Sentences with phrase «middle school children found»

A study of 2,300 middle school children found that victimized students had significantly lower grade point averages than nonvictimized students did; the researchers concluded that «peer victimization can not be ignored when trying to improve educational outcomes» (Juvonen, Wang, & Espinoza, 2010).

A study of 2,300 middle school children found that victimized students had significantly lower grade point averages than nonvictimized students did; the researchers concluded that «peer victimization can not be ignored when trying to improve educational outcomes» (Juvonen, Wang, & Espinoza, 2010).

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It's like finding out your middle school child is doing drugs and having sex with various partners, after attending Catholic school.

Students in schools populated mostly by middle - class - and - above children were about equally likely to find themselves in a classroom with engaged and interesting instruction (47 percent of students) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of students).

And while the Science authors found instruction to be basic and repetitive even in American schools with a mostly middle - class or upper - middle - class student population, they found that the situation was considerably worse in schools that enrolled a lot of low - income children.

Finding only one school in Kansas, which happened to be in Lawrence, her children have attended Prairie Moon ever since (one currently in early childhood and one very recent alum of the middle school).

Most middle schools and high schools, attended by children aged about 11 to 17, also do not sell fruits and vegetables outside traditional cafeteria lunch lines so that students can find them at random times, the report showed.

There's no reason your child can't find something to join during the middle school years.

But a recent study published in Developmental Psychology finds that maternal depression is actually most common among mothers of middle school children as they catapult into the tween years.

Middle - school children who consume heavily sweetened energy drinks are 66 % more likely to be at risk for hyperactivity and inattention symptoms, a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health has school children who consume heavily sweetened energy drinks are 66 % more likely to be at risk for hyperactivity and inattention symptoms, a new study led by the Yale School of Public Health has School of Public Health has found.

The study analysed data from four large - scale longitudinal studies and found that the poorer reading and maths skills of children born prematurely were associated with lower educational qualifications on leaving school and lower income in middle age.

«One in 25 middle school children binge drinking, Canadian study finds.»

Birth weight makes a difference to a child's future academic performance, according to new Northwestern University research that found heavier newborns do better in elementary and middle school than infants with lower birth weights.

Starring as the misanthropic Guy Trilby, a middle - aged man who never passed the eighth grade, Bateman finds a loophole in the rules for The Golden Quill spelling bee, a competition designed for school children, and enters himself into the contest.

«Studies found that elementary schools were pretty well taken care of with after - school child care, and high schools had such high - caliber programs as youth - leadership development and arts and theater,» says Salmons, who points out that middle school students, meanwhile, were vastly underserved.

Since he founded the Harlem Children's Zone as a one - block experiment in 1997, he has expanded it to include parenting classes (Baby College and Three - Year - Old Journey), a full - day preschool (Harlem Gems), two elementary schools (Promise Academy I and II), and a middle school (Promise Academy).

As one example of the prevalence of the problem, a survey conducted by I - Safe America, an Internet safety organization, found that 37 percent of 1,500 middle - school children questioned acknowledged being bullied or threatened online.

The high - school options now available in the city are so limited that thousands of middle - class and working - class parents find themselves left out in the cold when their children fail to make the cutoff for the exam schools.

New findings by Harvard Graduate School of Education Visiting Professor Nancy Hill, reported in the May issue of Developmental Psychology, suggest linking schoolwork to future goals may be more effective for middle school children than increased parental involvSchool of Education Visiting Professor Nancy Hill, reported in the May issue of Developmental Psychology, suggest linking schoolwork to future goals may be more effective for middle school children than increased parental involvschool children than increased parental involvement.

In the book Beyond the Classroom, sociologist Laurence Steinberg's 5 - year study of schools in middle America, he found that up to 40 percent of parents totally detached from their children's education after sixth grade.

The Indiana Supreme Court has thrown out a finding of child delinquency for a middle school student who posted a vulgarity - laced tirade against her principal on MySpace.com.

Rockoff and Lockwood also examined survey data on New York City parents whose children attended both types of schools and found that parents whose children attend K - 8 public schools rated their schools higher on education quality, academic rigor and school safety compared to parents whose children attend stand - alone middle schools.

