would you evaluate the School House business model? Ms. Weeks was a Greensboro girl who came to Duke with an interest in fashion and concern for exploited workers in the third world sweat shops which produce much of the world’s clothing. She managed to obtain a Fulbright Scholarship to study in Sri Lanka‚ a small country 10‚000 miles away which was trying to brand itself as a source of clothing that was produced ethically. To make a long story short‚ Ms. Weeks founded School House and launched a factory
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The Lynn English High School is a coed‚ public high school in Lynn‚ Massachusetts. There are about 1700 pupils enrolled at LEHS‚ and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1. The gender divide is 51 percent female and 49 percent male. The results of state assessments show 82 percent of pupils are proficient in English and 65 percent are proficient in Mathematics. The graduation rate is 83 percent and College Readiness Index is 13.0. LEHS is part of the Lynn School District. LEHS uses a Common Core
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Laura Matthews‚ principal of Ruth Brown Elementary School‚ has been placed on administrative leave‚ according to Superintendent Charles Bush of the Palo Verde Unified School District. Officials said on Monday‚ they could not elaborate on what led up to the action‚ because it’s a personnel matter. However Bush was able to explain the board’s actions. “The short version of it is‚ on or before March 15 in a year‚ school administrators can be notified that for the following year‚ they can be reassigned
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Proper time-management and critical thinking are both crucial for success in medical school. Throughout my life‚ I had to develop excellent time-management skills in order to balance work‚ academics‚ and extracurricular activities without becoming overwhelmed. Initially‚ I was having trouble keeping up with all three without becoming overtaken with stress. However‚ I eventually learned to prioritize my tasks and plan ahead so that I am able to stay on top of everything I need to do and take care
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Middle School Student Showcase Planning and preliminary preparations are under way for Candor’s first student showcase for 7th and 8th grader students on May 18th. This event will happen during 9th period so all students will be able to present a piece of excellent work. Beth Gance-Virkler and I have been working with students throughout the year helping them collect samples that they would be proud to display. The biggest challenge is getting 7th and 8th grade students to deeply reflect on
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At San California Online Schools‚ we are driven by the prospect that when the best research‚ the best appearing and the best patient thought go along with‚ we can pass on accomplishments that recover the world. Our top rankings reflect our single focus on pushing social protection. We are the fundamental establishment submitted just to the wellbeing sciences. San California Online Schools is a social occasion of conferred specialists‚ clinicians‚ understudies and staff who offer an ordinary drive
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In high school‚ I was determined to attend Georgetown University against the wishes of a guidance counselor who warned‚ “Georgetown doesn’t accept people from schools like ours‚” and parents‚ who not having attended university themselves‚ weren’t convinced college was a worthwhile expense. This made navigating the application process difficult‚ and applying for financial aid even more taxing. I was fortunate to receive significant scholarship and need-based aid that allowed me to attend Georgetown
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Oxbow Prairie Horizons School (OPHS)‚ the new K-12 school in Oxbow‚ Saskatchewan. It’s an absolutely gorgeous facility‚ complete with a large gym (equipped with top-of-the-line sound and lighting systems)‚ integrated program for the functionally challenged students‚ large foyer‚ kitchen and even an extra gym. The building is plenty big and even has removable classrooms‚ but every rose has its thorn‚ right? Or in OPHS’ case‚ thorns. Shortly after starting the 2011-2012 school term‚ and even shortly
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Case management services were provided through an FM (family meeting) in La Habra. Present at the meeting were WYP (Wraparound Youth Partner) Andy Ngo‚ WPP (Wraparound Parent Partner) Maria Gallardo‚ WCC (Wraparound Care Coordinator) Francisco Isais‚ and the youth’s mother. WYP Ngo invited the youth to the FM‚ but the youth declined to join in the meeting. The team started with the positives and successes. The mother is working longer hours. The stepfather came over to take the kids out to the beach
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a 4.0 for certain classes. Making the new incoming class of 2020 feel abused by the system. The main reason the school drop the weighted grade is because of the UC and USC colleges drop all honors credit classes. Also‚ how students feel required to take certain honors classes to become valedictorian. The decision was originally implemented for the honors Algebra II. During this school year in the late fall‚ the district‚ said that the class of 2020 will not have any weighted classes. The only weighted
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