Sentences with phrase «higher academic rates»

Schools that have lower suspension rates and, in turn, higher academic rates, share common characteristics, including positive teacher - student relationships, high expectations of students, and well organized routines.

Not exact matches

Other positive results include reduced absenteeism rates, increased representation in the academic stream, and higher graduation and postsecondary education rates.

Many employers are reluctant to suggest higher default contribution rates due to a concern that their workers might blindly accept what is not in their best interest, or that they might get intimidated and opt out of the plan altogether,» says Dr. Shlomo Benartzi, senior academic advisor to the Voya Behavioral Finance Institute for Innovation.

In a meta analysis of 225 academic studies by Sonja Lyubomirsky, Laura King and Ed Diener (as reported in the 2012 Harvard Business Review) it was shown that happy employees have a higher productivity rate by 31 %, increased sales by 37 % and are 3 times more innovative and creative.

Fast forward to the present and the academic solution based on historical experience proffered for these now struggling economies is higher domestic interest rates.

I remember the US being higher in the World's academic ratings back when * more * people believed in God than do currently.

The black conservatives claim that the decline of values such as patience, hard work, deferred gratification and self - reliance have resulted in the high crime rates, the increasing number of unwed mothers, and the relatively uncompetitive academic performances of black youth.

Lower levels of binge drinking and participation in the hookup culture may also lead to higher graduation rates and a more academic atmosphere on campus, increasing prestige, which boosts enrollment.

These effects are 1) pervasive, being reflected in a range of measures including standardized tests, teacher ratings, and academic outcomes in high school; and 2) relatively long - lived, extending throughout childhood into young adulthood.»

Fathers» involvement in parenting is associated with positive cognitive, developmental, and socio - behavioural child outcomes such as improved weight gain in preterm infants, improved breastfeeding rates, higher receptive language skills, and higher academic achievement [33].

«We all need to continue to support these efforts, so that students in these schools experience much higher rates of academic success.»

Some early targets are obvious: Despite all of former Chancellor Joel Klein's best efforts, city middle schools remain an academic black hole; our high schools have a higher graduation rate, but too few graduates are ready for the academic rigors of college.

«The strikingly high rates of anxiety and depression support a call to action to establish and / or expand mental health and career development resources for graduate students through enhanced resources within career development offices, faculty training and a change in the academic culture,» the paper concludes.

Apparently, Singh says, IRACDA postdocs are finding academic jobs at a higher rate than their peers who do traditional postdocs.

Those who do not master the language and remain English learners tend to score lower on academic tests and graduate high school at lower rates than their native - English speaking peers.

The unemployment rate, at 3.9 %, is also relatively high among chemists whose last job was in industry; 1.6 % of academic chemists and 1.4 % of government chemists are unemployed.

Many business and academic leaders say the low entry and high attrition rates have led to a dearth of tech - savvy workers and a national innovation crisis.

Parental bereavement in childhood has been robustly linked to impaired academic performance, higher rates of teenage pregnancy and drug and alcohol abuse, as well as a range of mental health disorders as adults.

«The higher rate of twins and preterm birth in ART singletons might have given rise to lower academic test scores.

For those who can afford them, PDX mice are commercially available from Champions Oncology, which boasts a much higher graft - acceptance rate than academic labs — ranging from 25 percent for less aggressive cancers up to 90 percent for highly metastatic cancers, according to the company.

Academics at Loughborough University hope to boost early detection rates of cancer in developing countries with their portable lab - in - a-briefcase that can operate even at high temperatures....

«Historically, people in their late teens and early 20s have not used online dating at particularly high rates — and the academic literature on this subject would say that young people don't particularly need to use online dating in the first place, since they have lots of available options for people to date within their social circles,» Aaron Smith, associate director of research at Pew Research Center, told Mashable.

Academic Singles provides excellent customer support with high satisfaction rates.

Evaluations of career academies have shown a positive impact (download) on academic outcomes such as high school attendance, credits earned, grade point averages, and graduation rates.

President Barack Obama has often noted in speeches the enthusiasm of Korean parents for their children's education, the high quality of Korean teachers, the number of learning hours that Korean students spend, and the outstanding educational achievements these have produced; for example, top rankings in international academic - achievement tests, and low rates of school dropouts and juvenile delinquency.

Schools that miss the 95 percent participation threshold can't get the highest overall rating, or highest rating for academic achievement.

