The closeness this system cultivates is reinforced by the institution of "advisory" classes Teachers meet with students in groups of 25, five mornings a week, for open-ended discussions of everything from homework problems to bad Saturday-night dates.

the size and number of their graduating classes

According to Jeff Gilbert, the "advisory" classes at Hills dale were set up so that students could.

Ten years ago, when the first Newsweek list based on college-level test participation was published, only three of the top 100 schools had graduating Classes smaller than 100 students.

I'm afraid I can't come any earlier because I have three classes this afternoon.

After a few weeks, Donna found a job as an English teacher, teaching five classes a day.

By teaching additional English classes

I used to take classes in Spanish at the local college.

Classes are small,and based on the individual needs of each child

"I try to make things as inexpensive as possible," said Hunt, who uses free digital textbooks for his classes but designs his own curriculum.

Asian-American students have been eager participants in a state program that permits them to take summer classes off campus for high school credit, allowing them to maximize the number of honors and Advanced Placement classes they can take, another practi

Everybody's television set is connected to a system that streams personalized language or exercise classes.

Forty-eight of the students received instruction in study skills only, whereas the others attended a combination of study skills sessions and classes in which they learned about the growth mind-set and how to apply it to schoolwork.

From the last three graduating classes, 16 seniors were admitted to MIT.

If we replaced half of our administrative staff with classroom teachers, we might actually get a majority of our classes back to 20 or fewer students per teacher.

In terms of class, digital divide exists among different types of workers and between the upper and middle classes and the lower class.

Later, I developed a broader theory of what separates the two general classes of learners—helpless versus mastery-oriented.

since then, I have been trying to attend dancing classes twice a week after work.

The data will certainly fuel the ongoing debate over whether physical education classes should be cut as schools struggle to survive on smaller budgets.

There are plenty of recipes, how-to videos and cooking classes available to anyone who has a computer, smartphone or television.

Vocational-type classes, such as computer science or journalism, on the other hand, are often more research-oriented and lend themselves to take-home testing.

Despite the ease with which the rich can acquire almost anything they desire, they are just as likely to be unhappy as the middle classes.

She speculated that professors might try even harder to make classes interesting if they were to compete with the devices.

Naomi Pugh at Freed-Hardeman University speculated that professors would have to work harder to enliven their classes.

have to work harder to enliven their classes.

Since 2003 the small, elite liberal arts school in Brunswick, Maine, has boosted the proportion of so-called under-represented minority students in entering freshman classes from 8% to 13%.

While 9 out of 10 white students routinely get their diplomas within six years, only 7 out of 10 black students made it to graduation day in several recent classes

Private colleges and universities generally do better, partly because they offer smaller classes and more personal attention.

their classes are generally smaller

The Language School wants me to do a bit of exam preparation, but also quite a lot of work in companies and factories, and a couple of children's classes.

A study of employees at health insurance provider Aetna revealed that roughly one quarter of those taking in-office yoga and mindfulness classes reported a 28% reduction in their stress levels and a 20% improvement in sleep quality.

Be sure to attend all classes and leave enough time to finish assignments and prepare well for examinations.

But as the working classes prospered and the servant shortage set in, housekeeping became a matter of interest to the educated classes.

Nearly half of high-earning, college-graduate parents enrolled their children in arts classes before they were 5, compared with one-fifth of low-income, less-educated parents.

Of families earning less than $30,000, 59% of children have done sports, 37% have volunteered and 41 % have taken arts classes.

She says she is able to take Zumba exercise classes three times a week, work out on the treadmill(跑步機), and take long, brisk walks.

Students attend after-school clubs, summer camps, online forums and classes and university-based "math circles," to prepare for the competitions.

Students who take more challenging classes and spend more time studying do learn more.

That was as it should be: kitchens were for servants, and the aspiring middle classes wanted nothing to do with them.