Sentences with phrase «schooler entranced by»

In 1968, a high schooler entranced by space, he was referred to a job program at the US Geological Survey's Branch of Astrogeological Studies.

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Globally, the percentage of candidates considering only business master's degrees has increased from 15 % in 2009 to 23 % in 2016, according to a 2017 report by the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC), the organization that administers the GMAT, the business school entrance exam.

Along with the rainbow in the sky Monday morning, teachers heading into work to prepare for Wednesday were greeted at the school's entrance by parents and members of the Parkland community showing their support with signs.

He attended secondary school in England and later became entranced by the London wine trade.

It was as if everything the school had worked for — a three - year turnaround through a federal grant, a revamping of the facilities and extracurricular activities — was erased by a protest that happened to take place directly across from the school's entrance.

Greets you once a quarter — by name — at the entrance of the school with a flyer, awkward and uncomfortable eye contact, a peace offering of a donut hole, and a convincing spiel about how critical this fundraiser is to the big upcoming [thing you definitely forgot about].

Cole, who as a teen was entranced by the Army's «Be All You Can Be» advertisements, enlisted in the Army when she was 17 after graduating from West Seneca East Senior High School.

One bill would require that the entrance of every school be manned by a trained, armed police officer.

A few years ago, I and dozens of others frustrated by the state's failure to resolve the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit and provide the resources coming to the city schools as a result barricaded the entrance to the Capitol in Albany in an act of civil disobedience.

Entrance to the school was by examination, so I wrote away for old examinations and through self study I was able to pass the examinations, to gain entry to this special high school, and to receive an excellent high school education.

It's there that we first meet the otherwise unnamed Little Girl (voiced by Mackenzie Foy), who lives with her single mom (Rachel McAdams) in cookie - cutter suburbia and spends every waking moment preparing for her entrance into a highly competitive prep school where students are stripped of the vestiges of childhood and molded into serious - minded, pint - sized adults.

By the time Tamara reaches Standard Eight, she has overcome all of these challenges and proudly passes her Primary School Leaving Certificate Exam for entrance into secondary sSchool Leaving Certificate Exam for entrance into secondary schoolschool.

Struck by the extent to which «every interaction was keyed to preparing for Japan's comprehensive college entrance exam,» Ho became interested in standardized testing and its effects on schools and learning.

Many parents believe that so - called «academic redshirting,» or the act of delaying a student's kindergarten entrance by one year, will give their children a leg up not only when they first enroll in school, but throughout their educational careers and later in life.

Computer adaptive testing is used to test recruits to the U.S. military, for licensing nurses and computer technicians, for entrance tests to graduate school, and for a popular placement test used by community colleges — but not for academic testing in all but a handful of K - 12 schools.

When the school abolished IB entrance requirements, more students trickled in, and by the late 1990s, about one - fourth of seniors were candidates for the special diploma.

The gloomy picture painted by the ACT and NAEP is confirmed by high - school graduation statistics and college entrance test results.

The Iowa City, Iowa - based publisher of the ACT — the college - entrance exam taken by high school students primarily in the Midwest and the South — will open 40 testing centers in the next few months and is on its way to having 250 operating by the end of next year, said Richard L. Ferguson, the president of ACT.

Slips and trips are among the most common types of accident reporting from schools; during wet weather it is often caused by excess water in corridors as a result of insufficient matting at entrances to the building.

«Redshirting,» or the act of delaying a student's kindergarten entrance by one year, many parents believe, will give their child time to develop cognitive and social skills that will make him more successful in school.

Add to this nebulous college entrance environment the challenge presented by the proliferation of four - year high schools, whose numbers skyrocketed from 2,526 in 1890 to 10,213 in 1910, and it is easy to see why the trustees of the Carnegie Foundation felt the need to define college: «An institution to be ranked a college must have at least six (6) professors giving their entire time to college and university work, a course of four full years in liberal arts and sciences, and should require for admission not less than the usual four years of academic or high school preparation, or its equivalent, in addition to the preacademic or grammar school studies.»

The asphalt that covered the school's east - side playground has been dug up and removed, replaced by 120 cubic yards of wood chips that cover the gentle slope down to the school's entrance.

In the school's design, each of these career pathways is architecturally differentiated by separate outdoor entrances, distinct color palettes, and individualized graphics.

According to a study by Education Datalab, the Kent Test, the entrance exam in Kent, was a «loaded dice» against pupils on free school meals because they were not coached for the test, unlike their wealthier peers.

