Sentences with phrase «taking on a school where»

But at Mann, UCLA is taking on a school where only about a tenth of students are proficient in English and math.

Not exact matches

Funded by alumni from the McCombs School of Business, where it is housed, Texas Venture Labs will selectively take on projects and provide (student) labor to help the firms get off the ground.

It is no coincidence that the school system in Finland, the darling of the international educational community for its superior test scores, is built on an experience - based model, where science and math are taught through doing, and labs take precedence over textbooks.

On Thursday, meanwhile, reports emerged that the school where the shooting took place, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, had an armed guard who never challenged the shooter, instead waiting outside while the massacre took school where the shooting took place, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, had an armed guard who never challenged the shooter, instead waiting outside while the massacre took School, had an armed guard who never challenged the shooter, instead waiting outside while the massacre took place.

One of the men, Jha, plead guilty to also launching a botnet attack on Rutgers University where he was a student, which took down the school's computer network.

And there are plenty of schools where MBA debt is a mere fraction of the total load taken on by grads of elite business schools.

On the other hand, take the time to think about more important things, such as the terms and conditions of your mortgage, where your kids are going to school, your retirement accounts, etc..

People were buying things like crazy, where did all the money go... we take a look at the leadership's homes, their cars, the schools they sent their children to and where they went on vacation.

He was hospitalized more times then I can count on one hand, usually through the er where he would be taken by the police from school.

The Cummings family story ends (or continues) with the family taking a direction that may bring the worlds of homeschool and real school together: an online charter school where some classes would be «self - directed» and others would «meet in a virtual classroom on a regular schedule.»

Heck I remember when and where I was when I first heard about the attacks on the World Trade Center, I was eleven and my Dad was taking me to school that morning.

when i lived with my grandparents school let out before they got off work i went to an after school center where i received tutoring for my homework or i played with other kids in similar situations on occasion this place would take us on field trips one such field trip was to the local roller skating rink i was not a klutzy child, not more than the usual actually, i was quite coordinated at sports but put round wheels on my shoes and it was a mess i fell on my ass more times than i was standing and no lie the next day i could not poop

It's where the league's schools must go in November and December to take on the well - born who refuse to visit them.

«I want to take my five visits, really get a feel for where I want to go to school and play football, and make my decision on signing day,» said Aumavae, joined on the defensive line this fall by returning starters Norgaard, Keller Salmon and Jordan Stinhilver.

Because the Seal Rock is only a skip and a jump from Harding Park, where the $ 50,000 Lucky International Open was being contested for four days, its first - floor patio suddenly took on the look of a nursery school playground.

This exciting tournament will kick - off with an amazing Opening Day on Monday, July 27, where most of the activities will take place at the Woodcreek High School campus.

For example, editing my morning routine so I can take the time to walk Violet to school has been so wonderful; it's our special one on one time where we can chat and joke around, and it's become one of my very favorite parts of the day.

The smell of fresh cooked collards and baked sweet potato sticks with cinnamon was undeniable at four Public Schools in Jackson, Mississippi on Monday, April 30th, where the farm to school pilot program took off.

The college I attended had a program where students, ranging in age from 16 - 18, could live on campus and take their last two years of high school simultaneously with their first two years of college.

It made quite a splash on social media, where Dayle Hayes from School Meals that Rock took the opportunity to champion an ongoing, open invitation to Couric to take part in school breakfast or School Meals that Rock took the opportunity to champion an ongoing, open invitation to Couric to take part in school breakfast or school breakfast or lunch.

In related news: a survey of full - time working mothers and mommy bloggers conducted by a thermometer maker found that when their children got sick, 33 % of moms pretended to be sick so they could stay home with their child, 62 % of them called on parents or in - laws for child care, 57 % of them took unpaid leave to care for their child, and a distressing 34 % of them took the kid to school or day care anyway — where they could infect your child.

We are constantly on - the - go chasing after little ones, taking older kids to school activities... Seriously, where does the time go?

«Often, when we try to intervene and help promote positive peer relationships, we focus on the school setting, where a lot of these friendships are taking place,» Fosco said.

Reading the comment carefully, you understand that the father (and child) feel less shame about taking advantage of school meals at breakfast, where the service is universal (available to all regardless of economic need) versus at lunch, where there is often a more visible distinction between paying and nonpaying students, or between students on the federally reimbursable lunch line versus those who can purchase for - cash (and often more desirable) «a la carte» food, or (in the case of high schoolers) between students who can go off campus to buy lunch at convenience stores and restaurants versus those with no money in their pockets.

