Sentences with phrase «more academic these days»

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On National Poetry Day, poet, academic and chair of the department of apologetics at Houston Baptist University Holly Ordway explains how poetry... More

I may get more help in deciding how to make ethical decisions as a Christian by reading Pilgrim's Progress or a biography of Dorothy Day or Martin Luther King, Jr. — or by reading the Gospels — than by reading an academic discussion of medical ethics.

the board should have bundled him upstairs years ago to join them that role would have suited him better a more business / academic role in the club as this seems to suit him better this days.

The Raleigh News & Observer has been on top of the North Carolina academic scandal since Day 1, and is causing even more waves this week.

Third, acknowledging that some of the blame for the biased and one - sided media reporting on head injuries rests with some members of the scientific community who issue one - sided press releases and feed cherry - picked results about their findings to selected members of the media, the authors look to a day when the «harsh division and polarization» in the research community (an almost inevitable byproduct, unfortunately, of the intense competition for grant money in Concussion, Inc.), gives way to greater collaboration among researchers and a more «cordial discourse» between scientists via letters and responses to journal editors and back - and - forth debates at large academic conferences.

, when our days are more free and open than during the academic year, when we entertain more, when the beaches are still free from the summer crowds.

«When you think about it, it's kind of weird that, after spending all day in school, kids are asked to do more academic assignments when they get home.

As our girls head towards their teenage years, small things begin to get more and more complicated to figure out sometimes — why they're left out, how to juggle academics when there is the obsession with beauty amongst their friends every day, how to deal with irritating (and gorgeous) boys, how to manage time effectively; the list goes on.

But there still is rarely more than three hours per day of academics even at that level, probably less.

Every school day, federal child nutrition programs provide nutritious meals that are critical to the health and academic success of more than 30 million students nationwide.

The weekly Common Purpose meeting shares some aspects with Grover Norquist's long - running Wednesday Meeting of conservative activists, but is more focused on messaging day - to - day politics and doesn't include journalists and academics, people involved said.

Academic scientists quoted in stories late last week by NPR and The New York Times suggested that the amount of oil spewing out from the broken pipe on the gulf floor may be much more than 5000 barrels (794,936 gallons) per day — the official estimate of both BP and the government for the first 3 weeks of the crisis, before BP made any progress in stanching the flow.

On a positive note: «Our research indicates that if a student can structure a consistent schedule in which class days resemble non-class days, they are more likely to achieve academic success,» said study co-lead author Aaron Schirmer, an associate professor of biology at Northeastern Illinois University.

Because students from disadvantaged backgrounds are likely to be more affected by a change in peer groups through day - to - day interaction with academically inclined peers and academic groups, there may be a greater effect of university education on students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The study, which appears in academic journal Brain Imaging and Behavior, also reports that participants were subjectively more preoccupied with food at night even though their hunger and «fullness» levels were similar to other times of the day.

As during previous panels, speakers Moon Duchin, Rafael Luna, Joan Reede, Alberto Roca, and Jessica Tytell made it was obvious that more data is needed for us to fully understand the precise makeup of academic researchers and, in fact, one of the projects developed during the Saturday Hack Day Session focused on finding this information and making it more easily digestible / available.

«Our research indicates that if a student can structure a consistent schedule in which class days resemble non-class days, they are more likely to achieve academic success,» said co-lead author Aaron Schirmer, an associate professor of biology at Northeastern Illinois University.

College academic schedules typically allow students to have more flexibility and free time during the day.

05, principal of KIPP Ascend, a charter school in Chicago, are just as important as academics, which is why all 66 KIPP schools across the country operate on longer days — her school from 7:25 a.m. until 5 p.m. «Expanded learning time provides more time for students to work on academic skills, but also other skills that are as equally important to develop their sense of self — the arts or a language, for instance,» she says.

The superintendent's 10 - point plan includes full - day kindergarten, high academic standards, more professional development for teachers, and local school - governance councils.

The longer day also gives them more time to tackle academics in depth.

«Why give students three days off when they need more academic time?»

«The children need more academic time; even though it's a longer school day, the kids get tired in the afternoon and are not as productive,» said Muldrew.

The students join the program in the sixth grade and commit for the entire academic year, for three days a week after school (academic tutoring and squash practice) and for a few hours every Saturday (more squash or community service and tutoring, if needed).

[A four - day week] allows schools to have more of an academic focus,» he said.

