Sentences with phrase «reduce class time»

That move did little more than reduce class time for each individual subject!

He just manages to reduce his class time after time.

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The Board or the HRC or the GNC may modify, suspend, or terminate the LTICP but may not, without the prior approval of our stockholders, make any change to the LTICP that increases the total amount of common stock which may be awarded (except to reflect changes in capitalization), increases the individual maximum award limits (except to reflect changes in capitalization), changes the class of team members or directors eligible to participate, extends the duration of the LTICP, reduces the exercise price of or reprices outstanding stock options or stock appreciation rights, waives the LTICP's minimum time period requirements for vesting and lapse of restrictions for restricted stock or RSRs, or otherwise amends the LTICP in any manner requiring stockholder approval by law or under the NYSE listing requirements.

Attempting to smooth out the ride for long - term investors over their investment time horizon is important — as it reduces the temptation to abandon a diversified allocation when one asset class is outperforming or underperforming others during a shorter period of time.

They sit through the classes, but only in order to reduce the time they have to sit in their dorms or cells.

Two days ago, New York Times national education correspondent Sam Dillon had a front page story on the sharp increase in the number of formerly middle class households now taking advantage of free or reduced price school lunches for their children, a stark indicator of the nation's current economic woes.

While the program continues to generate a lot controversy in more affluent schools (lost class time, sanitation issues and concerns about the nutritional quality of the food), our Food Services department has said that in poorer schools the program has been enthusiastically welcomed by principals who are seeing increased attendance, reduced tardiness and fewer discipline problems.

But abolishing the CTF was part of the Lib Dem manifesto in 2005 - and at the time the money was going to go to cutting primary school class sizes, not reducing public spending.

These teachers will help create smaller and more manageable classes, reducing teachers» workloads and allowing teachers to give each pupil the time and attention they need.

The Welsh Liberal Democrat manifesto contained a pledge to reduce infant class sizes, establishing a dedicated fund to ensure teachers had the time to focus on a child's individual needs.

LITRG's Chairman, Anthony Thomas, said: «Whilst we acknowledge that collecting the Class 2 NIC at the same time as self - assessment liabilities may reduce administration time, it must be similarly acknowledged that it is incumbent upon HMRC to take into account the needs and challenges faced by those on low incomes.

And, at the same time at a rally on Tuesday in New York City with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Cuomo touted his own record of success on issues he says are aimed at the middle class, such as reducing property taxes and providing free tuition at public colleges and universities.

«Gym class reduces probability of obesity, study finds for first time.»

«Our results show that, in an era in which high - resolution molecular typing for class I and class II HLA [human leukocyte antigen] loci has significantly improved the clinical outcome of unrelated donor HSCT by decreasing the risk of immunological complications, lowering the ATLG dose to 15 mg / kg did not affect the time to engraftment and, more importantly, the incidence of acute or chronic GVHD [graft - vs - host disease], and was associated with an improved probability of event - free survival, mainly due to a reduced risk of nonrelapse mortality,» wrote Franco Locatelli, MD, of the department of oncoematologia pediatrica, IRCCS Ospedale «Bambino Gesù» in Rome, and colleagues.

Responses from deaf children with CIs largely mirrored these effects, but the observed waveforms showed component peaks in later time windows (open vs. closed class 300 - 500ms.; nouns and verbs, 500 - 700) with somewhat reduced amplitudes.

A potential explanation for the secular trend may be that while improved treatment for cardiovascular risk factors or complicating diseases has reduced mortality in all weight classes, the effects may have been greater at higher BMI levels than at lower BMI levels.12 Because obesity is a causal risk factor for hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and dyslipidemia,15,19 - 22 obese individuals may have had a higher selective decrease in mortality.18 Indirect evidence of this effect is seen in the findings as the deaths occur at similar time periods in the 3 cohorts, but cohorts recruited at later periods have an increase in the BMI associated with the lowest mortality, possibly suggesting a period effect related to changes in clinical practice, such as improved treatments, or general public health status, such as decreased smoking or increased physical activity.

Your muscles will reduce, you just need to give it time, and stop working them with Barre class:) xx

Some examples include taking a healthy cooking class, reducing the amount of times you eat out each week.

«I've been trying to find a drug that will reduce brain inflammation and restore cognitive function in rats for over 25 years; cannabinoids [found in cannabis] are the first and only class of drugs that have ever been effective,» he told Time Magazine.

A follow - up analysis, released in February 2008, showed that 16 percent of districts had reduced elementary school class time for music and art — and had done so by an average of 35 percent, or fifty - seven minutes a week.

When I initially considered conferencing with each and every student in my classes to reduce the need for written comments, I was apprehensive about the time commitment, but with the help of a colleague who had made it work in his classroom, I recently took the plunge and did writing conferences with my students — and it had a huge impact on my classroom and my students» learning.

