Sentences with phrase «even by middle school»

«The whole point behind our research was to see if we could design games that would help the bottom third of students, students that even by middle school have given up on themselves and on school,» explains Chris Dede, the Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Alabama is trying to address this by reaching out to high schools and even middle schools to provide a path for work force training.

The evening begins at 6 p.m. with an outdoor performance by the Coral Springs Middle School jazz band.

I mean, it had started harmlessly enough — a few kids with Princeton shirts in middle school, rumors of summer camps at Duke — but by the time senior year rolled around, competition was so fierce that people didn't even talk about where they were applying.

By providing a tasting to families before the start of the school year, the district hopes to build support for the «envelope - pushing» items and win over even the pickiest elementary and middle school students, said Coletta Hines - Newell, the district's food service director.

Whether it be the husband in the group or the wife in the group (or even a young child in elementary school, middle school, or high - school), folding a cloth diaper can be folded by pretty - much anyone who has the ability and the things needed to fold other pieces of wash.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

The debate, the second of four forums scheduled this month, was held Monday evening at Miller Middle School in Lake Katrine and sponsored by the Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce.

While the pull - up has been used by everyone from middle - school gym teachers to Marine drill instructors to measure fitness, the fact is that many fit people, particularly women, can't do even one.

Whilst elements of the presentation raise a smirk or even a giggle (including the alliteration efforts of Popper's pithy personal assistant, played by No Strings Attached's Ophelia Lovibond), and the titular creatures charm as anticipated, there's no mistaking this saccharine star vehicle for anything other than middle of the road school holiday fare that might even inspire a few pet purchases.

So he did something else that most school superintendents would never even consider: he invited both YES Prep and KIPP to take up residency in two middle schools, building grade - by - grade expansions that would lead to YES Prep establishing a high school program within an existing Spring Branch high school.

Walcott promised to borrow instructional methods from successful middle school charters with this initiative, but even charter organizations like KIPP, which began by serving middle school kids, are having second thoughts about the challenges such isolation from other children create, and has been building «clusters» of schools that include early grades and high schoolers.

Even his middle school basketball practice was interrupted by gunfire.

But the middle school has the equivalent of 1 full time teacher for every 12 students — pretty good even by Harvard standards.

Even when attrition and replacement throughout the middle school years are taken into account, the limited range of potential peer effects at KIPP schools does not explain the large cumulative impacts on student achievement identified by prior studies.

The model has even been adopted by students, most recently during Northfield (New Jersey) Community Middle School's Edcamp Period.

Even the smallest concepts become big enough to grasp in this middle school science class, where teacher Rob Olazagasti gives students opportunities to learn by creating, remember by experiencing, and show what they know by teaching.

Even still, Ippolito believes that literacy coaches can have an important role as change agents in middle and high schools by helping teachers improve their practices.

This pattern of test - score effects — showing positive results in urban areas with many low - income students, but neutral or even negative effects elsewhere — also appears in a national study of oversubscribed charter middle schools funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

This will encourage the pupils at Eden Middle School by proving that they can indeed make a difference - even as individuals!

Lest anyone doubt the reach of America's after - school woes — more than 14 million K - 12 students, including 40,000 kindergartners and almost 4 million middle school students, take care of themselves after school — it appears even the economy is suffering: A new study by Catalyst and the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, shows that the workplace productivity of U.S. parents suffers when they are worried about what their kids are doing after school.

As students transition to middle school, they go from the familiarity of a homeroom teacher to changing teachers (and classrooms) by subject, sometimes seeing as many as eight or even ten different teachers weekly.

Alumni completion of challenging courses in middle school (by the end of eighth grade), as defined by the state — this is certain to include Algebra I but may include other courses, or even non-curricular achievements if sufficiently well - defined (such as the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme assessment, or proficiency in a foreign langmiddle school (by the end of eighth grade), as defined by the state — this is certain to include Algebra I but may include other courses, or even non-curricular achievements if sufficiently well - defined (such as the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme assessment, or proficiency in a foreign langMiddle Years Programme assessment, or proficiency in a foreign language).

The results suggest that the negative effects of entering a middle school are most pronounced in cities, but they remain sizable even in rural areas, confirming that the negative effects of configurations that separate the middle - school grades are by no means limited to urban school districts.

Fun - loving middle school students could easily picture themselves entering into poetry performances by snapping their fingers, moving their bodies to the rhythm, or even booing.

Contrary to the arguments of some conservative reformers, focusing on achievement gaps even helps White middle class children by improving the quality of teaching, curricula and school environments all students experience.

«On average, summer vacation creates a three - month gap in reading achievement between students from low - and middle - income families... even small differences in summer learning can accumulate across the elementary years, resulting in a large achievement gap by the time students enter high school.»

During the second annual College Signing Day, Local District West Superintendent Cheryl Hildreth and her team traveled by school bus to high schools, middle schools and even elementary schools, where special events reinforced the importance of college readiness.

Even though she now teaches in a school dominated by students from middle - class homes, Kirchner can understand the other teachers» concerns since she worked in high - poverty schools for several years.

Special - progress classes were even more racially and academically segregated from other students than their contemporary version, «gifted and talented» programs that retain middle - class parents in the public - school system by separating their children from most low - income and minority - group peers.

The 32 local school boards were replaced by «Community Education Councils» consisting of parents elected by Parent Associations of elementary and middle schools in the community districts and given even less authority on school matters within those districts than the 1996 law.

Meanwhile, a segment of teachers mostly in elementary and middle schools will see for the first time their ratings even partially influenced by how students fare on the new PARCC testing.

That conclusion is backed up by a National Academy of Sciences study that found «district - level support of high school reform even more critical than that of elementary or middle school reform.»

High - quality tutoring can meet each student at his or her individual level, 22 a level of differentiation that is impossible for even the most dedicated of teachers to provide.23 Essentially, every student with an educated, engaged parent has access to one - on - one tutoring at home, which is perhaps one of the reasons why homework compounds the advantages enjoyed by middle - class children.24 For students who, for a variety of reasons, may not have access to that kind of academic assistance at home, receiving more tailored instruction from their schools can help to level the playing field and close achievement gaps.25

(Teaching middle school, by the way, is even more challenging — it's like playing tennis against 30 opponents — each armed with a different piece of sporting equipment, and playing by different rules.

As a middle school and high school art teacher, I've met hundreds of parents at open houses, and I am often struck by how many of them fondly remember their own art classes, even decades after graduating from high school.

SEATTLE — The Raikes Foundation and Committee for Children today announced a partnership fueled by a three - year, $ 235,000 grant to help students at three local middle schools avoid risky behaviors, prevent violence, and succeed in school, while also advancing research in the field of social - emotional learning to make learning programs from the nonprofit Committee for Children even more effective worldwide.