Sentences with phrase «set at most school»

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I am concerned, however, that the process of secularization that removed the Methodist universities and, before them, most of the Ivy League schools from the ranks of Christian academic institutions is now setting in at Notre Dame.

Because specialization sets the terms for a faculty member's participation in the life of a school, it is perhaps the most powerful structure at work in faculty life: the faculty member's existence and legitimation are at stake when his or her field is threatened.

Robert recognized this at the earliest stages of applying for the district's eight salad bars through Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools (LMSB2S), and set out to involve the most important critics of all — the students.

You can check out the salad bar, see what kinds of foods they are serving and — I think most elementary schools try to have volunteers there to help the kids make smarter choices and encourage the fruits and veggies; at least this is what my daughter's school told me - and you can see what the set - up is like.

Friday I asked my toddler's teacher what kind of lessons she likes the most at school right now, because I am setting up some Montessori style activities for her this summer.

This swim school keeps the pool at its Elston Avenue headquarters set at 90 degrees (about 10 degrees warmer than most pools, which is more comfortable for kids).

«Our study suggests fathers who are most effective are those who listen to their children, have a close relationship, set appropriate rules, but also grant appropriate freedoms,» said Laura Padilla - Walker, co-author of the study and associate professor in the School of Family Life at BYU.

Most recently, North School Park was the setting for the expression of free speech in September 2011 when the Park District approved a park usage application submitted by Father Correy Brost of St. Viator High School to host an interfaith service for peace in remembrance of the 10th anniversary of the tragedy at the World Trade Center.

Child's Tool Set — I worked outside in the yard at school and the most popular work was hammering nails into wood.

Although most athletic trainers work at secondary schools, colleges & universities and professional sports teams, athletic trainers are also employed by physician's offices and hospitals, the military, performing arts and many other settings.

The book that made me think the most was Rethinking Life and Death by Peter Singer, a set text at school.

It turns out that for most major scientific concepts, kids come into the classroom — even in middle school — with a whole set of beliefs that are commonly at odds with what scientists, and their science teachers, know to be true.»

I looked around at some of my most capable, successful friends — women who had left the accepted conveyor belt of graduate recruitment jobs, to pursue careers such as setting up their own catering companies, baking schools, events companies and personal training careers, and I realised that they were just like me.

There's a little bit of biographical information (she gives a a nice tour of the music school she spent 15 years growing up at, we see her packing her luggage) but mostly it's only interesting for her performances: Most of a Korngold Violin Concerto, a rehearsal of a Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin, a really cool performance at a bar that's experimenting with classical music concerts in a club setting.

This most recent movie transforms into the setting of a contemporary high school, with teachers slapping students on the back of the head or throwing chalk at them when they are inattentive.

Francis Lawrence's Red Sparrow is at its most deliciously ludicrous across a series of scenes set inside the Sparrow School, where young men and women like Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) are trained to seduce Mother Russia's enemies.

S # x Acts (Unrated) Coming - of - age drama, set in Jaffa, about an ostracized teen (Sivan Levy) who naively tries to elevate her social status by sleeping with the most popular guys at her new high school.

At a time when some schools may need support most, many local authorities are set to devote fewer resources to monitoring and supporting schools» financial management.

Drawing on the results of computer - adaptive tests given periodically throughout the year, the 7th and 8th grade humanities teacher and her students at Oak Valley Middle School in San Diego set classroom goals that target the areas the youngsters struggle with the most.

This approach may seem unconventional, at least compared with most school settings, but Rand Vaughn stresses that the approach is, in fact, helping to create what many educators today say is critical: 21st - century learners.

Developmental psychologist Richard Weissbourd, the co-director of Making Caring Common and a senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, offers advice on setting the kind of classroom norms that can create a respectful environment for rich conversations about even the most challenging topics.

According to See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information, «Internet filters most frequently used by schools and libraries can effectively block pornography without significantly impeding access to online health information — but only if they aren't set at their most restrictive levels.

[2] The original Title V aimed at strengthening SEAs has been eliminated, but most major federal funding streams now permit states to set aside a share of the funds that would otherwise go out to school districts for administrative costs.

The academic establishment, too, disdains gifted programs, one professor at a top university telling the authors that «his school's placement office wouldn't think of sending graduates anywhere but into the most troubled and disadvantaged settings.»

A voucher that is set at the level of per - pupil spending in the local school district is likely to cover the full cost of tuition at most private schools.

Although the college - sending rates of the highest - performing high schools in the sample are low relative to Texas as a whole, our findings suggest that offering eligibility for automatic admission may not be effective at accomplishing even the narrow goal of increasing access to the top public universities for students in the most - disadvantaged settings.

