Sentences with phrase «detrimental effects of poverty»

So if the PISA tests were used to highlight and address the detrimental effects of poverty and how those effects can be overcome, they could be very beneficial.

Buckskin says that's not surprising, given that «a disproportionate percentage of our people are living in low SES locations with high unemployment... experiencing the detrimental effects of poverty» and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers have a strong sense of community and commitment to making the schooling of Indigenous students more culturally appropriate.

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Poverty advocates have been critical of the minimum wage law now in effect, which they contend moves too slowly and included detrimental tax breaks for businesses.

Benso believes that effects of the poverty, poor health, and detrimental family situations that appear to be common in rural communities land squarely in the classroom.

The effect of these caps could be especially detrimental given the potential for growing demands on Title I dollars, both from increases in student poverty and the funding that would be required for new activities called for in the bills.

Poverty and other adverse social determinants have a detrimental effect on child health and are root causes of child health inequity in the United States.

Regarding cognitive ability, early - life and prolonged exposure to poverty have been found to be particularly detrimental.30, 35,36 The literature points to a multitude of ways in which the parents» financial situation affects children's cognitive ability.35, 37 These include the more direct effects of poverty, such as poor diet, poor housing conditions, poor neighbourhood environment and inferior access to goods and activities that may stimulate cognitive development.