Sentences with phrase «students in a given country»

All Bridge students in a given country receive the same education at the same time — something personalized learning advocates generally shun as inefficient or, worse, ineffective.

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That means schools across the country will, for the first time, be giving students a uniform education and uniform assessments, which Muhammed Chaudhry, CEO of the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, says is a major opportunity for entrepreneurs to get a foot in the door.

«I am a student of leadership and will always be a student of leadership,» he explains, which is fitting, given that he is graduate of West Point, often considered the preeminent leadership school in the country.

Access to Country Reports allows both students and faculty to stay completely up - to - date with the latest economic and political situation in any given cCountry Reports allows both students and faculty to stay completely up - to - date with the latest economic and political situation in any given countrycountry.

These high performance camps provide elite coaching to student athletes across the country by immersing you in the sport and giving you the kind of focused, intensive training essential for your improvement.

He started a group of kids, student transport aid, took 15 kids across three countries in Africa to give the aid to these refugee camp.

The Truck of the Month (TOM) program has now given students in Central Florida the chance to enjoy fresh «Walking Tacos,» a healthier school version of the famous street tacos sold by vendors across the country.

These students tell their family and their friends what happened and how they were treated, how a successful and expensive application for a course in London turned into scraps of useless paper, how they were given two months to get out the country despite all the money they'd spent.

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The Chief Executive for the Yendi Municipal Assembly in the Northern Region, Alhaji Abubakari H. Yusuf has petitioned the president, Nana Akufo - Addo to intervene and ensure that the president's annual award to students who excelled in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) is given to the deserving student from that part of the country.

«Our new degree program gives students an unparalleled advantage in this field as it is the only one of its kind in the state, and one of only a handful in the entire country.»

Included in that legislation, known as the Dream Act, is a provision that would give students who are in the country illegally access to tuition assistance at city and state universities.

«We always encourage the Ph.D. students to visit other professors and other groups, either within the country or in the U.K. or in Germany, and give presentations with the definite aim that they would actually start collaborations with these guys,» Pál says.

As in many European countries, the viva is held in public: You give a lecture to your friends, family, and fellow students, along with the jury, who then ask you questions.

«Because of the amount of time kids spend in school, and given the fact that many first - time allergic reactions occur on school grounds, it is imperative for school districts across the country to provide access to emergency epinephrine to students who may not otherwise have access to the potentially life - saving medication,» Gupta said.

«We're hoping that Waterloo, given that it has a lot of technical resources and that it's strong in computer science, biomedical engineering, and psychology, can attract Canadian students who don't want to leave the country.»

Even day to day, though, the rules are proving onerous: at campuses throughout the country, students have had to delay their studies because they're unable to schedule consular interviews; students who'd left the United States for vacation or family emergencies have been denied re-entry; and invited speakers have been unable to obtain visas in time to give scheduled talks.

The idea of the program, which originated with Claudia Koch - Brandt (Mainz) and Joachim Herz and Nancy Street (UT Southwestern), is to give life science graduate students from both institutions the opportunity to work in a foreign laboratory, learn new methods and technical skills, and experience another country with, possibly, a different philosophy of science.

More dramatically, when students confess privately that this program has been their connection to the world, a shot at real leadership, kept them in school, given them a voice or saved them from troubled times in their home country, these stories seem remote from O - MUN's core debating program, but are fundamental to the success the community has experienced.

A new scholarship program launched this summer gives bright, low - income rural students the chance to take part in a challenging summer program at sites across the country.

Important and interesting topics are being handled in the worksheet to give the students a decent understanding of the country and what it is famous for.

Students then either research or are given exchange rate info (included from 2015 - 2017) in the powerpoint (pre and post BREXIT) Students then calculate the changes in their import costs in their own currency and what their export prices would be in other countries so they can work out their countries competitiveness.

Give each student a card with the name of a language and the name of the country in which that language is predominantly spoken.

That is especially remarkable given that students in the South Bronx have a history of scoring lower on reading and writing tests than any other students in the country.

So when these top - flight schools decide that advanced honors courses in physics and chemistry are to be given the same weight in calculating a student's official grade point average (GPA) as any other course, including cooking, check - book balancing, and make - up algebra, it becomes ever so clear — once again — that the country's progressive educators have successfully pushed back the forces of school reform.

This will enable parents to give a quiz to their children, learn what their children should know in math and science to be internationally competitive, and learn how their children are doing compared to students from other countries.

It came via yet another wonky study, The PISA 2009 Results: What Students Know and Can Do, reporting that on a test of math, reading and science given to fifteen year olds in sixty - five countries in 2009, Shanghai's 15 - year - olds topped those in every other jurisdiction in ALL THREE SUBJECTS.

