Sentences with phrase «environments at home and at school»

Preventive interventions need to focus on building protective factors within young people themselves, as well as creating health - promoting environments at home and at school.

The potentially damaging effects of stress on healthy development can be mitigated by supportive environments at home and at school.

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«The Mayors» Council plan not only quickly improves transit service with 25 % more buses, it will give those driving to work or school the option to leave the car at home and take transit, which is better for our environment,» McGarrigle said, adding that the BC Federation of Labour, representing over 500,000 unionized workers across the province, unanimously supported a resolution Unifor Local 111 introduced to endorse a Yes in the referendum.

The third floor also plays host to La Centrale's culinary school, designed to connect visitors with Italian chefs in a friendly and educational environment where they can learn how to prepare authentic Italian meals at home.

Rather than trying to «teach» skills like grit and self - control, he argues, we should focus instead on creating the kinds of environments, both at home and at school, in which those qualities are most likely to flourish.

So if we want to help kids to persevere, these researchers say, we need first to figure out how to improve their environment, both at home and at school.

Make a visit to school and take pictures of the teachers and environment so your child can remember and talk about school while at home.

So if we want to help kids to persevere, we need first to figure out how to improve their environment, both at home and at school.

It looks at the British school programmes that are working to help their pupils develop character, but points out that nothing has more influence than the home environment and the quality of the pre-school years.

«And when kids grow up without the right kind of support and environment at home, schools can do a lot to compensate for that.&raqAnd when kids grow up without the right kind of support and environment at home, schools can do a lot to compensate for that.&raqand environment at home, schools can do a lot to compensate for that.»

AC: Since kids eat lunch every day at school (whether it's packed for them at home or offered in a school cafeteria), I see it as a perfect opportunity to talk about the ways that their food is connected to their environment, their health, their community and issues of equity around the world.

Healthy eating routines start at home, but creating a healthy food environment requires teachers, parents, caregivers, extended families, schools, teachers, governments and communities to work together.

91 % of children in the Upper West region are said to be victim of physical violence both at school and their home environments.

He settled in to his new environment, attending school and studying English while speaking French and Cameroonian pidgin at home.

«Our students and families are excited because the preventive dental care takes place at school, a safe and caring learning environment that's a second home to them.

After adjusting for maternal IQ and education, characteristics of the home environment, school district, and number of siblings, the children who were exposed to greater than 5 parts arsenic per billion of household well water (WAs ≥ 5 μg / L) showed reductions in Full Scale, Working Memory, Perceptual Reasoning and Verbal Comprehension scores, losses of 5 - 6 points, considered a significant decline, that may translate to problems in school, according to Gail Wasserman, PhD, professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia, and the study's first author.

They found that choosing to continue studies at A-level was influenced in equal measure by genetic (44 %) factors and environmental factors shared by siblings growing up in the same home (47 %), for example schools, neighbourhoods or the home environment.

«You can restructure your home environment to protect yourself from unhealthy food and a sedentary lifestyle, «says Sherry Pagoto, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the division of preventative and behavioral medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Our hero is 15 year old schoolboy Conor / Cosmo (newcomer Ferdia Walsh - Peelo) who, trying to escape an unhappy home environment and coping with being the new kid at his private Catholic school, forms a rag - tag rock band to attempt to impress a wayward wannabe model (Lucy Boynton).

My own view is that these kinds of measures are fine, but unless we can make progress in affecting the home environments of today's children, any progress will be modest at best, and the job of the schools will only become more difficult.

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An alternative way to enhance children's socio - emotional skills is to improve existing learning environments and activities in schools and at home.

Lifelong learning arrangements, particularly those in informal and non-formal settings, can confer a number of benefits: they can provide people who live in countries that do not have universal education with access to learning opportunities on a continuous basis; they can address the problem of conventional formal schooling being too far removed from local cultural and social environments; and they can alleviate economic hardship, particularly for young people in developing countries who may experience strong pressures to earn income to help support their families or, particularly if they are girls, to take on significant responsibilities at home (1, 4).

The high scores of students in a wealthy suburban New Jersey school will reflect the contributions of well - educated parents, a communal emphasis on academic achievement, a stable learning environment at home, and enriching extracurricular opportunities.

Taking all these results together, one implication stands out above all: That schools bring little influence to bear on a child's achievement that is independent of his background and general social context; and that this very lack of an independent effect means that the inequalities imposed on children by their home, neighborhood, and peer environment are carried along to become the inequalities with which they confront adult life at the end of school.

