Sentences with phrase «youngsters in»

Even before she began piloting Khan Academy, Cadwell asked her PTA to buy classroom laptops for the youngsters in her remedial math class.

Though Hong Kong took part in earlier rounds of the OECD's PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), the 2009 testing cycle marked the first time that youngsters in China proper participated.

At Envision's summer - school program, the youngsters in the Khan Academy class spent only half their time on algebra — the rest of their time was on lower - level math skills — and yet still slightly outscored the traditional class, which spent all of its time on algebra.

That means there is something close to 325 wild - eyed youngsters in each and every grade.

The entire network has only 226 youngsters in 11th and 12th grades, although Phoenix, D.C., and the other new schools don't yet have upper grades.

It's certainly easier to individualize if you have one or just a few youngsters in your charge.

Across the nation, about 240,000 youngsters in grades 4 through 8 take part in university - sponsored talent searches each year and the demand for accelerated options is growing.

The week is just one way to inspire the youngsters in our classrooms and to create the next generation of engineers.

I was looking for a new way of engaging youngsters in entrepreneurial activities as soon as they entered full time education.

With the help of others, he founded Jumpstart, an organization that matches college students and youngsters in one - to - one sessions that help the kids charge up for learning.

Powell keeps an ANet data wall in its front lobby and records how many youngsters in each class score proficient or advanced in math and in language arts for each ANet assessment cycle.

A recently approved plan to spend $ 100 million over the next five years to make preschool more widely available to youngsters in Los Angeles County is being touted as a national model.

Hope's Tolson campus serves 420 youngsters in grades PreK — 8, almost all of them African American and two - thirds of them from low - income families.

They have been involved in delivering in excess of 3,200 «learner hours» to youngsters in Central and Southern Scotland — with around 620 Scottish pupils taking part so far.

«Government grants help to subsidise the cost and we can give fantastic opportunities to youngsters in our local community.

In D.C., about 6,600 youngsters in ANet's charter and district schools took year - end tests in 2011.

One of hottest youngsters in film today, Kate Hudson is Hollywood royalty.

What's more, he has to do double - takes to realize that some of his new colleagues are crazier than the youngsters in their charge, including the macho phys ed dude Wade (Rainn Wilson), the gym teacher's eternally upbeat girlfriend Lucy (Alison Pill), the socially backward Doug (Leigh Whannell, who spends his free time in the lounge reading a book on how to start a conversation, and the less developed characters of Tracy (Jack McBrayer) and Rebekkah (Nasim Pedrad).

The names that stand out are Gina Gershon and Marisa Tomei, no doubt somehow aunts or mothers to the youngsters in the lead...

action to keep the youngsters in their seats.

Jonas Bros, Hannah Montana, Sonny Munroe, and Zach & Cody DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: 4 Hit Kiddie DVDs from Disney If you have never heard of the Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana, Sonny Munroe or Zach & Cody, then you must not have any youngsters in the house, because these are four Disney Channel favorites of the tweener demographic.

I chose to give him the benefit of the doubt and chalk his demeanor up to his character, as he does display some actual genuine emotion in a turning point scene with his father (the always brilliant former Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins, whose slightly autistic coin collecting father is really the stand - out here in a film supposedly about two youngsters in love), and he certainly looks the part.

Though it's perfectly acceptable for viewers of all ages, it's so different from today's «family» movies that youngsters in 2015 may have difficulty adjusting to its gentle rhythms.

Playing the taped incantations, the youths unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.»

Unfortunately, Blackbeard is no savior but a kidnapper intent on enslaving the youngsters in Neverland, a lair located in another dimension.

This remake of a 1993 tv movie sees a group of youngsters in a juvenile detention camp put together to form an American Football team, and of course along the way learn about the ways of the world and the importance of working together and regularly writing to your mother.

When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.

11 % of American adults — and 38 % of those who are «single and looking» — have used online dating sites or mobile dating apps One in every ten American Dating apps are popular among Indian youngsters in the age group of 18 - 26 years, who use it to meet new people.

For example, the youngsters in the age group of 18 to 23 often like surprising and novel kind of questions and they will preferably respond.

This makes it popular among youngsters in India.

Another young Indian told The New Indian Express: «Youngsters in smaller towns of India are bound more tightly by cultural restrictions.

There are usually 3 to 5 youngsters in a litter, but sometimes as many as 8.

And we've heard all kinds of other stories too, like the worry about youngsters in remote communities licking cane toads as a form of drug abuse.

We also showed our approval or disapproval of signing by smiling or frowning, by nodding or shaking our heads, and by praising or scolding the youngsters in ASL, just as human adults normally respond to the verbal behavior of [deaf] human children.

Researchers noted that females with young cubs tended to swim less to avoid submersion of youngsters in cold waters, while lone subadults swam as frequently as lone adults.

Research indicated that the Chinese children were sleeping less than youngsters in the United States and Europe, who had participated in similar studies — differences which may be a result of a focus on studying and academic achievement in China.

Their asthma symptoms also were worse, and even among those with health insurance, their odds of ending up in the hospital emergency room choking from the bad air was triple that of youngsters in more affluent areas.

The Eisenhower - era geeks impress the youngsters in other ways as well.

As part of the first - of - its - kind county / school collaboration, local leaders opened the Center for Safe and Healthy Youth, a one - stop location for needs assessment, as well as school support, mental health and social services and juvenile justice - related services for struggling youngsters in Rockland County, ages 10 to 18.

Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto said he was unaware that kids were moved on Monday, although the fact that youngsters in transit stay at Tryon came up in discussions during the tour.

Despite the huge bill, nearly half of youngsters in children's homes are placed far away from their family, friends and other support network, many in crime - ridden areas.

And don't forget implementing one of the most comprehensive welfare reform packages in the country and, likely, the finest and most cost - effective health care program for uninsured youngsters in the entire country.

«These programs have taught proper rifle safety to youngsters in rural communities for generations.

Labour will offer free bus travel to youngsters in areas where services are at least partly run by the public sector.

Mistrust, apprehension and being misinformed were cited as three reasons why discussions about this issue have been closed down between youngsters in the UK.

Involve your youngsters in the family menu.

While Disney does a very good job not to show anything gruesome there were a few times when the youngsters in the theater broke out into tears.

About 40 disadvantaged youths will go to day camp with local police officers in an attempt to put the youngsters in contact with positive role models and get them interested in their community.

The Summer Program immerses youngsters in a total language environment specifically tailored to meet his or her needs.

Sorry Abbi but it is not my kids» generation (in their 30s) that is the most obese; it is the generation of youngsters in the 0 - 16 range of age that is — and they were not fed solid food at 6 weeks.