If you pay your bill on time, you can earn up to 1.25 percent cash back on all your purchases for that month, which is in line or
better than some other student cards.
The center found that charter - school students scored as well as or slightly
better than other students on the state tests.
As we have shown in previous articles, Common Core tests are not fair in that they were deliberately designed to fail two thirds of American students even though American students, when adjusted for poverty, do
better than any other students in the world.
Disadvantaged students at this school are performing far
better than other students in the state, and this school is successfully closing the achievement gap.
It is my personal goal for every school year: to find at least one thing every student does
better than every other student.
Not exact matches
The important thing to remember is, all
other things being equal, a lower
student loan interest rate is
better than a higher one — but you need to consider all of the terms of the loan including whether the rate is fixed or variable and what your loan repayment options are to ensure you get the
best overall deal.
And a new report finds that while many low - income
students fall behind and fail to graduate on time from U.S. colleges, the University of California system supports them significantly
better than other schools do.
Guiding Principles Religious and theological studies depend on and reinforce each
other; A principled approach to religious values and faith demands the intellectual rigor and openness of quality academic work; A
well - educated
student of religion must have a deep and broad understanding of more
than a single religious tradition; Studying religion requires that one understand one's own historical context as
well as that of those whom one studies; An exemplary scholarly and teaching community requires respect for and critical engagement with difference and diversity of all kinds.
Private school
students, on average, score
better than public school
students in reading, math and a host of
other subject areas, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
The schools they attend are likely to be segregated by race and class and to have less money to spend on instruction
than the schools
well - off
students attend, and their teachers are likely to be less experienced and less
well - trained
than teachers at
other schools.
In contrast, parents who value a performance orientation, focus on their
student's achievement as mainly measured by grades and test scores — the need to score
better than others in order to succeed.
He argued that because athletes with lower academic scores are being admitted into
better colleges
than other students, the
best colleges in the nation are not selecting and breeding top academics to compete with the rest of the world.
Still, some
students stand out more
than others, getting
better grades and grasping material more deeply.
And, what he found is that there were certain teachers who were reliably
better able
than others to improve their
student's performance on these proxy measures.
These heroes may work behind the scenes more
than other cafeteria employees, but they are working hard to ensure everything on the frontline is running smoothly — by maintaining the quality of the school meal programs through
student interaction, menu planning and a commitment to serving nutritious, tasty and
well - balanced school meals.
I've taught nearly 500
students and we as educators constantly hear parents talk about how their child is gifted but the implication they make is that their child is gifted over
others,
well guess what... every child's ability isn't
better than another although each is uniquely gifted.
She gives the example of a school with five fifth grade classes, where
students in one classroom score much
better on the math tests
than the
other four.
Success Academy's
students, most of whom are black or Hispanic, performed
better on this year's state reading and math tests
than did
students in any
other district in the state.
We are seeing increasing number of
students coming from
other West African countries to come and study here in Ghana because our education system is much
better and is performing
well than the system in their country,» he said.
«With some universities charging # 9,000 more
than others, many
students will be forced to choose the cheapest course, not the one that is
best for them.»
Studies have shown that
students in the new schools have fared
better than their predecessors in the larger schools, but some
other large schools have suffered from having to absorb more struggling
students.
He says the New York State Board of Elections alone has registered more
than 500 high school
students across the county, and there are also
other organizations like the League of Women Voters, as
well as candidate groups, that are working to get first time voters registered.
But they did a bit
better than other failing
students statewide who got the same scores the year before, officials said.
There are
other,
better, ways to win your
students» respect
than to impress them with how many facts you know.
When fed brain scans produced by
students looking at fresh paintings by the same artists, the program correctly identified the painter
better than chance alone: it was correct 83 per cent of the time among the six
students who were art majors and 62 per cent of the time among the
others (NeuroReport, DOI: 10.1097 / WNR.0 b013e3283331322).
A new study suggests that charter school
students are more likely to do
well at college and earn significantly more
than their counterparts at
other schools.
