Sentences with phrase «recent national study»

«In a recent national study of charter school funding, Connecticut charter schools were receiving on average $ 12,631 per pupil, while traditional public schools would have received $ 16,476 for those students.

DC's charter schools do a better job than its traditional public schools when it comes to educating low - income and minority students, according to a recent national study.

«We're trying to use what the research says is appropriate and even be on the low end of that,» he said, citing the recent national study known as the Measuring Effective Teaching (MET) Project.

According to a recent national study, two - thirds of charters are performing worse or the same as traditional neighborhood schools.

Although some other studies have advocated faster immersion in English, the most recent national study suggests that keeping students in native - language classes for at least five years gives them a better foundation for future academic success.

A recent national study showed that African - American students in public charter schools gained an average of 36 extra days of reading and 26 extra days of math when compared to their traditional school peers.

A recent national study that reported Syracuse has the nation's highest lead poisoning rate is flawed and makes the lead problem here appear far worse than it is, according to Onondaga County Health Department officials.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A recent national study that reported Syracuse has the nation's highest lead poisoning rate is flawed and makes the lead problem here appear far worse than it is, according to Onondaga County Health Department officials.

According to a recent national study, f by age twenty - five, 3/4 of all single women have had intercourse (as contrasted with 1/3 of Kinsey's sample).

I want to explore some of those reasons that are suggested by a recent national study of the D.Min.

A recent national study by Square reveals that 79 % of Canadians are card - first buyers, and 47 % avoid shops where they must use cash

Not exact matches

A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggested that people who spend money on time - saving services feel happier.

Manufacturing GDP declined by 14 % between 2000 and 2013, while the economy grew by 37 % overall, according to a recent study by the Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management.

According to a recent study by the National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO), only 28 % of female owners of fast - growth companies financed their businesses using equity capital.

Take this recent study done by a team from Georgetown University Medical Center and MedStar National Rehabilitation Network, for example.

The most recent scare on the topic came from an unreleased study being conducted by the US National Toxicology Program.

The most recent National Survey of Student Engagement revealed that «nearly half of seniors majoring in business say they spend fewer than 11 hours a week studying outside class.»

Although the unemployment rate is slightly higher in Detroit than the national average, the city has seen a recent boom in tech jobs, with the tech market growing 40 percent between 2011 and 2016, according to a CBRE study.

Government - backed study declares ICOs are not scams: While acknowledging the challenges that ICOs present, Japanese government's recent study found out that ICOs are not scams and the right regulatory frameworks will be needed to legitimize them under the national infrastructure.

Based on a recent study by Ctrip, the most popular destinations for Chinese this National Day Golden Week are Thailand, Japan, and the US, followed by Singapore, Australia, Canada, Vietnam, Italy, Russia, and Malaysia.2

According to a recent study by the National Association of REALTORS ®, home values were up four percent last year, and continue to rise.

A recent paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research studied what happens to scientific subfields when star researchers die suddenly and at the peak of their abilities, and finds that while there is considerable evidence that young researchers are reluctant to challenge scientific superstars, a sudden and unexpected death does not significantly improve the situation, particularly when «key collaborators of the star are in a position to channel resources (such as editorial goodwill or funding) to insiders.»

A recent study by the National Center for Health Statistics shows that one in five children under age 18 has a learning, emotional, behavioral or developmental problem that can be traced to the dissolution of the two - parent family.

Until the recent National Council of Churches study, denominations did not keep records of parishes providing this service.

It is aptly and embarrassingly illustrated by the failure of contemporary African - American church studies adequately to analyze the recent scandal in the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc..

The focus on the increase in death rates for white Americans between ages 45 - 54 in the media obscures equally troubling results in Anne Case and Angus Deaton's recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, «Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife among white non-Hispanic Americans in the 21st Century.»

The focus on the increase in death rates for white Americans between ages 45 - 54 in the media obscures equally troubling results in Anne Case and Angus Deaton's recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, «Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife....

Yep, that's right: a recent study in the British Journal of Nutrition found that soup eaters tend to weigh less and have smaller waists than those who don't eat soup: their findings were based on reports of more than 20,000 Americans surveyed by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys between 2003 and 2008.

In the current study, we provide novel data on changes in the availability of added and refined sugars and in recorded intakes of total sugars, added sugars, SSB, carbonated soft drinks, juices, confectionery, and alcohol consumption in Australian adults and children between the 2 most recent national dietary surveys in 1995 and 2011 — 2012.

