Sentences with phrase «educational disadvantage in»

Irrespective of its precise etiological determinants, childhood neurodisability is one of the most important precursors of psychopathology, poor social functioning and educational disadvantage in later life [3], [4].

The ACER Foundation supports staff to develop solutions that address educational disadvantage in the community and has funded several projects through the ACER Foundation Innovation Fellowships.

«Our proposed new funding formula recognises educational disadvantage in its widest sense, including pupils who do not necessarily benefit from the pupil premium but whose families may be only just about managing,» she said.

Over the course of the 20th century, some of the most persistent challenges in public education — from the dropout problem in the 1950s, to educational disadvantage in the 1960s, to school discipline in recent years — have been reframed in psychological terms.

To download the IPPR's report - «Excellent and equity: tackling educational disadvantage in England's secondary schools» please click here

Also in line with current studies is the report's finding that «for any groups whether minority or not, the effect of good teachers is greatest upon the children who suffer most educational disadvantage in their background, and that a given investment in upgrading teacher quality will have most effect on achievement in underprivileged areas.»

As part of the move, James Toop, chief executive officer of Teaching Leaders, will become chief executive officer designate of the newly merged organisation, with the aim of eradication educational disadvantages in England's schools.

Not exact matches

So, for example, on - site remedial educational services could be provided to disadvantaged children enrolled in private schools, but not their counterparts in religious schools (Aguilar v. Felton [1985]-RRB-.

We all need encouragement to exercise a new vision of the public good, and to join with others in sacrificial efforts to achieve that good in concrete ways, ranging from providing housing for the homeless to parks for everyone and enriched educational environments for disadvantaged children.

They largely refused to acknowledge that poverty rather than school quality was the root cause of the educational problems of disadvantaged kids, for fear that saying so would merely reinforce a long - standing belief among public educators that students unlucky enough to live in poverty shouldn't be expected to achieve at high levels — and public educators shouldn't be expected to get them there.

Delivering our Labour goals — supporting families and communities, tackling disadvantage, spreading educational opportunity, safeguarding our NHS, investing for the future — will be more difficult than at any time in our living memory, certainly since the post-war Labour government of 1945.

The Coalition Government's free schools programme, contrary to its stated aims to address educational disadvantage and attainment gaps, is failing to do so, concludes a report commissioned by the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK.

Founded in 1910, the NAUW serves women, youth and the disadvantaged in our communities and in developing countries by addressing educational issues, advancing the status of women's issues and strategically partnering with allied organizations.

Its real purpose is to help lift the educational performance of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, so closing the shameful gap in life chances in our country.

Yet there is still a huge disparity in educational achievement between disadvantaged students and their more affluent peers.

As Clifford Houston, UTMB's associate vice president for educational outreach, points out, «The whole idea is to bring in students who have been ignored or disadvantaged.»

In particular, those who experienced parental separation before the age of 16 were more likely to be materially disadvantaged in adolescence and had lower educational qualifications by adulthood, compared to children who grew up with both parentIn particular, those who experienced parental separation before the age of 16 were more likely to be materially disadvantaged in adolescence and had lower educational qualifications by adulthood, compared to children who grew up with both parentin adolescence and had lower educational qualifications by adulthood, compared to children who grew up with both parents.

Offering data concerning black poverty, unemployment, crime, juvenile delinquency, narcotics use, and serious educational disadvantage, Moynihan maintained that the deep roots of this «crisis» lay in American slavery.

Morris became interested in the production of diverse and accessible educational media content, and enrolled in the Technology, Innovation, and Education Program (TIE) to learn how to use technology to narrow the digital and knowledge gap between advantaged and disadvantaged communities.

Options that don't end in a bachelor's degree will fail to help disadvantaged students see themselves as college material, and predictably channel them into less promising options, forming an «educational caste system,» according to Kati Haycock, the president of the Education Trust, a Washington group that presses for better opportunities for low - income and minority students.

«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.

On this measure of educational disadvantage, England ranks in the bottom half of developed nations, standing 27th out of 44 nations.

«I have redesigned my seminar on education, policy, and inequality in Latin America this semester to include a section that engages the students in doing case studies of leaders who have succeeded at creating educational opportunities for disadvantaged children,» he says.

It could find that the equal protection clause prohibits wide within - state disparities in educational opportunity that disadvantage some students because they live in a property - poor district, as Justice Thurgood Marshall argued in his Rodriguez dissent.

«Functioning democracies require citizens who have all been educated to work with others in improving their communities and with her focus on advancing the educational opportunities of the most disadvantaged, Emiliana is playing a critical role in advancing the work in progress which is democracy, justice, and the rule of law in Latin America.»

This means incentivizing the use of meaningful content in the classroom and eschewing misguided, patronizing notions of fairness that would undermine the promise of the Common Core and harm the educational opportunities of our most disadvantaged students.

The educational trap here is that in protecting disadvantaged groups against material that in any sense touches on their disadvantage, we cut them off from the very material they need the most to overcome that disadvantage.

To this end, the Brilliant Club places doctoral and postdoctoral researchers into schools in order to address issues of educational disadvantage and usher the top students...

