Sentences with phrase «poor education levels»

Great place to live, but no good building site that is anywhere near a good commute, extremely high cost of housing ($ 500k average for a basic 50 year old tract home), no decent public transit, over-all poor education levels in the public schools.

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these things happen cuz they start from the poor areas of cairo by heating people with low education up and engaging the more educated one level at a time.

I'm not sure where your comming from with this but believe me if you are born poor and to parents who do not have a high education level it's EXTREMELY difficult to get out of that situation.

Furthermore, the study found, «students of different education levels (from school to university) are chronically sleep deprived or suffer from poor sleep quality and consequent daytime sleepiness.»

Students of different education levels (from school to university) are chronically sleep deprived or suffer from poor sleep quality and consequent daytime sleepiness.

I always felt like I'm an idiot because there are no gentle parents in my environment, I'm from Serbia and the education of children here is in a very poor level, not to mention family relationships....

In England, in 2012, the Committee on Education in the House of Commons quickly sprang into action when poor Advanced level examination results rocked the nation.

A Higher Education Bill will force universities to come clean over data that reveals poor standards and see a cut in the level of tuition fees they charge.

- 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 depoor 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 dePoor 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

In urban central cities, funding levels per student tend to be at least average, but student needs (e.g. for special education for students with learning disabilities and for general support for very poor students such as homeless students) tend to be much greater.

Commissioner King says the ultimate goal of Common Core is to level the playing field and provide all school children, rich and poor, with a better education.

«Across the country, large hospital size and non-English as a primary language predicted poor patient satisfaction scores while white race and higher education level predicted better scores,» said co-author Daniel McFarland, DO, Clinical Fellow, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

After adjusting the data for age, sex, race, education, smoking, alcohol use, blood pressure, diabetes, high blood pressure medication, cholesterol levels, statin use and body mass index, the researchers found that those people who met both the recommended activity levels and had vitamin D levels above 20 nanograms per milliliter experienced about a 23 percent less chance of having an adverse cardiovascular event than those people with poor physical activity who were deficient for vitamin D. On the other hand, people who had adequate exercise but were vitamin D deficient didn't have a reduced risk of an adverse event.

We wanted to find out if money is important in itself, or do these associations simply reflect other differences between richer and poorer households, such as levels of parental education or attitudes towards parenting.

Although the researchers controlled for demographic factors such as poverty, education level, and age of childbirth, it's possible that single mothers are more likely than married moms to engage in unhealthy behaviors such as smoking and excessive drinking that could lead to poorer long - term health, Strobino says.

A closer look at the data reveals something very important — countries where people ate a large amount of foods containing refined carbohydrates also had lower median income levels and poor access to education.

While health indicators have been improving almost surprisingly fast, combining resources, systems, innovation and technology even in the poorest developing countries, the quality of education has suffered relative to the quantity in terms of enrollment at all levels.

Australia achieves relatively strong education results at an aggregate level, yet many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students experience poor educational outcomes.

That ranged from a high of 87 percent among students whose parents had the highest level of income and education to 58 percent of those whose parents were the least educated, poorest, and largely unskilled.

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

While no group of students scored particularly well, the PARCC test results released Tuesday highlighted wide disparities in achievement, including low levels of performance for special education students, minorities and the poor.

For instance, data from the U.S. Department of Education's National Household Education Surveys Program reveal that parents who are the least likely to say they moved to their current neighborhood specifically to gain access to the local schools are typically black, poor, have lower levels of educational attainment, or live outside of an urban area.

The three-fold increase nationally in the growth of independently managed public schools has been driven by the frustration of parents with the generally substandard level of education to be found in poor, urban public school systems.

Poorer children are also twice as likely to drop out of education at 16 and are more than half as likely to study A levels that could get them into a top university.

Too many multi-academy trusts are struggling under poor governance at trust level, says Michael Pain, but Forum Education has some suggestions for improvement Ask most academy trust leaders...

Under the administration's budget, two of the department's largest expenditures in K - 12 education, special education and Title I funds to help poor children, would remain unchanged compared to federal funding levels in the first half of fiscal 2017.

Too many multi-academy trusts are struggling under poor governance at trust level, says Michael Pain, but Forum Education has some suggestions for improvement

Thanks in part to a board of education dominated by conservative reformers such as Andy Smarick of the American Enterprise Institute and former Thomas B. Fordham Institute President Chester Finn Jr. (the latter of whom presided over the think tank's initial activism against the Obama - era guidance), the Old Line State only plans to intervene when suspension levels for poor, minority, and special ed - labeled children are three times higher than that of other peers.

