Sentences with phrase «chances of poor children»

«This appalling gap between the life chances of poor children and the rest of the student population is a scar on the face of our education system in this country,» he added.

The figures say progress has been made in chances of poor children doing well at key stage two, in making good development in early years, in doing well at GCSE, and doing as well as richer pupils at school, as well as in adults who failed at school getting GCSEs or A-Levels after 19.

That is why Nick Clegg is insisting on doubling the funding of the pupil premium because he understands that is the way to transform the life chances of our poorest children.

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And these days, unless children from poor families get a college degree, their economic mobility is severely restricted: Young people who grow up in families in the lowest income quintile (with household income below about $ 21,500) and don't obtain a B.A. now have just a one in two chance of escaping that bottom economic bracket as adults.

Another study showed that persistent crying episodes in infancy is linked with a 10 times greater chance of the child having ADHD, resulting in poor school performance and antisocial behaviour.

It also reduces the chance of your child relapsing into poor sleeping habits.

With poor gut health being increasingly linked to autism, this may lead to proof that breast - feeding actually reduces the chance of autism in children...

That's why one of the jobs of government is to work to protect children's life chances as much as is possible and open up opportunities to them despite any poor decision - making from their parents.

«The evidence is stacking up: the impact of our Pupil Deprivation Grant has been transformational on the attainment and life chances of Wales» poorest children.

The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, said: «One of the saddest failings of the Labour Government has been its failure to really shift the life chances of Britain's poorest children.

«By proving as good as the government's word, Alistair Darling has ensured thousands more children will have the chance to go to school and millions of poor people will benefit from improved healthcare.

THe NY state teachers retirement fund has 108 billion — yea thats right BILLIION dollars in it — they have enslaved the taxpayer — and now they want to deprive the poorest children from having a chance of going to a functional private school — REALLY??? Unbelievable!

Then, he took those lightweight twinkletoes and gave poor and working class New Yorkers the chance to send their children to mostly superior charter schools intsead of leaving them in the cesspools of the public system (and, in the process, forced the public system to get much better because of the competition.)

David Cameron's poverty adviser yesterday told the Government to «grow up» and get a grip on local authority spending cuts which threatened to «scupper the life chances» of poor children.

«To give young children a fair chance of life success, we need to strengthen basic safety net policies, including Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), expand Medicaid across all states so that parents will not be left in poor health without health coverage, and invest in programs that have proven effective in helping families overcome adversities so their children can thrive.»

Poor glucose control during pregnancy can lead to problems for both mother and child, including a higher chance of premature birth or stillbirth, according to the Hormone Health Network.

But if your child is obese, or exhausted much of the time, the chances are high that poor sleep patterns are a part of their life and adding to their problems.

I had been told by several doctors that my chances of having a child naturally were quite poor due to -LSB-...]

Mark Woodruff, Executive of The JJ Charitable Trust says: «Literacy is one of The JJ Charitable Trust's main concerns and for years we have worked with charities to prevent and overcome poor access to literacy that too often sees children and young people fall prey to low educational attainment, low employment chances and even homelessness and prison.

«Since 1973, Marian Wright Edelman and her team have been working to improve the life chances of all children, especially the poor.

Instead, she repeats reasonable but banal slogans such as, «When we give children the chance to succeed, they can» and «I do believe that schools and teachers can make a tremendous difference in the lives of [poor] kids who face these challenges every day.»

The chances of mental health problems are enhanced when bullying, neglect and abuse are taken into consideration, as well as if a child's parent suffers from poor mental health.

It found that in England, poorer children — those from families in the bottom quarter of household incomes — had less than a 10 per cent chance of attending a grammar school, compared with a 40 per cent chance among those from families in the top quarter of household incomes.

Instead of pouncing on Mr. Bush, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio might explain to voters why Barack Obama has spent his entire presidency trying to shut down a school voucher program in Washington, D.C., that gives poor black and brown children access to private schools and, according to the Education Department's own evaluation, improves their chances of graduating by as much as 21 percentage points.

I fear your advisors, especially those allied with the teachers unions, have convinced you that pulling back on your previous support of charter schools is a «gimmie,» a political move that costs you nothing... (R) apidly expanding charters offer many poor and minority children their best chance of emerging from K - 12 schools ready for a job or further education.

We need to hear more about the nobility of teaching, the impact that it has and the particular rewards derived from improving the chances of children from poorer and more difficult backgrounds — far greater, I'd argue, than teaching the gilded off - spring of the Chinese or Qatari ruling classes.

Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child's school, from the quality of teaching to dealing with bullying and poor behaviour.

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?

Education Minister Elizabeth Truss rejected calls for formal schooling to start later in England, saying this would damage the life chances of children from poorer homes.

It remained a means to a larger end: to improve teaching and learning for all children; in particular, to improve the life chances of the poor and dispossessed.»

Poorly funded vouchers don't offer much of a chance for poor children to enroll in expensive alternative schools.

For example, they found that a poor child raised in San Jose, or Salt Lake City, has a much greater chance of reaching the top than a poor child raised in Baltimore, or Charlotte.

In some of the poorest neighborhoods in Grand Rapids, in places inured to academic failure, children are grasping at a chance to defy the odds.

«Children with serious behavioral problems have the poorest life chances of any group of young people,» the manifesto states.

Research has identified a range of risk factors that are likely to increase the chance of children experiencing poor mental health.

As expected, minority and children from low - income family have poor chances of being enrolled in high - quality education programs.

New Jersey The Schumann Fund for New Jersey Early Childhood Development: We support efforts to heighten the chances of academic and social success for young children, especially the urban poor, by supporting programs and policies that provide high quality early childhood education and care to children from birth to eight years old.

The negative effects of poverty on children also increase the chances of poor outcomes for youth and young adults, such as teen pregnancy and failure to graduate high school.

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).