Sentences with phrase «middle school students report»

Fifty four percent of middle school students report feeling their school work was relevant to life outside the classroom, compared to just 46 percent of high school students.

Fifty - eight percent of middle school students report that they help, compared to 51 percent of high school students.

The survey — which included interviews with 1,000 teenagers and 829 parents — found that 62 percent of high school students and 23 percent of middle school students reported attending schools where illegal drugs are readily available.

More than one - third (38 percent) of Rhode Island middle school students reported ever being bullied on school property and 20 percent reported ever being electronically bullied.

Middle school students reported having the highest rates of being bullied than any other grade level, but rates decreased from 61 % in 2011 - 2012 to 57 % for 2013 - 2014.

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By the time the students got to middle school, they were more positive about eating in the cafeteria, seemed to have a preference for produce in season and were conscious that their eating choices could help or hurt the environment, according to the report.

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.

PBS reports middle school students in Michigan were heard shouting «build that wall!»

We often report on the struggles of Common Core Learning Standards in the classroom, but in this Focus on Education report WBFO»S Eileen Buckley takes us inside JFK Middle School in Cheektowaga to hear about how educators and students are embracing it successfully and how future teachers are gearing up for the challenge.

And while the CDC reported that the percentage of middle and high school students who smoke declined from 2011 to 2015, it also said the use of electronic cigarettes in those populations has increased nearly tenfold over that period of time.

The report estimates more than 600,000 middle school students and 3 million high schoolers smoke cigarettes.

The number of students in a class rose at 61 percent of the middle schools reporting and 59 percent of the high schools.

They also found that parental involvement in monitoring internet activity is low among this group with about a third of middle school and 17 % of high school students reporting that their parents monitor their internet.

Science News for Students is an award - winning, free online magazine that reports daily on research and new developments across scientific disciplines for inquiring minds of every age — from middle school on up.

In 2016, more than 2.1 million U.S. middle and high school students reported using e-cigarettes.

In addition, exposure to pro-tobacco advertising was associated with the intention to smoke among U.S. middle and high school students who reported never smoking.

While teen dating violence prevention programs increased knowledge and changed student attitudes to be less supportive of such behavior, they did not actually reduce dating violence, according to this meta - analysis of research on middle - and high school intervention programs, report investigators.

Furthermore, middle and high school students spend their school day with multiple teachers and adults, making it difficult to find a single adult who can easily track their behavior and report it accurately.

Studying more than 8,000 Southern California middle school students, researchers found that youth who reported seeing any ads for medical marijuana were twice as likely as peers who reported never seeing an ad to have used marijuana or report higher intentions to use the drug in the future.

In the course of a year, the middle schools that employed social referents saw a 30 percent reduction in student conflict reports, the researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Nearly 58 percent of middle school students in nine states and almost 73 percent of high school students across the country don't get the recommended amount of nightly shuteye, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The HHS and FDA said on Tuesday that surveys show 1 in 4 high school students and 1 in 13 middle schoolers report being tobacco users.

A New York City middle school teacher gives students a close - up look at the art and science of television weather reporting.

The Fordham Institute's new report, High Stakes for High Achievers: State Accountability in the Age of ESSA, examines whether states» current or planned accountability systems for elementary and middle schools attend to the needs of high - achieving students, as well as how these systems might be redesigned under the Every Student Succeeds Act to better serve all students.

«For example, students» perceptions of their own school success declines over the middle years — with Year 8 students reporting that they are doing less well in school compared to their peers, than those in Years 4 and 6.»

Instead we need to be doing what an increasing number of schools like another Arizona - based school, the Carpe Diem Collegiate High School and Middle School, are doing and disrupting that flawed paradigm by implementing online learning to create a student - centric system — not to increase costs for the community through bond measures or otherwise, as the article reports — but to use existing resources to prioritize student learning and achieve great reschool, the Carpe Diem Collegiate High School and Middle School, are doing and disrupting that flawed paradigm by implementing online learning to create a student - centric system — not to increase costs for the community through bond measures or otherwise, as the article reports — but to use existing resources to prioritize student learning and achieve great reSchool and Middle School, are doing and disrupting that flawed paradigm by implementing online learning to create a student - centric system — not to increase costs for the community through bond measures or otherwise, as the article reports — but to use existing resources to prioritize student learning and achieve great reSchool, are doing and disrupting that flawed paradigm by implementing online learning to create a student - centric system — not to increase costs for the community through bond measures or otherwise, as the article reports — but to use existing resources to prioritize student learning and achieve great results.

The report was notable for its transparency, and revealed that only 33 percent of the earliest cohorts of KIPP middle school students graduated from college within six years.

