Sentences with phrase «by low attendance»

Nothing particularly interesting on the operating side except that higher exhibition bookings were more than offset by lower attendance, perhaps due to the lingering effects of the recession, and the company was nearly break - even on a GAAP basis.

Not exact matches

At Parks and Resorts growth in operating income was driven by higher results at our domestic operations which saw gains in both attendance and guest spending, partially offset by lower results at our international operations.

You began by remarking on our low Sunday attendance.

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.

Don't forget, that is just tickets sold; judging by the actual number of people at the park, it appears attendance has been far lower.

A new and very unwelcome low was witnessed off the pitch on 2 May when the home game against Wimbledon was watched by a crowd of only 23,368, the lowest Old Trafford attendance for eighteen years.

Officials aim to save $ 2.5 million by shutting down Monday, as well as the day after Thanksgiving, the day before Christmas Eve and the day before New Year's Eve — traditionally low - attendance days at the parks, said General Superintendent Timothy Mitchell.

Public gatherings, often claimed by the media as reaching the tens of thousands, were cancelled on numerous occasions due to low attendance.

The DOE wants the middle school planed for vacant sections of popular P.S. 158 to admit students who meet somewhat stringent admissions criteria, such as good attendance records or test scores, as well as students who would meet lower standards, according to a notice released by the department.

Low attendance and participation in Parliament by Labour MPs was first raised by the Government's Chief Whip Nick Brown.

According to the literature review led by Nationwide Children's Hospital Sports Medicine, most causes of low back pain in this population are benign; however the effect of low back pain can be significant, affecting daily activities such as school attendance and participation in gym class or other athletic activities.

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In our study, controlling for the amount of math coursework reduces the effects of accountability pressure on bachelor's degree receipt and earnings at age 25 to nearly zero, and lowers the impact on four - year college attendance by about 50 percent.

«Closing school for everyone appears to be better for student learning than adding to the challenges posed by American students» already low attendance rates,» Goodman concludes.

The group were contacted by a school and Leeds to help understand why the attendance of teenage girls was low.

Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways, including better attitudes toward school and higher educational aspirations; higher school attendance rates and lower tardiness rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower dropout rates; better performance in school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.

[28] Text messaging to parents, which has gained popularity recently as a low - cost intervention, has been shown to improve attendance by 17 percent.

These subgroup ratings weigh heavily in the overall performance rating for a school or district because the rating given by the state is based on the lowest performance on any single criterion (TAAS, dropout rate, attendance rate) for any subpopulation.

The 2012 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, found that after taking all grants and scholarships into account, attending one year of community college runs dependent students from low - income families more than $ 8,000 in tuition, fees, and living costs (see the green «Net price of attendance» bars in Figure 2).

Then they were asked to combine and be one staff instead of three separate schools, so morale was very low... and no vision or direction, very low (as a result) attendance by students - it was around the 60 to 70 per cent mark.

For example, in my own work with several colleagues, which was partially funded by IES, we demonstrated that providing low - and moderate - income families with streamlined personal assistance to complete the federal college financial aid application had large effects on college attendance and persistence.

Principals Tough Stand Turns School Around Frustrated by what he considered low expectations and minimal structure at American Indian Public Charter School, Dr. Ben Chavis set out to reform the school instituting no - nonsense policies regarding attendance, appearance, and instruction.

Replacing large, underperforming high schools in New York City with dozens of small new ones has kept many teenagers from dropping out, a new study has found, but also has lowered graduation and attendance rates at some of the remaining large schools by diverting hundreds of at - risk students into their classrooms.

A charter school operated by a hope operator which serves students from one or more persistently low - performing schools; is located in the attendance zone of a persistently low - performing school or within a 5 - mile radius of such school, whichever is greater; and is a Title I eligible school.

City Year's work with 3rd through 9th graders is guided by a groundbreaking 2006 study from Johns Hopkins University that found that if 6th - grade students demonstrated «early warning indicators» — poor attendance, behavior issues, and low achievement in math and English coursework — their chances of graduating from high school plummeted to 25 percent.

A report by a Washington think tank about a California virtual charter run by the company found a series of problems, including dramatically lower test scores than traditional public schools, startling high dropout rates, questionable attendance figures and a host of other problems.

Students with poor attendance in the month before taking the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress scored significantly lower on the test than their peers who had no absences in that time frame, a new analysis by Attendance Woattendance in the month before taking the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress scored significantly lower on the test than their peers who had no absences in that time frame, a new analysis by Attendance WoAttendance Works finds.

