Sentences with phrase «school classes average»

Veterinary medical school classes average over 80 % women.

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Of the nine winners who did report challenges building their startups because of student - loan debt, only three left school owing more than $ 35,000, the average amount for class of 2015 graduates (the highest in U.S. history), according to a report by financial aid resource Edvisors.com.

But for all the big talk, Ivey has a lot of walk.MBA graduates, according to the school's owndata, can expect an average starting salaryof over $ 98,000 a year upon graduation.Every class evolves from students tacklingreal - world problems on their own, to doing so in groups, then as an entire class.Outside the classroom, the school offersscores of special projects, internationalinternships and one - of - a-kind programs, like the Ivey Consulting Project, the largestand longest - running Canadian programpairing MBA students with real - world businessesin need of help.

The average GMAT score for Rotman's 2013 entering class was 674, and York University's Schulich School of Business says a competitive score would be 660 with a balanced score — that is, in at least the 50th percentile — across the four measures of the exam.

So were the average GMAT scores of its entering classes, which tended to range near 600, more than 100 points below the best schools, which typically report scores in the 700 - plus range on an entrance test where the highest possible score is 800.

In 2001, when the class of 1998 was surveyed, the top - earning alumnus group was from the Wharton School's EMBA program at the University of Pennsylvania, reporting an average salary three years after graduation of just more than $ 200,000 (measured in purchasing power parity equivalents).

At Emory University's Goizueta School, 72 % of the latest graduating class of EMBAs went in debt with the average burden at $ 77,795 — some $ 15,000 more than the 68 % of graduating full - time MBAs who averaged $ 62,716 in debt at the sSchool, 72 % of the latest graduating class of EMBAs went in debt with the average burden at $ 77,795 — some $ 15,000 more than the 68 % of graduating full - time MBAs who averaged $ 62,716 in debt at the schoolschool.

And regardless of social class, the stresses and distractions that afflict unemployed parents also afflict their kids, who are more likely to repeat a grade in school, and who on average earn less as adults.

He had 13,794 Sunday school classes spread throughout the four towers in classes ranging from five students to 6,000, with an average ratio of one teacher to 20 students.

And I certainly get how you could listen to the pabulum shoveled out in your average high school biology class and think «That's a load of feces, and no more reasonable (or scientific) than my beliefs.»

He averaged 10.4 points a game as a sophomore, but with two children and a history of missed classes, Calhoun told him to take a leave of absence from school for the first semester to address his personal issues.

Long considered the top high school prospect in his class, the Ontario native joined Bill Self's squad for a single season and averaged 17.1 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in 2013 - 14.

What the ESPNU 150 Watch List defensive back, future U.S. Army All - American and top - ranked student in his high school class forgets is pointing out shapes and colors well before the average 3 - year - old typically could.

If the average high - school student takes five classes, that's two - and - a-half hours per night, not to mention that long - term assignments (like papers and preparing for exams) are generally not considered homework and are additional work to be done at home.

adolescent homeschooled students slept an average of 90 minutes more per night than public and private school students, who were in class an average of 18 minutes before homeschooled children even awoke.

Teachers in the district's three schools are paid about $ 12,000 more than the state average, and the schools offer an array of top - notch educational opportunities, including low class size, foreign language instruction, fine arts and orchestra programs, low - cost preschool and a full - day kindergarten, before - and after - school care, and several extracurricular sports teams.

The School District's Class of 2016 earned an average total score of 1577, up from 1560 last school year, which is the 3rd - highest score out of 180 school systems in the State of Georgia, according to data released today by the College School District's Class of 2016 earned an average total score of 1577, up from 1560 last school year, which is the 3rd - highest score out of 180 school systems in the State of Georgia, according to data released today by the College school year, which is the 3rd - highest score out of 180 school systems in the State of Georgia, according to data released today by the College school systems in the State of Georgia, according to data released today by the College Board.

The average size of classes taught by one teacher in state - funded secondary schools was 20.4 in January 2011, down from 20.5 in January 2010.

The average size of classes taught by one teacher in state - funded primary schools increased slightly, while the average size of classes taught by one teacher in state - funded secondary schools decreased slightly.

The manifesto also proposed a large increase in public spending on education, which would allow for the school leaving age to be increased to 18 and reduce average class sizes to 19 pupils.

«As a result of this work, average class size across the city has decreased from 26.4 students per class in the 2015 - 16 school year to 26.1 this year,» he said.

The UFT will present the fact - finding panel with evidence that New York City public school teachers, in addition to having the largest class sizes and the neediest students, are on average the lowest paid in the region.

