Sentences with phrase «schools than the opportunity»

Principals and teachers tell us that there is no better way to bring families into schools than the opportunity to watch their children perform.

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As far as elementary school goes, there is perhaps no better platform for innovation than science fairs, which give kids an opportunity to explore a subject they love, and solve problems of their own design.

I'm on record as predicting the iPad and other e-readers will benefit old - school publishers less than they would like, even as they create vast new opportunities for non-traditional media creators.

Schools that are helping their alumni connect and find new job opportunities are having a much easier time collecting donations than schools who neglect those proSchools that are helping their alumni connect and find new job opportunities are having a much easier time collecting donations than schools who neglect those proschools who neglect those procedures

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.

If international exposure is integral to your career goals, Queen's MBA offers exchange opportunities at more than 25 of the world's top international business schools.

While studying at INSEAD, one of the world's largest graduate business schools, Griffiths saw an opportunity to create a product that did more than the existing options on the market.

Schools that are racially integrated — assuming that the way integration is achieved promotes unity rather than division in the community — will have the greatest need and opportunity to provide those daily experiences that make this real for children.

If I were running the government, I would see to it that school districts that serve the poor would have a larger share of the tax revenue than school districts that serve the affluent, for in the poor districts there is far more ground to be made up to provide the open equality of opportunity, and equality of opportunity must be a part of every just society.

In a few short weeks, we will be enjoying long weekends and school break, which means more opportunities for elaborate breakfasts involving treats like classic cinnamon rolls, far more exciting than the usual a.m. food.

Waukegan, Ill. (July 15, 2015)-- With more than 40 percent of kids bringing food to school (U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service), preparing a pa - per - bagged lunch is an opportunity for parents to cook with their children and add in an educational lesson along the way.

I agree that it seems they are told not to shoot from more than 10 yards, they must not ever cross a ball into the box and must pass back to the keeper at every opportunity but are they told to play school playground football like 7 year olds where 6 players go for the same ball?

With year - round camps, seven - on - seven opportunities, friendly weather, and massive high school stadiums, players are fine - tuned from an early age, often entering college more polished than competition from other states.

Having done this kind of work myself for many years in San Francisco, I can vouch for how frustrating it can be, and yet, as a parent or guardian who really wants to make a difference in nutrition and health for an enormous number of children, there is really no better opportunity than serving on your local school nutrition parent advisory council.

For more than 30 years, the School Nutrition Foundation has been raising funds to provide SNA members with the opportunity to achieve their higher education goals through a wide variety of scholarships.

Schools applying for the grant program must have support from their school principal, district school nutrition director and school nutrition manager, have school enrollment of at least 500, have a breakfast participation level less than 40 % and demonstrate an opportunity to raise breakfast participation.

You leveraged this opportunity to educate your readers about the regulatory components that impact this situation rather than jumping on the «school food is bad» bandwagon.

Middle school gives tweens the opportunity to do more socially than elementary school.

Teachers in the district's three schools are paid about $ 12,000 more than the state average, and the schools offer an array of top - notch educational opportunities, including low class size, foreign language instruction, fine arts and orchestra programs, low - cost preschool and a full - day kindergarten, before - and after - school care, and several extracurricular sports teams.

Higher - income children spend more time at school and activities than they once did, and have fewer opportunities to be with friends in an unstructured setting.

As parents take a more active role in their children's education, inside and outside of school, their taking advantage of these opportunities is more important than ever.

Home schooling gives you the opportunity to teach a lot more than the basics.

This summer, hundreds of CCSD teachers are taking advantage of training opportunities offered by CCSD; school nutrition workers have been busy learning new skills and ideas for tastier lunchroom fare; more than 400 school buses will be inspected; warehouse and technology employees are stocking a brand new replacement Dean Rusk Middle School; and, maintenance department employees are busy burning through a list of repair and upgrade projects on various school camschool nutrition workers have been busy learning new skills and ideas for tastier lunchroom fare; more than 400 school buses will be inspected; warehouse and technology employees are stocking a brand new replacement Dean Rusk Middle School; and, maintenance department employees are busy burning through a list of repair and upgrade projects on various school camschool buses will be inspected; warehouse and technology employees are stocking a brand new replacement Dean Rusk Middle School; and, maintenance department employees are busy burning through a list of repair and upgrade projects on various school camSchool; and, maintenance department employees are busy burning through a list of repair and upgrade projects on various school camschool campuses.

In the meantime, while the pending child nutrition legislation in Congress seeks to raise federal reimbursement for school meals by a mere six cents — rather than the one dollar advocated by reformers like Chef Ann — we need to exploit every opportunity to bring more funds to schools.

CAF started with The Lunch Box, but I kept seeing additional opportunities to support schools, and there's so much work left to do, but really we're in such a different place than when I started — over 4,000 salad bars in schools, and fresh fruits and vegetables are no longer totally rare in the cafeteria.

