Sentences with phrase «public high school classes»

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Growing up in a middle - class family in Manhattan, Powers had the opportunity to attend Hunter College High School, a prestigious public school that counts Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan and Hamilton's Lin - Manuel Miranda as among its illustrious aSchool, a prestigious public school that counts Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan and Hamilton's Lin - Manuel Miranda as among its illustrious aschool that counts Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan and Hamilton's Lin - Manuel Miranda as among its illustrious alumni.

All this despite the fact that private schooling doesn't actually yield better outcomes for students, according to a recent Statistics Canada report (instead, the apparent academic success of private school student is due to their socioeconomic backgrounds).9 A UBC study also found that students from public schools scored higher in first - year university classes than their private school counterparts.10

I'm a graduate of NYC public schools and we always had off for the Jewish high holidays, which was very nice as otherwise I would have missed class those days.

But don't teach it in public high school science classes.

«Whether you attend the concert or bring your family to the full - day Saturday taste, we want everyone to know we do this for the kids - the funds we raise from summer high school classes and public events like TOTV go right back to school sites for visual and performing arts and curriculum support to benefit students,» he added.

Midday, the rinks are used for public skating and toddler classes, followed by more student lessons and high school youth hockey.

As a public high school teacher of nearly a decade, I found myself making notes on how to better plan and prepare for my own classes by how you introduced, taught, transitioned, and recapped your well - organized lesson each night.

The Niskayuna Silver Warriors compete as a Class AA school in Section II of the New York State Public High School Athletic Associschool in Section II of the New York State Public High School Athletic AssociSchool Athletic Association.

A new mandate that will require New York public middle and high schools to implement sex education classes providing graphic details and descriptions of various sexual acts... Continue reading →

More than 700,000 students in more than 1,200 New York City schools — including large high schools in all five boroughs — would face higher class sizes, have fewer teachers and lose after - school academic and enrichment programs if President - elect Trump makes good on a campaign promise to pull billions of federal dollars away from public schools to pay for private vouchers, a UFT analysis has found.

A new mandate from the city requires students in public middle and high schools to take sex education classes.

Instead of high - stakes tests to define high - poverty schools as failing and to justify their conversion to privately - managed charter schools, we need to desegregate schools by race and class and provide equitable and adequate funding of all public schools.

2006 Eugenie Scott, the Dover High School Science Department, and R. Wesley McCoy: These dedicated individuals are honored for their determination to defend sound education in U.S. public schools by vigorously challenging attempts to introduce intelligent design into science classes.

The KITPC outreach develops a series of scientific activities including public science lectures and science research group classes in order to popularize natural science, arouse interest in science and improve the scientific research abilities among the students and teachers of Universities and high schools.

Pressure Cooker (Unrated) Uplifting documentary chronicles the efforts of Wilma Stephenson, a demanding Culinary Arts teacher at an inner city, Philadelphia public high school, as she inspires underprivileged students to apply themselves in her class in order to earn college scholarships to some of the most prestigious cooking institutes around the country.

So, he accepted a demotion to assistant football coach at the public high school in the predominantly - Latino, working - class town of McFarland, California.

A high school student (Amber Tamblyn) is charged with murder after the corpse of a newborn is found in a public restroom near where the girl had been on a class trip.

The result is that African - American students who switched from public to private schools scored, on average, 6.3 points higher than their public school peers; by contrast, Krueger reports effects of between 9.1 and 9.8 points for African - Americans placed in smaller classes.

Bersin, Colvin tells us, the son of «Russian immigrants» (better described as Eastern European Jews) in Brooklyn, had «benefited from a rigorous public school education» (though there is no mention of his attending one of New York City's examination high schools); gone on to Harvard, Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar, in the same class as Bill Clinton), and Yale Law School; and enjoyed a successful legal career culminating in service as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Califschool education» (though there is no mention of his attending one of New York City's examination high schools); gone on to Harvard, Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar, in the same class as Bill Clinton), and Yale Law School; and enjoyed a successful legal career culminating in service as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of CalifSchool; and enjoyed a successful legal career culminating in service as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California.

As a teacher at a small Oakland, California public high school called Life Academy, where each teacher also holds a mixed - grade level advisory class of about 20 students, I began conducting home visits for my advisees as a way to clarify my relationship to them as more than a teacher.

In a recent session of Christopher Benson's AP U.S. History class at Marble Hill High School for International Studies, a public school in the Bronx set high above the Harlem River, students reviewed for an upcoming test by going over sample AP questiHigh School for International Studies, a public school in the Bronx set high above the Harlem River, students reviewed for an upcoming test by going over sample AP quesSchool for International Studies, a public school in the Bronx set high above the Harlem River, students reviewed for an upcoming test by going over sample AP quesschool in the Bronx set high above the Harlem River, students reviewed for an upcoming test by going over sample AP questihigh above the Harlem River, students reviewed for an upcoming test by going over sample AP questions.

What's more, critics say, single - sex schools such as the 49ers Academy and the Philadelphia High School for Girls might owe their success to any number of factors: smaller class sizes, specialized teachers, and a higher public profile, which often brings extra revenue.

