Sentences with phrase «drop out of the system»

They engage students who may otherwise drop out of the system.

I then essentially dropped out of the system, only returning when I was in my late 20s.

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This is a good system, and one that mitigates the risks of dropping out with nothing.

«If mom was a lawyer and dropped out of the labour force for four or five years, the family gave up the opportunity cost of maybe $ 60,000 to $ 100,000 a year in order to bring that child to a point where he could enter the education system,» says Ward.

To finally find and be with a lot of like minded people, who are educated and understand, and then to one by one watch them drop out (not out of ability but of being tired of the system) while the idiots you share a class with go on to graduate and get higher grades.

I was tasked with feeding Jeremy with drops of sugary water as the doctor manipulated his wrist, attempting several times to find a suitable vein that would allow passage for the antibiotics to enter his system and flush out the infection.

Due to economic decline in the country, a lack of funding in the education system is forcing families to either purchase textbooks required for their children's education or have their children drop out of school.

So you're telling me: 1) He played in a fairly complex system 2) He has great character and stays out of trouble 3) He has shown improvement in his mechanics each year 4) His completion percentage which is in the range of the big four was marred by almost double the drop rate of his receivers 5) He has an arm 6) He can extend plays with his feet as an elite athlete?

Oh, there'd be an occasional drunk staggering by from out of the pool hall down the street — even though this is a dry county — and I'd see skunks come out of the drainage system to eat the popcorn that people dropped coming out of the movie.

As the rotating system goes,»86 was to be the turn of the Western Hemisphere, so that the U.S. now found itself with a golden opportunity, enhanced when Brazil dropped out of the bidding, to stage the Cup and thus powerfully imprint the game on the consciousness of the nation.

A striker's job encompasses myriad different tasks; depending on the system, they may be required to press high when out of position, hold the ball up to facilitate midfield runners, run the channels to create space inside and offer an outlet, or drop back to augment midfield when defending a result is the priority.

Ask people who work with teen moms about what drives them to drop out of school and they can list a litany of barriers: exhaustion from taking care of the baby, trouble getting reliable child care, and a school system poorly set up to meet their new needs.

Since 2008, the use of BPA in baby bottles has dropped out of favor with manufacturers, since BPAs have been associated with leading to certain cancers, disruptive to brain development and the reproductive system, including early onset of puberty.

Say until your daughter starts dropping some of the nighttime feedings, you need to work out a system so that your wife is getting support and you're not falling asleep behind the wheel.

Full disclosure: I live in this District and have been inundated with mailers and cold calls for the Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou, who bucked the system when she dropped out of contention for the Democratic nod claiming unfairness in the selection process (what does she mean?!! It's perfectly fair that Silver choose his own successor!

He added that poor reading skills could result in children dropping out of the education system at a later stage and becoming «disruptive and ill - disciplined».

But they had their revenge on the governor, undermining the new evaluation system by convincing thousands of parents to have their kids opt out of the tests — and the union's accompanying advertising campaign inflicted real damage on Mr. Cuomo's approval ratings, forcing him to drop some of his harsher rhetoric and tactics on public school teachers.

«Through these drop off days we keep drugs out of the wrong hands, as well as the landfills and water systems, which can also be extremely dangerous.

But specialty doctors like orthopedists, radiologists and physical therapists say the changes, which would raise payments to primary care physicians while lowering the specialists» reimbursements, will lead the specialists to drop out of the workers» compensation system.

Bratton, 68, had served in the role since 2013, and it his second time leading the department — he rose to national fame when he presided over a drop in crime in the 1990s, popularizing the «broken windows» theory of policing and rolling out CompStat, a system for tracking crime patterns.

This is the result of the shortcomings of the Italian undergraduate education system: 88 % of students take longer than the scheduled 4 or 5 years to achieve a laurea (on average they need 2 or 3 more years), and over 60 % of freshmen drop out (1998 figures).

«The pressure to fly in poor weather, to tighten up the spacing between aircraft, and to wring every last drop of efficiency out of the system is incredible.»

Every once in a while, for reasons that we still don't quite understand, one of these objects gets bumped out of its orbit and drops into the inner solar system.

This version contains extra features that had to be left out of the Nintendo 64 version, and also utilizes the GameCube's built - in clock to keep track of the date and time while dropping the Nintendo 64's original system that utilized an internal clock built into the game cartridge.

