Sentences with phrase «high involvement at»

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While the Depression eventually ended and the economy rebounded, it did so at a high cost: Canada's involvement in the Second World War.

Documents reveal Exxon's early CO2 position, its global warming forecast from the 1980s, and its involvement with the issue at the highest echelons.

In contrast, such politically neutral refugee aid groups as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees purposely located their Honduran relief camps at least 33 miles from the border to avoid involvement with the hostilities.

Similarly, little pluralism existed at the Catholic university in the east or the Lutheran college in the north, though, again, overall student involvement in religious activities was higher.

What one needs is an all - inclusive logic — a «grand logic,» in Peirce's phrase — in which the positive achievements of these various alternative logics can be accommodated without having to pay the high, inflationary prices they usually demand: excessive ontic commitment and involvement, «fuzzy» semantics, excessive and perhaps unsound or at least dubious axioms and rules, and failure to achieve the kind of «maximum logical candor» that should be aimed at.

Each individual property in Dallas and Fort Worth will enjoy even greater involvement from leadership at the highest levels of our company.»

Father involvement at age 7 and mother involvement at age 7 significantly and independently predict higher educational attainment by age 20 for both girls and boys.

BAM uses group discussions and role - playing exercises to help develop anger - management and self - control capacities in the students, all teenage boys, who are selected for the program because they are considered to be at especially high risk of dropout or of involvement with the criminal - justice system or both.

Comparing mothers where there was some presence of their partner at visits with those where there were none, there was a small but significant difference; when fathers were present the mother's average involvement rating was higher.

Specifically, for fathers, higher expectations about their children's educational level, and greater level / frequency of interest and direct involvement in children's learning, education and schools, are associated strongly with better educational outcomes for their children, including: • better exam / test / class results • higher level of educational qualification • greater progress at school • better attitudes towards school (e.g. enjoyment) • higher educational expectations • better behaviour at school (e.g. reduced risk of suspension or expulsion)(for discussion / review of all this research, see Goldman, 2005).

High expectations includes having clear standards for behavior and involvement and at the same time giving reasons for decisions, being open to questions and negotiations and often being flexible in the execution of expectations.

And they are at higher risk for involvement in bullying — both as perpetrators and as victims.

Involvement has been shown to increase grades, leads to more consistent homework completion, improve student behavior at school, increase high school graduation rates, reduce school drop - out rates, increase college attendance, and lower rates of experimentation with tobacco, alcohol, and recreational drugs.

So let's look at this message as an engagement tactic, one that shows a dangerously high level of respect for the intelligence and involvement of Clinton supporters.

Also, the Army is in the midst of downsizing from a high of 570,000 at the height of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq to 490,000 by the end of this fiscal year.

With the help of NAF - provided course materials and the involvement of local businesses, themed academies are offered at three of the city's high schools, providing career - focused courses in addition to core classes.

Because individuals with certain psychological disorders, such as antisocial personality disorder and substance dependence, are at high risk for criminal involvement, they are also at heightened risk for false identifications by eyewitnesses.

At Ball State, through the involvement of «First Amendment watchdogs,» Gonzalez's «lectures and writings will be subject to scrutiny throughout his probationary period lest unscientific views be presented as fact in science courses,» Inside Higher Ed notes.

«The high degree of involvement in the lives of an opioid user among attendees is consistent with reported motivations to have a kit in the house for a greater sense of security and improved confidence to handle an overdose,» explained lead author Sarah Bagley, MD, from the Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit at BUSM and BMC and a physician in General Internal Medicine at BMC.

At the opposite end are the Nordic countries, «where - Palència said - there is a higher State involvement in the care of children, the elderly and dependents through public services, which means that women have less family burden and a higher work engagement.»

Documents reveal Exxon's early CO2 position, its global warming forecast from the 1980s, and its involvement with the issue at the highest echelons.

The EDCPP team is part of UC San Diego Health's vision of community involvement and looking at the best way to serve high - risk patients with strong and ample connections.

Also, make sure to set the cable at eye - lever or slightly higher as this will minimize upper trap involvement.

Perhaps that's why he so often finds projects disintegrate in front of his eyes, whether it's his third Hellboy movie, a high profile adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, or his involvement in the promising cancelled Silent Hill video game reboot alongside the Guillermo Del Toro of gaming, Hideo Kojima.

Students score higher on standardized tests, engage in healthier behaviors at home, increase their community involvement, and report more engagement in the classroom.

The effect is largest for African American males and youth who are at highest risk for criminal involvement.

In her first year on the job, Jewell - Sherman launched Excellence for All, a comprehensive plan aimed at improving teaching and learning to enable students to reach high academic standards, and promoting involvement with the community as a way of addressing nonacademic barriers to student achievement.

