Sentences with phrase «schools with higher performance»

He even suggested implementing a reward system with higher pay for schools with higher performance.

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A recent study by University of Toronto Scarborough and Rotman School of Management professors Julie McCarthy and John Trougakos, along with Bonnie Cheng from Hong Kong Polytechnic University, found that high levels of emotional exhaustion that come from workplace anxiety can directly lead to lower job performance.

The Role of Provincial and Reserve School Systems in Explaining Aboriginal Student Performance,» author John Richards finds that innovative approaches in BC help account for much better high - school completion rates for Aboriginal students, compared to other provinces with large Aboriginal populaSchool Systems in Explaining Aboriginal Student Performance,» author John Richards finds that innovative approaches in BC help account for much better high - school completion rates for Aboriginal students, compared to other provinces with large Aboriginal populaschool completion rates for Aboriginal students, compared to other provinces with large Aboriginal populations.

One - on - one appointments were all business, and the event was capped with heart - pounding race car driving at the Bondurant School of High Performance Driving.

THE CHENAULT FILES • THE STATS: Chenault closed out a stellar high school swimming career with perhaps her finest NCS Championships performance.

Chubb continued his stellar high school career with an incredible performance, rushing for 331 yards and 5 touchdowns in his team's 40 - 14 win over Rockmart.

Cannon continued his stellar high school career with an incredible performance, catching nine passes for 271 yards and 5 touchdowns in his team's 77 - 34 win over Terrell.

Youth and High School Sports programs at CSP — provide boys and girls of all ages with the training and knowledge necessary to maximize overall performance and become effective competitors.

Tufte greatly benefited from his dominant high school performance along with added USHL experience.

To call it a remarkable comeback does not give it the proper weight, as the Rebels pulled it off with a stunning second half performance from true freshman quarterback Shea Patterson, who was once recruited as the top high school player at his position.

The premier high school All - American game featuring the 100 best senior football players, televised live on NBC, with a halftime performance by the All - American Marching Band.

While energy drinks have become extremely popular among adolescents and young adults in recent years, with many young athletes seeing them as a quick and easy way to maximize athletic performance, many groups, including the National Federation of High School Associations (NFHS), recommend against their use for re-hydration and warn that consumption may hurt not help athletic performance by causing side effects as bloating, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, light headedness, and impaired sleep.

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.

The high school environment does not generally promote or support a path to purpose, according to Denise Pope, a lecturer with the Stanford University School of Education and co-founder of Challenge Success, an organization concerned about students who compromise health, integrity and learning due to performance preschool environment does not generally promote or support a path to purpose, according to Denise Pope, a lecturer with the Stanford University School of Education and co-founder of Challenge Success, an organization concerned about students who compromise health, integrity and learning due to performance preSchool of Education and co-founder of Challenge Success, an organization concerned about students who compromise health, integrity and learning due to performance pressure.

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.

Only 38 Percent of African American and 42 Percent of Latino Parents Think High School Graduates are Ready for College; 83 Percent and 80 Percent, Respectively, Agree with Need to Grade Schools; Lower - Income Parents are Among the Most Likely to See Measuring School Performance as ImportantNew York — While three...

Beginning at 9:00 pm host Gary Axelbank will talk with Peter Murphy, the Policy Director of the New York Charter School Association, and Dr. Jessica Shiller of the Department of Middle and High School Education at Lehman College about student performance, a cap on the number of charter schools, funding, teacher's union issues, and more.

The Buffalo Public School District begins a brand new school with high hopes of improving student perforSchool District begins a brand new school with high hopes of improving student perforschool with high hopes of improving student performance.

In fact, during the summer 2002 program, a Detroit high school student conducted research in high - performance computing and simulation dealing with the fragmentation of protonated diglycine (a small peptide ion) when it collides with a diamond surface.

The high economic and social costs of early mental illness compound as children get older; for example, adjustment disorders in childhood are associated with poor school performance and increased reliance on social welfare, Heinmeuller says.

«Our team is dedicated to crafting high - performance analysis tools and to sharing those resources with the broader genomics community to help us all generate the best possible results,» said Eric Schadt, PhD, the Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor of Genomics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Founding Director of the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology.

«The key innovation here is making the right gel that can block water contact with the anode so that the water doesn't decompose and can also form the right interphase to support high battery performance,» said co-senior author Chunsheng Wang, Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering.

The study showed that prediction of student graduation may be significantly improved by including in the college admission process consideration of AP exam performance and a small set of personality traits, along with traditional indicators of student abilities and high school grades.

Although children with these conditions are at higher risk for reduced school performance and academic attainment, there are other problems that they can encounter as a result.

«High social - emotional health has been associated with greater academic performance and improved behavior in the school environment,» said Elisa I. Muñiz, M.D., M.S., developmental - behavioral pediatrician, Department of Pediatrics, Bronx - Lebanon Hospital Center, who led the research while a fellow at CERC.

Building on a growing body of work that suggests dietary nitrate improves muscle performance in many elite athletes, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that drinking concentrated beet juice — high in nitrates — increases muscle power in patients with heart failure.

