Sentences with phrase «as small achievements»

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Recognize every achievement, no matter how small, and your life won't seem as hard.

The scientists behind these studies all seem to agree on the answer: rather than view narcissism as an evil to be always avoided, organizations should strive to understand that small doses of the characteristic are often inseparable from high achievement and make rational cost - benefit analyses.

Every month, OnDeck spotlights the achievements of its small business customers and how they are thriving as a result of receiving capital from OnDeck.

In the space of a single generation Christian communities were established in most of the eastern provinces of the Roman empire, and as far west as Italy: a remarkable achievement for a society which started with a handful of humble folk from the small towns of a petty «native state».

if humans had just fell in line with religious teachings and never asked questions other than «god did it»... then people would still be dying in child birth, the common cold, small poxs etc etc etc. i find that we survived a s a species to become the alpha predator of this planet and the achievements we have made since then to be amazing; attributing everything humans have achieved to a god just cheapens the value of our achievements as a species.

But what of the liberationist, the democratic socialist and the other progressives who perceive King's accomplishments as small compared to their own achievements, and negligible in the light of America's need?

He argued: «Research suggests that if you take out the different school factors and you compare the achievements of children in the same school it would be as small as 0.02 per cent of the difference, so it's clearly not a geographical thing, it's a wide - spread issue across the board.»

It is no small achievement on Morgan's part that his tale of the Tathams also succeeds as a parallel history of Pentecostalism in America.

The fact he's been able to field a starting eleven in Portsmouth's last two league fixtures is a small achievement in itself as the bench has only been half - full since their Semi-Final win over Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley.

No matter how smaller the achievement is, you, as a conscious parent can take it to the next big level by rewarding it.

But there are «the small achievements that are really important», such as stopping public service organisations from using 0845 numbers.

Of course Olympians are demigods, as Anders Sandberg writes, but from the heights of Pistorius's achievement, even they look pretty small.

That such a notion is idiotic has been proven by Sondra Locke's artistic achievements as director of such low - profile theatrical features as Ratboy (1990) and Impulse (1990) and such TVers as Death in Small Doses (1995).

Among action blockbusters such as CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER and GODZILLA, it seems strange to think that this film is one of the most entertaining films I have seen this year (which is definitely no small achievement).

The vision has been expanded to include cinematic achievement on the small screen as well as the independent filmmaking and world cinema.

In the end, the political confusions of Salles's movie, which seem all of a piece with the political confusions of that era, sit small beside its achievement as a document of an incendiary time when hope, along with the stench of tear gas and gunfire, was in the air.

With animation that is simply astonishing in its detail (the highlight coming in an early scene as Porco moves a small table closer to him, jostling a radio and a bottle of wine), Porco Rosso marks both strides in technical achievement and Miyazaki's latent politicism swimming to the surface.

The achievement on a small budget, editing and practical effects as Tetsuo gets less and less human and more and more machine is just incredible.

Although there were some small - scale random - assignment experiments of the effects of desegregation on test scores, most of what we know today concerns the relationship between a school outcome such as achievement on the one hand, and racial composition on the other.

The company is passionate about praising and encouraging children at school in order to boost their self - esteem and support their academic development, as a «Well Done» sticker, «Teacher's Award» badge or «Super Effort» stamp may seem small, but they make a child feel really proud of their achievements, spurring them on to work harder.

Using more recent data, a report by the Center on Education Policy concludes that reading and math achievement as measured by state assessments has increased in most states since 2002 and that there have been smaller but similar patterns in NAEP scores.

However, many education researchers speak and write as though they accept certain contingency - free causal connections — for example, that small schools are better than large ones; that time on task raises achievement; that summer school raises test scores; that school desegregation hardly affects achievement; and that assigning and grading homework improves achievement.

But, unfortunately, evidence from both the United States and other countries shows that more school resources and smaller classes do not have much of an effect on how much a student learns in school, as measured by tests of achievement.

The ideal assessment will be more nuanced, gathering student data over time but also looking at the small, yet significant improvements in achievement, such as higher grades or increased participation in class, which might not be immediately reflected in students» test scores.

State officials, having identified a small number of Tier 1 curricula, applied a similar winnowing process to professional - development providers, recommending only vendors such as Achievement Network (ANet), American Reading Company, Generation Ready, LearnZillion, and others that could offer training geared specifically to Louisiana's Tier 1 curricula instead of general pedagogical strategies or techniques.

There had, indeed, been earlier signals: evidence of weak achievement by the country's small but growing immigrant and minority populations, as well as boys lagging way behind girls.

