Sentences with phrase «special kinds of schools»

«A Special Kind of School» takes young readers to Kenya to visit the classrooms of refugee students.

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Many persons who are not likely to join groups in churches and schools may do so if they're made available in family counseling agencies» mental health services, youth organizations, business and industry, fraternal groups, self - help groups (such as A.A., P.W.P., Alanon, etc.), and in the many organizations devoted to special needs of the handicapped, ex-prisoners, ex-patients, unwed parents, minority groups of all kinds, senior citizens, community action groups, ethnic organizations.

But in China there were only special schools of this kind in three centers and there one Ahund would handle all courses.

Either Moncada is a troll or kind of special... short, yellow school bus special.

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BP: I have been coming to the Holy Bowl since I was in elementary school, so it was kind of special to do this tonight.

This might not apply if you make a special breakfast every day, but if you're a cold - cereal kind of mama like me, this would be a great way to make the first day of school special!

ALBANY — There might kind of, sort of, be a possible deal to unite Democrats, and conceivably give them a majority, in the State Senate, pending just a few caveats: a pair of special elections, the party's 2018 fortunes at the ballot box, and an ambivalent, politically polymorphous senator from Brooklyn and his obsession with school security.

The Department of Education introduced the funding formula almost a decade ago to dole out resources not simply based on a school's student body size, but also accounting for extra resources needed to support certain kinds of students, like English language learners and students with special needs.

This kind of pair is perfect for high school dress or a casual date night or special movie date.

im adown to earth person looking for that special someone i l love workingout going to movies meeting new people im going to school for law i enjoy reading good times i do construction for a living im kind of a entrapuer

old school dad.thinks of others first, gallant, good family values.honst and sincere.just looking to meet someone really special thats laid back with a kind heart.

Hillary Swank plays a school teacher in a bad neighborhood, who manages to become a second family and create a special kind of bond - trust, love and emotion - with her students in spite of all hardships.

It's especially impressive in its handling of Teller's casual teenager alcoholism and the way it slowly affects Woodley, not turning it into some kind of after - school special, waving a nagging finger at Teller's misdeeds.

If you were lucky enough to see one of the first festival screenings of his 2005 noir riff set on a SoCal school campus, you knew you'd stumbled on to someone special: The kind of filmmaker who could give Third Rock From the Sun star Joseph Gordon - Levitt an edge and make a mash - up of Dashiell Hammett and Degrassi High swing.

This year, Immaculate also began accepting the Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship, a different kind of voucher that allows students on Individualized Education Plans to attend private schools and receive a voucher worth up to $ 20,000, depending on the severity of a child's disability.

True, charter schools are «public» schools, but they are special kinds of public schools and should be described as such (at least in Oldspeak).

Recognizing gender differences in learning styles, DeBare says, can help schools implement a kind of affirmative action, giving boys and girls special encouragement in areas they typically lag in.

About 40 % of students in Finnish secondary schools receive some kind of special intervention.

California school officials were correct to withhold special - education funds from a school district that refused to comply with special - education law, the U.S. Education Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in the nation.

While it's not as simple (nor as rational) for a charter school to become the LEA taking full responsibility for special education services as it is for Vagare to end its contract with the IRC, there are plenty of charters around the country that want that kind of autonomy and accountability.

And let's see some other kinds of innovating, too: some Catholic schools that focus on gifted pupils and some that focus on special - needs students.

In her field work in Mississippi, Tieken says she has heard «horrific stories about the kinds of discipline happening and policies not being enforced;» for example, parents not being allowed into the school when they should be, or administrators ignoring required procedures in referring children to special education.

Cllr Nuala Fennelly, cabinet member for children, young people and schools, commented: «We are delighted to have the opportunity to provide our young people and those across South Yorkshire, who have special educational needs and disabilities with the kind of education and support they deserve.

When for instance Denver announced that yeah, well, about that whole making facilities available thing, we've kind of discovered that we are a school district and that our dominant special interests don't really like this idea after all.

There also are serious concerns about many urban districts clustering special education students and over-classifying young men of color inappropriately, all of which call into question what kinds of targets are appropriate to set for any school to meet.

Nearly 30 percent of Finland's children receive some kind of special help during their first nine years of school.

But more importantly, charter schools do not enroll the same kind of special ed students as the district schools.

Waiting for Charters There is no way to know what kind of charter - schools bill Mississippi will get, whether on the off chance Bryant still tries to convene a special session this year or whether lawmakers start over from scratch in 2013.

* I'm only counting traditional schools (not special education schools or continuation schools) and only schools with at least 10 teachers (because below that percentages get kind of unreliable).

Currently, that kind of financial assessment is primarily done when a school district says it would be a financial hardship to educate a particular special - needs student and his or her parents dispute it.

The new online homepage will be a place where parents can search for all kinds of information about their schools, such as how often kids and teachers come to school, how fast schools are getting their English learners ready to learn at grade level, how test scores are improving, how long students with special needs are receiving extra help, how much money is sent to underperforming schools, and where early education is available.

Parents For parents and guardians of the more than 6 million children with disabilities nationwide, The Promise of Special Education is a one - of - kind resource that educates on how school programs operate and why, in a readable and understandable format.

«These are schools that by any measure are failing, and the fact is, even today, many such schools are already partnering with these kinds of organizations,» he said, referring to private organizations involved with districts on everything from professional development to preschool to special education.

But, as in the case of the for - profit college sector, the lax oversight of the vouchers, along with the loosening of standards for providing them to students, has perpetuated the kind of fraud that can be as damaging to special ed students — many of whom likely were really struggling with reading than actually learning disabled — as condemning them to traditional school ghettos.

Less than 5 % of children nation - wide attend charter schools, and many charters fill their classrooms via lottery, «creaming off» the easiest to teach students and refusing admission to kids with special needs — why site your project in this kind of setting?

In electing to provide only the most basic special education services, charter schools foist an additional burden on local public schools, which, by law, can not practice the same kind of «out - counseling» (Yell 1998).

But none of this comes across in an after - school - special kind of way; it's a page - turner that will rip your heart out.

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Noting that most Stanford Law students didn't learn of their tuition increase until they read about it on Above the Law or in The Stanford Daily, ATL's Elie Mystal wrote, «In the future, Stanford should probably have some kind of official media plan for explaining why the law school has been singled out for a special screwing.»

Many law schools have developed programs for study abroad — not just the summer - abroad programs that have been standard fare for decades (that may or may not include instruction in foreign or international law), but also semester - abroad programs, exchange programs with law faculties in other countries, and special legal institutes with a comparative or international focus, including some that are situated in foreign jurisdictions.18 For example, Temple operates year - round programs with full - time faculty in Tokyo and Beijing; as well as a summer program in Rome; exchange relationships with the Universities of Cork, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht; and an Institute for International Law and Public Policy in Philadelphia.19 One of the more unusual efforts of this kind has been Georgetown's undertaking to create a completely new institution in London that is cooperatively run by several leading world universities and that brings together equal numbers of students from several different nations to study law together for a semester in a setting that is not tied to any single legal culture.20

One group of students demonstrated how to recognize the Parkland shooting without politicizing it in a special kind of tribute last week, in lieu of the school walkout for gun control.

But a different kind of team: I elected to surround myself by other experts (so I never had to try to do their jobs): trusted and skilled mortgage brokers, appraisers, bank people, special lawyers, accountants, home inspectors, florists, house cleaners, lawn care people, babysitters, local school staff, dry cleaners, doctors, dentists, hospital special needs contacts, tile installers, paint, wallpaper people, hotel people (for relo care), any ancillary help that might be needed on demand.