Sentences with phrase «very high achieving schools»

On average, what we're seeing at the very high achieving schools is kids doing three - and - a-half, four, five hours of homework a night.

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Sirs: We here in Pensacola, Fla. are very proud of the record achieved by the Pensacola High School basketball team.

«But we know that when you organize school policies and practices a certain way you can foster very high - achieving, healthy adults.

On her part, Ms Lankai Quarcoopome, who is an alumnus of the school (AGOSA» 76) and also the Guest Speaker, said she believes that «through quality education, we could make our lives better and also transform our nation and for this reason, we must insist on achieving very high academic and performance standards at all levels in the country.»

Explaining the rationale for the implementation of policies such as Free Senior High School Education and the restoration of Teacher and Nursing Training allowances despite enormous fiscal challenges, Vice President Bawumia said any nation that seeks to achieve holistic development must necessarily invest in its human capital, «and the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, is very committed to the education of every young person in Ghana, because an educated population is a prerequisite for growth.»

Susan Wloszczyna: Few films are more of the moment than From Nowhere, as it encapsulates the rising fears of undocumented U.S. residents in the form of three very different Bronx high schoolers as uncertain legal circumstances stand in the way of their achieving their hopes for a better future.

We need autonomous, high performing schools where all children progress and achieve their potential and who are taught by the very best teachers.

Unlike the Committee of Ten model, in which all students followed similar college preparatory programs, in the Cardinal Principles model equal educational opportunity was achieved because all graduates received the same ultimate credential, a high - school diploma, despite having followed very different education programs and having met very different standards in the process.

I know I will need to purchase a home in a high - achieving school district, find the means to pay for private or out - of district tuition or, at the very least, have the knowhow to apply to a desirable charter, magnet, or exam school.

At least as important, as The Washington Post noted, «one very pernicious effect» of this plan is that it «would probably help mediocre (generally rich) prep school kids and hurt high - achieving (generally less well - off) public school students.»

Teachers working in schools without great leadership and without very strong professional learning communities are being robbed of the opportunity to achieve the higher level of success with students of which they are capable.

But when researchers took into account the high achieving nature of the very small minority of disadvantaged pupils who reach grammar schools, most of this difference disappeared.

The idea of having two grades has its merits, because the separate grades can reveal the fact that a low - achieving school is very good at helping its students to close learning gaps through high growth.

The award honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools whose students achieve at very high levels or have made significant progress and helped close gaps in achievement especially among disadvantaged and minority students.

We want to prioritize the very limited and scarce state dollars to schools that are either achieving at a high level, rapidly improving or doing great work in communities of exceptional need.

For example, Bromwell Elementary, which has historically been a high green school — and in fact this year achieved a very high 74.48 percent of points on the SPF — has been downgraded to a «yellow» rating due to academic gaps between underserved students and their classmates.

This implies that the negative impacts of high school exit exam policies on graduation rates found in other studies are more likely a result of reduced graduation rates of very low - achieving students than of discouragement of marginally low - achieving students.

I know I will need to purchase a home in a high - achieving school district, find the means to pay for private or out - of - district tuition or, at the very least, have the knowhow to apply to a desirable charter, magnet, or selective enrollment school.

In addition, YES Prep's students are outperforming their higher income and white peers statewide in most cases — something very few, if any, other large urban school systems nationwide to date have achieved.

When that school opened, a number of Massachusetts charters were already achieving great success with educational models that hold students to very high standards and expectations.

They want to keep all the clever children at Ashton — getting very good GCSEs — and then put children like my son in a less high - achieving school.»

Like many educators, Eiler says the system has a key flaw: Under the new system, students can achieve very high scores on the ISTEP, but still be labeled «low growth,» potentially harming the school's letter grade.

Principal turnover has a more significant negative effect in high - poverty, low - achieving schools — the very schools in which students most rely on their education for future success.Béteille, T., Kalogrides, D., & Loeb, S. (2012).

The Blue Ribbon Award designation goes to public and private elementary, middle and high schools whose students achieve at very high levels, or have made significant academic progress and helped close gaps in achievement especially among disadvantaged and minority students.

After completing your studies or high school, all people wanted to get a good job in order to get settles lifestyle and therefore, in order to achieve best job you will have to understand some of the very important tips as well as key skills.

No matter what was happening outside of school, she came in ready to work hard and achieve a very high GPA.