Sentences with phrase «at underachieving schools»

«And the social consequences of that is that the students in the schools with the most resources — often the white students — can develop computing skills, while minorities at underachieving schools don't have the opportunity.»

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In a landmark experiment in 2006, Cohen and a colleague, Julio Garcia, tested a wise intervention designed to counteract this anxiety with a group of underachieving seventh - graders at a suburban middle school in New England.

«For instance when kids underachieve at school, I never take anything away.

It makes sense that our dear protagonist would be a fan of Wes Anderson's seminal indie - comedy; its main character, Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), also happens to be an imaginative, underachieving scholarship student who dabbles in theater at a prestigious high school.

Newburgh, N.Y. — Howard Jones, a bright but underachieving 7th grader at South Junior High School, has had his first brush with the law.

Professor Sonia Blandford, founder and CEO of education charity Achievement for All, which developed and delivers the programme, said: «The UK has one of the widest attainment gaps in education anywhere in the developed world with one - in - five children currently underachieving at school.

• Be overweight • Underachieve at school • Be less physically active • Drink more sugary drinks • Snack on foods high in sugar, salt and fat • Sleep less and • Have fewer social interactions [2]

Enlisting the Community to Promote Achievement Concerned that many urban students, especially African - American ones, were underachieving in school, Hugh B. Price made community involvement in local schools a focus of his tenure at the National Urban League as well as the subject of a book.

The school indicated that boys were a key target, so the programme identified underachieving boys who regularly engaged or enjoyed PE — not necessarily those who were good at it — so that the context would be a successful engager.

Thus, my challenge to you is to find an underachieving gifted child (research shows about half of gifted learners experience underachievement - or the gap between potential and performance at some point in their school career) and give them a good year.

Parrett is the coauthor of Saving Our Students, Saving Our Schools (2003 and 2008); The Kids Left Behind: Catching Up the Underachieving Children of Poverty (2007); Hope Fulfilled for At - Risk & Violent Youth (2001); How to Create Alternative, Magnet, and Charter Schools That Work (1997); Hope at Last for At - Risk Youth (1995); Inventive Teaching: Heart of the Small School (1993); The Inventive Mind: Portraits of Effective Teaching (1991); and numerous contributions to national journals and international and national conferenceAt - Risk & Violent Youth (2001); How to Create Alternative, Magnet, and Charter Schools That Work (1997); Hope at Last for At - Risk Youth (1995); Inventive Teaching: Heart of the Small School (1993); The Inventive Mind: Portraits of Effective Teaching (1991); and numerous contributions to national journals and international and national conferenceat Last for At - Risk Youth (1995); Inventive Teaching: Heart of the Small School (1993); The Inventive Mind: Portraits of Effective Teaching (1991); and numerous contributions to national journals and international and national conferenceAt - Risk Youth (1995); Inventive Teaching: Heart of the Small School (1993); The Inventive Mind: Portraits of Effective Teaching (1991); and numerous contributions to national journals and international and national conferences.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA / ESSA) requires districts and schools to develop multi-tiered systems of services, supports, strategies, and interventions for students who are academically at - risk, underachieving, unresponsive, and / or unsuccessful.

Consulting services for MTSS / Response - to - Intervention as it pertains to ESEA / ESSA Act which requires districts and schools to develop multi-tiered systems of services, supports, strategies, and interventions for students who are academically at - risk, underachieving, unresponsive, and / or unsuccessful.

Mr Bangs argues that gender gap will not close in our schools without resources continuing to be being targeted at the biggest underachieving groups - white working class boys and African - Caribbean boys.

Among the reasons for the high costs at low - performing schools are higher costs for security and more programs for underachieving students, which can be very expensive, according to Frank Johnson, an expert on school finances at the Department of Education.

The Armory's school - based artist residencies deliver exemplary visual arts education programs that support cross-curricular learning, targeting underachieving students at Title I schools.

Underachieving at school If gifted children don't get the right learning opportunities, they might not be able to use their abilities to get good school results.

With support for the learning disability from teachers and parents, a child who is underachieving can start to do well at school again.

Furthermore, children may be victimised by peers because they underachieve at school whereas others may be bullied for overachieving.