Sentences with phrase «disadvantaged urban children»

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From studies on socio - economically disadvantaged children in large urban areas — kids who are so hungry that they eat paint and dirt, and whose homes are crumbling around them, exposing layers of lead paint.

Unlike a large urban district like my own, where close to 90 % of children qualify for free / reduced price lunch, in these affluent areas only a handful of children are economically disadvantaged.

Initiated in 2005, the study follows 560 families from four disadvantaged urban areas who are at high risk for asthma to uncover potential risk factors that contribute to increased asthma rate in children growing up in impoverished neighborhoods.

For example, Krueger (1998) uses data from the NAEP and documents test score increases over time, with large improvements for disadvantaged children from poor urban areas; the Current Population Survey shows declining dropout rates since 1975 for those from the lowest income quartile (Digest of Education Statistics, NCES 2012).

Seeing the challenges confronted by highly segregated and under - resourced schools in crime - ridden neighborhoods, I realized that most urban children in America were as or more profoundly disadvantaged than children I had met in India, Nepal, and Mexico during previous international development work.

Although these education management organizations differ somewhat, their strategies are fairly typical of organizations geared toward urban, disadvantaged children.

It is through this that YHA is enabling young children, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to participate in activities in rural and urban areas of England and Wales.

Urban and suburban / rural special strategies for educating disadvantaged children: Findings and policy implications of a longitudinal study.

Urban and rural children are more likely than suburban children to attend full - day kindergarten and economically disadvantaged children are more likely than advantaged children to attend full - day kindergarten (NCES).

Wallace today aims to better the lives of disadvantaged children in America's urban areas and foster the vitality of the arts for all.

It is widely believed that teacher turnover adversely affects the quality of instruction in urban schools serving predominantly disadvantaged children, and a growing body of research investigates various components of turnover effects.

Under her guidance, the foundation launched and refined new strategic priorities, focusing its $ 115 million grant budget on improvements in urban education for economically disadvantaged children, protection of the water resources serving 15 million people across four states, development of world - class urban parks and trails in underserved communities and cultivation of a vibrant cultural sector.

The relationship between body mass index and health - related quality of life in urban disadvantaged children.

We report the results of the first Australian randomised trial of a sustained nurse home visiting intervention commencing antenatally and continuing to child - age 2 years for families living in a multicultural, socioeconomically disadvantaged urban community.