Sentences with phrase «schools up to a high standard»

School financing policies should be driven by an analysis of what it costs to raise the bar and close the gap in student achievement, bringing teaching and learning opportunities in all schools up to a high standard.

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Those who graduate under higher standards, however, are more likely to make on - time payments and keep up with their bills, and they understand how to manage those obligations better than students who were not exposed to personal finance and economics in school, the data show.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

The new twist on old - standard fare at Northbrook Junior High School is drawing an unlikely crowd to the lunch line: grown - ups.

Doesn't seem like a huge shift, but «it's important for parents to remember that if you add it all up, the new standard will mean that in a given week, school kids will be eating only 40 % whole grains in total, which is not quite as high as health experts recommend,» says Siegel.

Teams of students from across the country have traveled to Washington in recent years to compete in Cooking up Change, a national contest that challenges high school students to create meals that meet nutrition standards and can be easily replicated in schools.

Under the proposal, half of the expected 300 students would have to meet the higher performance standards while the others — who could be admitted by taking a school tour or signing up for information at a fair, for example — could gain entry based on less stringent criteria, the notice stated.

The Strangers In about as simple a horror film premise as a high school screenwriting student might come up with, this night out with Scott Speedman («Felicity,» «Anamorph») and Liv Tyler («The Lord of the Rings» series) hits the standard horror buttons to ensure a spectrum of shocks so that inveterate genre fans won't won't be demanding their money back.

Massachusetts has not backed away from high standards, even as some needy schools struggle to keep up.

Their analysis showed that opening a new free school in an area helps to drive up standards in both primary and secondary underperforming schools nearby, particularly in higher poverty schools and schools that are under capacity.

So this Republican - backed board decided to push from the bottom up the same agenda the Obama administration was pushing from the top down: higher standards, test - based teacher evaluations, and more school choice.

CFA students wind up with 15 college credits, on average, before completing high school, versus 4.5 credits for students who go the standard community - college route; of nine students in the CFA pilot program, six are on track to graduate high school next year already having earned associate's degrees.

Although the authors are to be applauded for wanting to hold charter schools accountable to high performance standards, that does not save Dust - Up from being best assigned to the dustbin.

If they do, more of their schools will be identified as failing under NCLB rules, and states will then be required to take corrective actions to bring students» performance up to the higher standard.

The reforms seem to have moved the average student up by 0.2 to 0.4 standard deviations and boosted rates of high school graduation and college entry.

They will come up with the standards that schools are measured by to show what is a high - quality career and tech program, what is a high quality fine arts program.

Instead of counting downthe days until the school year is over ~ these educators have chosen to count up the days until the new school year ~ and in the process ~ have kept their motivation and standards high.

«The extraordinary demands of educating disadvantaged students to higher standards, the challenges of attracting the talent required to do that work, the burden of finding and financing facilities, and often aggressive opposition from the traditional public education system have made the trifecta of scale, quality, and financial sustainability hard to hit,» concludes the report, «Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation's Best Charter Schools.»

Without any law to back him up, Florida's state schools chief is urging school districts to adopt higher academic standards on their own.

Academia has a set of standards that you move up based on the number of articles that you get published in the highest ranked publications, which cater to an exclusive audience of other academics that doesn't include the general public, community educators, and the people on the ground at local schools.»

That would allow schools to ensure high standards at tenure time and to protect teachers from favoritism with transparency, rather than lengthy due - process requirements, which end up protecting a lot of ineffective teachers.

But when a country's elementary and high schools can no longer educate its own young people up to the highest international standards, then its security is endangered — just as Klein, Rice, and their task force have said.

But it remains to be seen if the College Board is up for tackling a bigger problem in its next 50 years: using AP as a lever to raise the academic standards of high schools.

The reason, in my view, is that the politicians most likely to stand up for smart, robust education reforms — expanding charter schools but also holding them accountable, for example, or setting high standards and empowering educators to meet them as they see fit — are mainstream conservative Republicans.

Some argue that economically diverse societies need «No Excuse» schools that hold high standards for the completion of tasks and adherence to behavior norms like sitting up straight and tracking teachers with good eye contact.

Annually, thousands of high school athletes submit applications for eligibility on college teams, and the NCAA duly reviews their transcripts to make sure enough of their courses measure up to the organization's standards.

Therefore, the standards begin by identifying the basic knowledge and skills students are expected to learn in the early elementary grades, and then call on students to learn increasingly advanced material as they progress from grade to grade up through high school.

In fact, in 27 of the 28 states that have released scores from this spring and where the data are comparable to last year, student performance is up — and some of the biggest increases are for third - grade students, who have learned to higher standards for their whole time in school.

The opening of Trafalgar College was driven by two main desires: to meet the need for additional high school places in Great Yarmouth; and to drive up educational standards in the borough.

