Sentences with phrase «disadvantaged children make»

Doris Entwisle, Karl Alexander, and Linda Steffel Olson noted, «children from poor and middle - class families make comparable gains during the school year, but while the middle - class children make gains when they are out of school during the summer, poor and disadvantaged children make few gains or even move backwards academically.»

Sir Peter Lampl, Chairman of the EEF, said: «We very much welcome the Deputy Prime Minister's announcement that the Government is investing # 10 million for the EEF to fund and rigorously evaluate projects to find out into what works in helping disadvantaged children make the difficult transition from primary to secondary school.

A very high number of boys take part and disadvantaged children make the greatest progress of all.

Not exact matches

We need more incentives for well - qualified teachers to make a long - term commitment to teach disadvantaged children.

But it makes a point at the expense of already disadvantaged men, women, and children who were counting on that funding for basic necessities.

My second book, How Children Succeed, considered the challenges of disadvantaged children through a different lens: the skills and capacities they develop (or don't develop) as they make their way through chChildren Succeed, considered the challenges of disadvantaged children through a different lens: the skills and capacities they develop (or don't develop) as they make their way through chchildren through a different lens: the skills and capacities they develop (or don't develop) as they make their way through childhood.

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.

«We will however make available information on best practice and «what works» for improving the attainment of disadvantaged pupils and I am clear that a valuable use of the premium would be schools investing in ways to encourage parents, including of course fathers, to engage in the education of their children.»

FI calls on government to scrap bedroom tax for separated fathers The Fatherhood Institute is calling on the government to make separated fathers exempt from the bedroom tax and take other steps to «draw in» and support disadvantaged dads — who are more likely to lose contact with their children if they separate from the mother, according to new research.

I think that makes a lot of sense, especially for children who are growing up in disadvantaged situations — they need more time in school.

As a result, in a neighborhood with an intense concentration of deep disadvantage, like Roseland, it is next to impossible for large numbers of children to get the kind of help they need to make it out of there and to make it to a really successful adulthood.

Overheating can lead your child to have an uncomfortable sleep as well can make them super sweaty and smelly, which is a big disadvantage of other quilted mattress.

and elaborated on in subsequent posts (e.g.,» A Follow - Up to the Infamous «Cheetos - and - Nach0 - Sauce» Photo «-RRB-, the shame of being seen in line for the federally reimbursable meal can prevent economically disadvantaged children from eating lunch, a problem that's exacerbated when when attractive, for - cash - only, snack - bar items are also made available by schools in so - called «a la carte» lines.

Children growing up in disadvantaged circumstances — in cold and damp homes, with little access to green space for play and recreation and parents struggling to make ends meet — are more likely to experience poor health now and into adulthood.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «Since 2010, the UK Government has made «boosting economic development» its number one priority for international aid and development, in spite of evidence which indicates that this might further disadvantage the world's poorest children.

This follows Nick Clegg's announcement that the Coalition Government is making free school meals in England available for primary school children and disadvantaged college students from September 2014.

In England, the Coalition Government is making free school meals available for all infant school children and disadvantaged college students from September 2014.

«Over the last decade we have made substantial progress in narrowing the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and the rest - the average achievement for those pupils has risen more sharply than for others,» she claimed.

The prime minister conducts foreign policy like a child in the play ground — making snap judgements which often are to his disadvantage.

«Outside of cities with mass transportation, undocumented immigrants are at a serious disadvantage without driver's licenses, making simple tasks like picking up groceries, picking up a child from school or going to work a struggle.»

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.

Disadvantaged children in areas of low social mobility made 20 months less progress than their wealthier peers across England in 2015, according to research released today from Ambition School Leadership.

A sponsorship programme to make BBC micro: bit classroom kits available upon request will be opened during the 2016/2017 school year, in particular aimed at disadvantaged children.

«Labor is hosting this national schools» forum to identify and discuss the changes needed to ensure excellence, tackle educational disadvantage and make certain all Australian children leave school with the skills they need to participate in their community and in our changing economy,» she said on Wednesday.

Schools that receive federal Title I funds to improve learning among disadvantaged children and fail to make AYP for two years in a row are considered in need of improvement and face a range of consequences.

The research concludes that there has been a rise in the performance of disadvantaged children in London in comparison to neighbouring cities because of the improvements being made to the capital's schools.

In the late fall of 1964, Shriver asked Dr. Robert Cooke, a pediatrician at Johns Hopkins and the chairman of the Kennedy Foundation's scientific advisory committee, to head a committee whose task would be to make recommendations for a preschool program that would promote the development and school readiness of disadvantaged children.

Professor Richard Murnane, the student - selected faculty speaker, reflected on five decades of education and the five challenges currently facing all educators around the world: make equality a reality for all children; use money so it affects students» daily experience; create schools that prepare children for the future; make school choice work for the most disadvantaged; and create school accountability systems that improve education for all our children.

During the era of No Child Left Behind very little progress has been made in narrowing the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students.

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.

However, to make sure that the academies programme realises its goal of improving outcomes for disadvantaged children, the report is urging the government, and the national and regional schools commissioners, to do more to create mechanisms that spread good practice from the best academy chains to the rest.

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

There's a lot to be said for making federal dollars follow disadvantaged children to their schools of choice:

«Those who know me will realise that I am passionate about improving outcomes for children from our most disadvantaged communities and my comments were made in this context.»

«It is the most expensive compensatory program ever attempted anywhere in education,» he wrote, voicing complaints that sound similar to those made by critics of «adequacy» lawsuits today, «yet no significant improvement can be detected in the learning of these «disadvantaged» children.

By middle school, when children can «read to learn» about these topics, many disadvantaged youngsters are hopelessly behind in their reading comprehension abilities, precisely because they lack the knowledge base that makes comprehension possible.

Disadvantaged children in areas of low social mobility made 20 months less progress than their wealthier peers across England in 2015, according to

If the government is truly committed to social mobility, surely it should make the easiest of changes to give all disadvantaged children the support they deserve.»

Never mind everything we know about low - income children coming into school with all manner of disadvantages, all of which make them much less likely to be ready for AP - level courses by the twelfth grade.

The project showed that socially disadvantaged children benefited most from quality pre-school learning programs, and made a successful start at school.

The report said: «Compared with disadvantaged children who did not attend after - school club at the age of 11, those who attended after - school club one or two days per week had made significantly more progress than predicted.

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.

As Universal Credit is rolled out, it is right that we continue to make sure this support reaches children from the most disadvantaged families.

Trauma, schooling instability, poverty: Any one of those challenges can make it harder for gifted children to be found and to show their strengths, and students in the foster - care system often have all of those disadvantages and then some.

In 2013 - 14, according to the United Way, «almost 60 percent of the student population came from economically disadvantaged homes, and nearly 70 percent were considered high needs students — an inequity that made it exceptionally difficult for many children to thrive.»

E.D. Hirsch, Jr., has long been making the social justice case for giving disadvantaged children access to the knowledge and language that have long been assumed by the privileged and powerful.

For years, Hirsch has made the case that such tests are fundamentally unfair to disadvantaged children, particularly low - income children of color, because of the nature of language itself.

Never mind everything we know about low - income children coming into school with all manner of disadvantages, all of which make them much less likely to be ready for AP - level courses by the 12th grade.

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.

Fundamentally a network of local level volunteers dedicated to making assessment fair, open and educationally sound, our goal is to open the doors to disadvantaged children by removing barriers to achievement, while improving the quality of education for everyone.