Sentences with phrase «disadvantaged children living»

This annual event is to benefit homeless and disadvantaged children living in shelters in the Metro Detroit Area.

New research shows disadvantaged children living in rural areas do worse at school than their city counterparts.

Disadvantaged children living in rural England are less likely to do well at school than those from the big cities, says Ofsted's chief inspector.

As part of the «War on Poverty,» the Elementary and Secondary Education (ESEA) Act of 1965 was designed to direct federal education dollars to the most disadvantaged children living in poverty.

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The great interest of the study arises from the fact that, as the years went by, the researchers noticed that many of the children they had identified as «at high risk» (i.e., children subject to four or more serious disadvantages) were able to lead satisfying and socially productive lives as adults.

So also have better medicine and hygiene, lengthening life spans far beyond the child - bearing age, thereby diminished the male advantage or female disadvantage.

But what the research I've described here makes clear is that intervening in the lives of disadvantaged children — by educating them better in school, helping their parents support them better at home, or, ideally, some combination of the two — is the most effective and promising anti-poverty strategy we have.

Which leads to a new and pressing question: Exactly what is it in the daily life of a disadvantaged child that most acutely hampers the development of the skills he needs to succeed?

None is perfect, but together they may point the way to a new approach to intervening early in the lives of disadvantaged children.

Most obviously, the needs of very young fathers are substantially different from those of older young fathers (Kiselika, 2008, p. 132); and they tend to be most socially disadvantaged to start with, are less likely to be living with their children's mothers, and are more likely to be involved in criminality and substance misuse and to suffer anxiety, depression and emotional volatility (Kiselika, 1995).

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.

Theresa May is apparently fully behind the government's plans to publish a Life Chances Strategy focusing on disadvantaged children.

«It is in the very earliest years of a child's life that disadvantage really takes hold.

The state also will pick up the transportation tab for children of all ages who live in disadvantaged areas, thanks to a $ 500,000 program included in the new budget.

The state also will pick up the transportation tab for children of all ages, from kindergarten to high school, who live in disadvantaged areas, thanks to a $ 500,000 program included in the new budget, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a statement.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

Sure Start underpins the Government's entire new approach to ending child poverty, which involves heavy intervention in the lives of disadvantaged children — from newborns to five - year - olds, and largely through the network of neighbourhood centres — to make sure they are ready to start school and make the most of it.

«School kids living in homeless shelters must contend with unimaginable levels of stress and hardship, and are at a tremendous disadvantage when trying to keep up with their housed peers in class,» said DAVE GIFFEN, Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless, the nation's oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless men, women and children.

They live in very remote, disadvantaged communities and 10 years ago, when their children were born, they had no information about the dangers of alcohol.»

Vast inequities within and between countries mean that the poorest, most disadvantaged women, children, and adolescents often miss out on life - saving health services and experience serious violations of their human rights.

Later, she founded the Global Fund for Children, a nonprofit that funds innovators focused on improving the lives of disadvantaged cChildren, a nonprofit that funds innovators focused on improving the lives of disadvantaged childrenchildren.

And yet, she is doing such things to survive and to provide something resembling a home to a child going through life disadvantage through no fault of her own.

Despite being a more realistic part of her life than the fantastical world of voice acting, her desire to improve the lives of disadvantaged children is similar to the role her character plays in the final game in the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.

By this I mean that we must pay much more attention to what's going on in the lives of children — especially children who are disadvantaged by poverty — that prevents them from taking advantage from even optimized learning environments.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: «In the year of England hosting the Rugby World Cup we are funding the sport's best coaches to transform the lives of thousands of our most disaffected and disadvantaged children.

Some children are at risk because of developmental delays or special learning needs; some begin school at a disadvantage because of their limited mastery of English or their socioeconomically impoverished living circumstances; and some, including some Indigenous children, experience multiple forms of disadvantage.

Taken together, these results highlight how improved access to school resources can profoundly shape the life outcomes of economically disadvantaged children and thereby reduce the intergenerational transmission of poverty.

Aside from his entrepreneurial interests, in 2014 Howard established the charity The School Bus Foundation, which aims to provide disadvantaged children and young people in mainstream education with opportunities that can make a positive difference to their lives.

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 cChildren's Zone with one on improving the school achievement and life chances of disadvantaged childrenchildren.

According to repeated evaluations, these three programs do not make a meaningful difference in the lives of disadvantaged children.

Figures show that just five per cent of children eligible for free school meals gain five A grades at GCSE, while a child living in one of England's most disadvantaged areas is 27 times more likely to go to an inadequate school than a child living in one of the least disadvantaged.

The report said: «In the context of creating a fairly funded system, government should also consider the external effects that may combine to compound the effects on pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, including place poverty (living in neighbourhoods with high proportions of poor children, attending schools serving higher proportions of disadvantaged pupils) gender and ethnicity.»

This investment will be targeted at the most disadvantaged areas of the country — including the Department for Education's Opportunity Areas — to help make sure every child gets the best start in life.

In response, one may want the school day or year to lengthen, and many good schools, especially those serving disadvantaged students, have striven to enlarge their portion of children's lives.

This charity has been set up to support projects that help disadvantaged children and young people, including outdoor projects that support healthy lives.

... The results... highlight how improved access to school resources can profoundly shape the life outcomes of economically disadvantaged children, and thereby significantly reduce the intergenerational transmission of poverty.

It was a deliberate decision rooted in our desire to make a life - changing difference in children's lives, particularly children from traditionally disadvantaged communities.

Similarly, the share of funds to be used by each recipient LEA to serve educationally disadvantaged students attending private schools is determined on the basis of the number of low - income children enrolled in private schools and living in the residential areas served by public schools selected to receive Title I grants.

«For decades the system has failed tens of thousands of children who in many cases have been doomed to life sentences of disadvantage and despair,» Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D - Brooklyn) told the energetic crowd.

Their findings bolster arguments about the important societal benefits that Catholic schools provide in educating disadvantaged children and strengthening the communities in which they live.»

[94] Head Start and Early Head Start have long led the effort to help prepare disadvantaged children to succeed in school and in life.

Head Start reflected the belief that quality early - childhood education could inoculate disadvantaged children against the turbulence of their home and neighborhood life.

The free schools programme is also transforming the lives of many of society's most disadvantaged and disaffected children.

«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.

All too often, the life story of the struggling reader, especially the child from disadvantaged circumstances, is a heartbreaking one.

The Sutton Trust report, Background to Success, said: «In the context of creating a fairly funded system, government should also consider the external effects that may combine to compound the effects on pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, including place poverty (living in neighbourhoods with high proportions of poor children, attending schools serving higher proportions of disadvantaged pupils) gender and ethnicity.»

Insisting upon real rigor for all Connecticut's children and addressing the needs of children disadvantaged by poverty and racism — that is how Connecticut will be a state where people want to live, work, and invest in their future.

It says these children have the «double disadvantage» of disability and of bullying during critical life periods.

A child living in one of the country's most disadvantaged areas was 27 times more likely to go to an inadequate school than a child in the most advantaged area, said Ms Greening.

We know that children living in disadvantage do worse than those from affluent areas, not because the schools are poorer, but in fact because of a combination of a number of factors.