Sentences with phrase «academic effects»

The second hypothesis follows from studies showing the positive academic effects of attending a private school.

Rather than wade into academic effects, they use a rich data set of social cohesion measures and crime data from Chicago, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles to track the effect of closing Catholic schools on neighborhoods.

«Whilst the noted effects of the intervention on reading and numeracy achievement were small (between 2.0 % and 5.5 %), it is remarkable (though not unexpected) to find lasting academic effect of an eight session parenting intervention carried out when the child was between three and five years of age,» the report states.

PCT has just engaged AHA researchers to conduct phase two of the study, which will measure the social, behavioral and academic effects of classroom pets.

Though hardly the final word on such a hot - button issue, the new study helps clarify the academic effects of ability grouping and acceleration.

It is all too easy to imagine the academic effects of sexual harassment on high school victims, but it is worth being specific.

The national report compiles results from rigorous empirical studies that examine the academic outcomes of school choice students, the academic effect of competition on public schools, the fiscal impact of school choice on taxpayers and government, racial segregation in schools and the effect of school choice on civic values and practices.

This original and special event (by the best - selling author of four books on poverty) gives you the overview of a high - energy, classroom tested, research - based model to erase the academic effects of poverty.

But Head Start's academic effects are slight — reduction of the gap by a few IQ points at the beginning of elementary school, which fades into nothing after a few years of school.