A class size experiment in the United States found that attending small classes for 3 or more years in the early grades increased high school graduation rates of students from low income families.

A class size experiment in the United States found that attending small classes for 3 or more years in the early grades increased high school graduation of students from low income families.

Perhaps one of the more telling signs of the passion and commitment to basketball at the high school level is the number and size of large basketball gymnasiums in the state.

During this time, enrollment at the small state school swelled ( due in large part to the opening in 1957 of the Mackinac Bridge, linking the Upper and Lower Peninsulas to vehicle traffic ) and as a result, the campus expanded rapidly, roughly to the size it remains to this day.

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World War II work divided Lipscomb's time in graduate school beyond his other thesis work, as he partly analyzed smoke particle size, but mostly worked with nitroglycerin-nitrocellulose propellants, which involved handling vials of pure nitroglycerin on many occasions.

Over 700 high school bands compete during the Fall season with bands of similar size and talent.

The Avon High School Marching Black and Gold, a large marching band, is classified as a AAAA band in the BOA circuit, as determined by school size.

One popular classification system uses the size of the school to split up the competing bands.

In Finland, the head of a primary school is called a rector ( rehtori ) provided the school is of sufficient size in terms of faculty and students.

This school, known as the Jones ' School, at first employed only one teacher but slowly grew in size and popularity.

As with the conventional school set-up The Department of Education establishes the boundaries for class size and qualifications required by teachers.

Starting in the 1970s, a number of “ tech parks ” opened in North Stonington ’ s southeastern corner, adjacent to I-95. The dramatic growth in the town ’ s population had a direct impact on the size of the school system ; whereas in the late 1950s the average graduating class ran in the teens, by 1965 it had more than doubled to 42, and was 51 in 1968.

Florida State Law in 1948 required new school buildings be placed on parcels not less than in size.

It ranks 43rd in size amongst the 114 school districts in Idaho.

The bands themselves account for a large amount of championships and victories that the school has received over the years, and the bands continue to post top-three finishes in IHSA Band Contests and Solo performances, as well as having a long history in excellence in field competition which has resulted in championships or close rankings in the different size classes the bands have been in.

* Despite its relatively small size, Kewanee maintains two separate school districts, Kewanee district # 229 and Wethersfield district # 230, reflecting the fact that the city sits in two different townships, Kewanee Township, and Wethersfield Township.

Until 2009, Charles Quentin Elementary School was also a school in the district open in Kildeer, right outside Lake Zurich that served students in Kildeer, parts of Deer Park and a small part of Lake Zurich, but it closed due to small size of all the students who were attending it, and the school that takes students from the area now is Isaac Fox.

Remsen is very unusual for its small size having two K-12 school systems: Remsen-Union Public School and Remsen St. Mary's.

In 2000, Andover passed a bond issue allowing the school system to double in size.

The grade school offers all students the advantages of its small size and individual attention.

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Not all of the people in the region lived in cliff dwellings ; many colonized the canyon rims and slopes in multi-family structures that grew to unprecedented size as populations swelled.

He was tall and fairly handsome ; " he had sparkling eyes of medium size ; his nose, like that of his brother, was becomingly aquiline ; his hair was blond and grew back somewhat from his forehead.

Several leagues, seeing the writing on the wall, eventually joined the NA, which grew in size over the next several years.

It grew in size and influence over a few decades, and by the end of the 4th century had become the official state religion of the Roman Empire, replacing other forms of religion practiced under Roman rule.

Yet in other countries canals grew in size as construction techniques improved.

The encyclopaedia grew in size ; the second edition was 10 volumes, and by its fourth edition ( 1801 – 1809 ) it had expanded to 20 volumes.

The brain later grew in size, and H. erectus eventually developed a more complex stone tool technology called the Acheulean.

In a 2001 report, NASA found the ozone thinning over Antarctica had remained the same thickness for the previous three years, however in 2003 the ozone hole grew to its second largest size.

Early minivans models may be smaller than modern models, but still fit into the child subsegment ; the first-generation Renault Espace introduced in 1984 would be classified nowadays as a compact MPV, but later generations grew in size and the Espace is now considered a large MPV.

While this simple method worked well in a small community of Christians unified by persecution, as the congregation grew in size, the acclamation of a new bishop was fraught with division, and rival claimants and a certain class hostility between patrician and plebeian candidates unsettled some episcopal elections.

Both the proportions of the limb bones, size and shape of the skull, and size and number of teeth changed as the animals grew.

In contrast, the more advanced, large pterodactyloid pterosaurs such as Pteranodon grew to adult size within the first year of life.

However, as dealings with foreigners became increasingly complicated and frequent, the office grew in size and importance, aided by revenue from customs duties which came under its direct jurisdiction.

These 48 men formed the core of FARC, which quickly grew in size to hundreds of fighters.

Initially a small branch of the Sturmabteilung ( the " Brownshirts " or Stormtroopers, abbreviated in German as SA ), the SS grew in size and power due to its exclusive loyalty to Adolf Hitler, as opposed to the SA, which was seen as semi-independent and a threat to Adolf Hitler's hegemony over the party.

During production, the Clangers grew in size from the first to the last episode, to allow Firmin to use an Action man model figure in " The Rock Collector.

During this time, the city grew significantly in size and wealth therefore seeking to emulate other large European capitals such as Paris.

As the size of the Black population grew, however, many attempts were made to reduce it.

Under Tvrtko, Bosnia grew in both size and power, finally becoming an independent kingdom in 1377.

As networks grew in size, however, it became evident there could be a massive traffic burst every 30 seconds, even if the routers had been initialized at random times.

Boomtowns can often decrease in size as fast as they initially grew.

Those reported grew to only half the size of the parents.

Later in the Republic a cognomen was added to distinguish families within a gens, as the importance of the gens grew and the size of voting tribes required this differentiation.

A cover story on Stone in the March 31, 1958 issue of Time magazine led to a series of important national and international commissions, and Stone's firm grew in size from 20 architects to over 200.