Sentences with phrase «by other students at school»

In one large study, about 49 % of children in grades 4 — 12 reported being bullied by other students at school at least once during the past month, whereas 30.8 % reported bullying others during that time.

You're quickly rescued by some other students at your school who happen to have the ability to fight them when even the military can not.

Not exact matches

Other universities are watching carefully and will likely follow Stanford's lead, says Chris Lesmes, former director of the Big Red Venture Fund, a student - run $ 2 million investment fund targeting startups at Cornell University and financed by alumni, not the school.

The NRA, bolstered by Trump, has been a vocal proponent of allowing more guns in public places, including schools, but the exception for the convention has raised eyebrows and prompted skepticism among students and at least one parent who lost his child in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed and others injured.

I recall being at the business school in the 1980's and getting approached by some of the other students that were married and being questioned quite pointedly about why I was not a member of the Christian Business Association.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the ruling on Friday, saying the family had not persuaded the three - judge panel «that the individual prayers or other remarks to be given by students at graduation are, in fact, school - sponsored.»

She helps out at school by tutoring other students in various subjects, and is viewed by her peers as a leader and a supportive person who is willing to help people out at the expense of her own studying.

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 addition to examining potential changes in protein, calories, and calcium, it would be important to document whether students compensated at lunch, or after school, by consuming higher calorie beverages or other calorically dense snacks.

As a result of his tenure at NHPS, they now boast that the pastas, breads, and rice that students eat are always whole grain; chicken nuggets and other breaded, highly - processed proteins have been replaced by chicken that is roasted on the bone; 100 % of their schools have salad bars, all of which serve fresh vegetables prepared from scratch; and, at the time of his departure in 2012, over 170,000 pounds of produce had been purchased from local farms.

But when I asked this question yesterday at our Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting, I learned that not only does stigma remain a real issue at some schools, there's now a troubling, modern - day twist on the problem: on some campuses, hapless kids standing in the federally reimbursable meal line are having their pictures taken by other students» cell phones, with the photos then uploaded to Facebook and / or texted around the school along with disparaging messages about the child's economic status.

The review of existing research on the AP program was undertaken by Denise Pope with Madeline Levine, both co-founders of Challenge Success, a research - based organization at Stanford University that develops holistic curriculum, conferences and other programs for parents, schools and students.

A 2013 white paper by Denise Pope and Madeline Levine, both co-founders of Challenge Success, a research - based organization at Stanford University that develops holistic curriculum, conferences and other programs for parents, schools and students, suggests that isn't always the case.

Aside from the extreme interest in academic considerations following a concussion generated by the presentation, another common area of conversation at the exhibit booth was what schools or districts without a certified athletic trainer (AT) do to monitor and manage student - athletes with concussions and other sport - related injurieat the exhibit booth was what schools or districts without a certified athletic trainer (AT) do to monitor and manage student - athletes with concussions and other sport - related injurieAT) do to monitor and manage student - athletes with concussions and other sport - related injuries.

To have free water with his lunch, Mason would have to wait in line at a water fountain shared by hundreds of other middle - school students and take a few sips of water before returning to eat.

So why do some books that aren't) of obvious (at least to me) interest to most high school students placed on reading lists, and why are others of much greater interest (as judged by sales and / or library borrowings) ignored?

Marotta was participating in a roundtable discussion at Bulkeley High School, convened by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and including state Education Commissioner Dianna Wentzell, Hartford schools Superintendent Leslie Torres - Rodriguez, a Newtown teacher who went to Parkland, Fla. to talk with teachers there, students, and others.

Students at Success Academy, which is authorized by SUNY, outperformed not only students in New York City's traditional public schools but those in every other district in thStudents at Success Academy, which is authorized by SUNY, outperformed not only students in New York City's traditional public schools but those in every other district in thstudents in New York City's traditional public schools but those in every other district in the state.

An investigation by Schneiderman found the Syracuse City School District suspends students at a higher rate than almost every other district in the country.

Publicolor, founded in 1996 by industrial designer Ruth Lande Shuman, aims to engage at - risk students with their learning environment by getting them to paint their school hallways, classrooms and other facilities.

Under the proposal, half of the expected 300 students would have to meet the higher performance standards while the others — who could be admitted by taking a school tour or signing up for information at a fair, for example — could gain entry based on less stringent criteria, the notice stated.

The other four winning projects pitched by students are: $ 100,000 for a new track at the College of Staten Island High School; $ 250,000 to improve the track at Tottenville High School; $ 600,000 to wire air conditioners at Susan Wagner High School; and $ 250,000 to upgrade the girls» locker room at Gaynor McCown High School.

Almost all of the schools whose students under perform are students at a «bad» school by the other two measures, and experience minimal or negative academic growth from year to year.

The scores of last year's MCAS tests given to Springfield school students rose across the board at a higher rate than the gain recorded by school districts statewide, and the dropout rate has fallen more than any other school system in the state.

By competing and succeeding in a truly challenging course at a real university, students who have no other connection with higher education — because they often are the first in their families to complete high school, let alone consider college — receive an emotional boost and a realization that college is possible for them.

Results of new study led by Linda Pagani, professor at the University of Montreal's School of Psychoeducation, show that young children who watch too much television are at risk of victimization and social isolation and adopting violent and antisocial behaviour toward other students at age 13.

