Sentences with phrase «economic disadvantage backgrounds»

Mentored ethnically diverse students from socially and economic disadvantage backgrounds in after school homework program.

«The gaps are too big in terms of achievement for students with disabilities, they are too big in areas of race, students with socio - economic disadvantaged backgrounds,» he said.

Not exact matches

«Given the important role public policies and services play in supporting individuals to make the most of their talents, we will consider legislating to make clear that tackling socio - economic disadvantage and narrowing gaps in outcomes for people from different backgrounds is a core function of public services,» the white paper stated.

«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.

Money would then be available to bring needy schools up to 95 per cent of the government's schooling resource standard (SRS), which is calculated by taking a base cost for educating each student and adding money for disadvantage (such as coming from a low socio - economic background, being indigenous, or living in a remote area).

«We must ensure that changes being made to our qualifications system do not unfairly disadvantage specific groups of students, including those with special educational needs or those from backgrounds of economic disadvantage.»

«It's the capacity of those systems to invest in those students from disadvantaged backgrounds» says Schleicher, the education director for the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), which administers the triennial Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) among its roughly three dozen member countries.

The report also stated there was little support for the «notion that pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to succeed if they live in a country with an academically selective secondary education system», based on the OECD's definition of resilience [which measures how many pupils in the bottom quarter of socio - economic status are in the top quarter of attainment].

«Obviously, a child considered poor in the United States may be regarded as relatively wealthy in another country,» he wrote, «but the fact that the perceived problem of socio - economic disadvantage among students is so much greater in the United States — and in France too — than the actual backgrounds of students also suggests that what school principals in some countries consider to be social disadvantage would not be considered such in others.»

Their conclusion, as reported in the journal Econometrica, was that «Having a high - quality teacher throughout elementary school can substantially offset or even eliminate the disadvantage of low socio - economic background.

They suggest that this could lead to bias or disadvantage kids from other cultures or socio - economic backgrounds.

But, in these gloomy economic times when young people's (particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds) debts spiral, their advice and support services downsized or removed, and... [more]

But, in these gloomy economic times when young people's (particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds) debts spiral, their advice and support services downsized or removed, and the looming legal aid cuts threaten the closure of the few specialised legal advice services that support them, what is to stop them falling into an even bigger access to justice black hole?

IntoUniversity: a charity aiming to develop the skills required to go to university among those disadvantaged by their economic, social, linguistic or cultural background.

Most women who enter prison do so from a background of extreme social and economic disadvantage.

Carmen is a registered psychologist with almost 15 years of experience working with clients experiencing social and economic disadvantage, from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people affected by trauma and occupational distress.

Designed for, or demonstrated applicability to, special groups: FAST has been shown to have positive outcomes for children from low socio - economic or disadvantaged family backgrounds.

Elspeth, who also sits on the Board of Bright Light Relationship Counselling, has a background in academic teaching and, as Director of Lothians Equal Access Programme for Schools (LEAPS), led a team working with staff in local schools and universities to support young people disadvantaged by economic, social or cultural factors into higher education courses.

Some people are not at greater risk, and any individual's risk level is related to a mix of variables that includes personal characteristics, background, socio - economic disadvantage, and, as I argue below, behaviors that increase risk.

Project Harmony is a randomized control trial investigating the impact of a relationship education intervention on improving relationship satisfaction, individual distress, parental alliance, emotional regulation and economic stability for individuals and couples from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Project Harmony is a randomized control trial investigating the impact of a relationship education intervention on relationship satisfaction, individual distress, parental alliance, emotion regulation, and economic stability for individuals and couples from economically disadvantaged background.