Sentences with phrase «schools against the population»

To double check, we looked at these 2015 — 16 GCSE results and compared the sample of PoP schools against the population of GCSE schools in England in terms of the breakdown of the GCSE grades:

Not exact matches

(i) a woman's right to choose; (ii) teaching evolution in school; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (v) gay marriage; (vi) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» by theists (vii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (viii) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (xi) population control; (x) buying alcohol on a Sunday; (xi) use of condoms and other contraceptives (xii) stem cell research.

(i) a woman's right to an abortion; (iii) medical immunization of teen girls (and boys) against HPV; (iv) assisted suicide; (vi) gay marriage; (vii) my right to view art and theatre deemed «offensive,» «blasphemous» or «obscene» Catholics; (viii) basic $ ex education for older school children; (ix) treating drug abuse as principally a medical issue; (x) population control; (xi) buying alcohol on a Sunday in many places; (xii) use of condoms and other contraceptives; (xiii) embryonic stem cell research; (xiv) little 10 year - old boys joining organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America, regardless of the religious views of their parents; and (xv) gays being allowed to serve openly in the military.

(i) the question of gay rights — funny I agree with gay rights, must be a political debate at its heart (ii) a wonan's right to choose — funny I agree with this, see above thought (iii) teaching evolution in school — again I agree (iv) my ability to buy a glass of wine on Sunday — definitely politics here (v) immunizing teens against HPV — got my kids immunized, not even politics here (vi) population control — this is religions fault??? no this is cultural (vii) assisted suicide at end of life — agree with that, still have my religion (viii) global warmning — agree it needs to get fixed, doesn't have anything to do with religion

Apart from the argument that we have a moral duty to help those who wish to come to this country (which you may or may not accept), there is an economic case in favour of immigration in that the economy benefits from the availability of cheap labour, and there is a case against in that growth in population especially in the crowded South - East creates a lot of pressure on infrastructure such as housing, transport, hospitals, and schools (and the growth in population is largely due to immigration).

At a news conference Monday in Mineola, Singas said the bill would eliminate the need for prosecutors to prove that threats against schools, churches, malls or other mass gatherings constitute an imminent terroristic act meant to intimidate certain populations.

This success is coming against the backdrop of wild and unjustifiable allegations that persons in military uniforms have been going around secondary and primary schools forcefully injecting students with monkey pox vaccines with a view to reducing the population in the South - South and South - East.

Scientists at the University of Washington in Seattle's (U.W.) School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences think they know why Bristol Bay is so productive year after year: Several hundred discrete populations of sockeye salmon inhabit the network of rivers and lakes that empty into the bay, and this tremendous population diversity buffers the entire fishery against the vicissitudes of the environment.

The group would also like information on how their participants stack up against the general student population in terms of completing a bachelor's degree, entering graduate school, and earning a Ph.D. «We think that our programs are adding value,» says Landefeld.

Prof van Oosterhout, also from UEA's School of Environmental Sciences, said: «Each supertype protects the host against a specific group of parasites, and these supertypes were common across populations, and species, irrespective of the location.

«NAPLAN data and the My School website enables schools to compare the results of students at their school against national results for the overall population and for schools with students from the same socio - educational backgrSchool website enables schools to compare the results of students at their school against national results for the overall population and for schools with students from the same socio - educational backgrschool against national results for the overall population and for schools with students from the same socio - educational backgrounds.

Over the past decade, though, drug - resistant infections have become a reality in the general population, and one of them has forced several school districts into the forefront of a battle against a major public health threat.

The achievement of virtual - school students should be measured against that of students from similar population groups, since a student's income level, for example, can more closely correlate with student achievement than whether that student is studying traditionally or virtually.

For example, the underrepresented students or certain subgroups which would normally cause a school to miss AYP will not count against the school in the same fashion because the school as a whole would appear to perform better than a school with a larger subgroup population not making AYP.

It's been a tumultuous year for America's schools — one marked by an expanding minority - student population, an increasingly discontent teaching force, a backlash against standardized testing, and shifting understanding of education reform.

It is against this general backdrop that the charter school movement is growing and thriving, and it is abundantly clear that charter schools are doing a great job serving students reflective of the diversity of our state while improving educational opportunity for historically underserved populations.

No homeless child or youth shall be discriminated against, segregated from the mainstream school population, isolated on the basis of his / her homelessness or stigmatized.

I understand that virtual charter schools may have a highly mobile population of students, but in most graduation accounting schemes, students discharged to other schools will be removed from the denominator of the graduation rate, and not count against the school.

This statement is extremely troubling given the Administration's consistent efforts to roll - back guidance and regulations that are intended to prevent schools and districts from discriminating against vulnerable student populations.

These systems flagrantly favored school districts in affluent white suburbs and discriminated against poor districts in urban and rural areas with high minority populations.

There are so many modern discoveries, research and data that are standardly «denied» if it doesn't fit the «old school» ways, ideals or chriteria, which in itself, is a crime against science, and moreover, against humanity as a whole (the general population), don't you think?

In 2013 Macalester placed 9th out of 156 participating schools in the food and organics division, which measures the weight of the food and organics collected against the total campus population.

That COAG initiate an audit of populations and projected populations of remote preschool and school - aged children by statistical sub-division to be measured against the relevant education infrastructure and services.