Luke Sibieta, the other author of the report, said: «The introduction of a national funding formula for schools in England looks set to be one of the most radical shake - ups of school funding in at least the past 30 years.

Ofsted's report recommends ways that schools, early years settings and childminders can improve the situation, such as ensuring key information is shared promptly at points of transition, so that the needs of the most disadvantaged children are identified quickly.

The ministry sets each school's budget and the size of the staff at most schools.

Referencing his own experience as a head teacher at a successful comprehensive, the Ofsted Chief he wouldn't have had the same success if there had been a nearby grammar: «If you have grammar schools, you take away the most able children from the all - ability comprehensive set - up.

Decades of research on effective schools conclusively demonstrates that setting high standards and expectations for all children, but especially those most at - risk of academic failure, creates a more positive, inclusive school culture and raises their level of achievement.

The superintendent's HR office does most of the vetting and placing, but it is shackled by the contract, by state licensure practices (which may be set by an «independent» — and probably union and ed - school dominated — professional - standards board), by seniority rules that are probably enshrined in both contract and state law, and by uniform salary schedules that mean the new teacher (assuming similar «credentials») will be paid the same fixed amount whether the subject most needed at Lincoln is math or music.

Often this choice set is composed of only one school — the school they eventually enrolled in — or at most a small number of perceived viable options.

For younger students — specifically those between kindergarten and third grade — those who miss the most school are less likely to read at grade level, which only sets them further back each year.

ESSA «requires districts to break out school - level spending by December 2019 — a first - time federal requirement» that is set at «a level of detail unknown even to most district superintendents.»

At a functional level, most districts and schools need to set annual strategic goals and school improvement activities in the following areas:

Perhaps the most important facts for educators to acknowledge today are these: that we know, right now, how to significantly improve schooling in almost any setting, and that we know how to do this for students at every point in the achievement spectrum, from low to high.

Zimba began the Saturday lessons to make up for what he felt was subpar math instruction at Abigail's public elementary school in Manhattan after it switched to the Common Core, a set of controversial new math and English standards adopted by most states in 2010.

Dr. Gibney - Sherman has successfully worked in a variety of settings including most recently serving as a site director at the Elbert County Mountain Education Charter High School site (Bowman) 2013 - 2015.

By developing information systems and feedback structures that identify strengths and weaknesses within schools and districts across these areas, states can set the stage not only for identifying what is working but also for changing educator practice where it matters most — at the classroom level.

K12 will provide comprehensive wraparound services targeted to individual student needs and for the benefit of the school community: development of strong community within the virtual academy; access to the best and most current virtual instruction curriculum, assessment and instruction based on solid research; customizing each student's education to their own individual learning plan; academic success at the school and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g., art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowlingschool community: development of strong community within the virtual academy; access to the best and most current virtual instruction curriculum, assessment and instruction based on solid research; customizing each student's education to their own individual learning plan; academic success at the school and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g., art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowlingschool and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g., art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowlingschool led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowlingSchool prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowlingschool graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowlingschool community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowlingschool extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowling club.

says noted literacy expert Timothy Shanahan, who explores the five following legends with the hope of slowing their spread: (1) The new standards prohibit teachers from setting purposes for reading or discussing prior knowledge; (2) teachers are no longer required to teach phonological awareness, phonics, or fluency; (3) English teachers can no longer teach literature in literature classes; (4) teachers must teach students at frustration levels; and (5) most schools are already teaching the new standards.

EXTRA CREDIT: Jimmy Fallon and Gabrielle Union are «the most entertaining and musical morning announcement duo in the tristate area» in this Tonight Show skit set at Saugerties High School: http://bit.ly/1R6JeIs.

This series of profiles, plus videos to accompany most of the profiles, looks at how the schools have set up their educator roles and blended learning — and the resulting personalization.

Johanna Rodriguez, whose eighth - grade son was included in the civil rights complaint, said her son was suspended and at home for most of last year, while this year she said he was suspended in school most of the time in a room set aside for students who are removed from class because of a behavior issue.

The nearly $ 637 million spending plan is set to fund pay raises for most school employees, but does call for slightly larger class sizes at both the elementary and middle school levels.

The number of AP courses taught at each school has changed since 2013 in some cases; however, because the most recent full data set from the OCR is from 2013, all references to AP coursework refer to data from 2013.

The governor proposes using most of the anticipated revenue — which the administration estimates at $ 2.4 billion — to pay off school deferrals, shore up the teacher retirement system and set aside a rainy day fund.

One of the nation's most successful public schools, in a Los Angeles suburb, is the setting of this searing look at the pressures faced by high - achieving high - school students.