Sentences with phrase «problems at its neighborhood schools»

Finn and other backers of charter schools contended, however, that the findings should be considered as «baseline data,» and could reflect the predominance of children in these schools who turned to charters after having had severe problems at their neighborhood schools.

Not exact matches

But there's a problem: Once changes at a school are underway, how can they be stopped from turning the building into an affluent, white enclave — especially if the surrounding neighborhood becomes mostly affluent and white?

At a school in Brooklyn's poorest neighborhood, literacy is up and disciplinary problems are down — The Hechinger Report.

The problem at hand is that, in principle, standard value - added models can not isolate the impact of school organization or teacher expertise if those factors are correlated with peer motivation, parent commitment, neighborhood safety, and other local conditions.

Related: At a school in Brooklyn's poorest neighborhood, literacy is up and disciplinary problems are down

Comprehensive theoretical models of adolescent problem behavior propose risk and promotive factors at multiple levels of the social environment, including the family, peer, school, and neighborhood contexts.1 — 3 In addition, growing attention is focused on promoting positive youth development, encouraging health - promoting behavior, and investing in resources for youth.4 — 7 Thus, a holistic and comprehensive approach to optimizing adolescent development requires an understanding of factors related to both reducing problem behavior and increasing positive, competent youth behavior.

Some children have difficulty with all types of social relationships, while others do well in their neighborhoods or in one - on - one friendships but experience problems with the peer group at school.