Sentences with phrase «increasing number of disciplines»

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Why have discipline, order and respect disappeared from an increasing number of classrooms?

Consider a partial list of developments since just World War II: a broad national decline in denominational loyalty, changes in ethnic identity as hyphenated Americans enter the third and subsequent generations after immigration, the great explosion in the number of competing secular colleges and universities, the professionalization of academic disciplines with concomitant professional formation of faculty members during graduate education, the dramatic rise in the percentage of the population who seek higher education, the sharp trend toward seeing education largely in vocational and economic terms, the rise in government regulation and financing, the great increase in the complexity and cost of higher education, the development of a more litigious society, the legal end of in loco parentis, an exponential and accelerating growth in human knowledge, and so on.

The current interest in prayer and meditation, especially the recovery of those neglected disciplines that lie within our own Christian tradition, is producing an increasing number of persons who have the skills and insights to provide spiritual direction.

And while the number of families with two working parents has increased, in more than half, the mother still pulls the lion's share of the work when it comes to managing kids» schedules, discipline and playing with their own kids.

The Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), aims to significantly increase the number of students who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents receiving post secondary degrees in the computing disciplines.

If, as it seems, it becomes ever more important for a university to attract increasing numbers of students (for example, to obtain an economically favourable ratio of student to staff) what will happen to the «minority» disciplines?

Also, the number of interdisciplinary projects is increasing, involving researchers from different legal fields, as well as from other academic disciplines.

In that time, the field has grown and matured significantly, attracting the interest of an increasing number of researchers across multiple disciplines, said Piotr Grodzinski, PhD, the Chief of Nanodelivery Systems and Devices Branch at the Cancer Imaging Program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Research results from a range of disciplines synthesised in this review suggest a number of strategies that can increase or decrease the likelihood of converting an online dating site contact into an in - person meeting.

Student attendance has increased in many of the schools and the number of discipline referrals has dropped slightly.

At the same time, an increasing number of cases have appeared in lower courts that involve students and families suing schools for failing to provide adequate discipline within school facilities.

After the program, the number of teachers who spent less than 20 percent of their time on discipline increased by 18 percent.

After only 10 months with Kickboard, Billingsville Elementary reduced the number of discipline referrals, improved teacher collaboration, increased parent involvement, and improved the school culture.

The article reports that several school districts in the U.S. are revamping discipline as increasing number of experts and educators have found that zero - tolerance and widespread suspension and expulsion were ineffective and discriminatory.

Oakland Kids First accomplishments include winning: a Meaningful Student Engagement policy and office within OUSD (2006); an increase in funding from 2.5 % to 3.0 % for OFCY (2008); a Code of Respect policy reforming discipline at three sites (2013), and a number of other victories that improved retention rates, lowered suspensions and fostered greater connections to school.

If the quality of teaching increases, would that increase student engagement and then decrease the number of discipline referrals?

38 percent of teachers in KSSN schools reported that the number of students who were present and ready to learn had increased since KSSN had come to their school, and 43 percent said discipline disruptions had decreased.

By June 2017, the staff at Village Elementary will increase academic learning time by reducing the number of office discipline referrals from 360 to less than 30.

Supt. John Deasy and the board have together brought an unrelenting focus on poor children of color and there has been much progress as a result of his leadership including increased graduation and attendance rates, increases in the numbers of African American and Latino students taking Advanced Placement courses and exams, and reduced suspensions along with an overhaul of the school discipline policy.

The data on the shortcomings of zero - tolerance discipline is clear and overwhelming, and with increasing regularity and in increasing numbers school districts and states are responding to calls for reform.

For example, use «Student will increase his use of self - regulation and calming strategies» instead of «Student will reduce the number of discipline referrals he receives.»

In only 10 months with Kickboard, the urban Title I school has reduced the number of discipline referrals, improved teacher collaboration, and significantly increased parent involvement.

E-books and other digital formats are gaining in popularity for fiction readers and an increasing number of academic disciplines, yet very few art books meet the digital demand, even as more images of art are available online.

The board notes that a substantial percentage of the complaints filed against board licensees relate to licensees» participation in these evaluations and the number of these complaints and subsequent board discipline taken is increasing.