Sentences with phrase «among kids in grade»

In Montana, among kids in grade 8 in larger districts, the power of poverty over achievement was 2.5 times greater than in smaller districts overall and three times greater in elementary - only districts.

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In a firehouse nearby the school, where parents were finally reunited with their children after the tragedy, all were aghast to discover so many of the first - grade parents overcome with the realization their kids were among the dead.

One hundred percent of its 10th grade alumni passed the 2004 and 2005 MCAS in English and math, and among BIFF's 2006 high school graduates who applied to college, a whopping 92 percent were accepted in their first - choice college — and this from a population of kids who hadn't much chance of graduating high school, let alone considering something beyond.

It also doesn't hurt that some of the most popular fictional characters among the Pre-K to eighth - grade set — such as those from Diary of a Wimpy Kid — pop up in many of the games.

Among Hirsch's insights is that disadvantaged kids quickly fall behind in reading because of inadequate background knowledge; therefore, imparting such knowledge in the early grades is even more important than conveying basic reading skills.

Michael Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a center - right education policy think tank, wrote in a blog post last week, «if scores drop among low - income and low - performing students — the kids least likely to be comfortable with digital devices, especially in the fourth grade — that could signal that something went awry.»

There were only two other black kids in my grade of the magnet program, and there were about four others among the other grades.

When Kids Are Held Back, Gains Can Follow New evidence on the long - term effects of grade retention in third grade finds some good news among the nuance.

Low engagement might show up in measurable ways like low participation in school activities or underachievement (low grades among kids with high test scores).

It began as a contest to reduce trash among sixth - grade classrooms in Boston's Mill Pond School, but now kids, parents, and teachers alike are rethinking the role of waste in their lives.