In the last decade, the number of public school districts that
consider socioeconomic status in student assignment has grown from just a handful to more than 80 (Kahlenberg, 2012).
Since 2007, the number of districts strongly committed to socioeconomic integration has more than doubled, from 40 to 100 nationwide.75 These districts tend to be large and urban, and today, roughly 4 million students reside in a school district or charter school that
considers socioeconomic status in their student assignment system — representing about 8 percent of total public school enrollment.76
Not exact matches
This is especially so in low - income or less educated population groups, who must be
considered a major focus of any front - of - pack nutrition labelling systems because of the link between
socioeconomic status and lifestyle diseases.
Racial disparities in obesity rates among the third of U.S. adults
considered obese are often blamed on
socioeconomic status because of its influence on diet and physical activity, but new findings from the University of Alabama at Birmingham published in Obesity suggest otherwise — particularly for women.
In addition, we need to
consider sex presentation, age, ethnic background, and
socioeconomic status because these factors also can determine results,» write Julie A. Freischlag, M.D., and Michelle M. Silva, B.A., of the UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, in an accompanying commentary.
Experts suggest that as survival rates improve, understanding racial and
socioeconomic differences in pediatric populations are important factors to
consider for overall health
status.
Eighty - eight percent of respondents questioned the accuracy of current tools for risk adjustment; 85 percent did not think that
socioeconomic status was adequately
considered, and 82 percent worried that flawed quality assessments would encourage physicians to avoid high - risk patients.
«The fact the cohorts used to determine this study's conclusions (BMJ published meta analysis) failed to
consider incredibly relevant diabetes confounders like family history of diabetes,
socioeconomic status, and dietary consumption patterns, including the dietary consumption of other categories of refined grains, makes quantifying the effect on diabetes development due to white rice consumption from this data set impossible.
Participants will explore current research on student achievement and the persistent correlation with
socioeconomic status and
consider three areas of focus that could produce the type of overhaul our children need: personalized learning, health and social services, and out - of - school opportunities.
Mission statements were analyzed for frequency of word use
considering the districts by enrollment size,
socioeconomic status, and geographic location determined by Area Education Agency regions.
The PISA data indicate that the observed variation in the distribution of student characteristics across countries does not place the United States at a disadvantage in international assessments compared with other highly developed countries; students with high levels of
socioeconomic status had an educational advantage over their low SES counterparts across all 20 countries, even after
considering the differences in the percentage of students who are immigrants, from less - advantaged homes, non-native language speakers, and other factors.
Even when
considering factors such as
socioeconomic status, the disparity between spending and quality in public schools makes it clear: We need a game changer.
What if ethics committees were required to
consider the impact of proposed rule changes on access to justice for those of middle and low
socioeconomic status?
Therefore we must
consider factors such as gender, geographic location, ethnic background and
socioeconomic status, as these all impact pay, career opportunity and career development.
Families from nondominant cultures are more likely to have a lower
socioeconomic status, which can create additional barriers to engagement with the school, such as limited time to engage in their children's education and the inability to pay items or fees that schools may
consider nominal.
As we
considered balance on
socioeconomic status to be important, randomisation was done with a computer generated allocation sequence by matching pairs of centres according to the closeness of their average
socioeconomic disadvantage scores and then randomising one centre from each pair to the intervention arm.
WELLESLEY, MA —
Socioeconomic status has long been
considered an important predictor of health and well being for adults, and more recently for adolescents.
The association between the child's telomere length and prenatal tobacco exposure remained significant after
considering the influence of family
socioeconomic status and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke during pregnancy and childhood.
It is important to
consider ethnic differences in family processes and diabetes management in the context of potential disparities in
socioeconomic status (SES).