Sentences with phrase «of dropping out among»

For example, the introduction of minimum - competency exams only increased the probability of dropping out among black males.

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It turns out that results can vary significantly among individuals, and that as the body changes, the balance of food and exercise it needs to drop pounds changes as well.

One recent New York Times homage to the phenomenon compared dropping out to «lighting out for the territories to strike gold,» with one young executive describing it as «almost a badge of honor» among startup entrepreneurs.

He then proceeded to blast Cruz for his campaign's «voter violation» letters — which has stirred up some controversy among Iowa officials — and an email that they sent insinuating that fellow presidential candidate Ben Carson was dropping out of the race.

She says that among the gifts of the office one looms especially large: «If you do it, it forces you to drop out for a few minutes.

Now let us have a cloose look at modern man or say Politics Today where you drop all that behind and do as Personal Interests with out any commitment verbal or written Just Buy and Sell at Sale they Trade with the Fate, Faith and destiny of World and New Worlds Nations and that is why no conflict ever settled among nations but getting even worse and Modern Prophets of Inspiration and Knowldge Remind and Warn of World Food and Waters about Famine in the world and the need for working agianst that otherwise nations would become as Live Zombies eating each other flesh.

It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm - drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become Elders (old age) And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will think.

Although Malcolm was an outstanding student and extremely popular among his peers, he dropped out of school when his white eighth grade English teacher discouraged him from becoming a lawyer and suggested carpentry as a more «realistic goal for a nigger.»

Sayers was among a number of big - name British athletes who were dropped from funding for 2013 - 14, with Jenny Meadows, Yamilé Aldama and Lisa Dobriskey among those to miss out.

In Horwood's long - range study that followed children from birth to 18 years or the completion of high school, breastfed children were rated as more cooperative and socially better students the longer they were breastfed.17 When drop - out rates were calculated, the rate was higher among children who had been bottle - fed and lowest among those who had been breastfed equal to or longer than eight months, even when data were adjusted for maternal demographics.

But that committee was abolished after her most recent term, its responsibilities parceled out among other committees of the legislature and its recommendations dropped, including a Request for Proposals that Bartels had prepared to create incentives for solar projects in the county.

And among Black men who drop out of high school - which is estimated at 40 percent — the situation is worse.

Some of these constituencies have reported that unemployment is dropping, particularly among those who have been out of work for more than year.

Among the old - for - grade students, the likelihood of dropping out and being convicted of a serious crime is 3.4 times greater for those born to an unwed mother and 2.7 times greater for those whose mothers were high school dropouts.

Rising sea levels, loss of water in the Great Lakes, and reduced hydropower were among the injuries alleged by the plaintiffs; the lawsuits have since been combined, and two states have dropped out since the original suit was filed.

In October Constellation Energy pulled out of a bid to build a new reactor at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland, among other U.S. nuclear projects that have recently been dropped or delayed.

The Gemini Observatory, with its two 8.1 - meter - class telescopes, one in the northern hemisphere in Hawaii and one in the southern hemisphere in Chile, is thus now an international collaboration among the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile (the United Kingdom dropped out in 2012 for lack of funding).

That's not easy to get your head around, and among men who saw their cancers grow, nearly 55 % decided to get surgery or radiation and dropped out of the active monitoring group.

«Noting that by the end of the year, half of the Atkins group had dropped out, and those who remained ended up an unimpressive 4 % lighter, Fat of The Land author Michael Fumento commented, «do you really think any of them could sell a single book copy, much less as many as 15 million (for Atkins), by admitting to a 50 percent drop - out rate in one year with a mere five percent of weight loss among those left?»

I, Tonya takes a particularly disjunctive turn when what everyone refers to as «the incident» is dramatized: Gillespie can't resist making the freelance thugs look even stupider than they were, and Tonya's noninvolvement means she briefly drops out of the movie and leaves us alone with cretins — among them the virulent mama's (fat) boy Shawn Eckhardt (Paul Walter Hauser).

But a jarring moment came when the retired basketball star Kobe Bryant won an Oscar for an animated short based on his farewell letter to the sport, prompting accusations of double standards among Oscar voters, given a rape accusation made against Bryant in 2003 — a case that was dropped when his accuser refused to testify and settled out of court.

Transformers: War for Cybertron takes players to the final moments of the grand civil war that will determine the survival of the entire Transformers race. Fans will be able to explore the Transformers war - ravaged home planet in full 3D environments for the first time, armed with a diverse arsenal of high - tech weaponry and the ability to convert instantly from robot to vehicle form at any time as they engage in heart - pounding battles on land and in the air in this gripping, third - person action shooter. Complete with several multiplayer modes,  Transformers: War for Cybertron allows gamers to play through story missions with their friends in drop in / drop out online co-op, and also create their own Transformers character for competitive head - to - head multiplayer modes, choosing among four distinct character classes, personalizing their characterâ $ ™ s look and selecting from a huge variety of weapons, skills and abilities. Additionally, the game introduces Escalation, a four - player online co-op mode that allows gamers to fight together as their favorite Autobots or Decepticons against increasing waves of enemies utilizing strong teamwork to survive.

It is clear from the statistics that these schemes have not achieved full success in tackling the issue of school drop out particularly among the tribals.

