Sentences with phrase «done by a high school student»

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Of the nine winners who did report challenges building their startups because of student - loan debt, only three left school owing more than $ 35,000, the average amount for class of 2015 graduates (the highest in U.S. history), according to a report by financial aid resource Edvisors.com.

A lot of young people that I know in Beijing — high school and college students, young professionals, musicians, etc. — were horrified by the violence that occurred in Paris and very eager to express a real sympathy for Parisians, which they did in the ways that young people express themselves today, via smart phones, social media, and all the other things that wouldn't have occurred to me.

Two female students at Charles Flanagan High in Pembroke Pines complained that 20 students were threatened by a knife, and they don't feel like the school took their concerns seriously.

«Politicians who sit in their gilded House and Senate seats funded by the NRA telling us nothing could have ever been done to prevent this, we call BS,» said Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzales in a speech that went viral this weekend.

By the time he was a student at Latrobe High School, Arnold Palmer had decided he was going to be a golf professional, and tended to be lax about studies that didn't seem to further that ambition.

Pope's book is about high school students who «do school,» gaming the system, cheating, getting by, and otherwise performing school without engaging in actual learning.

Few students on the team, from what I could tell, faced quite the daunting array of disadvantages and obstacles that the average student at Fenger High School in Roseland did, but with 87 percent of IS 318's students eligible for federal lunch subsidies, the school had come by its Title I designation honSchool in Roseland did, but with 87 percent of IS 318's students eligible for federal lunch subsidies, the school had come by its Title I designation honschool had come by its Title I designation honestly.

Most middle schools and high schools, attended by children aged about 11 to 17, also do not sell fruits and vegetables outside traditional cafeteria lunch lines so that students can find them at random times, the report showed.

The organization is based out of Stanford University, and its approach was inspired by research Pope had done as a graduate student in a top California high school.

To graduate high school, Wisconsin students have to take a health class worth half a credit that may or may not include nutrition; if it does, a bill recently signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker says nutrition instruction has to be based on guidelines that are updated every five years by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The question is whether the district is willing to do right by our middle and high school students as well.

Inspired by the students who survived the Florida shooting and are demanding more be done to keep high - powered guns out of the reach of killers, about 80 teenagers, mostly students and recent graduates of Clarence High School, gathered in a Clarence park to send a message: «Enough is enough.&rahigh - powered guns out of the reach of killers, about 80 teenagers, mostly students and recent graduates of Clarence High School, gathered in a Clarence park to send a message: «Enough is enough.&raHigh School, gathered in a Clarence park to send a message: «Enough is enough.»

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?

The algebra initiative is inspired by a recent report by researchers at the New School, which found that students who don't take algebra do not have access to high - level math and science courses in high school, and are less likely to be college School, which found that students who don't take algebra do not have access to high - level math and science courses in high school, and are less likely to be college school, and are less likely to be college ready.

But using that argument to deduce the Fermi bubbles» age is more circumstantial, Finkbeiner says, whereas the new estimate comes from dividing the distance by the speed to get the time, something so simple a high school physics student can do it.

Outreach is the process by which the excitement and importance of the research we do in Auger is presented to the general public, and in particular to (high --RRB- school students.

In fact, I know of several high school students who learned to code and who are saving for college or to start a business by doing freelance coding work.

A 2001 study of high school students conducted by Harvard University found Look, I should first say that I don't have any problem with Internet pornography or adult film actresses.

«The To - Do List» Synopsis: An A + high school student decides to cross all sexual behavior off her list act by act before college starts.

There are also tenants such as photographer Abbie (Greta Gerwig, «Mistress America»), a recovering cancer patient, 17 - year - old high - school student Julie (Elle Fanning, «Live by Night»), and William (Billy Crudup, «Spotlight») who is doing renovations but would rather pursue Abbie than fix the house.

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.

Being held back did delay students» graduation from high school by 0.63 years, but being older for their grade did not reduce their probability of graduating or receiving a regular diploma.

Indeed, we find strong evidence that some schools trying to attain a Recognized rating did so by exempting students from the high - stakes test.

Instead we need to be doing what an increasing number of schools like another Arizona - based school, the Carpe Diem Collegiate High School and Middle School, are doing and disrupting that flawed paradigm by implementing online learning to create a student - centric system — not to increase costs for the community through bond measures or otherwise, as the article reports — but to use existing resources to prioritize student learning and achieve great reschool, the Carpe Diem Collegiate High School and Middle School, are doing and disrupting that flawed paradigm by implementing online learning to create a student - centric system — not to increase costs for the community through bond measures or otherwise, as the article reports — but to use existing resources to prioritize student learning and achieve great reSchool and Middle School, are doing and disrupting that flawed paradigm by implementing online learning to create a student - centric system — not to increase costs for the community through bond measures or otherwise, as the article reports — but to use existing resources to prioritize student learning and achieve great reSchool, are doing and disrupting that flawed paradigm by implementing online learning to create a student - centric system — not to increase costs for the community through bond measures or otherwise, as the article reports — but to use existing resources to prioritize student learning and achieve great results.

Proponents of the new programs believe that schools do students no favor by promoting them if they don't have the skills to succeed at a higher level.

Washington — The «modified» ability tests that may decide whether a physically handicapped student graduates from high school or is accepted by a college do not and can not comply fully with federal regulations designed to prevent discrimination against the handicapped, according to a report issued here last week by the National Research Council, the research branch of the National Academy of Sciences (nas).

