Sentences with phrase «founding class of students»

Our Clinton Hill Middle founding class of students and teachers will surely benefit from Ms. DeLuca's knowledge, teaching experience, and determination to foster a warm and inviting educational environment.

Last year, the founding class of students from KIPP Bridge graduated high school, and over 80 % enrolled in college in the fall.

Not exact matches

A University of Arizona study on college students» financial behaviors found that three things help there: Parental involvement, taking a personal finance class and having a part - time job and other hands - on money experience.

The network of coding schools found recently that 40 percent of students taking classes offered through the consumer side of the business were having class costs reimbursed by their employers.

According to The News & Observer, Wednesday's report «found a new culprit: the Academic Support Program for Student - Athletes... The report describes a fairly broad group of academic and athletic officials who knew about athletes getting better grades in classes that only required papers, yet taking little or no action.»

After accounting for the impact of IQ - level and class background, researchers found that «rule - breaking and defiance of parental authority» was the best predictor of which students ended up making higher incomes.

NerdWallet's analysis finds the Class of 2015 faces a retirement age pushed back to 75 — two years later than what the Class of 2013 could expect — because of increasing student loan debt, rising rents and millennials» approach to money management.

Finra's study also found that personal finance education lowers the probability of falling 90 or more days behind on future credit accounts, especially for students who took required classes in economics or personal finance after the first - year mandates were adopted.

All this despite the fact that private schooling doesn't actually yield better outcomes for students, according to a recent Statistics Canada report (instead, the apparent academic success of private school student is due to their socioeconomic backgrounds).9 A UBC study also found that students from public schools scored higher in first - year university classes than their private school counterparts.10

Visit any mainline Sunday school class and you will probably find only a smattering of adults and high school students.

Be attentive to the students, teachers, staff and class - mates who may be very different from you; listen for God in all of them, even if you don't think you're going to find God there.

The group found an uptick in persecution: Churches faced threats of violence, and non-Muslim students with exemptions to religion classes were urged to convert to Islam instead.

In presenting these elemental Christian teachings in class I have often found that students are quick to ask the following question: if one took seriously Jesus» message that we do not have to earn our sense of feeling good about ourselves, would this not allow for an unrestrained, licentious life, believing that we are loved regardless of our behavior?

Whether in the classrooms on this campus or the lecture halls of other colleges, I have found that surprising numbers of white students (who are nothing if not middle class) are deeply interested in the study and application of religion.

College Advertising Solutions, a subsidiary of Hungry Media that operates online and mobile restaurant guides in college towns, has found this to be especially true of students who will order a meal in class or on their way home from the bars.

Students in schools populated mostly by middle - class - and - above children were about equally likely to find themselves in a classroom with engaged and interesting instruction (47 percent of students) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of stStudents in schools populated mostly by middle - class - and - above children were about equally likely to find themselves in a classroom with engaged and interesting instruction (47 percent of students) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of ststudents) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of studentsstudents).

And while the Science authors found instruction to be basic and repetitive even in American schools with a mostly middle - class or upper - middle - class student population, they found that the situation was considerably worse in schools that enrolled a lot of low - income children.

A Tribune investigation has found that nearly 32,000 Chicago students in public elementary schools - or roughly 1 in 8 - missed four weeks or more of class during the 2010 - 11 year, as the cash - strapped district does little to stem a devastating problem.

This works quite well for some students (our Campus and Community page discusses options for what your family can do in our neighborhood while you're in class); other students, however, find they can focus more on their studies when they are here alone and that their children are happier staying with a caregiver in the familiar environment of their own home.

The Tribune investigation found that nearly 32,000 Chicago K - 8 grade students — or roughly 1 in 8 — missed four weeks or more of class during the 2010 - 11 year, as the cash - strapped district does little to stem the devastating problem.

Though we found some rigorous studies that after controlling for certain variables showed positive results of the AP program, especially in the sciences, we believe more research needs to be done before we can verify the broad claim that taking AP classes makes students more likely to succeed in college.

And GLSEN's 2015 National School Climate Survey found that over one third of LGBT students said they avoided physical education or gym classes (31.9 %), and more than one fifth avoided school athletic fields or facilities because they felt unsafe or uncomfortable.

John Dewey HS students got credit for sham «Project Graduation» classes in a grade - fixing scheme that robbed them of their education, according to a new state audit that also slams the city for shrugging off the findings.

«I would find it extremely difficult to tell a hard - working student, or a working class family, that they will not realize their dream of attending college because we lost federal aid when the state decided to make a needless political statement,» Ortt said in a statement.

