Sentence examples for studies of school from inspiring English sources

"All of the studies of school choice show there is a tremendous inequality of choices," Professor Orfield said.

It cited two major international studies of school performance published this week, ranking English schools in the top 10 globally for primary and secondary maths and secondary science and showing "significant progress" in literacy tests with England's performance up from 15th to 11th in the world.

Along the way she casts a skeptical eye on the results claimed by such often-praised school reformers as New York's Anthony Alvarado and San Diego's Alan Bersin, reviews a sheaf of academic studies of school effectiveness and delivers the most damning criticism I have ever read of the role philanthropic institutions sometimes play in our society.

In the first stage, we note large-scale studies of school improvement efforts that have been conducted in the United States during the last century.

Past studies of school transition practices have focused on practices primarily aimed at children and families (horizontal type practices), and have indeed found small positive relationships between practices and child outcomes.

One of the U.S.A studies of school bus crashes has shown that 85% of school bus casualties were pedestrians injured near or around the bus, and of these, many were hit by the actual bus they intended to ride or rode with [46].

A 2001 survey published by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, for instance, found that "most studies of school-based and school-linked health centers revealed no effect on student sexual behavior or contraceptive use".

Studies of schools, including those in Belfast and South Wales, suggest that many boys are failing to adapt to the new working world.

In a review of epidemiological studies of school-aged children, Lewis et al. [7] found the prevalence of any type of a significant headache to range from 37 to 51% in 7-year olds, gradually increasing to 57 82% by 15 years of age.

Numerous studies of schools in general have shown that, both within the United States and in international comparisons.

By December 31 , 2009 the cumulative incidence of flu in our sample was 8% based on diagnoses by medical staff, and it was 32% based on self-reports, which mirrored other studies of school-based outbreaks and also contemporaneous national estimates for the college-student population.[23], [24] As expected, the prevalence was higher by the self-report standard.