Sentences with phrase «facing lack of access»

This report, which synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies, finds community schools can improve outcomes for all students, and especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

This brief and related report synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies and finds that community schools can improve outcomes for all students, especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

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While roughly a third of its portfolio companies are in St. Louis, the fund also invests in startups located in places where founders face a similar lack of access to venture capital.

In addition to the difficulty that many potential business owners face in accessing capital, aboriginal people have unique challenges to securing financing including legislation prohibiting the use of on - reserve assets as collateral, lack of local financial institutions to work with, and lack of access to angel investment or venture capital.

The most common barrier to expansion faced by today's small businesses is lack of access to capital.

Transgender people face numerous health disparities as well as stigma, discrimination, and lack of access to quality care.

Other important considerations around fairness must also be addressed, such as whether to provide charge - free access options or routes to ensure accessibility and inclusivity, whether to charge individuals a congestion fee for driving where alternative modes of transportation are not available (e.g. the lack of public transit in rural areas), whether the charge for commercial and private vehicles differs or not, and whether individuals living further away from urban areas and thus travelling further distances should face a higher charge than individuals living in urban areas.

Another educational hurdle facing Africans that Paxful, the P2P finance platform, is very aware of is lack of access to stable financial institutions.

Information about nutrition during pregnancy and breastfeeding may not take into account the limitations that many mothers face: lack of food, limited access to fresh foods, and limited or no access to common food - preparation needs such as running water, stove, refrigerator, or microwave.

The problem that you and Hannan face is that you're treating the set of those who lack access to healthcare in the US as though they don't need healthcare.

«The poor performance of industry and the business sector in general, could also be attributed to other challenges they faced, including, but not limited to, lack of access to finance, high interest rates, an unstable exchange rate, high import duties on raw materials and machinery, poor facilitation of import and export trade, particularly at our ports, inadequate and poor quality of raw materials for industrial processing, a poorly developed domestic trade infrastructure, lack of effective collaboration between research institutions and industry, limited access to serviced land for industrial production activities and poor standards of regulation and certification.»

Broadband is rapidly becoming a necessity in everyday life and the data we have previously compiled indicates many of our residents are lacking speed and choice, do not have sufficient, reliable access to the Internet, or are facing a combination of both issues.

SOL also represented a community response with sense of urgency to find reachable solutions to pressing issues facing the Latino community, including the hostile political climate, crisis of affordable housing, threats to immigrants rights, low graduation rates and lack of access to higher education, and lack of job opportunities.

«In rural settings, there are often barriers to health services that women face, including stigma, cultural concerns of confidentiality and trust, lack of anonymity, and lack of access and providers.»

However, the research also shows that the biggest barriers educators currently face to teach these skills are the lack of access to necessary tools and technologies and the time required to teach students how to use creative tools.

In the online discussions and face - to - face meetings, the members of the learning community, the teachers and the university educators, engaged in numerous conversations about how to overcome these barriers (e.g., lack of access to technology).

The challenges facing rural schools are staggering — concentrated poverty, inadequate access to health care services, early childhood education and after - school programs, ballooning class size, high transportation costs, teacher shortages, and lack of broadband access.

While the preservice teachers in this study taught in a variety of settings (urban, suburban, and rural), as well as a variety of grade levels and subjects, they faced a consistent challenge in using technology as a tool for learning: lack of access to adequate technology in the K - 12 schools.

Students who grow up amid economic insecurity often face many obstacles: parents without education, lack of healthy attachments, lag of cognitive stimulation, lack of enrichment activities, violent neighborhoods and lack of access to medical resources.

In addition to living in poverty, minority children face disadvantages that include living with one parent (as 65 percent of Black children do) and lacking access to preschool (as 53 percent of Hispanic children do).

ECS urges caution, however, citing students» need for face - to - face interactions with teachers, broadband limitations, limited access to student support services and a lack of opportunity for collaborative projects.

Malcolm Trobe of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the major problem schools faced was a lack of access to local specialist NHS care and said government plans had to be «backed up with the funding».

She knows the obstacles students face in their own learning: food and housing insecurity, limited medical and dental care, lack of access to transportation and technology, the list goes on.

Despite efforts from different major publishers to sell books directly through their own websites, even in the face of pricing disputes and lack of access to titles offered by retailers at one point, it isn't a concept that has grown.

We've seen the specs leaked previously (with photos) but here they are again and official — a 7 - inch multi touch display (resolution not mentioned though I'd be disappointed if it's not 1024 x 600), Android 2.2, front and rear facing cameras (VGA and 3.0 MP respectively), SIM card slot, Bluetooth, g - sensor, up to 32 GB storage, Wi - Fi, 3G, USB, A-GPS and here's the biggie — access to the Android marketplace, something that will be lacking on most of these upcoming tablets.

According to the data gathered for NBER, students from low - income families face tougher challenges with student loans based on their lack of access to wealth.

It's helping those who want to better themselves through education to pay off their loans sooner rather than later.NextGenVest is a company that works with students to ensure they are getting the information they need in regards to finances, federal education loans, and private student loans.The company saw the issues that many students face with conflicting information and a lack of access to sound financial advice for those...

The challenges these communities, and many Puerto Rican shelters, face is poor public perception, little to no access to affordable spay and neuter, unreliable electricity and the Internet, and a lack of funding and resources.

The program proactively addresses situations that don't benefit from a punitive approach and instead involve owners who face barriers to providing care to their animals due to either a lack of financial resources, access to services or other circumstances, such as domestic violence, medical or mental health challenges.

North Omaha faces myriad challenges: high crime, food deserts, lack of access to health care, and a long legacy of pollution.

Like women, indigenous environmental defenders often face more risks due to their marginalization, proximity to remaining contested lands, and historical lack of political legitimacy and access to monetary resources.

But behind this aromatic export lies a community of farmers and families that face huge daily challenges — including lack of access to safe water and widespread deforestation of their land.

As far back as the Levinson Report in 1970 (co-sponsored by The Florida Bar and the University of Florida), the legal community in Florida has been faced with documentation of the overwhelming unmet legal needs of the poor in Florida, and the adverse effect this lack of access to the legal system has not only on the poor, but on the entire legal system.

situations involving the removal of a seriously ill person in which substantial grounds have been shown for believing that he or she, although not at imminent risk of dying, would face a real risk, on account of the absence of appropriate treatment in the receiving country or the lack of access to such treatment, of being exposed to a serious, rapid and irreversible decline in his or her state of health resulting in intense suffering or to a significant reduction in life expectancy.

Marginalized groups in Malawi face significant obstacles in accessing the formal justice system, particularly because of congested courts and a lack of pro-bono lawyers.

The vexing problem small businesses faced, then as now, was lack of access to affordable business health insurance.

Immigrants continue to face hardships that come with lack of access to affordable health insurance and things will only get worse with the proposed American Health Care Act.

MSPCC releases «Oral Health and the Commonwealth's Most Vulnerable Children: A State of Decay,» a policy paper that highlights the poor oral health and lack of access to dental care faced by low - income and foster children in Massachusetts.

They are facing issues like food insecurity, a lack of clean water, unsafe living conditions, and no access to medical care.

A particular problem facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is the relative lack of access to primary health care.