Sentences with phrase «affecting student lives»

There is no greater reward than to know that you are directly affecting student lives for the better.

These issues affect students living in poverty far more than their peers.

Kia Aroha explicitly focuses it's curriculum around a critical analysis of the historical and present realities that affect students lives, empowering students with the skills and knowledge to be able to explore their experiences and examine how they have shaped their own sense of self.

Not exact matches

«We want to have a small, massive impact,» Flombaum says, contrasting the approach of attempting to change the lives — and career paths — of a small number of students at a time to that of online education, which can reach a lot of people, but is likely to have just a small affect on each one.

Until Americans realize that the student loan crisis is real and something that affects the lives of us all, we are streaming headlong into another economic cataclysm.

As student debt becomes more and more common, it is critical that borrowers understand how much student loan interest rates can affect the total payment over the life of a loan.

Teachers at the Jesuit high school I attended urged students to protect themselves when they became sexually active, to use condoms to stamp out the risk of contracting a viral sexually transmitted disease that would affect the rest of their lives.

For several years I have asked students in introductory theology classes to make a list of the half dozen most important and foundational things they believe about them - selves, the universe and their place in it — convictions that clearly affect the choices they make and the ways they choose to live.

The Jacob study16 found student attitudes and values influenced by two factors: a few outstanding professors whose personality affected their lives; and the prevailing climate of opinion or ethos of the campus.

«Our goal is to affect each camper's life in a positive manner, which will in turn lead to positive changes in their life; lessons that will not only make them a more knowledgeable basketball player, but provide them with the tools and resources they will need to become a better student and person as well!»

We know student nutrition is a vital part of a successful learning environment, but it's also an aspect of school life that's easily overlooked unless you are directly affected by it — either as a parent or an educator.

The program is successful because everyone in the school building is united under a shared goal: changing the lives of students affected by hunger.

This year, Camp Kesem will have 54 chapters around the U.S. Not only is Camp Kesem helping children affected by cancer, but they're simultaneously developing and empowering a generation of student leaders by training college students to become camp counselors and make a meaningful difference in the lives of these children.

A second life lesson, she says, comes from the student volunteers, 80 % of whom have had cancer affect someone in their family.

There was a child with severe food allergies that was a special needs student because his allergies had affected educational aspects of his life.

«Nutrition is great, and we do want students to be aware of how food affects their performance and their lives, but we also want them to eat the food; because no matter how nutritious it is, if they do n`t eat it, it «s still not going to help them.

In poorer districts, the high concentration of children living in poverty means students come to school with added baggage - hunger, housing instability, exposure to crime and violence - that can affect how well they do in the classroom.

The study, published in today's edition of CBE - Life Sciences Education, is the largest and most carefully controlled analysis to date of how participating in course - based undergraduate research experiences affects students» outcomes.

Kate Stoll, an NSF - based AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, said, «We know that graduate education affects graduate students and their lives more than anybody else, so we want to create more opportunities for them to reach out to us.»

As an EU citizen living in Scotland, at the moment I am worried about how Brexit will affect my ability to stay and work in the United Kingdom, and how it will affect my students, the members of my lab, and a lot of my colleagues and collaborators.

Geographic diversity is affected by quality - of - life ratings, with increases in the percentage of first - year students from out of state for schools on the Happy Students (about 3.7 percent) and Most Beautiful Campus (about 2 percentstudents from out of state for schools on the Happy Students (about 3.7 percent) and Most Beautiful Campus (about 2 percentStudents (about 3.7 percent) and Most Beautiful Campus (about 2 percent) lists.

«There is strong evidence that changes in colleges» quality - of - life and academic reputations affect both the number of applications that colleges receive and the characteristics of their next incoming classes of students,» said Reback.

According to Finlay and UBC PhD student Eric Brown, malnutrition can be difficult to treat because it affects the good bacteria that live in the gut.

Eyewitnesses of the past are able to deliver authentic accounts of events in their lives which affect students more deeply than written texts.

The study, co-authored by Brian Kiessling, associate instructor and Ph.D. student within the Recreation, Parks and Tourism Department at the IU School of Public Health - Bloomington, focused on how people regard activity trackers, how the trackers affect behavior, and how they can be effectively integrated into programs that help people increase movement in their lives.

