Sentences with phrase «term as an academy»

As children head back to class this week, another school will be opening its doors for the autumn term as an academy — in spite of opposition from parents and the community.

Not exact matches

Warner Bros. and Mad Max: Fury Road walked away from Sunday night as the biggest winners at the 88th Academy Awards — at least, in terms of the movie's overall awards tally.

«Inclusivity and respect are fundamental to all of us in our academy, and we are very pleased that what we take for granted in terms of how we behave, has been recognised externally as worthy of celebration».

Palmer calls this scheme «objectivism,» and he describes it not so much in terms of a history of ideas or a group of thinkers as in terms of a set of pedagogical practices that characterize the contemporary academy.

Manchester City will open their new multi-million pound academy next month as part of a long - term plan to produce their own players rather than buy ready - made talent — their current senior squad cost over # 300m to assemble.

The Gunners have lost plenty of stars to the Catalan club and the fact that Bellerin is from there and spent many years at their La Masia academy before coming to finish his development in the Arsenal academy gave us extra cause for concern when Barca started to mention Bellerin as they began to look for a long term replacement for the Brazil international Dani Alves.

Moreno, who impressed for Sevilla last season as they won the Europa League, is likely to arrive as Brendan Rodgers» long term left back solution, having used youngster Jon Flanagan out of position during the last campaign — the academy graduate is now likely switch to his natural right hand side.

The club academy's long term ground is also under threat as its lease at the Alan Higgs Centre is set to end next year.

João Pereira A short, versatile right - back, the Benfica academy product ended his first term as a senior player with this cup final win, but did not always see eye - to - eye with the Eagles management and left two years later.

The River Plate academy graduate is yet to earn a full international cap for his country but a strong showing at the upcoming Olympics, as well as for West Ham in the Premier League next term, would likely lead to senior international recognition.

At the Academy, Bielik and Pleguezuelo are well regarded centre halves with either as potential long - term replacements for Kos, but both seem to be being brought along in a very low key way.

If you do your research, you would find that the American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization both promote nursing until 2 or 3 and beyond this as long as both child and mom are comfortable with it.WIC also promotes long term nursing as well.

The American Academy of Pediatrics advises against the use of marijuana during pregnancy and while breastfeeding: «Street drugs such as PCP (phencyclidine), cocaine, and cannabis can be detected in human milk, and their use by breastfeeding mothers is of concern, particularly with regard to the infant's long - term neurobehavioral development and thus are contraindicated.»

«Even if you're getting them to go in a pot as a young infant, I don't know if it will have any long - term impact for all the effort you have to go through,» said Dr. Mark Wolraich, author of the academy's «Guide to Toilet Training» (Bantam Books, 2003).

Referrals to craniofacial centers for evaluation of deformational plagiocephaly and brachycephaly are increasing.8 This increase in deformations has been temporally linked to the Back to Sleep program advanced by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1992 that advises the avoidance of the prone sleeping position as a method of reducing the rates of sudden infant death syndrome.10,, 12,13 There is a delay in early gross motor milestones in children forced to sleep supine but these delays seem transient and have not been linked as yet to any longer term problems.14 Children who are encouraged to sleep on their backs and develop abnormal head shapes as a result are a different population than children who spontaneously restricted their movement in bed for one reason or another.

He was one of the first trainers for TSNA Culinary Academy in 2013 and served as TSNA President for the 2015 - 2016 term.

On the other side of the debate, the American Academy of Pediatrics states that the benefits for the infant in terms of reduced risk of infection, adult obesity, allergies, and asthma are so great that breastfeeding must be viewed as an «investment in your child's future» rather than a «lifestyle choice.»

However, officials note that «the current inspection framework is antithetical to the Steiner ethos / pedagogical approach» in terms of «Literacy in Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1)», where Ofsted required «more formal learning»; «KS2 tests», as «Last year, the Academy pupils did not sit the tests (the Academy provided the exam papers and rooms for pupils to sit the exams but parents chose not to allow their pupils to sit the tests)»; and «Teaching and learning», where it is noted that the schools consider that «any process which judges learning as the immediate outcome from teaching in a lesson is inappropriate.

McNutt succeeds Ralph J. Cicerone, who is completing his second term as president, the maximum allowed by the Academy's bylaws.

Basic research has long been recognized by expert organizations such as the National Academy of Sciences as key to driving innovation and ensuring long - term economic growth.

As reported April 17 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Buchman and her colleagues developed a gene drive system termed Medea (named after the mythological Greek enchantress who killed her offspring) in which a synthetic «toxin» and a corresponding «antidote» function to dramatically influence inheritance rates with nearly perfect efficiency.

As the Academies notes in their recent decadal survey,» [t] he search for exoplanets is one of the most exciting subjects in all of astronomy...» The report went on to recommend «a program to explore the diversity and properties of planetary systems around other stars, and to prepare for the long - term goal of discovering and investigating nearby, habitable planets.»

ALLEA Member Academies elected in Budapest Professor Antonio Loprieno as the next ALLEA President for the term 2018 - 2021.

Dr. Rachel Fortune is the medical director of Newport Academy, a rehabilitation center that specializes in treating eating disorders and substance abuse — a situation that requires detoxing as the term originally entailed.

