Sentences with phrase «schools with high achievement»

Schools Week reported on research in May last year that found higher qualified teachers were most attracted to schools with high achievement (right).

Analyses of student achievement in 26 Tribes TLC schools, and a subset of schools with high achievement growth show the following:

Harkin said that the bill's federally mandated interventions — which would require a state to identify five percent of its lowest - performing schools, in addition to five percent of its schools with the highest achievement gaps — would help keep states» performance on track.

For example, the Minnesota - Toronto study found that in schools with higher achievement on math tests, teachers tended to share in leadership and believed that parents were involved with the school.

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While her school encourages students to become confident, independent, globally - aware citizens, the environment is also stressful and competitive, with expectations of high - achievement.

So while you may not be a Fuel Up to Play 60 school, sharing a news item about another nearby school or district's FUTP60 achievement is like giving that school a virtual «high - five» while also sharing relevant school nutrition content with your audience.

However, even after control for confounding and selection factors associated with infant feeding practices, increasing duration of breastfeeding was associated with small but significant increases in scores on standardized tests of ability and achievement, teacher ratings of classroom performance, and greater success at high school.

Table 1 shows clear and highly significant (P <.0001) tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with higher scores on measures of cognitive ability, teacher ratings of performance, standardized tests of achievement, better grades in School Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualificaSchool Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualificaschool without qualifications.

On the other hand, studies of Hong Kong Chinese (Leung et al 1998) and of Chinese immigrants to North America (Chao 2001) have linked authoritarian parenting with higher school achievement.

In general, the results suggest that after adjustment for confounding, there were small but consistent tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with increased IQ, increased performance on standardized tests, higher teacher ratings of classroom performance, and better high school achievement.

«Children who are born with high abilities but who come from poor backgrounds are overtaken in recorded levels of achievement at primary school by children of weaker ability from wealthier socioeconomic backgrounds.

The same day the state United Teachers union launched a multi-million dollar ad campaign touting school achievement, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's office finds most districts are meeting the new requirements under the recently enacted property tax cap, with «high needs» districts showing higher rates of taxation.

Here in the Ctiy of Buffalo this year a report from the Council on Great City Schools on Improving the Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in the Buffalo Public Schools System cited that only 21 % of these students graduate from high school and the academic achievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language iAchievement of English Language Learners in the Buffalo Public Schools System cited that only 21 % of these students graduate from high school and the academic achievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language iachievement programs ignored them as a group as though they don't exist with as many as 100 never recieving their mandated language instruction.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — With the new school year underway, Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino today re-issued his challenge to all Westchester County students in grades 6 through 12: Win a free season pass to Playland by earning high achievement in the classroom.

In addition, Borough President Katz will recognize the nine Queens high schools that were recently designated as «Reward Schools» by the New York State Commissioner of Education for having made the most significant progress or have the highest achievement in the state with no significant gaps in student achieschools that were recently designated as «Reward Schools» by the New York State Commissioner of Education for having made the most significant progress or have the highest achievement in the state with no significant gaps in student achieSchools» by the New York State Commissioner of Education for having made the most significant progress or have the highest achievement in the state with no significant gaps in student achievement.

By the end of the school year a distinct trend in the math group emerged, where more frequent use of the app with parental involvement was associated with higher achievements.

Participation in high - quality early childhood programs at ages 3 and 4 years is associated with greater school readiness and achievement, higher rates of educational attainment and socioeconomic status, and lower rates of crime.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

Benefits to School Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subjectSchool Life Looking at the lasting impact of LOtC experiences in terms of academic performance, Learning Away's recent research found that school trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subjectschool trips resulted in higher academic achievement, with 61 per cent of students achieving higher than their predicted grade following a school trip based on the subjectschool trip based on the subject area.

Washington — Although the federal Chapter 1 program bypasses some schools with high poverty rates and some students with low achievement levels, it generally reaches the disadvantaged children it was meant to benefit, a new Education Department study concludes.

The upcoming EPE Research Center report examines a number of key issues facing students with disabilities ranging from the demographics of the population, educational settings, overrepresentation of certain student groups, achievement, high school completion, and transitions to adulthood.

Despite the united front of opposition, with studies like Carol Klein's 2006 Virtual Charter Schools and Home Schooling finding high levels of parent satisfaction and student achievement at virtual schools, it is highly unlikely that independent home schoolers and advocates for traditional public schools will be able to stoSchools and Home Schooling finding high levels of parent satisfaction and student achievement at virtual schools, it is highly unlikely that independent home schoolers and advocates for traditional public schools will be able to stoschools, it is highly unlikely that independent home schoolers and advocates for traditional public schools will be able to stoschools will be able to stop them.

Murphy imagines a hypothetical model program called Administrative Leaders for Learning — ALL for short — that would be organized to spotlight and connect three overlapping domains of knowledge: instructional practice and learning theory, with a particular focus on high achievement for all students; the education sector, with a particular focus on schooling in context; and matters of leadership and management.

The survey sought to identify issues and successful practices in «inclusive» STEM schools — schools that serve students from groups historically under - represented in STEM fields and with a higher percentage of students who qualify for a free or reduced - price lunch (which is linked to family income)-- as opposed to «selective» STEM schools, which recruit students who have higher levels of prior achievement.

