Sentences with phrase «high academic achievement while»

Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is committed to social and emotional learning (SEL)-- it is central to both its mission and vision as a Community Schools District: «Build a full - service Community District focused on high academic achievement while serving the whole child, eliminating inequity, and providing each child with excellent teachers, every day.

Its mission is to build a Full Service Community District focused on high academic achievement while serving the whole child, eliminating inequity, and providing each child with excellent teachers, every day.

The study looks at academic, financial and demographic data and identifies districts and campuses that produce high academic achievement while maintaining cost - effective operations.

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Data gathered from studies show that while there is a clear link between IQ and academic success, the correlation between high achievement and the character traits of conscientiousness and self - discipline is even more pronounced.

While the word «accountability» never appears in Risk, its call for higher academic standards and its focus on student achievement as the main barometer of quality laid the intellectual groundwork for the rigorous curricula and tests envisioned by the promoters of standards - based -LSB-...]

The effects on academic achievement are greatest for students from higher income families, while the effects on behavior are more pronounced on students who are less well - off.

In most industrialized countries — nearly all of which outperform us on measures of academic achievement, such as PISA and TIMSS — students begin preparing for a career while still in high school.

While necessary and appealing, this drive toward higher standards raises justifiable concern: Are schools promoting academic excellence for those who already have a competitive advantage, while turning away from the far more difficult task of fostering achievement among those who doWhile necessary and appealing, this drive toward higher standards raises justifiable concern: Are schools promoting academic excellence for those who already have a competitive advantage, while turning away from the far more difficult task of fostering achievement among those who dowhile turning away from the far more difficult task of fostering achievement among those who do not?

While the push for higher levels of academic achievement and accountability continues to increase, more people have realized that a single test can not provide a comprehensive evaluation of student performance.

The goal is for students to become proficient in the second language while reaching a high level of academic achievement.

While experiencing great gains in student academic achievement, Reynoldsburg Junior High School has also gone through a significant organizational transformation.

While there is not a clear causal effect between a teacher's own academic record and his or her ability to achieve the kinds of learning gains that help students excel, most studies do find a correlation between higher GPA and teacher effectiveness.43 Taken in aggregate with other factors, such as experience and rank of undergraduate school, some studies have found larger positive impacts, especially for math achievement.44 For this reason, a high GPA should not be the only factor that determines entry into the profession.

While federal legislation calls for «multiple up - to - date measures of student academic achievement, including measures that assess higher - order thinking skills and understanding» (NCLB, Sec. 1111, b, I, vi), most assessment tools used for federal reporting focus on lower - level skill that can be measured on standardized mostly multiple - choice tests.

Academic research, while somewhat limited, points to higher student achievement, higher teacher retention rates and lower truancy and suspension rates in high - quality facilities, experts say, while also providing clear health benefits for students and school staff.

Recent surveys and focus groups show that while parents place a high value on their child's success they don't fully understand the connection between good attendance and academic achievement.

While some of that work involves boosting academic achievement, we can't overlook the crisis in funding for Illinois higher education as a factor, too.

While not every dollar a school spends directly improves academic outcomes, a new report from Rutgers school - finance expert Bruce Baker finds certain kinds of money very much do matter: extra funding for higher teacher salaries and more equitable distribution of resources between rich and poor districts, for example, are correlated with higher student achievement, especially for the neediest kids.

While the authors note a lack of substantial evidence of positive effectives of Linked Learning on college enrollment or completion, they also describe several studies that have found positive results on high school student achievement and argue that blending academic work with career technical education (CTE) could make college an option for more students.

Sela PCS is committed to ensuring that all of its students experience the diverse offerings of the District of Columbia while ensuring high quality academic achievement for its students in a dual - language immersion setting.

While states still have to comply with NCLB's mandate of testing students in reading and math in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, with ESSA, they would be permitted to set their own student achievement goals, identify their own academic and non-academic (i.e., school climate, teacher engagement) indicators for accountability, design their own intervention plans for their lowest performing schools, and implement their own teacher evaluation systems.

One of the greatest challenges every school and educator faces is encouraging and accommodating a full range of student diversity while simultaneously promoting a uniformly high level of academic achievement for all students.

While it's fair to say that the Obama administration's emphasis on the importance of high - quality teachers has brought increased visibility to notions about professional development, it first became an issue when the Madison School District learned in the last decade that its proud reputation for academic achievement doesn't hold up when it comes to minority students.

While there he earned numerous academic awards including the Scholarship for Highest Academic Achievement in Veterinary Macademic awards including the Scholarship for Highest Academic Achievement in Veterinary MAcademic Achievement in Veterinary Medicine.

Summer associate profile: We seek to hire an extraordinarily talented and diverse group of students whose academic and personal record of achievement demonstrates a commitment to excellence and who want to practice law at the highest and most demanding levels, while still enjoying lives enriched by public, professional and personal pursuits outside the firm.

While in law school, he was named to the Dean's list for academic achievement, received awards for the highest grade in Legal Writing and Trial Advocacy; clerked at the Mississippi Supreme Court for Associate Justice James W. Kitchens; and completed an externship at the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office in Birmingham.

While research has shown that a secure relationship with an educator results in higher academic achievement, greater social competence, and fewer behavioral problems, the art and science of building secure relationships is missing from educator preparation and support.

Taking the mystery out of executive functions by showing students how to learn more efficiently while calming their defensive brains leads to better concentration, improved attention, higher academic achievement and competent social - emotional skills.