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The People to People Student Ambassador Program was a travel service based in Spokane, Washington, offering domestic and international travel opportunities to middle and high school students. The group was founded in 1956, during the Eisenhower administration, and reincorporated in 1995.
The Duke University Talent Identification Program (commonly referred to as "Duke TIP") was a gifted education program based at Duke University.Founded in 1980 as one of the first pre-collegiate studies programs offered by an American university, [1] the program aimed to identify gifted students in grades four through twelve and provide advanced educational opportunities, as well as social and ...
The Julian C. Stanley Study of Exceptional Talent (SET) is an outgrowth of the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) at Johns Hopkins University.Founded in 1971 by Professor Julian Stanley, SMPY pioneered the concept of above-grade-level testing of middle school students, using the SAT to identify exceptionally talented mathematical reasoners, then offering rigorous academic programs ...
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on student test scores, the school is considered not providing a good education to its students and is labeled ‘in need of improvement.’ The school then faces serious sanctions—from allowing its students to move to other schools to being restructured. Schools that
Hewitt's Middle School Sustainability and Social Activism Committee is dedicated to creating sustainable and ethical practices within the Hewitt community and throughout New York. [ 9 ] Hewitt puts on several student productions each year, including an upper school play, middle and upper school musical, middle school play, and a series of music ...
Sandy Spring Friends School (SSFS) is a progressive, coeducational, college preparatory Quaker school serving students from preschool (age three) through 12th grade. SSFS offers an optional 5- and 7- day boarding program in the Middle School and Upper School. 59% of its student body identifies as students of color, and 19 countries are represented in its boarding program.
The International Community School has been recognized as one of the best high schools in the United States, public or private. In every year since it was founded, ICS students have achieved top-tier scores on national and state achievement tests like Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) test, the High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE), and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC ...
"Vehicle ramming attacks have the ability to further democratize terrorism as a successful attack that merely requires a willingness to kill and can be completed by only one actor," he concluded ...