The Australian Greens have pledged to deliver funding for 2235 new teachers in disadvantaged government schools as part of a $ 1 billion scheme to relieve the pressure on teachers and schools and lift Australian educational achievement.

Mr. Fuller established the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette University in Milwaukee to help improve educational opportunities for disadvantaged children.

The increase came in response to a 1986 law requiring local summer programs for disadvantaged youths to include assessment of educational deficiencies and remedial assistance along with work experience.

The Leadership Development Programme allows them to become outstanding classroom leaders in schools in challenging circumstances, committed to leading in their classrooms and tackling educational disadvantage.

• Students in schools with large majorities of disadvantaged students [who are disproportionately likely to be racial minorities] do poorly on measures of educational achievement, and their schools are likely to have higher rates of disciplinary problems.

There is nothing wrong with this per se, as segregation does lead to inequalities, and those inequalities (in access to good teachers, safe facilities, educational resources, etc.) tend to disadvantage poorer students and racial minorities...

Fryer, the Henry Lee Professor in the Department of Economics, is a bold researcher who has focused his work on race and education, testing theories and evaluating policies aimed at expanding educational opportunity and improving outcomes for disadvantaged students.

Since 2000, our mission has focused more sharply on improving educational outcomes for disadvantaged youth, particularly those who attend schools in urban communities.

The rules for Even Start, which is to provide educational and other social services to disadvantaged children and their parents, specifies that participating children must reside in an elementary - school attendance area eligible for Chapter 1 compensatory education.

She's referring to what's known as the achievement gap in the United States — the persistent disparity in educational, and hence economic, success of its disadvantaged, and disproportionately nonwhite, children.

Although the changes were intended to hold school officials accountable for the educational experiences of disadvantaged children, Congress left intact a short clause in the main K - 12 education law that, in practice, has failed to ensure that money from the federal Title I program only supplements state and local money, researchers and advocates said at a conference here last week.

The government should not ignore the effect that living in a disadvantaged area can have on poor pupils» educational chances during its proposed shake - up to school funding, a new report says.

In the report Blake noted there was no evidence that small schools were disadvantaged in terms of educational performance, however, he pointed out that Tasmanian public primary schools were more costly per student compared to the Australian average and the Tasmanian Government could save potentially $ 433,000 per year for each school closeIn the report Blake noted there was no evidence that small schools were disadvantaged in terms of educational performance, however, he pointed out that Tasmanian public primary schools were more costly per student compared to the Australian average and the Tasmanian Government could save potentially $ 433,000 per year for each school closein terms of educational performance, however, he pointed out that Tasmanian public primary schools were more costly per student compared to the Australian average and the Tasmanian Government could save potentially $ 433,000 per year for each school closed.

Having worked for an organisation that dealt with integration of non-nationals and disadvantaged [5] children in Dutch society and the educational system for primary school children specifically, there was heartbreaking evidence and examples that those who needed to assess the environmental conditions young children were catapulted into, could not — and will never — understand the extent of trauma these children and their parents had been exposed to; subsequently, unable to realistically assess the cause of underachievement and trauma, nor adequate measures could be taken to equip fugitives with sufficient resources to overcome this disadvantaged position.

A three - and - a-half year intensive programme that used sport to engage disadvantaged young people in educational activities outside of the classroom, is celebrating its conclusion with the news that over 2,000 young people across London have benefitted since it launched in May 2013.

In the principles, the groups highlight the important and historic role the federal government has played during the 50 years since the ESEA was originally passed in promoting educational opportunity and protecting the rights and interests of students disadvantaged by discrimination, poverty, and other conditions that may limit their educational attainmenIn the principles, the groups highlight the important and historic role the federal government has played during the 50 years since the ESEA was originally passed in promoting educational opportunity and protecting the rights and interests of students disadvantaged by discrimination, poverty, and other conditions that may limit their educational attainmenin promoting educational opportunity and protecting the rights and interests of students disadvantaged by discrimination, poverty, and other conditions that may limit their educational attainment.

This important book, featuring a chapter by NCTL's Jennifer Davis and David Farbman, explores how education time can be expanded, reimagined, and reorganized in an effort to enhance the educational opportunities and outcomes of disadvantaged students.

The Rogers Family Foundation (RFF) seeks to catalyze organizations and systems to achieve and excel at the highest level in positively transforming the educational experience and opportunities for Oakland's most disadvantaged students.

The Bureau of Federal Educational Programs provides technical assistance, program support and monitoring to local educational agencies that will lead to improved academic achievement outcomes for students who are disadvantaged, migrant, neglected, delinquent, at - risk, or homeless; or in rural and low - income schools.

In Improving Rural Hispanic Students» Transition to College and Career, researcher Ed Kissam uses data from the 2002 - 12 Educational Longitudinal Survey to examine specific factors associated with educational disadvantage among rural Hispanic students.

And even if some parents base their decisions on educational quality, many observers worry that low - income and minority parents will be less informed about or interested in school quality, placing their children at a disadvantage in the education marketplace.

In the absence of an unflinching, daily reaffirmation of standards of educational excellence, the structural disadvantages common to many public schools - the poorly paid and underqualified teachers, the crumbling facilities - inevitably begin to encroach on, and then to corrupt, the learning environment.