Sentences with phrase «raise your grade from»

The results of these moves have been at odds: while Hawaii's increased alignment with NAEP raised its grade from a B + in 2007 to an A, South Carolina dropped from an A to a C -.

It's certainly just as compelling as ever before, especially once you make your way into Ranked Matches, which rotate between Splat Zones (King of the Hill), Rainmaker (Capture the Flag) and Tower Control (Tug - of - War) game modes as you try and raise your grade from C - to S +.

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He raised $ 6 million from investors, including Silicon Valley's Band of Angels, and used the money to launch a recycling operation that now turns out about 500,000 pounds of different grades of plastics a month.

Raised in Caledonia, Ontario, I was identified in third grade as gifted, and from then on was keenly aware that I should «act smart.»

If the grades for his three intellectually daunting courses (Golf 1, Music 140, AIDS: What Every College Student Should Know), which are due on Sept. 4, don't raise his cumulative GPA to at least 2.0, then the man who may be the best player in the nation will be academically ineligible from Sept. 5, when Ohio State opens its season at West Virginia, until mid-December.

MILLIONS of parents whose faith placed them in the position of not just asking, but demanding under pain of grounding or even corporal punishment, that their grade school children abstain from what others are enjoying, have still raised well adjusted kids who've gone on to be productive, contributing members of society.

The board also raised school lunch prices from $ 1.55 to $ 1.75 in grades 1 through 6 and from $ 1.60 to $ 1.80 for grades 7 and 8 to cover the cost of the program.

They would also allow restaurant owners relief from fines if they made improvements and raised their grades to A's after their initial inspections.

It makes the attractive claim that understanding the brain will do everything from boosting grades and curing ADHD to raising IQ and reversing ageing.

They work with products from the happiest cows raised on purely organic pasture, wet milled coconut oil, and pharmaceutical - grade MCT oil in all of their products.

The twin brothers were raised in Durham, North Carolina and began making films in the third grade using the Hi8 camcorder they received as a gift from their parents.

I explore three broad hypotheses for why African Americans might not have benefited as much as whites from the funding initiatives: 1) kindergarten funding disproportionately drew African Americans out of higher - quality education settings; 2) instead of raising additional revenue to fund local kindergarten programs fully, school districts offered lower - quality kindergarten programs to African Americans or moved funds from existing school programs from which African Americans may have disproportionately benefited; and 3) African Americans were more adversely affected by any subsequent «upgrading» of school curricula as more students entered elementary grades having attended kindergarten.

Furthermore, studies in Texas and elsewhere have found that some schools raised their published test scores by retaining low - performing students in 9th grade, by classifying them as eligible for special education (or otherwise exempting them from the exam), and even by encouraging them to drop out.

Among the reform milestones they achieved were a new requirement that 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation be based on student achievement; raising the charter school cap from 200 to 460; and higher student achievement goals on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 4th grade and 8th grade reading tests and Regents exams.

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?

Professor Kurt Fischer played a key role in last week's launch of LearnNow, a free site for parents, educators, practitioners, and researchers in search of information about raising and educating today's children from birth all the way to 12th grade.

Bonuses were given for obtaining an A or raising one's grade from one year to the next.

The researchers found that in 1998, about 38 percent of the eighth graders sent to the district's Transition Centers — alternative schools for students who turn 15 before graduating from eighth grade — were still unable to raise their scores to meet the promotion cutoff after being retained and attending summer school again this August.

The Commission will examine factors in raising student achievement from prekindergarten through high school including: state accountability and curriculum requirements; model programs to improve student achievement beginning in early learning programs and continuing throughout high school; strategies for every student to achieve at grade level such as intervention and support systems; and policies to improve student attendance and retention.

The approach has helped dramatically raise student achievement in the district during a time of demographic change, and has helped make possible Adams 50's switch from traditional grade levels to a competency - based - leveling system.

These new realities raise some interesting questions: why is 6th grade math in Portland, Maine different from that in Portland, Oregon?

Forced to cut staff because of funding cuts, districts had no option but to raise student - teacher ratios even though the Education Code limits the ratio to 30:1 or less from kindergarten through eighth grade.

Jessica Allen, who began teaching at Quitman last fall after moving from Virginia, has distinguished herself with long hours, fun activities and a determination to raise her fifth - grade students» test scores.

