Sentences with phrase «other high school factors»

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Those who had completed higher levels of education were more opposed to the tariffs, but a majority was opposed across all levels of schooling, when controlled for other factors.

It may be an arrangement that factors out different aspects of the school's common life to the reign of each model of excellent schooling: the research university model may reign for faculty, for example, or for faculty in certain fields (say, church history, or biblical studies) but not in others (say, practical theology), while paideia reigns as the model for students, or only for students with a declared vocation to ordained ministry (so that other students aspiring to graduate school are free to attempt to meet standards set by the research university model); or research university values may be celebrated in relation to the school's official «academic» program, including both classroom expectations and the selection and rewarding of faculty, while the school's extracurricular life is shaped by commitments coming from the model provided by paideia so that, for example, common worship is made central to their common life and a high premium is placed on the school being a residential community.

It was not for a lack of interest at the kids and high school levels, which has seen a significant increase over the last several decades, but due to the implementation of Title IX (more specifically proportionality) and other factors that I rather not go into detail in this article.

Wofford told 247sports.com that Ohio State's high school relations department contacted him about his interest and that because of his (Wofford) «relationship with Coach Meyer and the staff from when they recruited LB Trey Johnson,» among other factors, the camp «made sense.»

In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.

Children who participate in high - quality early childhood programs show remarkable improvement in school performance, social skills, and other factors critical to future success.

Roundtable participants said some other factors affecting the implementation of nutritious school menus include high schools with open campuses, which drastically lower cafeteria attendance and force food - service professionals to buy the cheapest, and often the least healthy, meals; and some schools» stigmatization of pupils who participate in the National School Lunch Prschool menus include high schools with open campuses, which drastically lower cafeteria attendance and force food - service professionals to buy the cheapest, and often the least healthy, meals; and some schools» stigmatization of pupils who participate in the National School Lunch PrSchool Lunch Program.

«If I was forced to identify one factor above all others as the determinant of high maternal mortality in the USA,» Loudon wrote in Death in Childbirth, «I would unhesitatingly choose the standard of obstetric training in the medical schools.»

Remember, the city has a high - school dropout rate exceeding 30 percent (probably much higher when GED program manipulation and other scams are factored in).

Being a responsible student, maintaining an interest in school and having good reading and writing skills will not only help a teenager get good grades in high school but could also be predictors of educational and occupational success decades later, regardless of IQ, parental socioeconomic status or other personality factors, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

This is something which has been very well documented and mourned in a report from the National Academy of Sciences that was issued by a committee headed by Norman Augustine just a few months ago and this report — which is called «he Gathering Storm» — lays out in some detail the concern that that [leaves us] with a long hole over the next couple of decades, because of weaknesses in [the] way we fund basic physical sciences, the way we are training people to do physical sciences, the way we treat science in elementary and high - school programs — all of those factors, the way we pay teachers, the way we use the patent system where we try to provide incentives in some of the physical sciences; we are losing our leadership gradually to other countries, especially in Europe and [of] particular concern in Asia, where the rise of science in, particularly China, to a certain extent India and other parts of Southeast Asia, are cause for long - term concern.

«It's possible that the negative effect that we have detected will disappear at that point, because in secondary school, the students have a higher level of English,» says Carro, who also proposes another topic to be analyzed: find out what other factors can influence the program's results, such a the importance of the teachers» level of English.

It is uncertain whether other school districts can replicate these effects, because they depend on factors that many have little control over (including the local supply of high - performing teachers), as well as those they do control (for instance, the introduction of meaningful teacher evaluation).

Both Professor Lavonen and the principals of the schools we visited expressed that one of the key factors of why the Finnish system trumps all others is the huge investment that is made in developing high quality teachers.

Factors other than school quality could help to explain high levels of achievement of charter school students in these states — including the ability of parents to close underperforming schools.

Consider another example from the same dataset in which high school students» cumulative grade point averages (GPAs) are related to their scores on Panorama's Growth Mindset scale, which measures how much students believe they can change their intelligence, behavior, and other factors central to their school performance.

That confusion, coupled with parents» high expectations for success in school and careers, the frustration of having white peers constantly question their «American - ness,» as well as body image and other concerns that are common to all teens are among the factors that put Korean American students at risk for a growing list of emotional and psychological issues.

Yes, I know, there are other factors that contribute to their better score on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)-- longer school days, advanced science and math starting earlier in elementary school rather than high school, extra tutoring in Korean hagwons, less to learn with a more focused curriculum, no non-essential learning activities such as sports, home ec or computer applications courses.

Controlling for other factors, houses in districts with higher - performing government schools are more expensive than those in areas with lower - performing schools.

«Of course there are other contributing factors outside of school to consider when it comes to addressing the gender gap, but giving our children the best possible environment in which to learn — and the encouragement, support and motivation they need — gives them a solid foundation and the confidence to aim high.»

