Sentences with phrase «running longer school days»

Among other things, many charter schools fit more instructional hours into a year by running longer school days and providing instruction on weekends and during the summer (Wilson 2008; Hoxby, Murarka, and Kang 2009; Matthews 2009).

The school runs a longer school day and year, but that is just the beginning of the difference from a traditional school.

Then two years ago, then - chancellor George Osborne provided funding for at least a quarter of schools to run longer school days to allow extracurricular activities, though this was scrapped in favour of Justine Greening's capital scheme to build new sports facilities.

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I didn't have school last Friday so I started the day with a wonderful long run.

This morning, after packing lunches, running my children to school, grabbing grocery items for dinner and preparing for another long day at work, I was feeling sorrier for myself than usual.

The Riverdale School in Long Island City is some seriously hot water after one of their students, 14 - year - old Avonte Oquendo, ran off of campus in the middle of the schooSchool in Long Island City is some seriously hot water after one of their students, 14 - year - old Avonte Oquendo, ran off of campus in the middle of the schoolschool day.

Come September our days will be dictated to by the school run, no longer will we have afternoons completely empty of plans, a blank space for us to fill however we want.

Trustee Charles Hendrickson wondered why such a long time period was needed, as the ban on street parking near Buffalo Grove High School runs only from 7:30 to 10 a.m. schoolSchool runs only from 7:30 to 10 a.m. schoolschool days.

We do know, however, that due to opposition in both houses, education spending in the budget is no longer linked to the reforms, and lawmakers expect to have a district - by - district breakdown of school aid — also known in Albany as «school runs» — in the coming days.

I'm currently writing this at almost midnight after a long day of running all over the place for hair appointments, school supplies and room parent setup.

As more schools move forward with their own efforts, many are taking their cue from the mavericks on time and learning: charter schools, where more than two - thirds run on longer days, many successfully.

Unfortunately, the school environment naturally promotes a very sedentary culture: children are required to sit for long periods, walk instead of run and be still for most of the day.

Principals McNeely, Davis, and Potter have offered a few ways in which they recognize their schools» office teams during Administrative Professionals Week and all year long, but maybe you're still looking for the perfect way to reward the efforts of the person who keeps things running smoothly 180 days a year, and then some.

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Martel, the long - time social studies teacher, says credit - recovery classes ran 82 hours per quarter at his school compared to 125 hours for classes held during the school day, and that teachers were told not to give homework.

Following the testing days our Coaches have then been delivering blocks of sessions from our long term athletic development syllabus within PE lessons and also running after school physical performance clubs for schools.

The long - running Edible Schoolyard project just launched a beautiful new website a few days ago serving up a searchable network of school gardens, kitchens, and lunch programs worldwide, and made all their resources freely available.

More and more, we are coming across amazing and inspirational teachers (men and women) who are pushing their girls to seriously consider a career in STEM; they work with the Stemettes to put on hackathons, they invite amazing female scientists into their schools to give talks, they run day long workshops and they get their girls on - board.

So they run Saturday and summer classes, and a long school day, which means the KIPP children spend 50 or 60 percent more time in school than the typical public - school student in this country.

The curriculum will be intense: classes will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., five days a week - an hour and a half longer than regular city schools.

At least a quarter of secondary schools will be given funds to run a longer day, Chancellor George Osborne will announce today.

Middle schools operated by the respected Knowledge Is Power Program, for example, run a highly regimented program during their 9.5 - hour school days and longer school year.

Like other charter schools the days are long, running from 7:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., and the academics rigorous.

During his run for office, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel campaigned on a promise to deliver a longer school day and school year in Chicago.

Barefoot and assembled in a large circle singing «moto wayaka» — Swahili for «a fire has been lit,» — 40 high school students from Boston - area schools concluded their day - long program on a wide range of issues affecting Africa run by students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on Satschool students from Boston - area schools concluded their day - long program on a wide range of issues affecting Africa run by students at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on SatSchool of Education on Saturday.

Many CMO - run schools operate on extended calendars, offering students longer school days and years.57 To establish a strong sense of community and culture of achievement, many grow slowly, building out a single grade at a time.58 And many focus heavily on creating strong relationships between students, teachers, and families by conducting teacher home visits, requiring parents to volunteer at school, and having families, students, and teachers all sign agreements about the expectations of attending the school.57

Following an intense debate on day two of the board meeting, CSAB chairperson Alex Quigley, a long - time charter school proponent who once ran the high - performing

Following an intense debate on day two of the board meeting, CSAB chairperson Alex Quigley, a long - time charter school proponent who once ran the high - performing Maureen Joy Charter School * in Durham, pleaded with several of his colleagues not to greenlight a charter school application that was riddled with red school proponent who once ran the high - performing Maureen Joy Charter School * in Durham, pleaded with several of his colleagues not to greenlight a charter school application that was riddled with red School * in Durham, pleaded with several of his colleagues not to greenlight a charter school application that was riddled with red school application that was riddled with red flags.

For a few days a sense of normalcy is maintained in Miranda's community - the school sends out notices, the electricity runs intermittently, but before long the structure of society starts to collapse; panic is rife.

And in the long run, the students graduating from law schools will not be viewing the world through the reporter series that used to be on the shelves in their parents» day.

Drivers across Kentucky do defensive driving online instead of sitting in a Fountain Run driving school class all day long.

Drivers across Pennsylvania do defensive driving online instead of sitting in a Dickerson Run driving school class all day long.

Drivers across Pennsylvania do defensive driving online instead of sitting in a Penn Run driving school class all day long.

Drivers across Pennsylvania do defensive driving online instead of sitting in a Lewis Run driving school class all day long.

Drivers across Kentucky do defensive driving online instead of sitting in a Cub Run driving school class all day long.

«The growth in healthcare is requiring more professionals who know how to run the day - to - day operations of a medical office, making this a great career choice — especially for someone who does not want to spend a long time in school.»

First nursery which combined long day care with a preschool program, run by qualified Nursery School teachers.