Sentences with phrase «study at all levels of education»

Online education includes study at all levels of education and can be accessed through most current devices with a basic wifi connection.

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Longman identifies the key fact by quoting a 1977 study by economists Spencer Spengler and Robert Clark: «Expenditures for the elderly at all levels of government exceed the amount spent on children, age seventeen and under, including the total amount spent on public education, by more than three to one.»

Because studies show that one - off concussion education isn't enough to change concussion symptom reporting behavior, Step Three in the SmartTeams Play SafeTM #TeamUp4 ConcussionSafetyTM game plan calls for coaches, athletes, athletic trainers, team doctors (and, at the youth and high school level, parents) to attend a mandatoryconcussion safety meeting before every sports season to learn in detail about the importance of immediate concussion symptom reporting, not just in minimizing the risks concussions pose to an athlete's short - and long - term health, but in increasing the chances for individual and team success.

• A substantial, UK / US study, which controlled for mothers» depression and for fathers» education levels, found severe postnatal depression in fathers associated with high levels of emotional and behavioural problems in their children (particularly boys) at age 3.5 years (Ramchandani et al, 2005) and at age 7 (Ramchandani & Stein, 2008).

«Past studies have looked at the effects of differential parenting on the children who get more negative feedback, but our study focused on this as a dynamic operating at two levels of the family system: one that affects all children in the family as well as being specific to the child at the receiving end of the negativity,» explains Jennifer M. Jenkins, Atkinson Chair of Early Child Development and Education at the University of Toronto, who led the team.

Breast feeding for less than one month increased the incidence of respiratory syncytial virus infections, 10 as did male gender, room sharing, and mothers with lower level of education, but non-wheezing lower respiratory infections were not related to breast feeding patterns at any time in the first year in the same study.26

In a welcoming address, the vice chairman of the homeland study group, Mr Gotthold Yao Agra, said the Western Togoland was clandestinely removed at all levels of education in Ghana with the view to creating a vacuum that will consume the identity as a state among United Nations, African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other international organisations.

[37] The campaign has support from both religious and non-religious organizations at both the national and local level including the Accord Coalition, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the British Humanist Association, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, ICoCo Foundation, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.

«At the regional level, we are expanding the Tamale Teaching Hospital in order that it can be a deserving hospital to provide medical education to our young doctors that are training in the University of Development Studies Medical School.

New figures published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show the number of people wishing to study in the UK long - term have fallen to their lowest level since 2007, following a 16 % fall in applications to study at further education and other institutions last year.

In a statement the REC reaffirmed its policy, «that Religious Education in schools and colleges should include the study of non-religious worldviews alongside religious traditions» and REC Chair Dr Joyce Miller added, «The REC Board has agreed unanimously that the optional systematic study of a non-religious worldview should be introduced at GCSE level.

Simon Bensnes at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Department of Economics is writing his doctoral dissertation on education economics, and has studied the interplay between pollen levels and exam performance among secondary pupils.

Nonetheless, the only features of doctoral education that are legally stipulated at the national level by this law are the minimum period of study, the admission standards, and the minimum requirements for the completion of the PhD.

But this study specified the approach and narrowed it down to just look at the effect on «future oriented» adolescents who strive to break the cycle and earn higher levels of education and income.

«Stress, including the stress of racial discrimination, affects cortisol levels and sleep, which are important for cognition and learning,» said study senior author Emma Adam, a professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy and faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research.

«We also found that couples in which both individuals have equal levels of education are now less likely to divorce than those in which husbands have more education than their wives,» said Christine R. Schwartz, lead author of the study and an associate professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

A woman's weight at birth, education level and marital status pre-pregnancy can have repercussions for two generations, putting her children and grandchildren at higher risk of low birth weight, according to a new study by Jennifer B. Kane, assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine.

In the last the discussion of the meeting there were 4 conclusions about improving education in science: to motivate and pay teachers well (primary and secondary levels), to promote science via the media (government back up), to inspire leaders to start the change, and to develop a good mentoring system so the student can study at home and go back to the professor with questions.

In a study published today, scientists at deCODE genetics use genomic and genealogical data from across the population of Iceland over many decades to show that people who carry sequence variations linked to higher levels of education have fewer children than average...

