Sentences with phrase «academic struggles as»

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Automation is often depicted in news articles and some academic literature as a titanic struggle between man and machine, in which the machine seems destined to win and the only question is how soon to schedule the medal ceremony.

The Harvard law professor, who is locked in a tight race against Republican Scott Brown, has lost ground in recent weeks as she struggles to shake off stories about whether she used her unconfirmed Native American heritage to bolster her academic career.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

However, it was the need for reformation of academic and church life that evoked his deepest and most profound responses, coming as they did from his own personal struggle for freedom before God.

Perhaps the biblical people of God, by pointing out the really real within the historical present, could help academic leaders to break out of this impacted perspective, as the university struggles for its soul.

All kids, at some point in their academic career, will struggle, so try hard not to view their setbacks or anxiety as a permanent threat to their school career.

Nottingham University academic Matthew Goodwin has identified the typical profile of Ukip voters as blue - collar, struggling and left behind by the mainstream parties.

Such collaborations are vulnerable, however, as China's academic outposts struggle to keep faculty members capable of designing new AI algorithms from decamping to industry.

In addition to the struggle to find funding, the founder of the IR, Jimmy Reddoch, anticipated that some faculty members might view the presence of «industry» groups in an academic setting as inappropriate.

The narrative reminded me of academic meetings when I listened while avant garde philosophers writhed almost in agony as they struggled to give birth to thoughts they evidently considered so deep as to defy expression in everyday language.

Amazon's latest pilot season consists of three series: I Love Dick, created by Transparent's Jill Soloway and based on a feminist novel about a couple's marital struggles in the academic community of Texas, starring Kevin Bacon and Kathryn Hahn; Jean - Claude Van Johnson, a new action comedy starring the actor as a fictionalised version of himself, in which he moonlights as a secret hit - man in between Hollywood jobs; and The Tick, an updated adaptation of the offbeat comic book, starring Peter Serafinowicz.

I find myself every year in the peculiar position as a film academic spending all my time talking about and screening film, and then struggling to physically get to see stuff that's actually showing at cinemas and festivals.

«As the assistant principal at my school, my job deals mainly with students who have behavioral issues, which are often accompanied by academic struggles.

But RTI was quickly adopted as a model for overall school improvement because of its focus on providing assistance quickly to struggling students, before any academic deficits have a chance to become entrenched.

But as our experience teaching at the Harvard Graduate School of Education has shown, most students have an easy time writing extended academic papers but struggle with shorter pieces that express their opinions on educational issues.

As a social worker, Creech tackles different struggles than the medical concerns a school nurse may deal with or the academic issues a guidance counselor will raise.

Targeted policies, such as early - warning indicator systems, use large administrative databases to systematically predict which students will struggle with academics or behavioral problems, with the intention of targeting those students early, before problems escalate.

The test - prep and academic support for struggling students at Carlin Springs could serve as a model for other struggling schools, though teachers and administrators have been cautious because the approach was implemented only two years ago.

The bill also eliminates goals and performance targets for academic achievement, removes parameters regarding the use of federal funds to help improve struggling schools, does not address key disparities in opportunity such as access to high - quality college preparatory curricula, restricts the federal government from protecting disadvantaged students, does not address poor quality tests, and fails to advance the current movement toward college - and career - ready standards.

Still, if students start showing academic gains, California's experiment could provide a blueprint as other states struggle to close their own gaps between affluent and disadvantaged students.

Our students have often struggled with academic classroom settings and been judged as unmotivated, undisciplined, and unintellectual.

Scholars suggest that understanding adaptive strategies of resistance leads students to identify academic achievement as part of a collective struggle (Carter, 2008).

Superintendents acknowledge that federal and state standards and accountability systems have created a situation in which district and school personnel can not ignore evidence about students who are struggling or failing to meet mandated standards for academic performance, as reflected in test results and other indicators of student success (e.g., attendance, graduation rates).

Schools with high concentrations of struggling learners and low academic growth as compared to other middle schools across the state will be targeted as expansion schools.

reframe academic failure or struggle as an essential step in a learning process, rather than an indication of limited learning capacity

But the hard work and focus are worth it, as improving FCE in a school has the immense potential to improve the academic outcomes of all students — and especially those who are struggling the most academically.

For the students who are struggling, it would be great to have counselors talk to them and find a way that would help the students improve their academic careers, such as tutoring, staying after school and more.

No doubt by now, most teachers have heard about the Response to Intervention (RTI) model as best practices for providing academic interventions for struggling learners.

One example is that Oklahoma is now recognizing child nutrition as an academic intervention because the state understands students will struggle to learn and succeed if they are hungry.

