Sentences with phrase «children are at the same level»

Teaching scripted programs which pretend all children are at the same level of readiness is cruel for both the struggling and the advanced students.

Not exact matches

Theologians have used the same model to erect a cosmic and eschatological pyramid in which women, along with children, are still at the lowest level.

A good parent doesn't love their children at different levels, but their children are still not the same.

These same children are likely to conceive of the Bible «as a book of magical veneration, written by God or one powerful holy person,... and is therefore to be accepted at a literal level as entirely true.»

It's just how we spend those 24 hours that makes them seem to disappear at an alarming rate (and stand still at the same time, depending on the tantrum level of said children).

Because the growth plates at the end of the major bones in a child's arms and legs are open, their muscles and bones are still developing, and because their hormone levels aren't the same as adults, an intense strength and conditioning program is inappropriate before skeletal maturity.

There is an obvious disparity between the funds made available by the federal government to support free meals for low - income students and the revenue collected by school districts (from federal «paid» meal reimbursements and student payments) to support the very same meals when served to children at higher income levels.

This was during the first few years of the Harlem Children Zone's middle school, which were a struggle, and those KIPP schools, which had very good test results, were for the Promise Academy administrators both a standard to be aspired to and a frustrating reminder that their own students weren't performing at the same high level as KIPP's students.

Teach your child not to expect other children to be at the same level.

Children in elementary school who see different teachers throughout the day in an effort to individualize to skill level may be surprised to find themselves caught with too much work due at the same time.

The Tower helps facilitate a child's desire to be independent and helpful by allowing them to work at the same level as their parents.

Then, if the child comes back and says the he or she will never like Billy Bully or Domineering Donna, then it's perfectly fine to allow the child not to interact with those kids, beyond a basic level of civility, so they'd know how to get along if they ended up in the same class at school, just like you'd require a child to learn at least minimal swimming skills, in case they fall out of a boat.

You may not notice changes in your toddler's independence level at first, but as he or she gets older and goes to preschool or on play dates with other children around the same age, you'll be able to tell which children are more reliant on their parents and which ones are able to take care of themselves to some degree.

It's designed to allow two children to seat at the same time and it can be adjusted to 6 different height positions and 3 recline levels as well.

Make sure that the clips and fasteners are on your child's body at about the same level as his armpits.

Not all children reach the same level of physical or mental maturity at the same age and there are of course, special cases as mentioned before.

I'm no expert, but in addition to the vast amount of research I did before my 2nd child (homebirth), my experience with an ob before I switched to a midwife with that same child, my experience with a medicated vaginal hospital birth w / my first child, my experience in talking to dozens of women that have had surgical births, in addition to all that anecdotal «wisdom», I have taken a graduate level Sociology of Medicine class that was an in depth look at our current medical system from a sociological perspective and we spent a couple of weeks talking about the medical model of birth and the alternatives.

«House of Representatives and Senate spending committees this week called for a new version of the National Children's Study (NCS) in 2016 that would be funded at the same level as the now - defunct NCS — $ 165 million a year.»

At the same time, the results are adjusted for factors such as birth weight, mental or chronic illness in the child, and also the level of education and mental health of the parents.

Notably, while baseline antibody levels among children in this trial were about 10-fold to 50-fold lower than pre-immunization levels in adults at this same site, children achieved post-immunization AMA1 antibody levels that were at least as high as those seen in vaccinated adults [17], [20].

«Children are engaged in the same concepts but perform at their own level.

«It is great news that more children than ever before are achieving the expected level of development in the early years, because parents should be confident that while their children are out of their care, they're not only happy and having fun, but at the same time developing important skills - building confidence with numbers and letters - to ensure they fulfil their potential.»

The same analysis also found that pupils from poorer backgrounds who performed just as well as their more well off peers were still less likely to attend grammars, with 66 per cent of children who achieve level five in both English and Maths at Key Stage 2 who are not eligible for free school meals going to a grammar school compared with 40 per cent of similarly high achieving children who are eligible for free school meals.

«Getting better at maths» is a lot more abstract than «reaching level 10 and unlocking a new power», and so it can be difficult for younger children to get the same sense of achievement from their progress.

Federal policy never mandated native - language instruction, but some states required it, if there were enough children speaking the same language at the same grade level.

Teachers claim that cameras in the classroom can help stamp out students» false allegations against them, providing an added level of protection for both their careers and personal integrity while at the same time affording parents full confidence in terms of how their children are being treated while at school.

