Sentences with phrase «either achieving at a high level»

They clearly are effective in focusing their groups to achieve at a high level, but that also doesn't make them true.

-- Possesses great vision — Who see's opportunities / openings / plays before others — Consistently produces moments of brilliance both individually and collectively for the team — Thrives under pressure — Is statistically proven at the highest level over a number of seasons — Has achieved at the highest level — Hates to lose with a passion far greater than most love to win — Leads by example and elevates the team when heads are down — Turns a good team into a great team

We currently as a club lack in stature to have and hold on to top players, ie: Sanchez, because our ambitions and approach as a club does not match those that want to achieve at the highest level, not to mention attracting players even.

Each season the NFL awards the Comeback Player of the Year Award to an individual who has overcome adversity to achieve at the highest level.

Our schools are producing fragile, stressed - out students who achieve at high levels but at a high cost.

According to the November / December Child Development Reports, children that are sleeping through the night achieve at higher levels in skills including attentiveness, self - discipline, organization, memorization and the abilities to plan, think and work with others.

They largely refused to acknowledge that poverty rather than school quality was the root cause of the educational problems of disadvantaged kids, for fear that saying so would merely reinforce a long - standing belief among public educators that students unlucky enough to live in poverty shouldn't be expected to achieve at high levels — and public educators shouldn't be expected to get them there.

They continue to achieve at high levels and make significant contributions to our community.

Throughout the period there was always an expectation that some children, both rich and poor, would excel academically, but never was there an assumption that all children would achieve at high levels, as we now insist.

And so, countries... we see New Zealand in reading literacy that were previously achieving at the same level as us, that are now achieving at a higher level than us.

Innovative schools in urban areas show that all children can achieve at high levels given the chance, building on the promise of the No Child Left Behind Act, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige said while visiting the Amistad Academy charter school in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2004.

Put differently, our evidence indicates that effective schools help their students achieve at higher levels than expected based on their fluid cognitive skills.

The theory is that yes we can get them to catch up, but while they're trying to catch up the kids who are already achieving at that high level aren't stopping still.

That being said, if I do my job well, my hope is that I can leave DCPS as a district where students are achieving at high levels no matter their backgrounds, families are choosing DCPS schools because of the world - class education we provide, and parents and community members feel like they've contributed to DCPS» amazing successes.

We didn't think we could get the attention of (much less have an impact on) traditional schools without proving that low - income kids could be served at a scale akin to a district and achieve at high levels.

The students will feel better and achieve at higher levels, and the staff will have higher morale.

She embodies the values of courage and commitment that are required to meet the daunting challenge that confronts urban school districts, making good teaching happen for every child, every day, in every classroom, to enable all children to learn and achieve at high levels,» said Professor Robert Peterkin, director of the Urban Superintendents Program.

Effective schools help students achieve at higher levels than one would expect, based on their cognitive skills, a recent study finds, rather than enhancing students» core abstract - reasoning capabilities.

And of the students who score well on the PSAT / NMSQT, indicating a 70 percent likelihood of thriving in an AP course, of those students, six out of ten Asians will take an AP course, [compared with] four out of ten white students and two out of ten African American students... In other words there is a racial break among kids who could achieve at a high level and are being propelled into more challenging academic experiences; that data needs to be understood.

A researcher at Harvard surveyed 10,000 middle and high school students in 33 different schools around the nation about what they thought their folks cared about most: that they achieve at a high level, that they are happy (defined as «feeling good most of the time»), or that they care for others.

If students at a particular school achieve at high levels and show strong growth, that school probably doesn't have the same urgency around identifying poor performers.

Second, some mistakenly assume that a «talented tenth» strategy should focus on the schools and communities that already tend to achieve at the highest levels.

Third, some assume that students already achieving at the highest levels will be successful without additional educational interventions and progress.

More than twice as high a percentage of Canadians, Japanese, Czechs, New Zealanders, Dutch Swiss and Belgian students are achieving at that high level than the students in the United States.

Many of us have unacknowledged fears about our children not achieving at a high level.

When parents tell teenagers to achieve at a high level so they «can have options,» teenagers sniff out that their parents are talking only about certain options — it's not really okay for them to be beauticians or firefighters, for example.

But they disregard Fusaro's own strong warning: «A seductive conclusion from these results is that attendance at full - day kindergartens causes students to achieve at a higher level than attendance at half - day kindergartens.

We still have a long way to go, but it's clear that even the most disadvantaged students can achieve at high levels when provided with a strong education.

That newly strengthened self - confidence makes Guter more sure than ever that her dream career — one in which all children are provided with the opportunity achieve at their highest levels — is right around the corner.

It's one thing to have a goal, it's another thing to really spend some time and energy and invest in the resources to build the capacity of teachers and school systems to deliver on the idea that all students ought to achieve at high levels.

For example, Darling - Hammond, in NCTAF's 1997 report Doing What Matters Most, asserts, «Students will achieve at higher levels and are less likely to drop out when taught by certified teachers.»

Not only does the Whitefield student body seem cohesive, but the black students are achieving at high levels.

It was inspirational, and it was an opportunity to learn more of what it takes to prepare and support the kinds of outstanding leaders our schools need to ensure every child receives a great education and achieves at high levels.

Both grants announced today are a part of a larger three - year, $ 350 million commitment by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help all students achieve at high levels by recognizing and encouraging high - achievement models and developing strong leadership throughout the education system.

We agree that students of all backgrounds can achieve at high levels, even in learning environments with concentrated poverty.

He and his colleagues at Uncommon Schools consistently achieve at the highest levels on state tests.

«We want to make certain that our students that leave school are academically achieving at their highest level of ability, but also their mental health is actually taken care of and they've got the skills and strategies to live a wonderful flourishing life,» Principal Warren Symonds says.

When children are interested in what they are doing and are able to use their areas of strength, they achieve at a higher level.

However, it is possible to raise the expectations for individual students to achieve at the highest level for their capability.

When students practice metacognition, the act of thinking about their thinking helps them make greater sense of their life experiences and start achieving at higher levels.

One of the rallying cries of standards - based education is that all students can achieve at high levels — a point proven by a number of high - performing, high - poverty schools.

You will return home ready to implement concrete strategies for building a more inclusive school community where all children can achieve at high levels.

As students» metacognitive abilities increase, research suggests they also achieve at higher levels.

Students who achieve at a high level and attain college and career readiness currently get no recognition in the diploma in most states.

You can grow up as dirt poor as its protagonist, Cedric Jennings, and still achieve at the highest levels academically — all the way to the Ivy League.

These videos explain how the Common Core State Standards will help students achieve at high levels and help them learn what they need to know to get to graduation and beyond.

High - performing charter schools have shown that disadvantaged students can achieve at high levels.

Policymakers need to hear why fully funding Title II is essential to creating schools where all students achieve at high levels.

All children will learn and achieve at high levels if given the opportunity.

In our definition, we look at three important concepts that we know help students achieve at high levels through the use of these assessments: they are formative (and thus occur during the learning process), they are team - designed, and they assess essential learning targets.