Sentences with phrase «students than in past years»

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One, Preston Breedon - Glen, a 20 - year - old student, said that he'd spent more than $ 1,300 on champions and skins in the past couple of years.

Meanwhile, student debt has reached $ 1.2 trillion, growing seven times faster than this country's mortgage debt in just the past 10 years.

Women have largely flocked to medical and law schools in greater numbers over the past few years, but they are now turning to business school as well in part because business schools are mindful of the shortage of women students and are recruiting them more aggressively than they have before.

Both are fairly small, intimate experiences with the school entering less than 100 students in each of the past two years — and both are filled with a good bit of experiential learning opportunities to offset the younger age of the students here who tend to have a bit less work experience.

Over the past five years, I've heard those answers — or some variation of them — from more than 250 students in my entrepreneurship courses at Princeton University and from many of the more than 100 entrepreneurs I've counseled about their startups.

This is the next great challenge for Beijing, and when the regulators finally do start to repair overextended balance sheet, with a much higher debt - to - GDP ratio than any other country at China's stage of economic development, according to a presentation Monday night by my very smart former student, Chen Long, I expect annual GDP growth rates will continue dropping steadily, by 1 - 2 percentage points a year through the rest of this decade (and there has been increasing talk in the past month or two that GDP growth rates are already 1 - 2 points below the printed rates).

The majority of this debt is in the form of federal student loans, offered by the Department of Education to borrowers in need.However, the amount owed in private student loans is growing as students are in more need of financing for their education than in years past.

You've probably heard dour statistics about rising tuition costs and rising student debt, which has exploded to more than $ 1.2 trillion.9 At the same time, there has been a decline in the number of pre-retirees saving for retirement — at least according to our RISE surveys over the past two years.

Just as the relationships between sport and society are more complex than one might think possible, so the place of sport in student minds over the past 30 years is at least equally complex.

State schools, including SUNY Plattsburgh, have seen tuition increase $ 300 each year, a total increase of 30 percent over the past half - decade (But one silver lining for the North Country: Students here have the lowest average debt load than anywhere in the state.)

School officials said they expected enrollment to grow with students who move into the city, but the number will still likely be far smaller than in past years.

In the speech, delivered inside The Mall at Bay Plaza in Baychester, Diaz described the number of Latino and black students admitted to the city's prestigious Stuyvesant High School over the past few years as unacceptably low and called for the creation of new high schools in each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who gets iIn the speech, delivered inside The Mall at Bay Plaza in Baychester, Diaz described the number of Latino and black students admitted to the city's prestigious Stuyvesant High School over the past few years as unacceptably low and called for the creation of new high schools in each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who gets iin Baychester, Diaz described the number of Latino and black students admitted to the city's prestigious Stuyvesant High School over the past few years as unacceptably low and called for the creation of new high schools in each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who gets iin each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who gets inin.

The Humboldt Foundation, Germany's largest agency that provides financial support for foreign students, funded German - based fellowships for more than 2000 scientists from other countries in the past year alone.

Our team of more than two dozen students and research scientists at Virginia Tech has spent much of the past year analyzing and publicizing unsafe drinking water in Flint, Michigan.

This may be partially true; the percentage of students who say they took a stimulant in the past year is greater at highly competitive universities than at all colleges nationwide, for instance.

«Jumpstart's greatest accomplishment is that we've engaged nearly 2,000 college students in one - to - one service to more than 8,000 children over the past seven years,» Aaron Lieberman tells Education World.

In the past year, using leftover cooking oil from the cafeteria, students in Latham's science classes have produced more than 1,000 gallons of biodiesel, enough to power a school minibus and some of the school's tractorIn the past year, using leftover cooking oil from the cafeteria, students in Latham's science classes have produced more than 1,000 gallons of biodiesel, enough to power a school minibus and some of the school's tractorin Latham's science classes have produced more than 1,000 gallons of biodiesel, enough to power a school minibus and some of the school's tractors.

From James Coleman's early observational studies of high schools to the experimental voucher evaluations of the past 15 years, researchers have routinely found that similar students do at least as well and, at times, better academically in private schools than in public schools.

In Minnesota, the number of English learner (EL) students has grown by more than 300 percent in the past 20 yearIn Minnesota, the number of English learner (EL) students has grown by more than 300 percent in the past 20 yearin the past 20 years.

More than 30 Korean and Korean American students at HGSE have participated as counselors or presenters at Mustard Seed conferences and conducted independent studies under her supervision in the past three years.

KH: Over the past 10 years, the total number of students attending schools run by high - performing CMOs increased at least tenfold, from approximately 10,000 students in 2000 to more than 100,000 students today.

Big assessment decisions will hit the states The past year saw states ramping up for a new reality under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which places far greater leeway and oversight in state's hands rather than residing with the feds.

A revamped SAT yielded improved scores for college - bound students in 1995, although officials denied that this year's examination was easier than in past years.

In the past two years, more than 95 percent of Hidalgo students completed high school, and, starting with the class of 2010, students can earn enough college credits to graduate with a high school diploma and an associate's degree.

They have more than 950 students this year; a majority speak predominantly Spanish at home, a minority have had interrupted schooling in their pasts, and many are recent immigrants.

«We've heard several times over the past few years that nothing is more cognitively and physically taxing in the project - learning environment than managing student work groups,» McDowell writes in «Leading Student Work Groups in the 21st Century,» an in - progress article that discusses the tools, best practices, and scholarly strategies for student work groups in the project - learning envirstudent work groups,» McDowell writes in «Leading Student Work Groups in the 21st Century,» an in - progress article that discusses the tools, best practices, and scholarly strategies for student work groups in the project - learning envirStudent Work Groups in the 21st Century,» an in - progress article that discusses the tools, best practices, and scholarly strategies for student work groups in the project - learning envirstudent work groups in the project - learning environment.

