Sentences with phrase «other high school classes»

A proof followed, adding a level of certainty rare in other high school classes, like social studies and English.

Not exact matches

It is the question so often asked in high school classes, either in relation to thc study of other religions or of missions: Can people be saved without Jesus?

A Certified Executive Chef, Chef Michael began his culinary career in high school, making bagels before his classes and working other restaurant jobs.

«Research on both inequality across schools and tracking within schools has suggested that students in more affluent schools and top tracks are given the kind of problem - solving education that befits the future managerial class, whereas students in lower tracks and higher - poverty schools are given the kind of rule - following tasks that mirror much of factory and other working - class work.»

La Leche staff members hope the pilot program, which the organization will fund at about $ 7,500 a year, catches on at Amundsen and expands to include boys» classes before moving to other high schools.

In other words, you want your child to excel in his high school course, but not at the expense of his other classes.

There are full scale required class productions in Grades 10 and 12, however, drama in the High School is often used to support other subjects across the curriculum.

But dual enrollment courses can be less structured than other college - level curricula offered in high school, such as Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) classes.

The classes are attractive to high schoolers and their parents because they have the potential to help a student skip prerequisites or other college courses — and for some, that might mean saving money on the path toward a college degree.

Some colleges like to see that students have taken AP courses when these classes are offered at their high schools; some give extra points to student GPA's when they take AP courses; some give credit for passing scores on the AP exams, while others do not.

In fact, Clinton was so outstanding in high school that the school's principal barred him from running for class president, to preserve some accolades for other students.

Superintendent Christopher Brown told his school board recently that the district would have to cut 62 full - and part - time positions, drop a year of middle school art and eliminate its seventh - grade reading program and high school Latin classes, among many other reductions.

In explaining the changes, city officials noted that some plans approved by Mr. Bloomberg would have required elementary school students to attend class inside high school buildings, and others would have required cutting programs for students with disabilities.

In 1992, among the high - scoring high school seniors (those with test scores in the top tenth of the class), black and Hispanic youth were three times as likely to be from families with incomes less than $ 20,000 than white and other non-Hispanic youth (12)(see figure, below).

At this point, realizing that I must have either slept through or forgotten the high school physics class where it was explained how magnets manage that singular feat of interacting with each other at a distance, I set out on what I assumed would be a minutes - long odyssey to understand the phenomenon.

I still have other classes and research and I?m not in high school, so go away!

Although the participation of Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans in advanced high school mathematics classes increased between 1982 and 1994, their scores in standardized mathematics tests were still lower than those of other students, and the discrepancy did not diminish between 1990 and 1996 (NCES, 1996).

A thoughtful high school teacher who came to yoga class recently put it so well: «Summer was a time where I was learning to be with myself in a healthy way... now my challenge is to be with other people again and this is when my yoga practice is really important.»

I had just heard a story on the radio the other morning about a high school student that felt something uncomfortable in his shirt during class.

Or then there's the fact that, apparently, Freddy molested an entire pre-school class but they ALL repressed it, even to the point of not remembering they knew each other as children despite the fact some of them are DATING in high school.

Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) and Aimee Finecky (Shailene Woodley), high school seniors in middle - class suburban Georgia, know each other's names.

«Imagine,» she said, «schools that are open all day and offer after - school and evening recreational activities and homework assistance; high schools that allow students to sign up for morning, afternoon, or evening classes; that include child care and dental, medical, and counseling clinics or other services such as English language instruction, GED programs, or legal assistance.

Like all the other students in Joanna Ecke's American - literature class at Wilton High School here, Sister M. Andrina Logan dutifully carries her textbook to class four days a week and does the required readings by Mark Twain, Henry David Thoreau, and Benjamin Franklin.

Similar trends for education and noneducation majors are evident for other measures of college selectivity, such as the percentage of incoming freshmen ranking near the top of their high - school class.

Also through her internship, Andi strings rackets (and now has her own stringing business), accompanies Goldthreate at high school speaking events and meetings with the Park Board or the Congress, plays in tournaments, puts on fundraisers, studies for her classes, and attends events like the PTR Symposium, where she networks with other tennis professionals, sharing what they do at their tennis associations, clubs, and PTR offices.

Laptop computers and other gadgets are now tools that he uses just about every day in his English classes at Freedom Area High School, outside Pittsburgh.

The three girls in the senior class have a high school experience that is different from almost any other student's in Sikkim or India, so how will they fare in the wider world they are about to enter?

Students deemed eligible often are grouped in classes with other high - achieving students; they also are permitted to apply for admission to two schools that focus on high - achieving students.

