Sentences with phrase «educational level plays»

A mother's educational level plays a key role in her child's future achievement.

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In the days immediately following the tragedy, officials at Columbia and Fordham insisted that their Saturday Division I - AA football game in the Bronx would be played: Football at their level is part of the educational process, they said, and the game will go on, just as, say, physics labs and literature seminars went on.

The smallest humans learn best through play, says Gaye Grunlond, educational consultant and author of Developmentally Appropriate Play: Guiding Young Children to a Higher Leplay, says Gaye Grunlond, educational consultant and author of Developmentally Appropriate Play: Guiding Young Children to a Higher LePlay: Guiding Young Children to a Higher Level.

With two levels of play, the Smart Stages Piggy Bank is an educational winner in our book.

Our study, along with prior studies, supports the notion that «cognitive reserve» resulting from early - life and lifelong education and cognitive stimulation may be a potent strategy for the primary prevention of dementia in both high - and low - income countries around the world.21 However, it should be noted that the relationships among education, brain biology, and cognitive function are complex and likely multidirectional; for instance, a number of recent population - based studies have shown genetic links with level of educational attainment, 22,23 and with the risk for cognitive decline in later life.24 Higher levels of educational attainment are also associated with health behaviors (eg, physical activity, diet, and smoking), more cognitively - complex occupations, and better access to health care, all of which may play a role in decreasing lifetime dementia risk.

To gauge public views on this subject, we asked half of our respondents to indicate which level of government should play the biggest role in three areas: 1) setting educational standards for what students should know; 2) deciding whether or not a school is failing; and 3) deciding how to fix failing schools.

The linguist turned gamer (who bears a passing resemblance to Sci Fi author Isaac Asimov) believes that the full integration of gaming technology into our educational program will end the need for tests — replaced by levels of proficiency as measured while playing the physics or history «game.»

And perhaps we can also create a more level playing field for educational innovation.

Though education is often considered a tool for leveling the playing field in society, educational injustices occur often, she says, when educators and policymakers must act in the absence of good options.

This article will explore four ways eLearning is leveling the educational playing field for girls in developing countries and empowering...

Leveling the playing field between schools is a desirable property of a student - growth measure couched within the context of an educational evaluation system.

This paper tests the proposal that stereotyping plays a part in creating these judgement inequalities and is instrumental in achievement variation according to income - level, gender, special educational needs status, ethnicity and spoken language.

Findings go on to suggest that stereotypes according to each of income - level, gender, special educational needs status and ethnicity all play some part in forming these biases.

«Today, America's educational playing field is nowhere near level.

Third, teachers increase their understanding of how each of the Framework's categories of learning experiences play out across the levels of the educational system and why it is important that there is coherence and consistency across the levels.

One proposed regulation in the Every Student Succeed Act (ESSA) is for states to analyze the performance of student subgroups separately in order to show how states are leveling the playing field over time to ensure educational equity.

ESSA is a portent of the pivotal role technology will play in planning at all levels — and an opportunity to inject creativity into new educational models.

These boards provide important administrative oversight relative to the educational policies and programs they institute; play a central role in establishing systems and processes to ensure the school system's fiscal, programmatic, and outcome accountability; and undertake broad human resource functions that include making crucial decisions regarding the district's top - level leadership and key staff.

And only then will we, as a nation, have a shot at leveling the playing field and ending educational inequities.

Unlike New York, some states have shown real political will to level the educational playing field for their children and gotten measurable results.

PlayBase ® games Pre-installed with our very own play - based learning game, it will be the first in a series of educational games that will challenge children and adults alike with its varying difficulty levels.

When sentencing an Aboriginal offender, courts must consider: (1) The unique systemic or background factors which may have played a part in bringing the particular aboriginal offender before the courts.To do this courts are to take judicial notice of such matters as the history of colonialism, displacement, and residential schools and how that history continues to translate into lower educational attainment, lower incomes, higher unemployment, higher rates of substance abuse and suicide, and higher levels of incarceration for Aboriginal peoples.

Age, educational levels, language ability and the transferability of existing work skills play a factor in the formulas.

The Internet, rapidly developing technology, and cheaper technology are working together to quickly create a more level educational playing field for motivated learners.

Commenting on the differences between low expressed emotion and high expressed emotion, McDonagh touched on the fact that the educational level of the surrounding family members and knowledge of the disorder plays an important role in the way the family members respond to the patient at hand.

From a social - ecological perspective, this result suggests the importance of network cooperation at a mesosystem level, with teachers from educational centers playing a crucial role in the prevention of bullying / victimization.