Sentences with phrase «raised his grades at»

Mohamed Gueye, 18, said playing soccer had raised his grades at International Community High School.

Not exact matches

Bamford has already spent time out on loan at Derby County, Middlesbrough, Crystal Palace and Norwich, and as he continues to fail to showcase his full potential, question marks have to be raised over whether or not he'll make the grade at Chelsea.

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.

Inferring that her teachers raise her is as logical at 8 months old as it is at 8 years old, and I'm fairly certain no second - grade parents get this question.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

Iceland's Met Office on Monday raised its risk level to the aviation industry for an eruption at its Bardarbunga volcano to orange, which is the fourth level on a five - grade scale.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters)- Iceland's Met Office on Monday raised its risk level to the aviation industry for an eruption at its Bardarbunga volcano to orange, which is the fourth level on a five - grade scale.

And it's important to realize that a lot of these are a little bit different than what you'll get if you are to say like go to your local medical supply store and get the old band socks like a lot of the compression socks and especially the ones that have shown or hinted at any benefit in raising or in a lab were at over 25 what's called millimetres or mmhg of pressure and in many cases were this graded compression socks, they get like tighter at your ankle and then decreases as they move toward your hip.

At its best, Futurama blends raised - eyebrow postgraduate - thesis humor and fifth - grade - lunchroom spit - take humor.

It turns out that there is a group at work in the building whose plan is to eliminate recess forever as a way to raise productivity among grade school students.

Given the concerns raised by the Klein study regarding the validity of the TAAS exams in Texas, I decided to use the same analytical technique as Klein: comparing results on the FCAT with results on low - stakes standardized tests given at around the same time and in the same grade.

Since there was no guarantee that these facts would be raised in student - directed discussions, and because students had no particular reason for remembering these details (there was no test or grade associated with the tours), it is impressive that they could recall historical and sociological information at such high rates.

For admission, they must score at an 8th - grade level on standardized reading and math tests (the Richmond Tech PLC raised that to 9th grade because it had so many applicants), pass an interview, and sign an achievement contract that also commits them to attend a daily meeting called Morning Motivation.

A 2013 quasi-experimental analysis found that, «on average, extended learning time (ELT) tutorials at Match Charter Public High School raised student achievement on the 10th grade English language arts examination between.15 and.25 standard deviations per year.»

While the demands of the federal No Child Left Behind Act have some districts fighting to raise the achievement of students who aren't performing at grade level, the 185,000 - student Philadelphia district plans to expand greatly the number of enrichment programs for its students.

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 -.

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?

Using the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) as our measure, we found some states had raised the achievement of economically disadvantaged students the equivalent of a full grade level or more in just eight years, 2003 - 2008 — this at grades four and eight and in reading and math.

First, Jay argues that «many credible people have raised strong concerns about the rigor and soundness of the proposed national standards,» even though we at Fordham gave them «passing grades.»

(Why that particular kind of standards - raising has occurred at the same time as grade inflation has afflicted the colleges» own courses is best examined another day.

Lea Steele's fifth - grade class at Fremont learned math and history while doing chores to raise money for holiday gifts and meals for disabled veterans and their families.

On average, a 1 - standard - deviation improvement in teacher value added (equivalent to having a teacher in the 84th percentile rather than one at the median) in a single grade raises a student's earnings at age 28 by about 1 percent.

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.

Almost every hand is raised in Ms. Markeesha Zigbuo's 2nd grade class at The Mastery School in Minneapolis, Minn..

Selection jurors praised Orange County not only for raising students» achievement across grade levels, but for doing so at a rapid pace.

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.

One of the proposals is to raise the threshold at which schools are considered to be «failing» to fewer than 35 % of pupils achieving five GCSEs graded A * to C.

These performance levels at KIPP Raíces, a K - 4th grade elementary school founded in 2008, raise two important policy questions for LA Unified at a time charter schools are poised to become a greater presence within the district: One, to what degree are district officials trying to replicate the successful approach at Raíces and other high - performing charters?

New York City's merit pay program came to a halt when researchers at the RAND Corporation found the program did not raise student achievement in mathematics or reading in any grade, nor did it improve teacher job satisfaction.

«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.

«The teacher raise is important, but it's only one piece of the puzzle,» agreed Chris Weaver, a third - grade teacher at Evergreen Community Charter School in Asheville.

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.

In summer 2017, LFHS math, science, English and social studies teachers in grades 6 — 12 attended four days of training to empower them to raise academic expectations in the school and support students to achieve at higher levels.

Preschool to grade 6 students at Snake River Montessori School in Ammon, Idaho, came together to expand their outdoor learning environment and build a greenhouse and raised garden beds.

Even though the vast majority of teachers at all schools in the project voted to engage in schoolwide reading reform, the schools clearly have a long way to go to raise their reading scores to «breaking the mold» levels, with current mean standardized reading comprehension scores across schools, for example, standing at 40 in grades 2 and 3, and at 37 in grades 4 and 5.

Ratliff, a fifth - grade teacher at an inner - city L.A. Unified school that has steadily raised its standardized test scores, has the background, smarts and independence of mind to become a true leader in the district.

At the same time the graded challenge materials provide clear, easily implemented materials to extend more able children and raise the overall NAPLAN score for the school.

But New York already raised the bar in 2010, increasing the level of performance required on the old tests to be classified as proficient at grade - level in English Language Arts and mathematics in grades 3 - 8.

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.

By studying hard, getting good grades that raise your GPA, and submitting an excellent thesis that shows your critical thinking, reasoning skills and insight into ethics and justice, you'll strengthen your application to law school at postgraduate level in the future.

For example, «Incorporated literature - based units and readers workshops to raise students» reading levels by at least 1 1/2 grade levels» or «Introduced a reward program for class attendance and participation; thus achieving a 100 % attendance rate year round».