Sentences with phrase «percent less learning»

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I also advise allocating another 10 percent of income for giving because you help others and learn to spend less at the same time.

One indication of this divide, as we learned last week, is that more than 50 percent of babies to mothers who don't have college degrees are born outside of wedlock, compared to less than 10 percent of babies born to mothers with college degrees.

«What Jaret's learned here is that 90 - percent effort on pitches with better location is better than throwing the ball as hard as you can with less location.

Madam Guitele Nicoleau, the Chief of Party on Learning on Thursday disclosed that less than two percent of children in primary two are able to read fluently in the Ghanaian and English languages.

The assembled crowd also learned that county contributions typically account for less than 10 percent of organizations» budgets — a fact likely to surprise those who decry public funding for arts organizations as some sort terrible form of cultural welfare sure to lead directly to a communist revolution.

«Although we have learned a lot over the last two decades, all expeditions put together have probably investigated less than 1 percent of the seafloor,» writes Ballard.

Google did nt ease my anxiety — there I learned that less than 5 percent of the more than 80,000 chemicals introduced in the United States since World War II have been tested for their effects on human health and development — but a close friend did.

K12 students are modestly less likely to participate in the federal free or reduced - price lunch program (40 vs. 47 percent), roughly as likely to be classified as having a learning disability (9 vs. 12 percent), and much less likely to be English language learners (less than 1 vs. 14 percent).

Although the United States spends $ 620 billion on education annually, it invests less than one percent of that in the research needed to improve how teachers teach and students learn: Across the economy, industries spend 2.8 percent of gross domestic product on research and development.

According to a Brandon - Hall study, the average eLearner will spend 40 to 60 percent less time learning the same material compared to someone studying in a traditional classroom setting: When you calculate the time you save by not having to commute, as well as time saved by avoiding other potential distractions that you'd have experienced in a traditional classroom, it becomes clear that one of the biggest advantages of eLearning is that it saves you time.

Although 36 percent of the population could not care less what the phrase is, 30 percent prefer «individualized learning,» the term used in the first sentence above.

As the event page explains, eighty - five percent of instructors report that parents misunderstand the new methods and are less likely to reinforce math learning at home.

A school's grade is lowered a level if less than half of its worst students (those in the bottom 25 percent at the school) make a year's worth of learning gains.

As expected, the multitasking students learned less than those focused on the lecture, scoring about 11 percent lower on a test.

At schools under nonprofit management, students learned, on average for the six years, 21 percent of a standard deviation less in math each year than they would have had their school remained under district management.

A recent report by Common Core, Inc., its title intended to demonstrate that students are «Learning Less» because of assessments, included some interesting findings: ninety percent of teachers say that when a subject is included in a state's system of testing, it is taken more seriously.

The biggest part of your leadership practices — say approximately 80 percent — will be so much less impactful that they will produce only 20 percent of your effect on learning and student achievement.

«For less than 1 percent of what our nation spends on education each year, we've convinced nearly every state in the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning — the first time that's happened in a generation,» said Obama, referencing the Common Core.

If less than 3 years of student growth data are available, the years for which data are available must be used and the percentage of the evaluation based upon student learning growth may be reduced to not less than 20 percent.

At least 50 percent of a classroom teacher's or school administrator's performance evaluation, or 40 percent if less than 3 years of student performance data are available, shall be based upon learning growth or achievement of the teacher's students or, for a school administrator, the students attending that school; the remaining portion shall be based upon factors identified in district - determined, state - approved evaluation system plans.

It gave $ 250,000 to Schott Foundation for Public Education's Opportunity to Learn Action Fund; this is 16.7 percent less than what the outfit received in 2013 - 2014.

Ideally, increasing learning time by 30 percent would mean more individualized support; a more well - rounded education in a broader array of subjects, from science and foreign languages to arts and robotics; and less unsupervised after - school and summer time.

«Teachers should never be evaluated on the basis of a single consideration, such as test scores, much less a single score from a single test, but rather on the basis of multiple measures that include both learning outcomes and effective practices, with approximately 50 percent associated with each.»

If principals are honest with themselves, most will admit they spend less than one hour per week on this; if you spend 15 percent of your time doing it, you'll revolutionize learning.

According to federally funded research, students who are living in poverty, are learning English as a second language, and are from racial and ethnic minority groups are 250 percent less likely to be identified for, and served in gifted programs, even when they perform at a comparable level to children in the program.

Maine gives laptops to every middle school student in the state, at a cost of less than one percent of the state education budget, according to Jeff Mao, learning technology policy director for the state.

The three - to five - point difference between our students» average scores and the nation's means Michigan students have learned 30 to 50 percent less of a year's worth of content than students on average nationally.

Further research by NAESP and partner organizations revealed that principals spend less than 1 percent of their workdays per year in a state - or district - sponsored professional development, and almost half of principals in the profession report that their state does not provide tailored professional learning opportunities for principals and other school leaders.

Singapore urges its educators to «Teach Less, Learn More» and mandates that all teachers must have 10 percent of their time free to come up with independent lessons designed to enhance student motivation and creativity.

Out of nearly 1,500 respondents, an estimated 71 percent of chicken owners have kept their birds for less than 5 years and are eager to learn more about keeping happy, healthy chickens.

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«The multitasking students learned less than those focused on the lecture, scoring about 11 percent lower on a test.

On learning of the latest reports of safety and regulation concerns relating to ride - sharing services, one in three (35 percent) Americans say they are now less likely to use these services in the future.

The survey showed that 91 percent of parents want their children to learn computer science; less than 8 percent of principals thought demand for the courses was that high.

This new panel is said to be capable of high, 800 - nit brightness while consuming 35 percent less power than standard IPS LCD panels, Android Police has learned.

The vast majority of employers - 77 percent - believe that soft skills (less tangible skills associated with one's personality, such as a positive attitude) are just as important as hard skills (skills that are learned to perform a specific job function and can be measured, such as operating a computer program).

Published openings, with a 44 percent effectiveness rating, are the most significant way of learning about an opportunity for those earning less than $ 60,000.

Kleine said there needs to be a push in Nebraska, especially before kindergarten, where less than eight percent of at - risk kids have access to high - quality learning programs, and «more than 64,000 children under the age of five are at risk of failing at school.»

It may be surprising to learn that less than 5 percent of couples who are considering divorce try marriage counseling first.

Twenty percent of AAPI homeowners report experiencing discrimination while homebuying — in fact, Asian homebuyers who contact real estate agents about listings report learning about 15 percent less homes and being shown 19 percent less homes than whites.