Sentences with phrase «schools raise their grades»

Not exact matches

I was raised Lutheran, had many Catholic friends, and one of the most influential man in my life was my grade school principal, who was Jewish.

In 1974 Freire began raising the money for a new school, the Colegio O'Neil (which includes secondary as well as elementary grade levels) «I found this spot and started to build on it.

raised a catholic, spent nine years in a catholic school... hardest i've ever been hit was by a third grade nun..

I was raised Catholic and attended Catholic grade school, but discovered some important information in my early 20's: The Christ figure I had always been curious about was not going to return someday... far off into the future.

I was raised Catholic attended Catholic school through 10th grade, my parents were «devoted Catholics» until there deaths in their late 80s, my father was also an alcoholic abusive individual but by golly he went to church on Sunday mornings.

My first awkward Sunday School moment happened in first or second grade when I raised my hand and asked why, in Noah's flood, God would drown all of those innocent animals when it was the humans who were being disobedient.

MILLIONS of parents whose faith placed them in the position of not just asking, but demanding under pain of grounding or even corporal punishment, that their grade school children abstain from what others are enjoying, have still raised well adjusted kids who've gone on to be productive, contributing members of society.

I had a butterfly assignment in the first grade while attending Ivy Hill School where we had the chance to raise butterflies and it kind of stuck with me as something really interesting.»

The board also raised school lunch prices from $ 1.55 to $ 1.75 in grades 1 through 6 and from $ 1.60 to $ 1.80 for grades 7 and 8 to cover the cost of the program.

These soft, raised, strawberry red birthmarks usually appear on baby's head, chest or upper back, are very common and usually fade away by grade school.

Third - grade children in Missouri are selling raffle tickets for an AR - 15 rifle, the weapon used by the killer last week in the Florida school shooting and in a number of other mass shootings, to raise funds for their baseball team.

Senior Janill Mateo, 17, who chanted «Legacy» and «save our school» along with the crowd in Union Square Park, said Legacy's attentive teachers helped her raise her grades.

Ed Rath was born and raised in Amherst and attended Williamsville public schools through 8th grade.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

Mohamed Gueye, 18, said playing soccer had raised his grades at International Community High School.

Kubrick and Nabokov (who adapted is own novel) raised the age of the grade school «temptress» and left most of the seduction to suggestion, and still made a more provocative and sensitive film than the 1997 remake.

It turns out that there is a group at work in the building whose plan is to eliminate recess forever as a way to raise productivity among grade school students.

Raised on a farm near Lindsay, Okla., she started her journalism career in seventh grade, when she was elected reporter for her school's 4 - H Club.

Some in the education community complain that every time they achieve the results expected of them, we raise expectations and school grades drop as a result.

You might have heard of or considered some of these ideas, but others might be just the ticket to raising funds to reach grade - level or school - wide goals.

I explore three broad hypotheses for why African Americans might not have benefited as much as whites from the funding initiatives: 1) kindergarten funding disproportionately drew African Americans out of higher - quality education settings; 2) instead of raising additional revenue to fund local kindergarten programs fully, school districts offered lower - quality kindergarten programs to African Americans or moved funds from existing school programs from which African Americans may have disproportionately benefited; and 3) African Americans were more adversely affected by any subsequent «upgrading» of school curricula as more students entered elementary grades having attended kindergarten.

Furthermore, studies in Texas and elsewhere have found that some schools raised their published test scores by retaining low - performing students in 9th grade, by classifying them as eligible for special education (or otherwise exempting them from the exam), and even by encouraging them to drop out.

Among the reform milestones they achieved were a new requirement that 40 percent of a teacher's evaluation be based on student achievement; raising the charter school cap from 200 to 460; and higher student achievement goals on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 4th grade and 8th grade reading tests and Regents exams.

There is a pattern of practices in schools with lagging performances, says the report «Raising the Bar in the Middle Grades: Readiness for Success.»

However, many education researchers speak and write as though they accept certain contingency - free causal connections — for example, that small schools are better than large ones; that time on task raises achievement; that summer school raises test scores; that school desegregation hardly affects achievement; and that assigning and grading homework improves achievement.

A 2013 quasi-experimental analysis found that, «on average, extended learning time (ELT) tutorials at Match Charter Public High School raised student achievement on the 10th grade English language arts examination between.15 and.25 standard deviations per year.»

Houston's charter schools were funded just 2 % below their TPS, and earned the only grade of A in the study, in part because they were able to raise almost $ 900 per student in nonpublic revenue.

