Sentences with phrase «traditionally done better in school»

Kids who have lots of opportunities by virtue of their birth have traditionally done better in school.

«I see kids that don't traditionally do well in school succeed because this was another way for them to express themselves,» he says.

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Mitchell Chester: What the accountability system does, and what No Child Left Behind does, is create some transparency in the system and put those of us in the education profession in a position of having to confront the realities about the kind of achievement we're accomplishing with kids — especially kids from groups that traditionally have not been well - served by schools.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

Some in the District also say that test scores rose because the percentage of white students — who traditionally do better on standardized tests — has grown in District schools in recent years.

In addition, education policymakers need to look closely at what can be done about the increasing turnover rates among beginning teachers and minority teachers, as well as in disadvantaged schools, which are traditionally among the hardest to stafIn addition, education policymakers need to look closely at what can be done about the increasing turnover rates among beginning teachers and minority teachers, as well as in disadvantaged schools, which are traditionally among the hardest to stafin disadvantaged schools, which are traditionally among the hardest to staff.

Two quite different groups of people advocate this view: one group (not much concerned with equity) believes that if school professionals were more highly motivated, problems of low student achievement would be solved; a second group (passionately concerned about equity) believes that the solution is much more complicated but believes that even to acknowledge such complexity decreases the school's motivation to achieve high standards with children who, traditionally, do not do well in school.

So those who have traditionally done well at school, acquired high levels of academic self - efficacy in the process, but are not trying as hard as they could may well benefit from such policies.

When the question is framed in the most ludicrous fashion — do students in the first 3 weeks of school do as well on a multiple - choice test when they have 1) a veteran teacher 2) a first - year traditionally - trained teacher 3) a TFA person — well, I guess it might be hard to distinguish.

If one parent has traditionally worked with the child's school administrators and teachers and has done well in that role, then assign that particular incident of custody to them.