Word: placement
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...past 10 years the number of people willing to consider transracial adoptions has surged. In 1972 the National Association of Black Social Workers made waves when it declared itself vehemently opposed to transracial placements. Representatives of the association argued that minority children need parents like them in order to form a strong sense of identity. While that view is shared by many officials in the foster-care system, there are now laws in place forbidding officials to use race as a routine consideration. And proponents of transracial placement have research behind them. "The bottom line is that these children grow...
Until the Faculty eliminated the exemption earlier this year, students could substitute Advanced Placement (AP) scores for Cores. The beauty of AP exams; for those who attended high schools offering AP biology, chemistry or physics, getting a score of four or five means that you can place out of one--but only one--of the science Core classes...
...Basically, the AP tests are what we would consider high school-level science and math, they are useful only for placement--not for credit--in most cases," Michel says. "Students in the sciences take much more rigorous courses in math and sciences...
Secretary of Education Richard Riley is fond of saying, "Better education is everybody's business." In Plymouth, Mich., they take that slogan to heart. District administrators are considering auctioning off school names to the highest-bidding corporation. No takers yet, but it could be the ultimate product placement: imagine your kid one day graduating from McDonald's Middle School and heading off to Coke High...
...placement of stereo speakers in the windows is forbidden...