Sentences with phrase «higher attainment levels»

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It must be pointed out that the educational level and past occupational attainment of this group were higher than typical samples of homeless alcoholics, improving their chances of recovery.

Christ above culture: Christianity brings the culture up to a higher level of fulfillment; culture leads people to Christ, but Christ then enters into the situation from above with gifts which human aspiration can not attain and «draws up» the society to higher levels of social attainment.

«Specifically, they were more likely to have higher levels of educational attainment, lower levels of poverty, increased physical activity, reduced rates of smoking and drinking, and a healthier eating index.»

Mississippi, the most religious state, has the lowest level of educational attainment; Vermont, the least religious, has the highest.

These children have positive, measureable outcomes: higher education attainment levels, better emotional and physical health, and greater self - esteem.

these indicators of unconventional matches are always associated with higher marital instability — even in couples that have delayed entry to marriage — but the stabilizing effects associated with older ages and higher levels of educational attainment are larger and dominate.

Those with a low level of educational attainment are almost five times as likely to be in poverty now as those with a high level of education.

Holding all else equal, those with low attainment are 11 times as likely to be severely deprived as those with a high level of education.

While father absence has been associated with a host of negative children's outcomes, including increased risk of dropping out of school and lower educational attainment, poorer physical and mental health, and behavioural problems,36 - 40 higher levels of involvement by nonresident fathers may assuage the negative effects of father absence on children's outcomes.41, 42 Quality of the parents» relationship before divorce, or of the pre-divorce father / child relationship, can also be an important factor: children fare worse following divorce when pre-divorce relationships were good and fare better when pre-divorce relationships were poor, 43,44 suggesting children are sometimes better off without a father if the father's relationship to the child or the mother was not good.

Stephanie Fernandes, IET Principal Policy Advisor, said: «GCSEs in the STEM subjects are the first crucial stepping stone to progressing into not just the engineering and technology sector but a wide range of careers and it is therefore crucial that a high level of uptake and attainment is achieved.

Higher reading levels, fewer children skipping school, a narrower attainment gap - all because of the Welsh Liberal Democrats.

Higher levels of educational attainment were also linked to lower risk of tooth loss among women.

«Rather than static groups that experience continual high levels of economic attainment, there would appear to be more movement into and out of these income levels,» the authors write in «The Life Course Dynamics of Affluence,» published Jan. 28 in the journal PLOS One.

Our study, along with prior studies, supports the notion that «cognitive reserve» resulting from early - life and lifelong education and cognitive stimulation may be a potent strategy for the primary prevention of dementia in both high - and low - income countries around the world.21 However, it should be noted that the relationships among education, brain biology, and cognitive function are complex and likely multidirectional; for instance, a number of recent population - based studies have shown genetic links with level of educational attainment, 22,23 and with the risk for cognitive decline in later life.24 Higher levels of educational attainment are also associated with health behaviors (eg, physical activity, diet, and smoking), more cognitively - complex occupations, and better access to health care, all of which may play a role in decreasing lifetime dementia risk.

An annual study by UNLV's School of Community Health Sciences and partners found that full - day kindergarten might be linked to higher levels of educational attainment and, in turn, healthier, longer lives.

Critics contend that better cognitive scores in breastfed infants are due to the fact that mothers with higher levels of educational attainment are more likely to breastfeed.

The difference between the 75 % and 56 % figure is largely immaterial because our «intention - to - treat» analysis exclusively measures the effect of starting high school in the voucher program on future levels of educational attainment regardless of how long you stayed in the program.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

In contrast, the study suggests that Chinese pupils achieve high levels of attainment «irrespective of their level of disadvantage».

Additionally, the report advises that while grammar school pupils do score slightly higher at GCSE, much of this is explained by prior levels of attainment, meaning that bright pupils do just as well in the best comprehensives as they do in grammars.

However, Education Minister Simon Birmingham said Education at a Glance report showed Australia's education system ranked amongst the world's best with high levels of access, participation and attainment and strong employment outcomes.

[2] More recent work that tracks debt outcomes for individual borrowers documents that the main problem is not high levels of debt per student (in fact, defaults are lower among those who borrow more, since this typically indicates higher levels of college attainment), but rather the low earnings of dropout and for - profit students, who have high rates of default even on relatively small debts.

