Sentences with phrase «school admissions process»

An eighth grader asks how to make the high school admissions process simpler.

The leaks in the pipeline, however, start much earlier — during the law school admissions process.

Students find that our high school admissions process is as unique as our school, with comprehensive interviews replacing conventional testing.

We welcome other approaches and even creative use of existing provisions of state and federal law that allow for some flexibility in tailoring charter school admissions processes to benefit students with disabilities.

, a Community Education Council Member in District 2, «I believe revealed choice has been at the heart of many inequities of the middle school admissions process.

She just uses them outside the courtroom and on behalf of students.Maerowitz advises students and their families on the college and graduate school admissions processes, including those for law school, as a partner

Several MBA admissions consultants recently gained access to Wharton's updated interview questions, a stark reminder that the business schools admissions process is not a level playing field.

Since 2002, New York City has closed more than 20 underperforming public high schools, opened more than 200 new secondary schools, and introduced a centralized high school admissions process in which approximately 80,000 students a year indicate their school preferences from a wide - ranging choice of programs.

The Grammar Stream will be open to children from across Swindon via the annual Swindon Schools Admissions process and an additional entrance exam held each November.

Those aged 15 to 18 should look at Art League — an immersive art experience for teenagers who want to extend their artistic practice and potentially prepare portfolios for the art school admission process.

it makes sense in a way, since the lsat dominated law school admissions process mostly eliminates the value of any characteristic other than abstract reasoning skills.

Community members will have the chance to weigh in on the programs, along with the specialized high schools admissions process, as part of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams» and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.'s «Gifted & Talented Task Force.»

Fortunately, the Supreme Court did not eliminate the use of race as a factor in the University of Michigan Law School admissions process (see the full text of the court's decision here).

The charter school admissions process is itself race - blind: Schools that are too popular conduct lotteries between their applicants.

According to Eric Goldberg, a Community Education Council Member in District 2, «I believe revealed choice has been at the heart of many inequities of the middle school admissions process.

NYC's high school admissions process was supposed to give every student a real chance to attend a good school.

The meeting will feature a presentation by New York City Department of Education (DOE) officials for parents about how to navigate the high schools admissions process, as well an overview -LSB-...]

The meeting will feature a presentation by New York City Department of Education (DOE) officials for parents about how to navigate the high schools admissions process, as well an overview of recent changes to the DOE's structure of superintendents of high schools.

WHAT: Education Department to Present Tips to Queens Parents About High School Admissions Process

And let's not forget Waiting for «Superman,» the high - profile documentary whose poignant portrayal of the charter - school admissions process, coupled with a critique of union power in public schools, was expected to have a significant impact on national opinion.

Between fall 2002 and fall 2008, the school district closed 23 large failing high schools (with graduation rates below 45 percent), opened 216 new small high schools (with different missions, structures, and student selection criteria), and implemented a centralized high school admissions process that assigns over 90 percent of the roughly 80,000 incoming ninth - graders each year based on their school preferences.

In some cases, lost records are also a result of bad luck and the fact that the preservation of lottery data is not a priority after the school admissions process is complete.

The first step in New York City's high school admissions process is to require eighth - graders to select in rank order of priority up to 12 high schools that they want to attend; when an SSC has more applicants than spaces, the district uses a lottery - like process to randomly assign students to the SSC or to another school in the district.

In June 2010, MDRC released a report on the effectiveness of 105 of the 123 new SSCs, based on an unusually large and rigorous study that takes advantage of lottery - like features in New York City's high school admissions process and includes data on 21,000 students from four cohorts who entered ninth grade between fall 2005 and fall 2008.

The school admissions process has been a little bit of a stressful undertaking, but your hospitality and flexibility has definitely made a difference for us.

This short pamphlet is designed to help middle school students and families plan for the transition to high school and the high school admissions process.

«Delivers regular podcasts to help those considering law school navigate the law school admissions process.