Sentences with phrase «quality of the student body»

The quality of the student body is very high.

As the quality of the student body was the college's most precious resource, the trustee policy started a death spiral for the college which the new and remaining trustees will now have to dig the college out of.

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But, CUNY needs a substantial increase in state funding to ensure the quality of the education that it currently provides, and far more than that to provide free, quality education to its entire student body,

Since yoga is such an important practice, Shri Kali Ashram welcomes the idea of Yoga Alliance ® as an external body to maintain the quality of teaching and legality for the benefit and advantage of students.

Using practices such as breath and body awareness along with mindful speaking, listening and journaling, students will discover how these qualities can serve to cultivate an attitude of gratitude, compassionate action towards ourselves and others, and a positive and peaceful existence.

A large body of evidence suggests that differences in quality between schools affect how students learn, but it will take creative policies to tap this potential.

A growing body of research confirms that teacher quality is the most influential in - school factor driving student achievement.

There is a significant body of high - quality evidence showing that part of this difference is causal (not explained by differences in student characteristics between two - and four - year colleges), although community colleges likely increase educational attainment relative to not attending college at all (http://papers.ccpr.ucla.edu/papers/PWP-CCPR-2012-004/PWP-CCPR-2012-004.pdf).

A system that allows high - quality devices while also placing strict rules and limits on their usage means these devices can still improve the quality of classroom engagement without creating as much of a divide within a student body.

Acknowledging these studies, it is notable that the Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice — a body affiliated with the National Education Association — has observed: «Voucher studies, generally of high quality, indicate a slightly positive impact, particularly for African American students.»

They provide a way for a student and a teacher to measure the quality of a body of work.

A body of research literature on teacher quality has isolated the impact of teachers on student achievement, apart from other factors, such as the student's own motivations, support from family and peers, and school resources.

A growing body of evidence suggests that these differences in college quality will translate into substantial differences in the college graduation rates and lifetime earnings of the students who received the ECO-C Intervention.

While conventional wisdom, at least in some circles, holds that people judge schools on the basis of something other than academic quality — most odiously, the racial mix of their student body — here we have reassuring evidence that people evaluate schools on the basis of academics.

This method allows us to address two sources of bias: (i) differences in the types of schools that Asian Americans and whites are likely to attend (e.g., school quality, course difficulty, socio - demographic composition of student body) and (ii) self - selection of Asian Americans into school districts.

Given the strong influence of out - of - school factors on student achievement, any quality measure based on the level of student performance at a single point in time will be heavily influenced by characteristics of a school's student body.

However, among the various influences that schools and policymakers can control, teacher quality was found to account for a larger portion of the variation in student test scores than all other characteristics of a school, excluding the composition of the student body (so - called peer effects).

Supporters of choice claim that parents look mainly for the best academic opportunity for their children; critics charge that parents will just as often search for a school on the basis of ethnic, religious, or ideological preferences, the quality of the sports program, or how blue the student body's blood is.

Parents and children across the nation would be fortunate indeed if the Administration and Congress were to adopt a federal tax credit because it would facilitate access to a quality education for another 1 million students — most of whom will graduate and go on to college as the body of research into these programs clearly demonstrates.

Each of these relationships enhances the CTTL's understanding of the growing and applicable body of research that all teachers should be using to enhance their teaching quality and student achievement.

A sizable body of research has illustrated the connection between staffing qualities and quantities and student outcomes.

Making judgments about student learning and school quality based on a body of work — a select number of pieces of student work from a number of assessments within a given discipline, provides a much richer and more accurate picture of student learning than a single, disconnected standardized test.

A growing body of research (including of Morningside Center's own programs) shows that students in high - quality SEL programs:

A growing body of research has shed light on classroom strategies and practices that improve the quality of student writing.

If the principal is the designee responsible for a school's quality, including student academic growth, then wouldn't it make more sense to simply move school leadership teams around, instead of forcibly relocating entire student bodies, resulting in commuting and logistical issues for multiple families?

An ever - growing and largely undisputed body of research indicates that the single most important factor impacting student achievement is teacher quality.

We serve an incredibly diverse student body with a wide range of needs and it's crucial to provide them with high - quality differentiated instruction.

A high - quality teacher can make all the difference to a student who is struggling, according to a growing body of research that has found teachers are the largest in - school factor affecting student achievement.

To sum up, a massive body of evidence says that reading and mathematics achievement have strong ties to underlying intellectual ability, that we do not know how to change intellectual ability after children reach school, and that the quality of schooling within the normal range of schools does not have much effect on student achievement.

A 2012 article titled «Physical Activity Strategies for Improved Cognition: The mind / body connection,» referenced a study on Australian elementary students that found «across age and sex, academic ratings were significantly correlated with measures of physical activity» and that «it can be concluded that daily quality physical education appears to increase the rate of learning and is positively related to academic achievement.»

And he can't promise more seats until he can promise the kids in them will have the same quality of education as his current student body.

An ever - growing body of research on SEL in afterschool shows that students who participate in high - quality afterschool programs that incorporate SEL see significant improvements in grades, test scores, attachment to school and positive behavior.

Now, a growing body of research shows that high - quality curricula in the hands of effective teachers have a positive impact on student learning.

The mission of Gardner Pilot Academy is to provide quality learning and social opportunities for our diverse student body, engage families, and offer health and community services through innovative programs and partnerships.

Take, for example, the following declaration: «a large and growing body of state and local implementation studies, academic research, teacher surveys, and interviews with dozens of policymakers, experts, and educators all reveal a much more promising picture: The reforms have strengthened many school districts» focus on instructional quality, created a foundation for making teaching a more attractive profession, and improved the prospects for student achievement» (p. 1).

By Keith Curry Lance and Debra E. Kachel Since 1992, a growing body of research known as the school library impact studies has consistently shown positive correlations between high - quality library programs and student -LSB-...]

Adding over $ 130 million in discretionary funding to give principals and school communities flexibility to create a quality, full school day that best meets the academic needs of their unique student body;

Research shows that the movement of these children from a low SES school to a higher SES school in Australia undermines the «quality» (cultural and social capital) of the remaining student body in the low SES school.

Since 1992, a growing body of research known as the school library impact studies has consistently shown positive correlations between high - quality library programs and student achievement (Gretes, 2013; Scholastic, 2016).

By Keith Curry Lance and Debra E. Kachel Since 1992, a growing body of research known as the school library impact studies has consistently shown positive correlations between high - quality library programs and student achievement (Gretes, 2013; Scholastic, 2016).

These supervisory bodies go into schools and interview faculty, students, and administrators to determine that the school is teaching the same standard of information as other quality schools.

It is important that schools have established procedures / protocols for liaising with these services and bodies in order to optimise the quality of provision for students with special educational needs at the individual, group or whole - school level.

A growing body of research (including of Morningside Center's own programs) shows that students in high - quality SEL programs: