Sentences with phrase «ninth graders who»

Incoming ninth graders who are unprepared for high school coursework are more likely to drop out of high school, and this trajectory starts in middle school: Each course failed in eighth grade increases the odds of non-promotion from ninth to tenth grade by 16 %.

During the first year of the program, a $ 1500 non-refundable tax credit would be provided for first grade students and $ 2500 would be available for ninth graders who wish to attend private schools.

They also found that eighth and ninth graders who played violent games more frequently displayed greater «hostile attribution bias» (being vigilant for enemies) and got into more arguments with teachers.

«I think that we've all suffered enough, more than any kid should have to this year, and I think that having to study for a test that either lets you graduate high school or not is very unfair,» said Alexa Kitaygorodsky, a ninth grader who was in the freshman building when the shooting happened.

Here's one quote, from a ninth grader who's part of the organization:

But I'm thinking back to my kids — the third grader who hadn't learned to grasp a pencil and the outwardly confident ninth grader who was hesitant to expose his difficulty reading aloud.

Based on this year's base grant for average daily attendance, the district would miss out on over $ 34,000 for every ninth grader who dropped out of school.

The Oakland ninth grader who gets this Kindle is also extremely lucky!

Not exact matches

Warmack was a 300 - pound ninth - grader who «skyrocketed» — his word — to 345 by his senior season at Westlake (Ga.) High.

Congratulations to ninth - graders Dorothy Condon and Christina Tomao, who were selected for the New York State School Boards Association exhibit, sponsored by the New York State Art Teachers Association.

Tisch says that only slightly more than one third, or 37.2 percent, of today's ninth graders will graduate high school college or career ready, and most of those who attend higher education institutions will have to take costly remedial classes.

«But that's not going to help a ninth - grader who is struggling with third - or fourth - grade math problems.»

Suzie Boss tells the story of a group of ninth graders, a topic that interested them, and the teacher who made it all happen.

However, she says a 2004 study by Robert Balfanz and Nettie Legters at Johns Hopkins University also found that many ninth - graders who fail algebra and are held back from entering tenth grade end up dropping out.

Knowing that their work would be viewed by people who were interested purely in its merit and content — and not simply as an entity to be graded — brought about a level of professionalism I didn't think lived in ninth graders.

To enhance student - level differentiation, we supplied all sixth and ninth graders with a math tutor in a two - on - one setting and provided an extra dose of reading or math instruction to students in other grades who had previously performed below grade level.

Greg Toppo, a reporter at USA Today, profiles a social studies teacher in Minnesota who can't get his «zombified ninth graders» to care about geopolitics until he invents Fantasy Geopolitics, a version of fantasy football that substitutes countries for gridiron stars.

Graduation Rates - When asked to estimate the percent of ninth - graders who graduate within four years of entering ninth grade, Americans on average offer a pessimistic guess of 66 percent, 9 percent below the U.S. Department of Education's official national estimate.

In a study published in the Journal of Educational Research (Jan - Feb 1991), Summer Birth Date Children: Kindergarten Entrance Age and Academic Achievement (ERIC Document EJ426449), Sandra L. Crosser compared academic achievement indices of seventh through ninth graders (n = 45) who entered kindergarten at age five with indices of similar children who entered at age six (n = 45).

Support personnel work with pre-kindergarten-through-second-grade students with poorly developed reading and writing skills, third graders who were held back, and students moving into sixth and ninth grades.

Bassett also knows the program is working because of the number of ninth and tenth graders who have moved on but return to ask to do community service with the group.

Studies find that as many as 60 percent of students who drop out within six years of starting high school didn't earn a full year's worth of credits as ninth - graders.

That study looked at only ninth graders across 24 school districts in California, but also found that students who took algebra a second time were unlikely to score «proficient» on the state exam following the second attempt.

A longitudinal study examined the career aspirations of «high - achieving» ninth graders (who attained 75 % or better in their math courses) and «low - achieving» ninth graders (who attained less than 75 % in their math courses).

And the program is encouraged for sixth and ninth graders, who are also entering a grade that signifies a major transition.

There were a lot of other similar situations (I just happened to know a ninth - grader who pointed this out to me.)

The CSFB alumni survey found scholarship recipients enrolled in college at a higher rate than either the Baltimore City Public School (BCPS) ninth graders or the BCPS high school graduates who were tracked in two local studies.

Among those who enrolled in the spring — some just weeks before the school year ended — were a 17 - year - old from Guatemala returning to classes for the first time since he was in sixth grade, a ninth - grader who left a nearby charter school after she was caught with marijuana, and an 18 - year - old who dropped out of Southeast Washington's Ballou High earlier in the year after moving into a group foster home in Northwest Washington.

Of 166 students who entered as ninth graders, only 107 graduated.

It's not just one moment, but millions of lightbulbs - on, warm - my - cynical - heart moments that happen every day in public school classrooms, on school buses, and in school libraries: It's the ninth grader in Maryland teacher Amy Clark Cox's classroom who told her, «I respect everyone's opinion except when it diminishes the existence of others.»

If I have a ninth - grader who reads at third - grade level, I must give the student a strategy for breaking down the word into decodable chunks so that they can read the type of words found in ninth - grade reading material.

For example, Connecticut's «on track to graduate» indicator measures the percentage of ninth - graders earning at least five full - year credits.9 Massachusetts, on the other hand, measures the percentage of students who fail a ninth - grade course.10 Illinois uses a hybrid approach, counting students as on track if they earn at least five full - year course credits in ninth grade and no more than one semester F in a core course their first year of high school.11

In reality, 38 % of those who entered the high school in ninth grade were accepted to college, 25 students out of the original 64 ninth graders.

According to figures released yesterday by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, the LA Unified fifth -, seventh - and ninth - graders who participated in the six - part test during the 2013 - 14 school year are significantly...

After serving for five years as academic dean, Dr. Avilés was tapped by the district to open and lead the Above and Beyond Ninth Grade High School Initiative to serve students who were considered at - risk of dropping out of school, where, as a result, 114 of 118 students moved to the 10th grade, compared to 40 percent retention rates for ninth graders in the district and state.

About every month or so, I like to do some market analysis of my own by reviewing other resume writing services, especially after hearing from a potential client who just spent over $ 1,500 for a resume that looked like it was written by a ninth - grader.