Academic achievement, academic progress, graduation rates for high schools (including four -, five -, six -, and seven - year graduation rates), English - language proAcademic achievement, academic progress, graduation rates for high schools (including four -, five -, six -, and seven - year graduation rates), English - language proacademic progress, graduation rates for high schools (including four -, five -, six -, and seven - year graduation rates), English - language proficiency

Over the past several years Florida has attempted substantial reforms of its struggling public school system, the fourth - largest in the country and one that consistently ranks close to the bottom on academic indicators, including high - school graduation rates and scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

Teachers who were given a rating of «satisfactory» in the prior academic year were 22.1 percentage points more likely to be dismissed than teachers in the same school who were given the highest rating, «superior.»

First, it is worth considering that charter high schools may raise rates of high school graduation and college enrollment directly, or indirectly through improved academic achievement.

Small schools can also help boost graduation rates among these underserved students by providing them with a new version of the three Rs - rigorous academic coursework, meaningful relationships with instructors who can help them meet high standards, and relevant learning opportunities through internships, community partnerships, and real - world tasks.

KKJ: We are proud that our graduation rate of 80 percent is significantly higher than New York City's overall rate of 73 percent, despite our students coming into our schools with lower levels of academic proficiency and higher levels of academic need.

Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways, including better attitudes toward school and higher educational aspirations; higher school attendance rates and lower tardiness rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower dropout rates; better performance in school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.

Numerous randomized - controlled studies have demonstrated that students in choice programs exhibit higher academic performance while additional studies have found higher graduation rates, increased college enrollment, and increased civic - mindedness.

To explore these questions, we studied the 29 high school closures begun between 2003 and 2009 in New York City to determine the degree to which a closure affected a range of student outcomes, including graduation rates, mobility, attendance, and academic performance.

Rockoff and Lockwood also examined survey data on New York City parents whose children attended both types of schools and found that parents whose children attend K - 8 public schools rated their schools higher on education quality, academic rigor and school safety compared to parents whose children attend stand - alone middle schools.

Since 2006, the number of Houston schools earning one of the state's top ratings has more than doubled to exceed 200 campuses, fewer students are repeating a grade level, and more are testing at the highest levels of academic achievement.

But Oregon receives high marks for its academic standards, which the American Federation of Teachers rated clear, specific, and grounded in content in all of the four core subjects and at nearly every grade span.

States could also create entirely separate accountability systems for alternative schools, weighting existing measures differently (e.g. placing less emphasis on proficiency and placing more emphasis on academic growth) and using different indicators, such as high school completion rates instead of cohort graduation rates.

The board's action, taken this month, will help ensure that efforts to address the declining rate of minority participation in higher education receive high priority on campuses in the coming academic year, according to Reginald Wilson, director of the council's office of minority concerns.

Their children attend schools that are close to their homes, have high academic expectations and provide the environment for student success, and often enjoy a high rate of parental involvement in the life of the school.

I obtained data on school demographics, high school graduation rates, and college entrance examinations from the publicly available Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) on the Texas Education Agency web site.

From 1998 to 2007, more than 3,000 graduates of the Puente program have been accepted by four - year colleges, a rate one - third higher than that of Latino students with similar socioeconomic and academic backgrounds who attend the same California public schools but aren't enrolled in Puente.

Perhaps most importantly, we also see rigorous evidence that socially disadvantaged Americans are just as likely to rate schools on the basis of their academic profile as are people with high income and high education.

[v] For examples, see Meredith Adams and Paul Umbach, «Nonresponse and Online Student Evaluations of Teaching: Understanding the Influence of Salience, Fatigue, and Academic Environments,» Research in Higher Education, August 2012; Lillian MacNell, Adam Driscoll, and Andrea Hunt, «What's in a Name: Exposing Gender Bias in Student Ratings of Teaching,» Innovative Higher Education, August 2015; and Pieter Spooren, Bert Brockx, and Dimitri Mortelmans, «On the Validity of Student Evaluation of Teaching: The State of the Art,» Review of Educational Research, October 2013.

For the past 16 years, the Puente program has strived to boost the academic achievement of underserved Latino high school students, who have the highest dropout rate and lowest college attendance among all racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

Since improved AP outcomes may not necessarily reflect increased learning and could come at the expense of other academic outcomes, I also looked beyond these immediate effects to the broader set of outcomes, such as high school graduation rates, SAT and ACT performance, and the percentage of students attending college.

Parkside - Kenilworth is an isolated community with some of the highest rates of poverty, academic failure, crime, and HIV / AIDS [in Washington, D.C.].

But even since they launched, e-schools have received negative press for their poor academic performance, high attrition rates, and questionable capacity to educate the types of students who choose them.

Dr. Weast led Montgomery County Public Schools — 16th largest school district in the nation — to achieve both the highest graduation rate among the nation's largest school districts for four consecutive years and the highest academic performance ever in MCPS at a time when the non-English-speaking student population more than doubled and enrollment tipped toward low socioeconomic demographics.