Sentences with phrase «challenges academic students»

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The «students» tend to be scientists and academics who are working on big science challenges — hairy problems in biotech and pure technology — funded by the NSF.

JDC West is a three - day competition that challenges students in the areas of academics, athletics, debate and social events.

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It will be much harder to do that in the future unless the college administration reverses its present course, calls the faculty and students who have been brutalizing Professor Esolen to order, and reaffirms Providence College's commitment to genuine academic freedom and to a Catholic vision of the human person that challenges the tribalism and identity politics eroding our culture and our politics.

In order to address this problem, high academic standards will need to be achieved in every school, and communities will have to provide the necessary resources for those students facing additional challenges.

This process does not challenge the Integrity of an academic discipline; it does not require a certain life style for the faculty or students; it does not presuppose formal church ties.

We promote experiences to support and challenge students to create the tools to build their lives and achieve academic success.»

A blend of traditional and progressive teaching styles within a nurturing and supportive environment encourages a love of learning and challenges students to reach their full academic potential.

Join the Challenge Success School Program as a returning team, and build upon the work that you have initiated to improve student well - being and academic engagement in your school community.

Demand for our program is growing, and Challenge Success is working hard to ensure that we continue to provide research - based assessment and interventions that reduce student stress and increase academic engagement for more schools and families across the country.

Since 2003, Challenge Success has partnered with over 150 middle and high schools to implement policies and practices that increase academic engagement and well - being for their students.

Throughout the college admissions process, the chief concern is giving each student — and his or her family — tools to help find the right match: that institution best suited to offer academic and personal challenge appropriate to that student's abilities and interests following graduation from the Waldorf School of Garden City.

Why spent money on sports programs or academic challenges if you can't fuel your students with premium ingredients, which are not any more expensive when used wisely?

Throughout the college admissions process, the chief concern is giving each student — and his or her family — tools to help find the right match: that institution best suited to offer academic and personal challenges appropriate to that student's abilities and interests following graduation from the Waldorf School of Garden City.

Bullying tends to peak in 6th grade, and many students find that the academic challenges of middle school are far more difficult than in elementary school.

The balanced middle school program at Corvallis Waldorf School fosters confident students well - prepared for the challenges of high school, through academics, the arts, outdoor education, research projects and extra-curricular activities.

The second technique they use is really challenging academic work — rigorous, long - term projects that students take on, where they can't help but learn in a deeper way.

Brighton is a warm, vibrant school community designed for both elementary and high school students with academic and social challenges.

Sylvan Learning also reminds parents that even with the best preparation many students still may need extra help to meet new academic challenges or to bolster study skills.

Government has huge challenges with implementing a campaign promise to make education at the Senior High School level free for all students, both day and boarders, and starting from the next academic year.

The statement observes Government is having challenges with implementing its campaign promise to make education at the Senior High School level free for all students, starting next academic year.

The students were chosen for demonstrating Carey's commitment to social justice, leadership, and mentoring, and for committing to academic success despite economic challenges.

Teacher, mentor and scholar, Dr. Bhardwaj is devoted to enriching and challenging students in Erie County to reach new heights of academic and intellectual excellence.

So what ideas exist to help more students with similar stories and how does that happen in a district that maintains low academic standing and graduation rates along with many other challenges?

These new skills enable graduate students and postdocs to enter the next stage of their careers better informed and equipped to adapt to challenges the academic or nonacademic world sends their way.

With 82 tenured / tenure - track and 40 additional full - time faculty, 1,300 undergraduate students, 700 graduate students and more than 23,000 alumni, we are working to leverage our partnerships with academic and industry partners — across disciplines and across the world — to contribute to solving the greatest global challenges of the 21st century.

Educational improvement efforts, Eye concludes, should focus not on correcting a nonexistent overall deficit but on improving the academic performance of the students «in the lower portion of the performance distribution,» many of whom face social and familial challenges that interfere with their education.

