Sentences with phrase «rather than a middle school»

Note: I enjoyed this book in spite of the narration on audible - the narrator's tone sounded like a high class 40 year old rather than a middle school / high school kid.

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It has been estimated that toward the close of the Middle Ages, England and Wales, with a population of about two and a half million, had 400 grammar schools - a rather better provision than in Victorian England.

«The Senate Republicans» «new tax» is an extension of the millionaires tax and they're saying they would rather give a tax break to millionaires than a tax cut to the middle class and more money to our schools,» he said.

In middle school / high school it was more of a priority to me to cover up with skin flaws with foundation, rather than improving the actual problem first.

The performances range from terrible - on - purpose (Fiennes, Close, and Jason Isaacs, whose first line as Pucci's father --»... You let your grades go now, maybe you don't get into a top - tier school» — hastily but explicitly lampoons the genre's default father - son conflict, thus throwing The Chumscrubber's true target of ridicule (movies about the middle - class rather than the middle - class itself) into sharp relief) to oblivious (Camilla Belle).

For middle and high school teachers, I wonder if these questions could be asked by phone over a period of time, or through email or paper surveys, or in some kind of innovative Back to School Night where parents shared their thoughts and feelings rather than teachers talking to paschool teachers, I wonder if these questions could be asked by phone over a period of time, or through email or paper surveys, or in some kind of innovative Back to School Night where parents shared their thoughts and feelings rather than teachers talking to paSchool Night where parents shared their thoughts and feelings rather than teachers talking to parents.

I like the interdisciplinary team concept in middle school — we're organized and meet as a grade - level team every day — rather than the department focus of high school teaching.

In most middle schools, for most subjects, separating students by ability levels is the exception rather than the rule.

K12 students are disproportionately enrolled in the middle grades rather than in the elementary or high - school grades.

States and school districts across the country are reevaluating the practice of educating young adolescents in stand - alone middle schools, which typically span grades 6 through 8 or 5 through 8, rather than keeping them in K — 8 schools.

Because the studies use data from a single school year to contrast students in middle schools and K — 8 schools, most of the available research can not reject the possibility that differences between the groups of students, rather than in the grade configuration of their schools, are actually responsible for the differences in behavior and achievement.

«Middle schools need a reliable structure to build community, teach (rather than assume) social skills, and prepare students for learning each day,» observes Linda Crawford, executive director of Origins, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering learning and community in schools and other educational institutions.

Efforts to keep children from dropping out of school must begin in the middle grades, a new report advises, and should include school - based reforms that enhance achievement, promote self - esteem, and provide personalized, rather than punitive, discipline.

In a 2002 pilot study involving three middle school classrooms in Boston, Dede found that students who played his game River City surpassed the test group in three areas: They were more motivated to do the work, performed better on postlesson tests, and tended to look to their teachers to facilitate rather than give direction.

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.

Already, for example, several states have asked for waivers from ESSA to allow them to give an algebra test to some of their middle schoolers, rather than the regular assessment, so as to avoid double - testing.

An independent evaluation of a three - year pilot of the effective - schools concept throughout the state found that the greatest improvements occurred among students in the primary, elementary, and middle schools, rather than in the high schools, participating in the project.

The tragedy of all of this is that Pipkin Middle School remains the norm rather than the exception nationally.

High schools rather than all schools are used because choice is more likely to be available for high school students than students in middle or elementary school.

• The structure of «Adequate Yearly Progress» encouraged schools to focus on students just below the proficiency bar, rather than students at the middle or top of the achievement spectrum, too.

For an analysis of how district administrators differentiate support for improvement to schools, for example, we focused on medium - to large - sized districts serving multiple schools at all levels, rather than small districts with only an elementary, middle, and high school.

Now, rather than being able hide from their about - face on the critical issue of school funding, Governor Malloy and Attorney General Jepsen will be facing a court trial on Malloy's failure to deal with Connecticut's unconstitutional school funding system right in the middle of the election.

School districts tend to prioritize placing counselors in high schools rather than in elementary and middle schools because of their role in providing college and career guidance.

Jenny Denning, whose daughter was a year 8 pupil at DFS, said: «It would have been much fairer had they given our governors the option of a new sponsor, rather than closing the school in the middle of the year.»

This is also in keeping with the government's efforts to present the policy in terms of improving chances for the poorest families, rather than funding an escape route for middle class families from the local school system.

