Sentences with phrase «schools than in past years»

«This year, although LAUSD made more offers of facilities to charter schools than in past years, those offers failed to spell out how charter schools would access specialized classroom space and non-classroom space on the offered campuses.

Not exact matches

When Alexandre Pestov, a strategic consultant and research associate at York University's Schulich School of Business, compared buying a two - bedroom Toronto condominium to renting it over the past 25 years, he found that the renter ended up $ 600,000 richer than the owner if he invested the spare cash in low - risk bonds.

Women have largely flocked to medical and law schools in greater numbers over the past few years, but they are now turning to business school as well in part because business schools are mindful of the shortage of women students and are recruiting them more aggressively than they have before.

Both are fairly small, intimate experiences with the school entering less than 100 students in each of the past two years — and both are filled with a good bit of experiential learning opportunities to offset the younger age of the students here who tend to have a bit less work experience.

«There are more cases of imported yellow fever [from travelers] in the past two years than in the previous 20 years,» said Duane Gubler, a leading researcher of mosquito - borne diseases at Duke - NUS Medical School.

I looked up the COLA for the past decade and found that on average the reimbursement rate for free has gone up 7 cents a year since the 2000 - 01 school year; in recent years it was higher than average (up 11 cents from 08 - 09 to 09 - 10, up 10 cents the year before that) but it was lower in other years (up 5 cents each year from 01 - 02 to 04 - 05).

The most recent estimates from local authorities put the number of home schooled children in the UK at more than 36,000 — a figure which has increased by 65 % over the past six years.

Visit the library — The library has been an invaluable resource this school year, and I know we've saved so much money by utilizing our local libraries more now than we ever did in the past.

Waldorf School of Princeton (WSP) is grateful to all past and present sponsors for supporting more than 30 years of Waldorf Education in New Jersey!

State schools, including SUNY Plattsburgh, have seen tuition increase $ 300 each year, a total increase of 30 percent over the past half - decade (But one silver lining for the North Country: Students here have the lowest average debt load than anywhere in the state.)

School officials said they expected enrollment to grow with students who move into the city, but the number will still likely be far smaller than in past years.

In the speech, delivered inside The Mall at Bay Plaza in Baychester, Diaz described the number of Latino and black students admitted to the city's prestigious Stuyvesant High School over the past few years as unacceptably low and called for the creation of new high schools in each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who gets iIn the speech, delivered inside The Mall at Bay Plaza in Baychester, Diaz described the number of Latino and black students admitted to the city's prestigious Stuyvesant High School over the past few years as unacceptably low and called for the creation of new high schools in each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who gets iin Baychester, Diaz described the number of Latino and black students admitted to the city's prestigious Stuyvesant High School over the past few years as unacceptably low and called for the creation of new high schools in each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who gets iin each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who gets inin.

«I have a very clear vision that our children deserve the best schools that they possibly can have for all of the years they are in school — to prepare them for a world they are going into, which is more complex than it has been in the past,» she added, «I want to do much better job of reaching out to the community in tandem to work together to assure our children a better future.»

Both of the officials noted that the questions and other information were released earlier than in the past to give educators a chance to review questions and answers before the end of the school year later this month.

Among the key findings of the state comptroller's office audit of the Willsboro Central School District: The district overestimated appropriations in the adopted budgets by more than 10 percent over the past three years; the district has accumulated fund balance that exceeds the statutory limit by nearly 12 percentage points, and district officials did not develop a multi-year financial plan.

Financial contributions in this year's Buffalo School Board election soared past the amount given in previous district races, with donors putting more than $ 156,000 into the six contests.And that figure doesn't represent the full extent of resources put into the races, since some candidates have neglected to file their final financial reports and others failed to report ca...

«More than 83,000 New York City school kids experienced homelessness at some point in the past year and an average of 23,000 children sleep in the City's homeless shelters each night,» said Borough President KATZ.

Financial contributions in this year's Buffalo School Board election soared past the amount given in previous district races, with donors putting more than $ 156,000 into the six contests.

Reports from school inspectors over the past year suggest that in primary schools the quality of teaching is poorer in maths than in any other subject.

In the 5 weeks I've been in medical school I've learned more about the real world than the past 22 years of my.In the 5 weeks I've been in medical school I've learned more about the real world than the past 22 years of my.in medical school I've learned more about the real world than the past 22 years of my...

Conducted by the American School Counselor Association — a group in Alexandria, Va., that represents more than 17,000 counselors — the survey found that 24 percent of parents had no contact with their child's school counselor during the past schoolSchool Counselor Association — a group in Alexandria, Va., that represents more than 17,000 counselors — the survey found that 24 percent of parents had no contact with their child's school counselor during the past schoolschool counselor during the past schoolschool year.

In the past year, using leftover cooking oil from the cafeteria, students in Latham's science classes have produced more than 1,000 gallons of biodiesel, enough to power a school minibus and some of the school's tractorIn the past year, using leftover cooking oil from the cafeteria, students in Latham's science classes have produced more than 1,000 gallons of biodiesel, enough to power a school minibus and some of the school's tractorin Latham's science classes have produced more than 1,000 gallons of biodiesel, enough to power a school minibus and some of the school's tractors.

From James Coleman's early observational studies of high schools to the experimental voucher evaluations of the past 15 years, researchers have routinely found that similar students do at least as well and, at times, better academically in private schools than in public schools.

In focusing on individual school models and putting forth an open call for ideas — rather than insisting on a prescribed list of policy - related preferences — the initiative appeared to depart significantly from the kind of education grant making that has been practiced for the past 15 years by philanthropists such as the Gates, Walton, and Broad families.

