Sentences with phrase «than the struggling schools»

Virtual charter schools are an illusory choice for families because they are frequently far worse than the struggling schools that families seek to escape.

Not exact matches

Milyutin — who confesses that he struggled with math in primary school — cited a 1984 review by the late Benjamin Bloom, which reports that students who received one - on - one tutoring performed better than 98 % of students taught in a conventional classroom.

The letter comes after more than 9,500 people signed an online petition started by Shannon Fest, the mother of a 15 - year - old Douglas High student who struggles to make it through a full day of school.

One point that Burtchaell did not make (and is perhaps ignorant of) is that some schools still associated with a denomination find that link to be harmful rather than helpful in the struggle to maintain biblical fidelity.

In sports, in school, in work, in the face of fear, doubt and struggle, we are encouraged to push through rather than to pull out.

In order for such aspirations to be credible, however, these schools must construe their existence as an interminable struggle between faith and reason rather than as the articulation of settled, clear positions.

A less than optimal and still agreeable scenario involves the inclusion of Hanukkah cookies at a class party or even a Hanukkah song at the school's chorus program — usually a previously unknown and completely forgettable musical composition — which, of course, emphasizes the ancient Maccabees» struggle for freedom of religion.

Without these learned skills, your teen's struggles as an adult may be much more difficult than his or her problems in high school.

You can make good money but still struggle with debt, you can make crap money and have no debt at all; hell some people are high school grads and make better money than those with bachelors degrees.

In fact, students who excel in ninth grade are far more likely to graduate high school, enroll in college and remain in college beyond their freshman year, than are students who struggled through their first year of high school.

More than half of public school districts in the United States are in rural communities where millions of students struggle with poverty and hunger.

Children who like or benefit from a lot of structure may struggle to learn in a Montessori or Waldorf school, as both of those philosophies place emphasis on child choice rather than rigid classroom structures.

I realize it's not popular to «give» money to school nutrition programs which are in affluent systems, but those systems are struggling for funding more than systems with high free and reduced price.

You are the one who knows your child best, and you may be able to pick up signs that she is struggling much more quickly than the newer people in her life at school.

I get it that some schools struggle with this more than others, but again it is a learning process, with the youngest kids adapting more quickly than the older ones.

You're doing more than helping kids with their homework, you're actually teaching them about the subjects they struggle with the most in school.

As the economy struggles to regain its footing, more children than ever receive free or reduced - price lunches in the nation's school cafeterias.

If your child is struggling, and you suspect a pattern of difficulties rather than an isolated instance, speak first with your child's teacher and other school authorities about your concerns and to set up learning disability testing.

On education, Malliotakis says de Blasio's Renewal Schools program, which will have directed more than $ 700 million to struggling schools through 2018 - 19 — isn't wSchools program, which will have directed more than $ 700 million to struggling schools through 2018 - 19 — isn't wschools through 2018 - 19 — isn't working.

The Legislature today, led by the Assembly, reached an agreement on a package of education proposals that will immediately increase state aid to schools, provide that teachers are evaluated on more than a single student test score and ensure local oversight of struggling schools,» United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew said.

The Mayor is currently lobbying Albany for the renewal of mayoral control of the school system, but parents feel that, more than halfway through his term, there is insufficient progress turning around chronically struggling schools.

Studies have shown that students in the new schools have fared better than their predecessors in the larger schools, but some other large schools have suffered from having to absorb more struggling students.

The extra state aid will help the more than 700 school districts in New York as they struggle to stay under the state property tax cap, which allows them to increase their tax levy by only.12 percent this year without seeking voter approval.

- 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

With less than a month before the first day of school, the state's 10 remaining «persistently struggling» schools still don't know if they've made enough progress to avoid being taken over by an independent receiver.

The fortunes of Boys and Girls High School, a venerable but long - struggling school that the de Blasio administration pledged to revive, took another turn this week, when its principal said he was considering leaving for a different job after less than two School, a venerable but long - struggling school that the de Blasio administration pledged to revive, took another turn this week, when its principal said he was considering leaving for a different job after less than two school that the de Blasio administration pledged to revive, took another turn this week, when its principal said he was considering leaving for a different job after less than two years.