There are two main areas of the DOE requirements that Indiana is not meeting: Monitoring (following up with low performing schools) and implementing college and career ready standards with a high - quality assessment to test them.

In today's ENR: There's plenty of follow up on the Utah State Board of Education's move to conditionally review language arts and math standards and support of eliminating SAGE high school testing.

The rigorous Common Core learning standards that have been adopted by 45 states represent a once - in - a-generation opportunity for the United States to improve public schools nationally, bringing math, science and literacy education up to levels achieved by high - performing nations abroad.

Ministers had argued that the new landscape would provide a high level of autonomy to schools and help drive up standards through greater innovation and competition in the system.

Reviews of Open Up Resources 6 — 8 Math gave it near - perfect marks, making it the highest - rated middle school series for mathematics and the only one to meet EdReports» high expectations for standards alignment and usability.

Second, even though we provide few supports for children growing up in poverty, we expect schools to succeed in educating them to high standards.

Ministers argue this will provide a high level of autonomy to schools, and help drive up standards through greater innovation and competition in the system.

Although some will argue that it will lead some private schools to not participate in the programs, it will also mean that those schools that do will meet high standards for educating the kids in their care; such tightening could even expand the number of private and parochial school chains — including Catholic diocesan schools — serving children by forcing them to build up capacity.

This measure will allow up to 40 public charter schools to be authorized in our state over a five - year period, with strict oversight and accountability to be sure they are meeting high performance standards.

Gray Collegiate Academy will serve high school students in a safe, small, family - centered setting who seek the opportunity and challenge of a rigorous curriculum, high academic standards, outstanding athletics while earning up to two years of college credit while in high school.

The standards clearly describe to teachers what students need to know and be able to do at the end of kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and all the way up to high school graduation.

Like all the More girls she has been educated to a far higher standard than is normal for the day and is well versed in Latin, Greek and the healing arts (More helped set up St Paul's school in London, that exists to this day, he then set up a home school along the same lines for his own children who became famous across Europe for their learning).

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The Chasm Group, LLC and Chasm Institute, LLC (San Bruno, CA) 1997 — 2008 Business Operations Manager • Managed all daily operational tasks for leading multi-million dollar high - tech market strategy consultancy, while providing executive administration to C - level executives and venture capital partners • Developed and managed the firm's annual budget, proposing and implementing expense cuts, producing monthly reports and financial statements, and coordinating with CPA firm for accurate and timely filings • Oversaw all client relationship management efforts while cultivating new business efforts from concept to implementation, providing high - quality service in sales efforts while utilizing new lead tracking system • Negotiated and managed all contracts, stock grants, and financing arrangements, working closely with outside counsel to draft legal documents and resolve LLC - and proprietary - related issues • Led three office space build - outs and two office relocations, managing all aspects of each process under aggressive timeline and budget expectations • Reduced firm telecom expenses by 22 % by streamlining IT objectives, including migration to VOIP phone system, software / hardware purchases, domain renewals, and outsourced technical support • Directed all phases of staff recruitment while creating and implementing all HR policies and programs, including comprehensive employee benefits plans • Supervised multiple administrative staff members, conducted performance appraisals and wage / salary surveys in comparison to incentive program guidelines, and maintained HR files in accordance with legal mandates • Produced all out - going client invoices in an accurate and timely fashion to increase, cash flow and reduce aging receivables, providing consistent attention to overhead costs and vendor arrangements • Administered all company insurance policies, including E&O, general liability, bonds, partner life and disability, conducting annual benefits reviews and employee / company insurance audits • Obtained necessary certificates for consulting contracts while processing federal, state, and local business reporting requirements to maintain licenses and incorporation status • Directed all marketing efforts and oversaw logistical aspects of national educational workshop series, utilizing sponsorship arrangements to offset production costs • Transformed «brochure» website into a dynamic tool to better illustrate company opportunities through relevant case studies, as well as maintaining all other promotional media, including press kits and video Association of California School Administrators (Burlingame, CA) 1993 — 1997 Issues and Planning Committee Coordinator • Executed all phases of event planning and implementation for a membership - driven organization including 23 state committees, 5 task forces, 6 strategic planning conferences, and a conference of 1,500 attendees • Focused on facility evaluations, bid requests, site visits, contract negotiations, and all pre - and post-conference planning processes • Produced statistical and financial reports, including budget projections and cost monitoring for developmental training efforts • Oversaw all participant - level responsibilities, including inquiries, eligibility, registration, correspondence, and billing statements • Managed all legal professional standards calls for Northern California regions, including the processing of attorney authorizations, the preparation of legal assistance letters, and liens on cause of action • Served as second point of contact for computer inquiries and troubleshooting efforts as well as provided back - up executive administrative support for Executive Director, Committee Chairs, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Held responsibility for software installation and hardware configuration while performing weekly AS / 400 backup and report generation