During the past six years, more than 88,000 immigrant students enrolled in Miami - Dade County public schools.

Taken together the number of students studying either subject fell by more than 7,000 in the past year.

Over the past five years, the number of DPS charter school students has increased from 9,945 in 2011 - 12 to 18,463 in 2016 - 17 — an increase of more than 8,000 students.

According to the study, 43 percent of teachers whose classes consist of a majority of English learners received no more than one inservice training session in the past five years on how to instruct these students.

Number of female students studying either Computer Science or ICT falls by more than 7,000 in the past year.

Over the past eight years, my survey course on Politics and Education in the U.S. at the Harvard Graduate School of Education came to resemble an Internet café more than a classroom, with a laptop perched on nearly every student's desk.

Four of the schools, which allow students to earn college credits while still in high school, boasted 100 percent graduation rates this past school year, and another three had rates higher than 90 percent.

1 Over the past eight years, the program has proven enormously popular: With more than 13,000 students, it is the sixth largest tax - credit scholarship program in the country.2 Twenty - nine scholarship organizations accept private, tax - credit - eligible donations to offer scholarships to those students.3

In May 2016, the New York Post reported that school - safety agents and police officers had confiscated 26 percent more weapons from students during this past school year than over the same span in 2014 — 1In May 2016, the New York Post reported that school - safety agents and police officers had confiscated 26 percent more weapons from students during this past school year than over the same span in 2014 — 1in 2014 — 15.

Over the past few decades, education reforms in Brazil and Chile have been widely celebrated as successful, and most students are much better - off than their predecessors were 15 years ago.

More than 31,000 Massachusetts students attend charter schools, an increase of 20 % in the past four years.

Additionally, my school's budget was reduced by 3.26 percent (adding to a total of almost 14 percent in the past four years), general per - pupil funding was cut by 6 percent, and the city decided students with special needs would receive 15 percent less per - pupil funding than before.

In Cedar Springs Public Schools, Cedar Springs Middle School saw a dramatic increase in the percentage of 7th and 8th graders passing all their core courses in the past four years as the proportion of students with satisfactory attendance (fewer than 10 absences) rose from 77 to 87 percenIn Cedar Springs Public Schools, Cedar Springs Middle School saw a dramatic increase in the percentage of 7th and 8th graders passing all their core courses in the past four years as the proportion of students with satisfactory attendance (fewer than 10 absences) rose from 77 to 87 percenin the percentage of 7th and 8th graders passing all their core courses in the past four years as the proportion of students with satisfactory attendance (fewer than 10 absences) rose from 77 to 87 percenin the past four years as the proportion of students with satisfactory attendance (fewer than 10 absences) rose from 77 to 87 percent.

In support of this, he cites a recent Harvard study,» Evaluating Newark's Education Reforms,» that finds more than half of the significant English language arts (ELA) gains in Newark over the past five years can be attributed to students opting for a new or different school, as opposed to benefiting from improvements in their existing schooIn support of this, he cites a recent Harvard study,» Evaluating Newark's Education Reforms,» that finds more than half of the significant English language arts (ELA) gains in Newark over the past five years can be attributed to students opting for a new or different school, as opposed to benefiting from improvements in their existing schooin Newark over the past five years can be attributed to students opting for a new or different school, as opposed to benefiting from improvements in their existing schooin their existing school.

School officials said they expected enrollment to grow with students who move into the city, but the number will still likely be far smaller than in past years.

In fact, enrollment in the Greenville Public School District has decreased 35 percent over the past 15 years from more than 7,300 students to less than 4,900 this yeaIn fact, enrollment in the Greenville Public School District has decreased 35 percent over the past 15 years from more than 7,300 students to less than 4,900 this yeain the Greenville Public School District has decreased 35 percent over the past 15 years from more than 7,300 students to less than 4,900 this year.

Charter schools, which have seen enrollment double in less than ten years, now have a waiting list of over one million students nationwide, a 300 percent increase over the past five years.

Based on analyses produced by the Benchmark Educational Resource Group, annual public education operating expenses in Texas approximate $ 7,000 per student, and total spending increased by over 40 % over the past five years, more than twice the sum of enrollment growth and inflation during that period.

Under his leadership, ASK has been a driving force in education reform across the region, completing six nationwide and three regional projects over the past 3 years which have impacted 3,843 schools and more than 161,000 students.

In the past five years SoundOut has worked with more than 75 K - 12 schools across the nation to help students and educators re-envision the role of students in educatioIn the past five years SoundOut has worked with more than 75 K - 12 schools across the nation to help students and educators re-envision the role of students in educatioin education.

Consider this: according to Education Resource Group and data from the Texas Education Agency, aggregate public education funding from all sources over the past 14 years has increased by $ 70 billion more than the increase necessary to fully fund the growth in enrollment and inflation combined over this period, even when adding a factor for the increase in special needs students.

At Public School 321 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, part of District 15, more than a third of the eligible students did not sit for the tests last year, and the principal, Elizabeth Phillips, has in the past been outspoken in opposing them.

The school is producing more National Merit honorees than ever before and, in the past five years, has doubled the number of students taking and passing advanced placement exams, even as the percentages of low - income students, minority students, and English language learners have increased.

Peng Her, parent of three Madison students, assistant director of the Center for Resilient Cities and a member of the Hmong Education Council, said the school improvement process under Cheatham feels different than those in past years because there's a bigger focus on engaging the community.