Naturopathic doctors have undergone extensive training - four years of undergraduate pre-medical study and four years of graduate - level education at a U.S. Department of Education - accredited naturopathic medical school - before passing rigorous professional board exams to be licensed or registered as a naturopathieducation at a U.S. Department of Education - accredited naturopathic medical school - before passing rigorous professional board exams to be licensed or registered as a naturopathiEducation - accredited naturopathic medical school - before passing rigorous professional board exams to be licensed or registered as a naturopathic doctor.

In 2001, the California Board of Education set standards at each grade level for what students should know and be able to do in music, visual arts, theater, and dance, but a statewide study in 2006, by SRI International, found that 89 percent of K - 12 schools failed to offer a standards - based course of study in all four disciplines.

Government and education officials at all levels should make teaching more engaging and active and reinforce that focus with a new generation of tests, according to the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills, which issued its final report after two years of study.

«At the national level, we're on the verge of investing billions in our educational system, and the return on those investments is going to be jeopardized unless these health issues are addressed in a much more cogent way,» said the study's author, Charles E. Basch, a professor of health and education at Teachers College, Columbia UniversitAt the national level, we're on the verge of investing billions in our educational system, and the return on those investments is going to be jeopardized unless these health issues are addressed in a much more cogent way,» said the study's author, Charles E. Basch, a professor of health and education at Teachers College, Columbia Universitat Teachers College, Columbia University.

While it's impossible to know at present whether Georgia Tech's online - only instruction is as high - quality as its face - to - face instruction — and this is something that, given the extant literature at the undergraduate level, may still be a real concern — this study makes clear that one of the promises of online education (expansion of access to satisfy unmet demand) may well be realized if enough highly - regarded institutions enter the online education marketplace.

Wellness News Study: Students Drinking by Sixth Grade A study of more than 4,000 sixth - graders in Chicago schools showing that 17 percent already had tried alcohol suggests that education programs need to start at the elementary level, researchers Study: Students Drinking by Sixth Grade A study of more than 4,000 sixth - graders in Chicago schools showing that 17 percent already had tried alcohol suggests that education programs need to start at the elementary level, researchers study of more than 4,000 sixth - graders in Chicago schools showing that 17 percent already had tried alcohol suggests that education programs need to start at the elementary level, researchers said.

«Scientific» study of education at the federal level is thus a difficult mission.

A study published in the Fall 2015 issue of Education Next looked closely at how American students from families with high levels of education compared with similar students from other cEducation Next looked closely at how American students from families with high levels of education compared with similar students from other ceducation compared with similar students from other countries.

Commenting on the figures, Rudolf Eliott Lockhart, chief executive of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, said: «While it is fantastic to see increasing numbers of students opting to take the full course GCSE in Religious Studies, a reflection of the attraction of an academically rigorous subject that helps prepare students to understand an increasingly diverse modern world, we should not ignore the troubling news that declining entries for the short course mean that more than 100,000 fewer young people have studied the subject at GCSE level this year than in 2010.

A new study conducted by home education provider Oxford Home Schooling considers how many trips children at different levels in the education system attend, alongside parent's thoughts on the value of these trips, and the benefits of educational versus fun school outings.

Try to think of an education policy that 1) has been shown, in dozens of studies across multiple decades, to positively affect student outcomes; 2) has the overwhelming support of parents and voters; 3) reinforces many other policies and facilitates quality research; and 4) has been used widely at the district, state, and national levels for decades or more.

Several national studies, including analyses of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), show that just 38 — 40 percent of high school graduates leave our education system at the «college - prepared» level in reading and math.

The report states that a system should be in place that requires all 16 and 19 - year - olds to study maths in higher education and that basic levels of literacy and numeracy at a GCSE level should be a requirement for all further education.

Study Links Academic Setbacks to Middle School Transition Education Week, November 28, 2011» «I don't see eliminating the transition at the high school level as important or beneficial as eliminating the transition at the middle school level,» said Martin R. West, an assistant education professor at the Harvard Graduate School of EducatioEducation Week, November 28, 2011» «I don't see eliminating the transition at the high school level as important or beneficial as eliminating the transition at the middle school level,» said Martin R. West, an assistant education professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Educatioeducation professor at the Harvard Graduate School of EducationEducation.»