Several other factors — including high school grade point average, academic interests, and ethnicity — should be the determining ones...

It does not address the changes we need to see in teacher compensation, the organization of the school day, the role of instructional leadership, and a range of other key factors crucial to getting the teacher - quality equation right in a workforce of 3,000,000 facing 200,000 teacher hires a year, due to high rates of turnover and mounting retirements.

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

take into account data on student growth as a significant factor as well as other factors, such as multiple observation - based assessments of performance and ongoing collections of professional practice reflective of student achievement and increased high school graduation rates; and

«It's surprising that the court, which used its bully pulpit when it came to criticizing teacher protections, did not spend one second discussing funding inequities, school segregation, high poverty or any other out - of - school or in - school factors that are proven to affect student achievement and our children.

When education and other factors are accounted for, women teachers in public high schools were found...

One case before the Court is from Seattle, which has a policy of open choice for high - school attendance and uses race, along with other factors, as a tiebreaker when demand exceeds the number of spaces available.

Second, student gains were uneven across Teach to One's schools; one school in particular stood out with student - learning gains significantly higher than those posted in other schools, which begs the question of what is causing the performance gains — the Teach to One model or some other factor.

This article will look at the top 5 ranked private high schools in America based on test scores, reviews from both parents and students, quality of colleges students are exposed to, among many other factors.

One study in Chicago, for instance, found that ninth - grade attendance was stronger than any other factor in predicting who would and wouldn't finish high school.

Moving forward requires additional descriptive studies of early reading programs and attempts to understand the relationships among the schoolwide and other factors that promote early reading achievement in high - poverty schools.

Asked about six factors in school quality, the percentage of New Yorkers was highest regarding the importance of schools helping students «learn skills like being cooperative, respectful of others and persistent at solving problems.»

But they also believe that effective teachers alone are not enough: other important factors include family involvement, high expectations for all students, effective and engaged school leaders and adequate resources and professional development.

NASSP shares the position of many educators who are concerned that pay - for - performance plans will consider only high - stakes tests and disregard other important school and student performance factors.

Some schools thought of as high or low performers in the past based on test scores could have ratings that show the opposite because of other factors being used in the ratings, including test score growth over time, readiness for graduation and progress on closing achievement gaps between student groups.

Participants discussed a range of factors that impede student success, including gaps between tribally enrolled students and other Native students; high teacher turnover in remote areas; poor attendance and truancy; low family and community involvement; schools» lack of knowledge about AI / AN culture and history; and fragmentation of services among state, tribal, and local agencies.

As part of their research, the authors also found that the cost for a 9 - to - 5 school day is somewhere around $ 4 to $ 5 per student per hour, though often much higher, depending on staffing and other factors.

Other high - performing / high - poverty schools provide additional protective factors, such as restructuring into small learning communities and removing economic barriers to participation in various extracurricular activities.

We also looked at other factors that affect students» chances of graduating from college, including their race, academic effort and motivations, and high school coursetaking patterns.

While there is not a clear causal effect between a teacher's own academic record and his or her ability to achieve the kinds of learning gains that help students excel, most studies do find a correlation between higher GPA and teacher effectiveness.43 Taken in aggregate with other factors, such as experience and rank of undergraduate school, some studies have found larger positive impacts, especially for math achievement.44 For this reason, a high GPA should not be the only factor that determines entry into the profession.

Single mothers, violent crime, and high school education attainment as a percent of the population do not have significant relationships with boundary participation controlling for other factors.

In the full middle and high school model that accounts for Wilson HS and its feeder middle schools, no other neighborhood factors are significant other than location in the Wilson HS boundary.

When researchers factored in the cost for programs after high school education such as college or vocational training, the United States spent $ 15,171 on each young person in the system — more than any other nation covered in the report.

Teaching is a difficult job, and working conditions are a strong predictor of teacher turnover — more so than other factors like teaching in a high - poverty school,» its says.

Student attrition and other factors, including the refusal of several schools to carry out the randomization despite agreeing to do so, led to relatively high rates of noncompliance.

Citing research that a «high - quality teacher is the single most important in - school factor to increase student achievement,» state education officials say raising the standard also follows a trend in other states.

High school graduation rate and post-secondary education enrollment are other factors.

Being «on - track» in ninth grade (earning five full - year credits with no more than one semester F in a core class) is more predictive of high school graduation than any other factor, including race, gender, socioeconomics and prior academic achievement, combined.

But Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers, questioned whether there were other factors that might explain the higher graduation rate in the small schools, like fewer special education students or better attendance records for those entering the small schools, since attendance rates have been shown to be an indicator of on - time graduation.

Capstone 8th grade program focused on helping students articulate what is important to them for their future, building the skills they will need for high school such as organization and time management, and providing concrete information about the role of GPA and other factors for college admissions and the financial aid process.