The commission found widespread and systematic abuse in inflating school rolls to beef up the allocation of state dollars - including adding the names of dead children to the roster of students showing up to class every day.

One commonly used definition of a «good» school is one that has high academic outcomes in absolute terms - its students don't drop out, frequently go to college, frequently go to selective colleges if they do go to college, frequently find decent jobs if they don't go to college, perform well on standardized tests, take more advanced classes such as advanced placement, international baccalaureate, honors and college classes, etc..

The graduation rate, which reviewed the progress of students who entered high school in 2013, found it had approved from the 79.7 percent of students who graduated in the class of 2012.

Siena was founded in 1937 by seven friars who welcomed 90 students to the first day of classes - Siena is now home to more than 3,200 students from around the world.

More than 700,000 students in more than 1,200 New York City schools — including large high schools in all five boroughs — would face higher class sizes, have fewer teachers and lose after - school academic and enrichment programs if President - elect Trump makes good on a campaign promise to pull billions of federal dollars away from public schools to pay for private vouchers, a UFT analysis has found.

«THE STUDY FOUND THAT BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS HAVE HALF THE NUMBER OF ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES compared to their white and Asian peers, according to data from 353 high schools in the 2011 - 2012 academic year.

This Wednesday «rally follows the release of Families for Excellent Schools» white paper, «A Tale of Two School Systems, «in August, which found that black and Hispanic students are confined to a second - class system of the city's worst performing schools.

The new version would leave the state with the same result as did its predecessor: Charter school students would find themselves in classes taught by teachers whose training was far less rigorous than that demanded of regular public school teachers.

They found that non-acceptors of evolution tended to be in the foundation science classes where students» understanding of science generally was weak, their understanding of evolution being just one part of that.

Helping to found a Black Women's organization; allocating money through the Finance Board of the Student Government; taking classes; tutoring; TAing; working at the front desk of my dormitory; acting; and my friends all kept me happy and busy.

A better understanding of why people's attention meanders has several practical applications, including finding ways to keep students focused during class.

However, American students are finding themselves ill prepared to excel in college; 20 percent of high school students entering college have to take at least one remedial class to prepare for university - level coursework.

«Imagine that on the first day of classes, young students find themselves before the country's most well - known researcher teaching molecular biology classes with an absolutely contagious enthusiasm,» he says.

The frequency of messaging was also found to be a factor in the interruption of learning: Students who tweeted or sent messages with higher frequency on content not related to the class took lower quality notes than those who tweeted less frequently on non-classroom related subjects.

When Lindsay added a class photo from the first grade to the experimental setup, he found that two out of three students believed the false event happened.

«We found that the majority of students were being jet - lagged by their class times, which correlated very strongly with decreased academic performance,» said study co-lead author Benjamin Smarr, a postdoctoral fellow who studies circadian rhythm disruptions in the lab of UC Berkeley psychology professor Lance Kriegsfeld.

Our findings suggest that rising student loan debt may serve to make the black middle class more fragile, because the latest generation of black young adults are more burdened with debt while also getting fewer payoffs to college.

The researchers found that 37.5 percent of white students are from middle - class families, compared to 15.7 percent of blacks.

When Lindsay added a class photo from the first grade to the scenario, he found that two out of three students believed the false event happened.

Kraus's lab also found that, after two years, neural responses to sound in adolescent music students were faster and more precise than in students in another type of enrichment class.

A recent study of a new course in pharmacogenomics at Washington State University Spokane found the class expanded students» understanding of these possibilities for their profession.

Director Dot Harris, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the Department of Energy, will be on the line with Dr. Rebecca Spyke - Keiser, Associate Deputy Administrator for Strategy and Policy at NASA; Jill Fuss, Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Stephanie Stilson, Engineer at Kennedy Space Center and NASA Headquarters, and a class at Andrew Jackson Middle School in Titusville, Florida, to discuss ways to find role models for young people in STEM fields and answer questions from students and the general public about STEM careers.

But the key is not to chide ourselves for being human; it's to be aware when we do find ourselves wanting to enhance our egos through the identity of «yoga teacher» or through how many students show up to our classes.

With love and laughter, she works toward finding a comfortable balance in her classes, challenging her students to move toward positive change in all aspects of their lives.

Nam offers detailed verbal cues and expert hands on adjustments / assists to help his students find a fuller experience in their yoga practice; emphasizing breath and proper alignment in each of his classes.

In a Kripalu class, each student learns to find their own level of practice on a given day by looking inward.