• Although countries with strong overall achievement also tend to have many top scorers, the U.S. can not assume that raising the water level will do enough for the gifted - ed boat, as it's far too small to contain all who belong in it.

She has also served as a consultant for the Institute for Student Achievement (ISA) in the Atlanta Public Schools, where she focused on assisting school leaders and teachers in implementing small school reform model in select high schools.

Through their unions, at every turn, teachers have insisted that changes such as more money, smaller classes, and better pay for teachers were necessary if our children's academic achievement were to improve.

We also find that the transition to high school causes a small drop in student achievement for all students who make this transition (as distinct from those in schools with 6 — 12 grade configurations).

When asked on the survey to select the four most important factors for improving struggling readers» achievement, 83 % of the teachers in the four most effective schools selected small - group instruction as an important factor.

For 17 - year - olds, however, changes in achievement have been so small as to be insignificant — 2 points in math and 1 point in reading.

While general motivation toward school (as measured by attendance and punctuality) also had a direct effect on math achievement, it was smaller than that of math attitude.

To accelerate student achievement in foundational skill areas, Seton students participate in 90 minutes of English and Language Arts instruction and 60 minutes of math instruction each day, as well as targeted small group intervention and enrichment.

The six promising practices in student achievement in literacy identified in the Afterschool Training Toolkit are as follows: Book Discussion Groups and Literature Circles; Read Aloud; Story and Literature Dramatizations; Writing; Family Literacy Events; One - on - One and Small - Group Tutoring.

Diaz saw the creation of new small schools as an opportunity to improve Kearny's low student achievement and staff involvement levels.

Excerpt from Executive Summary: The Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) program was established in response to growing national concerns about students too often lost and alienated in large, impersonal high schools, as well as concerns about school safety and low levels of achievement and graduation for many students.

Small schools, the National School Climate Center says, tend to exhibit several characteristics that enhance a school climate, such as greater parent participation, better student engagement in school, warmer relationships between adults and students, more opportunity for school involvement, and better school achievement.

A recent study of urban, suburban, and rural schools in four states found that smaller schools helped close the achievement gap — as measured by test scores — between students from poor communities and students from more affluent ones.

If a small increase in funds statewide would have a dramatic impact on achievement, as supporters of Initiative 42 claim, wouldn't we expect to see a correlation between districts that currently receive more money and achievement?

Small differences in the estimated effects of teachers on their students» achievement can appear to be much larger, because most teachers are about equally successful with the assortment of students they teach in a given year, regardless of whether those students begin the year as low - achievers or high - achievers.

As far as I'm concerned, the (small) differences they report in achievement might as well be real or true, but to claim that teachers caused the differences because of their effectiveness, or lack thereof, is certainly false and untruAs far as I'm concerned, the (small) differences they report in achievement might as well be real or true, but to claim that teachers caused the differences because of their effectiveness, or lack thereof, is certainly false and untruas I'm concerned, the (small) differences they report in achievement might as well be real or true, but to claim that teachers caused the differences because of their effectiveness, or lack thereof, is certainly false and untruas well be real or true, but to claim that teachers caused the differences because of their effectiveness, or lack thereof, is certainly false and untrue.

The Great Hearts Greater Good fund allows Maryvale Prep and Teleos Prep teachers to focus on closing the achievement gap by enabling us to maintain small class sizes, helping pay salaries to our qualified teachers who specialize in urban education and helping to provide school supplies, uniforms and special education and ESL (English as a Second Language) materials.

When you recognize, notice, and reward students» small achievements, as well as their large achievements, you are far more likely to see your students continue to work hard during the rest of the school year.

Rigorous research means being able to attribute achievement gains to the CSR model and not to extraneous factors such as unusually enthusiastic teachers, a new district reading curriculum, smaller class sizes, etc..

As a former elementary school principal, I can attest to the challenges of increasing student achievement (in all its forms) with the small budgets elementary schools receive.

I summarise PAST experiences (as research focuses on what has happened in the past) and the preponderance of evidence shows that reducing class size DOES INCREASE achievement but the effect is small.

Yet given these limitations, the results were striking: even when analyzing the achievement of third graders who had the benefits of a smaller class for only one year, as compared to those who were in large classes, the gains were substantial, especially for disadvantaged students in inner - city schools.

Although there have been no large scale experimental studies done for the middle and upper grades, a there are numerous studies showing that smaller classes are correlated with achievement gains and / or lower dropout rates in the middle and upper grades as well.

As the world gets smaller and demands on students increase, strengthening school leadership to raise student achievement and close achievement gaps is crucial.