Sentences with phrase «targeting general students»

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The National Postgraduate Committee (NPC) welcomes the proposal, which «recognises the needs of postgraduate students and is being quite realistic about how to target funding,» according to General Secretary Jeremy Hoad.

During the next two lessons I would expect this to last over an hour as students will need to be given folders, target grade stickers and a general introduction into the how to use the computer etc..

But knowing the general demographics of neighborhoods or recruiting students and faculty in a targeted fashion would seem to require some systematic, individual typing by race.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

Justice Kennedy offered what he regarded as acceptable methods of considering race such as «strategic site selection of new schools; drawing attendance zones with general recognition of the demographics of neighborhoods; allocating resources for special programs; recruiting students and faculty in a targeted fashion; and tracking enrollments, performance, and other statistics by race.»

There are no weights or adjustments made to the general - aid portion of state funding for education, but some of the 10 components of education aid in Rhode Island are targeted to specific student populations.

Such measures may include strategic site selection of new schools; drawing attendance zones with general recognition of neighborhood demographics; allocating resources for special programs; recruiting students and faculty in a targeted fashion; and tracking enrollments, performance, and other statistics by race.

Vouchers that are targeted to disadvantaged students could theoretically help address the affordability barrier, but, in general, when governments target attractive financial benefits to one part of the population, politically powerful groups will exert pressure to loosen eligibility requirements to gain their own access.

Even though its target audience is meant for special needs students, it is a valuable resource in learning about earthworms in general.

Compared with the general student population, students with mild or severe learning disabilities received more benefits from differentiated and intensive support, especially when the differentiation was delivered in small groups or with targeted instruction (McQuarrie, McRae, & Stack - Cutler, 2008).

Once a framework had been established, committee tasks were to then: (1) «zoom in» and break down specific targeted sections of the draft LPFs into what we called more detailed «mini progressions» for a smaller grade span, often adding some additional «interim steps» (progress indicators) to the mini progressions; (2) use the more detailed and focused mini progressions to design sample instructional modules (with a series of 4 ‐ 6 detailed lessons) illustrating how a teacher in the general education classroom might move students along this smaller grain ‐ sized learning progression using best practices in instruction; and (3) draw from best practices in instruction for students with significant cognitive disabilities to incorporate suggestions to each lesson plan for how to make the academic content more accessible for all students.

Students who struggle with story problems because they have trouble identifying the problem structure may benefit more from targeted practice in identifying the structure than from more practice with story problems in general.

From the embarrassment of approving abysmally low — and Plessy v. Ferguson - like — proficiency targets (including that for Virginia, which had only required districts to ensure that 57 percent of black students and 65 percent of Latino peers were proficient in math by 2016 - 2017), to complaints from House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Minority Member George Miller and civil rights - based reformers about how the administration allowed states such as South Dakota to count General Education Development certificates in their graduation rate calculations (and minimize graduation rates as a factor in accountability measures), the administration finds itself contending with complaints from civil rights - based reformers as well as from centrist Democrats finally acknowledging the high cost of their push for revamping No Child at any cost.

The annual district - wide target for 2012 - 2013 was for 67 % of students with disabilities to participate in the general education program at least 80 % of the instructional day.

The COP founding schools are already exceeding this target with 73 % of students with disabilities served in general education classrooms for 80 % or more of the instructional day.

If the point is to set a long - range desired «goal» of all students reaching «proficient» as a general target, then perhaps the issue would not be of great concern.

At Hinsdale Central High School, for example, students taking all general classes in math posted an average ACT score of 23.9, exceeding the ACT's target for college readiness.

But major barriers — including a scarcity of high - quality, teacher - training programs targeted at teachers of color; the educational debt students of color must shoulder; and the general lack of esteem in our society for teaching — stand in the way of producing an optimal pool of teachers.

Fifty - two percent of California's general education students failed to meet achievement targets on the exam in English language arts and 63 percent failed in math.

This is a general reading award that you can present to your students for a variety of different occasions: completing a book report project, reading a targeted number of books, doing well on a comprehension exam about a novel read in class, improved reading fluency, or general improvement in reading.

While it will be targeted towards teachers and students, there is no reason why the general public won't be picking up the device as well.

The target audience is college and high school students and teachers of history, genealogists and the general public

California's attorney general filed a lawsuit against the schools and its subsidiaries (Heald, Everest College, and WyoTech) in 2013 for a predatory scheme targeting low - income students, and the schools were accused of falsely advertising programs that didn't exist, misleading students about their credits transferring to Cal State, and engaging in illegal debt collection practices.

Both the Illinois and Washington attorneys general claim in their suits that under Sallie Mae, the servicer targeted students at for - profit universities with expensive student loans.

Teachers can use the general capabilities to target their teaching and learning programs so that they meet the learning needs of their students using age - appropriate content.

The Power of Wind contest has traditionally been targeted at post-secondary students, but this year CanWEA decided to open it up to members of the general public.

The target audience would include (in something like this order): future and current law students, current law faculty, all legal practitioners, the blogging community in general, anyone else w / an interest in blogging and / or developments in the law.

Although variation exists, general research has shown that approximately 80 % of a school's student population responds to instruction in school - wide behavioral expectations, and approximately 15 % of students need additional instruction in the form of targeted situation - specific lessons.

The assessments include questions that match the general range of ability of students in the target year level.