Sentences with phrase «students strong habits»

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The school helps students develop strong work habits and skills like a growth mindset and grit to help them succeed in college.

Its major finding was that most parents actually want pretty much the same things from their schools: a solid core curriculum in reading and math, an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, and the development in students of good study habits, strong critical thinking skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

In order to provide post-secondary opportunities for students, and by proxy the success of the America, students must not only build the skills associated with a strong academic foundation, but also the habits of mind and behaviors that are transferable to virtually any context.

What that demographic tends to seek for its children's education — besides the universal desiderata of «a solid core curriculum... an emphasis on... STEM education, and the development in students of good study habits, strong critical thinking skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills» — is schools that «offer vocational classes or job - related programs.»

Building a strong connection between instruction and student learning can help an entire staff develop a habit of approaching problems of student learning collectively.

We believe that the best way to prepare our students for college and careers is to ensure that they have mastery of content knowledge combined with strong academic habits and character traits that transfer across all subject areas and experiences.

Further, to the extent that homework helps young students develop effective study habits, our results suggest that homework in early grades can have a long - term developmental effect that reveals itself as an even stronger relationship between completion rates and grades when the student moves into secondary school.

As we head into the second decade of the 21st century, two vexing policy questions stand out not only in the U.S. but in countries around the world: How do we produce more students with strong preparation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), along with the habits of mind vital for a 21st - century workforce?

Enabling students to be strong in body and ready to learn in class by promoting physical fitness, healthy eating habits, opportunities for movement throughout the day, and sufficient sleep.

Research and evidence from the field show community schools help ensure students enter school fully prepared to learn; develop improved work habits, efforts, and attitudes toward learning; improve grades and test scores; bolster retention and graduation rates; and provide society with a strong return on investment.

At NewSchools, we invest in teams of educators working to design innovative schools that embrace an expanded definition of student success — which we define as strong academics coupled with important mindsets, skills and habits.

Afterschool programs of high - quality produce increase student academic achievement, positive social / emotional development, regular and consistent school attendance, student engagement, positive work / study habits and stronger links between students, families and schools.

Further, to the extent that the biggest advantage of socioeconomic integration may be direct peer effects (Reid, 2012)-- picking up knowledge and habits from high - achieving, highly motivated peers — high - poverty schools will always be at a disadvantage, given the strong relationship between students» own socioeconomic statuses and their academic performance.

The Professional Career Development course is a combination of internship and didactic courses that provides training to cultivate positive work habits and build strong character to prepare the student for the professional workforce.

Strong support was obtained for the hypothesis that students with low perceived stress had better health habits.