Sentences with phrase «risk high school youth»

Prior to becoming a superintendent, she worked in many different facets of education including as classroom teacher at both the elementary and middle school levels, principal at the middle school level, director of the Upward Bound Program for first - generation college - bound students, and director of the Basic Skills Academy for at - risk high school youth.

Not exact matches

Youth lacking a high school diploma or GED have a 346 % higher risk of homelessness than those who completed high school.

Because studies show that one - off concussion education isn't enough to change concussion symptom reporting behavior, Step Three in the SmartTeams Play SafeTM #TeamUp4 ConcussionSafetyTM game plan calls for coaches, athletes, athletic trainers, team doctors (and, at the youth and high school level, parents) to attend a mandatoryconcussion safety meeting before every sports season to learn in detail about the importance of immediate concussion symptom reporting, not just in minimizing the risks concussions pose to an athlete's short - and long - term health, but in increasing the chances for individual and team success.

Modeled on the community - centric approach to improving youth sports safety highlighted in MomsTEAM's PBS documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer», the program will award SmartTeam status to youth sports organizations which have demonstrated a commitment to minimizing the risk of physical, psychological and sexual injury to young athletes by implementing a comprehensive set of health and safety best practices, providing safety - conscious sports parents a level of assurance that they have made health and safety an important priority, not to be sacrificed at the altar of team or individual success.

«THE SMARTEST TEAM» begins where other concussion documentaries leave off, not simply identifying the risks of long - term brain injury in football but offering youth and high school programs across the country specific ways to minimize those risks, through a focus on what de Lench calls the «Six Pillars» of a comprehensive concussion risk management program:

Concussion and Head - Related Sports Injury: Code 33 - 1620 (2010) requires the state board of education to collaborate with the Idaho high school activities association to develop guidelines and other pertinent information and forms to inform and educate coaches (both paid and volunteer), youth athletes, and their parents and / or guardians of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 18 -2-25a (2013) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic elementary school, middle school, junior high school and high school, working through guidance approved by the department of health and communicated through the department of education, to do the following: (A) Adopt guidelines and other pertinent information and forms as approved by the department of health to inform and educate coaches, school administrators, youth athletes and their parents or guardians of the nature, risk and symptoms of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after concussion or head injury; (B) Require annual completion by all coaches, whether the coach is employed or a volunteer, and by school athletic directors of a concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program approved by the department.

The latest study published in June 2012, showed that high school students in the United States had significant progress over the past two decades in improving many youth risk behaviors associated with the leading cause of death in their age group, car crashes.

The National Council of Youth Sports estimates that more than 44 million youth in the United States participate in sport, and more than half of high school students (56 %) reported on the Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance Survey that they participated on a school or community sport team Youth Sports estimates that more than 44 million youth in the United States participate in sport, and more than half of high school students (56 %) reported on the Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance Survey that they participated on a school or community sport team youth in the United States participate in sport, and more than half of high school students (56 %) reported on the Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance Survey that they participated on a school or community sport team Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance Survey that they participated on a school or community sport team (11).

Maybe not: A major report says far too little is known about the risks in youth sports, especially for athletes who suit up before high school.

With one in five high school athletes sustaining a concussion each year, a group of concerned parents created a comprehensive concussion management system to protect youth from the risk of cumulative undetected concussions September 24, 2013 (Chicago, IL...

With one in five high school athletes sustaining a concussion each year, a group of concerned parents created a comprehensive concussion management system to protect youth from the risk of cumulative undetected concussions

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is a survey of health - risk behaviors conducted in middle and high schools every two years in Washington, DC and around the United StaRisk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is a survey of health - risk behaviors conducted in middle and high schools every two years in Washington, DC and around the United Starisk behaviors conducted in middle and high schools every two years in Washington, DC and around the United States.

The Smartest Team begins where other concussion documentaries leave off, not simply identifying the risks of long - term brain injury in football but offering youth and high school programs across the country specific ways to minimize those risks, through a focus on what de Lench calls the «Six PillarsTM» of a comprehensive concussion risk management program:

«Disconnected youth are often at a higher risk of dropping out of school, unemployment, incarceration and gang recruitment.

Texting while driving among high school students: Analysis of 2011 data from the National Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS).

The «National Autism Indicators Report: Transition into Young Adulthood» is a comprehensive report that presents new findings about a wide range of experiences and outcomes of youth on the autism spectrum between high school and their early 20s, including new safety and risk indicators for young adults with autism.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducts the survey on a nationally representative sample of high schoolers every two years to monitor six types of health - risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of death, disability and social problems among U.S. youths.

The researchers analyzed data from the 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of 15,425 public and private high school students.

The authors used data from the 2013 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey of high schools students.

The new research uses the 2015 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which queried public and private high school students in every state and Washington, D.C..

To determine the prevalence of texting while driving among youths, Bailin and her colleagues analyzed data from the 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of 7,833 high school students who were old enough to get a driver's license in their state.

The Holistic Life Foundation has over a decade of experience teaching yoga and mindfulness programs to many demographics; high risk youth, adults, teens, seniors, teachers, drug treatment facilities, schools, mental illness facilities, etc..

Riesco collaborates with Manhattan Theatre Club's education program, helping at - risk youth in public high schools and correctional facilities develop a voice through theater.

A careful reading of Risk «s introduction yields a simple explanation: «The Commission's charter directed it to pay particular attention to teenage youth, and we have done so largely by focusing on high schools.

In general, high - risk male youth commit about 50 percent less crime as a result of winning the school - choice lottery.

Overall, I find that winning the lottery to attend a first - choice school has a large impact on crime for high - risk youth.