According to the most recent study by the National Center for Health Statistics, 70 % of black children nationwide are born to unmarried mothers, compared with 21 % for whites and 41 % for Hispanics.

The purpose of a recent UK study carried out by Drs. Eirini Flouri and Ann Buchanan at the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford, was to discover whether there was similar evidence in the UK using longitudinal data from the National Child Development Study (Nstudy carried out by Drs. Eirini Flouri and Ann Buchanan at the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford, was to discover whether there was similar evidence in the UK using longitudinal data from the National Child Development Study (NStudy (NCDS).

Also, recent studies show that some elementary students are doing three times the amount recommended by the National Education Association.

(As I point out in the book, a recent study by the National Center for Education Research found that none of the many large - scale character - education programs in use in American schools produces any significant positive outcomes.)

A recent study from US National Library of Medicine reported that a mattress / topper of medium firmness provides the most comfortable sleeping position for back sleepers.

A recent study by the National Childbirth Trust suggests half of new mothers suffer mental health problems during pregnancy or within the first year of their child's birth.

In recent weeks we have written about The Wellness Impact Report, SNF's Webinar Wednesdays ® series, and the SNF / National Dairy Council School Breakfast Case Study collaboration.

Recent studies have shown that children are not only more obese than they should be, but even in elementary school the cholesterol counts of many are greater than 180, well above the 170 - or-less guidelines established by the National Cholesterol Education Program, a countrywide consortium of physicians and scientists.

The initiative was introduced to the United Kingdom in 1993, but, although improvements have been reported, 3 rates of breast feeding in the UK are still among the lowest in the world.4 5 Recent reports from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) urge NHS units to become baby friendly to improve rates of breast feeding and save money.4 6 Data from the millennium cohort study, however, show that though participating maternity units in the UK increased rates of initiation of breastfeeding, duration did not increase.5 Other strategies are therefore required to support mothers in the UK to breast feed for the recommended time.

Although most studies of parental depression have focused on mothers, the impact of depression in fathers has received increasing attention.2, 3 Using data from the 2002 National Comorbidity Replication Survey, the Institute of Medicine report also estimated that 4.3 % of men with a child under 18 years old had a major depressive disorder within the previous 12 months.1 In addition, a recent meta - analysis4 suggested that the prevalence of paternal depression within the first year of a child's life was 10.4 %.

A more recent study of crib injuries that used data from the CPSC National Electronic Injury Surveillance System concluded that the potential benefits of preventing minor injury with bumper pad use were far outweighed by the risk of serious injury such as suffocation or strangulation.197 In addition, most bumper pads obscure infant and parent visibility, which might increase parental anxiety.195 There are other products that attach to crib sides or crib slats that claim to protect infants from injury.

A recent study by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence and the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that when such factors as education and work experience are accounted for, state and local employees earn 11 to 12 percent less than comparable private sector workers.

(If we look at the 1987 case study — we see Labour won 6.5 % of the vote in the 1987 General Election and won 12 seats, but it is also worth noting that they did not contest nine constituencies in that election, whereas their 7 % national vote is being distributed across all forty constituencies in this analysis, as with the most recent general elections in which Labour has contested all constituencies.

Recent years have seen a large rise in the number of humanists who are on SACREs, as documents such as the 2013 national framework, programmes of study and RE guidance have referred to teaching about non-religious beliefs such as Humanism.

«If the election were held today, the Republican majority would likely yield to a new Democratic majority,» Rep. Mike Pence, R - Ind., the chairman of the conservative House Republican Study Committee, said during a recent interview with National Journal.

A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research indicates that the quality of a high school can predict how well its students will perform in college.

Not only has the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver begun, but the trial of former Majority Leader Dean Skelos is set to begin next week; and, there was the recent release of a report by a state ethics review commission calling for changes as well as a national study assessing state government accountability and transparency giving New York a «D -» grade.

A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA tying childhood self - control to health and well - being in adulthood suggests that everyone, not just those most lacking the skill, would benefit from a self - control boost.

«This was the first study to detect the recent TB outbreak in Zimbabwe, and the first anywhere to suggest an association between rising TB incidence and national economic decline in the absence of armed conflict,» said Michael Silverman, assistant professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and senior author of the study.

Americans are growing more distrustful of science and researchers according to recent studies — doubt that is emerging at a point in time when society needs science more than ever to solve pressing problems, said Jane Lubchenco, a marine biologist and environmental scientist who served as the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The researchers selected data from 19,922 women, ages 21 to 44, from the two most recent surveys in the National Survey of Family Growth study.