The authors pointed out some of the advantages of low poverty noting, «Children whose parents read to them at home, whose health is good and can attend school regularly, who do not live in fear of crime and violence, who enjoy stable housing and continuous school attendance, whose parents» regular employment creates security, who are exposed to museums, libraries, music and art lessons, who travel outside their immediate neighborhoods, and who are surrounded by adults who model high educational achievement and attainment will, on average, achieve at higher levels than children without these educationally relevant advantages.»

It had been a year marked by low achievement, low attendance, low morale among teachers, and high numbers of discipline issues.

During Dr. George McKenna's tenure as prinicpal of Washington Prepratory High School in South Los Angeles, students, parents, and community members witnessed the transformation of an inner - city high school that had been torn by violence, low achievement, and lack of community confidence into a school with an attendance waiting list and nearly 80 % of the graduates enrolled in college.

State GEAR UP grants are designed to increase college attendance and completion by raising low - income student awareness of college and financial aid options, increasing their participation in academically challenging courses and supporting them through the college admissions process.

Poor oversight when it comes to ensuring accurate student attendance, dramatically lower test scores than their traditional public school counterparts and difficulty accessing technology were only some of problems the report found with CAVA and were echoed by Golovich, who was not involved in the compilation of the study.

Is the reason we visit triggered by negative concerns (ie: poor attendance, behavioral problems, low academics), or is it across the board?

Combining baseline adjustments, treatment attenuation effects, and prior preschool attendance attenuation effects, we assume that non-low-income children experience 42 percent of the reduction in the need for special education, 21 percent of the decline in grade retention, 12 percent of the reduction in child maltreatment, 42 percent of the drop in juvenile and adult crime, 26 percent of the lessening of depression, and 37 percent of the decrease in smoking experienced by low - income children.28

The author speculates that this may be caused by dependence on «forms of transportation more likely to fail during snowstorms, such as public transit or low quality cars» or to placing «less value on school attendance.»

Led by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, together with local partners, it brings high - quality arts education resources to a group of the lowest - performing elementary and middle schools in the country, and help them use those resources to improve attendance, parent engagement, student motivation and more.

In contrast, live author appearances by authors who aren't well known may to have low attendance.

At the third Climate Leaders Summit hosted by The Climate Group in Cancun, the sub-national governments in attendance committed to continue to develop low - carbon policies and to regularly report on their progress in the Cancun Statement of Federal States & Regional Governments on Low Carbon & Climate Resilient Development and the accompanying Cancun Sectoral Framewolow - carbon policies and to regularly report on their progress in the Cancun Statement of Federal States & Regional Governments on Low Carbon & Climate Resilient Development and the accompanying Cancun Sectoral FramewoLow Carbon & Climate Resilient Development and the accompanying Cancun Sectoral Framework.

A final determination of a claim at the settlement conference will not only eliminate the need for further attendances by all parties but will substantially reduce the costs of proceeding with low value claims.

Various options are proposed to tackle the issue: rehabilitation vouchers - these address the point of «phantom» attendance for rehabilitation, but may be complex to administer; all rehabilitation arranged and paid for by defendants - the MoJ notes that this would help speed up access to treatment and increase independence and transparency; no compensation payment towards rehabilitation in low value claims - the claimant would need to fund this and primary legislation would be needed to achieve this as at present there is no intention to restrict recovery of special damages; expand MedCo to include rehabilitation providers; and introducing fixed recoverable damages for rehabilitation treatment - the MoJ notes that this could be difficult and invites comment as to whether this would be achieved via a fixed cost per session or by fixing an upper value limit that can not be exceeded.

By taking steps to minimize mental stress injuries, employers can reduce the number of potential WSIB claims and experience advantages including increased employee productivity, engagement and attendance, and lower turnover.

In a more in - depth study prepared by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles in December of 1987 entitled «Evaluation of the Point / Insurance Reduction Program,» the Department found that «the 84,806 drivers who participated in the Point / Insurance Reduction Program had 15 % lower accident rates and 56 % lower conviction rates during the eighteen months after attending a motor vehicle accident prevention course than during the eighteen months prior to attendance» (Evaluation page 11).

Often admittance to the exhibit hall area is free or very low cost in comparison with «full» expo attendance which may include meals and sessions presented by speakers and expensive.

Dropout rates in the PLL group among parents and teenagers were extremely low with an 85 % attendance rate by the parents and an 80 % attendance rate by youths, even though attendance was not court ordered.