Sentences with phrase «students in a given school»

Last year, at the National Education Summit, governors and business leaders concluded that «efforts to set clear, common... academic standards for students in a given school district or state are necessary to improve student performance.».

But teachers have a direct impact on only those students in their classroom; differences in principal quality affect all students in a given school.

«The conservative estimates are somewhat smaller than those associated with having a highly effective teacher,» they state, «but teachers have a direct impact on only those students in their classroom, whereas differences in principal quality affect all students in a given school.»

Student Achievement scores reflect the percentage of students in a given school that scored Proficient or Advanced (P / A) on the TCAP Reading and Math assessments.

YouthTruth found that on one end of the spectrum, only 12 % of students in a given school reported being bullied, while 59 % reported the same elsewhere.

Aimed at high - poverty, underperforming schools, the Center for American Progress defines expanded learning time as the lengthening of the school day, school week, or school year for all students in a given school by approximately 25 percent to 30 percent — the equivalent of roughly two hours per day, or between 300 and 360 hours per year.

By looking at the achievement level that most closely corresponds to the level of their child, i.e., 25 th, 50 th, or 75 th percentile, they can see whether students in a given school tend to increase, decrease, or maintain their level of achievement (relative to other students within the school district) over their several years of schooling.

Not exact matches

According to a study in the Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, researchers from Columbia Business School designed an experiment where they gave cheques to MBA students and tracked how long they took to cash them.

«We have dramatically increased access to school options for Newark families, provided grants directly to teachers at 37 schools, given 300,000 books to Newark students through the My Very Own Library program, and just recently, we committed to a $ 1 million initiative to improve early childhood education in Newark,» the foundation said in a statement to CNBC.

A classic psychology paper, Pygmalion in the Classroom, describes a study in which elementary - school students were given a test to identify the most able.

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.

In fact, Arnold's research demonstrates that students who truly enjoy learning the most often struggle in school, where students must balance attention given to subjects about which they're truly passionate with the demands of their other courseworIn fact, Arnold's research demonstrates that students who truly enjoy learning the most often struggle in school, where students must balance attention given to subjects about which they're truly passionate with the demands of their other courseworin school, where students must balance attention given to subjects about which they're truly passionate with the demands of their other coursework.

The startup, called MBA Bee, comes out of Harvard's newly revised MBA curriculum in which student teams are given seed money by the school and then required to create a new product or service development project.

Because beyond his typically bombastic proclamation that «it's already too late» for most women to become programmers is a much more important message: Computer science ought to be a basic part of school curriculum, giving both male and female students early exposure to an increasingly important skill set in today's economy.

In the film, dozens of Japanese high - school students are placed on an island, given weapons, and forced to kill one another until one person remains.

«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.

In honor of the upcoming return to school for millions of students, it seems an appropriate time to give credit to the masterful skills of teachers.

Students of all ethnic backgrounds who attend community colleges are not recruited as heavily as students from Ivy League schools, although they may have the skill - set necessary to succeed in a givStudents of all ethnic backgrounds who attend community colleges are not recruited as heavily as students from Ivy League schools, although they may have the skill - set necessary to succeed in a givstudents from Ivy League schools, although they may have the skill - set necessary to succeed in a given role.

The commission recommended several reforms including reforming civilian and military retirement programs, reducing agricultural program spending, eliminating in - school subsidies in federal student loan programs, and giving the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation the authority to increase premiums.

In December 2009 Mark Onetto, chief of operations and customer relations at Amazon and a close collaborator of Bezos, gave an hourlong lecture on the Amazon Way to master's of business administration students at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.

Through the years, the Kelley School has fashioned a reputation as a true MBA innovator, from being one of the few programs that give a single grade for the entire core curriculum to having a series of first - year academies that provide experiential learning, consulting projects and coaching to students interested in six core areas that range from capital markets and strategic finance to consulting and supply chain management.

«The drop in the participation rate has been centered on younger workers,» said Mr. Shapiro, «many of whom have given up hope of finding a decent job and are instead continuing in school and racking up enormous amounts of student debt, which has contributed to the recent surge in consumer credit outstanding.»

The Catholic Education Service (CES) has been criticised by Muslim and secular leaders for choosing Judaism instead of Islam, given that the latter is the second largest religion in the UK after Christianity, and that Muslim children can form up to 90 percent of the student body in some Catholic schools in Britain.

Our society desperately needs more advocates for public schools who deeply believe in the God - given potential of every single student.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the ruling on Friday, saying the family had not persuaded the three - judge panel «that the individual prayers or other remarks to be given by students at graduation are, in fact, school - sponsored.»

Put it another way: if schools admit students and give them a reason to believe that they can survive in college, and the students make a reasonable effort, what right do faculty have to flunk large numbers?

