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Do Differences in School's Instruction Time Explain International Achievement Gaps in Math, Science, and Reading?
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Do differences in schools» instruction time explain international achievement gaps?
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Do Differences in Schools» Instruction Time Explain International Achievement Gaps?
Not exact matches
Sterling spent the next year creating the toy, studying gender
differences and cognitive development
in children, writing a business plan and
doing in - home testing with a prototype with more than 100 boys and girls
in three
schools and more than 40 homes.
The main
difference between this type is that the government
does not pay the accrued interest while you are
in school and during periods of deferment.
In a carefully researched article (Yale Journal of Regulation, Summer 2001), Yale Law School professor Roberta Romano summarized studies on the economic impact of splitting the chair and CEO roles in U.S. companies (where combined CEO / chairs are the norm), finding that there is no statistically significant difference, in terms of stock price or accounting income, between companies that split the roles and those that don'
In a carefully researched article (Yale Journal of Regulation, Summer 2001), Yale Law
School professor Roberta Romano summarized studies on the economic impact of splitting the chair and CEO roles
in U.S. companies (where combined CEO / chairs are the norm), finding that there is no statistically significant difference, in terms of stock price or accounting income, between companies that split the roles and those that don'
in U.S. companies (where combined CEO / chairs are the norm), finding that there is no statistically significant
difference,
in terms of stock price or accounting income, between companies that split the roles and those that don'
in terms of stock price or accounting income, between companies that split the roles and those that don't.
Being able to get financial credit for the work I've
done in school will make a real
difference in my educational funding.
«I remembered what my teacher said
in high
school: «Don't get too caught up with computers because the person that puts wireless technology and computers together is going to make a big
difference.
When she is invited to speak at places like Princeton and people try to argue that it makes little
difference that Camden spends $ 4,000 and Princeton $ 8,000 per student, she retorts, «If you don't believe that money makes a
difference, let your children go to
school in Camden.
The
difference in understanding and behaviour between those who went to Catholic
schools and those who
did not
does not seem that large.
This brings us back to our point: the
differences and relation between a theological
school and Christian congregations
in regard to
doing theology.
Yep you are right, I moved down here
in the state of Mississippi, north of Crystal Springs from Chicago when I was ten years old but still I visit once
in a while, now it's twenty years and sad to not much has change, like the parts you said about non-whites discrimatory or rasicts at other non-whites, when I went to
school here they treated me as a alien from another galaxy, they pick at my voice cause I didn't had that southern dialog, unlike them I said my words correctly, but not just me, they even hated at others who had better intelect I am not picking at them, It is what I went through all these years, Mississippi and mainly this small town of Crystal Springs see America
in a crazy awful view, They don't like
difference that even within they own race, ther not that politcal, when some one say God they got there vote, I don't to say much to waste your time, I still remember when I was ten years old I had a constanct back ground check on me to see were I really come from evn though I had the paper saying Chicago Illinois barely no jobs but a church on every street for a town barely under five Thousand, till this very day, they look at me like I am a alien,
did you ever had that experiance down here damn my keybroad mess up,
Nor
does the church body
in which the man is a minister, or the distinction or obscurity of the
school which awarded him his Bachelor's degree
in Divinity make any perceivable
difference.
I remember taking comparative religion classes
in school... albeit I
did go to a catholic
school and part of it was to show the
differences, and I had the first such class whe I was
in «middle
school» 7th grade.
Viladesau
does not shirk the important
differences between various
schools of Christian theology
in understanding of the place and function of art and beauty
in relation to God.
But what a
difference when our «African brother» no longer rolls
in the sand
in a country far over the sea, but moves into our neighborhood,
does business on our street, becomes a servant
in our home, and sends his children to our
school.
The thread starts with someone talking about Zeller was polished so IU didn't deserve credit for «developing» him, as opposed to Purdue with -LCB- JJ, Hammons, Haas, Biggie -RCB-(the implicit message is that there's clearly a
difference in talent level between Zeller and the Purdue quartet coming out of high
school, just like there is a
difference in talent level between Ben Simmons and Cody Zeller coming out of high
school).
Because of
differences in high
school requirements between Canada and The United States, St - Juste doesn't yet know which class he will be
in
Bello recently took trips to Florida, Florida State and Alabama, but had trouble pointing out what he saw as
differences in the
schools, saying that they have much more
in common than they
do different.
According to Robert Hall, professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri
School of Medicine
in Kansas City, there was no statistical
difference in growth, language development, vision or cognitive development among the children studied, although
in most categories the breast - fed infants
did show slightly better performance.
