Sentences with phrase «class peers make»

Low - income students also lose more than two months in reading achievement, despite the fact that their middle - class peers make slight gains.»

Each summer most youth lose about two months» worth of math skills, while low - income students also lose morethan two months in reading achievement despite the fact that their middle - class peers make slight gains over the summer break.

Not exact matches

This makes peer - to - peer lending the ideal fixed income asset class to place your funds into in the current low interest rate environment.

Participants attend a series of classes that explore big picture issues and local solutions, network with peers and sustainability thought - leaders, and practice community organizing skills that empower Chicagoans to make difference.

Many of my peers in the Babywearing community also assisted me by helping me make sure my class presented as gently as possible and I really appreciate their support.

The powers do eventually come, putting Will into the hero class, but he has made many friends that are to be sidekicks, and doesn't like the condescending treatment his new peers are showing.

Other research indicates that low - income students in particular benefit from college, becoming nearly three times more likely to make it into the middle class than their peers who earn some (or no) college credits.

Make sure that you take advantage of the extra time in class to learn from your teacher and your peers, and to learn on your own.

«A significantly greater proportion of females than males were worried about finding their way around or getting lost, hard classes, hard or unfriendly teachers, getting to class on time, fitting in or making friends, negative peer group pressure, being bullied, being made fun of, older students, new and more students and riding the bus.»

Establish clear metrics for success (e.g., using and explaining quotes, expanding on a peer's idea, asking questions that keep the conversation going) and make sure the class is aware of them.

I do know that peer tutoring, basic skills reviews, study skills classes, career awareness courses, savvy counselors, the opportunity to tape lectures, access to up - to - date computer labs, and the influence of friends who study before they party made a difference for the kids I know — and that special classes and innovative programs did not.

And while scattered projects using computers to help limited - English - proficient students have shown positive results, such students and their teachers typically make far less use of technology than their peers in regular classes, the report concludes.

These children have to sit in a class with age peers, and stare at the carpet in confusion (or boredom) until the teacher can make time to differentiate for them (which a great many teachers do not have the training, time or let's be honest... inclination sadly... to do).

Even more startlingly, the 20 per cent of pupils who were deemed the «least able» made improvements four to six times faster than their peers in other classes.

Over time, KIPP might learn what, exactly, it takes to make their graduates as successful as their middle - class peers.

In addition, the main thrust of the report's criticism, that the state's ESSA plan is not sufficiently similar to what it would have been had No Child Left Behind remained in effect, assumes the test - based accountability strategy that these reviewers have made their careers pursuing had been effective, which it has not; and therefore, when coupled with the false claim that California has high - quality academic standards and assessments, which it doesn't (California's standards being based on the Common Core, which leaves American students 2 - 3 years behind their peers in East Asia and northern Europe), California's families remain well advised to opt out of state schooling wherever and whenever possible, until the overreach from both the federal and state capitals is brought to an end and local schools that want to pursue genuinely world - class excellence can thrive.

This year's graduating classes talked about their friends and peers who haven't made it.

Even more startlingly, the 20 % of pupils who were deemed the «least able» made improvements four to six times as fast as their peers in other classes.

The Peer Coaching program is helping to sustain the large investments made in educational technology and teacher training in the past three years and to assure our children receive a first - class 21st Century education.»

A final key to making peer tutoring effective is to incorporate peer - to - peer lessons into the regular class schedule.

The small class size and individualized instruction, along with activities meant to create enthusiasm for reading, helped adolescents make literacy progress at a faster rate than similar peers who were not assigned to the class.

The use of peer assessment to evaluate students» writing is one recommended method that makes writing assignments possible in large content classes (i.e., more than 75 students).

A valedictorian shares the speech she delivered to her graduating class about why her test scores don't make her any smarter than the rest of her peers and why you should contact a state legislator to oppose turning students into a score.

Researchers at Impetus - PEF, an education consultancy, said «very few schools» are ensuring these pupils, whom the government classes as «disadvantaged», make enough progress to catch up with their peers.

While white, black and Hispanic children all made modest test score gains in DC since 2003, the Rhee agenda has not significantly narrowed achievement gaps between the various demographic groups, nor has it brought disadvantaged DC youth up to the national average scores for peers of their same race and class in other cities.

David Taylor, portfolio manager of the IA Clarington Focused Canadian Equity Class, which outperformed its peers in Morningstar's Canadian Focused Equity and Canadian Equity categories with a return of 35.5 per cent, made a gutsy call in the first couple months of 2016.

It has got all the usual MMO trappings you would expect from the genre, like PvP, dungeons, and a variety of class and race types, but there is plenty that makes Wildstar feels unique among its peers.

The latter ability was honed by teaching a science credit for arts students, making a multitude of public presentations, co-authoring a climate textbook, publishing peer - reviewed articles, and teaching climatology to large (300) classes for 25 years.

Delivered character education classes through guidance curriculum to teach students about goal setting, decision making, conflict management, study skills, peer pressure, friendships and character

• Advise staff of any changes in policy and procedures, allocate resources, plan work schedule and assign work • Train current and new staff members, conduct performance reviews and make recommendations regarding corrective actions and dismissals • Proactively assist departmental manager with scheduling for entire department for various training courses to ensure service level is met • Create and distribute various reports to staff and peers Collector III (September 2007 to present) • Assisted non prime borrowers in bringing their loan current using one of the variety of programs offered customized for individual financial needs • Assisted team manager with maintaining and distributing month end numbers to peers needed for individuals to achieve individual as well as team monthly goal • Proactively created and facilitated various training classes to assist peers with negotiation skills, creating a sense of urgency as well as curing past due mortgage loans • Peer coached Prime and HAD agents on negotiation skills, overcoming objections and handle time Financial Service Advisor / Relief Team Manager (March 2006 to September 2007) • Proactively contacted Card members that were deemed likely to attrite, educated them on their current terms and offered competitive balance transfer rates based on their individual credit history • Assisted with new hire training and development • Created reports assisting peers with agent availability which increased team results by 20 % • Provided feedback to marginally performing associates to improve both individual and department performance in percentage of contacts to attempts, phone availability and sales rate

School transition programs are also available for both transition in and out of primary school that help children understand what school will be like, help build positive relationships with peers and staff and practical skills to make the transition easier (e.g. independency, behavioural expectations, interactions with others, adjustment to rules, size of class, etc.).