Sentences with phrase «struggling older students»

Empower literacy teachers with the skills and knowledge to meet the needs of struggling older students.

These programs are also designed to accelerate the academic development of struggling older students until they are achieving at, or above, grade level.

Not exact matches

The letter comes after more than 9,500 people signed an online petition started by Shannon Fest, the mother of a 15 - year - old Douglas High student who struggles to make it through a full day of school.

In a series of experiments, Cohen, Walton, and Yeager have shown the power of what seem to be small - scale mindset interventions — watching a brief video of an older student talking about his struggles with belonging, or reading a magazine article that presents a growth - mindset perspective on brain development — to significantly improve the academic performance of students who are vulnerable to stereotype threat, including low - income students and African - American students.

Those at the meeting held at the Cosmos Club «believe a balance of legislative and grassroots outreach [to mothers 21 to 35 years old and students] is imperative to the stability of their industry; however, the association members continue to struggle to initiate research and develop a clear - cut plan to defend their industry,» an unidentified participant wrote.

The Common Core, as seen through the experience of one nine - year - old Brooklyn student, Chrispin Alcindor, who used to get top grades, but is now struggling and at the bottom of his class under the new curriculum.

The message was clear: The new reforms will affect all city students, not just 4 - year - olds or the relatively small number of students who attend struggling schools.

It may be the age of #MeToo, but a Las Vegas - based online dating site that purports to match needy college students with wealthy, older men and women claims it too is growing as students struggle to deal with college costs.

DAILYMAIL.CO.UK - Apr 24 - Female students are flocking to «sugar daddy» dating sites to meet rich older boyfriends as they struggle with debts which will average # 53K for those starting degrees this year.

The older men hence volunteer to subsidize the tuition costs of these struggling students in exchange for some sort of compensation from the beneficiaries.

Female students are flocking to «sugar daddy» dating sites to meet rich older boyfriends as they struggle with debts which will average # 53,000 for those starting degrees this year.

Hi, I am 22 yrs old bottom boy from northeast India and a struggling student based in New Delhi.

I am a 23 year old half Jamaican and African American struggling single college student.

Question 2 Posing questions before a reading should be done with students who are: A) Older / better readers B) Younger / struggling readers

Now more than a decade old, at various times the school tried consensus - based governance and failed, struggled to get teachers to collaborate on instructional strategies, and butted heads over race and student favoritism.

The first teachers to be fired under North Carolina's 2 - year - old accountability program are fighting their dismissals and, in the process, providing an early illustration of the struggles that may lie ahead as states push administrators and teachers to take more responsibility for student achievement.

With a teacher and two students dead and a 14 - year - old boy jailed on murder charges, the town of Moses Lake, Wash., last week mourned its losses and struggled to come to grips with what had happened.

Another student from Yemen struggled to learn English and — his older brother told me — was frustrated that he couldn't transfer his understanding of math into English given that our numbers are written differently.

High school students are witnessing political candidates gripe about a lack of jobs, the media proclaim the end of upward mobility, and older siblings and friends struggle to find meaningful, stable work.

«When you think about the different applications for this technology, you can see it also being useful for older students and English - language learners, or to help those with learning differences or struggling readers,» Hergenroeder says.

Twadell says that the district has over 50 different intervention programs for struggling students and those seeking enrichment, including mandatory tutoring, guided study, reading programs and mentorships by older students.

Not because the 24 - year - old struggled to connect with students or to handle the workload.

The old funding formula failed our students, particularly those that struggle most.

Great for printing out and replacing the old fashioned paper record sheet in a school planner, gives a better overview of which students are struggling with and can highlight if there are any general weaknesses.

Bunn: And I think that's a struggle that a lot of teachers have, because when you go to college, you come out with the basic understanding of all concept areas, but then the older students need more specific content.

These students, 5 and 6 years old, are more likely to struggle academically, be held back, and eventually drop out of high school.»