: A Statistical Portrait of Public High School Graduation, Class of 2001,»...

Nellen, a high school English teacher since 1974, began using computers in his NYC public high school cyber English class in 1983.

In a program sponsored by the Northwest Educational Cooperative, students come to Rolling Meadows High School to participate in one of the 15 nongraded classes designed to offer them a deeper look into some of the subjects they study in their regular classes, according to Larry Chase, executive director of the cooperative, which serves 10 public - school districts near ChSchool to participate in one of the 15 nongraded classes designed to offer them a deeper look into some of the subjects they study in their regular classes, according to Larry Chase, executive director of the cooperative, which serves 10 public - school districts near Chschool districts near Chicago.

That two - pronged message — unfaltering belief in students, and in water as a powerful learning environment — permeates every aspect of this public high school located in Brooklyn's working - class neighborhood of Bushwick.

The cram schools prepare children for the next school year and school entrance exams, giving them a leg up into gifted classes and, hopefully, into one of New York City's specialized public high schools.

In close collaboration with the district, a case study, «Staffing the Boston Public Schools,» was authored by PELP and used in both Ed School classes and PELP's 2007 Harvard Ed Press publication, Managing School Districts for High Performance.

In the fall, a month into the school year, only the preliminary MCAS scores were public, but Qazilbash says that the fifth - graders scored higher in math and science than any fifth - grade class that came before them in what was then South Lawrence East Middle Sschool year, only the preliminary MCAS scores were public, but Qazilbash says that the fifth - graders scored higher in math and science than any fifth - grade class that came before them in what was then South Lawrence East Middle SchoolSchool.

In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

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.

In a recent Public Agenda survey, parents of public high - school students supported the idea that reducing class sizes was a better way to improve schools than raising salaries for teaPublic Agenda survey, parents of public high - school students supported the idea that reducing class sizes was a better way to improve schools than raising salaries for teapublic high - school students supported the idea that reducing class sizes was a better way to improve schools than raising salaries for teachers.

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.

The Texas Public School Nutrition Policy, which went into effect in 2004, prohibits the sale of and access to unhealthy food and beverages until the end of the last class period at the elementary school and middle school levels and during meal periods in high scSchool Nutrition Policy, which went into effect in 2004, prohibits the sale of and access to unhealthy food and beverages until the end of the last class period at the elementary school and middle school levels and during meal periods in high scschool and middle school levels and during meal periods in high scschool levels and during meal periods in high schools.

I was fortunate enough to have access to dance classes in my public high school, and that experience allowed me to gain personal strength, tenacity, and discipline.

Massachusetts education officials have released data that they hope will counteract what they say is a false public perception that most students in the class of 2003 who haven't yet passed the state's high school exit exams are members of minority groups or come from poor families.

The Redford Union High School Alumni Association has been in existence for three years and has been active in fund raising, reunions, public relations, and the general dissemination of information about Redford Union graduates, including members of the first graduating class, 1933.

One - quarter of the students graduating from public high schools in 2007 took an Advanced Placement (AP) exam, up from 18 percent for the Class of 2002.

Housed at the University of Buffalo, the program identifies disadvantaged but talented minority children, places them in academic - enrichment classes, and then finds them spots at private schools and a more selective public high school in the area to complete their precollegiate careers.

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The Texas Ten Percent Plan (TTP) provides students in the top 10 percent of their high - school class with automatic admission to any public university in the state, including the two flagship schools, the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M.

According to the Common Good authors, Catholic high schools — and many believe that this applies to elementary schools as well — «manage simultaneously to achieve relatively high levels of student learning, distribute this learning more equitably with regard to race and class than in the public sector, and sustain high levels of teacher commitment and student engagement.»

Career reformers might start with Meredith Maran's Class Dismissed and Elinor Burkett's Another Planet, the two books in this set that come closest to the familiar jeremiads against comprehensive public high schools.

This second comparison with non-APIP schools enables me to separate out the impact of any policy, such as the Texas Advanced Placement incentive program or the 10 percent rule (every student in Texas in the top 10 percent of her graduating high - school class is guaranteed a spot at the public university of her choice), that could have occurred at the same time as APIP implementation and could otherwise be confused with the effect of APIP.

The Hoosier State requires its public high schools to offer dual - credit classes — at least two of them.

A new analysis of high school completion from the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center finds that the graduation rate for America's public schools stands at 73.4 percent for the class of 2009, the most recent year for which data are available.

Tenth - grade world history students interview Chinese immigrants and record their stories; ninth - grade physical science students design and strength - test mock airplane wings; junior English students research, write, and illustrate children's nonfiction picture books; algebra students of all grades investigate a public - transit problem and propose solutions to city officials; sophomore geometry students build scale models of museums they've designed; students across the grades in an environmental - stewardship class raise public awareness of a polluted river — all are examples of academically challenging projects that also manage to engage the minds, hands, and hearts of most high school students across a wide range of abilities and interests.

Julia Stevens, a current master's student in the Teacher Education Program who took Donaldson Gramling's class in the fall, felt that same pressure at her public high school.

the EPE Research Center examined public high school graduation rates for the Class of 2005.