Sentences with phrase «student body increases»

In Mississippi, like many other states, schools are funded based on the number of students attending and therefore funding fluctuates as a student body increases or decreases.

Overall salad consumption for the entire student body increased from approximately 5 to 12 servings per day.

Similarly, in Oregon, the percentage of students of color among education majors grew 8 percent, while the change in students of color in the overall student body increased by 5 percent.

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Amy Cuddy, a faculty member at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, has conducted an experiment with her graduate students demonstrating that holding an assertive body posture for as little as two minutes increases the amount of testosterone in the body, in men and women.

it would be greatly appreciated and we're trying our best as a student body to educated and increase awareness about this sickening epidemic!

The Adler Planetarium will ask the Chicago Park District Board on Wednesday to approve a $ 2 increase in admission fees, which would double what senior citizens and students pay to view celestial bodies.

But, CUNY needs a substantial increase in state funding to ensure the quality of the education that it currently provides, and far more than that to provide free, quality education to its entire student body,

A student might not even be able to understand or explain how yoga is helping, but will continue to come back to his or her mat and will develop better self esteem, improved self regulation, increased strength and / or flexibility and body awareness, greater confidence and reduced anxiety.

Typical experiences from dedicated yoga students include better body awareness, greater mobility and balance; reduced pains, and increased ability to handle emotional upheavals with equanimity.

Whether you're a runner, swimmer, bike racer, student or busy mom, Olympic Lifting will enhance cardiovascular health, improve strength and power, increase full body mobility, and drive movement efficiency.

There is a significant body of high - quality evidence showing that part of this difference is causal (not explained by differences in student characteristics between two - and four - year colleges), although community colleges likely increase educational attainment relative to not attending college at all (http://papers.ccpr.ucla.edu/papers/PWP-CCPR-2012-004/PWP-CCPR-2012-004.pdf).

Georgieva, the co-founder of Digital Bodies — a group that researches and consults on VR for education — says that while virtual reality is still seen as supplemental in K — 12 classrooms, that thinking is shifting as the volume of content increases and teachers and students feel the excitement around it.

For example, in Middletown the district saw that their special education population responded better to learning through three - dimensional education resources in biology and experienced a big increase in proficiency attainment, whereas the rest of their student body did not experience those same results.

The I.S. 192 building, which Winerip complained had a double - digit increase in its student body, was built for 1,527 students, meaning it still had room to spare after welcoming all the new students in 2003 (only a third of whom, as we saw, actually arrived because of NCLB).

Schools receiving federal financial assistance could prove their compliance by 1) providing athletic opportunities for both sexes in numbers substantially proportionate to their numbers in the student body, or 2) showing a history of increasing opportunities for the underrepresented sex, or 3) demonstrating that the interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex have been fully accommodated.

These 30 - 60 second activities help increase circulation, get the students moving, increase body awareness, and improve focus.

When 83 % of all teachers are white (non-Hispanic) with an ever - increasing student body of color, we can no longer stand by and expect the race discussion to solve itself.

Traditional punishment with these students only escalates power struggles and conflict cycles, breeding an increased stress response in the brain and body.

Check out how one Brooklyn charter school with a diverse student body is working to increase diversity in the classroom.

The trend of increasing racial and economic segregation is a nationwide trend — not just in Alabama and other Southern states.55 The South, however, was the only region in the country to see a net increase in private school enrollment between 1960 and 2000, and where private school enrollment is higher, support for spending in public schools tends to be lower.56 A growing body of rigorous research shows that money absolutely matters for public schools, especially for the students from low - income families who attend them.57 What's more, private schools in the South tend to have the largest overrepresentation of white students.58 In fact, research has shown that the strongest predictor of white private school enrollment is the proportion of black students in the local public schools.59

And, a growing body of empirical research shows that positive school climate improvement efforts increase academic achievement, reduce bully - victim - bystander behavior as well as student dropout rates and increase teacher retention rates.

Many charter leaders also argue that weighted student lotteries, which allocate an admissions preference to certain student groups in order to increase their likelihood of admittance, maintain a balance between low - income and higher - income students in a school population.88 Blackstone Valley Prep, for example, reserves at least half of its seats for low - income students, ensuring its student body reflects the level of income diversity in northern Rhode Island.89

A growing body of research indicates that students whose parents are deployed in active war zones or have experienced frequent moves due to job relocations often experience many emotional ups and downs, including depression, acting out or negative behavioral adjustment, poor academic performance, and increased irritability and impulsiveness.