Studies of participation in special education typically rely on school district records, either used at the student - level through administrative data or aggregated and reported up to the federal level as required by Individuals with Disabilities Education Aceducation typically rely on school district records, either used at the student - level through administrative data or aggregated and reported up to the federal level as required by Individuals with Disabilities Education AcEducation Act (IDEA).

Working with Gateshead College, the PlanBEE (Built Environment Education) group has created a bespoke higher level skills programme that provides budding professionals with study and off - the - job training at the college's construction academy on Team Valley, along with a job working with some of the region's leading companies.

He had long been interested in the study of senior leadership, and he realized that institutional decision - making at the Board of Trustees level in higher education most intrigued him.

According to a study by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Brandeis University, one of the greatest predictors of violence and aggression in children is their level of inhibition or social withdrawal.

Dr. Rodney Andrews, director of the Texas Schools Project and UT Dallas assistant professor of economics, said the study will take advantage of the large repository of individual - level, administrative records available through the UT Dallas Education Research Center (ERC), housed at the Texas Schools Project.

Many of the nation's top education researchers have launched new studies into topics such as how best to teach reading in the academic content areas, how best to teach writing at the high - school level, and how best to support the literacy development of adolescent English language learners.

His comments follow concerns from the Religious Education Council of England and Wales that a removal of short courses from the Department for Education (DfE) performance tables is «having a serious and negative impact on the number of pupils choosing to take religious studies at GCSE level, with an increasing number of schools having no pupils at all taking the subject».

An advanced mathematics curriculum and research study for primary level students funded by the National Science Foundation and conducted at the Neag School of Education of the University of Connecticut.

Studies with more detailed measures of teachers» education levels and coursework in subject areas found that, at least in math and science, academic preparation does positively influence student achievement.

«Early Childhood Preparation for School Leaders: Lessons from New Jersey Principal Certification Programs» by the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment at the University of California, Berkeley, found that principal familiarity with pre-K is a problem nationwide but researchers zeroed in on New Jersey, which has a highly regarded public pre-K program but no requirement for principals to have college - level coursework in early childhood education.

In one study soon to be published in an education policy textbook co-edited with Carol Mullen, Education Policy Perils: Tackling the Tough Issues, I report on a study in which I predicted the percentage of students in grade 5, at the district level, who scored proficient or above on New Jersey's former standardized tests, NJASK, in mathematics language arts for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 school years for the almost 400 school districts that met the sampling criteria to be included in teducation policy textbook co-edited with Carol Mullen, Education Policy Perils: Tackling the Tough Issues, I report on a study in which I predicted the percentage of students in grade 5, at the district level, who scored proficient or above on New Jersey's former standardized tests, NJASK, in mathematics language arts for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 school years for the almost 400 school districts that met the sampling criteria to be included in tEducation Policy Perils: Tackling the Tough Issues, I report on a study in which I predicted the percentage of students in grade 5, at the district level, who scored proficient or above on New Jersey's former standardized tests, NJASK, in mathematics language arts for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 school years for the almost 400 school districts that met the sampling criteria to be included in the study.

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, told Schools Week that although schools work hard to provide young people with support, equipment and skills for studying at home, their ability to offer the level of provision disadvantaged young people require «is being seriously eroded by the ongoing education funding crisis».

Dr Joyce Miller, Chair of the Religious Education Council (REC), said: «The REC Board has agreed unanimously that the optional systematic study of a non-religious worldview should be introduced at GCSE level.

Poorer children are also twice as likely to drop out of education at 16 and are more than half as likely to study A levels that could get them into a top university.

Educators Rising is an integral component of education and training programs of study at local, state and national levels.

The study suggests that long - term music education service learning partnerships benefit children, pre-service teachers, classroom teachers, and school administrators and promotes creativity, growth, and reflection at all levels of contact.

Wilson is codeveloper of graduate studies in mind, brain, and education science at the master's through doctoral levels and has facilitated professional development with tens of thousands of educators.