If we are serious about educating our children, we need to start them at the same age they begin playing organized sports — the pre-K years — and see them through college, the level of education needed to succeed in an Information Age economy.

His three years in the classroom at Dickinson High gives White a firm grasp of these fundamental teaching challenges, including trying to teach the same content to a room of children where the proficiency spread may be two to three grade levels.

When the children at risk were placed in high - quality classrooms, these gaps were eliminated: children from low - education households achieved at the same level as those whose mothers had a college degree, and children displaying prior problem behavior showed achievement and adjustment levels identical to children who had no history of problems.

Using a technology called functional Near - InfraRed Spectroscopy (fNIRS), which uses infrared light to track changes in blood oxygen in different parts of the brain to provide a measure of what brain regions are becoming more activated (consuming more oxygen) during certain tasks, the investigation will compare the brain patterns of children with ASD and typical children who have similar imitation scores and eyetracking patterns, to determine whether children with ASD process the same imitation tasks differently from typically developing children, at the level of their brain activity.

Students can choose to compete either with other players within their class, school or country, and are matched to children at the same academic level as themselves (or against the computer if no suitable match is available).

Children are also being encouraged to read Kinney at secondary school as the same book holds the «most read» title at this level; however it is Girl Online by Zoella that takes the top spot for most popular book for secondary school cChildren are also being encouraged to read Kinney at secondary school as the same book holds the «most read» title at this level; however it is Girl Online by Zoella that takes the top spot for most popular book for secondary school childrenchildren.

This is show by colour so the same activity can be going on at different levels at the same time e.g. children with the purple sheet find the purple words, children with the orange sheet find the orange words.

Proponents of tracking and of ability - grouping (a milder version that separates students within the same classroom based on ability) say that the practices allow students to learn at their own levels and prevent a difficult situation for teachers: large classes where children with a wide range of different needs and skill levels are mixed together.

She found that student performance is better in areas with competing multiple districts, where parents at the same income level can move — at the margin — from one locality to another nearby, in search of a better education for their children.

Bright children from poorer backgrounds are far less likely to go to university or study A levels that could get them into top universities than their wealthier counterparts - even if they live in the same neighbourhood and achieve similar results at GCSE.

For the most part, children are assigned to a grade level based on the year they were born and are expected to advance at roughly the same pace as their same - aged peers across all subjects — a system that bores advanced students while others struggle to keep up.

Thanks to No Child Left Behind, though, it is common, especially at the elementary levels, for all schools to offer pretty much the same level of curriculum.

Gerold said she's troubled by the premise that every child can learn at the same level, at the same pace and with the same depth, «no matter what level the child is at and whether they possess an extraordinary ability or are cognitively challenged.»

An analogy that comes to mind is that expecting all children in a year group to perform at the same level on a test is like expecting all runners to reach the finish line together even though some started closer and had less far to run.

At the same time, there are still citizens — especially dual - income households without children who tend to populate cities, as well as those concerned with other issues — for which education policy doesn't weigh in as a deciding factor largely because they see little concrete connection between low graduation rates and the levels of crime in their communities.

These standards will ensure that students are college and career ready, and will eliminate the confusion inherent in comparing the education children receive in one state versus another, and will ensure that students who move across state lines will be achieving at the same grade level standards everywhere.

«We'll be looking very carefully at what's happening in those local authorities with the same sort of population, with similar levels of deprivation, similar numbers of children on free school meals, where one particular local authority does extremely well and another one doesn't.

Mrs. Graham gathers 2 - 3 children who are at approximately the same reading level together at a table.

That's kind of ironic given the current belief that the purpose of No Child Left is to ensure all students regardless of their backgrounds should achieve at the same level.

In addition, there is evidence that when all of the children in a school learn a language at the same time, the playing field is leveled considerably.

In the spring, all children were assessed on fluency using a passage at grade level (Johns, 1997), on reading comprehension (Gates), and on writing (using the same prompt as was used in the fall).

As with test scores, poverty, a lack of fluency in English and special education needs are the greatest predictors of test scores and those same factors correlate with the likelihood that a child may not be reading at grade level by the 3rd grade.

The children should all be reading at about the same level.

«Sadly, gifted minority children living in poverty are 250 % less likely to be identified for, and served in gifted programs, even when they are performing at the same level as their peers.