Sentences with phrase «succeed in college when»

«While White students also benefit by learning from teachers of color, the impact is especially significant for students of color, who have higher test scores, are more likely to graduate high school, and more likely to succeed in college when they have had teachers of color who serve as role models and support their attachment to school and learning.

And, while White students also benefit by learning from teachers of color, the impact is especially significant for students of color, who have higher test scores, are more likely to graduate high school, and more likely to succeed in college when they have had teachers of color who serve as role models and support their attachment to school and learning.

CEO Bill Kurtz (2011) explained why integration is part of the network's model: «All students — minority, white, high - income, and low - income — are far better prepared to succeed in college when they have been given the opportunity to learn and work with diverse peers.»

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It's not just officers, who are generally college - educated and a bit older than enlisted service members, who find great success in the entrepreneurial world when they're given the tools to succeed.

You may recall that the original impetus for focusing on this previously unexplored set of skills, in How Children Succeed and elsewhere, was the growing body of evidence that, when it comes to long - term academic goals like high - school graduation and college graduation, the test scores on which our current educational accountability system relies are clearly inadequate.

«Student loans are one of the greatest challenges that today's recent college graduates face when starting their careers — and we must do more to give them a full opportunity to succeed,» Cuomo said in a statement.

Like most established organizations in other sectors, the education system's inclination when it sees a potentially disruptive technology is to cram it into its existing model to sustain what it is already doing, but not fundamentally transform that model into a student - centric one (the importance of making this transformation should be clearer in light of the ACT's announcement today that 60 percent of 2012 high school graduates are at risk of not succeeding in college and career).

«When you create that pathway,» Weiss said, «you increase the likelihood of the long - term benefits that we want for kids: high school graduation with the skills they need to succeed in college or postsecondary education, and then in a global economy.»

When students master foundational skills in elementary, middle, and high school, they're more likely to succeed in college, career, and life.

When the [Common Core] standards were first introduced, I sent them to my sister, a college professor of English, and she wrote back right away, «Yeah, this is what you need to succeed in college,»» said Sonja Brookins Santelises, vice president of K - 12 policy and practice at the Education Trust, a Washington, D.C. - based research group.

When integrated with strong academics, opportunities for applied learning, and student supports, CTE courses help students develop the skills necessary to succeed in college and a 21st century economy, such as critical thinking, complex problem - solving, and self - direction.

Currently, 75 percent of first - time adult students require remediation when they enroll in community college; even though they have graduated high school, these students can benefit from additional supports to succeed in credit - bearing coursework.

When they are educated in an environment that honors their individual learning styles, they succeed — even excel — and go on to experience achievement in schools, colleges and careers.

UNC Wilmington's Watson College of Education hosted a conference on Monday that explored innovative practices in North Carolina's public schools — and how to make innovation a priority at a time when students must be prepared to succeed in a world and workplace that may not yet exist.

«When our charter schools repeatedly rank high on this list, it's further validation of Magnolia's successful track record of ensuring that all students — no matter their socioeconomic, ethnic or cultural background — graduate prepared for college because they're already succeeding in college - level work in high school.»

And when at least 1.2 million fourth - grade students, or one - third of the nation's students in that grade are likely to drop out — and nearly 1 million more of their classmates who are barely reading at Basic proficiency unlikely to succeed in college and career — we have a moral, intellectual, and systems - change obligation to focus on stemming achievement gaps.

Teen Tech Week is when libraries make the time to showcase all of the great digital resources and services that are available to help teens succeed in school and prepare for college and 21st century careers.

66 Further, in view of my conclusion above that Dr. Duvall may not contest the voluntariness of the Undertaking when it was signed in 2003 and again in 2005, but may contest the College's alleged refusal, in light of new information, to remove or change it in 2010, the argument based on voluntariness can not succeed.

For first marriages, for example, marriages are less likely to break up, and more likely to succeed, if the wife grew up in a two - parent home, is Asian, was 20 years of age or over at marriage, did not have any children when she got married, is college - educated, has more income, or has any religious affiliation.»

Decades of research show that when children attend a high - quality early learning program, they arrive at kindergarten ready to learn and are more likely to succeed in school, graduate high school and college, and earn higher incomes as adults.