An elephant dressed in a Santa Claus costume gives gifts to students ahead of the Christmas festival at a school in Ayutthaya province on December 24, 2012.

Chance recently gave Chicago Public Schools $ 1,000,000 out of his own pocket, and argued that it's the schools and local students that need resources like a pool and museum — items that are apparently in the budget for the police aSchools $ 1,000,000 out of his own pocket, and argued that it's the schools and local students that need resources like a pool and museum — items that are apparently in the budget for the police aschools and local students that need resources like a pool and museum — items that are apparently in the budget for the police academy.

Students of old school, hard news, print journalism learn a writing method known as the «inverted pyramid,» in which the raw facts are presented up front, and are given the most real estate, with all the other information and background details trailing off behind them.

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While pledging allegiance to the flag (with a more subdued physical salute) continues to this day to be routine in America's public schools, for the seventy years since Barnette it has been unlawful to compel any student to participate, and no student who elects not to participate is obliged to give any reason for that choice.

Kim looks at SGKAs who are students at one highly selective public university and asks why, given their proficiency in English, impressive educational credentials earned in interracial high schools, and rosy occupational prospects — the attributes that make them «whiz kids» or a «model minority» in the eyes of some — they so often prefer to worship with their own kind.

For many years, gifted programs in schools have focused on giving these students MORE.

It is a pleasure to recall the gracious hospitality and the thoughtful attention given by President Edwin McNeill Poteat and the faculty, students, and alumni of Colgate - Rochester Divinity School, when the lectures were given at Easter time in 1947.

Hold infants at your local church nursery while the parents attend service; participate in a house build with Habitat for Humanity; mentor a student at a nearby school a few times a month; sponsor a missionary overseas; give wildly beyond the tithe.

Almost a century and a half after Clement of Rome, Clement of Alexandria and his brilliant student Origen were self - consciously affirming, not that Christianity was like paideia, not that it could simply make use of received paideia, but that Christianity is paideia, given by God in Jesus Christ, turning on a radical conversion possible only by the Holy Spirit's help, and taught only indirectly by study of divinely inspired Scriptures in the social context of the church understood to be in some ways a school.

In the field of education it established a religious research committee to translate the Qur» an and print religious books and pamphlets, and it established schools in the northwest and gave scholarships which enabled outstanding Muslim students to study in the universities of Turkey and EgypIn the field of education it established a religious research committee to translate the Qur» an and print religious books and pamphlets, and it established schools in the northwest and gave scholarships which enabled outstanding Muslim students to study in the universities of Turkey and Egypin the northwest and gave scholarships which enabled outstanding Muslim students to study in the universities of Turkey and Egypin the universities of Turkey and Egypt.

Every time a person signs up as a member, they give a free membership to a veteran, school teacher, student or family in need.

Madison Public Schools in Madison, ME teamed up with their local tomato farmer to bring the Farm to School movement to the district, giving students access to fresh and healthy options every day.

Implementing salad bars in schools gives students choice; allowing them to taste new flavors, expand their pallets, and begin to enjoy healthy food.

Madison Public Schools in Madison, ME teamed up with their local tomato farmer to bring the Farm to School movement to the district, giving students access to fresh and... Read more

Spending time in the the student sessions as well as the other sessions really gave me some clarity on pursuing going back to school.

Long is partnering with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Virginia and St. Anne's Belfield School to give two seven - year scholarships to middle school students in the School to give two seven - year scholarships to middle school students in the school students in the state.

The national crusade for civil rights, a struggle still incomplete; the rise of student activism, spurred by the Vietnam war; and a couple of violent racial incidents in Ames ripened the atmosphere for the students of Iowa State to champion Trice, who had given his life for the school.

The girls are given a more focused education — the classrooms are much smaller than in the coed schools that pack upwards of a 100 students in one room — and they perform, on average, much better than the rest of Kakuma on Kenya's standardized testing for secondary schools.

He added that it also gives the local high schools a chance to experience a college - level race, «There are not many opportunities for high school student - athletes to watch a collegiate race in the area and this is a great opportunity to get exposure to a collegiate race but more importantly, to meet some great coaches from wonderful colleges and universities in the West.»

It's not just a one - way street, where students take advantage of the offerings of a school and don't give anything back in return.

Given the budget cuts in public schools and the push for students to specialize in an extracurricular activity, experts generally agree with him.

But this is what former mob bookie Jahoda means when he says of college students who gamble, «They are in an atmosphere where the games are important...» The green campus bettor is given to wagering on his own school, and the gambling lines in college towns are skewed to reflect this audience.

They frequently work on these projects in collaborative groups, and often a project will conclude with students giving a presentation in front of the class, the school, or even a community group.