«Rather
than confuse
students with misleading attacks on evolution and
other issues, we need to teach science
better than ever to inspire a new generation and secure America's future.»
They also encounter a more thoughtful objection, which goes something like this: American
students are tested so much already — far more often
than students in
other countries, such as Finland and Singapore, which regularly place
well ahead of the U.S. in international evaluations.
On the
other hand, it could be that some schools are
better than others at identifying eating disorders in their
students and ensuring they get diagnosed and treated.»
«
Other deans of science at major research universities would tell me: «Our
students are
better than that.
Erika Eliason, a graduate
student at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in Canada, wanted to know whether different populations of Fraser River salmon were
better than others at handling the heat.
To find out if individuals with high levels of psychopathic traits were
better at learning how to lie
than others, the researchers recruited 52
students from The University of Hong Kong — 23 who showed low levels of psychopathic traits and 29 who showed high levels of psychopathic traits based on a questionnaire that can be used to assess psychopathy in a non-clinical setting.
In a study of
student's stools during exam week, it was found that the
student's stools contained fewer lactobacilli (a strain of «
good bacteria»)
than compared to any
other normal day.
I centralize most work from the pelvic floor on up... always starting class with ab work on the floor or the roller, having
student feel their transverse abdominis as
well as the complex muscles of the pelvic floor as stabilizers (allowing
other body parts to move safely and with ease) rather
than doing crunches.
Scary yet comforting mix of horror, humor, monsters, scientists, werewolves, vampires, clueless cheerleaders and suburban honor
students... They all up to no
good,
other than to keep you entertained.
And my teacher said, «Without a light meter you managed to do
better than most of my
other students do with a light meter.»
And in the
other study with the Walton Arts Center we are surveying more
than 2,000 7th grade
students in area schools to link the past performances they have seen on school field trips to their current behaviors as cultural consumers and producers as
well as some empathy and tolerance outcomes.
We should be telling parents about ways to limit device usage (see Curbi Parental Controls for iOS),
other than just the plain old every day discipline of taking a device away or sitting beside a
student while they use technology (by the way, these two things are the
best way to be proactive with our children).
In addition, it wasn't particularly
well aligned with the district's
other main accountability program, school probation, which focused on second - quartile
students rather
than the lowest - performing
students in a school.
«In this way,
students are given the opportunity to read
good literature at a variety of levels, for a purpose
other than just for a report in class.
Our analysis of these data reveals that teachers transfer from one school to another — or exit the Texas public school system altogether — more as a reaction to the characteristics of their
students than in response to
better salaries in
other schools.
It is also
good practice to ask
students for ideas
other than the ones on the slide they might connect, and update the slides accordingly.
It is accepted that not all
students will learn equally
well and that some
students are naturally
better learners (more «academically inclined»)
than others.
«While 62 per cent of our
students performed
better in collaborative problem solving
than was expected based on their reading, Maths and Science scores, a focus on one skill shouldn't come at the expense of the
others,» he said.
When schools with the same demographics get the same amount of money, some achieve
better outcomes for
students than others.
Both
student and teacher attendance is higher
than at
other local schools, with the
student attendance rate surpassing that of every
other middle school in the district (and significantly
better than the citywide average).
They make an apples - to - apples comparison of the data to determine if
students of similar family backgrounds do
better in the United States
than in
other countries.
I think it is more
than possible that
students can be equipped with the knowledge and skills to choose something
better than ignorance when it comes to knowing themselves, relating to
others, and making responsible decisions.
But then one would recall that
other public functions exist, such as health, transportation, and higher education, that make large and urgent claims on the budgets of state governments; that problems
other than a lack of money afflict the schools, such as
students who arrive unprepared for learning or life in a classroom; and that evidence for the efficacy of money per se is at
best mixed.
Schools that participate say they are curious to see how their
students compare to
students from
other countries, especially if the school is considered high performing; a few participated to demonstrate that low - income minority
students could perform as
well or
better than students nationally or internationally.