Sentences with phrase «educational aspirations»

• The degree of parent and community interest in high quality education is the critical factor in the impact of the school environment on the achievement and educational aspirations of students.

White students tend to have more literacy resources and higher educational aspirations.

The people, environment, and educational aspirations of each school and district can inform the design of every new school.

Well - designed schools support improved student achievement, and staff and student wellbeing and should be part of educational aspirations for all our schools, not just those in the fee - paying sector.»

Upward Bound works best when targeted at students with lower educational aspirations.

These institutions, a unique and highly productive collaboration of elite research universities and minority - serving institutions, invest their financial resources, faculty talents, and student educational aspirations and commitment for the common purpose of improving the prospects of minority participation in the ranks of tomorrow's faculty.

Community colleges» inconsistent policies and uneven enforcement of placement rules combined with students» lack of clarity about the policies for re-testing and for challenging placement decisions led to frustration and diminished educational aspirations among students.

He has ambitious educational aspirations, and would be delighted to see inIVA become a «must - visit» place for schoolchildren on par with the British Museum and the Tate Modern.

Ensuring that students achieve self - set goals and educational aspirations becomes the driving influence of every school counselor.

While black and Latino men attending community college have some of the highest educational aspirations of any racial or gender group, they are also the least likely to achieve those...

A new Australian study by a team of academics from the University of Newcastle and Western Sydney University investigates the occupational and educational aspirations of Indigenous school students.

«Despite significant challenges, it was also a place of hope where parents held high educational aspirations for their children.

School - related problems such as academic failure, low educational aspirations, negative labeling, and trouble at school are key risk factors for gang joining among girls, and these may be more influential for them than for boys (Peterson, 2012; Thornberry, et al., 2003).

We are all found to be an alone seminary of somber peculiarity whereby our fruited wisdoms are nowadays becoming fixed thru our educational aspirations despite any and all religions heartaches.

Began the construction of first 50 of 200 Community Day Senior High Schools to open access in a quest to ensure no child is left behind in the pursuit of educational aspirations.

Self - efficacy, educational aspirations, self - esteem, and attainment make much more sense as potential outcomes that would change as a result of demographically - similar role models.

The study, involving 8,000 families, looked at how school choice was affected by parents» education, household income and their educational aspirations for children, as well as why some families later decided to switch schools.

In spite of our success, I am, nonetheless, regularly startled by what student achievement results tell us about the yawning gap between our educational aspirations and our actual performance.

If we respect the urgency of their educational aspirations, let's respect the wisdom of their educational choices.

So, in our research, we're looking at a whole range of individual characteristics... such as student demographic background, their academic performance and educational aspirations, the number of hours they work after school and their peers» aspirations.

Through a rich mix of essays, memoir, and poetry, the contributors describe the schooling experiences of poor and working class students, highlighting the resiliency, creativity, and educational aspirations of low - income families.

JE: As I mentioned there, it investigates career and educational aspirations of Indigenous students (this particular paper that you've published).

In terms of educational aspirations, we just asked them what was the highest level of education they planned to complete.

Now, your research paper with colleagues in the Australian Journal of Education, that investigates the career and educational aspirations of Indigenous students.

Because, one of the other things we've discovered in the research, not so much published yet, is that there's a fair bit of misalignment between students» university aspirations and their educational aspirations.

Three key facts from our recent report, «The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2015: Hispanic Students,» produced with ACT, demonstrate that high school graduation does not mark the end of the educational aspirations of Latino students.

On surveys of student motivation, engagement, behavior, and educational aspirations, KIPP schools showed no significant impact.

A number of factors are involved that mediate the relationship between a child's educational outcomes and a parent's educational aspirations, such as family poverty levels and the child's intellectual talents.

Overall, parents» educational aspirations for their CSFB scholarship recipient children were very high.

Among deprived areas there is a dearth of parents pushing their children's educational aspirations.»

Principle 4: Focus the school - family partnership on communicating to students the importance of high academic and educational aspirations and showing the steps that need to be taken to actualize these aspirations.

For students interested in taking their educational aspirations further, the school also offers a doctoral program in education.

Extracurricular activities also appear to contribute to better academic grades, higher educational aspirations, greater feelings of control over one's life and reduced incidences of delinquency.

Additionally, some studies show that «the higher educational aspirations» of middle - class families have a positive influence on student achievement (Kahlenberg 2001).

What are your child's educational aspirations?

If your undergraduate studies are behind you, the Lifetime Learning Credit will pay you up to 20 percent of eligible expenses of up to $ 10,000, which can contribute another $ 2,000 toward your educational aspirations.

Due to educational aspirations, military service, and / or familial obligations, citizens of Prince George's County often find themselves filled with nostalgic memories of home or excitement of returning to a place «filled with love and affection.»

Competent in counseling clients in meeting both vocational and educational aspirations.

Main Outcome Measures Adolescent assessment of school grades, standardized test scores, absences, suspensions, aggression, anxiety / depression, other psychological problems, drug use, trouble with police, pregnancy, running away, gang membership, and educational aspirations.

Questions were asked on attitudes to and interest in reading, attitudes to and engagement in reading and mathematics, language spoken in the home, homework practices, frequency and engagement in leisure activities, and educational aspirations and expectations.