Sentences with phrase «reduce school drop outs»

One of the focus areas of universal primary education is to increase access, enrollment of all children and reduce school drop outs.

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Involvement has been shown to increase grades, leads to more consistent homework completion, improve student behavior at school, increase high school graduation rates, reduce school drop - out rates, increase college attendance, and lower rates of experimentation with tobacco, alcohol, and recreational drugs.

She noted that in adolescents, Anaemia limits development, learning ability, reduces concentration in daily tasks, increases vulnerability to dropping out of school and reduces physical fitness and work productivity generally depriving adolescent girls of the ability to attain their fullest potential.

According to her website, Hidalgo's priorities if elected would be to strengthen rent stabilization laws and affordable housing solutions, initiate more education programs for local children, and create resources that reduce the drop - out rate in school.

In a 1991 study at the high - school level, Susan Mayer found that attendance at a high - SES high school reduces teen pregnancy and the probability of dropping out.

This could mean that as school based training programmes increase, the number dropping out could reduce.

It will be some time before we can examine whether retention increased or reduced the probability of dropping out of school later on.

Adding latrines also decreased dropout rates, reducing the fraction of students who dropped out by 5.3 percentage points in the middle schools and by 12.2 percentage points in primary schools.

For instance, they find that a disadvantaged black male's exposure to at least one black teacher in elementary school reduces his probability of dropping out of high school by nearly 40 percent.

Leveraging the power of afterschool programs to reduce chronic absence is especially important now given the economic challenges facing communities and schools and the growing number of students at risk of academic failure and dropping out.

Doing so will not only prevent bullying and other forms of aggression, but also increase student achievement, enhance school connectedness and safety, and reduce potential drop - out rates — all because you're developing an environment where students want to «drop in» not «drop out.»

Obama has proposed a «Success in the Middle Act,» which would provide federal support to improve the education of middle school students in low - performing schools by requiring states to develop detailed plans to improve student achievement, develop and utilize early identification data systems to identify those students most at - risk of dropping out, and invest in proven strategies that reduce the number of drop outs.

Districts with high rates of chronic absence, out - of - school suspensions, and school drop outs will be given priority for these grants aimed at improving student outcomes by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.

Clearly states have an interest in ensuring that any investments they make enable strong outcomes that produce the desired benefits of stronger learning and school success, along with savings from reduced needs for special education, grade retention, remediation, or dropping out.

As implemented in VCUSD, community schools result in increased academic gains, increased attendance, increased parental involvement and reduced suspensions, and reductions in the drop - out rate.

Involvement has been shown to increase grades, leads to more consistent homework completion, improve student behavior at school, increase high school graduation rates, reduce school drop - out rates, increase college attendance, and lower rates of experimentation with tobacco, alcohol, and recreational drugs.

Providing the best possible classroom environment from the early childhood years throughout the primary and secondary years is one of the most effective way schools can reduce the number of children who will ultimately drop out.

«The most effective way to reduce the number of children who ultimately will drop out of school is to provide the best possible classroom instruction from the beginning of their school experience,» Schargel said.

The most effective way to reduce the number of children who will ultimately drop out is to provide the best possible classroom instruction from the beginning of their school experience.

The most effective way to reduce the number of children who will ultimately drop out of school is to provide the best possible learning environments from the beginning.

Over the course of his or her lifetime, an individual who drops out of high school is more likely to have reduced earning power, greater social service dependency, increased rates of criminal involvement, and shorter life expectancy.

At Liberty, a school for students at risk of dropping out where 87 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced price lunch — a measure of poverty — the faculty has attended multiple district - run trainings on the new standards and overhauled lesson plans.

Five research - and evidence - based principles have been proven to reduce the risk of students» dropping out or disengaging from school.

A school culture and climate that engages and supports students increases student achievement and reduces the likelihood that students will drop out.

The California Learning Communities for School Success Program (LCSSP) provides funds to local education agencies, including charter schools, to support programs aimed improving student outcomes by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of School Success Program (LCSSP) provides funds to local education agencies, including charter schools, to support programs aimed improving student outcomes by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of school or are victims of crime.

For this demographic, having at least one black teacher from third through fifth grade reduced the likelihood of later dropping out of school by 39 percent.

He talked about the importance of reducing the drop - out rate in high school; «dropping out of high school condemns one to a... [Read more...]