My performance in high school and as an undergraduate was not stellar, as studying didn't fit in too well with enjoying my young adult life.

«Driving can be boring,» says Mike Speck, an instructor at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving in Phoenix, «so we eat, talk on the phone, fiddle with the radio.»

Marcus High School here in Flower Mound is putting on Beauty and the Beast in a few weeks and even doing Breakfast with Belle the morning of one of the performances!

Whether your performance is on a literal stage (I just saw my high school's musical and it brought back SUCH good memories of my own theatre days), in a cubicle, or all around the world, sometimes you've just got ta put on your big girl boss pants and come to terms with your own capabilities.

I never imagined myself to be much of a pearl girl when I was in college - probably because I associated pearl necklaces with high school band performances and Queen Elizabeth II - but I love how fashion - forward and polished these updated pearl necklaces look, especially with work clothes.

What is clear is that for many gay youth, middle school is more survival than learning — one parent of a gay teenager I spent time with Tyler Barney, a high school student in Mt Juliet, said he made the discovery that decreased performance has to do with phones lithium - ion batteries when

She danced and sang in school performances and signed high school yearbooks with a promise that she'd one day be on Broadway.

Reynor first turned heads with his 2012 performance in Lenny Abrahamson's unnerving high school drama «What Richard Did,» which earned a slew of awards, including an Irish Film and Television Award for Reynor.

Also new: coming - of - age high school comedy Dude (2018, not rated) with Lucy Hale and Alexandra Shipp and romantic drama Porto (2016, not rated, with subtitles) featuring Anton Yelchin in one of his final performances.

«Lady Bird» — This smart, tender coming - of - age tale nimbly captures the spirit of teenage angst, so wonderfully, fully realized in Saoirse Ronan's Oscar - quality performance as a teen in her last year of high school navigating the tumultuous waters of romance and self - realization while also butting heads with her equally strong - willed mother (an astounding Laurie Metcalf).

He goes all out with his character, and while it is hardly the best performance I have seen this year, because it is Zac Efron, the same guy who was hated for being the poster boy of High School Musical a while back, it deserves praise.

A large part of Say Anything's success also rests with John Cusack's incredibly funny and sweet performance as Lloyd Dobler, a misfit 19 - year - old who makes it his mission to go out with 17 - year - old Diane Court (Skye, The Rachel Papers), the high school's valedictorian and beauty, and to his surprise he convinces her to say yes.

A strong sense of style, an observant screenplay, and the sort of performances that elevate standard fare into the realm of memorable buoy the picture over many of its rough patches and redundancies, but Lin needs to squeeze out his narrative with greater urgency and balance: long periods of high school drama and exposition separated by badly justified epiphanies undermine the picture's coherence and flow.

Using visual style, performance, editing, and a gorgeous soundtrack by regular collaborator Pino Donaggio, De Palma managed to introduce Carrie's untamed magical powers into the tacky, often amusing but cruel world of high school rivalries, with shocking vigour.

Excellent performances from Michael Shannon, Carla Gugino and young newcomer Taylor John Smith aren't enough to offset the narrative clichés of Bart Freundlich's drama about a high school basketball star struggling with family dysfunction.

And though these teens are far less perky and prone to bursting into song in the middle of the hallway or basketball court than the cast from High School Musical there are still plenty of musical interludes with above average performances as various groups prepare for the fierce competition.

Ballots don't come with lists of eligible choices so it's up to each member to think up a list and since the category is «under 21» it takes a bit of research for the teen / young adult performances; as is Hollywood tradition almost everyone playing high schoolers in Lady Bird or Spider - Man Homecoming are in their early - to - mid 20s.

It's an unflinching look at high school bullies, exploring familiar terrain with strong performances backing every scene up.

Growing up, they were subjected to the never ending saga of their parents» famed performance art, wherein the family would travel around and stage confrontational situations with strangers, believing the natural reactions created constituted as the only real art form there really is (including fake bank robberies, pretending to heckle their kids during a street performance, manipulating a high school staging of Romeo and Juliet, etc.).

Sort of «The Scarlet Letter» set in a Southern California high school, «Easy A» stars Emma Stone in a hugely charismatic performance as a whip - smart student who takes pity on geeky guys by letting them say they've had sex with her.

There isn't a rote performance or flat character in the whole movie — even supporting players like Peter's decathlon teammates feel like real teenagers at a real high school, struggling with their own teenager issues.

Best characterised as a melding of «Allo «Allo with Star Trek, the film revels in broad performances and a high - school kind of kitsch that's endearing enough and would have taken the film to Galaxy Quest levels if it only had some decent gags.

The supporting cast, mostly young actors playing high school students, are generally adequate; Max Riemelt, who also starred in Napola (Elite für den Führer) under the direction of Dennis Gansel, stands out among his colleagues as Marco, while Frederick Lau has been nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category at the upcoming German Film Awards for his performance as Tim (along with the film itself for Best Film and Best Editing).