The report highlights the fact that while state policy decisions over the past 25 years have sought to help poorer districts meet the needs of its students, differences in funding levels still persist and those born into wealthier areas are afforded higher levels of investment in their education.

IDRA has been at the forefront in supporting legislative and litigation efforts to address the insufficient funding for education ELLs in Texas and the poor monitoring and implementation of programs serving ELLs at the secondary level.

Analysis of the deprivation levels at primary and secondary schools in England compared with deprivation in their local area, by education data company School Dash, has found that poorer pupils are hugely underrepresented at particular types of schools.

In 2009, my general education students outperformed the state average and went on to champion the notion that it is possible for poor students of any color — even though they may be far below grade level — to close the achievement gap in terms of race and income.

When you ask education leaders in Omaha why the achievement gap is so glaring, you get the usual answers, «Those kids don't care, they're too poor to achieve at high levels, their parents don't get involved, etc. etc.» Fortunately we know that when schools expect ALL students to achieve, and give them great teachers who believe in their ability, students can beat the odds and rise above the challenges.

The 52 - page report along wrongfully perpetuates a century - old philosophy — that poor and minority kids aren't capable of high - quality, college - level education — that is condemning far too many young men and women to poverty and prison.

«There's some core principles that all the leaders here believe in — making sure that we continue to provide resources to the poorest school districts and not creating a situation where we can suddenly shift dollars from... poorer districts to wealthy districts, or alternatively, that education aid suddenly can start going to sport stadiums or tax cuts at the state level,» Obama said in remarks to the media after the meeting.

The NCAA doesn't currently accept classes from two dozen K12, Inc. - run schools for student - athletes looking to play at the collegiate level, and Tennessee education officials plan on shutting down a K12, Inc. - run virtual school there because of poor academic results.

While illness is a leading factor in chronic early absence, others such as poverty, teenage parenting, single parenting, low maternal education levels, unemployment, poor maternal health, and household food insecurity all can affect school attendance.

Those who point to a combination of poverty, segregation and inequality as the underlying causes of poor student performance, believe the current education system works well — but only for those who are living above the poverty level.

In my interview with Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary - General at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, we discussed the cycle of poor student performance in at - risk communities, the key characteristics of schools that affect the level of performance, how government policy can support students, and the relevance of the PISA test in a changing education envEducation and Skills, Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary - General at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, we discussed the cycle of poor student performance in at - risk communities, the key characteristics of schools that affect the level of performance, how government policy can support students, and the relevance of the PISA test in a changing education envEducation Policy to the Secretary - General at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, we discussed the cycle of poor student performance in at - risk communities, the key characteristics of schools that affect the level of performance, how government policy can support students, and the relevance of the PISA test in a changing education enveducation environment.

Yet, while the colleges still value open access, there are access - limiting choices now being made by college leaders — eliminate summer school, cap admissions, cease serving students that need the lowest level of developmental education — that are prompted by severe budget cuts, by poor results, or by reconsidered priorities.

Research over the past three decades has shown that, compared to the general school population, the half - million foster children in the United States have poorer attendance rates, are less likely to perform at grade level, are more likely to have behavior and discipline problems, are more likely to be assigned to special education classes, and are less likely to attend college.

And Department for Education statistics show pupils from poorer backgrounds are more likely to be lagging in their learning, literacy and numeracy levels.

But one thing we definitely know and that is that study after study reveals that those reading below grade level are overwhelmingly students who are poor, Black, Latino or those who have special education needs.

In district - level analysis, the Education Trust finds that nationally districts serving high concentrations of low - income students receive on average $ 1,200 less in state and local funding than districts that serve low concentrations of low - income students, and that gap widens to $ 2,000 when comparing high - minority and low - minority districts.17 These findings are further reflected by national funding equity measures reported by Education Week, which indicate that wealthy school districts spend more per student than poorer school districts do on average.18

Education policy in recent decades has been focused primarily on ensuring that all children — especially poor and minority children — attain at least a minimum level of academic achievement.

Districts that do get flagged qualify for increasing levels of state intervention — starting with a data analysis conducted by a county office of education that's aimed at understanding the root causes of poor performance, and escalating up to possible state takeover if a district fails to improve.

The State Department of Education's level of concern is about chronic and excessive absenteeism is so great, that just last month the State Board of Education announced their intention to «rank order» all Connecticut public schools based each school's level of student absenteeism and that poor absentee rates could lead to state takeover of local schools.

But saving the taxpayers money, leveling the playing field for the poor, ceding power to local education agencies and thus having fewer dues - paying members are solutions nowhere to be found in the union playbook.

Considering this poor level of education, it's amazing that most of the kids didn't die within an hour of graduating from their temporary driver's permit to their full driver's license.