Sentences with phrase «higher college aspirations»

These students also reported putting forth more effort in school and having higher college aspirations.

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She has high aspirations and with that comes a hefty price... so, I did some research about some colleges, and my jaw just dropped (I don't know why, cause I am in the process of obtaining a Master's degree myself), so, I can not encourage my children enough to think hard about what career path they want to take on.

The Afterschool Alliance, an information clearinghouse and advocacy group, reports kids who participate in after - school programs have better school attendance, higher grades and loftier aspirations about graduation and college attendance.

I had a concussion in high school, I had a concussion — and I played linebacker in high school and then played only as a quarterback in college — but after my second concussion, the last game of my senior year in college, I was being looked at by the neurologist, the doctor at Yale, and he asked me if I had any aspirations of going onto play, and I said, «No, I don't» And he said, «Good, two concussions is enough.»

11/28/2017 — The LSU Tigers entered the 2017 College Football Season with high aspirations, and the rankings seemed to support those notions as The Tigers were ranked 13th in the AP Top 25 and 12th in the Coaches Poll, respectively.

Christine (Saoirse Ronan), or Lady Bird as she prefers to be called, is drifting through her final year of high school with lofty, perhaps unrealistic, aspirations of where she'll be heading to college.

While all students whose parents were actively involved in their education in the seventh grade had higher goals and aspirations as eleventh - graders, parents who were college graduates had a stronger impact on school behavior and grades, which are the prerequisites of reaching students» goals.

While parental hopes and aspirations may be uniformly distributed, parent engagement is not: A recent Pew study showed that 71 percent of parents with a college degree say they read aloud to their children daily, compared to only 33 percent of those with a high school diploma or less.

Ensure that students are exposed to learning experiences that focus on developing college aspirations and preparing students for entry into higher education to help all students have access to higher education.

Students who share racial and / or gender characteristics with their teachers tend to report higher levels of personal effort, feeling cared for, student - teacher communication, academic engagement, and college aspirations.

Topics include college affordability planning, college admission processes, college and career assessments, academic planning for college readiness, college aspirations, enrichment and extracurricular engagement, and transition from high school graduation to college enrollment.

Mentoring helps to nurture students» college aspirations, prepare them for a successful transition from high school to college, and connect them to academic and social supports once on campus.

State of the State Survey Reveals College Aspirations and Importance of College Remain High A Check - in: Looking at the College - Going Culture of Michigan Adults

While black and Latino men attending community college have some of the highest educational aspirations of any racial or gender group, they are also the least likely to achieve those...

We are a private high school for gifted students, college - bound students, and non-traditional learners who all have unique aspirations.

Inside the classroom, college aides are among the program instructors that help students form aspirations for their futures and prepare for higher education.

And now, a new test promising to revolutionize education will produce yet more meaningless data for adults starving to exploit children for self - gain, selfish career aspirations, blind ideological ploys, or for the purposes of establishing high property values on the backs of children, all the while sorting out which 8 year olds are on track to be «college and career ready».

Parental involvement is critical to student academic success, including higher grades and test scores, higher personal aspirations, and higher college enrollment.

In their view, dual enrollment is presumed to lead to a long list of positive outcomes for all participating youth, including increasing the academic rigor of the high school curriculum; helping low - achieving students meet high academic standards; providing more academic opportunities and electives in cash - strapped, small, or rural schools; reducing high school dropout rates and increasing student aspirations; helping students acclimate to college life; and reducing the cost of college for students.

While over forty years after the establishment of such formal teaching of Hawaiian in the public high schools, the new aspirations of Kamehameha to become a college preparatory school, Ms. Kahananui's seriousness of purpose, and the strong interest of a core group of students makes this course a stepping stone to a new level of Hawaiian language teaching.

high school and college mathematics pathways that reflect 21st century needs and are aligned with students» academic and career aspirations.

Involve all students, particularly low income, first - generation college, and underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds, in precollege program learning experiences that focus on developing college aspirations and preparing students for entry into higher education.

Hispanic Mother Daughter Program is an early outreach college preparatory program designed to raise the educational and career aspirations of Arizona middle and high school students.

And Brian Lightman, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «Teaching is a skill and the idea of employing individuals who have not been given the tools to do a professional job flies in the face of the coalition government's aspiration of creating a high status profession.»

A representative of Miss Woodward's college attended as a character witness and highlighted her academic abilities and high career aspirations, which may now be unattainable.

Our vision is to have Stoodnt help every student in high school, college or an employed graduate, irrespective of their background and geographic location, with an opportunity to realize their aspirations of a successful professional career, growth and personal development.

As a multicultural, comprehensive institution of higher learning, Oxnard College works to empower and inspire students to succeed in their personal and educational goals and aspirations.

By age 4, steep gradients in parents» aspirations for their child's future were already apparent with just over half of parents in the lowest SES quintile expecting their child to earn a college degree (57 %) compared with almost all those in the highest SES quintile (96 %).