Sentences with phrase «surprising number of schools»

She said a «surprising number of schools», for example, entered no children for foreign languages.

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Rely on reputation and gut instinct and you'd probably name a familiar list of Ivy league and top - notch technical schools, but new numbers offer some suggestions that may surprise you (and offer campuses with less cutthroat competition from bigger companies).

After many years of successfully purging religion from public schools, I am surprised by the number of people reported as supporting its reintroduction.

I am surprised though how these students admitted to it and even boldly pointed out to the school administration that the number of tests and work they assign contribute to their desire to cheat because their workload is so great.

, but one finding has really surprised me: despite the implementation of a host of new rules under the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act, your number one complaint remains unhealthy food offered to your children at school.

Kim Mulholland, a professor of child health and vaccinology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, says that although the low numbers are surprising and «quite disappointing», researchers should not necessarily rule out RTS, S.

It was an intense weekend in Philadelphia rubbing elbows — and sharing bagels — with the likes of Ken Starr, Jeffrey Toobin, and Guido Calebresi, but I was surprised by the number of Constitutional questions arising these days in the public schools and was lucky enough to be in a workshop run by Vic Walczak, legal director for the ACLU in Pennsyslvania, a man who has had his share of education challenges lately.

The surprising outcome that continues to impress school staff is the number of students who, when given the choice, elect not only to further their own interests but to freely give back to the community.

This promising pattern of performance may well reflect the fact that a surprising number of charter schools in these states serve suburban students, bucking the national trend of charters concentrating in big cities.

I would be surprised if it is able to live up to the hype that it is receiving but considering the impact To Kill a Mockingbird had on me when I first read it in high school, and in the number of times I have read or listened to it since, I can not wait until its release.

It is no surprise that the number of accidents peak between the hours of 8 - 9 am and 3 - 4 pm in conjunction with school opening and closing times, and these figures are increasing year on year.

The number one, biggest surprise of the last year was... Perhaps I shouldn't have been considering we are at a school of education, but I've been truly surprised by how much faculty prioritize our learning both of content and larger «life» concerns.

The number one, biggest surprise of the last year was... I came into this school year expecting to learn about MOOCs, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence — and don't get me wrong, I certainly did.

This week: CA Charter Schools Association endorses Villaraigosa for Gov., a surprise increase in federal funding for child care and education in the new budget, the state's new plan to deal with disproportionate numbers of inexperienced and ineffective teachers in low - income schoolsSchools Association endorses Villaraigosa for Gov., a surprise increase in federal funding for child care and education in the new budget, the state's new plan to deal with disproportionate numbers of inexperienced and ineffective teachers in low - income schoolsschools & more

Shannon said she was surprised by the number of charter school applications that have been filed in Florida this year.

«One of the things that's really surprised us (after publishing the «Opportunity Schools» report) is the number of people who feel we are some company coming in to take over IPS,» Harris said.

This perhaps should not be surprising since schools in California have been increasing their hiring recently, even as the number of newly - issued credentials continues to drop.

It's not surprising that school libraries and media centers are underfunded and the number of library and media specialists working in public schools is on the decline.

With so few charter schools even possible able to serve only a limited number of students it is surprising the argument even survives.

And although he confessed he is «disappointed» by the number of Nottingham schools that have adopted the charter so far, he is surprised by how many local authorities which contacted the EIB for advice on how to implement the scheme.

And hardly surprising given the encouragement and additional funding given to outstanding schools to fast track them to converting which a significant number of outstanding secondary schools took up.

There are a surprising number of individuals disinterested and unwilling to send their children to integrated schools.

What surprised us was that we have good data to show the benefits of a number of educational policies and practices that help kids gain these skills and become more motivated and engaged with learning, but relatively few schools in the US use these policies or practices.

A number of Union activists were taken by surprise when schools in their area started collecting data relating to the nationality and country of birth of pupils.

An article on Wednesday about a surprising reversal by the education historian Diane Ravitch of almost every position she once took on American schooling misstated the number of books she has either written or edited since leaving government in 1993.

With the increase of pupil numbers at secondary level, and the resulting need for more teachers there, this is an incredibly worrying, if not surprising, outcome for those in secondary schools.

We discovered a number of surprising trends, at both the overall district and board member level, which shed additional light on our schools and students.

Upon arriving at the OK School Choice Summit last Thursday, I was surprised to see a handful of friends who were denied entry and a larger number of Oklahoma City police guarding Oklahoma City Community College's performing arts auditorium.

It's no surprise recent numbers show them pulling ahead of iPads in sales to U.S. schools.

India was a surprising front runner in global ebook adoption, with both the launch of a number of low - cost tablets designed for school children to consume digital textbooks, and an internet broadband infrastructure designed to make digital consumption possible throughout the country's schools.

OverDrive, the powerhouse that makes ebook and audio download books possible to over 15,000 public and school libraries, released some surprising numbers on the use of ebook lending enabled libraries.

Given my moot history in law school it's no surprise that I've been approached repeatedly by a number of different international moots now that I'm a lawyer.

Despite my title, it's hard to say whether the numbers support an inference about the mental health of law students in general, but I doubt anyone who went to law school is surprised by them.

It is a period of biological, cognitive and social change of such magnitude and rapidity that it is no surprise to find that it is associated with the onset or exacerbation of a number of health - related problems including depression (1), eating disorders (2), substance abuse and dependence (3 — 5), risky sexual behaviour (6), antisocial and delinquent activity (7) and school dropout (8).

BMO says that while it is no surprise that Canadians under the age of 30 are staying home longer, whether to attend school or save for a home purchase, what is surprising is the number of Canadians in the 31 to 34 years old category who are also still at home.