Sentences with phrase «rigor of the academic classes»

Aside from the rigor of the academic classes (which are lacking), a critical eye needs to be turned upon the amount of school / classroom experience a teacher receives before entering his or her first year of teaching.

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We selected St. Benedict Prep because of the school's high academic rigor, committed faculty, small class size and its strong faith - based, community - focused mission.

Waldorf is dedicated to providing its middle school students with an academic curriculum with rigor and purpose — one that is creatively designed to meet the particular needs of middle school students — along with exceptional teachers, regular class travel, a no - cut athletic program, and fine arts and performing arts courses.

Beyond academic rigor, a big need is to look at life outside of class.

Today, as legislators see it, dual enrollment offers something for everyone: academic enrichment for kids who have maxed out the honors and accelerated classes their schools offer; a glimpse of college rigor for high school laggards; and a leg up on a career for those who enroll in trade programs.

In an article that appeared in the Summer 2008 issue of Ed Next, Paul Peterson and Rick Hess examined the rigor of each state's academic standards as compared with NAEP and found that only three states — Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Missouri — had established world - class standards.

Recommended Classes for College Success The academic rigor of your child's high school courses is an important factor in the college admission process.

«All ICT classes use gen ed curriculum and have the same sense of academic rigor as we would expect in any other class,» says Foti.

A Latina student defended the difficulty of my assigned reading material to another student because she did not want the teaching of the art of her ancestors watered down but rather taught with the same academic rigor as any European art class.»