In this study, I find that winning a lottery for admission to the school of choice greatly reduces criminal activity, and that the greatest reduction occurs among youth at the highest risk for committing crimes.

Because any intervention aimed at high school students would miss this group altogether, this suggests that high school might be too late for the youth at highest risk of criminal activity.

For youth in the highest risk group (top 20 %), the gain in school quality indicators is «roughly equivalent to moving from one of the lowest - ranked schools to one around the district average.»

For youth in the high - risk group, the gain as measured by these quality indicators is roughly equivalent to moving from one of the lowest - ranked schools to one around the district average.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new study of the Charlotte - Mecklenburg, North Carolina (CMS) school choice program finds that high - risk male youth who are admitted by lottery to their preferred schools commit fewer crimes and remain in school longer than their peers who seek admittance but do not gain seats in the lottery process.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Survey also found steadily declining percentages of high - school students who reported fighting or carrying weapons on school property during the 1990s.

Produced by the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC), 180 Days: A Year Inside an American High School tells the story of the first graduating class at Washington Metropolitan High School (DC Met), an alternative school for at - risk School tells the story of the first graduating class at Washington Metropolitan High School (DC Met), an alternative school for at - risk School (DC Met), an alternative school for at - risk school for at - risk youth.

The Reconnecting Youth program provided classroom - based instruction for high school students at risk of dropping out or who exhibited problematic behavior.

The study of 90,000 middle and high school students found that mixed - race youths also have a higher risk of health or behavior problems than teenagers of a single race.

We ask the question: What distinguishes leaders» practices in more effective high schools from those in less effective high schools that serve large proportions of at - risk youth?

Across the nation there are charter schools with the stated purpose of educating groups like pregnant teens, high school dropouts, delinquent youth, or even the broadly defined group of at - risk children.

In his study, Dr. Deming highlights the fact that «winning a lottery for admission to the school of choice greatly reduces criminal activity, and that the greatest reduction occurs among youth at the highest risk for committing crimes.»

We accelerate the development of new quality schools by backing new schools, scaling up high performing schools, supporting restart schools, and piloting solutions for serving the most at - risk students, like special education, English Learners and foster youth.

Evidence from the study suggests that at - risk youth who have college educated mentors displayed increased high school graduation rates, lower dropout rates, and higher college enrollment rates when compared to non-mentored youth.

The Phoenix model incorporates the rigorous academics of high expectations and college - prep charter schools and the relentless support techniques of leading youth development organizations for high - risk teenagers.

Through extensive study in the areas of next generation learning, social and emotional learning, wellness, urban planning, Hip - Hop culture, Chicago history, the opportunity gaps that exist among marginalized students, economic mobility, arts education, and the at - risk communities on Chicago's South Side, Art in Motion has a solid research foundation upon which to build an innovative middle and high school that has the potential to change the narrative for many Southside youth.

Marquis» coaches gave him the life skills and the self - confidence needed to finish high school, obtain a college scholarship, and dedicate himself to empowering other at - risk youth to understand the connection between education and economic empowerment.

A decade - long study of after - school programs for low - income youth found that arts programs attracted higher - risk students than sports and had far greater academic and developmental benefits.

(James J. Barta and Michael G. Allen); «Ideas and Programs To Assist in the Untracking of American Schools» (Howard D. Hill); «Providing Equity for All: Meeting the Needs of High - Ability Students» (Sally M. Reis); «Promoting Gifted Behavior in an Untracked Middle School Setting» (Thomas O. Erb et al.); «Untracking Your Middle School: Nine Tentative Steps toward Long - Term Success» (Paul S. George); «In the Meantime: Using a Dialectical Approach To Raise Levels of Intellectual Stimulation and Inquiry in Low - Track Classes» (Barbara G. Blackwell); «Synthesis of Research on Cooperative Learning» (Robert E. Slavin); «Incorporating Cooperation: Its Effects on Instruction» (Harbison Pool et al.); «Improving All Students» Achievement: Teaching Cognitive and Metacognitive Thinking Strategies» (Robert W. Warkentin and Dorothy A. Battle); «Integrating Diverse Learning Styles» (Dan W. Rea); «Reintegrating Schools for Success: Untracking across the United States» (Anne Wheelock); «Creatinga Nontraditional School in a Traditional Community» (Nancy B. Norton and Charlotte A. Jones); «Ungrouping Our Way: A Teacher's Story» (Daphrene Kathryn Sheppard); «Educating All Our Students: Success in Serving At - Risk Youth» (Edward B. Strauser and John J. Hobe); «Technology Education: A New Application of the Principles of Untracking at the Secondary Level» (N. Creighton Alexander); «Tracking and Research - Based Decisions: A Georgia School System's Dilemma» (Jane A. Page and Fred M. Page, Jr.); and «A Call to Action: The Time Has Come To Move beyond Tracking» (Harbison Pool and Jane A. Page).

Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) is a school - to - work transition program focused on helping at - risk youth graduate from high school; and either find successful placements in the workforce.

Green Dot had a vision of creating small, successful charter schools and in doing so, demonstrating to the school district and the public - at - large that there was a more effective way to provide public education to low - income, high - risk youth.

At Match Education, she supported in - district high school math tutoring programs, including a gold - standard study by the University of Chicago Urban Education Lab on the efficacy of 2:1 tutoring in improving outcomes and reducing violence in at - risk youth.

CMS» Tim Morgan spoke proudly of the district's Project L.I.F.T. program, a public - private partnership for which the business community granted CMS $ 50 million over five years to develop innovative instructional methods and provide wraparound services for at - risk youth at West Charlotte High School and its feeder elementary and middle schools.