It's also difficult to quantify in terms of the Academy Awards, for which Ivory was nominated as director for three (two were back to back).

The next few days are going to bountiful in terms of awards announcements, as Oscar ballots sit firmly in the hands of the Academy...

Though far too often dismissed as a chick flick, «Terms of Endearment» was a marvelous slice of life that the Academy embraced with five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Director.

Academy observers pegged Laura Dern or casting director David Rubin as the likeliest candidates to succeed Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who termed out after serving four years as president.

But Ryan Gosling and Andrew Garfield learned the hard way that the Academy is truly No Country for Young Twinks, just as Firth will now have to come to terms with the notion that his time as the thinking woman's sex symbol may not extend much longer beyond the time it takes to say, «I'd like to thank the Academy.»

The fact that Kubrick's iconic films so often top best film and director polls across the media show that this his exclusion from the ranks of Best Director award holders is one of the Academy's biggest mistakes, especially when considering the films it lost out to such as My Fair Lady and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which are well respected but not really on a par in terms of Kubrick's directorial skills, and neither George Cukor or Milos Forman have made a directorial impact elsewhere.

And as the films roll out (or worse, even before they roll out), we find ourselves treating their fortunes as sport, pitting them against each other, judging their long - term prospects with critics and academy voters, and effectively dividing them into winners or losers.

In terms of demographics, over the years the Academy has also gained a reputation as a stodgy entity lacking in diversity, and has recently undergone efforts to change its makeup.

The Academy Award - winning writer / director James L Brooks (Terms of Endearment; Broadcast News; As Good As It Gets) sits with host Kevin Pollak for an insightful, 2 - plus hours of career anecdotes and insights.

The way the top - slice arrangement works is that an academy chain sponsor will provide its academies with additional services, such as hiring executive directors, developing staff terms and conditions and managing procurement, in return for a small percentage of each schools revenue, known as its general annual grant (GAG).

Having the freedom to decide term times, teaching structure and curriculum are key drivers for those schools considering academy conversion, as many in the education sector feel controlled by central and local government decisions.

Defined as perseverance and passion for long - term goals, grit accounted for an average of 4 percent of the variance in success outcomes, including educational attainment among two samples of adults; grade point average among Ivy League undergraduates; retention among two classes at the United States Military Academy, West Point; and ranking in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Other key findings include: - Squeezed budgets mean many schools have been forced to shed staff, with further reductions to staff spending expected over the next two years - Teacher shortages seem to be getting worse - Schools that opt for academy status are not embracing the freedoms it brings in terms of curriculum, and teachers» pay and conditions - Secondary governors are using 11 - 16 funding to subsidise their sixth forms, as cuts in post-16 budgets bite

The term «coasting» has proven controversial due to its ambiguity and came under particular scrutiny when it was announced that schools deemed as coasting could be forced to convert to academies under plans included the Educational Excellence Everywhere white paper.

Partnering and holding events with organisations such as the Job Centre, the Prince's Trust, Sport 4 Life and community outreach services, BB Training Academy aims to give long - term unemployed young people a clear career path to a bright future.

Lincroft Academy in Oakley, part of Sharnbrook Academy Federation, became a school for students aged 11 to 16 this term, changing from Lincroft Middle School as part of the local authority's move to a two - tier education system.

Through such instruction, Community Academy shows students how to resist in ways that overcome racism as a barrier to success and that have positive long - term outcomes for both individuals and communities.

Meet the special educational needs of children with physical disabilities as far as is practicable in terms of the layout and resources of the Academy.

The Shared Learning Trust, formerly known as Barnfield Academy Trust, last week said it was closing its studio school in Luton after «carefully weighing up its long - term viability» in the face of dwindling pupil numbers.

As Angirst, et al, Dobbie and Fryer, and Tuttle, et al show, a bunch of charter schools with large achievement test gains, including Boston «no - excuses» schools, Harlem Promise Academy, and KIPP, have produced little or nothing in terms of high school graduation and college - attendance rates.

In addition to this work, she has worked on the development and presentation teams for the New Jersey Leadership Academy and began a term as NJPSA's representative to the State Board of Examiners in October 2015.

When an academy trust or local authority pays a school leader a significant sum using funding that is owned by society as a whole, and justifies this with the use of the business term of «market rate», have we lost a little something of what makes the education sector?

«Only 15 % of the largest academy chains perform above the national average in terms of progress made by pupils, compared with 44 % of councils, while more than 80 % of maintained schools are rated as «good» or «outstanding» by Ofsted.

The schools are established as academies, independent of local authorities and with increased control over their curriculum, teachers» pay and conditions, and the length of school terms and days.

The different treatment of surpluses and deficits seems out of line with other aspects of the legal position for a sponsored academy, where it is treated as a new school — for example in terms of performance and Ofsted inspection.

• Leading a failing Alternative Provision academy out of special measures in two terms • Coaching senior leaders to ensure rapid improvement in their schools • Developing outstanding Safeguarding practice as a member of a inner city Children's Safeguarding Board • Leading a five - year, # 28 million whole school re-building programme.