The question to ask is, Why are those things so sorely lacking
in our underachieving schools?
Not exact matches
In a landmark experiment in 2006, Cohen and a colleague, Julio Garcia, tested a wise intervention designed to counteract this anxiety with a group of underachieving seventh - graders at a suburban middle school in New Englan
In a landmark experiment
in 2006, Cohen and a colleague, Julio Garcia, tested a wise intervention designed to counteract this anxiety with a group of underachieving seventh - graders at a suburban middle school in New Englan
in 2006, Cohen and a colleague, Julio Garcia, tested a wise intervention designed to counteract this anxiety with a group of
underachieving seventh - graders at a suburban middle
school in New Englan
in New England.
There are too many applicants; and the cherry picking leaves the more difficult - to - learn students
in the
underachieving public
schools.
When our poorest pupils were consistently
underachieving in our
schools, it was us who stepped
in and gave them that extra support.
Web - based learning tools can help deepen science knowledge among all middle
school students, and ease the science literacy gap for
underachieving students, according to a three - year study published today
in the International Journal of Science Education.
Wilson has cemented his modest legacy playing handsome, sometimes
underachieving dudes
in comedies such as «Bottle Rocket,» «Rushmore,» «Old
School,» and «Idiocracy.»
A pair of
underachieving cops are sent back to a local high
school to blend
in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.
The movie, co-written and directed by Bottle Rocket's Wes Anderson, is meant to be an offbeat comedy / drama about an unusual high
school student who
underachieves in classes because he spends all of his time on extracurricular activities.
It makes sense that our dear protagonist would be a fan of Wes Anderson's seminal indie - comedy; its main character, Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman), also happens to be an imaginative,
underachieving scholarship student who dabbles
in theater at a prestigious high
school.
(PG for violence, mild epithets and mature themes) Kevin Costner stars
in this true tale, set
in 1987, about a high
school track coach who transforms his
underachieving cross-country team into championship contenders after recruiting some fleet - footed Latino students.
Over the past decade, hundreds of BIFF children failing or
underachieving in middle and high
school have completely overhauled their academic performances, surpassing even BIFF's own goals.
«And the social consequences of that is that the students
in the
schools with the most resources — often the white students — can develop computing skills, while minorities at
underachieving schools don't have the opportunity.»
The District of Columbia has bonuses for working
in impoverished,
underachieving schools.
a charter high
school for
underachieving Hispanics
in San Jose, California.
The
school is Downtown College Prep (DCP), a charter high
school for
underachieving Hispanics
in San Jose, California.
Professor Sonia Blandford, founder and CEO of education charity Achievement for All, which developed and delivers the programme, said: «The UK has one of the widest attainment gaps
in education anywhere
in the developed world with one -
in - five children currently
underachieving at
school.
The report also found
in about a third of primary
schools inspected this year, more able children
underachieved because their work was not challenging enough.
In a bid to reach more than 80 schools in West Berkshire, BDZ Holdings in Newbury has teamed up with the charity to help improve the outcomes for children who are underachieving in the county, which could result in over 3,000 disadvantaged children progress academically and sociall
In a bid to reach more than 80
schools in West Berkshire, BDZ Holdings in Newbury has teamed up with the charity to help improve the outcomes for children who are underachieving in the county, which could result in over 3,000 disadvantaged children progress academically and sociall
in West Berkshire, BDZ Holdings
in Newbury has teamed up with the charity to help improve the outcomes for children who are underachieving in the county, which could result in over 3,000 disadvantaged children progress academically and sociall
in Newbury has teamed up with the charity to help improve the outcomes for children who are
underachieving in the county, which could result in over 3,000 disadvantaged children progress academically and sociall
in the county, which could result
in over 3,000 disadvantaged children progress academically and sociall
in over 3,000 disadvantaged children progress academically and socially.
• Be overweight •
Underachieve at
school • Be less physically active • Drink more sugary drinks • Snack on foods high
in sugar, salt and fat • Sleep less and • Have fewer social interactions [2]
They are not necessarily math experts or scholars,
in fact, many
underachieve in school.
Enlisting the Community to Promote Achievement Concerned that many urban students, especially African - American ones, were
underachieving in school, Hugh B. Price made community involvement
in local
schools a focus of his tenure at the National Urban League as well as the subject of a book.
Thus, my challenge to you is to find an
underachieving gifted child (research shows about half of gifted learners experience underachievement - or the gap between potential and performance at some point
in their
school career) and give them a good year.
His new book, «Endangering Prosperity: A Global View of the American
School,» is reviewed by Nathan Glazer
in «
Underachieving in America»
For instance, parents with children
in schools identified as
underachieving for two or more consecutive years are guaranteed the right to obtain supplemental educational services such as private tutoring, paid for with their children's share of federal Title I funds.
In collaboration with the principal, transformed the climate and culture of chronically
underachieving pre-K to 8 400 - student
school.
The National Center for Special Education
in Charter
Schools was pleased this week that Congress finally put the worn - out and ultimately
underachieving No Child Left Behind Act to bed.
Still, what of the thousands of other
underachieving students living
in poverty and failing
in schools that have yet to transform?
