Sentences with phrase «more of their school day»

«Spending More of the School Day in Math Class: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Middle School.»

Riley: During the 200304 school year, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) reported that approximately 50 percent of all students in the U.S. with disabilities were being educated in regular classrooms during 80 percent or more of the school day.

Between 1994 and 2004, the percentage of students with disabilities spending 80 percent or more of the school day in a regular classroom showed an overall increase of 5 percent, which shows that our nations schools are moving in the right direction but still have a long way to go to ensure a quality education for an increasingly diverse student population.

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.»

They're pretty open about it taking 80 % or more of their school day.

Principals in Oakland could now compare their statistics with other schools, and in a separate roster, they could see the names of the students at their school who were missing 10 percent or more of school days for the year to - date.

However, if a state is committed to a positive attendance measure, our next recommendation is to use two indicators: satisfactory attendance, defined as attending 95 percent or more of school days, and chronic absence, again, defined as missing 10 percent or more of school days.

For this reason, and others we have outlined in our policy brief, Chronic Absence: Our Top Pick, Attendance Works believes that the chronic absence indicator, defined as missing 10 percent or more of school days, is the best bet for state accountability systems.

When Kazzmaire Dorsey was in kindergarten and first grade at the Luís Muñoz Marin School in Bridgeport, he spent more of his school day sitting in the office or suspended at home than he did in the classroom, his lawyer says.

Yet tens of thousands of NJ students are «chronically absent,» or missing 10 percent or more of school days.

If kids spend more of their school day in math class, do they learn more math?

Spending more of the school day in math class also may have had unforeseen costs.

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 drop out.

In the past year, the collaborative developed strategies for catalyzing efforts to address chronic absenteeism (defined as missing 10 percent or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused) and supported the implementation of evidence - based interventions to address substance misuse in schools.

Validation of FCPS teacher contract indicating you provide daily direct instruction to students 50 % or more of each school day.

about Spending More of the School Day in Math Class: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Middle School

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

His citations go back as far as Plato («You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation») and as recently as «Stranger Things» teen star Millie Bobby Brown («I was bored one day, so my dad took me to this acting school.

The five days were still one of the most intense stretches I've gone through (even more intense than some law school finals)!

More of our students gain access to high - speed internet in their schools every single day,» he said.

But if Victoria's Secret is truly committed to keeping its supply chain free of misery, couldn't it simply offer to pay more for cotton, so that kids like Clarisse Kambire could get at least one solid meal a day and maybe attend a bit of school?

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The letter comes after more than 9,500 people signed an online petition started by Shannon Fest, the mother of a 15 - year - old Douglas High student who struggles to make it through a full day of school.

Even though it's old school technology, email is used more widely, more frequently and more regularly than any other channel: Litmus reports that 91 % of consumers check their email at least once per day.

A survey by PwC about future workforce trends found that 63 percent of respondents believe the old - school eight - hour workday may soon become obsolete.What's more, the survey found, 48 percent of employees who worked from home at least one day a week were more likely to rate their jobs a «10» on a scale of one to 10.

Organizers at Pembroke Pines Charter High School said they would have probably attracted more than an estimated 70 to 100 out of the 1,600 - student school if there hadn't been testing thaSchool said they would have probably attracted more than an estimated 70 to 100 out of the 1,600 - student school if there hadn't been testing thaschool if there hadn't been testing that day.

Major Arizona school districts in metro Phoenix and Tucson were still closed for the day on Thursday following Gov. Ducey's signing of budget legislation providing more than $ 300 million in raises for many of the state's striking teachers.

All around the U.S. and worldwide, the company's day of service benefits local nonprofits, schools, parks and zoos, hospitals and more.

By the end of the day Wednesday, more than 3,100 walkouts had taken place at schools nationwide (and a few internationally), according to Women's March Youth Empower.

