Sentences with phrase «poor performance at school»

«Are you or a family member experiencing difficulty concentrating, loss of motivation, poor performance at school / work, avoidance of friends and family, distressing memories, excessive worrying, irritability, loss of enjoyment, trouble sleeping, relationship problems, anxiety or mood changes?

Poor performance at school has long - term consequences that are hard to compensate, both for individuals and nations.

Not exact matches

The study thus challenges the conventional wisdom that a more demanding school will improve the performance of students who are already performing well, but only at the cost of forcing out poor performers.

Poor performance in the School of Communion translates into failure in the classroom and trouble at work — places where the virtues gained in family life are essential for success.

It is sometimes difficult to figure out if a child's problems at school are caused by their other medical problems, such as depression, or if these other problems began because of their poor school performance.

Several studies have linked voluntary and excessive online use to depression, poor school performance, increased irritability and more impulsiveness to go online (confounding addicts» efforts, if they want to at all, to stop pouring excessive time into online games).

Children with poor motor performance at the school entry were found to have poorer reading and arithmetic skills than their better performing peers during the first three years of school.

The findings confirm that lead exposure, even at low doses, is associated with poor school performance.

Teaching children skills such as how to cope with bullying at school, poor performance or problems with their parents, for example, in the framework of general cognitive preventative treatment and resilience training in school, may help children to better deal with emotional turmoil and challenging situations during adolescence.

«While Lisfranc injuries have a reputation for resulting in poor player performance in the NFL, our study is the first to fully assess their career impact, including effect on athletic performance following return to competition,» said lead author Kevin J. McHale, MD, a fifth - year orthopedic resident at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

For 30 years it has been known there is a poor correlation between performance at school and higher education.

But the main acting miracle of Moonlight is the trio of performances by Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders (pictured below) and Trevante Rhodes, who embody Paula's son Chiron at various ages as he works out how to play the very poor hand that has been dealt him: fatherless, friendless, bullied at school, he is petrified to show any hint of vulnerability.

George H.W. Bush (James Cromwell) is an old school statesman who sadly shakes his head at the poor performance of his failed son.

Harris instead offers two potential alternatives: 1) the improved public / charter school performance in New Orleans made the performance of the private sector look relatively worse; and 2) the curriculum at most private schools may not have been aligned to the state test, so the poor performance merely reflects that lack of alignment rather than poor performance.

If the superintendents of failing school districts were as adept at fixing schools as they are at making excuses for their poor performance, America would have the best education system in the world.

The average rate of improvement in the New Orleans public schools stood at three to four times the statewide rate, despite persistent poor performance by several schools.

A second hazard involves fairness to schools at risk of being sanctioned for poor performance: these schools can face longer odds if weather or other schedule disruptions limit school days.

Just look at the yearlong investigation by the Detroit Free Press, [v] which revealed rampant problems in the state's for - profit charter schools — corruption, cronyism, poor performance and lack of accountability.

«These statistics about young adolescents» poor academic performance suggest that many middle - grades schools are failing to enable the majority of their students to achieve at anywhere near adequate levels,» noted the Phi Delta Kappan editors.

Even such a poor performance was unlikely to set off alarm bells, said Paul Peterson, report co-author and professor of government at Harvard University and director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance at the Harvard Kennedy School.

After asking the teacher why Tanaisia's performance at school was so poor, the teacher put the blame on Tanaisia and offered simple excuses.

«We believe money is not the answer,» said Sen. Brown, explaining instead that districts must identify other ways to deal with factors that contribute to poor performance at failing schools.

Children are becoming overweight at an alarming rate, and mounting evidence points to a relationship between obesity and poor school performance.

Schools have been concerned that they can be judged on the poor performance of pupils who have arrived at the end of primary school, before they have had the chance to help them improve.

Most of the 11 states want to focus on low - performing students as a whole — a U-turn from the NCLB law, in which poor performance by a small cohort of at - risk students could sink a school's rating.

The task force, chaired by Joel Klein, former head of New York City public schools, and Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state, cites mediocre U.S. showings on international assessments; high dropout rates, particularly among black and Hispanic students; poor civics performance; limited study of foreign languages; and lack of college preparedness as evidence that the nation's security is at risk.

It also focuses on grading school performance, which could open the door for students at poor performing schools to jump ship for private or charter institutions.

«Underperformance at any school is unacceptable and one of the many strengths of the free school programme is that action can be taken quickly to tackle poor performance,» said a spokesperson.