That is so motivating to me, to see 130 eighth graders preparing to go into high school, where they'll take African American history and then other history classes and have a sense of who they are and what they stand for.

Districts could address within - district inequities in lots of ways — they could offer higher salaries to teachers in poorer schools, they could have lower class sizes in poorer schools, or they could expand other services within poorer schools — but local teachers» union contracts often prohibit all of these policy options.

Although practice tests and classroom drills have raised the pass rate for the reading section of the TAAS in high schools, few students are able to use those same skills to complete actual reading assignments outside of class, to make meaning of literature, or to connect reading assignments to other parts of the course such as discussion and writing.

Biology and art class, and nearly every other subject, could be left behind for now for hundreds of 9th and 10th graders at one California high school.

That data ties back to other academic records, including what classes students took in high school, their grades and test scores, and whether they dropped out.

Liberty High School, a Houston public charter school serving recent immigrants, offers weekend and evening classes, providing students with flexible scheduling that enables them to work or handle other responsibilities while still attending sSchool, a Houston public charter school serving recent immigrants, offers weekend and evening classes, providing students with flexible scheduling that enables them to work or handle other responsibilities while still attending sschool serving recent immigrants, offers weekend and evening classes, providing students with flexible scheduling that enables them to work or handle other responsibilities while still attending schoolschool.

Importantly, these results are from a highly competitive institution where student grades directly influence employment opportunities at graduation — in other words, a school where the incentives to pay attention in class are especially high.

Other schools could share their pictures and note their own classes» highest paper tower on the Google doc, showing everyone the champion of the paper tower challenge in real time.

The settlement in the class action on behalf of such students will let them use oral presentations, spell - checkers, voice - recognition software, help from test proctors, and other state - approved accommodations on the Alaska High School Graduation Qualifying Exam.

Technology converges with lessons in self - direction and the district's other targeted skills in Kevin Kincaid and Melody Coryell's team - taught humanities class at sprawling Lawrence North High School.

Many Americans were introduced to foreign languages in middle school or high school classes that emphasized conjugation of verbs and other dull grammatical tasks rather than relevant communication skills.

Positive comments from some recent users of this book include: Most schools are full of documents and data... Dr Slater is among the first to show how they can be used to compare what is said on paper and in interviews... The results will shock you... Dr Slater is a successful high school teacher and an award winning author... and here's why... Fantastic little book, punches well above its weight... Makes it seem so simple... the art of the genius... As an advocate of the What Works agenda, I think this book really is a wake - up call... A fantastic insight into the potential for using documents in research... Nails twenty years of research in twenty minutes... Worth every dime... Every student in my class (6th form) has been told to buy this book... and it's easy to see why... Shines a great big light on the power of documents in research... Surely this is the best book in its field... First class... I kept referring to this book in my presentation last week and the audience was ecstatic... Education research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable... Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight... Blows you away with its power and simplicity... Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their students suffer.

When this is equated to other countries via the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), we find (in math, for the high school graduating class of 2009) that sixteen other nations had at least twice as large a fraction of their fifteen - year - olds scoring at that level.

Among them: requiring at least one art class for high school graduation; adding arts education standards to those the state is adopting in language arts, math, science, and social studies; and offering tax breaks to arts and entertainment companies that volunteer time, expertise, and other resources to schools.

«A growing number of other countries are turning out entire high school graduating classes that are much better educated than ours, with much more equity, and they are doing it at a lower cost per student,» says Marc.

For example, teachers who receive merit pay may tend to select schools and classes whose students are high achievers for other reasons.

In Bob Jacobs» government class at Fauquier High School, the introductory lesson on political jargon and other pertinent technical terms that he opens with each fall has held uncommon intrigue for this year's seniors.

When the other seniors at Calvary Chapel high school in Murietta, California, joined in the discussion, the class moved quickly from the question of whether the monster in the novel can be blamed for his behavior — since he was abandoned shortly after his formation, and no one taught him right from wrong — to the more complex issue of «whether the monster has a soul.»

A growing number of other countries are turning out entire high school graduating classes that are much better educated than ours, with much more equity, and they are doing it at a lower cost per student.

Students who learn to code at a young age establish a strong foundation for more advanced classes in high school, better enabling them to pursue degrees in engineering and other technical professions in their post-secondary education.

«A growing number of other countries are turning out entire high school graduating classes that are much better educated than ours, with...

The Virtual High School (VHS) program allows schools to replace lost classes through an online connection with other schools.