Sentences with phrase «chance of graduating»

Studies show that children who are mentored have a better chance of graduating from high school, have a lower risk of drug use, gain improved interpersonal communication skills, and have higher self - esteem.3 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks provides mentoring opportunities that connect caring adults with children who may not have a positive adult role model in their life.

If we eliminate that group from those eligible for law schools, or at least raise the admission standards — say nothing below nomination for Nobel prize or its equivalent (excluding economics)-- it seems we'll have a reasonable chance of a graduating law school students who know how many legs there are in a syllogism, and where to put them.

That's why INvestEd suggests researching career and major options ahead of time to choose the area best suited for you and increase your chance of graduating on -LSB-...]

A growing body of research shows that choosing the right college can make or break a student's chance of graduating.

Campos and her group are working with some 4,000 frustrated parents like Samuel Radford III, who refuses to accept that as African Americans, his three sons in Buffalo public schools have only a 25 % chance of graduating.

We also know that students who perform at grade level by third grade have a much higher chance of graduating from high school prepared for college, career, and citizenship.

Off - track freshman have just a 16 % chance of graduating within four years.

«I'm particularly concerned about students who are English learners because if they don't get reclassified by the time they are in high school, their chance of graduating is poor to none,» Vladovic said after the meeting.

Consider, for instance, the work of Patrick Wolf at the University of Arkansas, who has examined the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship and found that it led to improved reading achievement among participants while also increasing a student's chance of graduating high school by 21 percentage points.

The 14 - year time frame gave each student «a reasonable chance of graduating from high school or obtaining a GED,» Hughes said.

It doesn't even help kids get on the path to college and career success; as Johns Hopkins University researcher Robert Balfanz has also demonstrated (including in his 2007 study with colleague Douglas MacIver and Lisa Herzog of the Philadelphia Education Fund) sixth - graders who have been suspended at least once have just a one - in - five chance of graduating six years later.

A freshman entering the district today has less than a 50 percent chance of graduating four years from now, according to one study, and the odds are even worse for Latinos.

Roughly one in 10 of its students miss school every day, with half of the absences unexcused; and, data show students with an attendance record of less than 80 per cent have a 10 to 20 per cent chance of graduating on time from high school.

More specifically, a one standard deviation increase in credits accumulated led to a 38 percent greater chance of graduating for native students compared to only 20 percent for transfer students.

For each one who earns a bachelor's degree, 11 fall short somewhere along the line, giving students like Mercado a mere 8 percent chance of graduating from college.

When a child has access to a computer and broadband internet at home, they have a seven percent greater chance of graduating from college — and by extension, the potential to earn greater income over their lives relative to educational attainment.

One hundred percent of its 10th grade alumni passed the 2004 and 2005 MCAS in English and math, and among BIFF's 2006 high school graduates who applied to college, a whopping 92 percent were accepted in their first - choice college — and this from a population of kids who hadn't much chance of graduating high school, let alone considering something beyond.

«Merely attending a more selective college does not make much of a difference for a given student's chance of graduating, if all else remains the same,» said co-author Paul Attewell.

«Attending a more selective college doesn't mean a better chance of graduating.»

Perhaps a good place to start is by focusing on 10 students in your local high school, with the goal of increasing their chances of graduating.

Research showed that once students were in the criminal justice system, they were likelier to stay there and that missing school decreased their chances of graduating.

For the first time, researchers in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University have provided the strongest evidence to date that grade retention in the elementary grades hurts students» chances of graduating high school.

The growing literature on undermatch suggests that enrolling in a college that is less selective than they are academically qualified to attend reduces students» chances of graduating.

In a 2006 survey of students who dropped out of high school, 81 percent said that if schools provided opportunities for real - world learning, including internships and service - learning, it would have improved their chances of graduating high school (Bridgeland, Dilulio, and Morison, 2006).

Being retained had no effect on students» chances of graduating.

A recent federal study of the much - watched voucher program in Washington, D.C., for example, showed that using a voucher boosted a student's chances of graduating from high school.

Yet the evaluation also found that using a voucher improved students» chances of graduating by as much as 21 percentage points.

Despite the acknowledged importance of such contextual factors, apart from attention to broad national - level patterns, there has been limited detailed investigation into the connection between where a young person lives and his or her chances of graduating from high school.

A 2010 evaluation of the DC scholarship program for the federal Institute of Education Sciences found that the program «significantly improved students» chances of graduating from high school.»

Roseanna Ander, Jonathan Guryan and Jens Ludwig propose scaling up a daily, individualized tutorial program that would allow students who have fallen behind grade level in math to reengage with regular classroom instruction, likely increasing their chances of graduating high school and achieving the many long - term economic benefits that go along with academic success.

They are taking advantage of a wide variety of programs under the label of «credit recovery» that are meant to boost students» chances of graduating.

Instead of pouncing on Mr. Bush, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio might explain to voters why Barack Obama has spent his entire presidency trying to shut down a school voucher program in Washington, D.C., that gives poor black and brown children access to private schools and, according to the Education Department's own evaluation, improves their chances of graduating by as much as 21 percentage points.

Still 13 percent of all students are still placed into special education ghettos that all but assure that they have slim chances of graduating high school, completing college, and participating productively in the nation's economy and society.

Noble is, therefore, well - aware that its students — most of whom are low - income students of color — increase their individual chances of graduating from more competitive colleges with higher graduation rates overall.

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.

We also looked at other factors that affect students» chances of graduating from college, including their race, academic effort and motivations, and high school coursetaking patterns.

A new study offers its own take on the issue: Holding students back at third grade can give them a short - term boost to their academic achievement, lead to higher grades in high school, and doesn't reduce their chances of graduating high school.

Even fewer families realize that absenteeism is a problem as early as kindergarten and preschool and building the habit of attendance in the early grades can influence their children's chances of graduating from high school.

Charter schools and voucher programs improve a student's chances of graduating from high school and enrolling in college, with the greatest benefits concentrated among urban minority students.

And high school is a particularly bad time to switch: a student's chances of graduating sink by 10 percentage points each time he transfers, according to the study.

The link between teacher quality and outcomes for students, specifically their chances of graduating high school and attending college, has been well established.

People who express an honest desire to work hard and have actual chances of graduating (and not dropping out) will always get accepted even if their college application essays aren't up to snuff.

During that time, the Puppy Raiser plays a key role in the socialization and development of the puppy which greatly increases its chances of graduating from the guide dog program.

Parental education has been shown to affect children's chances of graduating from high school, as well as their future labor market and health outcomes.

Not exact matches

«I've had business - school graduates here because I feel like the longevity of the company really depends on competing, using the rules of business,» says Griswold, who'd applied to business school but kept deferring when the chance to sell the beans of Mexican coffee farmers presented itself.

In the meantime, you innovators out there — and, hopefully, that will include some of the med school graduating class of» 17 — now is your chance to figure out a better way.

In addition, Stanford's Graduate School of Business recently announced the launch of its LGBT Executive Leadership Program, giving professionals identifying as LGBT the chance to connect with each other and improve their leadership skills.

When Kent Julian graduated high school, his SATs scores were so low he had to take Development Studies to have a chance of getting into college, on probation.

If you got your bachelor's, master's or other higher degree in the past 10 years there's a good chance a chunk of student loan debt graduated alongside with you.

Graduates with a good credit score and steady income have a better chance of getting approved for student loan refinancing.