Sentences with phrase «attendance rates in»

PS 130 is a well - run neighborhood school with strong leadership, good instruction and one of the highest attendance rates in the city.

The Legislature should also include attendance rates in the state's school accountability program.

Legislators should demand better tracking of truancy, and include attendance rates in school accountability measurements.

Because the single - year test - score increases raise as many questions as they answer about what is really happening in the schools, the administration is also boasting higher attendance rates in their new small high schools, a sign, they say, that students are more engaged in their schooling.

Sociologists also look to the relatively low church attendance rates in Europe as evidence of the decline of religion.

From having an attendance rate in the mid-90s, he now hovers at just over 80 per cent.

And according to UNICEF, the primary school net attendance rate in 2014, was over 70 %, and is among the highest on the continent.

All elementary schoolchildren receive free lunch, she says, but girls who have an 80 percent or better attendance rate in a given month get an incentive: an extra sugar ration, a commodity in the camp.

Perhaps most importantly, college attendance has more than doubled, shooting up from a 22 percent college - attendance rate in 2004, to 59 percent in 2014.

Although only 57 % of the participants attended at least half of the sessions, this figure compares well with the attendance rate in parenting programmes in both high risk or clinically indicated samples.

Not exact matches

A report by Fox News Latino suggests that Major League Soccer's attendance and TV ratings are surging, and that it may soon eclipse the NHL among North America's Big Four pro sports leagues — thanks in part to the U.S.'s booming Hispanic population.

From 2011 to 2014, it was among the worst teams in baseball — boasting the worst attendance — and the team received a 0.0 Nielsen rating in Houston twice in two years, according to Sports Illustrated.

Many teaching tools used in classrooms are granting private companies access to personal student data, including attendance rates, grades and disciplinary records.

Attendance in the U.S. stadiums declined by 20 %, and it took five years — and the famous home run race between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire — to see attendance and TV ratings come back to the level they were at before tAttendance in the U.S. stadiums declined by 20 %, and it took five years — and the famous home run race between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire — to see attendance and TV ratings come back to the level they were at before tattendance and TV ratings come back to the level they were at before the strike.

In order to get there, the Cards had to win double - digit championships, earn a spot in the postseason five of the last six years and draw both the second - highest attendance in all of baseball and the league's second - best local television ratingIn order to get there, the Cards had to win double - digit championships, earn a spot in the postseason five of the last six years and draw both the second - highest attendance in all of baseball and the league's second - best local television ratingin the postseason five of the last six years and draw both the second - highest attendance in all of baseball and the league's second - best local television ratingin all of baseball and the league's second - best local television ratings.

But MacIntyre's observation also shows why, for non-emotivists, such surveys must always issue in a complete non sequitur: one does not abrogate the Ten Commandments by pointing to the number of murders in Detroit, or the divorce rate in Reno, or the decline in church attendance in Peoria.

Church attendance rates by Christians in the United States have stayed largely steady since the 1970s, but there have been some significant changes in the makeup of the congregations in the pews during that time, a recently released study says.

One study concluded: «The achievement growth rates of Catholic school attendance are especially strong for students who are in one way or another disadvantaged: lower socio - economic status, black, or Hispanic.»

The church attendance drop does appear to be genuine, but small, when you compare rates at same age, but the prayer difference seems to be just an age issue: «Although Millennials report praying less often than their elders do today, the GSS shows that Millennials are in sync with Generation X and Baby Boomers when members of those generations were younger.»

So far, what has doubled is the rate of decline in attendance.»

They do not seem to believe in Islam — their attendance rates at prayers are extremely low — and they show no sign of believing in anything.

Hispanics have seen some heartening gains over the last few years, with a decline in the poverty rate, an increase in annual income, and college attendance rates at a higher percentage than whites.

Whether one examines church attendance, election results, rates of intermarriage, or attitudes about dating, one fact stands out: the American melting pot is alive and well for American blacks, just as it was in the past for Italians, Jews, and Asians, to name just a few.

In other words, actual church attendance was about half the rate indicated by national public opinion polls.

Our initial study, based on attendance counts in Protestant churches in one Ohio county and Catholic churches in 18 dioceses, indicated a much lower rate of religious participation than the polls report.

I always find it amusing that the highest rate of church attendance and the most fundamentalist (such as in Texas) are matched by the lowest tax rates, which makes the state unable to help the poor.

Secondly although church attendance is in decline in the US you're waaay off the mark about global Christianity which is still growing at a serious rate.

For a long time I used to think NASCAR changing so much about its fundamental structure was what's caused the drop in TV ratings and attendance and overall decline in popularity.

- season opener and season finale with the Bengals; - an early (week 2 - 4 game with the Browns, probably in the Bank - BYE somewhere in the middle of the schedule, weeks 8 - 10 - A SNF game with the steelers - a road MNF game (dwindling attendance in the Bank in 2017 plus the rather pedestrian ratings of our home MNF game last season — I see no way we get another chance for a home SNF / MNF game in a while)- a home TNF game (1 of last 7 TNF games on the road)- a brutal stretch of at least 3, possibly 4 - 5 games

Attendance and television audiences for Japanese games have plummeted — TV ratings for the Giants, the most popular team, are the lowest in 36 years — and there's a growing worry that the Japanese leagues will be drained of talent as top players flock to the States.