In sum, although there may be some migration by high - performing students to APIP schools, schools that adopt APIP see better scores on college entrance exams among students who have always attended their school.

CCTV footage released earlier this year shows irresponsible drivers putting pedestrians at risk by mounting the pavement right outside the school entrance.

Creative writing step by step guide to help students who want to improve their creative writing skills for GCSE and also for entrance exams into Independent schools.

In recent years a school of thought arose in our space that a centralized authority or «harbor - master» could produce better outcomes by carefully controlling both the entrance and the exit of schools from charter sectors, primarily on the basis of standardized test scores.

The «Mind the Gaps» study, by ACT, draws on the Iowa City, Iowa - based testmaker's earlier research showing that taking a strong core curriculum in high school and meeting benchmark scores in all four subjects of the ACT college - entrance exam enhance students» chances of enrolling in college, persisting...

GASTON COUNTY — Every school day, seventh - grader Victoria Bennett knows she will find her Principal, Caleb Dolan, standing at the entrance to her school greeting every child by name.

American high school students are no better prepared for college than they were 10 years ago, according to a new study by ACT, one of the two big organizations that offer college entrance tests.

A new study by REL Northwest has found that high school GPA was better than college entrance exam scores at predicting college course grades for recent Alaska high school graduates from both urban and rural areas.

Recruiting — A push to raise entrance requirements must be accompanied by a comprehensive nationwide teacher recruitment program starting in high school.

SAT — One of two commonly used tests designed to assess high school students» general educational development and required for college entrance by many institutions of higher education; published and administered by the College Board.

7.8 Prior to a student's entrance and exit from the school, transition services are coordinated by the SST with all appropriate entities to ensure successful entry into the student's next educational setting or workforce.

Her entrance to the Washington DC school was initially blocked by protesters.

The letter was signed by 527 charter school parents and was put out for display at various entrances of the offices on Wilshire Boulevard.

In 2015, the Los Angeles school board decided to roll back graduation requirements by allowing students to pass classes required for college entrance with a grade of a «D» instead of a «C.» And in Los Angeles and elsewhere, students who are not on track to graduate from high school can now take «credit recovery» classes — many of which are devoid of any meaningful content.

The proposal is aimed at improving accessibility by adding elevators, wheelchair lifts and ramps and more secure building entrances among 10 schools, and expanding five crowded schools by adding new classroom spaces and other building additions.

She also noted that since standardized tests are the basis for entrance into all higher education, the exams are not going away and should be embraced by public schools.

Or consider the Bronx Charter School for the Arts and how it maximized its space by having wide entrances and hallways that flow into each other.

College entrance exam scores from no - excuses high - school students are surprisingly hard to come by.

Our school building is purposefully designed with only ONE entrance which is only accessible by staff ID badge or buzzer via office staff (with video so staff sees who is at the door).

This article by Nancy Robinson and Kathleen Noble provides some practical part - time acceleration options, as well as full - time acceleration options, and introduces the University of Washington's Transition School and Early Entrance Program.

Buffalo Prep was founded in 1989 by education and community leaders to help promising, underrepresented students prepare for, obtain entrance into, and excel at demanding college preparatory high schools.

Education Commission of the States» Kindergarten Database provides data from primary sources outlining state policies on 11 kindergarten issues commonly addressed by state policy, including compulsory school age, kindergarten entrance age, minimum hours required for kindergarten, kindergarten readiness assessments, curriculum, ratios, and more.

WILL's March 1 report, Apples to Apples: The definitive look at school test scores in Milwaukee and Wisconsin, authored by WILL research director Will Flanders who has a PhD in political science, compared, for a single school year (2015 - 16), the average levels of student proficiency in math and English in K - 8 schools and the averaged ACT college entrance exam scores for schools» high school juniors.

American high school students are no better prepared for college than they were 10 years ago, according to a new study by ACT, one of the two big organizations that offer college entrance test...

Because acceleration is almost unheard of beyond a new policy to allow for early entrance to Kindergarten on a case - by - case basis, they were all very interested in our use of grade and subject acceleration to make public schools work for our gifted children.

Admissions to these schools for «the academically gifted» are determined solely by the results of an entrance exam («Specialized High Schools&rschools for «the academically gifted» are determined solely by the results of an entrance exam («Specialized High Schools&rSchools»).