Sentences with phrase «children of all economic backgrounds»

«If Dan Patrick and his followers wanted to give all students and their parents a meaningful educational choice, they would more adequately fund public education, so that children of all economic backgrounds would have a full menu of academic offerings and electives in their neighborhood public schools,» said Texas State Teachers Association President Noel Candelaria.

Not exact matches

The report authors want to see «a system in which teaching and learning responds to the needs of children, young people and their parents or carers, and in which a child's chance of success is not related to their socio - economic background, gender or ethnicity».

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The study broke down their research parameters into five main categories (Background, Marriage and Children, Attitudinal, Socio - economic and Lifestyle), each with its own subcategories, with all of the data coming from the HILDA (Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia) survey, which is conducted each year.

Halvorsen's work focuses on elementary social studies education, particularly for children from low socio - economic backgrounds, the history of education, teacher preparation in the social studies, and the integration of social studies and literacy.

The Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at HGSE, Lesaux conducts research focusing on promoting the language and literacy skills of today's children and youth from diverse linguistic, cultural, and economic backgrounds.

The study, conducted by McCartney, Boston College Associate Professor Eric Dearing, and Samford University Professor Beck Taylor, looked at reading and math achievement of more than 1,300 children in middle childhood from economic backgrounds ranging from poor to affluent.

Pupil Premium Promise - Development of the whole child (Life Experience programme) Limited life experiences of pupils from poor socio - economic backgrounds has a direct link with lower attainment.

These kinds of government programs and support help individual families and children, and also help equalize the playing field for children from differing socio - economic backgrounds and for men and women in the workplace.

International evidence suggests that adoption of market - based education policies that rely on school choice and competition between schools over enrollment often leads to segregation of children into different schools according to their socio - economic background, race or parents» awareness of educational opportunities.

In the opening debate of a new series of Education Matters Debates with Teach First Sir Michael Wilshaw HMCI, Matthew Taylor, Peter Hyman, Ndidi Okezie and Gillian Hargreaves ask: what will it take to ensure that every child, regardless of socio - economic background, is taught by a «good teacher»?

Do we believe in raising our children together, with kids of other races, cultures, and economic backgrounds, or not?

«I plan to lead a school, where I can ensure communities of children can lead an educationally empowered life because I firmly believe that all children, despite their economic, ethnic, or physical background should attain an equitable education,» she says.

The organization's goal is for all children, regardless of economic and cultural background, to have access to after - school programs by 2010.

Their thought - provoking commentary, ideas and impassioned anecdotal insights are presented in the form of essays, think pieces and poems that draw together a wealth of research on the issue and probe and discredit the current view on what is best for children from poorer socio - economic backgrounds.

Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «The report is right to point out that there is no «level playing field» for children of different economic and social backgrounds.

The children, who ranged in age from 7 to 13 years when the study began, come from a diverse set of socio - economic backgrounds.

We also propose revisions throughout this subpart to better support the ability of programs to serve children from diverse economic backgrounds, given research that suggests children's early learning is positively influenced by interactions with diverse peers [1112] We also require programs to prioritize serving younger children in communities where there is publicly funded high quality pre-kindergarten for four year olds.

She leads a research program that focuses on promoting the language and literacy skills of today's children and youth from diverse linguistic, cultural and economic backgrounds.

Second, we clarify that programs can charge a fee or a co-payment from families who are not part of the Head Start funded enrollment if they are serving children from diverse economic backgrounds or using multiple funding sources, including private pay.

In addition, we propose to require programs to determine whether the characteristics of their communities would allow them to operate classrooms that include children from diverse economic backgrounds.

By sixth grade, poor attendance is a proven indicator of whether a child will drop out of high school, regardless of economic background (Balfanz, Herzog, & MacIver, 2007).

Schools should be an engine of economic mobility, allowing bright, hardworking children to advance regardless of their family backgrounds.

