Sentences with phrase «in school demographics»

Future shifts in school demographics would necessitate a more in - depth examination of how residential patterns and school choice cause change.

These schools were compared with their surrounding districts in school demographics, student achievement, and student discipline.

My analysis finds no significant changes in school demographics at district schools after charter entry that might explain improved student performance (see Figure 3a).

Not exact matches

To control for demographic effects, we take out groups that are often still in school (24 years and younger) or can potentially enter early retirement (55 and up).

Coming up with a way of appealing to different demographics and serving up school meals in a new way.

First voiced in the 1970s by Arthur Laffer, an adviser to the Nixon administration who came from the conservative Chicago school of economics, it was embraced by the likes of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher and, consensus has it, went a long way to alleviating the stagflation of that era (though falling energy prices and interest rates, demographic shifts and yes, deficit spending contributed too).

Studies have shown half to two - thirds of the rise in non-participation is due to demographic changes as baby boomers reach retirement age and teenagers choose to focus on school rather than working part time.

This demographic turns their nose up at traditional marketing tactics and steering clear of old - school advertising mediums like cable TV, which makes it hard for businesses to find a way in.

In order to begin the loan application process, applicants will first need to gather relevant demographic information, proof of identification, school information, and information regarding current loans and income.

Lynda Maddox of the George Washington University School of Business said in a Feb. 27 interview that companies might also make the decisions strategically because they want to attract a politically engaged demographic, particularly millennials.

They are a demographic, in other words, that in many big - city middle and high schools is seen as a behavioral challenge and an academic liability.

In those schools, a greater number of suspensions corresponded to lower end - of - semester math and reading scores for the students who were never suspended — even after correcting for various demographic indicators.

There are precious few schools following this model, but American society would benefit from more of them, and from their being more accessible to a wider socioeconomic demographic range in urban, suburban, and rural settings.»

Publicity about latchkey kids has been plentiful in recent years, but the number of young children who must care for themselves after school because their parents work is relatively small, according to American Demographics magazine.

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In Horwood's long - range study that followed children from birth to 18 years or the completion of high school, breastfed children were rated as more cooperative and socially better students the longer they were breastfed.17 When drop - out rates were calculated, the rate was higher among children who had been bottle - fed and lowest among those who had been breastfed equal to or longer than eight months, even when data were adjusted for maternal demographics.

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I know our demographic is tech savvy with involved parents, but I think our model could work in schools at large.

As I explained in that post, students of color are the largest demographic served by the National School Lunch Program, yet their voices often go unheard in Congressional debates about how the program is funded or should operate.

The 1,207 responses came in from 49 states (excluding Hawaii) and are highly representative of SNA member school districts, which range in size, region and demographics.

Demographics: 57 % male children; 60 % of intervention and 52 % of control mothers had less than 8 years schooling; 73 % of intervention and 67 % of controls had low annual incomes (< USD 3000); 34 % of mothers were not in paid work; 70 % of children were living with mother and father; almost half of the mothers were overweight

The phase - in factor varies from 0.47 percent to 13.6 percent, with specific rates for the five largest city school districts (New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers) and more general rates for other districts based on district demographics.14

Perkins asked about the demographic breakdown of charter school students in Upper Manhattan.

Gillirband — who attended Dartmouth College and UCLA Law School before spending a decade as a litigator in Manhattan — attributed her more conservative prior positions to the conservative and overwhelmingly white demographic of the 20th Congressional District, which first elected her to the House in 2006.

The Center for Urban Research at CUNY has also published new online maps showcasing New York City voting patterns and demographics, in partnership with the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and the Center for Community and Ethnic Media.

«I am fully aware that in a place with rapid demographic change, like Buckinghamshire, you are inevitably going to face questions about whether you need to build more schools or not,» he told BBC Radio 4's The World at One

We used that decision - making power to deliver on promises we had made to the electors: rapid demographic change had led to a shortage of local primary school places, so in the last four years we used the Council's resources to expand local primary schools to create twice as many; concerns about a scruffy and run down high street were addressed by comprehensive neighbourhood renewal; and pressure on household budgets was relieved by freezing the council tax and the cost of resident's parking permits.

