Latino students are more likely to attend our lowest-performing schools, more likely to learn in larger class sizes, more likely to drop out at higher rates.
"We cannot accept that an average of three or four children in each class never learn to write at a level that enables them to go on to further education, " she said on Tuesday.
For decades, research has confirmed that the big factor in determining how much students learn is not class size or the extent of standardized testing but the quality of their teachers.
Taking an elective in college used to mean studying something you wanted to learn about but not necessarily major in: the mathematician who took a class in 19th century Russian literature or the French major who studied Biology 101.
William and Catherine, who are known as the Earl and Countess of Strathearn in Scotland, were due to travel to Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, to learn about the new Astute Class of nuclear powered submarines being built for the Royal Navy by BAE Systems.
Take any introductory marketing class and you'll learn the early adopters -- in other words, the nerds who like playing with the very latest stuff -- set trends and influence others.
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To learn more about trough gardening, to order plants or to take a class in hypertufa trough-making, explore these resources: Oliver Nurseries in Fairfield, Conn.
At a relaxed Monday night cooking club in the Kochlounge, an events space in the 4th district, novices can learn the art of what is now considered a working class staple.
Tango originated in the working-class neighbourhoods of the Argentinean capital, which is a great place to learn some dance steps.
They do not have special lessons as such but meet once a month after school - rising to once a week in their third year - to learn study skills and take on extra work they would not be able to do in a whole-ability class, a recent example being chromatography in chemistry.
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The tour continues with a butchery skills master class at the Taste Tradition butchery 13km away in the market town of Thirsk, where participants learn how to butcher a pig and make the most of each of the cuts, while preparing half an uncooked pig to take home and enjoy.
In this master class, you go to meet an artist in the Tuscan countryside that specializes in fresco paintings, learn the different techniques, and get to try it out yourself.
In my freshman phys ed class at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, we were required to learn to shoot a rifle for target shooting purposes (although I think planting the seed of arming future inner-city pharmacists was an ulterior motive).
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