The other point — which David presumably left out because it's undoubtedly well known to anyone reading this — is that it's a universal truth that demographics and other outside -
school factors closely correlate with academic achievement.
Not exact matches
Greene's recognition of the values - laden nature of discipline systems all but begs for choice: Parents should be able to weigh, as one
factor among many,
schools whose philosophy about behavior management, classroom culture, and approach to student discipline most
closely mirror their own beliefs and practices.
With students telling us that being «work ready» is important to them (our recent survey showed that sixth formers cite employability as a crucial
factor in selecting a university place), being able to work more
closely with industry is a huge differentiator for any
school or college.
«We work
closely with architects and managers on their building plans in these situations, taking into account
factors such as the predicted number of
school students, as well as advice on the number of rooms they'll need to run programs, whether that's Science rooms, Art rooms, or Physical Education spaces,» she says.
The fact that parental perceptions track actual
school quality more
closely than those of other citizens, but the perceptions of homeowners do not, suggests that direct interactions with a
school may be a more important
factor than simply having a vested interest in acquiring information about local
school quality.
This report looks
closely at New York City's
schools and documents the risk
factors that plague struggling
schools.
To do this, they matched up the charter students with all the students at their former public
school who
closely matched them in terms of test scores, ethnicity, family income and other
factors.
Another indication of the power of effective
school leadership: According to a recent study, teachers» perceptions of their
school environment are
closely associated with their principal, regardless of other
school or district
factors.
A growing body of research indicating that teachers are the most influential in -
school factor impacting student achievement has pushed many states to more
closely examine how teachers are teaching.
Teacher quality is the single most important
school - based
factor in student achievement, followed
closely by
school leadership quality.
You can use a
school's net price calculator, an online tool with which you can
closely estimate your cost of education when
factors such as financial aid and family support are considered.
A high
school graduate's GPA is one of the most important
factors affecting their college admission options, followed
closely at many
schools by their standardized test scores.
Again as in 2007, Lili Tian, Xue Zheng and others whose were on five
factors of personality and life satisfaction relationship found that students of personal privacy are
closely related to life satisfaction of senior high
school students (Tian & Zheng, 2008).
The concept of resilience and
closely related research regarding protective
factors provides one avenue for addressing mental well - being that is suggested to have an impact on adolescent substance use.8 — 17 Resilience has been variably defined as the process of, capacity for, or outcome of successful adaptation in the context of risk or adversity.9, 10, 12, 13, 18 Despite this variability, it is generally agreed that a range of individual and environmental protective
factors are thought to: contribute to an individual's resilience; be critical for positive youth development and protect adolescents from engaging in risk behaviours, such as substance use.19 — 22 Individual or internal resilience
factors refer to the personal skills and traits of young people (including self - esteem, empathy and self - awareness).23 Environmental or external resilience
factors refer to the positive influences within a young person's social environment (including connectedness to family,
school and community).23 Various studies have separately reported such
factors to be negatively associated with adolescent use of different types of substances, 12, 16, 24 — 36 for example, higher self - esteem16, 29, 32, 35 is associated with lower likelihood of tobacco and alcohol use.
Factors associated with parenting experience and child health and development were generally more closely associated with behavioural outcomes at school entry (Table 3.2) than were socio - economic and demographic f
Factors associated with parenting experience and child health and development were generally more
closely associated with behavioural outcomes at
school entry (Table 3.2) than were socio - economic and demographic
factorsfactors.