Sentences with phrase «kids get good grades»

Along with suburban public schools, they have to face off against parents who are hyper - focused on college admissions, and hell - bent on making sure their kids get good grades.

They think that some kids get good grades because teachers like them.

Not exact matches

Economists such as Carleton University professor Frances Woolley note that we've moved to this rebate system because everyone wins: well - off students with mediocre grades (who wouldn't have gotten into university at all back when I went) are now effectively subsidizing the smart kids and the ones who need financial aid.

Some kids feel guilty about what happened, or wish they had prevented arguments by cooperating more within the family, doing better with their behavior, or getting better grades.

I always tell my kids that I don't care what grades they get as long as they do their best.

Compared to students whose parents are uninvolved, kids with involved parents get better grades and are thought more highly of by teachers.

This is what I found: the kids who were getting very good grades and were touted by the school were doing way, way, way too many hours of homework.

What separated those two groups was not intelligence, but that some kids were able to put off the things they enjoyed most like hanging out with friends for the things that mattered most like getting good grades and pursuing their dreams.

For kids who are going to be first - timers for kindergarten, first grade, middle school or even high school, this can help them feel more comfortable with the new place and get a better idea of where to go once they're there.

It is one thing if a parent chooses to grab a Happy Meal with their kids as a way of rewarding them for good grades, it's another when children come home and say, «Mom, I got all A's, can we go to McDonald's?

Her grade (First) eats very early, so the kids get to have a snack in the afternoon, which she says she is ready for at snacktime most days, so I'll make sure that she gets good healthy snacks in her bag, too, as it seems like that's an important part of her day.

It's best if you can hold off as long as possible before your child becomes immersed in an online (and sedentary) world, but by second grade more and more kids are getting involved.

A review of 200 studies published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest found that having high self - esteem didn't cause kids to get better grades or do better in their career.

Children who get unstructured playtime outside are healthier, earn better grades, and receive other benefits — learn more in this video from the Nature Kids Institute:

Hello im 38 year old female and over weight but I know its all the cokes i drink and should cut down.But I don't eat veggie or fruits.I might eat a apple but I don't like none of it really.I eat corn and taters buts thats it.When i was like 9 my school had this rule that you had to eat all veggie and fruits or you sat there till you was done.Let just say I didn't make good grades cause I was always in the lunch room till the end of the day or if i did force them down i'd get sick.My mom talk to the school after coming home sick all week.So to get them to stop doing that my mom had to pack my lunch.Well alot of kids started packing there lunch to and they stop that rule cause nobody was getting school foods and lost alot of money.Every since then i can't put veggie of fruit in my mouth but corn, taters, and a apple.What should i do to get health without eatting veggie and fruits or im I to far gone to help.thanks

My daughter started grade RR this year, she's 4 turning 5 I'm sending her to a Montessori and she will go to grade R there next year as well I've chosen this specific Montessori because of the amazing feedback I've got from other parents that have sent their kids there over the years, there's a mix of all different races and religions so my... [Read more]

I've advocated, for example, paying kids in 7th through 12th grade the equivalent of what they would make working at McDonald's if they take math and science and get a B or better.

These kids offered a different way of doing things; for them studying hard and getting good grades was the norm.

I grew up as an overweight «husky» kid that spoke «white» and got good grades.

The new transcripts «get kids focused on doing their personal best on meeting or exceeding standards rather than getting a better grade than the kid next to them,» said Pierce.

The bright kid who can't help but get good grades is not subjected to scorn.

It's partly trying to say, «Let's do one thing well., If kids can't read by the third grade, we know the chance of their school success is very grim, so let's focus on this one thing,» third grade reading,» make sure we do it well and get schools, communities, parents,» everybody,» focused on this one literacy goal, and get the mayor trumpeting the importance of literacy all the time.

In the name of boosting academic performance and giving struggling kids a better shot at succeeding in first grade, California appears to be headed down the slippery slope to universal preschool, never mind that state voters rejected such a plan when Rob Reiner got it onto the ballot in 2006.

