Sentences with phrase «schools and school systems use»

Other schools and school systems use NAPLAN to hold teachers and school leaders accountable for improvement, including making test results part of performance reviews.

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Today, the patented system is used in more than 5,000 schools districts, therapy centers, hospitals and homes in the United States and Canada.

Garden City Booragoon has gone high - tech to attract and retain more shoppers over the school holidays, launching an interactive augmented reality system using technology developed in Europe.

Parents and students should first determine their earliest deadlines for filing for aid and whether their school or state uses a first - come, first - served system for any of its aid, Chany said.

«Using machine learning to find a needle in a haystack is where computers can help us transcend our limitations,» says Professor Adam Pah from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern's Institute on Complex Systems (NICO).

While the transition will take some getting used to, having solid systems in place in your home can help you ease the stress, and focus on the enjoyment of an exciting new school year.

«The state and city used Katrina to wipe away the dysfunction and corruption in the school system,» Medberry says, referring to the city's charter school initiative, which largely replaced public schools with privately operated institutions after 2005.

David M. Lampton, director of China Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, said it was not surprising for China to balk at the idea of an American company using Hong Kong, and China's own «one country, two systems» policy, as a way around censorship.

At the event, which was hosted by the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law in New Haven, Powell highlighted three specific areas where blockchain technology is affecting change in regard to the Federal Reserve's «broad public policy objectives»: the creation of real - time payment systems, use of blockchain technology for clearing and settlement services, and the issuance of digital currencies by central banks.

I speak out against your ilk and any other group for that matter when they attempt t use their belief to dictate rights... LGBT rights; women's rights; education rights (in a secular country, no single religion has a place in the school system - teach about one, teach them all - fair is fair).

«28 It has been used by school systems, religious organizations, governmental agencies, as well as business and industry.

Women, like blacks and members of other oppressed groups, must break their inner bondage and gain self - esteem if they are to use fully their potential in collective efforts to change the systems of injustice (discriminatory laws, pay scales, admissions policies to professional schools, among others).

Culture has many complicated meanings, but I use it here simply to describe a system of beliefs (about God or reality or ultimate meaning), of values (about what is true, good and beautiful), of customs (about how to behave and relate to others), and of the institutions which express the culture (government, church, law courts, family, school and so on)-- all of which bind the society together and give it meaning.

CST Wastewater Solutions» customers to use the Smith & Loveless FAST system include Alcoa, Bechtel Pacific, Hooker Chemicals, CSIRO, Hunter District Water, BHP Wakefield Colliery, Kiama Municipal Council, Central Coast Grammar School, Blue Circle Southern Cement, Electrolytic Zinc, Lakeside Leisure Park, Blair Athol Coal, Dampier Salt and Berowra Waters Marina.

Two to 5 day golf school with 1 - to - 1 and 2 - to - 1 student - teacher ratio is available as well as private package lessons that include use of a digital video system.

The latest in an ongoing scandal at UNC that's included dozens of revelations, McCants» comments detail the «paper - class» system often used by student - athletes at the school, his own academic issues and apparent knowledge of the situation by legendary head coach Roy Williams.

In the spring of 2016, schools in these eight districts began using a new assessment system that includes a measurement, based on student self - reports, of students» growth mindset, self - efficacy, self - management, and social awareness.

Unfortunately, she is typical of a breed of teenagers who have become so focused — by their parents, their schools, the culture, their peers and themselves on gaming the system, cheating when necessary and believing that money and material goods are the foundation of a life well - lived — that they have little opportunity to develop the kinds of ideas that used to be typical of teenagers.

«For 80 percent of the common chemicals in everyday use in this country we know almost nothing about whether or not they can damage the brains of children, the immune system, the reproductive system, and the other developing organs,» said Dr. Phil Landrigan, a pediatrician and director of the Children's Environmental Health Center at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

These two parents monitored their teens» text messages, voicemails, phone calls, emails, Facebook pages, driving speed, and used state - of - the - art GPS systems to establish «geo - fences» around their child's school and home.

Our school systems are not what they use to be and the USDA and corporations took care of that.

We use a colorful labeling system to shows students how the food served in their school cafeteria nourishes their brain, bones, muscles and circulatory and digestive systems.

CIS Wake will use the money to further its mission of reducing Wake County Public School System's dropout rate and preparing students for post-secondary education and careers.

And we don't right now have a system for helping kids who arrive in the school system stressed out with all of the effects that that has on their ability to make it through the day, so we're not using the right kind of tools to help them.

For instance, you will know a lot more about the structure and learning systems being used by different schools.

Our kids have a reward system that they use in their classrooms at school that seems to work great so the hubby suggested that I make one similar so I designed and cut one using my Cricut Explore.

