Sentences with phrase «educational disadvantage of»

in the area of employment for example, today's adults are still suffering the legacy of educational disadvantage of 40 or 50 years ago.

The new school takes its name from research suggesting that a «relay» of three years of good teachers can erase the average educational disadvantage of low - income children.

Finally, a key issue given little attention in the book is the continuing wide educational disadvantage of poor, particularly black, children, and the hope that educational intervention in the early years may reduce it.

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The consequences of this national travesty are well documented — postpartum depression, higher infant mortality and illness and persistent educational and economic disadvantages.

One disadvantage we found is that there are restrictions on the use of funds - you can not use a Citizens Bank personal loan for home improvement, educational or business purposes.

Nonetheless, traditional patterns of domination and subjugation continue to reign within religious and educational institutions, and so the situation of traditionally disadvantaged groups remains precarious.

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.

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.

«The marketisation and privatisation of our great public education service compounds this disadvantage with access to important educational opportunities, for too many children and young people, now on the basis of parents» ability to pay.

We need effective action from the Government on education, health, housing and the economy to tackle the root causes of the disadvantage and poverty which are key inhibitors to educational progression.»

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.

Most of them come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and many enter her classroom with serious educational deficits, she says.

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 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.

The government has expressed concerns about the attainment gap, yet it is being left to schools to address this particular area of educational disadvantage.

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.

Ultimately no one organisation, charity or school can end educational disadvantage alone - by working together to develop enhanced partnerships, we all stand a much better chance of ensuring no child is left behind.

It is beyond dispute that, because disadvantaged children come to their classrooms with an array of educational and personal challenges, they need additional resources to compete successfully with their more - affluent peers.

Under the new OCR rules, once federal officials determine that the distribution of any resource disadvantages a protected minority, the district must demonstrate that its policy is «necessary to meet an important educational goal» and that no «comparably effective alternative» is available.

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.

«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.

Identifying the kinds of private schools that boost these outcomes could enhance policymakers» ability to design private school choice programs that expand disadvantaged children's access to high - quality educational opportunities.

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...

These disadvantaged populations have high rates of educational mobility, but rates of exit from KIPP schools are typically no higher than rates at nearby district schools.

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.»

Amidst the debates on how best to strengthen our educational system, there is clear consensus on what motivates the need for change: many of our country's children and adolescents are being left behind, falling out of the educational system and further into cycles of systematic disadvantage.

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 majority of those worst affected come from a disadvantaged background or have a special educational need or disability.

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 Declaration proclaimed that the Australian governments «must ensure that socioeconomic disadvantage ceases to be a significant determinant of educational outcomes».

• 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.

Instead, Ladd «speaks of income as one of many factors that characterize educational disadvantage.

I agree with most of this article and the idea that students with more educational disadvantages should receive proportionately more assistance to achieve educational success.

Can small high schools of choice improve educational prospects for disadvantaged students?

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.

The civil rights movement and the growing public awareness of our educational system's inequality led to the creation of Head Start, a program aimed at preparing young disadvantaged children for school.

Kemple was first drawn to HGSE because of its record of faculty and alumni who work to improve the lives of students at risk of educational, economic, and social disadvantage.

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.

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.

«At the heart of the report is a vision for using these technologies to promote equity of educational outcomes and career opportunities for students facing disadvantage.»

«Alyssa Chan exemplifies well the qualities that distinguish students and graduates of the International Education Policy Program: a strong commitment to expanding educational opportunity for the most disadvantaged children around the world, an extraordinary ethic of hard work and rigorous pursuit of academic excellence, and an understanding of leadership as service to others,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, director of IEP.

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.

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 closed.

Discussing educational disadvantage, it cites 2015 research suggesting many students are not able to access «taster» work experience for a variety of reasons — including gender, disability, cultural background and socioeconomic status.