Sentences with word «oversubscribed»

If slots in oversubscribed schools were systematically allocated to the highest - risk students, the social cost of crime would fall by an additional 27 percent relative to the actual CMS assignment mechanism.

Waiting for «Superman,» a documentary chronicling the travails of five students seeking spots in heavily oversubscribed charter schools, drew rave reviews, star - studded premieres, and breathless talk of a new era of reform.

Indeed, the strength of the correlation between fluid cognitive skills and test - score growth in oversubscribed charter schools is statistically indistinguishable from the correlations we observe among students in open - enrollment district schools and exam schools.

Many places are heavily oversubscribed at this level and you will need to ensure that your application is special if you want to be noticed.

It may make sense for oversubscribed schools of choice to give preferential admission to students at greatest risk of criminal activity.

Social media company migme has received firm commitments for a $ 7 million capital raising, which it says was oversubscribed by $ 2 million.

Well it may have to do with the fact that the offer was significantly oversubscribed at the low - end of the price range, so owners of another 1.5 million units would have been happy to part with these units at the final $ 16.50 price.

This pattern of test - score effects — showing positive results in urban areas with many low - income students, but neutral or even negative effects elsewhere — also appears in a national study of oversubscribed charter middle schools funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

Perth civil engineering contractor Macmahon Holdings has secured a $ 317.5 million three - year funding facility, upsized from $ 280 million after the book - build closed oversubscribed.

The IPO was 12 times oversubscribed, sources said.

Existing investors, led by Bain Capital Ventures, clamoring for a larger piece of the action - ourselves included - preempted the company's next financing and closed the recent oversubscribed $ 16 million round.

Yet while the schools in our sample vary widely in their success in raising test scores, with oversubscribed charter schools in particular demonstrating clear positive results, we find that attending a school that produces strong test - score gains does not improve students» fluid cognitive skills.

«Token sale is significantly oversubscribed at this point, and to properly handle overwhelming demand for AGI token, SingularityNET team extended their token sale date to the second half of December,» the statement continues.

The Sir Isaac Newton sixth form college has a focus on science subjects and is already oversubscribed for its second year.

There's an annual worldwide quota of about 10,000 annual EB - 5 U.S. immigrant visas per year The Chinese are oversubscribed on the list and can expect to wait four years or longer to get the initial green card.

In January 2015, Tilcsik launched an MBA course called Catastrophic Failure in Organizations, examining how companies can recover from foundation - shaking disasters; it was the most oversubscribed offering in the entire program.

On massively oversubscribed deals, the percentage profits on the flip were high, but they weren't big in dollar terms.

Revolut's equity crowdfunding campaign was apparently so oversubscribed that 40,000 investors — including tennis star Andy Murray — committed more than $ 22 million to the start - up.

Tobias Lütke was the first to break ranks, listing Shopify, a platform that enables small - and medium - sized businesses to sell online, in May in an hugely oversubscribed offering.

In their election manifesto, the Conservatives promised to scrap a cap on school admissions, which compelled oversubscribed faith institutions to take half of their pupils from other religions.

The college makes waves with its «no homework» policy, encouraging instead independent study as part of an extended school day, and becomes oversubscribed within two years of opening.

When studying an entire system of charter schools, including some that are not oversubscribed, it is not possible to conduct a true experiment.

Capcom's Fight Club events were always oversubscribed wherever they were held, including the Capcom Showcase in Sydney.

Because the schools are often oversubscribed, they admit students on the basis of their attendance, grades and discipline record in middle school.

The company added the ICO was completed oversubscribed by 5 times, a positive indicator.

Of the eligible Facebook employees, 65 percent have used the health center, making it typically oversubscribed.

With the first round hugely oversubscribed, LADWP anticipates another strong public response

PERTH - based nickel sulphide explorer Bullion Minerals Limited is set to list on the Australian Stock Exchange either late this month or early next month after closing its $ 3 million initial offering, oversubscribed within one day of the opening date of th

Many become quickly oversubscribed despite not having the usual track record and, in a poll conducted for New Schools Network by Populus, 73 per cent of parents said they would consider sending their child to a new school.

However, 30 percent of parents are aware that charters can not charge tuition, and 28 percent realize charters must use lotteries if oversubscribed.

The green paper proposes that oversubscribed free schools will be able to select 100 per cent of their intake based on pupils» religious belief, lifting the current admissions cap of 50 per cent.

The offering was well received, with retail investors oversubscribing more than four times over, despite heavy turbulence on global markets as the Dow recorded its two largest point - drops on record.

Glossier, the nearly four - year - old, direct - to - consumer beauty company, has landed $ 52 million in Series C funding in what it describes as a heavily oversubscribed round.

FACIT congratulates Fusion on completing the second closing of their Series A, now oversubscribed at US$ 46M, with new investors joining including Adams Street Partners, Seroba Life Sciences, and Varian Medical Systems Inc..

«Until now, priority for oversubscribed places has been given to children who have passed the 11 - plus exam and live closest to the school.

With the remainder of the building currently oversubscribed with interested tenants, I am confident that the West Tower will realize its full potential and continue helping innovative health - science entrepreneurs succeed in the global marketplace.»

The vast majority of applicants are admitted in lotteries that the schools hold when oversubscribed, and the vast majority of the lotteries are balanced.

The lottery process for oversubscribed grades gave preference first to students who previously attended the school and their siblings, then to low - income students applying to schools that previously did not have a majority of low - income students, and finally to students applying to a school within their «choice zone» (which would guarantee them access to district - provided transportation).

At the same time, fluid cognitive skills remain potent predictors of academic progress even among students attending oversubscribed charter schools.

Every January, K — 3 students who sign up for it may take a test to get into one of the city's generally oversubscribed gifted programs.

The H - 1B lottery is oversubscribed because outsourcing firms have learned that it pays to flood the system.

Twenty - five percent of telescope time seemingly wasted seems a lot for a valued observatory to swallow, especially when the highly oversubscribed Hubble Space Telescope has a 90 % publication rate.

Similar findings hold, on average, for suburban students in Massachusetts, although the charter schools they attend are nonetheless consistently oversubscribed.

In Seattle, this racial classification is used to allocate slots in oversubscribed high schools.