By grouping children by their individual learning needs, it addresses the age - old problem Montero faced when some of his students grasped the phonics lesson and others did not: Move ahead, and part of the class continues to struggle.

As a result, black students, especially older ones, frequently struggle to perform at the same level as their white counterparts.

Teachers and administrators who work with children from low - income families say one reason teachers struggle to help these students improve reading comprehension is that deficits start at such a young age: in the 1980s, the psychologists Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley found that by the time they are 4 years old, children from poor families have heard 32 million fewer words than children with professional parents.

The Institute For Literacy and Learning This website has overheads and sound files of eminent researchers discussing evidence - based instructional interventions for struggling readers, young and old, including: Dr. Deb Glaser - «Planning Professional Development for Positive Reading Success and Growth» Dr. Rollanda O'Connor - «Teaching Older Poor Readers to Read words» Dr. Jan Hasbrouck - «Using Assessment Data for RTI Decisions» Dr. Sharon Vaughn - «Teaching Older Students with Reading Difficulties» Dr. Randy Sprick - «Introduction to School - wide and Classroom Discipline: Getting the Year off to a Great Start» Dr. Ed Shaprio - «RTI: What's Working?»

While the legislation will support elementary schools to meet the challenges with struggling students and help states expand early learning to all three - and four - year olds, we would have liked to see more dedicated resources for low - performing middle and high schools.

From foundational literacy for young learners and struggling readers to new high - interest content to help older students build college and career literacy skills, we are investing millions to help all students succeed in school and beyond.

Designed for general curriculum use in grades 4 through 9, the program may be used by English language learners, struggling readers, and older students.

And, of course, if the federal government makes good on their 40 + year old promise to fund forty percent of the cost of serving students with special needs, that too would go a long way to help struggling states like North Carolina.

The IMSE Intermediate training provides participants with an understanding of IMSE's Orton - Gillingham methodology specifically designed for upper elementary or older students who require foundational reading skills and continue to struggle in literacy development.

You see, in America, hatchbacks are for poor people — broke college students, destitute professors, 45 - year - old strippers, prostitutes, desperate single mothers and struggling paper boys.

In the Classroom: After reading Susan Goldman Rubin's Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi, encourage older students to watch the following video, aired on Democracy Now!

In an article for DelawareOnline, Scott Goss highlighted the struggles of the 133 - year - old University of Delaware student weekly newspaper, a tradition at the university that has seen circulation drop from 10,000 subscribers to only 2,000, and advertising drop significantly.

Older students with only some writing experience or struggle with writing should begin with Paragraph Writing.

In addition, students with part - time jobs, older students who have families and those who are going through tough personal struggles simply need help to go through all challenges they face.»

With stagnant wages, student loans and other debt, and high rents in urban areas where the jobs are, many low - to middle - income Millennials (36 - years - old and younger) are struggling to save their way to home ownership.

Recent graduates, and even older Americans, are struggling to pay off their student loan debt while maintaining financial stability.

But some older Americans — who likely acquired their student debt way back in the 1970s or»80s — are still struggling to shake it.

Add student loans into the mix and it's understandable that lots of older borrowers are struggling.

I am now 65 years old and my student loans $ 17,000 are on forebearance, I have several other loans that I stuggle to pay as I am struggling to find work and live on unemployment that is coming in again and social security.

For example, when a car's fuel gauge points to E, that is a reason to bring it home for remediation, and furnishing student apartments in my recollection involved watching the old man carry the bar fridge up the stairs and tastefully laughing at his struggles.

Selecting a reliable older model of family car above a late model sports car can bring down insurance prices for a struggling student.

Grow Kit was founded by a 20 - year - old college student who was exploring the market for indoor growing equipment after struggling with growing cannabis outdoors.

Mrs. Wilczynski could not bear to see one of her students struggle, so she provided Nicole with a pair of her old eyeglasses.

While steady employment helps, Equifax data also indicate that young workers struggle to make timely payments on their student loans even as late as four years into a job, where older workers see improvement in payment performance.