Not exact matches
Professor Paul Montgomery, lead researcher, University
of Birmingham said: «We want people to be
aware that sleep deprivation in adolescents is a real problem which affects their functioning, their wellbeing and even their
academic performance.
In our No Child Left Behind era, educators are
aware that high - school Algebra I teachers are under pressure for proof
of student
academic performance.
Research behind VAL - ED (the Vanderbilt Assessment
of Leadership in Education tool to assess principal
performance, developed by researchers at Vanderbilt University) suggests that there are six key steps - or «processes» - that the effective principal takes when carrying out his or her most important leadership responsibilities: planning, implementing, supporting, advocating, communicating and monitoring.40 The school leader pressing for high
academic standards would, for example, map out rigorous targets for improvements in learning (planning), get the faculty on board to do what's necessary to meet those targets (implementing), encourage students and teachers in meeting the goals (supporting), challenge low expectations and low district funding for students with special needs (advocating), make sure families are
aware of the learning goals (communicating), and keep on top
of test results (monitoring).41
We encourage parents to attend these meetings to build relationships with their child's teachers, to stay
aware of their child's
academic standing, and to ask questions about their child's
performance and future plans.
Ensure that parents are
aware of their child's
academic performance levels and what is needed to prevent summer slide.
A peer - reviewed study
of academic gains in New Orleans, conducted by Tulane economists and glossed over in the Times piece, compared the
performance of New Orleans students with that
of other hurricane - affected students, concluding that «we are not
aware of any other districts that have made such large gains in such a short period
of time.»