Sentences with phrase «educational disadvantages these children»

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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.

It looks at why so many educational interventions fail to help disadvantaged students do better, and demonstrates that it is things like perseverance, motivation and determination that ultimately help children succeed.

«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.

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.

While it is difficult to show a direct link between vision and social and educational development, few would argue that these children are not disadvantaged to some extent.»

Kevan Collins, EEF chief executive, said: «We know that effective teaching and parental engagement have a positive impact on educational achievement, particularly for the most disadvantaged children.

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.

«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.

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.

«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.

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.

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.

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

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.

One hopes this decision will put an end to its attempts to undermine the educational opportunities Louisiana has created for its disadvantaged children.

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.

«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.

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.

Before they even enter the classroom, many children from low - income and minority households are at a distinct educational disadvantage.

The implication is that, from the very beginning, disadvantaged and advantaged children have different educational needs and stand to benefit from different kinds of instruction.

Title I, Part A of NCLB is designed to equalize educational opportunities and resources for disadvantaged children.

97 % think it disadvantages children with special educational needs, 84 % feel children with English as an additional language will be adversely affected and 74 % of teachers voiced concerns about the effect on summer - born children.

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.

Secretary of Education William J. Bennett last week unveiled his proposal for distributing Chapter 1 aid through vouchers, saying it would benefit disadvantaged students by «enabling parents to choose the educational program that best meets the needs of their 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.

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.

It also found that educational performance is strongly and unacceptably linked to students» backgrounds - the more disadvantaged, the worse the child's outcomes.

«We're proud of having delivered programmes like School Direct which allow teachers to train in the classroom from day one and having supported the expansion of Teach First so that more exceptional graduates are tackling educational disadvantage and transforming children's life chances.

Studies have shown that children growing up poor, under disadvantaged conditions at home or in the community, are more likely to be unprepared to undertake a rigorous educational program.

Halfon said the hearing would focus on «school funding and this year's changes to GCSEs», adding that he was «particularly keen to question the secretary of state on what the government is doing to improve the educational outcomes for children from disadvantaged backgrounds».

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.

Head Start — A federally funded child - development program that provides health, educational, nutritional, social and other services to pre-school children from economically disadvantaged families.

Nearly 4,000 more children from working - class and economically disadvantaged households will soon have further access to educational opportunities across the state, and we look forward to further expansions in the years to come.»

The teaching community needs to increase its understanding of how disadvantaged children and those with special educational needs and disabilities learn, and how we can build resilience and aspiration.

There is a «word - gap» between disadvantaged children and their better - off peers by the age of five, and evidence shows it «has a long term effect on educational outcomes», the Department for Education said.

«The Welsh government is taking practical action to deliver better educational opportunities for our most disadvantaged children.

This reauthorization brought with it some dramatically different strategies for meeting the educational needs of disadvantaged children.

One national initiative was Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, enacted in 1965, which funnels money and resources to low - achieving schools in an effort to produce greater equality across districts and to supplement educational offerings for 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.

In this study, Caitlin Patler uses original longitudinal and mixed - methods data to address a series of questions about DACA's role in influencing the educational disadvantages faced by undocumented children and youth.

This panel presents data and analyses to consider the extent to which market mechanisms in education shape educational opportunities for disadvantaged children — for better or worse — in Chile, India, Australia, Brazil, South Africa, and the U.S..

These populations include children who have limited English language experiences, economic disadvantages, educational disadvantages, disabilities, or factors that make it difficult to demonstrate potential on traditional identification measures of talented and gifted.

The report found educational attainment by disadvantaged children had improved but the gap between them and their better - off peers has only got marginally better — by one percentage point.

Research confirms that these benefits are especially pronounced for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, many of whom have had limited educational experiences.

Preschool, small class size and counselors are among the educational resources the plaintiffs in Connecticut's pending school funding case, CCJEF v. Rell, seek for Connecticut's most disadvantaged children.

Membership of this Network is open to grant - makers with an active interest in funding work to address educational disadvantage within state - funded schools and colleges for children and young people aged 5 - 18.