Sentences with phrase «few school absences»

It means less hunger, more education for girls, few school absences, and healthier kids the world over.

Healthy children also have fewer school absences, are more engaged in their studies and quite possibly will behave better.

Not exact matches

These are just a few examples of where breakfast - in - the - classroom has become a tool for administrators and educators to address food insecurity, disciplinary issues, tardies and absences, and trips to the school nurse — and that's on top of improved academic outcomes for students who eat school breakfast!

In 2005, Browns Mill School became the first sugar - free school in the country, and the results speak for themselves with a 30 percent decrease in nurse visits, a 28 percent drop in teacher referrals for bad behavior, and improved test scores.20 Dr. Sanders - Butler continues to see the difference in the children's health through weight loss and fewer absences, as well as more frequent everyday positive interactions with happier chiSchool became the first sugar - free school in the country, and the results speak for themselves with a 30 percent decrease in nurse visits, a 28 percent drop in teacher referrals for bad behavior, and improved test scores.20 Dr. Sanders - Butler continues to see the difference in the children's health through weight loss and fewer absences, as well as more frequent everyday positive interactions with happier chischool in the country, and the results speak for themselves with a 30 percent decrease in nurse visits, a 28 percent drop in teacher referrals for bad behavior, and improved test scores.20 Dr. Sanders - Butler continues to see the difference in the children's health through weight loss and fewer absences, as well as more frequent everyday positive interactions with happier children.

There are a few laughs, but in the absence of a sustained comic tone and consistently good ideas, the script relies on endless bathroom humor and such throwaway visual ideas as a baby stored in a high school locker.

Now middle and high school students get points added to their average if they have four or fewer excused absences in a nine - week period.

«Increasingly over the last few years... there have been more and more schools saying: «No we can't allow this anymore because of this issue with unauthorised absence.»»

Fewer absences therefore may also explain why later - starting students have higher test scores: students who have an early start time miss more school and could perform worse on standardized tests as a result.

In Wake County, students who start school one hour later have 1.3 fewer absences than the typical student — a reduction of about 25 percent.

At least in theory, a few quality - conscious consumers can drive systemwide improvement and lead to a better matching of parents and schools, even in the absence of extensive choice activity.

Most recently, before retiring last year, Harris devised a way to overhaul how the district deals with teacher absences — something very few schools around the country have found ways to address creatively.

The study also finds that later middle school start times are associated with reduced television viewing, increased time spent on homework, and about 25 percent fewer absences.

Chronic absence is especially challenging for students from low - income communities whose families face greater hurdles to getting to school and have fewer resources to make up for lost learning time.

In Cedar Springs Public Schools, Cedar Springs Middle School saw a dramatic increase in the percentage of 7th and 8th graders passing all their core courses in the past four years as the proportion of students with satisfactory attendance (fewer than 10 absences) rose from 77 to 87 percent.

In fewer than five years, OUSD has moved from a district with a few outlier schools with promising practices driven by site level leadership to a school system with a district - wide approach to reducing chronic absence.

In a few schools, the rate of persistent absence remains high and the attendance of pupils eligible for free schools meals is significantly worse than in similar schools.

Developments such as national standards in core subjects, new forms of accountability, or decentralization of school management will have few positive effects in the absence of well - conceived reading instruction.

The presence of school nurses may lead to fewer absences, and nurse practitioners in school - based health centers can facilitate a healthier population resulting in improved attendance.

Studies of students who attend high - quality programs for a significant period of time show improvements in academic performance and social competence, including better grades, improved homework completion, higher scores on achievement tests, lower levels of grade retention, improved behavior in school, increased competence and sense of self as a learner, better work habits, fewer absences from school, better emotional adjustment and relationships with parents, and a greater sense of belonging in the community.

Elementary schools often track average daily attendance or unexcused absences (truancy) 1, but few monitor the combination of excused and unexcused absence for individual students.

«Increasingly over the last few years... there have been more and more schools saying: «No we can't allow this any more because of this issue with unauthorised absence.»»

Starting school an hour later had further benefits, he found: 12 fewer minutes of television - watching per day; nine more minutes devoted to homework per week; and an average of 1.3 fewer absences than other students.

These students perform better in third grade reading and math tests, have larger test score gains over time, have fewer absences and disciplinary incidents, are less likely to repeat grades, and are more likely to graduate from high school in four years.

When comparing high attenders (students who attended 60 days or more) and low attenders (students who attended 30 — 59 days) in ACE programs, participants in grades 4 — 12 attending 60 days or more of programming had higher levels of TAKS scores in reading / English language arts and mathematics, fewer disciplinary incidents, fewer school day absences, and an enhanced likelihood (23 — 40 %) of grade promotion.