Sentences with phrase «students do better in school»

Research suggests caring relationships with teachers help students do better in school and act more kindly toward others.

An author of books for young adults points to research showing that strong school library programs led by a certified school librarian help ALL students do better in school, including students whose parents can't afford to provide all the resources kids need to do well in school: «[Research] tells us that even after adjusting for factors such as parental education, father's occupation, and social class, the impact of having books available in the home is as strong a predictor of school success as socioeconomic status.»

A new report by the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) finds that charter public schools are helping English Language («EL») students do better in school.

The Common Core was presented to the nation with unreal expectations from the beginning with claims it was a «game - changer» that would ensure more students do better in school simply by demanding they strive for new and different standards.

Increasing those numbers matters because research suggests students do better in school when exposed to teachers who share similar backgrounds and experiences.

Research has shown that students do better in school when their parent or guardian is involved.

«While more affluent students do better in school than children from lower income backgrounds, we are finding that musical training can alter the nervous system to create a better learner and help offset this academic gap.»

Along with expected benefits like health and life insurance, employees enjoy three free meals every day during their shift and no - interest student loans for employees, their spouses and children — which the company forgives if the student does well in school.

If any of your answers reflected notions that all gifted students do well in school, are perfect or near perfect, and...

Not exact matches

Data confirms that students who do well in school also do well using credit responsibly and paying back loans on time.

All this despite the fact that private schooling doesn't actually yield better outcomes for students, according to a recent Statistics Canada report (instead, the apparent academic success of private school student is due to their socioeconomic backgrounds).9 A UBC study also found that students from public schools scored higher in first - year university classes than their private school counterparts.10

Beyond the obvious question of how well the school actually can assess relevant background knowledge and experience is the fact that the system does not take into account other worthy commitments in a student's life, like work or ministry responsibilities outside the school.

Though one question, since all «good» muslims pray 5 times a day does that then mean that the schools will now have to allow students breaks five times a day to pray, maybe put in a tower to call all of the faithful and braodcast a sermon?

Christians do not want to reduce the chances for students to get a good education in the public schools.

In everything it does, McTaggart says, Quest operates under the belief that students need healthy, well - balanced meals that they will enjoy eating, and schools need a program that can provide them through a strong working partnership.

Furthermore, the schools (in general) do not provide teachers with the adequate resources to perform their jobs effectively, such as teacher - requested books for their students; presentation items such as chalk, whiteboard markers, or projectors; basic classroom organizational needs such as storage bins, filing cabinets with adequate files, and functional modern computers with adequate software to make results tabulating more efficient; or motivational equipment designed to reward students for good behavior, scores, or attitudes (grades simply are not enough of a motivational tool).

Most teachers would agree that students who attend school and do their homework and participate in class are more likely to do well.

One boy, a new arrival at Polaris that year, had been kicked out of his previous school for breaking into the principal's office, and while he was doing better at Polaris, Brady said, he had clearly not left his troubles behind; he was the only student during the round of handshakes and greetings to report (in a quiet voice) that his spring break had been red.

raised 3 boys... and could not believe the anxiousness I have felt going through school... never felt this way and it really pissed me off... the waves of adrenalin came... and came... and came... I was a first class student and did well in my clinical assignments... but I dreaded everything....

-- Christof Wiechert Social Emotional Intelligence: The Basis for a New Vision of Education in the United States — Linda Lantieri Rudolf Steiner's Research Methods for Teachers — Martyn Rawson Combined Grades in Waldorf Schools: Creating Classrooms Teachers Can Feel Good About — Lori L. Freer Educating Gifted Students in Waldorf Schools — Ellen Fjeld KØttker and Balazs Tarnai How Do Teachers Learn with Teachers?

Some of the greatest minds that we have in our society are individuals who did not do well — actually, not even considered to be good students in school.

If they did not have a supper meal at school, this students might very well eat snack foods from a corner store, a fast food dinner, or — in the worst - case scenario — no supper at all.

You can seat students in the cafeteria for a nutritionally balanced school lunch, but if the food doesn't taste good, a lot of it will end up in the garbage.

I do wish his parents will put some boundaries and expectations in place instead of telling him that he does not need to do well to go to college as it is a government requirement that all students stay at school till a certain age.

We will ask them what works and what doesn't, learn their best practices for a successful breakfast - in - the - classroom program, and learn more about what students want on their school breakfast menus.

