Sentences with phrase «as a high school grade»

Scores on AP tests are a stronger predictor of whether students are likely to complete college than SAT and ACT scores are, but AP scores are not as strong a predictor as high school grades.

In most cases, after you enter in some basic information — such as your high school grade point average, intended college major, and extracurricular activities — the engine automatically finds hundreds or thousands of scholarships that you are eligible for.

Yet, in some sense, it tells as little about an individual as a high school grade point average does.

Not exact matches

The majority of CoachUp's athletes range from grade school up through high school — a natural pyramid, as Fliegel points out, with the best athletes most likely to continue through high school graduation.

Further, older students are more than twice as likely as younger students to have attended a vocational or technical high school or a two - year or community college, and much less likely to have attended a private, nonreligious grade and high school.

Mintz does not refer at all to research by developmental psychologists such as Jay Belsky of London's Birkbeck College and Alan Sroufe of the University of Minnesota; nor does he cite the huge, multicenter National Institute of Child Health studies, all of which suggest that more than 20 hours per week of child care beginning before the age of one correlates with a higher incidence of interpersonal difficulties by early grade school.

Robert, take this as a guy who has just graduated university with a degree in physics... graduating high school, regardless of your grades, has you uneducated.

The population of Madien NC is 3,282 81 % are listed as «white» race and their education stats are: Less than 9th grade 10 % 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 19 % High school graduate 34 % Some college, no degree 21 % Associate's degree 6 % Bachelor's degree 8 % Graduate degree 2 % The cure for ignorance is education.

One of the resons I thought there would be a higher percentage of atheisim is that evolution is being taught as fact in schools, but apparently most of the kids are not buying it, they just answer the questions on exams for the best grades.

Proposal 48 holds that entering athletes can be eligible as freshmen only if they have a minimum score of 700 on the combined college board SAT test (or a 15 of 36 score on the American College Test) and a 2.0 high school grade - point average in 11 core courses.

For the average child (keeping in mind individual kids may be exceptions to these guidelines), an acceptable amount of homework per night is as follows: — Elementary school: approximately 10 minutes or so per grade level — Middle school: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and familyschool: approximately 10 minutes or so per grade level — Middle school: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and familyschool: an hour or so — High School: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and familySchool: 2 to 2-1/2 hours Any homework beyond these limits is no longer providing any advantage, and is probably cutting into those things that do provide advantages like adequate sleep and what we at Challenge Success call «PDF» — that is, play time, down time and family time.

We argue with the teacher about our kids» less than perfect grades in middle and high school, as if the teacher has made a mistake instead of our perfect kid.

First educated as a high school biology teacher, her first position was a grade 5 - 8 school science teacher.

He took a class from first to eighth grade at the Denver Waldorf School, then worked as a high school science teacher at High Mowing and class teacher at Pine Hill Waldorf School before moving to MicSchool, then worked as a high school science teacher at High Mowing and class teacher at Pine Hill Waldorf School before moving to Michihigh school science teacher at High Mowing and class teacher at Pine Hill Waldorf School before moving to Micschool science teacher at High Mowing and class teacher at Pine Hill Waldorf School before moving to MichiHigh Mowing and class teacher at Pine Hill Waldorf School before moving to MicSchool before moving to Michigan.

Many experts believe that if your child waits to play on a select team until sixth grade or later, and waits until high school to specialize in a single sport, he is likely to be better adjusted and happier, have a more balanced identity, and less likely to be better adjusted and happier, have a more balanced, and less likely to have an identity crises when his competitive sports career ends, as it is likely to do after high school.

There's James Heckman, a Nobel Prize - winning economist at the University of Chicago, who found in the late 1990s that students who earned high school diplomas through the General Educational Development program, widely known as the GED, had the same future prospects as high school dropouts, a discovery that led him to conclude that there were qualities beyond courses and grades that made a big difference in students» success.

From 1993 - 2001, Gary took a class from first to eighth grade at the Denver Waldorf School, then worked as a high school science teacher at High Mowing School and a class teacher at Pine Hill Waldorf School before moving to MicSchool, then worked as a high school science teacher at High Mowing School and a class teacher at Pine Hill Waldorf School before moving to Michihigh school science teacher at High Mowing School and a class teacher at Pine Hill Waldorf School before moving to Micschool science teacher at High Mowing School and a class teacher at Pine Hill Waldorf School before moving to MichiHigh Mowing School and a class teacher at Pine Hill Waldorf School before moving to MicSchool and a class teacher at Pine Hill Waldorf School before moving to MicSchool before moving to Michigan.

Research found that the children from two - parent homes where fathers participated in activities (such as school meetings; parent - teacher conferences; school or child care activities or events; or volunteerism) were more likely to receive higher grades, participate in extracurricular activities, and be happier in a child care or school setting.

High school teachers are frequently left wondering about GT identifications, when they see no evidence of higher performance as kids enter 9th grade.

If your children are in different grades, it's a good idea to eat with them all, as the menu and service at the higher grades will be very different from those in elementary school.

(A parental dispensation only possible for kids who haven't entered the high - school pressure cooker where — as with Sara Notte — summer homework is graded and can directly affect a student's chances to enter a top - tier university.)

Saugerties High School senior Austin Beaudette and Saugerties Junior High School eighth grade student Kira Daniels were selected as Mid - Hudson / Westchester region honorees by the New York State Association of Foreign Language Teachers (NYSAFLT) earlier this spring.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- As the New York State Sheriffs» Association requests the state legislature to include funding for at least one armed resource officer at every grade school and high school in New York State, they're finding support from New York State Senator - and former Erie County Sheriff...