«In past years, no one in the private sector thought to look to an education school for any reason other than to be of help [to them]-- never to themselves get helIn past years, no one in the private sector thought to look to an education school for any reason other than to be of help [to them]-- never to themselves get helin the private sector thought to look to an education school for any reason other than to be of help [to them]-- never to themselves get help.

◦ Trend: The public grades their local schools more favorably now than at any point in the past ten years, despite mediocre performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress during the same period.

Yet observations I have conducted in more than 300 classrooms in California, Minnesota, New York City, and Massachusetts over the past 15 years indicate that local school systems have commonly used bilingual education as a generic term referring to all three types of language - instruction programs.

Groundwork has been working with schools to bring environmental education to schoolchildren in a way that complements the National Curriculum for the past 30 years, and we have found that nothing brings a subject to life more than giving pupils the opportunity to experience the environment first hand.

In order to qualify for the funds, schools have to meet certain criteria such as an «inadequate» rating from their most recent Ofsted inspection, receiving a warning notice during the past three years, or having an overall Progress 8 score of less than -0.25.

Over the past few years and particularly in recent months, catering has become an even more important consideration than ever for schools.

If one were to place bets based on past evidence, the odds favor America's public schools to operate next year with at least as much and probably with somewhat more money and a larger and (modestly) better - paid labor force than they had in 2009.

Nationwide, public school spending in the United States has more than doubled in the past 30 years (even adjusted for inflation), while there has been no appreciable improvement in academic outcomes.

KH: Over the past 10 years, the total number of students attending schools run by high - performing CMOs increased at least tenfold, from approximately 10,000 students in 2000 to more than 100,000 students today.

That the average elementary school has more than tripled in size in the past 50 years?

On the issue of self - harm, The Key's report demonstrates that while more than a third (38 per cent) of school leaders in London saw incidents increase among pupils over the past two years, more than half (54 per cent) of leaders in the north west said the same.

In the past two years, more than 95 percent of Hidalgo students completed high school, and, starting with the class of 2010, students can earn enough college credits to graduate with a high school diploma and an associate's degree.

They have more than 950 students this year; a majority speak predominantly Spanish at home, a minority have had interrupted schooling in their pasts, and many are recent immigrants.

* More than # 5000 worth of iPad Minis have been stolen from a number of high schools in Edinburgh over the past two years.

It has also saved his school more than $ 100,000 in energy and waste costs over the past three years.

About 1,500 miles to the north, the school budget in Gloucester, Massachusetts, has fallen so far behind its needs that the district has had to lay off more than 60 staff in the past four years, reports Ed Shoucair, president of the Gloucester Education Foundation.

During the past six years, more than 88,000 immigrant students enrolled in Miami - Dade County public schools.

Over the past five years, the number of DPS charter school students has increased from 9,945 in 2011 - 12 to 18,463 in 2016 - 17 — an increase of more than 8,000 students.

Over the past eight years, my survey course on Politics and Education in the U.S. at the Harvard Graduate School of Education came to resemble an Internet café more than a classroom, with a laptop perched on nearly every student's desk.

Four of the schools, which allow students to earn college credits while still in high school, boasted 100 percent graduation rates this past school year, and another three had rates higher than 90 percent.

In May 2016, the New York Post reported that school - safety agents and police officers had confiscated 26 percent more weapons from students during this past school year than over the same span in 2014 — 1In May 2016, the New York Post reported that school - safety agents and police officers had confiscated 26 percent more weapons from students during this past school year than over the same span in 2014 — 1in 2014 — 15.

Over the past seven years, the district has posted record enrollment increases (with a higher rate of enrollment growth than any other major urban school district in the country) and increased its four - year graduation rate by over 25 percentage points.

The suit — filed by more than 40 plaintiffs on May 12 in Pensacola, Fla. — challenges several actions taken over the past year by the local school board and the district's superintendent, Leonard Hall.

In fact, for all the talk about the «democratic values» implicit in local control, the decibel level of the past few years has been caused less by a legitimate debate about the merits of the work than an internecine fight over which faction would control the local teachers union, a mayor's race pitting «old» vs. «new» Newark (read: Sharpe revanchists vs. Cory defenders), and the aspirations of what Curvin calls the «resource distributors» — those who view the power and wealth allocation opportunities of the school system as an end in itselIn fact, for all the talk about the «democratic values» implicit in local control, the decibel level of the past few years has been caused less by a legitimate debate about the merits of the work than an internecine fight over which faction would control the local teachers union, a mayor's race pitting «old» vs. «new» Newark (read: Sharpe revanchists vs. Cory defenders), and the aspirations of what Curvin calls the «resource distributors» — those who view the power and wealth allocation opportunities of the school system as an end in itselin local control, the decibel level of the past few years has been caused less by a legitimate debate about the merits of the work than an internecine fight over which faction would control the local teachers union, a mayor's race pitting «old» vs. «new» Newark (read: Sharpe revanchists vs. Cory defenders), and the aspirations of what Curvin calls the «resource distributors» — those who view the power and wealth allocation opportunities of the school system as an end in itselin itself.

Sir Michael's comments about school performance in the north of England clash with the views of Mike Parker, director of the Schools North East group, who told the organisation's summit in Newcastle on October 15 that the region had «consistently improved» over the past five years, with «more good or outstanding schools than ever before&Schools North East group, who told the organisation's summit in Newcastle on October 15 that the region had «consistently improved» over the past five years, with «more good or outstanding schools than ever before&schools than ever before».

More than 31,000 Massachusetts students attend charter schools, an increase of 20 % in the past four years.