Sentences with phrase «post-eighth grade education»

According to the 2010 study, about 42 % of women have their first abortion between the ages of 12 and 19, and about about 23 % of women with less than a fourth - grade education have had an abortion.

His father had only a «third grade education or what passed for a third grade education for an African American child in the state of South Carolina between 1906 and 1909,» Frazier explained in the same interview.

By 1919, the self - taught pioneer with an eighth - grade education was producing more than half the cars in the U.S.. By lowering the cost of the automobile — eventually to $ 350 — he made cars part of the fabric of middle class America.

He was from North Dakota, had an eighth grade education and hopped a boxcar to California to make a success out of himself.

Gonzalez said it was clear in the video that Garcia Zarate — who has spent much of his adult life behind bars, was living on the street before the shooting, and has a second - grade education — did not fully understand what the officers were asking him through an officer's Spanish translation.

My father's father worked his way up from a messenger boy to partner in a brokerage firm and earned a law degree and a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, with only the benefit of an eighth - grade education (you could do that back then).

Ironic that you should make that claim after referring to Adam and Eve, a couple that any persomn with a third grade education knows were mythical..

CAPS LOCK DOES NOT MAKE YOUR POINT MORE RELEVANT... at least not to those of us with a 6th grade education.

I stand by my statement that most «true believers» have a 3rd - grade education and many of them marry their sisters.

What percentage of that 2 billion have had greater than a 3 - grade education?

How much time is involved in three one hour sermons from a book called a bible that every one has and is written on a sixth grade education level.

But when I remembered the extreme odds against which my father struggled in Bearden (and he had only a sixth - grade education!)

Doofus Alert: Doofus spotted using the cliche spelling response to common typing errors on small smartphone screens because he thought he was the only one with the 4th grade education necessary to spell a word correctly.

His mother never encouraged Dwight to read the Bible, and he only acquired the equivalent of a fifth - grade education.

Of course, there might be condo associations that require those purchasing have an affidavit stating that they are in possession of a brain and something beyond an 8th grade education.

This is Typical Redneck Ignorance... Listen to how the pastor talks, like he has a 2nd grade education.

He could read at eighth - grade level, but experts say it takes an eleventh - grade education to read and understand the Constitution.

At its core, Catholicism requires a belief that a god impregnated a virgin with himself, to give birth to himself, so he could sacrifice himself to himself, to forgive the original sin of a couple that anybody with a fifth grade education knows did not exist.

(35) Ringe found that those with a twelfth - grade education or less preferred traditional religious programs, while those with greater than a twelfth - grade education preferred more novel programs.

Anyone with a 4th grade education who wasn't raised in a barn would know to say «Please hand me the salt.»

I am (a) a delusional schizophrenic; (b) a naïve child, too young to know that that is silly (c) an ignorant farmer from Sudan who never had the benefit of even a fifth grade education; or (d) your average Christian Millions and millions of Catholics believe that bread and wine turns into the actual flesh and blood of a dead Jew from 2,000 years ago because: (a) there are obvious visible changes in the condiments after the Catholic priest does his hocus pocus; (b) tests have confirmed a divine presence in the bread and wine; (c) now and then their god shows up and confirms this story; or (d) their religious convictions tell them to blindly accept this completely fvcking absurd nonsense.

That said, my grandfather had a sixth grade education and acquired a broader understanding of the world than Chad, so I believe you can learn regardless of academic background if you have the right atti.tude and desire.

His father, Bayard, who had only a fourth - grade education, worked for C&H Sugar on a loading dock in Crockett, Calif., near Oakland, and Jim grew up poor.

Looping has many advantages for middle schools and middle grades education, in general.

Now serving an enthusiastic and committed body of parents, it offers nursery through elementary grades education to 120 + children and the school aims to add a grade each year to become a nursery to eighth grade by fall of 2021.

James Malatras, chief of staff and vice chancellor of the State University of New York, said traditional Kindergarten through 12th grade education and post-secondary education should be treated as a unified system.

I would also caution you on this in that people here are more likely to be experts in political theory than third or fourth grade education or eight - year - olds.

I won't go on because I fell as though anybody reading this story with an 3rd grade education can see sumise this is a crock of....

As her mother had only a 10th grade education, the family lived on public assistance.

When Emma Gingerich left her Amish community in Eagleville, Missouri, she was 18 and had an eighth - grade education.

Brashear is hampered by a number of impediments in addition to Sunday's personal abuses, including his seventh grade education (so that he has trouble with written exams and must seek the help of a young librarian, Jo [Aunjanue Ellis], who eventually becomes his wife), and the training school's commanding officer, Mr. Pappy (Hal Holbrooke), who makes it his personal divine mission to keep Brashear from passing his Master Diver exams.

Turning Points 2000: A Blueprint For Middle Grades Education Reform A new report by the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans advises that groups need to work together to help Hispanic students close the achievement gap with students of other ethnic groups.

South Carolina scores at or above average in each of the four graded education policy categories in Quality Counts.

Service Learning in Action Across the Grades An Education World article explains ways that service projects enhance classroom programs.

«The pattern of underperformance is pervasive,» said Sondra Cooney, director of SREB's Middle Grades Education Initiative.

Senator Lamar Alexander has commented that he has «a lot of admiration» for Obama's education secretary and «respect» for the president's «positions on kindergarten through 12th - grade education.»

The odds that a child of non-English-speaking immigrants with seventh - grade educations, a child raised by factory workers in a low - income community, a child who was pregnant at 15, would now have a doctorate from Harvard?

This week, Education World talks with Jackson about how educators can use Turning Points 2000 to provide an exemplary experience in middle grades education.

Advocating for middle - grades education makes me sometimes feel like the young adolescents we serve: excited by the possibilities of growth and maturity, yet perplexed by other people's frequent criticisms and cautions.

If not, the very concept of middle grades education may be in jeopardy.

We did that because it's this core aspect of middle grades education that most needs changing.

The solons of Arizona have basically mandated a fourth - grade education.

He is a director of the Walt Disney Company's Disney Learning Partnership and co-author, with Dr. Gayle Davis, of the University of Maryland, of Turning Points 2000, a highly acclaimed sequel to his original report on middle grades education reform.

The average parent has just a sixth - grade education.

Although the study was conducted in California, the findings have important implications for middle grades education across the nation.

Are you passionate about middle grades education?

, Research to guide practice in middle grades education (Vol.

These concepts of collaboration, relevance, shared decision making, and supportive school cultures are also key components of high quality middle grades education.

This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents (2010), organizes the 16 research - based characteristics of effective middle grades education into three areas: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment; Leadership and Organization; and Culture and Community.

«Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better» is, says Trish Williams, «the largest study of middle grades education ever conducted.»