The Senate initially proposed laying off all teacher assistants in the second and third grades in order to pay for hefty teacher pay raises — but after intense negotiations, they backed off their proposal though the final budget resulted in a reduction of teacher assistant positions varying from district to district.

This assessment, as well as my personal experience from my daughter's 10th grade year, have raised many questions for me about how accurately our teachers are being evaluated.

This high - stakes test raised some questions from the group about the use of a single assessment to make such determinations as graduation, but Stickel responded that students are allowed six chances to pass the test, beginning in sophomore year and ending the year after they finish grade 12.

Earlier this summer, the Senate's budget proposal opted to pay for hefty 11 percent teacher raises by stripping $ 233 million away from teacher assistants, which would have wiped out all TAs in the second and third grades.

«And we're doing it in a way that isn't necessarily at the expense of other educational cuts,» Tillis said, emphasizing that the House doesn't include severe cuts included in the Senate's plan, which would offer teachers an eleven percent raise but would also eliminate second and third grade teacher assistants from the classroom, cut the Department of Public Instruction by 30 percent, and reduce the number of badly needed school nurses around the state, among other cuts.

That raises another problem: Since the vouchers often go to students from the lowest - performing public schools, some arrive as much as two and three years behind grade level, Catholic school principals say, threatening to drag down those high average test scores and success rates.

Mr. Abarca was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley and attended Los Angeles Unified School District schools from kindergarten through grade 12.

And from We Raise New Jersey, «With these gains in only three years, students have shown steady progress in meeting grade - level academic standards.»

She's determined to raise her school's state - designated school performance letter grade — a volatile and, critics say, capricious measurement of achievement: It had risen from a D to a C under the old principal, but last year it fell back to a D again.

Quality feedback from teachers is more effective in raising grades than homework, uniforms and smaller classes, a Durham University study says.

Findings from our 2006 — 2011 Remediation project, as well as findings of low impact from other studies with middle school students (e.g., Kemple et al., 2008), have raised important questions about when and how to remediate reading disabilities with middle grade students.

Board members Lottie Beebe and Carolyn Hill have raised eyebrows at the state's policy that even F - graded charters may be renewed at the end of their first term if students have made major progress from a very low starting point.

Inspired by Emdin's advice to trust students to lead their own learning, and to raise expectations, a 7th grade science teacher expanded a robot - building project from her honors class to the entire 7th grade.

Early education addresses schools» biggest challenges, from improving 3rd grade reading levels to raising graduation rates.

Indiana lawmakers asked the board to re-open the lengthy rulemaking process in April, months before the release of emails from former state superintendent Tony Bennett «s time in office raised concerns about how schools received their grades in 2012.

Effective social - emotional learning (SEL) is a transformative and evidence - based educational process that teaches children, from pre-k through 12th grade, the mental skills that will significantly reduce emotional stresses that lead to violence and addiction, improve problem - solving skills, enhance empathy, raise academic test scores and increase resiliency.

The state board last year approved raising the college grade - point - average required of new teachers to be 3.0, up from the previous 2.75.

All windows now have one - touch operation and can be lowered / raised outside the car with the key fob, while front seats from ST - L grade up have be redesigned for better comfort and support, while ST gets a new cloth material.

I was raised in the Catholic religion, and studied from grade school through college.

Now, in its fifth year, our charity rating system gives a letter grade to the 100 biggest charities in Canada, as measured by the amount of money raised directly from the public.

To ensure that your dollars are being using effectively, MoneySense has developed the Charity 100, our annual guide which grades the largest charitable organizations in Canada based on how much money they raise from the public.

Our influential charity rating system, now in its third year, gives letter grades to the 100 biggest charities in Canada, as measured by the amount of money raised directly from the public.

It reflects a consistent, industry - leading focus on fundholders, and thus, we are raising its Corporate Culture grade to an A from a B. Dimensional's investment philosophy is based on the idea that market prices reflect all publicly available information — commonly known as market efficiency.

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Born and raised in Dyke, Jessica was home schooled from fourth grade through high school graduation.

Students from Mrs. Beauparlant's fourth grade class at the Weston School in Manchester spent the holiday season selling candy bars to family and friends, raising nearly $ 600 for the non-profit no - kill shelter.