ATL has calculated there are around 3/4 of a million children in English schools that are not all - through primary schools, these are infant, junior, lower and middle schools rather than those that include reception through to year 6.

As one middle school social studies teacher told the RFA researchers: «It has made me focus more on the [literacy] side of teaching rather than just history.

So, in the minds of the education reformers, the definition of «rather than focusing on mandates from bureaucrats,» is to mandate yet another set of standardized tests that will be given to all students, starting in middle school and then throughout high school, and then using the test, which has shown NO statistically relevant improvement as one - quarter of the entire «School Performance Score» that parents and policymakers are supposed to use to determine which schools are succeeding and which schools are faschool and then throughout high school, and then using the test, which has shown NO statistically relevant improvement as one - quarter of the entire «School Performance Score» that parents and policymakers are supposed to use to determine which schools are succeeding and which schools are faschool, and then using the test, which has shown NO statistically relevant improvement as one - quarter of the entire «School Performance Score» that parents and policymakers are supposed to use to determine which schools are succeeding and which schools are faSchool Performance Score» that parents and policymakers are supposed to use to determine which schools are succeeding and which schools are failing.

School Data Nerd is the nom de plume of Benjamin Feinberg, an eighth - grade math and science teacher at Luther Burbank Middle School, in Highland Park, who uses public data to guide his thinking on educational issues rather than resorting to rhetoric or politicking.

The Wayne school's day is longer than most public middle schools, from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M., and so is the school year, 200 days rather than 180.

As one observer of the school's model commented, «They are really creating a new middle school model rather than shuffling the chairs in a turnaround.»

Inequalities of wealth and income have risen steadily for three decades, racial segregation continues, class segregation has deepened, and middle and working class families are fracturing in the face of this economic onslaught, but rather than face these fundamental realities politicians keep pandering to the public and putting forth an endless stream of quick fixes that don't cost any money and don't require real change & mdash as if cosmetic changes in schools are somehow going to offset decades of disinvestment in the public sphere and rising concentrations of poverty.

And he may even help more families spend evening time together around a dinner table, talking and exploring, rather than just working through the hours of homework expected of a middle schooler these days.

Beginning in kindergarten, classes of young students were referred to by their graduation year — «Class of 2016» instead of 4th grade — and transitions to middle and high school became opportunities to look ahead, with 8th graders participating in a graduation rehearsal rather than a graduation ceremony.

Rather than just enroll students from the low - income, high - crime neighborhood surrounding the school, DSST: Cole Middle School also enrolls additional students from across Dschool, DSST: Cole Middle School also enrolls additional students from across DSchool also enrolls additional students from across Denver.

Although the positions for middle leadership do exist in some schools, the communication is more like a pipe line rather than a collaborative discussion where middle leaders and teachers» ideas are regularly taken into consideration.

In addition, rather than appropriately fund Connecticut's education grants, Malloy's budget plan seeks to redirect existing state aid for public schools to Connecticut's poorer towns by slashing grants to wealthier and middle income communities.

Tennessee may want to consider requiring only two minors for middle school teachers who intend to teach multiple subjects, rather than two majors, or a major and a minor.

The high schoolers felt that being taught as a «teacher» rather than as traditional student of dance, as they were used to, helped them to think about implementation and time management more mindfully when working with both the middle schoolers and their own club.

One observer of the model for this Horry County, SC district school commented, «They are really creating a new middle school model rather than shuffling the chairs in a turnaround.»

Rather than creating policies with the new white middle and upper - class families in mind, policy and school administrators also need to consider their positions and sentiments, even if they do not have the same social capital or resources as their white counterparts.

i guess it's okay to team up against a pile of crap of a person EDIT 2: wimpy ass edited his comment EDIT 3: your stupidity amazes me, but your middle school humor of telling me i have a vagina and that i'm crying, even though my comment was entirely an insult to you rather than sulking, «amazes» me more but uh oh!

You can finish your divorce in a summer rather than during the 3 years your kids are in middle school.

Rather than starting in the middle, approach your argument like your law school professors used to tell you to approach exams: address each issue one at a time, proceeding step by step without returning to places you've already been.

For example, rather than saying «provided instruction to middle school students,» simply state «instructed middle school students.»

A recent meta - analysis of parent training (Lundahl et al., 2006) across all ages of children from preschool to middle school found significant moderator effects for severity level, with greater improvement for more severe children and for children whose parents received individual rather than group treatment.