Sentences with phrase «students are falling»

So I hope not too many students are falling through the cracks.

California students are falling behind, despite an infusion of money into our schools.

Around the rest of the country, in the face of growing evidence that many U.S. students are falling behind, administrators have tried to devise different ways to motivate teachers.

Our students are falling behind internationally.

As thought leaders debated the future of American public education during the Department of Education's «Education Drive America» 2012 Bus Tour this week, and with more news that the nation's students are falling behind, attention is once again turning to the next great hope in education reform: the Common Core State Standards.

With more news that the nation's students are falling behind, attention is returning to the next great hope in reform: the Common Core State Standards.

... All board members supported the revised policy, which also seeks an explanation of why students are falling behind.

American students are falling behind their peers from other countries, threatening the nation's competitive standing as a leader in innovation.

Create a report that tells you which students are falling behind, while simultaneously monitoring factors like attendance and behavior that contribute to overall student performance.

Experience in the charter school sector has proven that if a school is safe, warm and nurturing, many parents will stick with it, even if test scores show that students are falling behind.

On the PISA and PIAAC assessments, our students are falling further behind other nations in reading, math, and problem - solving.

BRAINTREE, Mass. — Conventional wisdom and popular perception hold that American students are falling further and further behind in science and math achievement.

As a nation, our students are falling behind other nations on international assessments.

He supplements this analysis with insights from focus group discussions with rural Hispanic students in Idaho to better understand why these students are falling behind their peers on the path to college and career.

3) The tests show how unequal the school system is, and identify which schools need more help and resources because their students are falling behind.

Missouri students are falling behind because not all schools can offer critical courses necessary for college and career readiness.

Many believe that today's students are falling behind their peers in places like Korea and Finland and are paying more attention to Angry Birds than to ancient Babylonia.

«It makes us sure to keep up on our grading, and it gives parents the opportunity to see if their students are falling down before a progress report or report card.»

According to research carried out by Sutton Trust, poorer students are falling behind in maths, science and reading, in comparison to pupils that are considered well - off.

While teachers» priorities and values largely reflect those of the general public, their efforts to convey that knowledge to students are falling short of their own expectations.

So schools can look successful, even while their students are falling further behind grade level every year.

Masters pointed to the fact that many students are falling behind and not meeting minimum standards, in part due to the inequitable distribution of quality leadership and ineffective day - to - day practices.

The Global Achievement Gap, a new book by Tony Wagner, co-director of the Change Leadership Group, examines the U.S. education system in the 21st century, considers why American students are falling behind their international peers, and proposes methods to begin to correct the downward slide.

James Toop, CEO of Ambition School Leadership, said: «We're ambitious for every child to achieve their potential but seeing how far students are falling behind in Opportunity Areas means we have to support their schools to improve.

And the many recent reports from prestigious bodies arguing that «American students are falling behind in science, and... [that] we need to train more to retain our competitive edge, are missing the key point,» he insists.

Active learning methods provide continuous feedback about student progress, so professors know early what concepts are difficult and which students are falling behind.

Teachers track student progress to make sure no student is falling behind.

We interviewed Maori students who were in Years 9 and 10, because that was the area in education where more of our students were falling out of the education system than any other level.

In the years before the Promise was announced, although KPS retained a considerable percentage of white students and students who did not qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, the percentage of both groups of students was falling.

Parents at Lowell High School worried that incoming students were falling through the cracks as they made the transition to the 2,600 - student school here.

Coleman and Wilhoit told the Gateses that academic standards varied so wildly between states that high school diplomas had lost all meaning, that as many as 40 percent of college freshmen needed remedial classes and that U.S. students were falling behind their foreign competitors.

The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) advises parents to advocate for their child early on if the student is falling behind.

Meanwhile, some of these students were falling through the cracks, and parents were often under the impression that everything was fine.

For example, in early 2008, LPS noticed that students were falling behind in math.

That means Boran is looking for the teacher to take time to understand why a student is falling behind or misbehaving and not just respond with a failing grade.

Curious Grade for Teachers: Nearly All Pass Across the country, education reformers and their allies in both parties have revamped the way teachers are graded, abandoning methods under which nearly everyone was deemed satisfactory, even when students were falling behind.

Under old systems, the vast majority of teachers were rated satisfactory — even if the vast majority of students were falling behind.

They began to see which students were falling through the cracks.

In 2013, the press reported that American students were falling behind when compared to 61 other countries and a few cities including Shanghai.

Chronic absenteeism is the proverbial canary in the coal mine for student struggle or success; it is often the first sign that a student is falling significantly behind.

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Some of those schools, however, have been accused of creating as much economic harm as help: students have reported falling deep into debt to pay for classes that they said had failed to deliver what they had promised.

Parental involvement is a major asset to us as educators — without it, many students fall behind and become apathetic about their education.

Not only do we focus on our own development, but we are thinking ahead to the fall when we have a new batch of students.

If a student falls behind in fractions, he or she will be asked to repeat fraction exercises until there's improvement.

It's pretty openly discussed in the film that this is a student who is falling in love with her professor, and she wants to bring this intelligence and almost toxic energy into her life.»

It was fall 2009, and the Syracuse University junior was sending out applications for software design jobs to offset about $ 20,000 in student loan debt.

And while she celebrated her acceptance to Yale by ordering Papa John's, Williams, who will be a first generation college student this fall, ultimately chose Auburn University.

For the fall of 2016, UPEI is offering students a one - time opportunity to take a special focus in public sector management, with three sector - specific courses: Managing and Creating an Innovative Culture in the Public Sector, Public Policy Management, and Program Development and Evaluation.

As Altaf Rahamatulla, a Ford Foundation program associate, recently noted in Fortune, students are protesting these hateful activities with great passion and in huge numbers, as they did this fall at the University of Missouri.

According to the website, over 90,000 students are registered for free online classes this fall, and you can get your employer to sponsor the cost of your classes or search for free options.