Sentences with phrase «chances of disadvantaged children»

Children's health is the foundation of their overall development, and ensuring that they are born healthy is the first step toward increasing the life chances of disadvantaged children.

The study provides insights into the early evidence of the effectiveness of a national area - based initiative that emphasised service cooperation and coordination to enhance the life chances of disadvantaged children and their families.

«As well as improving the attainment of pupil premium pupils, there are some heartwarming stories of the way in which schools have used pupil premium to turn around the life chances of disadvantaged children.

Paul Tough follows his excellent book about Geoffrey Canada and the Harlem Children's Zone with one on improving the school achievement and life chances of disadvantaged children.

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Indeed, there are many communities where ill - timed retrenchment may cause serious harm to the most vulnerable, and weaken the life - chances of children and young people in the most disadvantaged households.

Ultimately no one organisation, charity or school can end educational disadvantage alone - by working together to develop enhanced partnerships, we all stand a much better chance of ensuring no child is left behind.

This groundbreaking book illuminates the ways rising inequality is operating through disadvantaged neighborhoods, insecure labor markets and schools to undermine one of the most important goals of public education — the ability of schools to provide children with an equal chance at academic and economic success.

Anything short of a serious effort to give disadvantaged children a better chance of succeeding in school is irresponsible.

Here, we lay out how this whole - city approach can look in practice — and what types of partnerships and programs can give disadvantaged children the same chance to reach their academic, professional, and social - emotional potential as more - advantaged peers.

The competition, supported by Capita SIMS, is now in its sixth year and offers teachers across the country the chance to win a grant of up to # 15,000 for their innovative idea to raise the achievement of disadvantaged children in maths, English or science.

«We're proud of having delivered programmes like School Direct which allow teachers to train in the classroom from day one and having supported the expansion of Teach First so that more exceptional graduates are tackling educational disadvantage and transforming children's life chances.

Kent County Council has approved a number of ideas to try to enable more disadvantaged children get the chance.

«We are worried that the Government's proposed national funding formula (NFF) will take funding away from schools and local authorities with the highest percentages of disadvantaged children and will risk their life chances.

Surely this was a chance for those schools in disadvantaged areas, who might perhaps have large numbers of children with poor language skills, to show off their hard work?

We know that disadvantaged children who go to grammars have a better chance of getting into university, including Russell Group universities, and that is because their attainment improves.

Child welfare inequalities have been defined as,» unequal chances, experiences and outcomes of child welfare that are systematically associated with social advantage / disadvantage» (Bywaters, 2013, pChild welfare inequalities have been defined as,» unequal chances, experiences and outcomes of child welfare that are systematically associated with social advantage / disadvantage» (Bywaters, 2013, pchild welfare that are systematically associated with social advantage / disadvantage» (Bywaters, 2013, p. 4).

There is a wealth of evidence to suggest that poor children face other disadvantages (Oroyemi et al., 2009) and that this can reduce life chances in adulthood (Feinstein, 2003).

As one of the nation's most effective early childhood schools, we make sure financially disadvantaged young children have the best possible chance for success in life.

In Australia, we should be particularly mindful of the difference in life chances that exist as a result of socio - economic disadvantage, especially in respect of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and make it a priority to achieve governments» commitment to Close the Gap in Indigenous life expectancy, child mortality, education and employment.