Sentences with phrase «about children of poverty»

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But can we say the same about parents who raise children at this poverty level of consumption?

There is an airy unconcern here, a lack of empathy with ordinary Canadians, that runs so deep in the soul of this government that, in the midst of the holiday season, a Minister of the Crown can snicker about child poverty and evidently be surprised that an outcry erupted.

«All our talk about peace and the weapons of the spirit is meaningless unless we try in every way to embrace voluntary poverty and not work in any position, any job that contributes to war... We must give up our place in this world, sacrifice children, family... And we will be considered fools for Christ.»

Speaking in abstract terms about blank, amorphous «innocent lives» keeps us from confronting the reality that if most of these children are born at or near the poverty line, then the lives we are saving are more likely to be troubled ones, and if nothing changes, those lives will get caught in vicious cycles powered by poverty and systemic racism.

It's about seriously addressing the problem of income inequality in this country so that no woman has to choose between getting an abortion or raising her child in poverty.

The matter of what happened on the night in question in the city of David when there was no room in the inn is not really about anything — unless there is something more to this child than a birth in poverty into an indifferent world.

A lot of what we think we know about the effect of poverty on a child's development is just plain wrong.

«I think there are several implications about thinking of self - regulation in this way and fostering child development — particularly for families in poverty,» said Blair, «and [about] the idea that maternal sensitivity and parenting behavior is changeable» (Blair et al., 2011).

Paul Tough writes about education, parenting, poverty, and politics for various publications in the U.S.. His book How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, was translated into 27 languages and spent more than a year on the New York Times best - seller list.

In FatherWorld, Dr Patrice Engle, who leads the UN's fatherhood programmes, describes how UNICEF has recently created new projects in dozens of countries to support fatherhood because of the latest evidence about its impact on child poverty, breastfeeding and education.

PT: There are 15 million American children in poverty and about half of those — about seven million — are in what economists call «deep poverty,» meaning their families are not only below the poverty line, they make below less than half of the poverty line, which is about $ 12,000 for a family of four.

I think teaching children food literacy (especially how what we eat is connected to so many things we all care about, including the environment, health and poverty) is one of the most important things we can do as parents and educators.

straightforward writing made this book about the effects of poverty (and the many issues that accompany it) on the spectrum of children's education really digestable and extremely compelling.

For example, we did a whole issue about class of our quarterly magazine, and its been a central theme of our work on child poverty, inequality, taxation, solidarity.

An informed voice — we try to bring about positive change for children and families in poverty and ensure the needs and entitlements of children and families are voiced and heard

«Overall we have considerable reservations about the proposals, both in terms of their potentially negative impacts, and their potential to improve the situation of lone parents and their families, and to reduce child poverty,» said Sir Richard Tilt, head of the committee.

Earlier this year the NASUWT released the findings of a survey of almost 2,500 teachers about their experiences of financial hardship and poverty among the children they teach.

DB: «The 50 councils worst affected by government cuts will face a reduction of # 160 per head on average, despite the fact that about a third of their children already live in poverty.»

We asked Higgins about his concerns for the future of education, especially for children living in poverty that attend Buffalo Public Schools.

«Everything Britain stands for - hard work, independence of spirit, savings and compassion for children - is about to be undermined by George Osborne's tax credit cuts that will plunge almost another million families into poverty.»

I have been thinking about it a great deal recently as I read article after article about the problem of income inequality and the thousands of children in our community who are living in poverty.

In Kano state alone, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje gave an official figure that there are about three million out of school children roaming the streets of the state as almajiri - pupils of Quranic schools forced by poverty and parental deprivation into begging.

Kicking off the discussions, Matthew Sowemimo spoke with great conviction about the importance of tackling child poverty in a far more ambitious way than Labour have done.

«The prime minister spoke about injustice on entering Downing Street, but there is no greater burning injustice than children being forced into poverty as a result of government policy,» said the Child Poverty Action Group's chief executive, Alison Gpoverty as a result of government policy,» said the Child Poverty Action Group's chief executive, Alison GPoverty Action Group's chief executive, Alison Garnham.