We are all thankful to social sites which has made all of us so interlaced, from finding old school mates to sharing day to day stories it has made us so addicted, more than alcohol and smoking.

Widely affirmed proposals call for the restructure of low - performing schools, more emphasis on the basics, safer classrooms, more rigorous graduation standards, periodic measurement of progress through some kind of standardized tests, longer days and year - round schooling, decentralization into smaller learning communities and greater freedom for those smaller units, smaller classes, better - qualified teachers and improved salaries, more parental input and more equitable funding.

While mainline publishers of religious books and church - school curricula have been virtually silent on the subject, there are currently in print more than 350 books challenging evolutionary science and advocating a «creation science» based on six 24 - hour days of creation, a «young - earth» dating, and a worldwide «flood geology.»

Dissatisfaction with your current circumstances, feeling obligated to continue school, lack of direction or a desire to spend a few more years after undergrad on a college campus playing Xbox until 4 a.m. every day are all dangerous reasons to consider going back to school.

Add to that the fact that Christmas has become less of a religious day, and more of a commercial (secular) day, and we definitely don't take off from work or school for any Christian religious holidays anymore.

If you were anything like me, you spent many a weekday morning singing along to Jennifer's «Faithful to Me,» «Hold Me Now,» and «A Little More» as you got ready for another day of high school.

As I'm not in school this semester, I've noticed myself spending more time playing Call of Duty and not having a strong enough attention span to continually read The Bible every day.

The other day a colleague of mine, who came to America from Russia via Israel, told me a story about her son who is in the eighth grade in a renowned progressive school in Cambridge, Massachusetts (than which no community could be more progressive).

I take it you are making minimum wage, have no more than a high school diploma, if that, and never had the time of day for education.

He recalled the solid achievements which were now to be seen in Ernestine Saxony, the results of the Visitation, of the preaching of a theology of faith and the circulation of the Little Catechism, and the German New Testament: «The young people, both boys and girls, grow up so well instructed in the Catechism and the Scriptures that I am deeply moved when I see that young boys and girls can pray, believe, and speak more of God and Christ than they ever could in the monasteries, foundations, and schools of bygone days, or even of our day.

The Coalition is calling for a one - day strike of professors and students at Harvard Law School in order to advance «the issue of «normalization,» or making our school look more like the society in which we live.&School in order to advance «the issue of «normalization,» or making our school look more like the society in which we live.&school look more like the society in which we live.»

As Kuyper's heirs immigrated to North America, they brought over his penchant for establishing and maintaining Christian institutions of all sorts, including a network of Christian day schools, a Christian trade union, more than one political organization, and a network of institutions of higher education.

If you were anything like me, you spent many a weekday morning singing along to Jennifer Knapp's «Faithful to Me,» «Hold Me Now,» and «A Little More» as you got ready for another day of high school.

It is wise to carry three or more days of food, water, and other supplies (see «emergency kits» below) in your car in case you have to evacuate directly from work or school.

Kids are more likely to pick up an infection than an adult, probably because of children's tendency to put their fingers in their mouths, and you may notice worms emerging in your family when your littlies begin day care and school.

With the lazy days of summer rolling into the more hectic weeknights that go along with back to school and weekends filled to the brim, it is nice to have a recipe that is simple and always delicious!

As the weather warms up, more events and parties start cropping up — graduations, end - of - the year school events, family gatherings, Memorial Day.

I'm actually kind of mad at myself... I try not to bake with pumpkin until it is fall, and just because the calendar says September and school has started does not mean it is fall yet — there are still 12 more days of summer left!!

Valentines day is right around the corner and if you have little ones in school, I'm sure they want nothing more than the best box of «frozen» valentines to give to their friends.

But during the day (I had a break while the girls were in school) I had much more energy and of course was always looking for an excuse to do anything other than pack my apartment.

FUTP 60 is active in more than 73,000 U.S. schools and encourages children to consume nutrient - rich foods, including dairy, and achieve at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day.