Sentences with phrase «whether particular schools»

In an initial review of how the department administered funds under the emergency federal aid approved by Congress, the inspectors found that department officials visited affected areas and reviewed all available data to verify whether a particular school district was entitled to the federal money, the report says.

Research findings, anecdotes, and test scores can inform the debate about whether a particular school reform has worked or not worked, or whether it is a «good» approach or a «bad» one, but the decision to continue or abandon that approach will always be political in nature.

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Whether the president's efforts to strike a better deal for America results in redemption or disaster, a Wharton School researcher recently uncovered evidence that it may have already altered how Americans — and American men in particular — approach negotiations.

The school targets marketing toward diverse populations, whether it's women, international students, or those with particular backgrounds.

Christians have tended to concentrate on whether the court reached the right result (according to their view) on a particular issue, whether it's abortion rights or school prayer.

Wheeler cites the research done by Auburn Seminary's Center for the Study of Theological Education in intensively examining theological faculties in several seminaries, with particular emphasis on whether such schools will be able to recruit enough qualified faculty to replace the many who are currently retiring.

We began the study because so many people — seminary deans and presidents in particular — told us that they were worried about whether theological schools would be able to recruit enough qualified faculty to replace the many who soon will be retiring.

A few years ago I would have wondered whether Catholic schools, universities and publishers were prepared to grasp that particular nettle.

It can not be said that this particular interpretation of the general Christian philosophical doctrine that all that exists whether material or spiritual, must be brought under the same concept of being and conceived as subject to the same metaphysical norms, is the interpretation favoured by all philosophical schools.

Adopting «in Jesus» name» as the necessary minimal condition for a counting as a «Christian congregation» for the purpose of a theological school's study does not, of course, require any particular answer to the quite different question whether God is truly known and worshiped by groups who do not worship in Jesus» name or whether God is redemptively present to them.

In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.

If the family has a particular set of religious beliefs, they will no doubt teach their children about them, whether they're in school or not.

If you have a particular practice in your school that you think is successful at supporting the individuals in their development — whether it is a successful orientation program, a volunteer rewards program, professional development plans for trustees or anything else, click here to go to the post and add a comment telling us about your success.

Whether someone's son or daughter sprains an ankle, cuts their arm, twists their knee, or, more seriously, injures their head, a school district's ability to provide that particular student - athlete with the proper care is an enormous value.

Whether or not your child has homework on a particular night, consider reading aloud with her after school or at night.

Some schools specialise in particular strengths, whether academic, vocational or artistic, although this is not as common as it is in the State sector.

Misgivings have been widely expressed in the media about the state of science teaching in schools and, in particular, whether recent changes have made the situation worse.

«The findings also emphasize the difficulty in judging whether a treatment really helps a particular dry eye patient,» said the leader of the coordinating center for the study, Maureen G. Maguire, Ph.D., of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

The new findings bolster evidence that it matters less what particular diet composition people follow and more whether a person sticks with that diet, said Linda Van Horn, a professor of preventive medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, who wrote an editorial about the new study.

This leads me to wonder whether students of classical music, who show particular promise, are encouraged to apply for scholarships at specialist schools, as the state system is simply not tuned up to provide the high - level teaching required for the most talented?

In particular, it is not known whether teachers leave schools with high concentrations of disadvantaged and low - achieving populations for financial reasons or because of the working conditions associated with serving these students.

In particular, I examine 1) whether a child was below grade for age while still of school age (a proxy for grade retention); 2) three indicators of adult educational attainment (high school dropout, high school degree only, and some college); 3) adult wage and salary earnings and indicators of employment and receipt of public assistance income; and 4) an indicator for residence in institutionalized group quarters, a widely used proxy for incarceration.

When job seekers see an advert for a school they have access to Ofsted reports, good schools guides, league tables, performance rankings, and online forums; many of these will be used to make an informed decision about whether to apply for a particular job.

In writing Fires in the Mind, Cushman worked with 160 «ordinary teenagers» assembled by the nonprofit What Kids Can Do to examine how and why young people become interested and often acquire impressive skills in particular projects and activities, whether in school or out...

Whether you are looking for an introduction to our degree programs, a better understanding of a particular program, information about opportunities outside the classroom (e.g., internships), or tips on how to build your application, small group sessions are a great way to learn about the school, programs, admissions process, and more.

This depends on how schools assign students to such programs, in particular, whether a child's eligibility is based on a comparison to other children in his grade or to other children his age.

A question of particular interest was whether schools that failed to make AYP in the previous school year responded strongly to the incentive to target instruction to students at risk of falling just short of the proficiency threshold.