Reducing awards would discourage new schools from accepting vouchers, and it would probably force some schools already participating to drop out of the voucher program because they'd be unable to shoulder the greater financial burden.

Missing at least 10 percent of the school year, particularly in early grades, studies show, reduces the likelihood that students will read proficiently by 3rd grade, increases the chances of poor academic performance in middle school and increases the likelihood that students will drop out in high school.

Participation in extracurricular activities such as academic clubs and athletics reduces the likelihood of negative outcomes, such as dropping out of school.125 Participation in afterschool sports is also positively associated with student academic achievement and social development, in addition to parent engagement.126

For a district qualifying under this paragraph whose charter school tuition payments exceed 9 per cent of the school district's net school spending, the board shall only approve an application for the establishment of a commonwealth charter school if an applicant, or a provider with which an applicant proposes to contract, has a record of operating at least 1 school or similar program that demonstrates academic success and organizational viability and serves student populations similar to those the proposed school seeks to serve, from the following categories of students, those: (i) eligible for free lunch; (ii) eligible for reduced price lunch; (iii) that require special education; (iv) limited English - proficient of similar language proficiency level as measured by the Massachusetts English Proficiency Assessment examination; (v) sub-proficient, which shall mean students who have scored in the «needs improvement», «warning» or «failing» categories on the mathematics or English language arts exams of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System for 2 of the past 3 years or as defined by the department using a similar measurement; (vi) who are designated as at risk of dropping out of school based on predictors determined by the department; (vii) who have dropped out of school; or (viii) other at - risk students who should be targeted to eliminate achievement gaps among different groups of students.

These achievement differences lead to higher drop - out rates in high school and a reduced probability of attending college for black students.

In Israel, Victor Lavy found that a public school choice program «significantly reduces the drop - out rate and increases the cognitive achievements of high - school students.

(From a recent study: «Having at least one Black teacher in the third through fifth grade significantly reduces the likelihood that Black male students will drop out of high school and increases the likelihood that both Black male and female students will aspire to attend a four - year college.»)

This policy has resulted in a substantial reduction in high school enrollments, partly by reducing the age at which students drop out of school.

Having at least one Black teacher in the third through fifth grade significantly reduces the likelihood that Black male students will drop out of high school and increases the likelihood that both Black male and female students will aspire to attend a four - year college.»)

Effective afterschool programs can improve classroom behavior (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 2010), school attendance, academic aspirations, and can reduce the likelihood that a student will drop out (Huang, Leon, La Torre, Mostafavi, 2008).

Suspensions, in - house suspensions and exclusion from school only continues to increase the drop out rate and reduce the graduation rate.

This paper evaluates whether means - tested grants paid to 16to 18 - year - olds are an effective way of reducing the proportion of school drop - outs.

She is a board member for a transitional home for men trying to reintegrate into society after incarceration, and a member of the Toronto District School Board black student achievement advisory committee where she drafts policies to reduce drop - out rates among black high school students, as well as coaches soccer at the Burlington youth soccerSchool Board black student achievement advisory committee where she drafts policies to reduce drop - out rates among black high school students, as well as coaches soccer at the Burlington youth soccerschool students, as well as coaches soccer at the Burlington youth soccer club.

In addition, conflict resolution education reduces violence in schools, student drop out, and discipline referrals.

Although the grant focused on reducing unwanted pregnancies, Teal said it could qualify «an anti-poverty program,» because it allowed many young women to continue their education, instead of dropping out of school.

Reducing the likelihood of adolescent drug and alcohol problems, teenage pregnancy, dropping out of school, and crime

Clearly states have an interest in ensuring that any investments they make enable strong outcomes that produce the desired benefits of stronger learning and school success, along with savings from reduced needs for special education, grade retention, remediation, or dropping out.

have positive long - term effects, including reducing children's risk of dropping out of school in later life and being unemployed as an adult.

You wake up and the kids» school uniforms aren't washed, there's no bread to make sandwiches for their lunch, the sheets and towels from the trip have been tossed in the laundry along with an inexplicably enormous bag of dirty underwear, you've run out of toilet paper and are reduced to scrounging for Kleenex, the front hall is piled halfway to the ceiling with suitcases plus six recycling bags filled with detritus from the trip... and you have to walk the Sprogs to school because Husband has dropped the car in for a service.