Sentences with phrase «economically disadvantaged children»

Provide resources targeted to national goals in early childhood education and to help states and localities assist special populations, such as economically disadvantaged children, children with disabilities, and children whose native language is other than English, to meet high academic standards and develop personal, health, and social competencies;

Office of Head Start Administration for Children and Families Funds agencies that offer Head Start and Early Head Start programs, which provide comprehensive child development services to economically disadvantaged children and families, with a focus on school readiness and parent involvement.

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.

In 2017, 91 percent, or 336 of the 371 schools in Texas with failing marks from the TEA serve populations with more than 60 percent economically disadvantaged children.

While each subgroup of students — including economically disadvantaged children — made progress this year, achievement gaps remained stubbornly large: 92 percent of white students were proficient in reading, for example, compared with 52 percent of Hispanic students, 44 percent of black students and 42 percent of poor children.

We find schools that are hyper - segregated by race; and we find schools that do not reflect the cultural and economic profile of the communities in which they are situated (for as Ms Lecker reports charter schools underserve English language learners and they often underserve the most economically disadvantaged children, as measured by eligibility for free and reduced lunches).

Harvard Graduate School of Education has selected Louisville as one of six cities to participate in a program that will develop ways to close the achievement gap for socio - economically disadvantaged children.

Supports deserving and economically disadvantaged children in Morris, Passaic and Sussex counties, so they can obtain a quality, values - centered education through accredited K - 12 private elementary and secondary schools.

He is the Chairman of the board of trustees of Young Scholars Charter School, an inner - city public school serving approximately 250 economically disadvantaged children.

Providence is among six cities that have been tapped to participate in a multi-year initiative aimed at improving educational outcomes for economically disadvantaged children.

Child care and the development of behavior problems among economically disadvantaged children in middle childhood.

Furthermore, New London's vertical scale scores for economically disadvantaged children in reading actually outpaced both Trailblazers and the state.

In 2015, LightSail's SummerSail Reading Program provided at - risk middle school students with access to LightSail for seven weeks in an effort to combat «summer slide» — a phenomenon by which economically disadvantaged children rarely read during the summer as compared to their more advantaged peers.

Effective and promising summer learning programs and approaches for economically disadvantaged children and youth.

For more than 100 years, the Christopher House mission has been to strengthen and empower economically disadvantaged children and their families by providing a continuum of educational and human services.

Consequently, some of our economically disadvantaged children who need additional help are not receiving it.

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).

«SST is in good standing with the TEA and our students» achievements show that we have a history of providing high - quality STEM education to primarily economically disadvantaged children,» Nalcaci said.

Some envision a centralized, uniform system available to all children while others argue we should concentrate on providing high quality programs to economically disadvantaged children.

As one principal stated, «Our ultimate goal is that our economically disadvantaged children will break the cycle of generational poverty.

Murnane and Hoffman conclude that raising high school graduation rates further «will require a set of complementary investments and structural changes in the education system,» and that «investments aimed at improving the school readiness of economically disadvantaged children are critical.»

Investments aimed at improving the school readiness of economically disadvantaged children are critical.

... 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.

Representative George Miller of California said that despite a proposed $ 80 - million increase for Head Start, which prepares economically disadvantaged children for school, the Administration's 1983 budget package amounts to an «erosion of resources» for the program.

Florida's choice strategy also included the creation of the nation's largest voucher program — the McKay Scholarship Program — for students with disabilities and the «Step Up for Students» tax credit for economically disadvantaged children.

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.

SE: Educators have long testified and research has long demonstrated that schools with large shares of economically disadvantaged children become overwhelmed with challenges that interfere with education.

That study, however, was not (as far as I'm aware) confined to economically disadvantaged children, which may account for the disparate results.

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.

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.

Not exact matches

His most recent study, comparing 1,025 public and Catholic high schools, shows not only that the Catholic schools were more effective overall, but that they were especially beneficial to children from economically disadvantaged homes or where relationships between parents and children were disturbed.

58 % are in their 20s; 61 % have one or more children; 56 % are unmarried and not cohabiting; 69 % are economically disadvantaged; and 73 % report a religious affiliation.

Regular TLT readers know all about the (misguided) Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill passed by the House Education & the Workforce Committee, a bill which would roll back key school food reforms and put economically disadvantaged kids at risk.

The Team has a specific focus on ensuring that at least one - third of Chicago Children's Museum annual visitors come from racially diverse, geographically - isolated, and / or economically - disadvantaged communities.

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.

Diane: I did wonder if the researchers controlled for socioeconomic status, since children are more likely to eat school lunch when their parents can't afford anything else, and those economically disadvantage home environments may also contribute to obesity.

How Children Succeed is Paul Tough's insightful & highly readable compilation of decades of research on what it is that enables some children to thrive into adulthood while others fall behind (both in economically advantaged and disadvantaged circumsChildren Succeed is Paul Tough's insightful & highly readable compilation of decades of research on what it is that enables some children to thrive into adulthood while others fall behind (both in economically advantaged and disadvantaged circumschildren to thrive into adulthood while others fall behind (both in economically advantaged and disadvantaged circumstances).

Policy - makers and planners can greatly assist the improved nutritional health of women and children by supporting the development of evidence - based dietary guidelines and effective prevention and intervention services, especially for socio - economically disadvantaged families.

The two say the change «lowers standards and will allow inexperienced and unqualified individuals to teach those children that are most in need - students of color, those who are economically disadvantaged, and students with disabilities.»

«Given the limited accessibility of traditional mental health services for children — particularly for children from minority and economically disadvantaged backgrounds — school - based mental health services are a tremendous vehicle for overcoming barriers to mental health care and meaningfully expanding the reach of supports and services for so many children in need.

All of this comes at the expense of children — particularly the «socio - economically disadvantaged.»

The services are being provided to help children who are economically disadvantaged to better succeed in school, and a disproportionate number of these children are racial or ethnic minorities.

This has been done effectively at local public schools such as PS 396 in the Bronx, where a significant percentage of children have special needs and all of the students could be characterized as economically disadvantaged.

The review found arts education particularly beneficial for young children and those who are economically disadvantaged or struggling academically.

Through the distribution of tablet computers loaded with a software package of literacy apps, Curious Learning is reaching economically disadvantaged communities around the world to improve the early reading skills of young children.

Dr Emily Tanner, lead author of the report, said: «For children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, who have lower take - up of formal out - of - school activities, school - based clubs appear to offer an affordable and inclusive means of supporting academic attainment.

Economically disadvantaged rural and small - town children do a lot better than their city counterparts in learning what they are taught in school, but schooling is not enough.

In contrast, schools in economically worse - off areas were found to be charging as little as $ 92 — the result of hardship policies implemented to ensure children are not disadvantaged regardless of their parents» ability to pay fees.

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.»

For example, families that send their child to a «free» federally funded Head Start program are much more disadvantaged economically than the families in the present customer subsample who are paying the full freight for a fee - for - service center.