Sentences with phrase «losing academic ground»

Therefore, it is considered a success to see the «achievement gap» closing even though kids are losing academic ground.

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The Harvard law professor, who is locked in a tight race against Republican Scott Brown, has lost ground in recent weeks as she struggles to shake off stories about whether she used her unconfirmed Native American heritage to bolster her academic career.

Students who received publicly funded vouchers in Louisiana and Indiana appeared to lose significant academic ground in the first two years after switching to private school and then catch up to their public - school counterparts in subsequent years, according to two new studies made public Monday.

Without the right blend of summertime instructional support, enrichment, and academic activity, many students risk losing so much ground that keeping up with their peers seems impossible.

Teachers and administrators know that children who do not read over the summer lose significant academic ground when they don't read.

In my own patch, academic law librarians are losing ground in terms of status, pay and control.

Poor children in families experiencing loss of income over the three years lost ground to the non-poor on this measure of academic readiness.