Poppendieck (whom I often refer to on this site as my «school lunch guru») was responding to my post «Lessons from a Bowl of Oatmeal» in which I posit that changing lunch menus is only half the battle — if we don't also educate students about new foods and encourage them to taste new items on their lunch tray, all of our best efforts at reform are doomed to fail.

Our small school district in rural Nebraska does breakfast before school, and although my girls do not go, I would say that it is a nice blend of students (not just economically disadvantaged kids) and works fairly well.

But your child doesn't have to be the most popular kid in school to be a good student.

I draw on the work of many analysts, including Melissa Roderick at the Consortium on Chicago Schools Research and the authors of the book «Crossing the Finish Line,» to suggest that doing a better job of developing non-cognitive skills in students could be a particularly fruitful way to increase college - graduation rates.

Students who eat dinner with their families often are more likely to do well in school (40 % more likely to earn As and Bs in school), be emotionally content and have lower levels of stress, have positive peer relationships and healthier eating habits, refrain from smoking, drinking, and doing drugs, and believe their parents are proud of them.

Even students who pay «full» price for meals don't pay the real / actual cost, there is reimbursement to schools even for «full» price students (not as much as for free or reduced, of course), as well as support in the form of donated foods.

The question is whether or not these same motivated and high - achieving students would have done just as well in college without taking AP courses in high school.

School food directors have to contend on a daily basis with extremely tight budgetary constraints, reams of regulations, innumerable logistical issues and the intense pressure of retaining student participation in the program, all while dealing with a lot of well - meaning (but generally uninformed) parents who want to tell them how to do their job.

Lucky for us, we have a left leaning school board who do support our efforts and who understand that this is an investment they make in our students which pays big dividends in terms of better focus in the classroom and improved educational outcomes.

Do you work in a Missouri school or district with a high free - and - reduced rate student population, but you're struggling to achieve good participation at school breakfast?

Do you work in a Nebraska school or district with a high free - and - reduced rate student population, but you're struggling to achieve good participation at school breakfast?

I agree 100 % that if we (as a nation) honestly want schools to teach students what and how to eat (as opposed to just selling / providing food), we do need to invest money in the marketing and education you mention as well as the food itself.

Currently, I work for the Orange County Department of Education, and train preschool transitional kindergarten and kindergarten at first grade teachers, and strategies that help students acquire the curriculum, and I do a lot of work with parents, looking at what do you need to know to help your child best and make sure your child is making the progress they need to make in school.

At Vista Middle School, Principal Nidia Castro says she will do her best to keep cups of water in her school, even suggesting she might pay out - of - pocket to provide cups for her stuSchool, Principal Nidia Castro says she will do her best to keep cups of water in her school, even suggesting she might pay out - of - pocket to provide cups for her stuschool, even suggesting she might pay out - of - pocket to provide cups for her students.

It is amazing to me, in this great State of New York, with all the financial resources we have, that the Senate and Assembly can not get together, as well as the Governor, to see what needs to be done to provide balance of education and the needed funds to allow students, parents and families more of an opportunity to attend parochial schools.

Minority students across Erie County would do better in school if they saw more teachers who look like them in the classroom or in the halls.

That's why in discussion with the school authority we decided to refurbish the library to provide a conducive place for learning and to preserve the books which we hope will send a signal to continuing students that all they need to do better than us in conquering the world can be found in books and in the library.

When the Hamburg School District on Tuesday adopted a new policy allowing transgender students access to restrooms and locker rooms for the gender that they identify with, it very well may have been the first district in Erie County to do so.

Since we generally accept that African Americans are not intellectually inferior to whites, then we are led to conclude that black students do better in integrated school settings because the school district and faculty are better invested because of the presence of the white students.

«The numbers are undeniable that charter schools haven't done well in serving those students, who have a great need for school access,» explained Lasher, who is also advocating to eliminate the state income tax for public school teachers.

The Buffalo School Board is taking a hard look at all of the programs outside of the brick and mortar classrooms intended to help students do better in academic achievement.

Sharpton added that Devos — a longtime backer of charter and Christian schools --» does not believe in public education,» and would transform federal school funding into a voucher system that would favor a small percentage of well - off students while neglecting the rest.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

One commonly used definition of a «good» school is one that has high academic outcomes in absolute terms - its students don't drop out, frequently go to college, frequently go to selective colleges if they do go to college, frequently find decent jobs if they don't go to college, perform well on standardized tests, take more advanced classes such as advanced placement, international baccalaureate, honors and college classes, etc..

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