Sentences with phrase «school costs bigger»

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But on the flip side — a major fall in the rankings or a reporting gaffe — can cost schools big time.

So far most of the government apps seem modest in scope (think: Mapping crime reports or finding out when the next train will come), but O'Reilly suggested that this is only the beginning and that the approach can work for big problems like rising health care costs, poorly performing schools, and climate change.

Families have real concerns about rising healthcare costs, all the extra fees for their kids in school and the big increases to B.C. Hydro bills and ICBC that are eating up their household money.

I guess this is why I don't like church schools or hospitals, they are furthering their agenda at a big cost to our patriotic fiber.

Then he zeroes in on the next big controversy, schools paying athletes a stipend of $ 3,000 to $ 4,000 per year to cover the «cost of attendance,» a program the NCAA has approved and schools are figuring out how to administer.

They want as big a slice as possible, and they are enacting benefits for players (full - cost - of - attendance scholarships) and for themselves (waterfalls in facilities) other schools can't afford.

They want as big a slice of the pie as possible, and they want to do things for players (full - cost - of - attendance scholarships) and for themselves (waterfalls in facilities that never needed waterfalls) other schools can't afford.

One big reason schools have few healthy choices such as whole - grain bread and fresh fruit and vegetables is that they cost more, said Benjamin Senauer, a professor of applied economics at the University of Minnesota who studies nutrition issues.

De Blasio has placed his biggest bet on the Renewal program, which has pumped extra money and other resources into a group of the city's most troubled schools, at a cost of $ 582 million.

He grasped the centre ground by focusing on living standards and cost of living policy discussion and announcements: the Pupil Premium, capping social care costs, state pension reforms, free childcare, cutting income tax, and, his big policy statement: free school meals for all infants.

But the plan does allow districts some narrow wiggle room in pension growth, one of the biggest cost drivers for school districts.

As such we felt it was important to look at potential savings that could occur in the area that is the biggest cost driver of property taxes — school districts.»

Privately, they conceded that passing the measure was an attempt to derail a threatened big - ticket political campaign against them by Mayor Bloomberg and other prominent charter - school supporters that could cost them their razor - thin majority in the November elections.

And all of that doesn't include the big kahuna of start - up costs: the charter school facility.

Lighting Lighting is one of the biggest opportunities for investment in new equipment, as it makes up around a fifth of a typical school's energy costs.

Half of the problem While at BESA, we continue to encourage schools to consider the total cost of ownership and not just the initial price tag, it is important to remember that there are lower cost tablet devices available, rather than having to pay the premium price tag for the big name consumer brands; some offer schools the ability to purchase twice as many devices for the same cost of another brand and as long as they are BESA members they are more likely to be good products.

Barring more big federal bailouts — which this year's election would seem to make ever less likely — school budgets are going to be strapped for years to come and cost - cutting, together with eking greater value out of the remaining dollars, is going to occupy the education - policy center ring.

Considering the Asian sub-continent & African region in mind, Qafie has come up with a low cost multilingual LMS & Student Management System that works on open source technology, suitable for small schools to universities & SME to big corporates.

A survey commissioned by academy trust Bohunt Education Trust (BET) has found that only 10 per cent of people believe that children today have more outdoor education opportunities than they had in their school years, with nearly three ‑ quarters of people (71 per cent) blaming cost as the biggest factor stopping children experiencing outdoor education.

Big business always focuses on «total cost of ownership» (TCO), but schools often don't.

«Staffing is always your biggest cost in a school.

EW: Although the trend has been to build bigger schools over the past 70 years to keep costs down, do you think evidence from recent studies strongly favors the construction of smaller schools, including middle schools similar to the size of elementary schools?

The biggest problem is that the asbestos went into the ground around the schools when they were being built and strict building control assessments add extra cost to make sure all soil found with pollutants is taken away from the site.

School staff stated what they thought the biggest challenges would be in going fully cashless: 43 per cent said they believed parents prefer to pay with cash; 43 per cent believed parents hadn't got access to the internet; nine per cent said cost to school; and five per cent stated online secSchool staff stated what they thought the biggest challenges would be in going fully cashless: 43 per cent said they believed parents prefer to pay with cash; 43 per cent believed parents hadn't got access to the internet; nine per cent said cost to school; and five per cent stated online secschool; and five per cent stated online security.