That promise was reversed on Tuesday, saving the government about # 1bn a year and prompting Alison Garnham, chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group, to claim «Britain's poorest families have been abandoned today and left to face the worst».

Instead of arriving at the position of either backing the government's welfare bill or forever being depicted as the friend of the scrounger, shadow ministers should have been making a big argument about the regressive nature of the Budget, the lamentable symbolism of effectively scrapping child poverty targets and the removal of in - work benefits to those eponymous hard - working families.

This finding from the 2015 edition of the center's Basic Facts about Low - Income Children fact sheet series underscores the magnitude of the problem of family economic insecurity and child poverty in the United States.

Low - income families are defined as those with incomes less than two times the Federal Poverty Threshold (about $ 47,000 for a family of four with two children) and poor families are defined as those with incomes below the threshold (about $ 24,000 for a family of four with two children).

About a fifth of all U.S. children live in poverty.

Despite significant gains in household income and reductions in the overall poverty rate in recent years, 43 percent (30.6 million) of America's children are living in families barely able to afford their most basic needs, according to Basic Facts about Low - Income Children, the center's annual series of profiles on child poverty in children are living in families barely able to afford their most basic needs, according to Basic Facts about Low - Income Children, the center's annual series of profiles on child poverty in Children, the center's annual series of profiles on child poverty in America.

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This cinemagoer can't actually work out what on earth the whole thing is about - grinding poverty in Trump's America, children's capacity to have fun in unlikely circumstances, total lack of anything resembling a brain in lower - echelon US society, or whatever?

A striking film about American poverty as told through the eyes of some rambunctious, foul - mouthed children who live in a run - down motel near the happiest place on Earth.

• «The Florida Project»: Sean Baker's film, which he also wrote and edited, centers on a trio of children, about 6 or 7 years old, who live with their parents in near poverty not far from Disney World.

King of the Hill, about a struggling but resourceful preteen (Jesse Bradford) growing up amid the fear and poverty of the Great Depression, is director Steven Soderbergh's only film to focus on the life of a child.

Many advocates appear to be abandoning our once shared convictions about what it takes to lift children out of poverty, the very wellspring of the movement's power and mass appeal.

The Center on the Developing Child is particularly concerned about the needs of children who face the cumulative burdens of poverty, maltreatment, violence, racial and ethnic discrimination, and family mental illness.

We are particularly concerned about the needs of children who face the cumulative burdens of poverty, maltreatment, violence, racial and ethnic discrimination, and family mental illness.

How Poverty Changes the Brain Newsweek, 8/25/16» «We have [long] known about the social class differences in health and learning outcomes,» says Dr. Jack Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University.

The Duke researchers found that being taught by a sub for 10 days a year has a larger effect on a child's math score than if he'd changed schools, and about half the size of the effect of poverty.

Our lab actively advocates for honest, data - driven conversations about the failings of the current education delivery system, the impact of poverty on student learning, and the necessity for designing and building new systems that guarantee that our twin educational goals of equity and excellence are achieved for each and every child.

The growth of such families since 1970 has increased the overall child poverty rate by about 5 percentage points (from 20 to 25 percent).

The result is that Head Start has served only about 40 percent of eligible children who live right above the poverty line, he added.

Children who live in poverty are as worthy of attending good schools as their more affluent counterparts, and much is known about what it takes to transform schools into places that better meet their needs.

It is about the simplistic notion that giving disadvantaged young children academic training will provide them with the skills and motivation to continue their education and break the cycle of poverty.

If we're committed to the success of every child, we must acknowledge the uneven playing field that exists for many: ELLs, students with special needs, children experiencing trauma or relentless poverty, and students of color who confront unconscious biases about their capacity.

They claim these terms are not uniformly understood and reveal varying understandings of poverty in the context of school that are largely influenced by thinking about children and families who live in poverty as a «deficit.»

About 8 percent of all children lived in families (four people) whose incomes were less than half the poverty level, or $ 8,330, and 29 percent lived in families whose incomes were less than $ 24,900.