Attendances would suggest supporters aren't being discouraged from going to matches, but in comparison to La Liga and the Bundesliga, English clubs are charging extortionate rates.

Although both TV ratings and attendance have been slowly climbing, in large part due to the increased popularity of social media, it's still largely ignored by bettors.

He's helped drive our attendance [a record 17,872 fans per game in 2011] and television ratings [which were up on all platforms this year; the league also signed a three - year deal with NBC that begins next season].

BUC FEVER In an effort to pass the one million mark in attendance, the Pirates began discounting tickets on Aug. 1 for weekday games, cutting general admission prices from $ 2.50 to $ 1 and selling a terrace - level ticket for $ 1 after the purchase of one at the usual $ 6 ratIn an effort to pass the one million mark in attendance, the Pirates began discounting tickets on Aug. 1 for weekday games, cutting general admission prices from $ 2.50 to $ 1 and selling a terrace - level ticket for $ 1 after the purchase of one at the usual $ 6 ratin attendance, the Pirates began discounting tickets on Aug. 1 for weekday games, cutting general admission prices from $ 2.50 to $ 1 and selling a terrace - level ticket for $ 1 after the purchase of one at the usual $ 6 rate.

During its zenith in the early - to mid-2000s as the sport flourished, ratings and attendance skyrocketed, and it expanded to new tracks well beyond its southeast base, NASCAR often struggled to keep its core followers content while courting new fans.

Let's define major college sports as Division I football and basketball, the two that bring in by far the biggest revenue, ratings, attendance, and so forth.

Instead, it offers another dire reminder about the state of NASCAR in 2018 amidst continually slumping television ratings, flat attendance, and an economic climate where teams are saddled with exorbitant costs but have fewer dollars coming in.

The report looks attendance trends, domestic league structures and club finances as well as the new football metrics such as a comparison of clubs» and players» social media footprints, an analysis of football agent commission rates and agent concentration across leagues, the overlap between the 2017/18 league start and transfer window end, and the increase in cross-border and multi-club ownership.

... [F] or low - risk women with a skilled midwife in attendance, home birth is a safe option for newborns with lower rates of interventions and complications for mothers.

It's reflected in improved grades and test scores, strong attendance, a higher rate of homework completion, higher graduation rates, improved attitudes and behaviors in the child, as well as the child being more likely to become involved in positive extra-curricular activities.

In the endless, exhausting chase to meet standardized testing pressures, graduation rate pressure, and attendance pressures (in which funding is tied to students being in school, not what, how or if they learn), there so much more that is sacrificed than just nutritioIn the endless, exhausting chase to meet standardized testing pressures, graduation rate pressure, and attendance pressures (in which funding is tied to students being in school, not what, how or if they learn), there so much more that is sacrificed than just nutritioin which funding is tied to students being in school, not what, how or if they learn), there so much more that is sacrificed than just nutritioin school, not what, how or if they learn), there so much more that is sacrificed than just nutrition.

[If you don't] You will have a higher section rate, so part of that is you need to be in attendance to keep the birth normal and some of it is just to have an opinion about the strip, some if it is literally where you feel like you're standing guard, not against bad people but against keeping the space for the woman private and without a lot of stuff going on around her that's going to distract her just being in her labour.

Adjusted analyses demonstrate that attendance in the clinic offering only PC services was significantly associated with an increased breastfeeding initiation rate (42).

The issue of breastfeeding ought to be more of a priority in our country.It covers several major problems all in one.Healthcare, economy, environment, jobs (alot more would be created from an increase in nursing than from formula production) our children's performance in school and the rate of college attendance, obesity, and less unwanted pregnancies (sounds harsh but most of our world problems are connected to an exploding overpopulation and a lack of adequate resources).

«There is nothing worse than preferential rent when market rate is hovering,» said Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, who was also in attendance.

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - Astoria) has announced a federal grant of $ 552,000 for volunteer mentoring and tutoring in an effort to increase attendance and graduation rates in Long Island City schools.

«In November, the nonpartisan Research Alliance for New York City Schools presented findings from a rigorous analysis of school closures under Mayor Bloomberg, showing that graduation rates improved by 15 - points for students who left and attendance and graduation rates improved for those who remained during the transition.

Second home allowance would be replaced with a flat daily rate for MPs attending parliament, basing their allowance on «actual attendance in Westminster».

Increasing attendance rates and decreasing turnover rates were, respectively, explicit and implicit aims of the Wright Committee in its desire to boost the select committee system and the vitality of Parliament.

Also explore the interactive version of the visualization for the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in relation to GDP, education, neonatal mortality, skilled birth attendance, and total fertility rate by country (Global), 1980 - 2008.