Not exact matches
After graduating from Harvard Business
School, Spier made a «spectacularly foolish» decision to join D. H. Blair — a third -
tier firm that was eventually shut down by regulators —
where he was exposed to a «snake pit» of Gordon Gekkos and bankers that pushed boundaries.
(A parental dispensation only possible for kids who haven't entered the high -
school pressure cooker
where — as with Sara Notte — summer homework is graded and can directly affect a student's chances to enter a top -
tier university.)
After
school, Joey found his passion for triathlons,
where he qualified for the USA championships in the sprint and Olympic distances, ranking in the top
tier.
Managing director Graham Shennan said: «We've taken the time to look at what's really important in education and settled upon a two -
tier approach,
where we can offer development solutions through Community Plus alongside a new range of model
schools.»
David Simmons, head of the Local Government Association's children and young people board, commented that: «
School autonomy is supposed to drive up standards, but in the case of school meals we now have a two - tier system where one type of school can effectively exempt pupils from healthy choices and instead chose to sell fatty and sugary
School autonomy is supposed to drive up standards, but in the case of
school meals we now have a two - tier system where one type of school can effectively exempt pupils from healthy choices and instead chose to sell fatty and sugary
school meals we now have a two -
tier system
where one type of
school can effectively exempt pupils from healthy choices and instead chose to sell fatty and sugary
school can effectively exempt pupils from healthy choices and instead chose to sell fatty and sugary foods.
Where vouchers are in place — Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Florida — a two -
tiered system has been set up that holds students in public and private
schools to different standards.
By placing all district and charter public
schools into these quality
tiers, the Association is now poised to investigate
where students lack access to quality
schools.
A great example of this type of
tiered strategy is in an elementary
school classroom
where kindergartners are at the reading center.
If a student continues to miss
school after the contact home, he or she is identified by the
school's Building Intervention Team (which serves as the
school's
Tier 2 and
Tier 3 team for academics and behavior) for participation in an intervention
where he or she is partnered with a positive adult to check in daily and reflect on weekly attendance.
Baltimore is not alone among large urban districts in essentially having two
tiers of high
schools: a handful of selective enrollment high
schools and a larger group of lottery - admission or neighborhood
schools where fewer graduates go on to college.
The three -
tier system of education,
where pupils move between lower or first
schools, through middle
schools and then high or upper
schools, gathered popularity in the 1960s, but it's no longer widely used after many areas moved back to a traditional primary and secondary model.
In communities
where the shift has been mandated — high
schools in and around Portland, Me., for example — it has faced considerable resistance from parents and teachers annoyed that the time - consuming, and sometimes confusing, change in classroom life has come from top -
tier school administrators.
And in Worcestershire,
where there are 73 first
schools, 18 middle
schools and two combined middle and upper
schools, a spokesperson insisted there are no ongoing discussions about converting to two -
tier.
It warns of the need for co-ordination from this «middle
tier», between individual
schools and central government, particularly in areas
where schools are at risk of underperforming.
In February, Northumberland Council launched a seven - week consultation which set out plans to completely overhaul the education system in the west of the county,
where there is a 30 - per - cent surplus of places, and many
schools still run on a three -
tier system.
Ensure there is a democratically accountable «middle
tier» to support
schools where problems are identified.
Northumberland is one of just a handful of counties that still runs a three -
tier system of education,
where some pupils move between first, middle and high
schools at ages eight and 13 respectively, while others go to primary and secondary
schools.
At the next
tier down,
schools where 60 to 80 % of students are proficient or advanced, housing prices aren't much lower: median sale prices vary from the high $ 600,000 s to over $ 1 million.
By the time you get to a median price of under $ 500,000, the map is a ribbon along the eastern edge of the District,
where most of the
schools fall into the lowest three
tiers.
I know of one middle class
school system
where the second
tier system is run by an individual with experience as a correctional officer.
These admission policies threaten to turn public
schooling into a two -
tier system
where the students who need the most resources receive the fewest.
When the data is analyzed, the Vallas Turnaround Model is not a tribute to improving public education, but a lesson in privatization by replacing failing public
schools with failing charter
schools and creating a two -
tiered education system
where certain students get access to higher performing institutions, while leaving all the other students behind.
Pank Patel (pictured), regional
schools commissioner for the West Midlands, approved applications for two secondary
schools in the Worcestershire town to expand the age range of their pupils, moving them from a «three -
tier» system that includes middle
schools to «two -
tier»,
where pupils go straight to secondary
school from primary
school.
This doesn't bode well for the two -
tiered school system in New Orleans,
where massive charter expansion is already destroying the neighborhood
school system.
As The New York Times summed up the situation earlier this week, law firms» decisions to cancel or downsize summer programs is having an impact even at top
tier schools,
where firms traditionally drew the majority of their summer classes:
We look at resumes from any law
school, we're not snobbish about
where a student goes to
school, but if a candidate is from a so - called second
tier school we'll probably be looking for high level of success, although we're looking for success regardless of the
schools we draw from.
In the United States —
where tuition at top -
tier law
schools is universally unregulated and commonly exceeds $ 50,000 per year — the class of 2016 is expected to graduate into a collapsed job market with average personal debt upward of $ 215,000.
I've heard from various sources that a certain fourth -
tier law
school is in fairly imminent danger of being shuttered by the central administration of the university
where it's located.
Stoneman Douglas is a top -
tier public
school under the state rating system,
where most students take advanced - placement classes and the curriculum includes yoga and culinary arts.