Sentences with phrase «economic backgrounds at»

The researchers tested the auditory abilities in adolescents from lower economic backgrounds at three public high schools in Chicago.

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'' Dame Kelly Holmes was speaking at the PruGOals training rides, an initiative set up by Prudential to empower young people to drive their ambitions and fulfil their potential regardless of social or economic background.

To inform women from a variety of socio - economic and cultural backgrounds that: (i) they can continue to breastfeed on returning to paid employment from maternity leave; (ii) there are benefits to themselves and to their babies in continuing to breastfeed on return to paid employment after maternity leave; and (iii) there are steps they can take to maximize their success at combining breastfeeding and paid employment.

2) One of the oldest ambitions of the Labour movement is the classless society (or at least a society in which there is a less immediate division between people of different socio - economic backgrounds).

However, an analysis of the socio - economic background of the respondents — measured as their parent's occupation at age 14 - reveals that this increase is not evenly distributed across social classes.

According to him: «at this time of economic stress, apparent socio - polititical frustrations and rising separatist hate - mongering, we celebrate with our Muslim brothers and sisters, the manifest long - standing peace, harmony and full integration amongst indigeneous and settler populations from different ethno - religious backgrounds in not only my constituency but Enugu state at large».

«We need [a representative] that knows, that comes from our own social, cultural and economic background in power,» said Dr. Rafael Lantigua, a professor of clinical medicine at Columbia University and a member of the coalition.

Last week, Cuomo, who has feuded with the mayor at every turn, told the Observer that the comptroller's scathing audits of his economic development programs were not valid given his background as a state assemblyman, despite the fact that he appointed DiNapoli to oversee the city's homeless shelter system.

«Poverty and the many stresses that come with social disadvantage have long been linked to cardiovascular disease, but how we live, work, and play has a great impact on heart health for people from a broad range of economic and cultural backgrounds,» explains David Siscovick, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Research at The New York Academy of Medicine and Chair of the American Heart Association's (AHA) Council on Epidemiology and Prevention.

New Paltz, NY About Blog Study Abroad Blogs by State University of New York at New Paltz, committed to providing high quality, affordable education to students from all social and economic backgrounds.

The Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at HGSE, Lesaux conducts research focusing on promoting the language and literacy skills of today's children and youth from diverse linguistic, cultural, and economic backgrounds.

The study, conducted by McCartney, Boston College Associate Professor Eric Dearing, and Samford University Professor Beck Taylor, looked at reading and math achievement of more than 1,300 children in middle childhood from economic backgrounds ranging from poor to affluent.

In addition to an unconscious bias regarding economic backgrounds, the research also highlighted gender stereotypes that girls are seen to be better at reading while boys are better at maths.

It's about our shared belief that every family in the Commonwealth deserves a quality public school in their neighborhood — no matter their economic circumstance, ethnic background or zip code; it's about opening currently closed doors and giving more Massachusetts students a seat at the table.

His academic background includes Masters degrees in International Affairs and International Economic Policy and Practice from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University and a Masters degree in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University.

If the American dream is to mean anything for children from low - income backgrounds, they need access to a public education that helps them overcome economic and social barriers and achieve at high levels.

Parents of all socio - economic backgrounds balked at that phrasing, arguing that choosing to send their children across town was burdensome.

Through a more harmonious and healthy interaction to various cultures and socio - economic backgrounds, to developing a deeper understanding of community that comes from hands - on interaction with corporations, non-profits, cultural and academic institutions, students are exposed to a microcosm of the world at large, learning skills of interaction, team building and cooperation.

At the same time, a report done in Europe found the earlier selection took place, the greater the effects of socio - economic background.

Educating Students who Live in Poverty A discussion with Ray Landers, principal at Boaz Middle School in Boaz, AL, and finalist for the 2009 MetLife / NASSP National Principal of the Year award, about the reform efforts he has implemented at his school to reach students from low socio - economic backgrounds.

believe all scholars — regardless of academic or socio - economic background — will achieve at the highest levels

Through collective hard work and commitment, KIPP Austin students complete college at a rate that is above the national average for all students and four times higher than that of students from similar economic backgrounds.

Although there is a need for leader - teachers who share the racial and economic backgrounds of their students, we believe that at - scale reform will take a concerted and sustained effort from an entire community of individuals — representing all ethnicities and background — committed to eliminating educational inequity.

The state's higher education funding crisis, combined with what counselors describe as a growing aversion to debt, is pushing students from all economic backgrounds to start at a community college.

Drawing on data from the Baltimore School System, they calculate the value of summer learning at different educational stages and compare outcomes for children of different economic backgrounds.

Nationwide, KIPP students complete college at a rate that is above the national average for all students and four times higher than students of similar economic backgrounds.

It has long been established that there is a significant relationship between the socio - economic background of students and their educational performance at school.

Our students complete college at a rate that is above the national average for all students and four times higher than that of students from similar economic backgrounds.

Writing in The Wall Street Journal, he quotes from Steven Brill's Class Warfare, which compares the teachers» contracts at Harlem Success Academy, a high - performing charter school in New York City, and a traditional public school that shares the same building and teaches kids from the same socio - economic background.

Massimo Marino comes from a scientist background: He spent years at CERN and The Lawrence Berkeley Lab followed by lead positions with Apple, Inc. and the World Economic Forum.

When I served as student body president at AU and began working on the issues I had always cared about — gender equity, racial justice, opportunity regardless of economic background, and, yes, LGBTQ equality — it became clear that making a difference in the world wouldn't diminish or dilute my own pain and incompleteness.

«When people are training to be library supervisors, there is very little out there to help you learn to do that job and with today's economic conditions, school districts are cutting back and people who have no background in library [science] are now in charge in libraries,» says author Cynthia Anderson, also associate superintendent for educational services at Shawnee Mission (Kansas) School District.

So from a broader economic standpoint, it seems things are getting better (at least for Ontarians), with fears of a complete economic meltdown no longer swirling in the background.

New Paltz, NY About Blog Study Abroad Blogs by State University of New York at New Paltz, committed to providing high quality, affordable education to students from all social and economic backgrounds.

David Tyfield (DT):  I don't think its just the media, but its the main thinking behind a lot of policy. We would want to distinguish between technology and innovation, where technology is just new kinds of machines. Innovation on the other hand is a much bigger issue than that and its not just the technical issue of introducing new machines. My background is in looking at science and innovation from a sociological political economic angle, which means we treat innovation as a social process.

For example, an analysis of the risks of sea level rise for the State of California evaluated the economic value of property at risk of flooding, as well as the size, economic status, and demographic backgrounds of the population living in areas vulnerable to flooding, area of wetland likely to be lost, and other metrics related to threatened transportation, energy, and water infrastructure (Heberger et al 2011).

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As South Africa is currently a non-examining country (there are plans to start examining at least pharma patents), the number of pharma patents granted here are higher than in countries having a similar socio - economic background and in which patents are examined.

The Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament has released a series of brief background papers on the Canada — European Union trade negotiations that began last year and that are aimed at achieving a «Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement» (CETA).

Those who decide the world's economic fate typically have a weak scientific background or none at all.

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