So we had all of these kids going through the system, passing their classes, getting good grades, passing the state tests with flying colors, and getting their diplomas.

They believe that natural athletes become professional athletes; that smart kids naturally get the good grades; and so on.»

So what does this mean for parents, especially those that learn that their kids aren't currently headed for success (and even though their kids have been getting good grades and glowing reports from their teachers)?

The More Kids Read, the Better They Read: Motivating Kids to Read School - Wide With the NEAs Read Across America event just around the corner (March 2) and Get Caught Reading Month coming up in May, this is an ideal time to share some super new resources you can use to encourage reading across the grades.

If kids can't read by the third grade, we know the chance of their school success is very grim, so let's focus on this one thing — third grade reading — make sure we do it well and get schools, communities, parents — everybody — focused on this one literacy goal, and get the mayor trumpeting the importance of literacy all the time.

And that they're — what the studies showed is what you really need to do is find ways to get the kids to read more challenging texts at their grade level, which means at first — and the teachers today helped explain this so, so much better than I could — that the teachers start by reading it aloud, having the kids follow along.

If the principal is an instructional leader in your school, they are going to evaluate you on not just whether kids are getting good grades, but on what they see in that classroom.

The «Diplomas Now» Way: Better Identify At - Risk Kids, Do Whatever It Takes to Get Them to Graduation Day The Seventy Four, Mar. 16, 2016 Researcher Robert Balfanz says by ninth grade, he can identify 75 % of the kids who will drop out from high school... read mKids, Do Whatever It Takes to Get Them to Graduation Day The Seventy Four, Mar. 16, 2016 Researcher Robert Balfanz says by ninth grade, he can identify 75 % of the kids who will drop out from high school... read mkids who will drop out from high school... read more.

«If you have this line in third grade, then it might be the case that schools respond to that... by giving a lot more effort to students and maybe moving the best teachers in or maybe a more motivated focus on reading before the kids get to the third grade in the first place and face the probability of being retained.»

I've never been good at math, so just seeing that my kid managed to get to the «Goal» level is more than enough to make me believe that last year's 7th grade math teacher should stay.

Tommy had worried a good deal about his children at the time of the fire; they had gone from having their home be a place that class trips came to — each year in spring the fifth - grade class from Carlisle would make a day of it, eating their lunches out beside the barns on the wooden tables there, then tromping through the barns watching the men milking the cows, the white foamy stuff going up and over them in the clear plastic pipes — to having to see their father as the man who pushed the broom over the «magic dust» that got tossed over the throw - up of some kid who had been sick in the hallways, Tommy wearing his gray pants and a white shirt that had Tommy stitched on it in red.

In fact, sometimes when I see a child in my office who is failing or perhaps just floundering in school, I love to rev him up by saying something like this: «Hey, Reginald, when you go back to school on Monday, take a good look around your classroom and pick out a kid you really envy, someone who gets fantastic grades, is good - looking and is a super jock too, you know, a kid who always seems to do everything right.

She has authored many books including How to Parent So Children Will Learn and Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades, both 2008 National Best Books award winners from USA Book News.

So when you were a little kid and if you came home with a bad grade, do you think she would accept the answer «well everyone got a bad grade».

All the kids in Ryan's class are getting the best marks and they are the best behaved kids in the whole of fifth grade.

Your kids probably know about the value of studying hard, getting good grades and saving money, but the topic of building credit might be brand new.

In households where parents and kids get together to eat dinner or do things like play board games, the results show up as better grades and fewer emotional problems.

Also, encourage your kids to get good grades and to take a driver training course.

If your kids do well in school and get certain grades in Columbus, they can qualify for a good student discount offered by most insurance companies.

As a kid, I can remember my parents saying «Get Good Grades, Go To College and Get a Great Job,» in their minds, this was the path to accomplishing the American Dream.

I remember those kids in school — the ones that were maniacally good grade - hungry or had to make quarterback... or else — and it's sad to think of those kids growing up thinking that the only way they can get love from their parents is by achieving goals.