Sentences with phrase «underachieving groups»

Can target specific learner groups: underachieving groups; higher achievers; young people with Special Educational Needs

Mr Bangs argues that gender gap will not close in our schools without resources continuing to be being targeted at the biggest underachieving groups - white working class boys and African - Caribbean boys.

Not exact matches

But then the season started and he crafted a perpetually underachieving team into Champions League group winners, dusting off the reigning Premier League champions in the process, and bit by bit my faith was being emboldened, but then it happened, the inevitable decline.

In a landmark experiment in 2006, Cohen and a colleague, Julio Garcia, tested a wise intervention designed to counteract this anxiety with a group of underachieving seventh - graders at a suburban middle school in New England.

Continuing Research Now, Louie is studying the college paths of Dominican - and Colombian - American students — two groups often stereotyped as «underachieving» — and comparing their experiences to those of Chinese - American students.

PE teacher Rick Pedley - Smith explains the idea for the Rite of Passage (ROP) program came about after he and colleague Wade Fairclough noticed a group of boys who were underachieving.

As a group, the studies tend to show that the students of uncertified TFA recruits underachieve when compared to students of new certified teachers, but this gap tends to disappear as the TFA recruits obtain professional knowledge through coursework and certification.

To paraphrase this piece from the Associated Press, civil rights groups fear these waivers are dimming the spotlight on traditionally - underachieving student groups:

When we see evidence in our data that groups of students are underachieving, we are anxious to find solutions.