Sentences with phrase «effect change at their schools»

Bolstered by an impressive social impact campaign by distributor Radius - TWC — not to mention a terrific song by Lady Gaga — The Hunting Ground has been screened on campuses across the U.S., while providing resources for students to effect change at their schools.

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The same three factors that cause measles to spread through a grade school classroom, writes Gladwell, can be used to explain the Hush Puppies phenomenon: (1) contagiousness, (2) the fact that little causes can have big effects, and (3) the way change often occurs at one dramatic moment rather than gradually.

Last year, a report by the Oxford Martin School at Oxford University, led by Professor Marco Springmann, said a tax on animal products could have a «substantial» effect in terms of mitigating their contributions to climate change.

Local organizations, local corporations, local people who create their own «revolutions» (think about a Tea Party - type grassroots movement, but aimed at improving food service in the schools) and then take the actions needed to effect the change they seek!

-LSB-...] week was awesome, mostly due to the Republican backlash to the National School Lunch Program changes, which went into effect at the beginning of this -LSB-...]

At the board's behest, Dr. McGill effected the change in the district's configuration, creating primary schools at Woodstock and Phoenicia and an intermediate school at Bennett, and kept the Phoenicia school opeAt the board's behest, Dr. McGill effected the change in the district's configuration, creating primary schools at Woodstock and Phoenicia and an intermediate school at Bennett, and kept the Phoenicia school opeat Woodstock and Phoenicia and an intermediate school at Bennett, and kept the Phoenicia school opeat Bennett, and kept the Phoenicia school open.

«We thought the legislation would have a profound effect and assumed there would be changes in snack behavior at school and at home,» said Professor Elena Serrano, who co-authored the study.

«We found that vegetation change may have a greater impact on the amount of stream flow in the Sierra than the direct effects of climate warming,» said lead author Ryan Bart, a postdoctoral researcher at UCSB's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management.

«This model may be useful to advocates and policymakers as they pursue efforts to prevent the worst effects of climate change,» adds senior author Patrick Kinney, director of the Climate and Health Program and professor of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health.

English teachers at The Forest Academy secondary school and sixth form have claimed they are choosing new texts to teach students, after curriculum changes came into effect across the UK last September.

This report takes a multifaceted look at just how ready those states, districts, and schools are to bringing ESSA's changes in for a successful landing when the law goes into full effect for the 2018 - 19 school year.

But this strategy, if well executed, could probably effect meaningful change in some schools, and that would be a real win for children at very little cost.

While some critics have charged that changing to a four - day school week may have negative effects on student achievement, researchers at Colorado State University have completed a study indicating that the switch to a four - day schedule has «no effect» on achievement as measured by the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.

Her capstone project — born out of her third - year residency at Hartford (Connecticut) Public Schools — Modeling the Way for Change: Senior Leadership Team Development in Hartford Public Schools, focuses on adult development and the idea of a teaming and learning approach at the senior levels to effect change in the clasChange: Senior Leadership Team Development in Hartford Public Schools, focuses on adult development and the idea of a teaming and learning approach at the senior levels to effect change in the claschange in the classroom.

Whether we look at rapidly shifting demographics, constantly emerging technologies, the way we learn or the way we lead, K - 12 schools are experiencing dramatic changes that will have lasting effects on young people, and ultimately, the nation as a whole.

To assess the spillover effect of charter schools on students at district schools, I analyze how individual students» test scores, attendance, and grade progression change in response to exposure to a charter school.

The study's finding that the start - time effects are pronounced beginning at age 13 is consistent with the theory that hormonal changes in adolescence (typically beginning at 13 or 14) make it difficult for students to get enough sleep when school starts early, leading to sleep deficiencies that many studies have found to be associated with a decrease in cognitive performance.

Mitchell suggests that while the pool of qualified and committed teachers of color is increasing, these same teachers are leaving the profession at higher rates than white teachers, drawing upon research findings that «many nonwhite educators feel voiceless and incapable of effecting change in their schools.»

This quarter's content focuses on policy levers to effect change, including policy at the school district, state and regional levels:

Parents have «triggered» changes at three schools since the law took effect.

While they found school leadership could have a positive effect on student achievement, they also discovered school leadership could have a negative effect if a principal lacked specific leadership responsibilities such as understanding the level of change that needed to be implemented at a given school.

At Acknowledge Alliance, we provide the support and resources from one to many educators, school administration and youth that result in life - changing effects that go far beyond classroom walls.

Dr. Tinajero's rich knowledge and experience in relation to effective educational reform, cultural and linguistic diversity, and school achievement have been key vehicles for effecting positive change at UTEP and in the local community.

Although many in the education community are deeply concerned about how changes at the Federal level will effect local schools, there is reason for optimism if increased local control will benefit your school.

I implement a dose response difference - in - differences estimation strategy, which uses the changes in special education brought about by the PBMAS to estimate the effect of special education status on student performance on state standardized exams, high school graduation rates, post-secondary attainment and quality at public universities in Texas, and earnings in the Texas labor market.

On Nov. 5 at 7:30, she will present a public lecture, «ART CRITICISM IN THE EXPANDED FIELD,» and discuss the ways criticism has changed: the effects of the Internet, blogging and tweeting on writing «print» criticism for a daily newspaper, as well as the expansion of the art world itself and the kinds of art being made, Moss Theater at New Roads School, 3131 Olympic Blvd Santa Monica, CA 90404

Climate change is the cumulative effect of thousands upon thousands of individual decisions we collectively have made daily at home, at school and at work over generations.

Even little Joey Jones is talking greenhouse gases — he learned at school that scientists are predicting a worldwide climate catastrophe that will change the rest of his life, unless we stop the worst effects by making big changes in the next ten years.

14) «Climate Change (A Fundamental Analysis of the Greenhouse Effect)» 1/06/2008, by John Nicol, PhD Professor Emeritus of Physics, James Cook University, Australia 15) «Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet» by Mark Lynas 16) «Cool It», by Bjorn Lomborg, an adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School 17) «The Greenhouse Delusion» by Dr. Vincent Gray.

The placements for the four Bren School students are: Paige Berube is at the Ocean Protection Council, where she will focus on the effects of climate change on ocean conditions, such as sea - level rise, ocean acidification, and El Niño.

Though the effect on the legal industry is difficult to define, one professor at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law is seeking to help legal professionals understand the changes taking place in their industry and provide insight into what makes those changes stick.

Analyses of findings from an earlier intensive child development program for low birth weight children and their parents (the Infant Health and Development Program) suggest that the cognitive effects for the children were mediated through the effects on parents, and the effects on parents accounted for between 20 and 50 % of the child effects.10 A recent analysis of the Chicago Child Parent Centers, an early education program with a parent support component, examined the factors responsible for the program's significant long - term effects on increasing rates of school completion and decreasing rates of juvenile arrest.11 The authors conducted analyses to test alternative hypotheses about the pathways from the short - term significant effects on children's educational achievement at the end of preschool to these long - term effects, including (a) that the cognitive and language stimulation children experienced in the centres led to a sustained cognitive advantage that produced the long - term effects on the students» behaviour; or (b) that the enhanced parenting practices, attitudes, expectations and involvement in children's education that occurred early in the program led to sustained changes in the home environments that made them more supportive of school achievement and behavioural norms, which in turn produced the long - term effects on the students» behaviour.

As well, examining whether the effects of supportive and unsupportive exchanges change meaningfully over time and at key moments (i.e., after diagnosis, school transitions, during puberty) may generate clinically relevant findings.