This raises the possibility that the measured effects of attending a charter high school on educational attainment could simply reflect advantages of grouping middle and high school grades together, thereby creating greater continuity for students and eliminating the disruption often associated with changing schools.

The researchers point out that this raises the possibility that the positive effects of attending a charter high school on educational attainment could simply reflect advantages of grouping middle and high school grades together, thereby creating greater continuity for students and eliminating the disruption often associated with changing schools.

The Prime Minister is proposing that all schools graded «requires improvement» would have new leadership imposed on them and be taken over by an academy trust if they do not have a credible plan to raise them to «good» or «outstanding».

That gave schools with low - performing students an opportunity to raise their grades without imposing upon them the extremely difficult task of matching the performances of schools whose student body enjoyed a preferred demographic portfolio.

Six years ago, when Martinez was 15, his science teacher proposed that he earn extra credit and raise his failing grade by joining the school's ecology club.

In one school, the programme consistently raised attainment, with Greenhouse Sports pupils outperforming their peers by a third of a grade in English and 40 per ceny of a grade in Maths.

Finally, in the latter half of this century, as issues of competition, comparison, and self - esteem were raised, some elementary schools began to replace the letter grade report card with one featuring teacher comments and individualized assessment, in which students were evaluated according to standards that reflected their achievement in relation to their own effort and ability.

Ofqual has proposed that the boards should be able to raise a pupil's GCSE or A-level grade following a school's challenge only if a second examiner can vouch that the original mark was unreasonable.

Consider the actual circumstance of «Zack,» a high school student who was essentially raising his first - grade brother.

The researchers found that in 1998, about 38 percent of the eighth graders sent to the district's Transition Centers — alternative schools for students who turn 15 before graduating from eighth grade — were still unable to raise their scores to meet the promotion cutoff after being retained and attending summer school again this August.

The Commission will examine factors in raising student achievement from prekindergarten through high school including: state accountability and curriculum requirements; model programs to improve student achievement beginning in early learning programs and continuing throughout high school; strategies for every student to achieve at grade level such as intervention and support systems; and policies to improve student attendance and retention.

Tenth - grade world history students interview Chinese immigrants and record their stories; ninth - grade physical science students design and strength - test mock airplane wings; junior English students research, write, and illustrate children's nonfiction picture books; algebra students of all grades investigate a public - transit problem and propose solutions to city officials; sophomore geometry students build scale models of museums they've designed; students across the grades in an environmental - stewardship class raise public awareness of a polluted river — all are examples of academically challenging projects that also manage to engage the minds, hands, and hearts of most high school students across a wide range of abilities and interests.

Almost every hand is raised in Ms. Markeesha Zigbuo's 2nd grade class at The Mastery School in Minneapolis, Minn..

Leveraging the federal role by using the Higher Education Act to offer students incentives to graduate ready for college and the workplace, support state efforts to raise high school exit standards and strengthen postsecondary accountability, and by aligning the 12th grade National Assessment of Educational Progress to ADP's benchmarks; and,

NCTQ's bi-annual 2017 State Teacher Policy Yearbook grades states on how well their programs and policies raise the quality of the teachers in their schools.

By contrast, a study that raised some (highly nuanced and complex) criticism of the way NYCDOE grades its schools» progress — that was news the next day.

The Advocate: Charter school's plans to add grades to 2 Baton Rouge schools on hold after legal questions raised http://bit.ly/1R7dmb6

The Thoughtful Classroom Portfolio Series is ideal for administrators looking for cost - effective professional development tools; school, grade, and department teams and self - directed learning clubs interested in raising student achievement; and individual teachers seeking to expand their teaching repertoires, the Thoughtful Classroom Portfolio Series will help you get results quickly — without breaking your budget.

With early childhood education recognized as an effective strategy for raising school achievement and reducing achievement gaps, there is increased demand for skilled, knowledgeable education leadership for infancy, preschool through third grade (P — 3).

Far reaching groups representing millions of Florida citizens are raising their voices in opposition to using the deeply flawed 2015 Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) to grade schools and evaluate teachers.

The Advocate Our Views: Despite objections, education board made the right call raising Louisiana grading system for public schools

The school also raised its School Performance Score (SPS) by 5.5 points, improved its school letter grade, and increased its teacher retentionschool also raised its School Performance Score (SPS) by 5.5 points, improved its school letter grade, and increased its teacher retentionSchool Performance Score (SPS) by 5.5 points, improved its school letter grade, and increased its teacher retentionschool letter grade, and increased its teacher retention rate.

But in many cases, these school grades have raised concerns and questions about how effectively they improve public education, how fair it is to punish schools that serve disadvantaged communities, and the potential for politicians to game the system for their own benefit.