Sentences with phrase «school factors appear»

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Post-partum depression poses substantial adverse consequences for mothers and their infants via multiple direct biological (i.e., medication exposure, maternal genetic factors) and environmental (i.e., life with a depressed mother) mechanisms.8, 9 From the earliest newborn period, infants are very sensitive to the emotional states of their mothers and other caregivers.10, 11 Maternal mood and behaviour appear to compromise infant social, emotional and cognitive functioning.11 - 15 As children grow, the impact of maternal mental illness appears as cognitive compromise, insecure attachment and behavioural difficulties during the preschool and school periods.6,16 - 19

Because most cases of Parkinson's disease appear to be at least partially caused by environmental factors such as pesticide exposure, these findings support the approach that targeting α - synuclein could slow or stop the progression of Parkinson's in most people with the disease, said study lead author Jeff Bronstein, a professor of neurology and director of movement disorders at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Families with children appear more concerned about what school district their neighborhood is linked to, and they may even consider race as a factor, Owens said.

Timothy S. Harlan, MD, a nutrition specialist and assistant professor of internal medicine at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, says that while diet - soda dependence appears to be a real phenomenon, it is probably caused by a complex mix of behavioral factors, not necessarily artificial sweeteners.

Greater nurse presence appears to be an important factor in implementing food allergy policies in schools,» Gupta said.

In this study, I examine data on all elementary - school students in certain years in New York City and Denver, Colorado, to estimate the relative importance of various factors that appear to be contributing to a special education gap.

In «In the Wake of the Storm,» which is now available at www.EducationNext.org and will appear in the Spring 2010 issue of Education Next, Harvard researcher Michael Henderson tells the story behind the passage of voucher legislation in Louisiana and identifies the election of Bobby Jindal, a popular governor committed to school choice, as the most critical factor.

But the factors suppressing participation in Portland — which appears to have made a good - faith effort to implement the program — suggest that there may be a natural limit to how many parents will move their children from one conventional public school to another.

... When these factors are statistically controlled... it appears that differences between schools account for only a small fraction of differences in pupil achievement.

It also found that teachers» perceptions of whether their opinions are factored into school - level decisions appear to be related to job satisfaction.

When these factors are statistically controlled, however, it appears that differences between schools account for only a small fraction of differences in pupil achievement (pp. 21 - 22).

Furthermore, establishing a culture of professional learning, as identified by the actions in Factor 1, appears to have greater effect on student outcomes in elementary schools than it does in secondary schools.

Instead, the most influential factors appear to be in - school supports, specifically participating in induction programs, having a mentor, and earning more than $ 40,000 annually.

Interestingly, achievement benefits of private school choice appear to be somewhat larger for programs in developing countries than for those in the U.S. Wolf explains, «Our meta - analysis avoided all three factors that have muddied the waters on the test - score effects of private school choice.

Teachers» perceptions of whether their opinions are factored into school - level decisions appear to be related to their job satisfaction.

The second element of the cap triggers that appears to be happening unexpectedly is the requirement that the state pay off the «maintenance factor» — debt owed to schools from the many years that the state could not afford to make the full Prop. 98 payment.

Two key factors appear to have persuaded the NLRB on the jurisdictional question: (1) the Texas Commissioner of Education's ability to reconstitute the governing board of a charter school, including the power to make appointments to the board upon reconstitution; and (2) the power of reconstitution is unreviewable unless arbitrary or clearly erroneous.

While magnet schools are public schools open to all residents of Connecticut and appear to select students randomly based on a lottery, in truth, there are many subtle factors determining which students end up at different schools.

First, as an evidence - based school leader, De Luca et al's research helps you «walk the talk» in as far as it provides some evidence of the factors that appear to promote or inhibit collaborative inquiry along with evidence of the positive outcomes for both teachers and students of collaborative inquiry.

Michigan actually revised its School Code back in 2010 under then - Governor Jennifer Granholm to make job accomplishments and job performance «a significant factor» in determining teacher pay, but it doesn't appear to have much teeth.