In Paul Tough's first book, «Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America,» he focused on the Harlem Children's Zone, a 97 - block area where Canada set about overhauling the neighborhood with comprehensive social programs, such as after - school activities and parenting classes, that extended beyond the classroom and reshaped the childhood experience.

Your child should be able to put on and take off their coat and boots independently, and to know where to store their belongings, says Kathy Boxell, principal of Barnsdale Road School in La Grange Park.

In 2011 she retired after decades of serving on the faculty of Green Meadow Waldorf School where she took several classes from first through eighth grades and taught high school chemSchool where she took several classes from first through eighth grades and taught high school chemschool chemistry.

I'll argue that high school - based athletic trainers are exactly where they're supposed to be — in the background making sure athletes are taken care of on a daily basis.

In addition to meeting the students where they already are — in the hallway — it allows school nutrition staff to take back the responsibility of handing out food from teaching staff, who can then focus all of their attention on starting the school day as students eat breakfast.

The books were started because of a tradition at their Montessori school where the child does a Walk around the Sun on their birthday and the teacher shows photos and tells stories about their life, separated by years as they take one walk around the sun for each year of their life.

It is also the case that people are now much freer to take decisions about their everyday lives compared with the Maoist period, [such as] where they work, about where their children go to school, and so on.

Lidington was educated at the renowned independent Haberdashers» Aske's Boys» School in Elstree and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he took an honours degree in History and a doctorate for research on Elizabethan history.

The very day after Silver was arrested, Bharara gave a talk at New York Law School where he urged people to focus their outrage and join him in taking on the culture of corruption in Albany.

Zellnor then went to Cornell Law School where he served as student body president, an editor on the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, a constitutional law instructor in prison, and as a Pro Bono Scholar — a position that allowed him to take the New York Bar early and spend his last semester working full - time at Justice 360, a criminal justice reform organization.

Born in Lambeth, [3] Lidington was educated at Merchant Taylors» Prep (formerly Northwood Prep School) then Haberdashers» Aske's Boys» School, Elstree, Hertfordshire, followed by Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, [4] where he took a degree in history and a PhD in 1988 entitled «The enforcement of the penal statutes at the court of the Exchequer c.1558 - c. 1576» [5] on Elizabethan history.

Her journey has taken her from the Julliard School in New York to the Royal College of Music in London and back to Rochester where, in 1975, she embarked on a thirty one year career as a music teacher with the Rochester City School District.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

«It is important that schools take their responsibilities on promoting equality and respect seriously to create an environment where everyone feels valued, respected and safe.»

Conference calls upon the National Executive to: (i) produce training and guidance on the use and completion of risk assessments, especially when pupils move schools and (ii) continue to take all appropriate action including industrial action to protect members where employers fail to do so.

«I call on the Federal Government to set up a committee to investigate the fresh killing of innocent persons, including children, women, men and the aged in a primary school where they were taking refuge.»

Last month's mass shooting at a Florida high school put renewed focus on the role of armed school security guards, after a video showed that a sheriff's deputy at the school approached but did not enter the building where the attack was taking place.

The news was still leading with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., where 17 people were killed and I had taken up his offer to learn more about firearms, which was on my to - do list.

The move came after a raucous joint hearing at Wadleigh on 114th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard, held by Community Education Council 3 and the DOE, where politicians, parents, teachers, students and clergy vowed to take whatever steps were necessary to keep the school open.

«If you are excellent at doing that we want to, where possible and practical, reward you for taking on the extra responsibility of doing that in more than one school.»

We'll get by the character stuff - just show us how you are going to make New York State a better place, where people can go to parks without worry of shut down, where schools will have quality teachers and performance, where roads are taken care of, where bridges don't collapse, where state police do police and are not used to go on witch hunts, where budgets wont be made by more hidden fees and regressive taxes, and the list goes on.

Mayor de Blasio took the stage 25 minutes late for a Democratic candidates» forum Tuesday night where long - shot rivals criticized him on everything from his handling of homelessness to schools to policing.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

Students received the news during their first rehearsal for their January production of their take on RENT School Edition where Senator Klein got to see their work in action first - hand.

Yvonne Minor - Ragan, an educational consultant and former principal at Westminster Community Charter School, will take on that new role at BUILD Academy, where the state has stepped in after years of poor academic performanc...

So rather than give up on school he enrolled in the Buffalo school district's Career Collegiate Institute, where he will earn a high school equivalency degree while taking classes to prepare him for college.