With students of color representing 99 percent of Uncommon Schools» student body, this alumni training program provides an innovative route to increasing teacher diversity.

Martin said the growth of publicly funded private charter schools and private school vouchers is also an important issue because those programs divert critical tax money away from public schools, thereby increasing the challenges public schools face in meeting the growing needs of their diverse student bodies.

Most notably, in Georgia, Iowa, Oregon, and Rhode Island, the increases in the percentage of students of color among education majors exceeded the increases in students of color in the overall student body.

In Iowa, while the diversity of the overall student body decreased by 2 percent, the percentage of students of color majoring in education increased by 15 percent.

In all other states that increased the selectivity of entry into teacher preparation programs, the percentage of students of color increased among education majors as well as among the entire student body in the years examined.

What's more, in the remaining 41 states and Washington, D.C. — which did not increase their selectivity standards during the time period analyzed — five states — Arkansas, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, Mississippi, and Tennessee — saw an overall decrease in the percentage of students of color among education majors, and 24 states saw less of an increase in the percentage of students of color among education majors than in their student bodies overall.

Hawaii, Indiana, and Texas also saw increases in diversity among education majors and the overall student body.

(see Table 4) These changes tracked closely with the increasing diversity of these states» overall undergraduate student bodies; in some cases, the growth in diversity among education majors exceeded the rate of growth in the student body overall.

They can share in becoming a part, and reveling in major changes they are impacting as measured by academics, moral growth, improvements in the student body, and increasing parent involvement.

A school is supposed to nurture children's intellectual growth — that is, to promote students» increasing command of significant bodies of knowledge and key cognitive skills.

States either have had to increase taxes to cover that new cost or public schools have had to spread their finite resources over a larger body of students.

The school increases access for lower - income families through over $ 1 million in need - based financial aid provided to 75 % of the student body.

A 2012 article titled «Physical Activity Strategies for Improved Cognition: The mind / body connection,» referenced a study on Australian elementary students that found «across age and sex, academic ratings were significantly correlated with measures of physical activity» and that «it can be concluded that daily quality physical education appears to increase the rate of learning and is positively related to academic achievement.»

For these and other reasons, an extensive body of research suggests that small schools and small learning communities have the following significant advantages: • Increased student performance, along with a reduction in the achievement gap and dropout rate • A more positive school climate, including safer schools, more active student engagement, fewer disciplinary infractions, and less truancy • A more personalized learning environment in which students have the opportunity to form meaningful relationships with both adults and peers • More opportunities for teachers to gather together in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small schools at the middle level increases the chances for students to be successful in high school and beyond.

But, with the growing body of research backing up personalized models, and increasing focus on delivering these kinds of experiences to students, why aren't more districts considering a similar approach to professional development for teachers?

Charter schools enroll an increasing share of the student body in major urban districts, and in a few, they will soon serve more students than district schools.

NCSD urges federal government officials to increase funding for voluntary, public magnet schools that enroll a diverse student body.

While there is more work to be done, each year the socioeconomic diversity of our student body better reflects the strengths found in the rich diversity of our community and delivers on the mandate for NC charter schools to provide increased learning opportunities for those most in need.

An increasing body of research has described the characteristics of alternatively certified teachers and compared their effectiveness on value - added outcomes for students and their attrition to the unlicensed teachers they replaced as well as to teachers from other pathways (Boyd et al., 2006, 2008, 2009a, 2009b; Constantine et al., 2009; Decker et al., 2004; Feistritzer, 2008; Grossman and Loeb, 2008; Kane et al., 2009; Xu et al., 2009).

Its net gain, after offsetting the increase with students who withdrew, was 18.4 % of its student body.

Sports increase students» physical fitness; healthy bodies can perform better in classrooms.

Charter public schools in Oakland are increasing performance and graduation rates for all students, while serving a student body that reflects the community.

«As the nation moves forward, we are seeing a rapid increase in the diversity of our student body while the teaching force remains dominated by white, middle - class females.

Hispanic - serving institutions (HSIs)-- colleges and universities that serve a student body comprised of at least 25 percent Hispanic students29 — play an important role in increasing the Latinx college graduation rate and the Latinx teacher workforce.

«Are Charter Schools Using Recruitment Strategies to Increase Student Body Diversity?»

Bodies in Motion Physical Education Plan ways to increase the amount of motion in which your students engage during the day.

Every dollar raised through Legends strengthens the student body by increasing the scholarship endowment - allowing the most qualified students an opportunity to attend one of the world's foremost schools of art, design, and architecture, regardless of their financial background.