Sentences with phrase «of school attendance rather»

To date, governments have no firm estimates of the number of school - aged children across the Northern Territory who have no access to school education, and school staffing is allocated on the basis of school attendance rather than population estimates.

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Formerly hesistant and cautious, she found her feet in the world and thrived tackling new activities (soccer, guitar) and became very flexible and easy going about things that used to be a source of distress (e.g., my attendance — or rather, lack of attendance — at periodic school events).

The real pressures on such schools and their staffs are to meet student needs that are often ubiquitous and acute in such communities (e.g., health, nutrition, remediation, attendance, language, discipline) rather than to maximize the learning of their high achievers.

Rather, it says schools would be placed in one of five performance categories based on student achievement and progress in reading and math, how well a school closes gaps between groups of students in academic achievement and in graduation rates, and on overall attendance and graduation rates.

It was the first charter school in Los Angeles to accept all of the students within its attendance boundaries, just as public schools do, rather than restricting enrollment and accepting students through a lottery.

Rather Attorney General Kamala Harris sees attendance as a critical, foundational aspect of ensuring student achievement, and her staff crafted the sample LCAP to support school districts developing plans.

Although other districts have sought help from businesses, Hayward's combination of engaging business and law enforcement while remaining positive, rather than punitive, is unusual, said Hedy Chang, director of Attendance Works, a national initiative that promotes partnerships to boost school aAttendance Works, a national initiative that promotes partnerships to boost school attendanceattendance.

Despite local and state governments devoting considerable resources to these programs, only about 25 percent of the students enrolled in them earn a high school degree, and because the programs typically emphasize process (attendance and following instructions, for example) rather than academics, virtually none of the graduates acquire the learning typically expected of high school graduates.

Addresses key implementation issues associated with a proposed transition to using average daily attendance, rather than enrollment, as the foundation of Oregon's formula for distributing school revenue.

Eighteen states measure attendance rates, but chronic absenteeism can be a better early warning indicator, as it identifies students most at risk of struggling academically rather than the percentage of students who attend school on a given day.

The Child Support Guidelines do not provide any termination of child support when a child reaches a certain age rather child support is payable for a child that is over 18 years old as long as that child is in full time school attendance.

This differs from previous studies that use this cohort, where exposure in pregnancy had a significantly greater effect on other types of adverse child outcomes.23 28 These findings may indicate that the relationship between school attendance and maternal alcohol use disorders is not primarily driven by the neurobehavioural effects of alcohol during pregnancy, but rather a complex family and social environment in which school attendance is not a priority or not well monitored.