Having
done this kind of work myself for many years
in San Francisco, I can vouch for how frustrating it can be, and yet, as a parent or guardian who really wants to make a
difference in nutrition and health for an enormous number of children, there is really no better opportunity than serving on your local
school nutrition parent advisory council.
I
do think that if enough parents become willing to speak up about what I view as a huge junk food problem
in schools, then maybe, just maybe, we can made a
difference!
When all is said and
done, I
do have to wonder if the «multiplier» was dis - allowed if it would really make a whole lot of
difference in the quantity of pizza sold to
schools?
Let your kids know why breakfast is important,... MORE and how it WILL make a
difference in how they
do in school.
Despite the
differences between the food
in America and
in other foreign nations,
school lunches across the world
do share one thing
in common.
They'll learn and practice leadership skills, fulfill service learning requirements for
school, and make a
difference in the life of someone that they don't even know - all while expressing their own creativity.
You
do not seem to know the
difference a between infant and neonatal mortality, something that I find strange
in people that attend medical
school.
If anything, what these weeks
in school kitchens have taught me is that standards really don't make a fig of
difference.
Psychologists who have studied attachment have found that when human kids have that same kind of licking and grooming - style bonding with their parents, especially
in the first year of life, it gives them all sorts of psychological strength, confidence [and] character that, when they reach
school age and even into adulthood, will make a huge
difference in how well they
do.»
«I was able to cross the whole state of South Carolina
doing reviews of
school districts, so it gave me a good idea of the
differences in foodservice operations.
Just as her
school embraces
differences in individual children, from personality and learning style, to culture and language, so too
do her books.
Immediately, she insisted suggested that we take Baby on over to the
school and try to squeeze
in an appointment with the Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP), breezily insisting that she didn't think anything was WRONG with him, but that on the off - chance there was, early intervention could make all the
difference in the world.
The teachers union president says when it comes to her thoughts on the system as a whole, the
differences between
schools doesn't just come down to parity
in funding, but parity
in opportunity.
Jorvelyn says one
difference between herself and her friends who are still
in public
school, - they aren't encouraged to
do things like apply to Ivy League colleges, even if their grades are high.
«We didn't see sex
differences in how well volunteers performed, but men and women used their brains differently to get the same results,» says Jill Goldstein, a professor of psychiatry and medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical
School.
Birth weight makes a
difference to a child's future academic performance, according to new Northwestern University research that found heavier newborns
do better
in elementary and middle
school than infants with lower birth weights.
Schools, teacher quality and family income all play a large role
in student success, but these factors
do not fully explain the academic
differences seen
in the U.S. between whites and disadvantaged racial / ethnic minorities, including blacks and Hispanics.
You're correct
in one of your comparisons, at least, which is that there's no
difference between what Heartland
does and the attempts to get creationism taught
in public
schools.
«More work needs to be
done to better understand the causes of these
differences, so that steps can be taken to improve outcomes for mothers and babies,» study lead author Dr. Paul Aylin, of Imperial College London's
School of Public Health, said
in a college news release.
Mainstream wisdom among federal policymakers then was that
schools don't make much of a
difference in children's lives and that spending money to improve
schools was wasteful.
That
difference was the result of some $ 5,500 per student
in local tax dollars going to district
schools that charters such as Omega
did not receive — all this
in addition to money for facilities and other outlays that were also denied to Ohio charters.
I have seen it happen over and over again
in my 15 years at the continuation
school: A student leaves us, and we feel like we didn't reach them or we didn't make a
difference.
Likewise,
in a September 3, 2003, column examining the
differences between state and federal accountability systems, Winerip looked at North Carolina, where, he said, some
schools that were
doing just fine under the state's previous accountability system were now being flagged as needing improvement under NCLB.
Even if some
school districts
do realize there's a
difference, they think that mentoring,
in and of itself, is enough.
Technology
in the
Schools: It *
Does * Make a
Difference!
As late as April and May of their senior year of high
school ~ there is a lack of knowledge among students about how they will pay for college There are substantial gender and socioeconomic
differences evident
in choosing STEM majors Parents and friends are key sources of support for postsecondary transition planning that need to be fully utilized On average ~ students
do nt see college and career readiness counseling services as being as frequent or helpful as
do their counselors and principals
in terms of social and emotional development ~ financial planning ~ college and career planning and scheduling.
So, we see a real
difference in what parents can
do in the home prior to
school.
EW: Why
do you think arts integration has made such a
difference in the performance of students
in some low - income
schools?
Enables discussion of cultural
differences (hours of
school, lunchtime habits, «permanence» = study time when you have to be at
school doing some work
in the library or some study rooms)...