Actually, educational achievement by 15-year-olds in the UK compares more favourably with other developed countries than many might imagine.
The PISA assessments of 15-year-olds educational attainment, published in December 2010, showed Wales falling further behind since the 2006 tests.
Wales finished bottom amongst the UK nations in terms of the educational attainment of 15-year-olds in science, literacy and mathematics.
It is a well established fact in educational research that children who are younger in their year group at school tend on average to do significantly worse in terms of educational attainment.
Earlier this year I met with Educational Services of America, a potential customer.
Tuition revenue accounted for a record 47% of educational funding at public colleges last year.
Every youngster in the institute must participate in judo and educational classes Monday through Saturday, year-round.
In addition, districts benefited in some ways from these companies being able to attract capital to invest large sums of money in improving their products and services year over year for the existing educational paradigm.
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Both produced a specific set of educational goals to be achieved by the year 2000.
He provided stats on crime, educational attainment, presence of four-year colleges and an index on cultural and recreational opportunities.
Each year on April 25 the world recognizes World Malaria Day to call attention to the disease that kills nearly one million people each year and, negatively affects educational achievement, worker productivity, and economic development, and to mobilize action to combat it.
"I don't have a lot of formal educational background, " says the 30-year-old resident of Nevada City, Calif.
In the first year it covers all medical and educational costs for the children and their families.
Tim won this year's Becta (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) award for the best use of technology in the class.
To understand the results of this year's National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, you have to look at the bigger picture.
In 1996, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released data on the proportion of two- to four-year-olds taking part in educational programs in 27 countries.
An educational outreach and learning centre will open next year.
Several training courses have already taken place, resulting in the production of a 52 minute film on the Afghan New Year, as well as three educational films which have been shown throughout the country thanks to a campaign conducted via travelling cinema.
The Times Educational Supplement (TES) reports that since last year, 132 ex-servicemen and women have been accepted on teacher training courses.
The conference encouraged all Bilingual Education partners including NGOs to have a joint 5-year plan for further expanding and implementing bilingual educational opportunities.
As you may know, Kate, as the educational stocks got into all kinds of issues earlier this year, as to whether they were a creditor or not.
As many as 63 percent of corps members continue to serve as lifelong leaders after their two-year tenure is over, working to expand educational opportunities for all children.
For our combined educational ranking, we gave the number of four-year colleges greater weight than both the number of two-year and the number of highly ranked institutions in a metro area.
Mr Tinajero plans to include educational notes about Halloween's origins with his products next year.
Every year the disasters we see are different but the educational programming we provide in schools, home, and churches is constant.
The Conservatives also thought that they could claim some credit, pointing out that a 15-year-old will have spent most of his educational career benefiting from their policies before 1997.
As part of the restoration, the abbey's top floor is being made into a gallery which will display items relating to its 800-year history, with new learning spaces created for educational groups to use.
And I think you can bet that this administration continues to work on solutions to improve the delivery of the educational system beyond high school but not in a four-year college environment, and to ensure that individuals have the training necessary if they're not going to go on to a four-year education to be able to undertake the jobs of the 21st century.
In the second half of this year, however, YY plans to add monetization for educational rooms or what it calls channels.
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The government says it wants to push ahead with proposals announced last year to reform the system for identifying children with special educational needs and providing support services.
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