The joint research team led by graduate student and JSPS fellow Takuma Izumi at the Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo revealed for the first time — with observational data collected by ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array), in Chile, and other telescopes — that dense molecular gas disks occupying regions as large as a few light years at the centers of galaxies are supplying gas directly to the supermassive black holes.

The school will be structured around lectures delivered by members of CNL's research team and external experts in the mornings, followed by demonstrations and practical sessions in the afternoons during which students will spend time at the Zero Energy Deuterium (ZED - 2) reactor, as well as several other nuclear facilities located on the campus.

Many students try to compensate for other bad habits (like binge drinking) by taking these drugs, says Amelia Arria, PhD, director of the Center on Young Adult Health and Development at the University of Maryland School of Public Health, in College Park.

Administrators at Bullard Elementary School in Kennesaw, Georgia, implemented yoga and other mindfulness practices in the classroom to reduce students» stress, but they received an onslaught of complaints from parents who felt they were promoting non-Christian beliefs by «allowing this Far East mystical religion with crystals and chants to be practiced under the guise of stress release meditation.»

After Gamby gets chastised by the teachers for helping Russell keep his job — the students looking on in amazement as the teachers fling insults and curse words at each other is a great comedic touch — the episode becomes an avalanche of events that lead to the aforementioned fight through the school.

They commonly serve disadvantaged students; they are all under pressure to attract parents and to satisfy a small number of authorizers; one school may deliberately imitate another by adopting a policy that seems to be working in the other school; schools may also imitate one another unconsciously (as when teachers who have worked at one school are hired by another and bring their knowledge with them).

Like all the other students in Joanna Ecke's American - literature class at Wilton High School here, Sister M. Andrina Logan dutifully carries her textbook to class four days a week and does the required readings by Mark Twain, Henry David Thoreau, and Benjamin Franklin.

While there may be other mechanisms through which increased school spending improves student outcomes, these results suggest that the positive effects are driven, at least in part, by some combination of reductions in class size, having more adults per student in schools, increases in instructional time, and increases in teacher salaries that may help to attract and retain a more highly qualified teaching workforce.

These and other little - known facts were center stage at the school's annual trivia night held by the Office of Student Affairs in October.

By coming together as a larger group throughout the year, like at a culminating conference in April, students and partner schools in both courses share what the journey looks like and what they've learned, and also discuss other topics of interest.

Yet, many teachers at some point in their teaching career become frustrated by their students» inability to think creatively, and others — as best exemplified by Sir Ken Robinson's famous Ted Talk, blame schooling itself for killing the imagination.

Under the new policy, students must be accompanied by at least one other student when they go to the restroom, the office, or any other school location where they are...

At some D.C. elementary schools, rather than settling into a healthy racial and socioeconomic balance, student populations are flipping from one extreme to the other, with fourth - grade classes dominated by minorities and preschool classes that are mostly white.

For many, like Wall, now a student at Harvard Law, the decision to come to the Ed School after Morehouse is heavily influenced by other people.

School of One places students in larger classes or smaller groups or in a one - on - one instruction situation, either by a tutor or online, depending on the number of others in the class who are at a similar price point and share interests.

A new Brookings study by Russ Whitehurst and Michelle Croft finds that students attending the charter school connected with the Harlem Children's Zone do not outperform students at other New York City charter schools, but Jay Mathews warns that it is too soon to draw conclusions about the impact of the HCZ's services.

Jewish Day school alumni attend their first - choice college at about the same rate as Jewish students who graduated from a public or other private school, says a report by the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education, a Boston - based organization that seeks to strengthen the Jewish day school movement.

By turning schedule, then turning it some more, McNeely has made time at Hayden R. Lawrence Middle School in Deville, Louisiana, to create special tutoring programs for students who need extra help or enrichment and to achieve many other priorities.

At times my students create work for public audiences or our school community, and at other times their work is shared with and evaluated by their classmates alonAt times my students create work for public audiences or our school community, and at other times their work is shared with and evaluated by their classmates alonat other times their work is shared with and evaluated by their classmates alone.

Once family background and the nature of the peer group at school were taken into account, student achievement was unaffected by per - pupil expenditure, school size, the science lab facilities, the number of books in the library, the use of tracking by ability levels to assign students to classrooms, or other factors previously assumed to be indicators of what makes for a good school.

The study found that flexible access to computers, printers, internet and other resources, including teaching expertise, before school and at non-class time was valued highly by students (Hay 2006).

The report by the nonprofit research organization urges, among other recommendations, that states align high school exit exams with entry - level college coursework, that educators at the high school and college levels collaborate more, and that high schools prepare students for the independence they will experience in college.

The school consulted with students, teachers and parents, explored research (including the work of Alfie Kohn and John Hattie), read articles by Joe Bower on abolishing homework, and looked at policies in other jurisdictions — all of which informed the decision to stop setting formal homework.

The guidelines were released in June, shortly before The Wall Street Journal published a front - page article detailing charges by students, parents, and teachers that numerous students at Taylor Allderdice High School had offered money for homework, stolen tests, or used open dictionaries in taking college - admission tests, among other allegations.