Sentences with phrase «risk middle school and high school students»

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Hello Bettina, I am a teacher who has attempted to advocate for our at - risk students in requesting that colleagues stop giving candy as a «reward» to our middle and high school students.

The graduation rate is only about 25 percent among high - risk high - school students, and currently only about 10 percent among high - risk middle - school students, although some who are still enrolled may yet graduate.

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The final sample (males only, as they are overwhelmingly at higher risk of criminal activity) included 1,014 high school students and 1,081 middle school students.

The study, part of the Program on Education Policy and Governance Working Papers Series at Harvard University, found that students moving from grade 5 into middle school show a «sharp drop» in math and language arts achievement in the transition year that plagues them as far out as 10th grade, even risking thwarting their ability to graduate high school and...

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.

According to a new study by Assistant Professor Martin West and Guido Schwerdt of the University of Munich's Ifo Institute, students who attend middle schools are at risk of dropping out of high school

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.

Decades of research show that homework has some benefits, especially for students in middle and high school — but there are risks to assigning too much.

The original focus of this project was to develop a curriculum for an after school program or «club» for at - risk students at the middle and / or high school level.

In fact, this new branch of the program will focus on reverse mentoring as part of an afterschool program where at - risk high school students act as mentees and coach middle school students.

Producer of reports and briefs on at - risk middle and high school students that promote increased education funding and high school reform «to help make every child a graduate.»

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.

During the 78th Texas Legislative Session in 2003, the legislature required individualized graduation plans for all at - risk middle and high school students.

Eskolta works with nonprofit organizations that partner with public schools to serve the hardest - to - reach high school and middle school students, particularly students in New York City schools who have fallen behind and are at risk of dropping out.

In particular, we work with schools to better serve over-age high school and middle school students in New York City who have fallen behind and are at risk of dropping out.

(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).

Alliance for Excellent Education The Alliance for Excellent Education advocates for at - risk middle and high school students by promoting increased education funding.

We are, however, pleased that ESSA requires state plans to include information about how the state will work with districts to provide effective transitions of students to middle grades and high school to decrease the risk of students dropping out.

Each middle school also offers after - school programs, providing high - quality activities where students can feel safe, improve academic performance, improve social, emotional, and physical well - being, and reduce the potential for risk - taking behaviors.

AIR and school and district staff work together to develop an early warning system to identify and track students at risk of falling behind in middle school and high school and dropping out.

At the request of Area Superintendents and other members of the DPS Executive Leadership Team, the Early Warning Tracking System Data Protocol was modified and expanded to assess at - risk indicators for middle and high school students during the spring 2012.

As a former eighth grade English teacher, he saw first - hand that many gifted students who hadn't been reclassified as proficient English speakers before middle school were sidetracked into remedial classes where they soon became bored, frustrated, and at higher risk of dropping out.

Since it is known that receiving low grades in elementary school is a predictive factor for dropping out during middle school and that receiving more than one failing grade in a core academic course during ninth grade is a predictive factor for dropping out during high school, tutoring can make a difference.29 Providing access to tutoring to improve students» grades before they are at risk for dropping out could help them to complete further schooling, which, in turn, increases their likelihood of finding employment and earning a family - sustaining salary in adulthood.

Both the middle and high school levels of Victory Preparatory Academy earned a Center of Excellence Award for having high rates of student longitudinal growth while serving a large at - risk population.

For example, a 2016 expert panel in Maryland recommended funding supplies and materials at $ 100 per - student for elementary schools and $ 115 per student at the middle and high school levels, with additional amounts for at - risk students and students with limited English proficiency.

The PDE has developed the PA Early Warning System (EWS), which uses attendance, behavior, and course - grade data to help schools identify middle school students at risk of dropping out before graduating high school.

Special Education Teacher — Houston Independent School District — Houston, TX Year to Year Delivered ESL Reading, English and Math instruction for 10 years at all levels (elementary, middle, and high school) Reading, Math, Science and Language Arts, to at risk students, in Special Education programs for more than a 17 - year period from the most restrictive to the least restrictive environSchool District — Houston, TX Year to Year Delivered ESL Reading, English and Math instruction for 10 years at all levels (elementary, middle, and high school) Reading, Math, Science and Language Arts, to at risk students, in Special Education programs for more than a 17 - year period from the most restrictive to the least restrictive environschool) Reading, Math, Science and Language Arts, to at risk students, in Special Education programs for more than a 17 - year period from the most restrictive to the least restrictive environments.

The program will increase the school community's mental health awareness and literacy, which serves as a prevention tool for the community regarding adolescent depression; offer two - level screening to students in one middle school and two high school grades, including universal, self - report screening for all students, followed by in - depth interviews with students who screen as high risk; and communicate with Holliston parents / guardians about youth depression and resources, provide more significant follow - up (both immediate and long - term) with parents / guardians of high - risk teens, and provide all school families with access to the Interface Referral Network.