While de Blasio has been a harsh critic of former mayor Michael Bloomberg's policy of closing long - struggling schools, he has sought to differentiate his school closure policy from his predecessor's by arguing that schools be given a fighting chance before they are closed, and that the administration closes schools quickly rather than dragging out the process via phase out.

The city Department of Education plans to close more than a dozen struggling schools — including the Bronx high school where a student was stabbed to death by a classmate...

More than half of elementary schools responding have scaled back services to help academically struggling students, and almost two thirds cited reductions in supplies.

Michael Mulgrew, UFT President After more than a decade working under the Bush - era No Child Left Behind Act, we finally have a chance to reverse the law's misguided federal mandates that dictate how states evaluate teachers and address struggling schools.

We need a comprehensive strategy to fix rather than abandon struggling schools, and we need to give parents — who have for years been ignored by the city's Department of Education — a real role in important decisions about their local schools.

The fight is not likely to end with Dover: Across the country, school systems are embroiled in more than 80 struggles over evolution.

Besides being in a different place now than my friends my age who are settled into their careers, making a salary, and not struggling to pay rent with side jobs, I am also in such a different place than my amazing new grad school friends.

11 - year - olds «struggling in the three - Rs» More than 135,000 pupils left primary school this summer with a poor grasp of the three - Rs, despite a

But with its flat presentation and dearth of any riveting moments, the film plays more like an after - school special about the pitfalls of teen decision - making than it does a documentary about young women struggling to make something more of their lives.

One player's mother shows up to keep him on track with his school work, and Jerry Armstrong (Austin Nichols), the one white player in which the movie shows more than passing interest, has a struggling relationship with his father at home.

«With more than 80 per cent of council maintained schools currently rated as good or outstanding by Ofsted, and only three of the 20 largest academy chains viable to take on additional schools, high performing maintained schools should also be able to sponsor struggling schools, without having to go through academy status first.

For example, a recent study conducted in urban middle schools found that there were more similarities than differences in the reading profiles of struggling students from non-English-speaking and English - speaking households, and that low academic vocabulary knowledge, a major component of advanced literacy skills, was a shared source of difficulty.

Carter suggested that primary schools and small schools would struggle more with the conversion than larger secondary schools, as they require greater support to tackle issues such as maternity cover.

With the latest GCSE results showing the sharpest decline in the percentage of students achieving C grades or above since 1988, and school leaders saying that pupils are bringing more worries into school than they did five years ago, these statistics highlight the concerns for students» mental wellbeing and suggest that today's students are struggling to cope with the increasing demands placed on them by exams.

Although the Asian American population as a whole is more academically and economically successful than the U.S. population as a whole, millions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders live below the poverty line, feel incompetent at school, or struggle with peer and family relationships.

Superintendent Arlene Ackerman began aggressively reshaping the Philadelphia School District, turning to charter operators to «restart» more than a dozen struggling schools and pouring resources into another 18 District - managed «Promise Academies.»

And parents pitch in, too: More than thirty - five parent volunteers participate in the Learning Center's after - school tutoring program to help students struggling with subject material.

Now more than a decade old, at various times the school tried consensus - based governance and failed, struggled to get teachers to collaborate on instructional strategies, and butted heads over race and student favoritism.

«Some schools struggle to bring people together because of limited time and a focus more often on raising test scores than building relationships with parents and families,» she says.

Even after six years running the Chicago schools, Vallas still talks about time on task rather than methods or quality: more kindergarten, double periods of reading for struggling students, summer school, mandatory extended day.

But it at least suggests that we may have less to fear from school choice than from the continual struggle to establish one educational «faith» through the vehicle of the common school.

Based on his own tough experience, Charles Drake, Ed.D.» 70, started a school more than four decades ago for students struggling with dyslexia and other language - based learning disabilities.

You can make this with orange juice rather than boiling water so it's suitable even for very young children, and works well even for schools struggling for kitchen space and equipment.

As a social worker, Creech tackles different struggles than the medical concerns a school nurse may deal with or the academic issues a guidance counselor will raise.