Sentences with phrase «schedule than high school»

The survey also asked parents if students in kindergarten through eighth grade should be on a different schedule than high school students.

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How this relates to the comments above:» Paly... been a Challenge Success poster school for as long as I can remember: TA, block scheduling, pre-break finals, many class projects, homework free days, now homework time limits, a school climate coordinator, more de-laned subjects, fewer APs / student than peer high schools I've read, and a later start / no zero period that promotes sleep.

This summer, knowing that her older daughter would be starting at Palm Harbor University High, Goldsmith was more determined than ever to follow all the back - to - school tips posted to parent blogs — especially the one that advises returning children gradually to an early - to - bed, early - to - rise sleep schedule.

At the high school, a line of Clinton supporters snaked around and out of Tiger Circle, the school's roundabout driveway, more than two hours ahead of the scheduled start time of 6:15 p.m.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

The first semester of college is a time of great transition for many students — they often are living away from home for the first time, have a much more fluid schedule than in high school and are potentially surrounded by a new peer group.

«Getting back into a school routine means, for many families, juggling a variety of schedules,» said Dr. Bazilian, who is also a wellness consultant for NOW, a leading natural products manufacturer with more than 1,400 high - quality and affordable foods, sports nutrition, dietary supplements and personal care products.

It's difficult to know exactly how this disconnect between teenagers» optimal sleep times and school schedules affects their classroom performance because school districts that start high schools later might be better - resourced or otherwise support students better than do those that start high schools earlier in the day.

The second redesign of the SAT in this century announced Wednesday and scheduled to go into effect when todays high school freshmen take it in 2016 aims to strip many of the tricks out of a test currently administered to more than 1.5 million students in every high school graduating class.

In Virginia and North Carolina, for example, more than two - thirds of the high schools use alternative schedules.

A 1992 to 1995 study of 371 schools in North Carolina found that students who attended schools with blocked schedules scored at least equal to and slightly higher in some subjects on end - of - course statewide tests than did students in non-blocked schools.

Thus the unit - credit system came to define both the structure and the meaning of a high - school education: a rigid schedule of subjects and classes, an emphasis on time served rather than amount learned, and a belief that once a student obtained the required number of graduation units, his high - school education was complete.

In an article titled «All Around the Block: The Benefits and Challenges of a Non-Traditional School Schedule,» Michael D. Rettig and Robert Lynn Canady estimate that «more than 50 percent of high schools in the United States are either using or considering a form of block scheduling.»

Right now, more than 20,000 children are on waiting lists for the state's charter schools, which feature longer school days, better schedules, and, in many cases, higher MCAS scores.

The scheduling mess at Jefferson High School emerged for many more reasons than a troubled new computer system, district officials and school administrators told LA School Report School emerged for many more reasons than a troubled new computer system, district officials and school administrators told LA School Report school administrators told LA School Report School Report today.

With Jefferson's current schedule, students have about 8 percent less class time than peers in other high schools, Ramos said.

More of our high school students now have full class schedules — three - quarters, compared with fewer than one - third in 2011.

The researchers found the percent of students scoring either proficient or with advanced proficiency in reading went up at schools on a four - day schedule and were higher than their peers in school districts who remained on the five - day schedule.

Salaries also vary within states where wealthy suburban school districts generally have higher salary schedules than other districts.

In Singapore, for example, teachers have 20 hours per week scheduled to work with colleagues, including time for «action research,» through which teachers identify and solve shared problems through discussion and classroom experimentation.20 Research suggests that professional learning in many high - performing countries tends to yield positive results when it is part of a larger school effort, rather than a patchwork of isolated activities not connected to school - level goals.21

In an era when many school systems had no regular salary schedules or implemented schedules paying more to men than women and more to high school teachers than to grade school teachers, TCTA advocated for a single salary schedule.

More than 25 years ago, many low - income students weren't even given a chance to take algebra in high school, and instead took applied math classes on how to read schedules, take measurements and balance a checkbook.

Working with a tiny staff, a shoestring budget and no institutional affiliation, Ms. Goldberg put together a program that covered a lot of aesthetic bases — old school, just out of school, high - tech, no - tech — and encompassed more than 60 scheduled events... all of which makes the prospect of PERFORMA 07 shine with promise.

The briefer version of the PSC3 is broadly used, with > 40 published studies.23 These studies have shown that the PSC - 17 yields higher detection rates than pediatricians relying on clinical judgment alone24 and has risk rates comparable to those of the PSC - 35,3 semistructured interviews (Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School - Age Children — Present and Lifetime Version), 25 and longer questionnaire measures.2 The PSC - 17 was derived from the PSC - 35 through an exploratory factor analysis conducted on data collected from the 1994 to 1999 Child Behavior Study (CBS), a nationally representative sample of > 20000 pediatric outpatients.3 In that study, the exploratory factor analysis suggested that it was possible to create a briefer version of the PSC with 17 of the original 35 items.

Typical wording in the agreement: «In order to maintain their established parenting schedule, the parties agree that, until the last child to attend high school graduates, neither party shall relocate his / her residence more than XX miles from the school district in which the children's schools are located.»