Sentences with phrase «age of the student population»

MCPS will need to differentiate how the recommendations apply to the context of each school level and will need to work to modify implementation of the recommendations in a manner that is tailored and appropriate for the school level and age of the student population.

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The bureau said it does not know, but Chopra said the agency is concerned that with an aging population and very long terms on some private student loans, this could «spiral out of control.»

Washington (CNN)- In a speech to college students on Tuesday in Chicago, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said that Tea Party activists make up «a third or more» of the voting age population.

«Pace is proud to partner once again with Westchester County to mobilize high school and college students to help aging populations with technology and help prepare the next generation of technology leaders and innovators,» said Jonathan Hill, Interim Dean of Pace's Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems.

School is always there and grad programs / post grad programs will consist of a population of students of ALL ages at various points in their careers / lives or they are in the midst of a career transition.

Until, like France, Britain has a baccalaureate system, with all students studying six subjects up to the age of 19, with science students also studying a foreign language and some humanities and arts students also studying maths and some science, we will continue to have a divided and partially educated population.

The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study, directed by Malcolm Sears, MB, ChB, professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University, is believed to be «the first to determine the effects of timing of food introduction to cow's milk products, egg, and peanut, on food sensitization at age one in a general population - based cohort,» said lead investigator Maxwell Tran, a research student at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Future research is needed to establish the benefits of the program across different age groups and populations, for example, college versus high school students.

Demographic variables were year of graduation, sex (men vs women), age at graduation (≤ 29 years vs 30 - 32 or ≥ 33 years) and self - identified race / ethnicity, which students reported from a list of options on the GQ (categorized as white vs Asian / Pacific Islander; other or unknown race / ethnicity; or racial / ethnic groups considered underrepresented minorities in medicine relative to their numbers in the general population, including black, Hispanic, and American Indian / Alaska Native).

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of psychostimulant use in the French medical community and their motives.A population - based cross-sectional study using a self - administered online survey was done.A total of 1718 French students and physicians (mean age, 26.84 ± 7.19 years, 37.1 % men) were included.

Create skits and plays focused on peer conflicts that are common among your particular population of students (consider age, gender, demographics, etc.).

Here, a population of about 130 students aged 5 - 18 can not afford necessary English classes.

We're developing resources [now] for kids operating around the reading age of five or six years of age, in order to be able to more adequately cater for our student population... I guess the next step as well is working with teachers in more of a coaching and mentoring focus as well, so that we'll work with them around their pedagogy to make sure that they're supporting each other through that teams approach and through that mentoring approach, but also through a more managed process so that we can give them that support that they need to develop their teaching expertise as teachers, but also as teachers within a detention centre context.

Students living in California (about one - eighth of the U. S. school - age population) are statistically tied with their peers in Slovakia and Spain.

Three - quarters of the university student population (aged 16 - 24)-- that's over 900,000 young people — will get the chance to take up a new sport or continue playing a sport they enjoyed in school or college.

Assuming the child is more aware and more sensitivity (which means they will be different from most of the population since the number of gifted kids ranges about 6 percent of school - aged children) then it is paramount that we educate these students about themselves and the differences.

Join Illuminate Education for an educational webinar where they will explore the crucial issue of reaching English - language learner students (ELLs), one of the fastest growing segments of school - age population.

December 6, 2016 — Serving about six percent of the U.S. school - age population and with one million other students waitlisted, the charter school sector is the most rapidly growing segment in K - 12 education.

Using the SRI, I calculate the mean for each district of the difference for each high school between the percentage of students that is black and the percentage of the school age population in the surrounding two - mile area that is black.

When funding follows students, the impact of competition is greater in areas where school - age population growth is slow or declining, as any loss of students to charter schools or nearby districts is immediately seen on the bottom line.

By targeting both younger and older elementary aged children, Lesson One is reaching a population of students that are often overlooked, yet can absolutely benefit from social emotional instructional support.

Even as official reports still attempt to explain away absent students through Texas» many «leaver codes» and attempt to classify the disappearing populations in innocuous or benign ways, the fact is: we are not educating large segments of the school - age population.

In an age when everyone is concerned about racial gaps in learning, it's also important to note that charters are getting these results while serving a more heavily black student population than DCPS, and with a greater share of low - income students who are eligible for free lunches.