Led by Waisman Center and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences investigator Denise Ney and her graduate student Bridget Stroup, the study represents the first human clinical trial to compare how different PKU - specific diets affect the bone health of people living with the disease.

And yet, still, the deep echo of his being continues to resound in the presence of his surviving family and students, perpetuating the teachings he devoted himself to so utterly and completely, welling up in the bittersweet tears and joyful recollections treasured in our hearts, where he affected our lives most deeply.

A recent study published in the journal Social Science and Medicine suggests that teacher burnout is directly associated with increased stress levels in students, which affects performance and quality of life in schools for all.

The third film in the winners was Thomas Vinterberg's «Jagten» («The Hunt»), about a kindergarten teacher who was falsely accused of sexual abuse of one his students and the devastating affect it had on his life.

Over the space of just 10 years, a teacher affects the lives of 280 students.

Continuing my effort to study how cultural experiences affect students, I am conducting an experiment in which school groups can win free tickets to see live theater performances.

It also follows a natural experiment we examined in which students affected by the redrawing of school attendance zone boundaries were essentially randomly assigned to schools that went on more or fewer field trips to see live performances at the Walton Arts Center.

So many people want to dismiss the findings as just what the kids think as if what students think and believe does nt affect the way they relate to their teachers, engage their academic work, or develop meaning in their lives.

The worksheet asks students to explain how the change in technology stated will affect various stakeholders and this is a basis for discussion and possible research on how technology effects peoples lives?

In a new Education Next article «A Bad Bargain: How teacher collective bargaining affects students» employment and earnings later in life,» Michael Lovenheim and Alexander Willén of Cornell University present the first evidence that students» exposure to a duty - to - bargain law while in elementary and secondary school lowers future earnings and leads to fewer hours worked, reductions in employment, and decreases in labor force participation.

Collective Bargaining Across the States Winter 2016 • Accompanies A Bad Bargain How teacher collective bargaining affects students» employment and earnings later in life By Alexander Willén and Michael F. Lovenheim

«Any adult in the school building — teachers, leaders, support staff — has the potential to affect a student's life,» says Kim.

«A Bad Bargain: How teacher collective bargaining affects students» employment and earnings later in life» will be available Tuesday, November 17 on educationnext.org and will appear in the Winter 2016 issue of Education Next, on newsstands by November 20.

Currently living in Lebanon and observing both Lebanese and Syrian teachers, Adelman's dissertation looks at how teachers working in conflict - affected countries understand their responsibilities towards displaced students.

Analyses show that poor performance at age 15 is not the result of any single risk factor, but rather of a combination and accumulation of various barriers and disadvantages that affect students throughout their lives.

Schools need to prepare students for a world in which people need to work with people of diverse cultural origins, and appreciate different ideas, perspectives and values; a world in which people need to develop trust to collaborate across such differences; and a world in which people's lives will be affected by issues that transcend national boundaries.

For instance, one activity challenges students to discuss how the lack of any works of fiction or history in the Community affects the lives of its residents.

Some people have been puzzled as to why I've been studying how cultural activities, like visiting an art museum or seeing live theater, affect students.

It means thinking about how reforms will affect the day - to - day lives of students, families, and educators.

Assistant Professor Roberto Gonzales scrutinizes recent immigration politics, and how recent developments have affected the lives of undocumented immigrant students

HGSE shows its support of National Autism Awareness Month by sharing stories — produced over the last several years — of our students, alumni, staff, and distinguished guests who are committed to promoting awareness and improving the lives of those affected by autism.

Numeracy and literacy skills are vitally important but we also want school students to be active participants in society and have a broad understand of issues such as climate change and other things that could affect their life after school.

Big ideas should have explanatory power in relation to a large number of objects, events and phenomena that are encountered by students in their lives during and after their school years and provide a basis for understanding issues, such as the use of energy, involved in making decisions that affect learners» own and others» health and wellbeing and the environment.

Along with Alexander Willen, Mike is the author of a new study in the latest issue of Education Next with the title «'' A Bad Bargain: How teacher collective bargaining affects students» employment and earnings later in life.»

Time Management is part of Susan Traugh's Daily Living Skills series offering transitional skills for mild - to - moderately affected special needs students and general education students alike.