In light of reports in today's Albany Times Union that a 10th grade teacher at Albany High School asked students to make a persuasive argument blaming Jews for the problems of Nazi Germany as part of a writing assignment, Councilman David G. Greenfield is calling on the school district to immediately terminate the teacher in queSchool asked students to make a persuasive argument blaming Jews for the problems of Nazi Germany as part of a writing assignment, Councilman David G. Greenfield is calling on the school district to immediately terminate the teacher in queschool district to immediately terminate the teacher in question.

These are children of school teachers, nurses, administrative grade civil service jobs and high level technicians — jobs which did not require a degree 20 to 30 years ago but which are now regarded as graduate or middle class jobs.

In the speech, delivered inside The Mall at Bay Plaza in Baychester, Diaz described the number of Latino and black students admitted to the city's prestigious Stuyvesant High School over the past few years as unacceptably low and called for the creation of new high schools in each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who getsHigh School over the past few years as unacceptably low and called for the creation of new high schools in each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who getshigh schools in each borough that would use a portfolio of the students» grades and schoolwork rather than a specialized test to determine who gets in.

Students would start in the school in ninth grade and remain for six years, receiving an associate degree as well as a high school diploma.

FAFV is an inclusive, non-partisan civic engagement program designed to encourage high school girls, grades 9 - 12, to actively participate in the political process and begin to imagine themselves as candidates for elected office sometime in their future.

There was something for everyone on the menu: using Apple technology, developing research - based practices to teach students in the early grades, engaging students through digital instruction, understanding the new teacher evaluation system as set by state law, preventing high - risk student behaviors and how Community Learning Schools meet the needs of students and their families.

Those who are most threatened achieve lower grade point averages and are twice as likely either not to finish high school or go on to college.

In one study of 1,651 high school students from three states, reading ability was just as important to students» science - class grades and scores on state - level science tests as the amount of science knowledge they had.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

Some school systems break their age groups slightly different, including sixth grade as part of elementary school and then referring to grades seven and eight as «junior» high school.

Every day at recess (yes, we had recess at my high school), a good chunk of my grade could be found in the computer room, logging on to Olsen Twins (or, as we fondly called them, M.K.A) fan Livejournals to peep the latest snaps of the twins bopping around Manhattan in oversized sunglasses, clutching Tasti D - Lite cups.

After reviewing so many sites that look like they were designed as part of a high school homework project (that didn't get a good grade) you learn to appreciate real design.

Thirteen - year - old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.

The film sees Kalu take on a community leadership role as traditional Hawaian burial sites are disturbed; Kalu's status Kumu sees her teach her male high school students as they prepare for a end of performance, accompanied by sixth grade tomboy Ho'onani, who is also «in the middle» like Kalu.

His dream for Eliza is to get her to study in the UK — but, to secure the scholarship lined up for her, she has to get excellent grades at the final high school exam... as well as sever ties with her slacker biker boyfriend Marius (Rares Andrici) who wants her to stay in Romania because he loves her.

In terms of specifics, the high school that Lady Bird attends is a Sacred Heart Catholic School, the era is the immediate years following 9/11, which makes the prospect of escaping to a college in New York more realistic than her grades deserve, and while she technically lives in California, as Gerwig said of her hometown at The New York Film Festival's press conference, «Sacramento is the Midwest of California&rschool that Lady Bird attends is a Sacred Heart Catholic School, the era is the immediate years following 9/11, which makes the prospect of escaping to a college in New York more realistic than her grades deserve, and while she technically lives in California, as Gerwig said of her hometown at The New York Film Festival's press conference, «Sacramento is the Midwest of California&rSchool, the era is the immediate years following 9/11, which makes the prospect of escaping to a college in New York more realistic than her grades deserve, and while she technically lives in California, as Gerwig said of her hometown at The New York Film Festival's press conference, «Sacramento is the Midwest of California».

What follows is a pretty typical year in the life of a high school girl, navigating her relationship with her best friend (Beanie Feldstein) and the boys she likes (Lucas Hedges and Timothee Chalamet) as she tries to improve her grades and her standing in life to escape the suffocation of her family.

Thirteen - year - old Kayla (Elsie Fisher) endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.

Educators at YES Prep, which serves students in grades 6 - 12, say the first year or two at the school, as students adjust to high expectations and long hours, can be a struggle.

Collins: While we acknowledge the need for improved science instruction at all grade levels, as our resources are limited, KSTF has made the conscious decision to focus on high - school teaching.

As Ross used to tell his fourth grade students, «In middle and high school, when all of your friends are messing around on social media, I want you to be using it to grow your own businesses!»

Schools that received F grades in 1999 experienced increases in test scores that were more than twice as large as those experienced by schools with higher state - assigned Schools that received F grades in 1999 experienced increases in test scores that were more than twice as large as those experienced by schools with higher state - assigned schools with higher state - assigned grades.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Evaluations of career academies have shown a positive impact (download) on academic outcomes such as high school attendance, credits earned, grade point averages, and graduation rates.

This will be done by eliminating high school sports, Advanced Placement programs, middle school guidance counselors, the jobs of several dozen teachers, and music for grades 1 - 3 — as well as closing elementary, middle, and high schools.

Once again this spring, boys outnumber girls as National Merit Semifinalists, even though girls typically earn higher grades than boys in both high school and college, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing has charged.

«I clicked it, and it was a story about a seventh - grade student who decided to launch a high - altitude weather balloon into the top of the lower reaches of our atmosphere as an after - school project.»