As noted above, research has shown that the summer slide is especially prevalent among students from low - income backgrounds, as well as those students who may already be struggling with academic achievement (i.e., students with disabilities) during the school yeaAs noted above, research has shown that the summer slide is especially prevalent among students from low - income backgrounds, as well as those students who may already be struggling with academic achievement (i.e., students with disabilities) during the school yeaas well as those students who may already be struggling with academic achievement (i.e., students with disabilities) during the school yeaas those students who may already be struggling with academic achievement (i.e., students with disabilities) during the school year.

He is the author of several books, including Reading for Academic Success: Powerful Strategies for Advanced, Average, and Struggling Readers, Grades 7 — 12; Reading for Academic Success, Grades 2 — 6: Differentiated Strategies for Struggling, Average, and Advanced Readers; and Teaching What Matters Most, as well as the author of many articles.

He is recognized nationwide as an expert in the areas of: (a) School improvement (ESEA) and special education (IDEA) policy and practice; (b) School discipline (including disproportionality), classroom management, student engagement, and interventions with behaviorally challenging students; and (c) Multi-tiered academic and behavioral services and supports with at - risk, struggling, non-responsive, and unsuccessful students.

To be fair, the USA Today piece does give some space to describing structural problems for low - income high school graduates such as challenging academics, lack of guidance or support, and struggles with fees and other expenses related to going to school.

A 9th grade language arts teacher explains how her school helped struggling readers by placing them in an Academic Literacy class that gave them time to read books for pleasure and helped them develop strategies for choosing books, eliminating distractions, and monitoring their thinking as they read.

In all, the response to the Times story illustrates the ongoing struggle for reporters when it comes to test score data, the pros and cons of data visualization as a way for journalists to engage readers, and the challenges of meeting the needs of academics, editors, and readers at the same time.

This research study from the Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment (CAPSEE) examines academic and labor outcomes for struggling students in an unnamed state who transfer from a four - year to a two - year postsecondary institution (also known as «4 - 2 transfer students»).

As a system, educators are able to identify students who are struggling (academic and behavior), diagnose the best course of support (targeted intervention and instruction) and measure their effectiveness with the student.

As their classmates focus on the scientific concept being studied, ELLs often feel left behind as they struggle to decipher between academic and vernacular EnglisAs their classmates focus on the scientific concept being studied, ELLs often feel left behind as they struggle to decipher between academic and vernacular Englisas they struggle to decipher between academic and vernacular English.

By providing lots of ways for students to exhibit proficiency, you provide success for students who are struggling with other academic skills which may be weaker, such as math, organizational or reading skills.

With a mix of human capital reforms, such as rounding out the teaching force with UCLA graduate students who have expertise in key subjects, added student learning and enrichment programs in and out of classroom, and a new focus on developing a college - going culture of high expectations, UCLA is setting out to take what is, by most measures, a struggling school and drastically improve academic outcomes for all students.

On April 16, Howard Blume reporting for the Los Angeles Times said, «Austin Beutner has emerged as a leading contender to run the Los Angeles school district, with backers saying he is smart enough and tough enough to confront its financial and academic struggles.»

The plan doesn't do enough to address the long history of shortchanging the city's east side, they said, such as changes to boundaries and transfer policies, and comprehensive strategies to boost enrollment and improve academics at struggling schools.

The academic leader of the New Orleans College Prep charter network resigned unexpectedly last week as the organization struggles to improve test scores at its first campus enough to prevent the state from revoking its charter.

The resistance comes as most states roll out new tests aligned to the Common Core academic standards and as Congress struggles to rewrite the federal law that has defined the role of testing in schools for the past decade.

A Harvard - educated businessman turned educator who struggled with his own academic challenges as a child is Broward's new schools chief.

Longitudinal studies have demonstrated that assessing a student's resiliency can reliably predict future academic performance and empower educators to identify underlying issues before they manifest as academic struggles.

As the district's Chief Academic Officer, I worked with the superintendent to lead a culture shift to make it attractive for our most effective principals with proven track records to work in our most struggling schools.

Emphasizing structure and organization helps remove roadblocks that prevent successful learning, such as slower processing speeds, inconsistent spelling and grammar, difficulty maintaining focus and concentration, and feelings of failure and anxiety resulting from past academic and social struggles.

As the end of the school year nears, the struggle to fill open positions before the next academic year is top of mind in many administrative offices.

By implementing culturally responsive teaching using the MALP ® instructional model, we can more effectively transition struggling ELs to a new and different reality, one in which they see themselves as successful learners in a learning paradigm centered on literacy, school - based ways of thinking, academic discourse, and decontextualized tasks.