Another widespread problem is that most middle schools do not put forth common expectations for the content knowledge and skills needed by all students to be ready for high school work.

High - school students in the 1980's are more concerned about future employment than were students of two decades ago, and they are frustrated by guidance - counseling programs that do not help them address their job concerns, according to the findings of a recent study of adolescent problems.

Only one in nine high - school students uses outside coaching courses to prepare for the Scholastic Aptitude Test, but those who do so rate them as helpful in raising scores, according to a new survey by the College Board.

We might be concerned that, over time, there will be more private schools with a majority of students on FTC and that these schools might not be the highest quality (as evidenced by the fact that families do not attend if they have the pay the full price).

Carlisle High School did not go as far as banning jeans or requiring uniforms, but made certain students knew what they could wear to school by holding a fashion show during orientation in the late sSchool did not go as far as banning jeans or requiring uniforms, but made certain students knew what they could wear to school by holding a fashion show during orientation in the late sschool by holding a fashion show during orientation in the late summer.

One highlight that had nothing to do with teachers was that a lot of the gap we see in end of 8th - grade test scores and high school course taking between advantaged and disadvantaged students can be explained by a student's 3rd - grade test.

In international comparisons, U.S. students start out doing well in elementary grades and then fade by the end of high school.

By the way, students who successfully compete our lower division program do not have to leave high school.

What they all have in common is an enrollment process open to all students in the district, usually by lottery, to ensure that schools like Bravo don't cream the crop (though it is true that, by dint of applying, students and their families may indicate a higher motivation and sophistication about making educational choices).

Looking back, I can see that my colleagues and I were struggling to counteract powerful tendencies that work against high student achievement in urban schools: If teachers work in isolation, if there isn't effective teamwork, if the curriculum is undefined and weakly aligned with tests, if there are low expectations, if a negative culture prevails, if the principal is constantly distracted by nonacademic matters, if the school does not measure and analyze student outcomes, and if the staff lacks a coherent overall improvement plan — then students fall further and further behind, and the achievement gap becomes a chasm.

By giving teens something constructive to do when their parents are likely to be at work, quality afterschool programs hold the promise of preventing high - risk behavior, building resiliency, and improving students» prospects following high school.

Nor do the researchers find evidence that students who attend middle schools make larger achievement gains than their K - 8 peers in grades 9 and 10, by which time most Florida students have entered high school.

Some of the answers given by students from Allerton High School, Leeds, visiting the National Theatre in October 2015, were: «Trips give me cultural and «outside» experiences that I can use in adult life»; «Meeting someone in the theatre industry may help me when I'm older by letting me understand different jobs»; «School trips highlight the skills I have that I can transfer outside of school»; and «Today everyone got involved and we were learning through doing&rSchool, Leeds, visiting the National Theatre in October 2015, were: «Trips give me cultural and «outside» experiences that I can use in adult life»; «Meeting someone in the theatre industry may help me when I'm older by letting me understand different jobs»; «School trips highlight the skills I have that I can transfer outside of school»; and «Today everyone got involved and we were learning through doing&rSchool trips highlight the skills I have that I can transfer outside of school»; and «Today everyone got involved and we were learning through doing&rschool»; and «Today everyone got involved and we were learning through doing».

«A leader earns credibility and trust by being honest, by knowing how to do his or her job, and by telling the truth and being up - front with teachers, parents, and students,» said Jim Jordan, principal at Buford (South Carolina) High School.

Courtney Couvreur at Oakland International High School does this by asking her Statistics and Probability students to create a cookbook and, in the process, learn foundational numeracy skills about fractions, which will help them eventually interpret quantitative data they see in their everyday life.

Research, including 2008 and 2009 studies by Eric Hanushek, John Kain, and me, and a 2000 study by Caroline Hoxby that account for both observed and unobserved factors that could affect outcomes and contaminate the results, suggests that African Americans, particularly higher achievers, do benefit from attending schools with a higher proportion of white students.

High schools and colleges are not doing their part to ensure that students make a smooth transition to college and end up receiving a bachelor's degree, a policy report by the San Francisco - based WestEd concludes.

To quote from a famous interview given by James Coleman, cited in this book, «Catholic high schools educate students better than public schools do... students drop out four times more often than their Catholic school counterparts.»

Increased school spending per pupil does not necessarily result in higher student achievement, as measured by «the nation's report card,» concludes a report from the American Legislative Council.

The report, sponsored by the Business Roundtable, a Washington - based association of corporate executive officers, and undertaken by the Center for Labor Market Studies, at Northeastern University in Boston, contends that between 25 percent and 30 percent of high school students in the United States do not graduate with high school diplomas.

But these standards do not by themselves necessarily account for the gains in achievement by all demographic groups and by our regional vocational / technical high schools (which enroll a disproportionate number of special education students and below - grade level readers).

In a survey of high - school students released by the National Governors Association in July 2005, more than a third of respondents said their school had not done a good job of challenging them academically or preparing them for college; almost two - thirds said they would work harder if the courses were more demanding or interesting.

An unusual survey, designed by high school students and administered to their peers in five large cities, has found that most urban teenagers are eager to learn, but don't believe that adults at their schools are interested in what they have to say.

An examination of assignments given by middle school teachers appears to show that most of the work asked of students does not reflect the higher, more rigorous standards set by Common Core.