However, when tests include cognitively challenging questions that require elevated critical thinking, females and lower socioeconomic students score lower than their male or high - status peers, even though the students have equal academic ability.

Another challenge is that the overall academic climate the students experience may not be supportive.

Yet Palmer and Templeton still face all the challenges of beginning a new faculty position: recruiting students and staff, finding research funding, teaching, integrating themselves into the academic community, and establishing a steady flow of ideas and data.

Heather Hava, right, who is working on a doctorate in aerospace engineering sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, describes a computerized system she is developing with other graduate students participating in the eXploration HABitat (X-Hab) Academic Innovation Challenge.

The new methodology is already challenging widely held beliefs by finding that teachers can not be judged solely on the basis of their academic credentials, that classroom size is not always paramount and that students may actually be more engaged if they struggle to complete a classroom assignment.

The upcoming shift in focus toward large - scale screening of small - molecule collections will provide both opportunities and challenges for graduate students and postdocs wishing to explore this new domain of academic research.

This outlook, the team argues, causes students to respond to challenges by trying harder and has a greater impact on Asian - Americans» academic achievement than does cognitive ability or socioeconomic status.

One of the challenges inherent in the cross-disciplinary nature of this new and emerging academic domain is providing necessary education and training in the biological sciences to students from computational backgrounds such as engineering or applied math.

But improving academic performance is especially challenging in the Silver State, where the number of public school students increased by more than 50 percent between 1994 and...

A growing body of evidence suggests that providing students with simplified information, reminders, and access to assistance during critical junctures, like FAFSA completion and the summer after high school, can help students navigate challenging bottlenecks and transition into collegiate environments where they've already shown the potential for academic success.

In a world where students are often still assessed based on their right and wrong answers, I wonder: how are teachers meeting the challenge of communicating other critically important academic values to developing thinkers?

We will have an education system that differentiates between students and finds every child where he or she is in the early years, then gives her the understanding, guidance, increasing academic challenge, and support necessary to traverse each level of our education system successfully, ultimately emerging — after some years of post secondary education — ready for success in a job and in our economy, as a citizen, the head of a family, and a lifelong learner.

This is partly about fairness: It's wrong for any child to miss out on academic challenges at school, and we should do everything we can to develop the full potential of all our students, including high achievers.

The awards recognize three public high schools that demonstrate excellence in academic growth and help disadvantaged students achieve their higher education goals despite social, cultural, and economic challenges.

Edutopia.org recently checked in with a few staff members and students to record the first semester's successes and to identify some lingering challenges in building a secondary school whose academics and culture rely largely on technology.

Results show that while some students drop out because of academic challenges, most others leave school due to circumstances in their lives and an inadequate response to those challenges from their schools: lack of motivation, interest, and classes that were not challenging enough.

Every day after lunch, each YES Prep staff member meets with the same group of students to discuss current challenges, academic or personal.

Instead, they fed into a larger shift at schools, which began devoting money and staff to expand AP programs and to prepare students for more challenging academics.

National Schools of Character exemplify CEP's Eleven Principles, among them defining ««character» comprehensively to include thinking, feeling, and behavior»; implementing «a meaningful and challenging academic curriculum that respects all learners, develops their character, and helps them to succeed»; providing «students with opportunities for moral action»; and using «a comprehensive, intentional, proactive, and effective approach to character development.»

It is persistently at the bottom of most national rankings for academic performance and students» well - being, and faces daunting challenges: nearly three quarters of students are from low - income families and some 16 percent have limited English language proficiency.

The report, funded by the Commercial Education Trust, revealed that the negative perceptions around apprenticeships among students, teachers and parents hampers take - up and highlights how more needs to be done to ensure equal guidance for both academic and vocational pathways and challenge views about the suitability of different apprenticeships across genders.

But for the millions of students with dyslexia, reading is a difficult task that poses constant academic and emotional challenges.

With schools today facing an array of complex challenges — from working with an increasingly diverse population of students, to integrating new technology in the classroom, to meeting rigorous academic standards and goals — observers...