Major milestones achieved nationwide include: • the distribution of about 80,000 bags of cereal and legume seeds, 36,000 sachets of vegetable seeds and about 2,000,000 bags of fertilizer; • recruitment of 822 agricultural extension personnel; • establishment of a taskforce to assess status of warehouses and storage facilities nationwide for rehabilitation; • creation of market opportunities for farmers by linking them with institutional buyers such as School Feeding Programme and Prisons Service; and • electronic registration of over 34,000 farmers out of more than 200,000 manually registered.

«I see roads, I see infrastructure, I see the people engaged in work, there have been tremendous opportunities, equal opportunities, and there are more schools and people are studying than in the past,» Luis Ayala, Secretary General of Socialist International said on Friday.

This is much more than just checking off a box, this is laying the foundation to ensure that every student has an opportunity to enter one of these esteemed schools,» said Senator Avella.

«Mulgrew saw the teachers contract as an opportunity to settle scores rather than as a tool to improve schools for kids,» said Jenny Sedlis of StudentsFirstNY.

Mulgrew saw the teachers contract as an opportunity to settle scores rather than as a tool to improve schools for kids.

As a result more than a fifth (22 %) say they have been forced to claim job seekers allowance; nearly two thirds (64 %) of supply teachers say they do not have access to training and professional development opportunities; Nearly two thirds (64 %) of supply teachers say they do not have any access to a mentor or line manager to discuss their work; Nearly half (44 %) of supply teachers feel they are used to cover the lessons of more challenging pupils; only 31 % of supply teachers said they were always made to feel welcome when entering a new school; over a third (35 %) of supply teachers did not always have access to food and drink facilities in the schools where they worked.

Good schools, safe communities, and economic opportunities have been the formula for success for immigrants to America for more than 200 years.

At Rochester Education Foundation's 10th annual recognition event «A Toast to REF — And Our Partners» Oct. 28 at the Memorial Art Gallery, friends of REF took a moment to recognize a person who has been dedicated to providing opportunity for Rochester city school children for more than 10 years, REF founder and Executive Director Pat Braus.

«This review provides the opportunity to ensure that issues around the redeployment of the school workforce rather than redundancy, tight fiscal accountability rather than cheque book management, and the fair and equitable treatment of employees rather than subjective and punitive management are addressed.»

Each day, more than 8,000 students attend Meriden's 12 schools looking for opportunities for a better life.

We should be encouraging school choice and encouraging schools to provide students with opportunities to improve their education rather than forcing students to accept sub-standard options.

They found that subjects given the opportunity to select a course of action based on their own opinions (for example, giving a speech for or against teaching psychology in high school) persisted longer in a subsequent puzzle - solving activity than participants who were either given no choice or pressured to select one side over another.

An international team that includes University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science researchers found behavioral evidence that tiger sharks prefer to opportunistically scavenge on dead or weakened green turtles rather than actively hunting healthy individuals despite more opportunities to do so.

The professors sticking around into their 70s and beyond, on the other hand, tend to be on the arts and science faculty and have fewer outside employment opportunities and earn less throughout their careers — and therefore have smaller pensions — than professional school faculty members.

I had been teaching and promoting science education efforts for more than 10 years, through interactions with underrepresented minority students from elementary school to postdoctoral levels, with the assistance and mentorship of caring people who extended countless opportunities to me throughout my career.

Young children with disruptive behaviors have fewer opportunities to learn in school than their focused peers, and are at risk for lower levels of academic achievement.

I have attended several conferences during my graduate school career and have presented data, but this was my first opportunity to give a talk, rather than present a poster.

From the birthdays of every kid in their class at school, to Valentine's Day, Halloween, Easter, etc., there are more than enough opportunities for kids to get the message that fun and celebration = unhealthy tasty sweet foods.

While it may seem «old school» or perhaps require a bit more commitment than just signing up to a dating site, you effectively open yourself up to a whole heap of new people and opportunities.

At KIPP Empower, a blended - learning school in Los Angeles that turned eyes with its 991 API (out of a possible 1000), the school uses blended learning to allow students to work in small groups of no more than 10 students at a time with the teacher so that students have lots of opportunities to engage and interact.

Education savings accounts operate like the «partial voucher» that Friedman envisioned more than a decade ago, allowing families to seek out the best educational opportunities for their students — whether those be in a private or parochial school or a mix of non-traditional education options.

Opposition to expanding school choice through a universal voucher initiative that «gives all students an opportunity to go to private schools with government funding» is higher in this year's survey than a year ago.

Another theory is that California's elementary school teachers feel less well prepared and well qualified to teach science than any other subject and believe they have few opportunities to improve their preparation.

Yorkshire Water has attracted more than 100 female pupils from seven different schools across the region to learn about career opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

Parents whose children used an Opportunity Scholarship also expressed greater confidence in their children's safety in school than parents in the control group.