Big business always focuses on total cost of ownership (TCO), but it is not often the focus in a school.

The key to reversing the inequitable distribution of teachers in big cities is to give real - dollar budgets to all schools and charge schools the real cost of the teachers they employ.

The biggest obstacle facing schools is the cost of providing technological devices for all students.

A promising development is the spread of low - cost for - profit school chains in big cities in Africa and south Asia.

Since building costs are often the biggest challenge for schools, and the most significant roadblock to new charter schools opening despite increasing demand, implementing policies or programs to lessen those burdens would go a long way.

The San Bruno Park Elementary District in San Mateo County faced high special education costs for students» out - of - district placements, while the Santa Rosa City School District discovered a big budgeting error.

The commission acknowledges that its paper does not grapple with several big hurdles in developing more - comprehensive assessment systems, among them the cost of developing complex test items and the widely disparate digital infrastructures of the schools that would use the tests.

Micon Metcalfe (pictured), director of finance at Dunraven School in south London, said: «The numbers look big, but it's the sensitivity around the contributions for employer costs that has the real impact.

Instead of big, bright, hi - tech new schools, where a single academy could cost # 25m, these free schools could be smaller and thriftier arrangements.

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Charter schools in Los Angeles, and around the country, usually must find — and pay for — their own facilities, a tricky prospect given their specific design needs and the high cost of real estate in big cities where many charters are located.

Schools are the second biggest public workforce, costing # 29.4 billion in 2014 - 15, 70.2 per cent of the total school budget.

The technology and its costs have been among the biggest concerns, including the need for schools to have enough laptops or other computers for students to take the exams and to have sufficient Internet bandwidth to transmit the questions and results in a secure manner.

Here are a few examples: the for - profit company will install their own handpicked boards that in turn hire the company for «management,» and these fees routinely cost up to 15 % of the school's FTE; the for - profit company will demand that parents purchase supplies directly from the school itself, which is often another LLC that charges exorbitant rates for the basics; in many cases, the biggest part of the scam is one LLC (e.g. Red Apple Development, the construction arm of Charter Schools USA) will purchase land to build the school on and then turn around and charge the school (read: taxpayers) rent that is substantially higher than the going rate / property value, sometimes as high as a million dollars a year.

Whilst school business managers are very adept at managing tight budgets, it is clear that schools can not make these savings without reducing their biggest cost, which is staffing.

However, this does not include the biggest cost of all — rebuilding over half of our dangerous 50 year old schools to prepare for the next major earthquake.

So they want to impose big costs on them, more than $ 2,300 per child per year (over $ 470,000 for a school of 250 students), and cancel leases for planned new schools.

New York is the biggest spender, doling out more than $ 20,000 per student each year, counting teacher salaries, support services and all the other costs associated with public schools.

The strong job growth in the «burbs compared to big cities, along with the lower costs of rent and other housing and lower levels of violent crime, have also brought more low - income families to suburban communities and their schools.

When school districts merge the main challenges usually involve finding ways to improve test scores and cut costs without sacrificing educational opportunities, but the new Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District faced an even bigger challenge: desegregschool districts merge the main challenges usually involve finding ways to improve test scores and cut costs without sacrificing educational opportunities, but the new Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District faced an even bigger challenge: desegregSchool District faced an even bigger challenge: desegregation.

The designation and related sanctions, which cost the Madison School District nearly $ 300,000 this year, were imposed despite a UW - Madison analysis showing Leopold students made some of the biggest improvements in the district on state test scores last year.

According to a press release on this second installment in the Big Library Read, «Based on the success of the first Big Library Read in May, schools were invited for the first time to join public libraries to enjoy the benefits of no - cost, simultaneous access to a popular children's eBook.

The numbers that they are seeing — many schools cost at least $ 100,000 for a four - year program — are bigger than anything that they can wrap their heads around.

Families, states and the federal government all make big investments in our kids, as revealed by the steep costs of anticipated school supplies and the amount that's being spent per student by the government.

The qualification to that generalization concerns big costs that happen only once a year, for example Christmas presents, car insurance, vacations, back - to - school costs.

Even though the scholarship amount in the first example is bigger, so is the gap between the offer and the school costs.