Regardless of the precise mechanism at work, my results from Wake County suggest that later start times have the potential to be a more cost - effective method of increasing student achievement than other common educational interventions such as reducing class size.

[iv] Summarizing this work in Education Next, Dave Marcotte and Benjamin Hansen concluded that «expanding instructional time is as effective as other commonly discussed educational interventions intended to boost learning» such as reducing class size and improving teacher quality.

Stoll: The money should be spent on reducing class size, on providing teachers with more prep time, on improving school grounds so that students have the ability to study nature in nature, on providing lessons in the humanities and in other technologies, such as plumbing, woodworking, auto mechanics, home economics.

He continued, «I think each class at HGSE has a defining quality, and I have come to think of your class as exceptionally big - hearted, in large part because of what I saw of your collective character after the election» — actions which included organizing a solidarity rally, participating in a dean's challenge looking to reduce bullying and discrimination in schools, and creating an art installation titled «Love in the Time of...».

Teachers have reduced time to teach, are forced to teach many remedial courses, and generally seek to leave; middle - class parents of all races do the same.

The success of any effort to reduce class size ultimately depends on the quality of the teachers and giving teachers the support, time and tools to succeed.

In addition, schools can provide information about the class in question ahead of time, so that the teacher can prepare themselves for the content of the lesson, as well as the needs of the students in the classroom, further reducing any disruptions to learning that are often associated with having a cover teacher.

This schedule set the year of first evaluation based on a teacher's year of hire, thus reducing the potential for bias that would arise if the timing of evaluation coincided with, for example, a favorable class assignment.

Signing in to classes using smart cards or inputting attendance details on to the software can reduce admin time each day.

This led some economists of the time to conclude that «input - based» policies such as providing more money to schools, reducing class sizes and improving teacher qualifications had «failed», and that improvements in schools now depended on giving teachers direct incentives to raise student performance:

Larger classes mean less individual support for students, and put more pressure on teachers at a time when we desperately need to reduce workload.»

They overwhelmingly approved a contract that reduces class sizes, increases the time teachers spend with students, limits administrative meetings, and gives teachers a raise, said Kent Education Association spokesman Dale Folkerts.

«Results from Wake County also suggest that later start times have the potential to be a more cost - effective method of increasing student achievement than other common educational interventions such as reducing class size,» notes Edwards.

They include centers for innovation and teaching improvement for academically struggling schools, reducing class sizes and adding time to the school day or year, where appropriate.

Gov. Roy Cooper said Wednesday he would not veto a bill that would give North Carolina elementary schools more time to reduce class sizes but includes other legislative changes he opposes.

I could list the effects on my school, where we made hard choices to reduce after - school programs and time for teacher collaboration in an effort to maintain moderate class sizes and services to students with disabilities.

By the time the class sizes are reduced to their lowest levels of 18 in kindergarten, 16 in first grade, and 17 each in second and third grades, WCPSS will need an additional 587 classrooms.

They have more time to address their needs for reducing class sizes over the four school years, and they have a guarantee that significant funding will be committed to the program enhancements teachers.

Gov. Roy Cooper said he would not veto a bill that would give North Carolina elementary schools more time to reduce class sizes but includes other legislative changes he opposes during a press conference at the Executive Mansion Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018.

In boom times, we expand curricular and extracurricular offerings, we upgrade facilities, we hire more staff and we reduce class sizes.

But from where he sits, Rep. Horn says the best way to resolve all of the issues that are coming as a result of a reduced class size law that leaves too little time and resources for proper implementation is for everyone — House and Senate members as well as representatives from school district offices — to sit down together and talk about finding a mutually acceptable path forward.

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

«I can not support limiting the authority of local school leaders, especially at a time when budget cuts have greatly increased class sized and reduced the number of school personnel,» the governor wrote in his veto message.

The additional funding is targeted toward proven reforms like reducing class sizes, ensuring qualified teachers in all core subjects, increasing the number of high school counselors, quality teacher and principal training, time for collaboration, and promoting parental involvement.

At Lowell Elementary School where her children go to school, preparing for the Badger Exam, which has sections on math and language, has meant less class time focused on science and social studies and reduced recess time, she said.

By planning this in advance, the day - to - day red tape that reduces your planning time wouldn't reduce the quality of what is delivered in class.

An op - ed recently published in the Cap Times, written by a MMSD educator, makes a compelling argument for reducing class sizes.

Their top ideas include reduce the level of difficulty of school, such as less homework; institute more lenient dress codes; and start school later shorten classes or add more time to pass between classes.

However, after spending some time researching this issue, I am not convinced that simply reducing class sizes is the best expenditure of money.