But the proposal was kicked into the long grass following the Conservatives» poorer - than - expected performance at last year's general election, leaving the church's school expansion plans in limbo.

Since 2000, Palacios has worked at three Oakland schools: the first two were shut down for poor performance, one later re-opened illegally as a charter.

When I sat down with him to review his results, he was smart enough to quickly understand how his poor performance at the beginning of the year would impact his growth trajectory and could ultimately hurt his chances for a high - school scholarship.

They leverage additional volunteers and community organizations to support students who are at - risk for failing school because of truancy, classroom behavior problems, or poor course performance.

In my interview with Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary - General at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, we discussed the cycle of poor student performance in at - risk communities, the key characteristics of schools that affect the level of performance, how government policy can support students, and the relevance of the PISA test in a changing education environment.

DECEMBER 2017 UPDATE: The city proposed closing the Coalition School for Social Change at the end of June 2018 because of poor performance.

-LRB-...) Among the first two schools to express an interest in the Charter Institute at Erskine are S.C. Virtual Charter School and Cyber Academy of South Carolina, a pair of online schools that received a warning this spring that their current sponsor might revoke their charters due to years of poor performance that lagged far behind state averages.

Published in The Washington Post Every weekday, 700 children from some of the poorest parts of the Atlanta area stay after school for three hours with Wings for Kids, a program that aims to bolster not only academic performance but also social skills, relationships with caring adults and a sense of belonging at school.

Missing at least 10 percent of the school year, particularly in early grades, studies show, reduces the likelihood that students will read proficiently by 3rd grade, increases the chances of poor academic performance in middle school and increases the likelihood that students will drop out in high school.

Perhaps that decision's effect was one among several causes for poor performance at several SFUSD SIG schools, notwithstanding the windfall investments in them.

Schools closed for poor performance and low enrollment were refunded and reopened, despite the fact that there was (and is) little demand for their continued existence, as reflected by enrollment at just 20 percent of the school's capacity.

The education policies of Chicago's leaders force its poor children and children of color to attend under - resourced schools, often at a great distance from their neighborhoods, on a pretext of under - enrollment and poor performance.

If Harris believes that supposed lack of regulation in Detroit's charter sector (at least as compared to charter school regulations in other states) accounts for their poor performance on the NAEP, how does he explain the Arizona results?

As reported by researchers at Roosevelt University, between 2009 - 2015, Chicago permanently closed 125 neighborhood schools, ostensibly because of low enrollment or poor performance.

19) New York: The Albany Times - Union looks at how the school district is trying to attract students back into its fold after charter schools are closed for poor performance.

In the meantime, the poor performance at Ducey's charter schools run by private operators continue to make headlines.

Automatic closure laws «identify a threshold of minimally - acceptable performance» for charter schools; schools falling below this threshold at the time of renewal, or that remain below this threshold for a set amount of time, are automatically closed.29 The National Association for Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) recommends that at a minimum closure laws define: 1) the number of years of poor performance that prompts school closures; 2) the level of performance that triggers closure; 3) what entity has discretion to make exceptions and the structure of any waiver process; and 4) if applicable, what types of schools can be exempt from closure policies or apply for waSchool Authorizers (NACSA) recommends that at a minimum closure laws define: 1) the number of years of poor performance that prompts school closures; 2) the level of performance that triggers closure; 3) what entity has discretion to make exceptions and the structure of any waiver process; and 4) if applicable, what types of schools can be exempt from closure policies or apply for waschool closures; 2) the level of performance that triggers closure; 3) what entity has discretion to make exceptions and the structure of any waiver process; and 4) if applicable, what types of schools can be exempt from closure policies or apply for waivers.

«No Excuses» schools are effective at raising performance in neighborhoods with very poor performing schools, but the available data have less to say on whether the «No Excuses» approach could help in nonurban settings or whether other practices would similarly raise achievement in areas with low - performing schools.

Another team insisted that dysfunctional cultures were usually at the heart of poor school performance; thus, schools needed to craft a common vision for success and develop shared agreements for working together to support students.

The school was already under state review for poor performance when President George W. Bush signed the massive education bill known as No Child Left Behind, which fast - tracked a reckoning at Watts.

Do you have stats for a comparison between performances of poor children at comprehensives in fully comprehensive areas, and poor children at «non-selective» schools in areas where there is 11 - plus and grammars, e.g. Kent?

CAAP works to improve outcomes for students at risk of poor academic performance and dropping out of school.