Sentences with phrase «above average parents»

Not exact matches

Would it be safe to argue that the above average person got scholarships, help from their parents, and worked jobs to lessen that debt level or eliminate it altogether?

It's no surprise that parents of young children, says Statistics Canada, now carry debt worth 180 per cent of their after - tax income, well above the already - elevated national average of 161 per cent.

Solomon figured out a way to make the bride's parents pay above the average and took care of the affordability index problem mightily.

The good news for parents is your child has to be of average or above - average intelligence to be diagnosed as having a learning disability.

The blog bills itself as «the slightly above - average achiever's guide to parenting.»

About 52 percent of the fathers in the study showed above - average levels of authoritative parenting.

Parents who are above average height also love the handles on the Inglesina Swift because they don't have to stoop down, as they do with other strollers the same size.

As soon as below average becomes the goal, you gain an above average attitude about your life, and your parenting.

Parents with above - average size babies may not be able to use the SNOO for the full six months.

The reason for this discrepancy, Shafir concluded, was that the former question draws attention to the parents» strengths — which favors Parent B, who boasts two strong attributes despite also having some negative ones — while the latter question highlights the parents» weaknesses — which favors the safer bet, Parent A, who though never rising above «average» in any area has no real negatives.

I've been roaming the globe in search of effective strategies for educating high - ability youngsters, particularly kids from disadvantaged circumstances who rarely have parents with the knowledge and means to steer them through the education maze and obtain the kind of schooling (and / or supplementation or acceleration) that will make the most of their above - average capacity to learn.

(Perhaps because the typical parent learned math in the public schools, few worried about this inconsistency, at least until Garrison Keillor taught us about Lake Wobegon, where «all the children are above average.»)

Rating with three levels: 3 - High - high on parent communication and high on involving parents 2 - Average - One or the other of the above 1 - Low - None of the above or low on parent communication (see teacher factor)

«The results that were above the OECD average in the PISA 2012 test could also be interpreted as good feedback to the schools — students, teachers, principals and the parents — that their efforts were necessary and successful.»

Teachers College of Columbia University did a study that found the typical opt out activist — the target of the Long Island teachers group — is «a highly educated, white, married, politically liberal parent whose children attend public school and whose household median income is well above the national average.»

Despite the challenges of a high student turnover rate driven by parents» reassignments to new duty stations, it remains a high - performing district with math, science, and English language arts achievement rates 15 percent above the statewide average.

A report last summer from Columbia University depicted the «the typical opt out activist» as «a highly educated, white, married, politically liberal parent whose children attend public school and whose household median income is well above the national average.»

typical opt out activist» as «a highly educated, white, married, politically liberal parent whose children attend public school and whose household median income is well above the national average.»

In one school district that appears to have beaten the odds, Union City, N.J., students consistently performed about a third of a grade level above the national average on math and reading tests even though the median family income is just $ 37,000 and only 18 percent of parents have a bachelor's degree.

Homeschool students score above average on achievement tests regardless of their parents» level of formal education or their family's household income.

Greg Anrig («How We Know Collaboration Works,») shows how research has identified «relational trust» among administrators, teachers, and parents as the key factor predicting whether a school will yield above - average learning.

Some parents and students may incorrectly believe they can not qualify for federal loans due to having an above - average financial position.

My parents fed Purina dog chow to all of our dogs from great danes to shelties and they never had any health problems and lived above and beyond thier «average age span» for thier specific breeds.

To reduce the chance of your puppy suffering make sure both of his parents have hip scores of above the mean average for the breed — which in 2009 for Springers was 14.

Diagnosing the skin reaction noted on your canine family member, as noted above, can be challenging for the average pet parent.

The new guidelines continue to make application of these shared parenting guidelines discretionary, but for parents who have between 110 and 128 overnights the guidelines now call for a weighted average of the general support guidelines [Schedule A] and the shared custody guidelines [Schedule C], with each additional overnight above 109 increasing the share attributable to Schedule C by 1 / 19th until full Schedule C is used at 128 overnights.

Ultimately, if you think your parents are just interested in a basic service, those average numbers above are perfect for deciding how much coverage you need to buy.

Bring in your report card or a printout from parent portal showing a grade point average of 3.5 or above and we will extend a $ 5.00 discount off of our Gold or Premier Package price.

For the parent report version of the SDQ used in the current study, the new four - band classification system for total difficulties scores is as follows: 0 — 13 «close to average», 14 — 16 «slightly raised», 17 — 19 «high» and above 19 «very high».17 For the purposes of analysis, we considered that all children with a total difficulties score below the threshold for high risk of emotional or behavioural problems (< 17) had «good» mental health.18 — 20 The SDQ has previously been found to be acceptable, 21 reliable and valid22 among the SEARCH cohort.

There remains a need, which this trial can not fulfil, of showing improvements in positive mental health as a result of parenting programmes among children whose mental health is already above average.

The families that participated in the study were predominantly non-Latino white families with highly educated parents, and the family earnings rank above the average for married parents in the United States.

Parents were invited to attend this trial if their children's scores on the ECBI were above average.

One study found that students from families with above - average parent involvement were 30 percent more successful in school than those with below - average involvement.