Parents of all socio - economic backgrounds balked at that phrasing, arguing that choosing to send their children across town was burdensome.

Magnet Schools attract children of various socio - economic backgrounds, race and academic achievement levels.

For decades the academic achievement of Newark students has lagged behind others, including children with similar socio - economic backgrounds.

As a native New Yorker, Melissa has devoted her career to improving access to high - quality education for all children in New York City regardless of zip code and economic background.

Serving children from age 3 through middle school, we provide education of the highest quality for children of all racial, cultural, religious, and economic backgrounds.

«One of the most important responsibilities we have as a nation is to ensure that every child, regardless of their economic background, learns in a classroom with only the very best teachers.

«Obviously, a child considered poor in the United States may be regarded as relatively wealthy in another country,» he wrote, «but the fact that the perceived problem of socio - economic disadvantage among students is so much greater in the United States — and in France too — than the actual backgrounds of students also suggests that what school principals in some countries consider to be social disadvantage would not be considered such in others.»

33 And in a twist, the proposal also highlighted the importance of economic integration: «Although desegregation rules focus exclusively on students» race or ethnic background, family income levels better determine children's preparation for school and academic success.»

And liberated from traditional school boundaries, Shanker and other early charter advocates suggested, charters could do a better job than the regular public schools of helping children of different racial, ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds come together to learn from one another.

Drawing on data from the Baltimore School System, they calculate the value of summer learning at different educational stages and compare outcomes for children of different economic backgrounds.

The Colorado Department of Education reports there are 66,163 students in Colorado identified as gifted (2014 - 2015), including gifted children with disabilities (twice - exceptional), gifted children from diverse populations and gifted children of low socio - economic backgrounds, representing approximately 7.7 % of the K - 12 public school population.

The majority of variability in test scores results from «system - level conditions»; meaning everything affecting a student outside the teacher's control: the child's socio - economic status, parental background, language barriers, medical issues, student mobility, etc..

Other models offer research - based curriculum, professional development and instructional practices that may work for a much larger range of children, from many socio - economic backgrounds and many different levels of performance.

Financing High Quality Preschool Programs: How States and Communities are Addressing Adequacy, Equity and Efficiency of Funding presents preliminary findings from a study of how local communities (districts and community based programs) use mixed funding sources, including state, federal (including PDG), and local funds, to offer high quality preschool programs, in mixed delivery settings, to children from varied economic backgrounds.

Fever by Taiwanese artist Tseng Yu - Chin consists of twenty - one triptych color photographs of children from diverse social, ethnic, and economic backgrounds in New York.

I am very committed to the development of children from all areas and social and economic backgrounds.

Committed to the total development of children of different socio - economic backgrounds.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS • Flexible and adjustable to meet the requirements of the children and program • Skilled in working with coworkers and children from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds • Good attention to detail • Excellent Supervisory skills • Strong communication and interpersonal skills

She is currently leading a project with Barbara T. Bowman to understand and improve teacher preparation to successfully educate children of diverse cultural, linguistic, and economic backgrounds.

Divorce does not discriminate as it is blind to age, race, economic background, education, number of years married, children, property ownership and so on.

«I am comfortable working with people of every age, from school children to elders, from diverse social, economic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.

An education program designed for a wide variety of parents and carers of children (from birth to 16 years of age) with different needs and diverse socio - economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Timothy Landis, MSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Colorado with over 20 years of experience working with children, adolescents and adults of all ages and cultural / socio - economic backgrounds.

Avoiding one particularly high - risk relationship or avoiding having a child before marriage may alter the course of a person's life significantly, whatever his or her family and economic background.

They find that being maltreated approximately doubles the probability of engaging in many types of crime and that the effects are worst for children from low socio - economic status backgrounds.

Various background characteristics of children are explored spanning socio - demographic, socio - economic, parenting and early child development factors.

This limits the generalizability of the results to children with low socio - economic background.