In particular, we know each student's gender, ethnicity, whether they received free or reduced - price lunch through the federal lunch program, whether they were English language learners or received special education services, and their record of suspensions and absences from school.

We looked at whether 7th graders in a particular school performed better than the same school's 8th graders (relative to the national average for their respective grades) when, on average, the 7th - grade classes were smaller than the 8th - grade classes.

«Overall, our research showed that the most commonly cited reasons for choosing a particular school were the convenience of its location to family, whether other family members were attending, its academic quality and its philosophical or religious focus.»

As a first test for nonrandom selection of students into or out of particular schools and cohorts of students, we examined whether peer family violence appears to have an effect on cohort size or student characteristics such as race, gender, and income.

School officials, not parents, make the determination of whether a student has a particular disability and what accommodations are necessary.

The existence of more private schools gives parents who want to raise their children's achievement the opportunity to choose whether to send them to a particular private school or to a public school.

In particular, no one has previously had access to information on Americans» perceptions of the level of student achievement in their local schools in order to discern whether their perceptions are systematically inflated.

Teachers would stop projecting the day's standards - to - be-tackled on the board; they would stop asking students to determine whether they have mastered a particular standard, and how to know when they've mastered it — practices I saw at the school I visited.

Whether or not girls in single - sex schools are more likely to pursue science degrees or political careers, whether or not boys in single - sex schools are more likely to write poetry or pay attention in class, single - sex schools can allow educators to address the particular interests, strengths, learning styles, and developmental stages of a single sex while allowing boys and girls to concentrate on something other than the opposite sex — at least for a few brief hours eaWhether or not girls in single - sex schools are more likely to pursue science degrees or political careers, whether or not boys in single - sex schools are more likely to write poetry or pay attention in class, single - sex schools can allow educators to address the particular interests, strengths, learning styles, and developmental stages of a single sex while allowing boys and girls to concentrate on something other than the opposite sex — at least for a few brief hours eawhether or not boys in single - sex schools are more likely to write poetry or pay attention in class, single - sex schools can allow educators to address the particular interests, strengths, learning styles, and developmental stages of a single sex while allowing boys and girls to concentrate on something other than the opposite sex — at least for a few brief hours each day.

Potential employees will make their decision whether they want to work for a particular school based on a number of factors such as Ofsted ratings, reputation and catchment areas.

Provide support: whether for six weeks, a year, or three years it is important to support the school, and in particular the lead teacher throughout the programme.

However, I do question whether it tells us something about the value of a given regulation to protecting kids or what particular regulations are the basis for schools choosing to opt in or out.

So whether a particular student gets assigned a slot at the charter school is luck of the draw.

Future research should more fully explore these mechanisms, in particular, the finding of increased per - pupil spending, to determine whether these might be explained by smaller class sizes or changes in the composition of the teaching force at district schools.

That's why it's important to fix how we are measuring Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)-- so that schools are not unfairly punished by measurements that do not take account, for instance, where a particular student started at the beginning of the year and whether the school moved students closer to proficiency targets.

Instead of considering how they can use particular OER content and OER curation platforms to transform instruction, schools too often look only at whether OER solutions cover the required content for given courses or are easy and appealing for teachers and students in traditional classrooms to pick up and use.

Hussar took the study one step further, asking the children to think about four types of actions and whether or not they are wrong, not only for themselves, but for others: pushing another child (moral action), going to school with the wrong clothes (conventional deviation), expressing a particular preference (personal choice), and eating meat.

Of course, if I - 1240 becomes law, public charters schools will be allowed everywhere in the state, regardless of whether a majority of voters in a particular county voted in favor of I - 1240 or not.

In sum, while principals believe that districts prioritize improved instruction, variations appear in responses to particular questions about whether principals receive clear guidelines and support for making changes at the school level.

Further, all of these strategies can easily be replicated, and while they were created for a particular set of at - risk students, they can be used in any school, whether students are dealing with major trauma or the kinds of everyday challenges that all kids face.

Subjects were asked to provide details on the type of school they attended each year between first and 12th grades, including whether the school was public or private, whether it was religious or secular and whether it was affiliated with a particular religious institution.

In particular, it is «not clear» whether school staff have the capacity to deliver the mental health leads policy, and there is a danger that the advent of mental health support teams will prompt schools to «further cut their current provision of mental health support», assuming the new teams will be there instead.

Education Week examines whether the «widespread worry that states would walk away from making sure that particular groups of students — English - language learners, students in special education, and racial minorities — mattered in their school accountability systems» under ESSA is well founded.