The school district uses a similar system as others to process electronic payments and offers automactic pay if your child's balance dips below a certain amount.

And since the school lunches are not healthy, I finally have my chance to use the Laptop Lunchbox system.

What a securely attached child - OR ADULT - looks like: competent, self - confident, resilient, cheerful much of the time, anticipating people's needs (not from a co-dependent place), empathic, humorous, playful, tries harder in the face of adversity; not vulnerable to approach by strangers because won't go to strangers (as adult, out - going without being foolhardy), good self - esteem, achieving, able to use all mental, physical, emotional resources fully, responsive, affectionate, able to make deep commitments as appropriate, able to be self - disclosing as appropriate, able to be available emotionally as appropriate, able to interact well with others at school and in jobs / careers, likely to be more physically healthy throughout life, self - responsible, giving from a «good heart» place of compassion, has true autonomy, no co-dependent self, because of well developed internal modulation system, less likely to turn to external «devices» (addictions) to modulate affect

In contrast to other baby items you purchase now and find no use for within a year's time, the travel stroller system will serve your specific needs until your child goes to school, and then some.

Formal forms of assessment include Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning (DIAL), DIAL - 3, authentic, anecdotal, Preschool COR (Child Observation Record)(primarily used by schools that employ the HighScope Method), Creative Curriculum Continuum, and the Meisels Work Sampling System.

«Based on research and experience, more and more local districts are rejecting the use of ineffective strategies like corporal punishment as an acceptable form of school discipline in favor of effective techniques, like the Positive Behavioral Support system favored by most educators,» said Vitaglione.

By the time my son comes home from school, he's been heavily using his visual system, he's been stressing his auditory system, and he's pretty worn out.

Luckily, cooler heads have prevailed here and our school system is still using ground beef with LFTB.

Foreman is the head athletic trainer and an assistant professor at Manchester University, a Division III school in Indiana that's been using the InSite system for several years.

The government and Mansanto are killing us and our children... The water is schools is poison as well, there are pesticides used on the grass, all these toxins eventually lead the immune system down a bad path..

The Urban School Food Alliance, a coalition that includes the school systems of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami - Dade, Dallas and Orlando, has commissioned a school lunch dish that is made from recycled newsprint and can be turned into compost afteSchool Food Alliance, a coalition that includes the school systems of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami - Dade, Dallas and Orlando, has commissioned a school lunch dish that is made from recycled newsprint and can be turned into compost afteschool systems of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami - Dade, Dallas and Orlando, has commissioned a school lunch dish that is made from recycled newsprint and can be turned into compost afteschool lunch dish that is made from recycled newsprint and can be turned into compost after use.

Keri has a Bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy, and in this role, she continues to work directly with children in the public school system schools using toys and play experiences to develop strength, motor control, coordination and developmental milestones.

I and our school can not afford the HITs system and we promote the use of any helmet that fits properly on each kid, because of that I have been looking for other sensors and complete systems that may actually be of help to me as an athletic trainer.

And to keep costs down in a food service system such as within a school lunch system, the use of labor hours has to be justified.

Comprehensive Assessment Systems - For the 2014 - 2015 school year, the Massachusetts Kindergarten Entry Assessment (MKEA) initiative was expanded to reach 173 school districts across the state, assessing over 36,000 students using a valid and reliable formative assessment tool.

Many teaching and training systems are based on the school of hard knocks; many systems involve the deliberate use of corporal punishment — for incentive, or to assert the authority of school and teacher over the pupil.

Parents with kids that study in different schools and do extra curricular activities, retired / old people, tourists, businessmen have a lot of valid reasons to still need to use a private or at least massive transportation system, so we can not rely solely on bicycle transportation methods for those, still, we must provide those that can rely on them (young people, average commuters living not that far from the office, teenagers...)

They believe some heads of schools are using dubious means to rake in money and have implored the Education Ministry to sanitise the system.

The fund would be used to invest in roads, bridges, water systems, parks, and schools, but apparently not transit.

«First, what percentage of State funding should be used to equalize the disparity presented by our inherently inequitable property tax funding system; and second, what percentage of State and local aid should go to the poorer, lower performing schools.»

Alongside reforms that would allow schools to choose to use different methods of examination system and to set teachers» pay and conditions it will cause big clashes with the teachers» unions.

A former Plainview - Old Bethpage school board member, Cepeda, 56, says he would focus his legislative attention on revamping the assessment system, ensuring mixed - use development at the Nassau Hub and developing a stable and consistent budget line for public transit.

«Entice families to stay engaged in the educational system, by promising free college tuition, but most important, we used our resources to put various types of support in schools for students and their families to enhance opportunities for academic achievement,» she said of the program.

Using a lottery - based admissions system, Success currently enrolls roughly 15,500 students and seeks to grow to 100 schools in the coming years.