Studies have long demonstrated that parental involvement in a child's education at home and school results in higher grades and test scores, enrollment in higher - level programs, and higher graduation rates and college attendance.

Most are the product of congressional requirements to assign at random; the high political and scholarly visibility of the Perry Preschool and Abecedarian projects that used random assignment; and the involvement of researchers trained in psychology and microeconomics, fields where random assignment is valued.

At the high school level, Florida's school - to - work program stressed involvement.

Teachers who used RC practices and / or resources reported collaborating more, valuing collaboration to a higher degree, and perceiving greater involvement in school decision - making, controlling for whether they taught at a RC school.

Parent involvement also rose at Buena Vista High School in Saginaw, Michigan, as a result of their First Day picnic.

Seven students at Elk River (Minn.) High School who led a demonstration in front of their school last week to protest U.S. involvement in Lebanon and Grenada were suspended for a day by the school's principal.

Since then, the program has worked in dozens of schools across Vermont, building a strong foundation for and modeling exactly what Meaningful Student Involvement is at it's highest levels of implementation.

NBFA is a tuition - free, public charter school, proudly distinguished by: • A progressive educational model that weaves trauma - sensitive, emotionally responsive practice into every classroom • Social emotional learning steeped in child development best practices • Parental involvement, in and outside of the classroom • Consistent, competitive high - school placement at such schools as Kolbe Cathedral, Hopkins and Fairfield Prep NBFA is located on an «urban campus» at 184 Garden Street, Bridgeport, CT (within a mile of the University of Bridgeport and the beach at Seaside Park).

One final point, researchers at Berkeley surveyed 400 students ages 12 - 14 and found that students «who were more likely to be grateful to others showed higher academic interest, grades, and extracurricular involvement, and had lower interest in risky behaviors.»

Surveys, petitions, media coverage, presentations, and intense community involvement culminated at the January 19, 2016 school board meeting where school board members agreed that food in higher nutrition and free of potentially harmful ingredients was in the best interest of our students.

Involvement has been shown to increase grades, leads to more consistent homework completion, improve student behavior at school, increase high school graduation rates, reduce school drop - out rates, increase college attendance, and lower rates of experimentation with tobacco, alcohol, and recreational drugs.

Albia (Iowa) Junior High School What Alex would do: Approach local restaurants to provide discounted meals for families that complete at least two parent involvement activities a week.

The report examines progress in the performance of students in high - poverty schools, the development of state standards and assessment systems, accountability systems and school improvement efforts, the targeting of Title I funds, Title I services at the school level, support for family involvement, services for students in private schools, and services provided under the Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected and Delinquent programs.

Keith G. Pemberton is a social worker at Oak Hill Elementary School in High Point, N.C., where he has built a strong and steady pipeline for parental involvement, specifically among fathers and male mentors.

My previous experience in a suburban setting was far different because education was already at a high - priority level and had a lot of [parental] involvement.»

There are high - performing voucher schools, but many of those schools have rigid admissions deadlines, don't offer free transportation and some mandate parental involvement, such as attendance at parent - teacher conferences — something that can be difficult for parents without reliable transportation.

Clay Lacy Aviation is offering the scholarship money based on the students» higher education goals, academic achievements and community involvement at the Aviation Center (AV - Center) at Van Nuys Airport, which is part of...

There has been a long standing tradition at Nottingham High School of involvement in our local educational community.

Another characteristic of high performing education systems is that education policy reform is done at a sustainable pace, with proper involvement from the profession.

Parental expectations and involvement may be high — the district gets close to100 - percent participation at parent - teacher conferences at the elementary - school level — but day - to - day, many students are on their own to do homework.

As E-School News reported, «when it opened its doors in 2006, Philadelphia's School of the Future (SOF) was touted as a high school that would revolutionize education: It would teach at - risk students critical 21st - century skills needed for college and the work force by emphasizing project - based learning, technology, and community involvement.

Responding to a comment by DeVos that she couldn't think of an ongoing civil rights issue that would warrant federal involvement, Lhamon, in an op - ed for The Hechinger Report, ran down the types of cases her office had worked on: a North Carolina University revoking a student's acceptance after discovering he had cerebral palsy; a segregated Alabama school district offering advanced courses at its high schools that served primarily white students, but not at the high school that served virtually all of its black students; California district employees ignoring sexual assault cases because they considered them part of their Latino students» «urban culture.»

At one end we struggle to engage parents who show little interest in their child's education and at the other, we can feel vulnerable and even under attack from the omnipresent eye of parents who demand high levels of involvemenAt one end we struggle to engage parents who show little interest in their child's education and at the other, we can feel vulnerable and even under attack from the omnipresent eye of parents who demand high levels of involvemenat the other, we can feel vulnerable and even under attack from the omnipresent eye of parents who demand high levels of involvement.