Sentences with phrase «students at priority»

Instead of trips to the beach or a day at the ballpark, hundreds of teachers went to «summer school» to dive into professional development and to learn from their peers about what's working — and what's not — to improve education for needy students at priority schools.

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As a student of personal development himself, he made it a priority to provide constant education and training so his people could perform at the top levels.

Christopher Buchanan is an articling student at Miller Thomson LLP, and while at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University in Halifax, he made sleep a priority.

The remarkable preference for efficiency we see in the overwhelmingly Democratic student body at Yale Law School also sheds light on today's progressive priorities, which focus on identity politics, especially sexual identity.

I'm a grad student and money is tight, but I do spend about 100 a week since eating healthy is at the top of my financial and general priorities.

I just joined ours this year and feel like I'm just getting my feet wet, but we've made competitive food (both the authorized foods sold by HISD but also the unauthorized fast food sold by student and school groups at lunch time to raise money) our number one priority this year.

These included not allowing students with no religion to be admitted, if the school was undersubscribed — something the school has now changed; and having a «Catholic service criterion», which gives priority to parents who, for at least three years, have carried out activities including «Assisting in the Liturgy: for example by reading, singing in the choir or playing an instrument, altar serving, flower arranging.»

She says she is happy there is more money being focused on more vulnerable students, but even more so, that the district was able to take time and really look at the special education programs and priorities.

The WFP has chosen to hold tomorrow's interviews at the TWU HQ to highlight its ongoing campaign to save public transportation and student MetroCards, according to party spokesman Dan Levitan, who added: «It's a symbolic move to show that affordable, reliable mass transit will continue to be one the Party's big priorities going forward.

By signing this bill at Binghamton University, Governor Cuomo signals once again that the health and safety of New Yorks students is a top priority, and we are grateful for his leadership.

We also strongly support the Governor's proposals to educate the whole child, a key priority for the Regents, including to ensure New York's students have access to healthy meals at school so they can focus on learning in the classroom.

Speaking on the adverse effects of Social media, Professor Adewale decried the way most students place priority on its usage at the expense of their education.

But after her stronger - than - expected showing in the Democratic primary, he tacked left after 2014 and has pushed through many WFP priorities the union leaders mentioned, including the minimum wage hike and a new scholarship program aimed at middle - class students.

The proposal calls for giving students who score below grade level priority access to 25 percent of seats at each of the district's 18 middle schools starting with next year's application process.

Speaking to members of the Tertiary branch of the party, Tertiary Students Confederacy Network (TESCON) at the campus of Kumasi Technical University Ambassador Ayisi among other things stated that his priority is to the members of the ruling government before any Ghanaian.

Bill Gates» philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is making an about - face on its education priorities to focus on networks of traditional public schools aimed at improving student achievement.

«Class size is a major issue, for example at School # 6 they have class sizes in elementary level of over 30 - students with students that have a high amount of students with special education needs, ELL - English Language Learners, and so lowering class size is something that has been priority and that's been a part of those plans.»

In academia, educating students should be at the top of your priority list.

«Having more Greenlandic archaeologists would be very important for Greenland so that they can set their own priorities,» says Konrad Smiarowski, a graduate student at the City University of New York in New York City who leads the dig here.

But at least one female grad student's chuckles were mingled with mortification because she feared that Cech might get the wrong impression about their priorities.

Even projects that appear to meet CSIC's priority criteria are suffering delays due to added layers of bureaucracy and confusion, says Elisa Garrido, a Ph.D. student in the science history department at the Center of Human and Social Sciences in Madrid, in an e-mail to Science Careers.

The Academies» report says that senior university administrators must lead the way in making clear to students and faculty that research integrity is a priority at their institution.

My first priority, of course, was to come up to speed quickly on the current practices in student employment both at Dalhousie and within Canada.

These projects connect science education and research among American Indian college students and faculty at Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) with mainstream higher education institutions while helping to address Tribal community energy priorities.

Our studio model is to educate our students by teaching yoga, not simply leading sequences, with a priority on individualized attention that facilitates a safe and powerful practice at all levels.

I am currently a college student at EMU and placed my education as my # 1 priority.

The program, which got under way in 10 schools last week, is aimed at improving student achievement by enabling schools to assess their own needs and priorities and implement changes of their own design, officials said.

Ironically, the president's proposal would likely run counter to one of the administration's other priorities — decreasing the rate at which low - income students «undermatch» at less - selective colleges.

When asked what would help them at school, students identified technology (including to help with typing and their school work), being able to have a break, and having time away from others as the three top priorities.

Those questions will help me to create some parameters so my priorities stay in balance — so data collection and analysis do nt happen at the expense of essential one - on - one time with my students.

«Increasing student achievement and improving accountability are priorities here at CMS,» said Pete Gorman, superintendent of Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools.

My focus is still on the early adolescent years (ages 10 - 12), but the strategies can be tweaked to help students of all ages become more competent at recognizing higher - priority information and self - directed in planning their time.

By turning schedule, then turning it some more, McNeely has made time at Hayden R. Lawrence Middle School in Deville, Louisiana, to create special tutoring programs for students who need extra help or enrichment and to achieve many other priorities.

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education is a national priority, aimed at making U.S. students more proficient in these key fields.

And if you ask the teachers and administrators at Paul Cuffee how they rank the priorities, you will hear the same conversations over and over about the pressing need for students to have «authentic experiences» such as field trips.

Retaining students and guiding them to achieve their degrees is a priority at CCDC.

It is important to list your own audiences in order of priority — are prospective students the main focus, or is it more important at the moment to attract new staff?

Ensuring a diverse student body is of the highest priority for admissions offices at colleges and universities.

My first priority is always to get to know people, and at a smaller school like Toorak College I've had the opportunity to not only become familiar with all the students and teachers, but after just a year or so I've managed to get to know many of the parents and wider community associated with the school as well.

Power Napping Refuels Weary Students With school starting at 7:30 a.m., extracurricular activities stretching past 8 p.m., and jobs and volunteer work as well, sleep often falls to the bottom of the adolescent priority list.

Social and educational priorities are oftentimes at odds when students use digital tools outside of school, prompting many parents to keep a closer eye on such use.

The priorities are to deliver at least one year's growth in learning for every student every year; equip every child to be a creative, connected and engaged learner in a rapidly changing world; and cultivate an adaptive, innovative and continuously improving education system.

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«Getting students engaged with learning is a top priority to combat rising issues with drug abuse, school dropouts, and many other issues,» said Gabriel Enrique Diago Méndez, director of technology and innovation at Gimnasio Los Caobos and a conference organizer.

Above: A student walks into a classroom at Sto - Rox high school, where professional development for technology rarely rises to the top of the priority list.

In 2008, the team found that 60 % of teachers surveyed said that struggling students were a «top priority» at their schools while just 23 % said the same of «academically advanced» students — even on a question to which teachers could provide multiple answers.

At the Buck Institute for Education (BIE), our highest priority is to help teachers prepare students for successful lives.

District leadership is critical for successful efforts at the school level, since those leaders can ensure college and career readiness is a priority and that advisors are empowered to best serve students.

With this priority in mind, we recently expanded our recruiting efforts for tutors and teachers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and, on other college campuses, in multicultural fraternities and sororities and in student communities of color.

In states that make it a priority to educate our youngest children, like Georgia or Oklahoma, studies show students grow up more likely to read and do math at grade level, graduate high school, hold a job, form more stable families of their own.