Researchers have likewise reported a negative correlation between self - reported hours of sleep and school grades among both middle - and high - school students.

The report by the Reston, Va. - based association — developed in collaboration with the Education Alliance at Brown University and a commission of middle school experts — is a follow - up to a 2004 NASSP report, «Breaking Ranks II,» which focused on student achievement in high school.

Specific strategies for middle school administrators to use to improve academic achievement and better prepare students for high school are outlined in a report released last week by the National Association of Secondary School Princschool administrators to use to improve academic achievement and better prepare students for high school are outlined in a report released last week by the National Association of Secondary School Princschool are outlined in a report released last week by the National Association of Secondary School PrincSchool Principals.

«Developmental Designs, along with other organizations, is working hard to provide the necessary tools and research to support the profound effect building emotionally and physically safe places can have on student success in middle schools,» he reported.

The clearest pattern that emerges from student reports is that 6th and 7th graders in middle schools think their schools have less academic rigor, less mature social behavior among the students, are less safe, and provide lower - quality education than do 6th graders in K — 6 or K — 8 schools.

Requiring writing assignments in every subject area will help boost literacy rates for middle and high school students, suggests the report.

Middle and high school students must be able to exceed standard reading levels in order to compete successfully in a 21st century global economy, says a report by the Washington - based Alliance for Excellent Education.

«Through Extreme Read, parents see that books middle school students read are interesting,» reports Abigail Dyer, Adams Middle School's media specimiddle school students read are interesting,» reports Abigail Dyer, Adams Middle School's media specischool students read are interesting,» reports Abigail Dyer, Adams Middle School's media speciMiddle School's media speciSchool's media specialist.

Drawing on drop - out crisis research at the national level, as well as author Robert Balfanz's decade - long experience working with middle and high schools that serve low - income students, this report provides a unique guide to tackling the issue locally.

Students at King Middle School in Portland agree with reports that laptops used well promote learning and engagement.

The report is based chiefly on a survey of nearly 10,000 diverse middle and high school students that the project conducted in 2013.

Prior to their own study, the authors of the EPAA report «Effects on Students of a 4 x 4 Junior High School Block Scheduling Program» found only three other studies of the effects of block scheduling with middle - school students, two of them conducted in the earlStudents of a 4 x 4 Junior High School Block Scheduling Program» found only three other studies of the effects of block scheduling with middle - school students, two of them conducted in the early School Block Scheduling Program» found only three other studies of the effects of block scheduling with middle - school students, two of them conducted in the early school students, two of them conducted in the earlstudents, two of them conducted in the early 1980s!

As the report states, by the time they reach 6th grade, «middle - class students have spent 6,000 more hours in learning activities outside school than students born into poverty.»

The EPAA report authors focused on the effects of block scheduling with middle - school students enrolled in a program that had been in effect for four years.

The report also found that «the average low - income student attends a school that scores at the 42nd percentile on state exams, while the average middle / high - income student attends a school that scores at the 61st percentile on state exams.»

The report, scheduled for release this week, examines racial patterns in the aspirations and motivations of middle and high school students, as well as their feelings toward teachers and the role that peer pressure plays in their academic aspirations.

Using students» test scores as one part of evaluations for teachers, principals, and superintendents is associated with better academic performance at schools serving the middle grades, a report released this week has found.

But while the school district's evaluation was positive in tone (Singapore Math «helped prepare students for higher - level math placements in middle school»), it reported mixed results and offered no recommendation for expansion.

When they calculate the simple correlation between income and math achievement, Helen Ladd's approach, they find that a $ 4,000 increment (a 50 percent increase in the $ 8,000 average income reported by the families in this study) in the income of the poor family will lift student achievement by 20 percent of a standard deviation (close to a year's worth of learning in the middle years of schooling), a substantial impact that seems to support the Broader, Bolder claims.

For example, the articles do not address the professional preparation of the teachers in middle - grades schools compared to those in K — 8 schools, although NCATE's [National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education] recent report on teacher preparation highlights the critical connections between teacher preparation and student outcomes.

50 percent of the middle and high school teachers said they report student grades to parents online or via e-mail.

According to those surveyed as part of Project Tomorrow's 2010 Speak Up report (PDF), more than half of middle and high school students (51 percent and 56 percent respectively) own a cell phone (without Internet access).

Just over half (50.9 percent) of U.S. middle and high school students reported being verbally harassed at school based on appearance or body size, and the numbers for bullying based on other identity markers were also worrying: race / ethnicity (30.3 percent), gender expression (21.9 percent), sexual orientation (19.4 percent), gender (18.1 percent), religion (18.0 percent), and disability (12.7 percent).