The district is no longer
on academic watch, but it still performs worse than the state average on tests.
Schools
on academic watch must improve significantly to avoid sanctions, possibly including reconstitution and even closure.
This shift toward greater accountability also included putting «low performing» schools, those in which fewer than 15 percent of elementary students met national norms in reading,
on an academic watch list.
Not exact matches
There's been a flurry of discussion lately about that lately, first with the release of a video «The Economics of Sex» by the Austin Institute, a new
academic initiative that conducts research
on family, marriage and relationships (you can
watch it below).
In a series of experiments, Cohen, Walton, and Yeager have shown the power of what seem to be small - scale mindset interventions —
watching a brief video of an older student talking about his struggles with belonging, or reading a magazine article that presents a growth - mindset perspective
on brain development — to significantly improve the
academic performance of students who are vulnerable to stereotype threat, including low - income students and African - American students.
«Cognitive activities such as
watching television, listening to music, using the computer, text messaging, playing video games, concentrating in the classroom, and completing
academic assignments can place additional neurometabolic demand
on the brain because they all require mental exertion.
Both faculty and
academic staff have sabbatical leave opportunities, and are primed before they go to
watch for institutional innovations that might improve ETH, and debriefed
on their observations when they return.
In my
academic past, I had
watched uneasily as colleagues were allowed to carry
on with dead - end projects for years, all in the name of «
academic freedom.»
It can be frustrating to
watch student behaviors that detract from personal or
academic success: breaking classroom norms, getting into peer conflict, demonstrating a lack of motivation, and so
on.
At schools
on Long Island and in Connecticut, Hopkins
watched how students were «tracked» into
academic paths despite their potential.
Peter's
academic involvement and curiosity has resulted in a very useful, and popular, article
on how to use your storytelling powers wisely, so that you'll
watch your students flourish.
So even as Stanford economist Caroline Hoxby reports solid gains by charter pupils in New York City, Ohio's school - rating system for
academic year 2008 - 9 showed that just 16 % of Buckeye charter pupils were in schools rated «excellent» or «effective,» while 55 % of them attended schools
on «
academic watch» or in «
academic emergency.»
While the debate rages
on about whether or not North Carolina's General Assembly actually dealt public education a financial punch in the gut with the 2013 - 15 budget, NC Policy
Watch is keeping a running tally of education funding cuts that local school districts are coping with as they open up for the 2013 - 14
academic year.
A 2007
academic paper lead - authored by Duckworth has been cited 1,157 times, according to Google Scholar, and Duckworth's six - minute TED Talk from 2013
on the subject has been
watched more than 8.4 million times.
Districtwide, nine schools that would otherwise have achieved a «green / meets expectations» overall rating were knocked down to «yellow / accredited
on watch» based
on their
academic gaps, according to Beck.
Students should be familiar with the device they will be tested
on, specifically for
academic uses —
watching YouTube
on the iPad isn't the same as being tested
on it.
That way, you can
watch students»
academic progress and check up
on their aptitudes.
That way, you can
watch students» yearly
academic progress and check up
on their aptitudes.
Jim's life is upside down: his father is out of work and spends his days
on the couch
watching TV or flying model planes; his mother is the hard - working breadwinner; his sister Becky has stopped washing her armpits and has a biker boyfriend Jim calls Craterface; and Jim is worried he will be expelled from school due to his less - than - stellar
academic performance.
In that situation somebody needs someone work
on his or her custom research paper and do some
academic writing while working all day or consider writing some paper when he or she needs to
watch over his or her kids, etc..
Watch academics, shelter medicine experts and industry leaders share the most up - to - date information
on topics that could save the lives of pets.
More than 39,000 animal welfare enthusiasts have
watched noted
academics, shelter medicine experts and industry leaders deliver the most current information
on topics such as anti-body titer testing, ringworm, community cats, social media for animal shelters and more.
I once
watched a student who earned a 4.0 his last two years of college play this strategy into a job
on Wall Street after a bumpy
academic start.
Watching the students learn together and expand
on their
academic achievements is the best part of Alki.