A preliminary report released by the Department of Education on Dec. 14 shows that average class sizes increased this school year.

When asked to predict their scores on a midterm pretest near the beginning of the school year, students of all performance levels overestimated their scores by an average of 11 percent over the whole class.

Before classes even started, my academic advisor suggested that I might want to choose something easier than physics and astronomy, despite coming in with an A + average in high school and scoring in the top 5 percent on the math assessment.

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.

In Washington, for example, the average class size attended by students who switched to private school was 18, compared with 22 for those who remained in public school.

The result is that African - American students who switched from public to private schools scored, on average, 6.3 points higher than their public school peers; by contrast, Krueger reports effects of between 9.1 and 9.8 points for African - Americans placed in smaller classes.

Though we do not have data on every aspect of teachers» working conditions, we do know certain characteristics of their students that many believe affect the teaching conditions at a school: the percentage of low - income students at the school (as estimated by the percentage eligible for a subsidized lunch), the shares of students who are African - American or Hispanic, average student test scores, and class sizes.

They also do not differ significantly in their initial per - pupil spending, average class size, percentage of students receiving subsidized school lunches, percentage of students with limited English proficiency or disabilities, and the mobility of their student populations.

After controlling for average class size, per - pupil spending in 1998 - 99, the percentage of students with disabilities, the percentage of students receiving a free or reduced - price school lunch, the percentage of students with limited English proficiency, and student mobility rates, high - scoring F schools achieved gains that were 2.5 points greater than their below - average D counterparts in reading (see Figure 2).

Moreover, the figures show that the average size of a primary school in the UK has increased by 30 pupils, which, in most schools equates to an extra class.

Data from the federal 2000 Schools and Staffing Survey put the average elementary - class size in the state at 17.9 pupils, one of the lowest averages in the nation.

Colorado loses points, though, because data from the federal 2000 Schools and Staffing Survey show that the average class size in its elementary schools, 23.2 students, is among the highest in the Schools and Staffing Survey show that the average class size in its elementary schools, 23.2 students, is among the highest in the schools, 23.2 students, is among the highest in the nation.

Diane Rich from the Early Years Workshop team visits Astwood Bank First School in Redditch, to see how play is incorporated into an average morning in reception class.

On the plus side, the average class size for elementary school classes in Louisiana is 18.9 pupils, lower than the national average of 21.2.

However, they also measured long - term student success in a nonexperimental analysis of 104 Chicago high schools, including seven Noble network schools, examining average college enrollment rates in the graduating class of 2013.

Admitting that students with a 3.2 grade point average were not in the top half of their class at the high school — and that more than 140 students in the school had over a 4.0 average — a superintendent in our region recently advocated dropping class rank.

Similarly, it would be ideal to understand the intensity of use of blended learning in schools — for what percentage of the day are students in blended - learning environments or how many classes on average do students take that are blended — but the survey didn't get at these questions.

LACES» results stand out even more because the school has many of the challenges that often sink urban schools into the lower - performing category and anchor them there: a predominately urban, minority population; large classes (the average is 29 students in middle - school classes, 34 in high school); few computers, no computer lab, and a building that was new when Franklin D. Roosevelt served as president.

But others have attributed the Florida gains to an amendment to the Florida Constitution, adopted by the voters in 2002, which requires every school district to reduce its average class size.

The analysis also incorporates data from the National Center for Education Statistics on the racial / ethnic composition of each school, the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced - price lunch (an indicator of family poverty), the average number of students in each grade (a measure of school size), and the school's pupil - teacher ratio (an measure of class size) in the 2007 - 08 school year.

In most high schools, regardless of the subject, the day's first classes have the worst average grade.

They increased total school enrollment and average class sizes in order to fit additional instructional resources into the budget.

We looked at whether 7th graders in a particular school performed better than the same school's 8th graders (relative to the national average for their respective grades) when, on average, the 7th - grade classes were smaller than the 8th - grade classes.

In addition, school systems may direct students into schools with different average class sizes on the basis of their performance.

This approach forced us to restrict the sample to schools in which both a 7th - grade and an 8th - grade class were actually tested and in which data on the actual class sizes and average class sizes were available for each grade.

In a pilot scheme where every child at primary schools in Newham and Durham was offered a free meal, they were more likely to eat a better diet at school, do significantly better in class — with an average of two months more progress by pupils at key stages 1 and 2 — and be less fussy about what they ate at home.

But the South African school system under apartheid was obviously unique; in some districts, the average class size reached 80 students.

Our strategy takes advantage of the fact that data were collected on both actual and average class sizes and on students» performance and socioeconomic backgrounds for more than one grade level in each school.