She continued: «A lot of the children at the school often don't have access to outdoor spaces at home so enabling them to join in at school means they can learn about how to look after nature and teach them to respect the environment, which is something that they can take with them into the future.»

Collaborate with parents to ensure that children have a supportive learning environment at school and at home.

Students will learn how to interact and manipulate information on one platform and this will not be contradicted when they move to another platform at home, in another school or in their future work place environment.

social workers at school who are available for family and community outreach, and who make home visits to give parents and guardians the parenting skills they need to maintain a healthy, safe environment for all members of the household.

Students can rehearse and record their reading in a relaxed environment at school or at home, with extra help provided by a dictionary, picture dictionary and translation tools.

America Achieves» contribution is to group students by social and educational «advantage» into four quarters, using an index based on such items as a poverty indicator, educational environment at home, and quality of peer group at school.

program inspires students to take personal responsibility for improving the environment at their school, at home, and in their community.

is a nationwide environmental service - learning program that inspires students to take personal responsibility for improving the environment at their school, at home, and in their community.

As used in our study, cultural mismatch theory refers specifically to incompatibilities in the ways that language is used and expectations are communicated at home versus in the school environment.

The LAMB PTO's goals are to assist with developing a closer connection between school and home by encouraging parent involvement regardless of English proficiency; helping to enhance the educational experience by supporting academic and enrichment activities; and improving the environment at our school by providing volunteer and financial support.

Damon Adams, an assistant principal at Hays High School in Buda, Texas, told the story of how he carries on the legacy of his band teacher, Carolyn Herrington, who opened up her classroom so he could escape an abusive home and a non-friendly school environment, and encouraged him to believe in hiSchool in Buda, Texas, told the story of how he carries on the legacy of his band teacher, Carolyn Herrington, who opened up her classroom so he could escape an abusive home and a non-friendly school environment, and encouraged him to believe in hischool environment, and encouraged him to believe in himself.

I was working recently with a school in Detroit and a lot of the kids didn't have computers at home but the school was able to provide them and the kids could learn within the site - based environment itself.

Test scores reflect not just the quality of schools or their teachers, but all kinds of other factors in children's lives, including their home environment; whether they attended a good preschool; traumas they have experienced; and whether their parents read to them at night or hire tutors.

In addition to pounding the «UAG way» into everyone (core values include grit, collaboration and empathy), she makes sure that teachers visit every incoming ninth - grader at home before school starts — to meet family members, get a sense of the student's home environment and begin to build relationships.

The development of an inclusive environment both at school and at home can help children understand and accept differences and reduce bullying.

Dedicated teachers and staff at Glendale Middle School in Utah show how hard work and a boundless belief in students can raise achievement in an environment where most of the students live in poverty and many have enormous challenges in their home lives to overcome.

However, upon enrolling their child in a Green Dot school, Green Dot asks all parents to stay actively involved in their children's education at home, including creating a quiet study environment and participating in school meetings and events.

Project Learning Tree's GreenSchools program inspires students to improve the environment at school, at home, and in their community.

Our comprehensive set of solutions include Mastery Learning, Supplemental Practice, Formative Assessments, Response to Intervention, At - Home Learning, 1:1 Learning Environment, Curriculum Collaboration and After - School Learning.

First published in 1995 as How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed - Ability Classrooms, this new edition reflects evolving best practices in education, the experiences of practitioners throughout the United States and around the world, and Tomlinson's continuing thinking about how to help each and every student access challenging, high - quality curriculum; engage in meaning - rich learning experiences; and feel at home in a school environment that «fits.»

If it's successful, Monument could address the root causes of many of the difficulties schools with lots of at - risk students face: dysfunctional home environments and a lack of mental health services.

At a minimum, every school should make a commitment to meeting these students» needs, valuing their presence, viewing them as fully competent learners, and creating a learning environment that is culturally sustaining and linguistically responsive, building on the strengths that students bring with them from their home culture.

The team is exploring students» home, school, and neighborhood environments to provide a more nuanced look at which factors predict what outcomes for what types of students and in what contexts.

Quality learning environments — whether at home with supportive and nurturing families or in classroom settings — significantly improve kindergarten readiness, 3rd grade reading mastery, high school graduation rates, post high school education / credentialing and workforce readiness.

With a mission «to advance the health of animals, people and the environment» and a vision of «leading veterinary medicine — addressing societal needs» the School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis is home to more than 500 bright, talented, energetic and dedicated professional students studying to become the future generation of veterinarians.