I was especially interested in the influence of a teacher's gender on students» perceptions, because engagement with an academic subject may be an important precursor to subsequent achievement levels, course selection in high school and college, and also occupational choice.

Nor did students with low initial levels of achievement and applicants from SINI schools experience significantly different reading gains from the program than high achievers and non-SINI applicants.

If you can help them close the achievement gap with their peers, they'll be much more likely to have success throughout high school and life.

And Rubinstein and McCarthy's research shows that the district's students have higher achievement in the schools with stronger partnerships between teachers unions and school administration.

My work with these brilliant and dedicated teachers proved to me beyond a doubt that high student achievement, even in the face of daunting economic, organizational, and social obstacles, is not unattainable, nor are the obstacles facing schools and teachers intractable.

Still, many wondered with James Stergios of the Pioneer Institute in Boston whether one can set standards capable of driving high performance nationwide in a country that has great regional disparities in student achievement and a decentralized governmental system (where schools are «radically local,» as one panelist put it).

We conducted our analysis alternately using absolute student achievement, measured with statewide mean SAT scores for the 1989 — 90 school year and the mean high - school dropout rate calculated from 1990 census data, and with a second measure that represents the deviation of actual achievement from expected student performance.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Studies of two middle - school programs for high - achieving students — known as gifted and talented (G&T) programs — show that being placed in programs with academically strong peers does not boost students» achievement over and above what is learned in a regular classroom from the start of 6th grade to mid-way through 7th grade.

The 2006 Child Well - Being Index, released in March by the Foundation for Child Development in cooperation with Duke University and the Brookings Institution, suggests a general lack of progress for K - 12 students, evidenced by flat scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, persistent achievement gaps, and falling high school graduation rates.

These «whole school» models appear to offer the kind of dedication to high achievement, as well as reinforcement from similarly focused peers, that serve students with exceptional abilities well.

The report by the Reston, Va. - based association — developed in collaboration with the Education Alliance at Brown University and a commission of middle school experts — is a follow - up to a 2004 NASSP report, «Breaking Ranks II,» which focused on student achievement in high school.

Parents assign higher grades to schools with higher levels of student achievement, not schools in which students demonstrate greater gains.

How will we know whether places with lots of school choice are producing higher achievement than those without, or which of the state - specific accountability regimes likely to follow ESEA reauthorization are working best?

When the Education Achievement Authority (EAA), the state of Michigan's school turnaround district, launched in the fall of 2012 with 15 schools, hopes for rebirth in Detroit were high in many quarters.

Unless we believe that (as Murray suggests in The Bell Curve) Singapore, Korea, Japan, and the Benelux countries demonstrate higher achievement because they are genetically blessed with higher IQs, then the existence of higher and still increasing achievement elsewhere in the world suggests considerable potential for school reform (see Figure 2).

Given the problems of high dropout rates and low student achievement that many states have already faced with fully - virtual schooling providers, quality concerns over providers of individual online courses should not be ignored.

Our high school seniors ranked near the bottom in math and science achievement when compared with their peers around the world, according to the TIMSS test results.

But it can be hard for schools with high academic achievement (typically those with affluent populations) to show much progress over time.

Here's one solution: Start with the premise that a great school either has very high achievement for all students or helps all of its students make a lot of progress over the course of the year.

«The Accountability Plateau,» by Mark Schneider, just published by Education Next and the Fordham Institute, makes a big point: that «consequential accountability,» à la No Child Left Behind and the high - stakes state testing systems that preceded it, corresponded with a significant one - time boost in student achievement, particularly in primary and middle school math.

In a school where 80 percent of the children are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, the parents of the average child would have a 48 percent chance of selecting the teacher with a high - satisfaction and average achievement rating over the teacher with average ratings on both satisfaction and achievement.

According to the Global Report Card, more than a third of the 30 school districts with the highest math achievement in the United States are actually charter schools.

The proportion of principals in their first year leading a school is roughly 40 percent higher in schools in the bottom quartile of average prior achievement than in schools in the top quartile; the proportion of principals that have been at their current school at least six years is roughly 50 percent higher in schools with higherachieving students.

In tackling this task, Feinberg says, they «backed into» the five essential tenets of the KIPP model: High Expectations (for academic achievement and conduct); Choice and Commitment (KIPP students, parents, and teachers all sign a learning pledge, promising to devote the time and effort needed to succeed); More Time (extended school day, week, and year); Power to Lead (school leaders have significant autonomy, including control over their budget, personnel, and culture); and Focus on Results (scores on standardized tests and other objective measures are coupled with a focus on character development).

As superintendents of seven large school districts west of the Mississippi — districts with long histories of high student achievement — we...

The case study illustrates how three groups of charter management organizations (CMOs)-- High Tech High in San Diego; Uncommon Schools, KIPP Foundation, and Achievement First in New York; and Match Education in Boston — saw big gaps in the traditional teacher education programs that left their aspiring teachers with no place to learn how to teach effectively in their specific schools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable stSchools, KIPP Foundation, and Achievement First in New York; and Match Education in Boston — saw big gaps in the traditional teacher education programs that left their aspiring teachers with no place to learn how to teach effectively in their specific schools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable stschools or in a way that would allow them to succeed in working with the country's most vulnerable students.