Of course, the reality is that No Child Left Behind has had far more of an impact on elementary and middle schools than on high schools, so it may be that teachers are merely finding the law to be a visible, convenient villain.

Howley and Bickel found that the benefit of smaller schools was particularly important in the middle grades, when children are most at risk of dropping out.

Our work and the work of other scientists has found that interventions to cultivate mindfulness and kindness in middle school children can be very effective and can lead to improvements on measures of attention, self - regulation, and prosocial behavior.

In a study tracking children from age 3 through middle school, David Dickinson, now a professor of education at Vanderbilt University, and Catherine Snow, an education professor at Harvard University, found that a child's score on a vocabulary test in kindergarten could predict reading comprehension scores in later grades.

Like the Cook research on behavior, the Rockoff and Lockwood study finds that the negative achievement effect on children who moved into middle school «persists at least through 8th grade, the highest grade for which we could obtain test scores.»

In 1984, Dr. Joan Davis Ratteray founded the Institute for Independent Education to organize these schools, which numbered almost 300 by 1990 and were attended primarily by the children of Black middle - class parents.

Multiple reports have come out recently arguing that homework does not benefit children in elementary school, although a 2006 Duke study found multiple benefits for middle and high schoolers.

It found 6 % admitted attending church services when they did not previously do so, to get their child into a church school - including 10 % of upper - middle - class families surveyed.

«This is a victory for all low - and middle - income Indiana families who strive to provide quality education to their children by finding a school that fits their learning needs,» the statement read.

During middle school, for example, students from elementary schools that had implemented the Developmental Studies Center's Child Development Project — a program that emphasizes community building — were found to outperform middle school students from comparison elementary schools on academic outcomes (higher grade - point averages and achievement test scores), teacher ratings of behavior (better academic engagement, respectful behavior, and social skills), and self - reported misbehavior (less misconduct in school and fewer delinquent acts)(Battistich, 2001).

He also finds it particularly interesting that Common Core foes say they want high - quality education for all children, yet fail to consider that their opposition to the standards hurts poor and minority kids as well as middle class white and Asian children in suburbia, both of which have few options — including vouchers and charter schools — to which they can avail in order to get high - quality education.

In 1998, Ms. Whitt organized and founded «Foundation 2000 for Children,» which is a nonprofit philanthropic organization that provides the following support for individuals in Cobb County, Georgia: Scholarships for high school students, teacher impact grants for middle school teachers, and after school care scholarships for elementary students.

In fact, the proposal is an aggressive affront to families, many of whom had believed the Department of Education last year when it promised to find a permanent site for their children's middle school.

An analysis of recent Education Department civil rights data by the nonprofit research group Child Trends found that 54 percent of black students in mostly black middle schools and high schools have school - based law enforcement or security officers.

One Alabama public school has found a middle ground solution: let the students use the devices they already own and adapt the curriculum to work with the children's technology, not against it.

Furious Fred is for elementary school children, but I have found it useful with middle - schoolers, as well.

Our work and the work of other scientists has found that interventions to cultivate mindfulness and kindness in middle school children can be very effective and can lead to improvements on measures of attention, self - regulation, and prosocial behavior.

The Seattle Social Development Project — a program directed toward improving child social and emotional functioning across elementary school into early middle school — was found to have an effect on outcomes extending into young adulthood, covering areas of mental and emotional health, as well as reduced crime and substance use.

We hope that findings from the Pathways Project will allow families and schools to anticipate children's needs as they enter school and progress through the elementary and middle - school years.

A recent meta - analysis of parent training (Lundahl et al., 2006) across all ages of children from preschool to middle school found significant moderator effects for severity level, with greater improvement for more severe children and for children whose parents received individual rather than group treatment.

Challenges for the young pre-schooler about to enter kindergarten have been well documented.3, 4,5 What makes this an especially important developmental transition period is the consistent evidence for a «trajectory hypothesis» in both middle - class and low - income samples: how children fare academically and socially in early elementary school is a strong predictor of their academic, social, and mental health outcomes throughout high school.6, 7,8 These findings imply that interventions to improve the child's relative standing at school entrance could have long - term payoff.