Project U-Turn, a collaboration among foundations, parents, young people, and youth - serving organizations such as the school district and city agencies in Philadelphia, grew out of research that analyzed a variety of data sources in order to develop a clear picture of the nature of Philadelphia's dropout problem, get a deeper understanding of which students were most likely to drop out, and identify the early - warning signs that should alert teachers, school staff, and parents to the need for interventions.

Statistically, students with such characteristics often drop out of high school or are among the lowest achievers.

In a new research article for Education Next, Oded Gurantz of Stanford University, Michael Hurwitz of the College Board, and Jonathan Smith of Georgia State University find that the program boosts Hispanic enrollment at four - year institutions as well as bachelor's degree completion rates among those who were otherwise at the highest risk for dropping out of college.

The program's impact on college completion is generally positive but statistically insignificant; however, we find sizable increases in bachelor's degree completion among students who otherwise were at the highest risk for dropping out of college.

The BIA also conducted a survey of middle school students in 1997 to determine which at - risk behaviors among students could contribute to them dropping out of school.

These current students and recent graduates are the ones who will use social - networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace to build a sense of community among those who have grappled with dropping out.

Kingsley Manning, chair of the Health and Social Care Information Centre, said: «The first drop in obesity prevalence among year six stands out, although we will need to see what the numbers say in future years to determine if this is the start of a decline or more of a blip.»

Students can demonstrate this lack of engagement by withholding effort and by «voting with their feet» through rising chronic absenteeism as they get older (PDF, 1.4 MB), and chronic absenteeism is among the highest predictors of dropping out of school.

Births among unmarried women fell 1 percent, which marked a drop in children born out of wedlock for the sixth year in a row.

Among them are deleterious effects on children of unregulated and often substandard childcare; [9] lost productivity for employers due to parents missing work to handle gaps in childcare or to care for a sick child; [10] lost wages and reduced retirement benefits for parents who have to drop out of the labor market to provide at - home care for their young children; [11] a substantial downward pressure on the wages of childcare workers with effects on the quality and stability of the childcare workforce; [12] and lost opportunities for further education, [13] college savings, and other investments that working parents could make in themselves and their children but can not afford because they are spending most or all of their disposable income on childcare.

Research has shown that high rates of suspension among minorities leads to higher rates of incarceration and high drop out rates.

Among 12th grade students — remember that a significant group of students has already dropped out by this point — 26 percent score at or above proficient levels in math, and 38 percent are proficient or better in reading (National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2013)

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.

An estimated 30 percent of U.S. high school students drop out or fail to graduate from high school; the dropout rate among black students is closer to 50 percent (America's Promise Alliance, 2008).

Among those protectors were an unknown number of Indigenous college students, some there for a weekend, others who dropped out to join the movement.

That question muttered by many a frustrated student over the years has become a vigorous debate among American educators, sparked by a provocative new book that argues required algebra has become an unnecessary stumbling block that forces millions to drop out of high school or college.

The new paper reports on the sample participants at age 28, when they found the most positive outcomes among the 957 individuals who began services in preschool — especially males and children of high school drop outs.

And in March, Schools Week revealed that maths had the largest drop - out rates among trainee teachers despite offering some of the the biggest bursaries — up to # 25,000 tax - free in many cases.

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

By sixth grade, chronic absence predicts the likelihood of a student dropping out of high school.84 In the 2013 - 14 school year, 14 percent of students in the United States — or 1 in 7 students — were chronically absent, having missed at least 15 days of school.85 Chronic absences were particularly prevalent among students from low - income families, students of color, and students with disabilities.86 As a result, consistently missing school compounds the challenges that disadvantaged students already face.

Considering that young men make up three out of every five children who drop out, account for two out of every three students aged 5 to 21 relegated to special ed ghettos, and, among young men who are high school seniors, read a grade level behind their female peers, it would make sense to make sure that any new accountability system address those issues, something for which Richard Whitmire and I have argued over the past two years.

2015 Bentley GT Speed Convertible — Not only is the Bentley GT Speed Convertible one of the most luxurious and expensive vehicles at the show — at least among those you can buy — it's also one of the fastest drop - tops around, maxing out zt over 320 km / h.

Approximately 12.7 % of Hispanic students and 7.5 % of African Americans dropped out in 2012, compared to a rate of just 4.3 % among whites.

That compares to a denial / drop - out rate of approximately 57 percent among those who entered the program prior to June 2010.

Among the long list of must - do dive sites in the area are Canyons, where a trio of deep clefts in the wall allow divers to drop out of the way of the current and discover sandy alcoves that are home to octopus, scorpion fish and sea snakes, then return to blue water frequented by manta rays, thresher sharks and hammerhead sharks.

It's a horrendous display of disrespect for the other players, and in fact the two other folks in the match dropped out during the first lap of the first race after it became obvious there was a snaker among us.

Among the artists featured at Kavi Gupta's booth was McArthur Binion, a charismatic sixty - eight - year - old African American who was the first black artist to graduate from Cranbrook, found champions in Sol LeWitt, Carl Andre, and other artists in 1970s New York, was in an exhibition at Artists Space during its inaugural year, and, after moving to Chicago, dropped out of sight for thirty years.