he believed they were the only way of meeting the rising demand for school places and improving staschools, said he believed they were the only way of meeting the rising demand for school places and improving standards.

This would not only relieve the pressure on local philanthropists and foundations, Rico said, but could help expand the networks to meet the demand for places in charter schools.

«There are so many beginners in the classroom today not only because of greater demand for teachers, but because so many teachers in existing jobs are leaving before they become accomplished educators,» wrote Carnegie Senior Associate Susan Headden, author of «Beginners in the Classroom: What the Changing Demographics of Teaching Mean for Schools, Students, and Society.»

When center - left officials and institutions (such as the NAACP) support arbitrary caps, they are dismissing the voices of three million current charter school students and their parents, and the one million more who want to enroll their child in a charter school, but due to high demand, were only able to get on a waiting list (this includes: 8,640 parents in Washington, D.C., 44,000 in New York, 34,000 in Massachusetts, and a whopping 158,000 in California).

Students Face Tough Odds to Get Charter School Seats The Globe covered the incredibly high parent demand — 3,000 applicants for only 228 seats — at Brooke.

There is a strong demand in Bridgeport for a person - centered program that gives autistic students the social, independent living and vocational skills they need to not only obtain a high school diploma but to also have a successful future.

The events at Charlottesville from a month prior still weighed heavily on me, I learned the only parent organization independent of the school district was losing its funding, and more than one thousand charter school parents signed a petition demanding a little respect only to be greatly disrespected — again.

Polling has also shown that not only are charter schools popular, there is a demand from parents that is not met by available charter schools or their location.