Sentences with phrase «effect of school closures»

This was a challenging period, as the effect of school closures and mergers was traumatic for many staff.

Brinig and Garnett assume Catholic schools» effectiveness with lower - income inner - city children and take up a different story: the effect of school closures on the quality of the social life in their surrounding neighborhoods.

In related work conducted in Massachusetts, Harvard economist Josh Goodman finds no effects of school closures on student achievement but large negative effects of weather - induced absences on moderately snowy days when schools remained open.

He also serves as the Principal Investigator on a range of Research Alliance studies including those examining the efficacy of on - track indicators for different grade levels; performance trends in NYC high schools; and the effects of school closure.

The study examined the effects of school closures in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 2008 to 2014 to show that school closures can have positive effects on student outcomes.

That is, we found that the negative effects of school closures are experienced not just by the members of a school community.

Not exact matches

This coupled with the failure and closure of many free schools have costed the taxpayer millions and had a detrimental effect on children's education.

Net differences represent the effects of a closure, showing us the impact on students who had to choose a different high school.

«In this carefully researched book that picks up where James Coleman and others have left off, Brinig and Garnett demonstrate that [Catholic school] closures often have detrimental effects on the communities where the schools once resided, beyond the obvious loss of their educational assets....

Trymaine Lee's examination of nation wide school closures reveals their effect on children's self esteem, the impact on the immediate community and most importantly, student safety.

School closures have a destabilizing effect on the entire community, as the schools closed were often anchors of the neighborhood.

The most significant finding was «the positive effects of closure and takeover in New Orleans explain 25 to 40 percent of the total effect of the New Orleans post-Katrina school reforms on student achievement.»

The threat of closure can have ill effects on a school too, Stroub said.

This has had a direct, transformative effect on the quality of the state's charter schools, including the closure of 20 failing charter schools since 2013.

The leader of the group handing out fliers told Billy Penn they weren't against Le Bok Fin as much as Philadelphia's general school closures and the effects on communities.

Previous studies finding that closures had large achievement effects may have mistakenly attributed the effect of individual absences to school closures.

Results of the study suggest that students displaced by school closures can experience adverse effects on test scores and attendance; however, these effects can be minimized when students move to substantially higher - performing schools.

The harsh winter weather in many parts of the United States and related school closures had an unfavorable effect on the number of fairs held during the quarter.