Sentences with phrase «increases academic struggle»

Consequently, they fall more behind in classwork, which increases academic struggle.

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Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

Because of students» openness to the arts, their motivation remains high, their attention spans tend to be longer, and their learning increases — yet teachers sometimes struggle with how to incorporate the arts while maintaining academic integrity.

In addition to providing rich detail to support his main conclusion — that the so - called «excellence movement,» with its emphasis on increased academic standards, has failed to improve the schools — the book urges a larger agenda to carry the «struggle to reform» through the 1990's.

Uriburu said the district needs to improve the cultural competency and diversity of its staff, increase academic support for those who struggle, and expand career and technology education.

The Priority Schools Campaign is NEA members and the community working together in struggling schools to address those challenges, increase graduation rates, and close gaps in academic achievement for all students.

NEA's Priority Schools Campaign is working with Roberts and other priority schools to provide tips and techniques on how the community can work together in struggling schools, increase graduation rates, and close gaps in academic achievement for all students.

Although past professional development in Bayside has focused on increasing the quantity of student - talk, the teachers of Bayside have struggled to provide structures promoting quality academic discourse.

Sheila Harrity oversaw the turnaround of Worcester Technical High School by supporting struggling students, increasing academic rigor, and making vocational courses interesting and relevant.

One central plan is created to manage difficult behaviors, academic struggles and increase focus.