Sentences with phrase «formative high school years»

I am also uniquely suited to do so, not because of special talents or compassion, but because of the rapport I've built with Kristan and my other students over their formative high school years.

Maybe I was influenced by Charlotte York and watching too much SATC during formative high school years, but my work style has always been a little influenced by the «museum curator» look.

Indeed, although Clinton's political ambitions were clear to many who knew him, the documentary neglects Clinton's higher education and its incubation of his political desires to focus on his more formative high school years.

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The bright appearance of Comet Hale - Bopp in the winter of 1997, my junior year of high school, was a formative event for me at an opportune moment.

Gist: Written by Dave and James Franco, this is the story of writer Charles Bukowski's formative years from childhood to high school and his struggles with an abusive father, disfiguring acne, alcohol abuse, and his initial attempts at writing.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Inspirational Bio-Pic Chronicles LeBron James» Formative Years Most people only know LeBron James as a basketball phenom who went straight from high school to the NBA, where this year he was named the youngest MVP in the history of the league.

In shifting our focus, we hope to inspire students to use their high school years as truly formative.

And even though research has definitively shown that middle grades experiences have substantial impact on high school graduation and success in college, not enough attention has been paid to these formative years.

Education during these formative years can also begin closing the educational achievement gap between low and high - income students before formal schooling begins.

«If you're going to wean school administrations away from focusing on the SBAC score as opposed to formative tests throughout the school year that identify the specific needs of the student, then you've got to stop treating SBAC like a high - stakes test that not only goes potentially to teacher evaluation, but to administrator evaluation, and to school ranking.

For the past eight years, she has also led the evaluation of a multi-district PreK — 3rd grade literacy initiative in Minnesota that uses formative assessment and teacher professional development in high - need schools to try to close the achievement gap.

This was a transformative experience, as it shaped his formative years as a high school ESL teacher and bilingual educator.

It's only four years, but, boy, is high school formative.

Willis spent formative years in Montgomery Alabama, returning to graduate from Tate High School in Pensacola, Florida.

Expanding supports for middle and high school students to address their health and socio - emotional needs during critical formative years in their adolescence