Washington — President Bush last week announced the formation of a high - level task force that will suggest goals and strategies for improving the educational attainment of Hispanics.

To support pupils with high attainment in academies, the Sutton Trust is calling for the government to create a fund to support successful initiatives for high attainers from disadvantaged backgrounds, and to focus on supporting disadvantaged pupils of all attainment levels through the pupil premium.

In addition to low levels of attainment, dropout levels are disturbingly high - 6,000 students each day, 1.2 million annually — and more than half of the nation's school buildings are considered unfit for learning.

«Despite having the highest levels of educational attainment of any previous American generation,» writes ETS's Center for Global Assessment Director Irwin S. Kirch in the report's preface, «these young adults on average demonstrate relatively weak skills in literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology rich environments compared to their international peers.»

And they will have children with higher levels of educational attainment.

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As the job market goes global, propelling more young people to higher levels of educational attainment is now being seen as an economic necessity.

Further, once the impact of higher levels of cognitive skills are taken into account, the significance for economic growth of school attainment, i.e., additional years of schooling, dwindles to nothing (see Figure 3).

We wanted to use this new information to compare the economic benefits of higher levels of just school attainment with the benefits of higher levels of cognitive skills.

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In a further more recent good practice case study, Ofsted also reported that: «Neston High School secures high attainment and levels of progress through a well - integrated curriculum with a broad programme of learning outside the classroom (LOHigh School secures high attainment and levels of progress through a well - integrated curriculum with a broad programme of learning outside the classroom (LOhigh attainment and levels of progress through a well - integrated curriculum with a broad programme of learning outside the classroom (LOtC).

Most notably, schools with higher levels of per - pupil GCSE arts entries got above average results in the EBacc, Progress 8 and Attainment 8, suggesting that the best state secondary schools in England are those that combine high expectations in a core of academic subjects with a strong focus on the arts.

These routes allow for career - changers, carers and potential teachers who don't come from privileged higher education backgrounds, and top - up trainees can achieve the highest levels of attainment.

There's good news in the book, mostly that these young people are doing markedly better than their parents in terms of reaching a certain level of educational attainment (most graduated from high school), enrolling in postsecondary education, and finding employment.

Table 2 provides eighth - grade math scores by parental education — specifically for students with parents with the highest level of attainment having been a high school graduation but no college attendance.

Many experts on educational attainment levels have noted that high schools that serve low - income students tend to have overworked counselors who must handle many more students than do their counterparts at wealthier high schools.

The school will offer access to the highest quality education and aim to raise levels of attainment beyond that achieved by other schools in the city.

A Level 1 rating signifies «high performance, a good school choice with many positive qualities,» recognizing academic growth and attainment from UChicago Charter's diverse student body, as well as the various campuses» strong attendance and high quality student data record keeping.

Alder High also has a higher level teaching assistant in maths and English for one - to - one sessions, and four progress leaders — non-teaching staff responsible for all students» progress, attainment, attendance and pastoral care, with a particular brief on pupil premium.

Schools with the highest levels of low prior attainment will gain an average of 1.8 per cent.

Completion of a bachelor's degree or higher and verification of the attainment of an oral proficiency interview score above the intermediate level and a written proficiency score above the intermediate level on a test administered by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages for which there is no Florida - developed examination;

However, much of this is attributable to high levels of prior attainment of the pupils entering grammars.

It advises school leaders to collect data on their students» college attainment in addition to ensuring all students have access to high - level classes and counselors.

While attainment levels are important for setting high expectations for students and schools, growth more accurately reflects the impact of a school, program or teacher.

The primary purpose of Title III is to «help ensure that children who are limited English proficient, including immigrant children and youth, attain English proficiency, develop high levels of academic attainment in English, and meet the same challenging state academic content and student academic achievement standards as all children are expected to meet» (Title III, Part A, Sec. 3102).

«Table 395: Median Annual Earnings of Year - Round, Full - Time Workers 25 Years Old and Over, By Highest Level of Educational Attainment and Sex, 1990 Through 2010.

To earn the Governor's Award for Educational Excellence, schools and school divisions must meet all state and federal achievement benchmarks and achieve all applicable excellence goals for elementary reading, enrollment in Algebra I by the eighth grade, enrollment in college - level courses, high school graduation, attainment of advanced diplomas, increased attainment of career and industry certifications, and, if applicable, participation in the Virginia Preschool Initiative.