On top of being a follow - up of sorts to Nintendo's Wii U and 3DS systems, the Switch can also be seen as a successor to the PlayStation Vita, considering Sony has shown clear signs of dropping out of the handheld console space.

It's the first military shooter set in a massive open world that is playable beginning to end in either solo or drop - in / out co-op play, with a progression system that keeps on ticking regardless of when and how you play.

The current generation versions of LEGO Marvel Superheroes will have no gameplay differences from the next generation versions, but the PS4 and Xbox One editions do have higher - end graphics, more characters on screen at once (especially incidental / civilian characters out on the streets), and TT Games is impressed with the lack of load times and framerate dropping on the new systems.

The second area of priority is the need for strengthened technical assistance — and funding — to develop appropriate Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) programmes across the Caribbean, in recognition that some 27 % of young men drop out of the mainstream schooling system in our countries, becoming disenfranchised and unemployable.

Massachusetts is widely seen as having the best school system in the country: Just 2 percent of its high - schoolers drop out, for example, and its students» math and reading scores rank No. 1 nationally.

Its findings bolster the research - based consensus that suspensions predict lower achievement, higher drop out rates, and greater risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system.

That there were young people, especially young men, who dropped out of school to become full - time delinquents fatally undermined The System's moral credibility and political legitimacy for Goodman.

The 2014 letter declares that «Studies have suggested a correlation between exclusionary discipline policies and practices and an array of serious educational, economic, and social problems, including school avoidance... decreased academic achievement... increased likelihood of dropping out; substance abuse; and involvement with juvenile justice systems.»

If there is a lesson for other districts, it is that for students to successfully shed the stigma of dropping out, they'll need a supportive community of both peers and adults within the school system.

When suspended, these students are at a significantly higher risk of falling behind academically, dropping out of school, and coming into contact with the juvenile justice system.

The American public school system is in crisis, failing millions of students, producing as many drop - outs as graduates, and threatening our economic future.

Alternative schools are designed to meet the needs of at - risk student populations, and include schools that serve students who are in custody in the juvenile court system or enrolled in drop - out recovery programs and continuation schools.

One reason for caution: At early grades, the system can show almost 50 percent more students at risk of dropping out as those who ultimately do.

Now districts are scrambling to squeeze every drop of efficiency out of gas tanks by consolidating bus stops, revisiting routes with optimized software and GPS systems, and implementing...

But with roughly 5,500 kids across the state still dropping out of high school every year, Professor Reville and others acknowledge that Massachusetts, widely recognized as having the nation's leading education system, still has a long way to go.

As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying «drop - out factories» and «academic sinkholes,» methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems.

The Justice Center study also found that «Students who experienced suspension or expulsion, especially those who did so repeatedly, were more likely to be held back a grade or drop out of school than students who were not involved in the disciplinary system.»

Early warning systems help educators identify students who are at risk of dropping out and need individual support from educators.

The voucher amendment, which allows students who have dropped out of school for at least six months to re-enroll at another participating school or school system, was slipped into the education - reform package in the last moments of a late - night session by Senator Steven J. Durham, Republican of Colorado Springs.

One must also factor in the effect that keeping difficult students in school has on other students, many of whom may now be subject to increased probabilities of being held back, dropping out, or ending up in the criminal system.

Obama has proposed a «Success in the Middle Act,» which would provide federal support to improve the education of middle school students in low - performing schools by requiring states to develop detailed plans to improve student achievement, develop and utilize early identification data systems to identify those students most at - risk of dropping out, and invest in proven strategies that reduce the number of drop outs.

They can face an added risk «of being held back, dropping out or ending up in the criminal justice system.»

The Chicago Public Schools operate a «two - tiered» high - school system that concentrates students with a high probability of dropping out in inner - city schools, according to a recent study.

In that system, just two students dropped out in 2014 - 2015, making its dropout rate less than a quarter of a percentage point.

The Virginia Early Warning System (VEWS) relies on readily available data — housed at the school — to predict which students are at risk for dropping out of high school; target resources at the school - and division - level to support students not on track to graduate while they are still in school and before they drop out; examine patterns and identify school climate issues that may contribute to disproportionate dropout rates.

Our education system is already failing huge numbers of students each year — over half a million dropped out of high school during school year 2008 - 2009 alone — and is slipping in international rankings.