«It is a real shame that outdoor education opportunities have decreased for many young people but we are proud to be one of the leading providers of outdoor education in the country, and given the positive impact of such opportunities on children and young people, we are keen to work with other schools, academy trusts and education providers to ensure that more students have access to outdoor learning.»

In pockets around the country, a retooling of classes in career and technical education aims to give students job training, exposure to new technologies, and windows into different careerIn pockets around the country, a retooling of classes in career and technical education aims to give students job training, exposure to new technologies, and windows into different careerin career and technical education aims to give students job training, exposure to new technologies, and windows into different careers.

In these countries maths is taught every day (and not 3 days a week as in many Australian schools) and the time given to maths at 8 - 10 hours a week is double that of other subjects.Here we want to give all subjects the same time allocation which becomes a major waste of student's timIn these countries maths is taught every day (and not 3 days a week as in many Australian schools) and the time given to maths at 8 - 10 hours a week is double that of other subjects.Here we want to give all subjects the same time allocation which becomes a major waste of student's timin many Australian schools) and the time given to maths at 8 - 10 hours a week is double that of other subjects.Here we want to give all subjects the same time allocation which becomes a major waste of student's time.

Brief Description Students create presentations giving information about Christmas celebrations in different countries.

The assessment itself was first given in 1969, but the underlying political compromises meant that (a) students were tested by age, not grade level; (b) results were reported either as percentages of test takers getting individual questions right or (starting in 1984) on a psychometric scale that included no benchmarks, standards, or «cut points»; and (c) the «units of analysis» were the entire country and four big regions but not individual states, let alone districts or schools.

The International Baccalaureate (a global organization offering the IB Diploma in 146 countries) offers four globally respected programs of international education that give students, among other things, the perspectives of other cultures, societies and countries.

This lesson was completed in 2 lessons as it was planned to give students time to challenge the events and think about the decisions made by the different countries.

At least since the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, this has been interpreted to give the federal government the power to intervene in cases of legally sanctioned discrimination, like the segregation of public schools across the country; to mandate equal access to education for students with disabilities; and, according to some arguments, to correct for persistently unequal access to resources across states and districts of different income levels.

The students from Baltimore and Boston and in many other cities and districts across the country are putting their education to work and giving back to their communities in a way that allows them to create change change that benefits them and our systems of government.

Given the enormous changes taking place in the world, the current education achievement gap between low - income and affluent students, and the logical nexus between a nation's economic strength and the quality of its public education system, it is incumbent on our country to put in place a national education strategy.

American 15 - year - olds, according to the report, ranked 24th in math among the students from 29 industrialized countries who were given the tests.

Around eight out of 10 independent secondary schools across the country have participated in Al - Bairaq, which gives students access to hands - on, practical activities and a link to experts on the ground.

A strategy that Pearl - Cohn employs — one in use in other parts of the country as well — is to give students a place to go to physically remove themselves from a negative situation.

U.S. rankings on international math and science examinations given by the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) show that by the 12th grade U.S. students are simply not competitive with those from other countries — ranking 19 and 16 out of the participating 21 countries in mathematics and science, respectively, on the 1995 version and no better recently.

Eliminating tracking might be effective in small classes where teachers can give personal attention to a manageable group of students, but budget constraints — in New Jersey and in many districts around the country — necessitate a high student - to - teacher ratio.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

It's a test given to a sample of students across the country, and it shows that only about a third of students are proficient in math and reading.

These schools serve only students placed in secure facilities by law enforcement or courts, and there are approximately 50,000 young people across the country in these on any given day.

How many universities will give credit to their students for distance courses offered by professors in foreign countries?

Calling the program «possibly the largest, most aggressive overhaul of teacher induction in the country,» researchers at the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, praised the 1.1 million - student district for spending $ 36 million to put experienced teachers on the job as full - time mentors, able to give new teachers at least 1 1/4 hours a week of individual coaching.

The Student Leadership Network Forum, launched in February as part of NASBE's Student Leadership Initiative, is designed to give the 25 students across the country who serve as student members on state boards of education a place to exchange advice, chat about their experiences, and learn about what tStudent Leadership Network Forum, launched in February as part of NASBE's Student Leadership Initiative, is designed to give the 25 students across the country who serve as student members on state boards of education a place to exchange advice, chat about their experiences, and learn about what tStudent Leadership Initiative, is designed to give the 25 students across the country who serve as student members on state boards of education a place to exchange advice, chat about their experiences, and learn about what tstudent members on state boards of education a place to exchange advice, chat about their experiences, and learn about what their...

A kite might seem like the last thing that could bring a divided country together, but 634 eager students from Pasco High School in Pasco, Wash., hope that their homemade kites will give the people of Afghanistan a reason to put past differences behind them.

This resource has been developed in an SEND setting with the aim of giving students an idea of different countries and cultures and comparing them with the UK.