In Part III, Working Together: Continuing the Commitment to Lead Underachieving Students in Poverty to Success, we briefly reiterate the interactive, dynamic nature of the components of the Framework for Action and challenge all of us — educators and other stakeholders — to confront the reasons we have not yet ensured that every high - poverty school is high performin
In Part III, Working Together: Continuing the Commitment to Lead
Underachieving Students
in Poverty to Success, we briefly reiterate the interactive, dynamic nature of the components of the Framework for Action and challenge all of us — educators and other stakeholders — to confront the reasons we have not yet ensured that every high - poverty school is high performin
in Poverty to Success, we briefly reiterate the interactive, dynamic nature of the components of the Framework for Action and challenge all of us — educators and other stakeholders — to confront the reasons we have not yet ensured that every high - poverty
school is high performing.
In Part II, Leading Together: Taking Action to Lead Underachieving Students in Poverty to Success (Chapters 5 through 10), we provide specific examples of the actions that leaders in HP / HP schools have taken to build leadership capacity, foster the necessary learning environment, and improve learnin
In Part II, Leading Together: Taking Action to Lead
Underachieving Students
in Poverty to Success (Chapters 5 through 10), we provide specific examples of the actions that leaders in HP / HP schools have taken to build leadership capacity, foster the necessary learning environment, and improve learnin
in Poverty to Success (Chapters 5 through 10), we provide specific examples of the actions that leaders
in HP / HP schools have taken to build leadership capacity, foster the necessary learning environment, and improve learnin
in HP / HP
schools have taken to build leadership capacity, foster the necessary learning environment, and improve learning.
It is a Program Improvement
school (the formal designation for Title I — funded
schools in California) with large numbers of
underachieving African American, Latino, and Asian students.
The 157 - page report also found
in about a third of primary
schools inspected this year, more able children
underachieved because their work was not challenging enough.
The Minster Junior
School fell from «outstanding»
in 2010 to the bottom grade four years later because «too many pupils significantly
underachieved», but it remains with Southwark Diocese.
The new
School Turnaround AmeriCorps program will support the placement of a dedicated cadre of AmeriCorps members
in persistently
underachieving schools across the country.
As a result of a differentiated literacy program and specific interventions, the percentage of
underachieving students
in the primary literacy program meeting grade - level literacy benchmarks rose from 55 percent
in 2000 to 80 percent
in 2003 (Evanston / Skokie
School District 65, 2004).
Mr Bangs argues that gender gap will not close
in our
schools without resources continuing to be being targeted at the biggest
underachieving groups - white working class boys and African - Caribbean boys.
The passage of SB620
in the Senate is, without a doubt, a significant first step
in providing Michigan parents with the legal power to transform
underachieving schools that are failing their children.
This causes a problem when the
school structure and grades rely on repetition and memorization, often resulting
in bored, unchallenged students who then
underachieve.
The third believes most
schools, and especially those
in affluent areas, have never been better, but that
schools in inner cities and rural areas sometimes
underachieve because of poverty, segregation, and inequality.
Approximately half of the 3 million gifted students
in the United States are
underachieving because they are not challenged by their
school curriculum, and up to 20 percent of high
school dropouts test
in the gifted range, according to the Handbook of Gifted Education.
The students attending these
schools typically are
underachieving and usually are deficient
in credits to graduate or to be with their same age students.
But the NUT is concerned that those working as advisers on daily pay rates of up to # 840
in schools which are
underachieving could have their impartiality compromised by a potential pecuniary interest when inspecting a
school.
That act, adopted
in 2010 as part of a state effort to qualify for federal Race to the Top grant funding, established a formula for the state superintendent of public instruction to use
in creating a list of 1,000
underachieving schools on what's now called the «open enrollment list,» starting with the lowest - achieving
schools on California's Academic Performance Index.
Students who
underachieve in some aspect of
school per - formance, but whose talents exceed the bounds of what is generally covered
in the standard curriculum, have a right to an education that matches their potential.
Gifted E525: Blending Gifted Education and
School Reform (1994) E492: Career Planning for Gifted and Talented Youth (1990) E359: Developing Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for the Gifted and Talented (1985) E485: Developing Leadership
in Gifted Youth (1990) E514: Developing Learner Outcomes for Gifted Students (1992) E510: Differentiating Curriculum for Gifted Students (1991) E484: Fostering Academic Creativity
in Gifted Students (1990) E493: Fostering the Post Secondary Aspirations of Gifted Urban Minority Students (1990) E427: Giftedness and Learning Disabilities (1985) E464: Meeting the Needs of Able Learners through Flexible Pacing (1989) E486: Mentor Relationships and Gifted Learners (1990) E483: Personal Computers Help Gifted Students Work Smart (1990) E494: Supporting Gifted Education Through Advocacy (1990) E478:
Underachieving Gifted Students (1990)
Pioneered an after
school program for
underachieving students resulting
in a 60 % upswing
in test scores across all subjects.
Developed a yearlong study table
in which
underachieving players, and any other students within the
school, could get tutoring assistance from National Honor Society members and other high achieving students.