Compare the demographics of these cities to nearby school districts in Onondaga County.

- Demographics are shifting a bit, but heavy, heavy German Catholic heritage (with over 60 % of grade schoolers in parochial schools; read anti-abortion).

See how old - school letter writing is bringing together diverse demographics in our community.

The United Federation of Teachers, in a proposed amendment to a City Council resolution, today called for charter schools seeking free space in New York City public school buildings to be required to make public financial data and political donations, along with student demographics, suspension rates, and teacher and student attrition.

The Journal News has reported that parents and other community members are pressing their case that the damaged Congers Elementary School should be reopened as they scrutinized a demographic report that forecasts declining enrollment in Clarkstown's schools.

Other school districts outside of New York State have similar demographics to Buffalo, but are doing a much better job in improving graduation rates.

They analyzed nearly 70,000 school records for students in district - based traditional public kindergarten in New York City in 2009, and linked the records to demographic information and neighborhood characteristics.

«This could have significant implications for both understanding inequality [in immigration], and also how to think about testing solutions that will mitigate some of these demographic biases,» says Emilio J. Castilla, an associate professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and co-author of a new paper detailing the findings.

The study also examines the role that socio - demographic status — a combination of per capita income, population age, fertility rates, and years of schooling — plays in determining health loss.

«There was a major demographic transformation in India from a region where mixture was pervasive to one in which it is very rare because of a shift to endogamy,» says lead author Priya Moorjani, a geneticist at Harvard Medical School.

«Child - parent dietary resemblance in the U.S. is relatively weak, and varies by nutrients and food groups and by the types of parent - child dyads and social demographic characteristics such as age, gender and family income,» said Youfa Wang, MD, PhD, senior author of the study and associate professor with the Bloomberg School's Center for Human Nutrition.

Although I'm not sure how much the lengths are ridiculous as much as it is that I'm no longer their target demographic — because I know I would have worn this length dress in high school and college (or shorter) and would have turned up my nose at my current requirement that my dresses at least graze the top of my kneecap.

To do this, we've worked with some of the future's brightest minds from Imperial College Business School, pooling our collective expertise to combine future gazing in demographics, societal projections and tech with our own knowledge of human relationships.

Looking at basic demographic variations, our survey showed that those with college degrees and higher levels of household income are significantly more likely to be married than those with high school diplomas and those living in households with more modest levels of income.

Yeah, we're not the target demographic for Old School but, as is our choice, we sat in a theater stuffed with the target.

Although demographic changes tempered the effects somewhat, school enrollment data show substantial changes in the racial makeup of schools after 1968.

Children of immigrants account for about one - quarter of children in the nation under age 5, and their share of school enrollment will grow as they move into elementary school, according to a report on student demographics by the Washington - based Urban Institute.

Despite different histories and demographics, there have been similarities among school districts in the district - level strategies for implementation that are important to study to take the kind of courses developed in the Knowledge in Action research to scale.

Figure 2a shows that, holding constant all demographic measures other than income, an increase of one standard deviation in the single - parent measure is associated with a drop in children's completed schooling of one - quarter of a year.

Justice Kennedy offered what he regarded as acceptable methods of considering race such as «strategic site selection of new schools; drawing attendance zones with general recognition of the demographics of neighborhoods; allocating resources for special programs; recruiting students and faculty in a targeted fashion; and tracking enrollments, performance, and other statistics by race.»

Summit Prep is a high - performing charter high school that leverages a personalized pedagogy and smart use of technology to help a largely underserved demographic achieve impressive results and success in college.

First, they compare the 10th - grade test scores of students with similar 8th - grade test scores and demographics, some of whom took the algebra and English courses online with FLVS and others who took the same courses in person at their local public school.

These are vital skills for 21st century citizens and workers, and are among the reasons that it is critical to consider not just whether families have access to schools, but also the demographic composition of students in those schools.