At the time, the findings were stark: While students of color made up more than 40 percent of the school - age population, teachers of color were only 17 percent of the teaching force.

This laminated guide from Eric Jensen discusses how poverty affects students and the best teaching strategies to meet the differing needs of this population, whether elementary, middle, or high school age.

The loss of these funds would significantly undermine the ability of districts with aging schools or with growing populations to provide adequate facilities for their students.

Traditional schools would have to teach the same number of students they have now, or even more as North Carolina's school - aged population increases, with considerably less money.

These figures further support the trend seen over the last few years of rising school transportation costs, reflecting additional expenditures many systems are incurring in busing a rapidly growing school - age population and more special - needs students.

In that study, we showed that students of color made up more than 40 percent of the school - age population.

In most school boundary neighborhoods, schools have a larger share of African American students than the neighborhood population of all ages.

Between 1984 and 2004, the percentage of the student population speaking English as a second language increased from 5 percent to 60 percent; the percentage of students receiving free or reduced - price lunch soared to 91 percent; and the once - stable neighborhood around the school turned into a community with a 60 percent mobility rate for families with school - age children.

Despite the growing diversity of the nation's school - aged population, the embrace of school choice policy across the country has coincided with an increase in segregation across race, socioeconomic status, and student ability.

The report revisits the findings of a 2011 issue brief by CAP examining teacher diversity, which found that students of color made up more than 40 % of the school - age population, while teachers of color were only 17 % of the teaching force.

Students will engage with philosophy history, and methodology of curriculum and instruction, teaching strategies for diverse populations, measurement assessment and action research, current issues and special topics for teacher leaders, and teaching literacy in the age of accountability.

The public website features the academic performance of students from low - income families in 213 of the 300 largest cities in America, according to school - age population, and which had available data.

The capacity of the school will be determined by the Director, after considering the ages of the current population of enrolled students and sibling applicants, the optimum range of multi-age students within a class and the maximum student - teacher ratios permitted under the school's charter.

«For generations, a swelling population of college - age students, rising enrollment rates and generous student loans helped all schools, even mediocre ones, to flourish.

The estimated number of home - schooled children represents 3.4 percent of the U.S. student population between the ages of 5 and 17.

U.S. classrooms are increasingly diverse, with well over two million foreign - born children ages 5 through 17 enrolled in school, roughly 4.1 percent of the total student population.

The population included students of mixed ages (span of 18 - 45 years of age), backgrounds, interests, and personal commitments (i.e., families, full - time jobs, etc.).

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

Our student population of approximately 310 students, ages 3 to 14 years, is culturally, religiously, and economically diverse.

Out of the 300 largest cities (based on school - age population), about 500 schools (or around 4 percent) have students from low - income families who are outperforming their peers from more affluent backgrounds, according to the group's 2017 Education Equality Index.

RISE districts serve over 60,000 students, representing 10 % of Connecticut's school - aged population and 20 % of the state's low - income students.

It is unclear if the decline can be attributed to students moving out of state, being homeschooled, or to a decline in the school - age population.

In their research based on student polling, they found that in populations aged 12 - 17, 78 % of frequent readers who read books for fun 5 - 7 times per week are provided time and choice in contrast to the 24 % of the infrequent readers who are not provided time or choice.

An assessment of needs, however, revealed that only 143 LEP children were participating in gifted programs, despite the fact that minority language students represent 16.17 % (96,674) of the school - age population.

Students with disabilities represent 12 percent of the school - age population, but comprise 58 percent of students placed in seclusion and 75 percent of those who are physically resStudents with disabilities represent 12 percent of the school - age population, but comprise 58 percent of students placed in seclusion and 75 percent of those who are physically resstudents placed in seclusion and 75 percent of those who are physically restrained.

This calculation included the additional categories such as child care spaces, population 14 and under, percentage of students, the number of daycare spaces for 1,000, the number of regulated day care spaces for children aged 0 to 5, average day care cost and the percentage of families with kids.

'' Gordon contends that the nation's productivity growth will be further held back by the headwinds of rising inequality, stagnating education, an aging population, and the rising debt of college students and the federal government, and that we must find new solutions.