Sentences with phrase «experienced high dropout rates»

As we've reported at Policy Watch, the schools have experienced high dropout rates throughout the year.

While efforts to target support services for pregnant women and new parents have achieved notable success, some such programs continue to experience high dropout rates and an inability, at times, to successfully engage those facing the greatest challenges.

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The results of another clinical trial published in the journal found that high - dose vitamins and minerals did not protect heart attack patients 50 and older from experiencing additional cardiovascular events, though the research was marred by a high dropout rate.

If the dropout rate is an additional 2 percentage points, or roughly one standard deviation, higher than expected, a state experiences a 1 - percentage - point increase in charter school enrollment.

The pioneering program combines face - to - face and distance - learning techniques and draws on CLG's experiences in West Clermont and in a second district in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that is working to reverse high dropout rates, raise flagging test scores, and make the best possible use of dwindling resources.

I agree that poorly prepared teachers is one cause of the high dropout rate, but as with most problems, many causes exist, including an anti-intellectual culture that values over-paid athletes and celebrities w / no obvious talent (e.g. Kim Kardashian); parents who think all their male children will grow up to be Yankees so never put books in the kids» hands; pseudo education reformers who sell a narrative that a first year teacher is no different from a veteran with a grad degree and thirty years teaching experience, administrators who hire based on coaching rather than teaching, school boards that cut library programs rather than sports, etc..

Improve student achievement and graduation and dropout rates by providing the infrastructure, tools and content necessary to extend learning capabilities and create a personalized learning experience for high school students attending at - risk schools.

Studies show students in foster care experience high rates of school mobility; delayed enrollment when school changes occur; high suspension, expulsion, and dropout rates; and low college graduation rates.

In Gary, Indiana, where little more than 10 percent of all households have any college education, 21st Century Charter School is experiencing near 100 percent high school graduation rates and zero dropouts.

In addition, little knowledge is available on the effect of parenting support programmes delivered to immigrant parents.24 The few studies available have mostly shown little or no improvement in the mental health of immigrant parents25 26 or even poorer outcomes for immigrant families27 and families with low socioeconomic status.28 Scarcity of studies in this area may simply because few immigrant parents participate in such programmes.24 Several studies have reported difficulties in recruiting and retaining immigrant parents in parenting support programmes.29 30 Factors such as belonging to an ethnic minority, low socioeconomic status, practical aspects or experienced alienation and discrimination all contribute to low participation.28 31 Other studies have demonstrated that low participation and a high dropout rate of immigrant parents are associated with a lack of cultural sensitivity in the intervention, poor information about the parenting programme and lack of trust towards professionals.24 A qualitative study conducted with Somali - born parents in Sweden showed that Somali parents experienced many societal challenges in the new country and in their parenting behaviours.