Larry Lewis, the superintendent of the 5,800 - student district since July 2003, says the days are long gone when students and families could assume that athletics and band were more important than academics, or when suspensions were only for infractions such as fighting or swearing at a teacher.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

Each year, more than a million kids will leave school without earning a high school diploma — that's approximately 7,000 students every day of the academic year.

''... If a child missed five or more days of school in a three - month academic quarter «without good cause,» the social services agency is required to cut welfare benefits for that child's household.

The focus at Ilim College is on academic excellence, and you see that in the day - today professionalism of the teaching staff, but there's something even more distinctive than that: food.

This for a place that promised longer days (an hour more than the regular public schools), an extra 25 days of school per academic year, tough discipline, uniforms, and rigorous academic standards.

Other industrial nations recognize that more time can equal more learning: Countries like Germany and Japan have longer school days and years, lengthening the focus on core academic subjects.

The number means around 20 pupils were excluded a day in the 2014 - 15 academic year, with more than 27,000 exclusions linked to racist abuse since 2008 - 9.

But even though catching up academically wasn't the original reason for Harris's change to the school day (she hoped to afford students more time on academics and enrichment), Harris says she's confident the new schedule has boosted learning.

More hours in the school day for teachers as well as students can lead to improved academic achievement, according to a new report that studies 17 schools across the nation that give teachers more time for collaboration and professional developmMore hours in the school day for teachers as well as students can lead to improved academic achievement, according to a new report that studies 17 schools across the nation that give teachers more time for collaboration and professional developmmore time for collaboration and professional development.

Photographing an entire school full of wiggly, wind - blown youngsters is not only disruptive to the academic schedule, but the results of that lost day seem to become more and more disappointing every year.

Backers of time - honored electives ranging from band to consumer sciences fear they are being crowded out of the school day as districts, facing tougher state and federal requirements, devote more time and money to core academic subjects.

About 330,000 students will lose a class day because of the walkout, even as CPS has worked to add more days to the academic calendar so kids can be in school.

With an extended school day, week, and year, students have more time in the classroom to acquire the academic knowledge and skills that will prepare them for competitive high schools and colleges, as well as more opportunities to engage in diverse extracurricular experiences.

Among the findings and research - driven strategies highlighted throughout the Education Leader's Guide to Reading Growth is data from a recent study that shows «struggling - to - successful» readers read approximately six minutes more per day on average than «persistently struggling» readers — findings that may have a long - term impact on a student's academic career.

Running a school with no extended learning day, and more than 700 students who ride buses from as far away as East Boston, principal Mary Driscoll understands what it means to have a partner like Steppingstone: It means more students gain access to extra academic instruction on - site.

During the school day, a Citizen Schools team of seven that includes a Campus Director and 6 AmeriCorps Teaching Fellows will provide academic support and general operations assistance where more capacity is useful at the school, building relationships and rapport with students along the way.

With an eye toward helping boys get more rest to improve school performance, McCallie will institute a new weekly schedule for the 2017 - 18 school year, moving the start of academic classes to 8:55 a.m. every school day.

According to Every Student, Every Day: A National Initiative to Address and Eliminate Chronic Absenteeism, the problem is «typically defined as missing at least 10 % or more of school days in a year for any reason, excused or unexcused, chronic absenteeism affects as many as 7.5 million kids a year and is a strong predictor of low academic achievement and high school dropout.»

With an eye toward helping boys get more rest to improve school performance, The McCallie School, a boys» preparatory school, will institute a new weekly schedule for the 2017 - 18 school year, moving the start of academic classes to 8:55 a.m. every school day.

What does it mean to truly integrate SEL into academic instruction and the school day so that it isn't «one more thing» for teachers?

Across California, and all urban regions nationwide, African American students gain more days in reading and math at charter public schools, which contributes to strong academic results.

(Calif.) A key budget panel on Tuesday rejected Gov. Jerry Brown's latest plan to give the K - 12 independent study program a makeover and create more opportunities for students to use modern technology as part of their academic day.

Clinton Middle School uses 20 - day challenge to encourage attendance ABC 8 Tulsa, August 29, 2016 Monday marks the start of week two of the academic year for Tulsa Public Schools, and Clinton Middle School is working to be an example in the district by making sure all of its students are going to class... read more.

«We recommend offering at least five weeks of programming — and preferably six or more — with at least three hours of academics per day,» the study's authors write.