Not exact matches
The
academics suggested that teachers should be made aware if youngsters have had a history
of repeated ear infections, so they can consider the possibility
of any hearing
loss and understand how the consequences
of these infections may impact on children as they
learn about the sound structure
of words and begin to read.
This summer, we will once again be providing our middle school students with an
academic summer camp that is aimed not only at reducing the summer
learning loss gap, but also positioning students to be ahead
of the game when they return to school in the fall.
Extensive research documents the impact on
academic achievement
of poverty - related family and community factors such as lack
of school readiness, disproportionate physical and mental health needs, and summer
learning loss.
Other areas
of research interest include neighborhood and school effects on student
academic achievement, chronic absenteeism, and summer
learning loss.
One related study shows that
of all the factors measured,
academic disengagement has the strongest relationship with disciplinary referrals resulting in a continual cycle
of disengagement, disciplinary referrals, and
loss of learning time.»