Sentences with phrase «focused on child poverty»

When he returned to the Innocenti Centre, he focused on child poverty, economic development, and social policies.

Not exact matches

A child interested in the lives of others could focus volunteer energy on chipping away at poverty and hunger.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research group that focuses on reducing poverty, 20 million children in the United States (nearly 1 in 4) will have received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — better known as food stamps — in 2016.

Isn't there some more pressing issue you could focus on, such as starvation, child poverty, homelessness or nuclear disarmament?

The daily news can make issues like poverty and the environment seem overwhelming, yet by focusing on issues in ways that make sense to children, parents can raise socially conscious kids who care about the world beyond themselves.

However, noting that even their increased earnings barely took the participants» income above poverty level, the evaluators recommend that an early focus on education and training rather than on income - generation may be a more productive long - term strategy for these young men and their children (Spaulding et al, 2009).

The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent - Child Bond: Focus on Children in Poverty.

The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining a Strong Parent - Child Bond: Focus on Children in Poverty (AAP Clinical Report)

Perez - Williams said she would focus on the ninth - grade drop - out rate, the school - to - prison pipeline and on addressing poverty among school children to improve the schools.

As well as child poverty this will include a focus on disability, with one in three disabled adults of working age living in poverty.

She would focus her poverty - fighting efforts on the city's children, according to her website.

The Conservative government, he said, would focus on the «real causes of child poverty», which he identified as supporting families, improving education and helping people get into work.

WHEREAS, research shows that women are substantially less likely to self - select or be recruited for elective office, this gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time and that qualified female candidates who are equally or more qualified than men are often seen as less qualified or less viable than male candidates; and WHEREAS, research confirms that the presence of more women in a governing body leads to greater transparency and a focus on progressive policies such as closing the funding and achievement gaps in education, closing gaps or loopholes in contraception coverage and affordable health care, closing the wage gap, and removing obstacles that contribute to poverty of women & children; and

Economist Esther Duflo combines «innovative field experiments with rigorous empirical analysis» to identify «linkages and causal relationships between policy, poverty, behavior, and socioeconomic status» in the developing world, focusing on the well - being of women and children.

King of the Hill, about a struggling but resourceful preteen (Jesse Bradford) growing up amid the fear and poverty of the Great Depression, is director Steven Soderbergh's only film to focus on the life of a child.

Duke's work focuses on early literacy development, particularly among children living in poverty.

Instead, we should focus on building a better safety net and reducing child poverty.

Stephanie Jones» research, anchored in prevention science, focuses on the effects of poverty and exposure to violence on children and youth's social, emotional, and behavioral development.

Harvard also sparked Baer's deep interest in social issues, especially since his research work focused on children of poverty.

That marks a significant milestone for education in this country in that we are now utterly focused on there being duties on national and local government to act to reduce the impact of poverty and inequality on children's learning.»

Nell K. Duke, professor at the University of Michigan who focuses on literacy development, particularly among children living in poverty;

Duke focuses her work on early literacy development, particularly among children living in poverty.

And again, while there are other pressing societal problems affecting the country's schools, like child poverty and infrastructure and funding (to say nothing of what or how students are taught), so far much of the debate has focused on these teacher evaluations.

Children can't focus on learning, the thinking went, when they don't have nutritious meals, healthy bodies, emotional stability, involved and knowledgeable parents, and social services designed to soften the impact of poverty.

Focus Areas: «Student Social - Emotional Challenges» «Children in Poverty Are Children At Risk» «The Impact of Equity on Student Achievement»

Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of early language and literacy interventions for children from high poverty communities.

This initiative in the Seattle Public Schools focused on results for children of families living in poverty, and non-native English speaking and ethnic minority families.

Dr. Gadsden's research and scholarly interests focus on children and families across the life - course, from early childhood through the aging process, particularly children and families at the greatest risk for academic and social vulnerability by virtue of race, gender, ethnicity, poverty, and immigrant status.

They focus on income inequality — specifically child poverty — for evaluating gaps in those educational resources and outcomes.

My professional life is dedicated to education with a specific focus on children living and learning in poverty — which I suspect is not the focus on the new reformers.

For a half - century, our nation has focused on school - readiness programs such as Head Start as the best way to help low - income children escape the cycle of poverty.

Diane Ravitch believes education reform should focus on getting children out of poverty, not finding the bad teachers.

First, the law includes a strong focus on developing the «whole child,» recognizing the potential impact of factors including race, poverty, and childhood trauma on the learning process.

Success for All focuses on ensuring success in reading for children in high - poverty elementary and middle schools.

Like all the other governors listed here, Cuomo has chosen to ignore the real reasons for educational problems: poverty, segregation and inequitable distribution of resources and has focused his sights on those miscreant teachers, who have only dedicated their lives to working with children.

«But I think all of us in public education: moms, dads, teachers, principals, and board members need to be focused on the number one priority which is educating kids and how we do that better, how do we improve outcomes, raise children out of poverty, get them to graduation, college, and career.

That program currently provides states, districts, and schools with $ 2.25 billion in flexible funding to strengthen teacher and school leader effectiveness and improve student outcomes, with a focus on investing in evidence - based strategies to support children living in poverty.

Teachers are ill - equipped to teach children in the crisis of poverty, and when they do attempt to «be a doctor or a psychologist or a mommy,» as one teacher put it, they are unable to focus on students» learning (Callaci 2016).

Government representatives today engaged in a discussion with representatives of the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF and the OAS on poverty in Belize with a focus on cChildren's Fund, UNICEF and the OAS on poverty in Belize with a focus on childrenchildren.

Stephen Shames has worked as a photojournalist for over forty - five years, using his photography to raise awareness of social issues, with a particular focus on race and child poverty.

Other work of mine has focussed on family law for youth with children (for the BC Council for Families), abused women (for the BC Society of Transition Houses), parents living in poverty (for the Salvation Army's defunct pro bono program), people in polyamorous relationships (for the Canadian Polyamory Advocacy Association), recent immigrants (for SUCCESS Settlement Services), grandparents caring for grandchildren (for the Parent Support Services Society of BC) and other populations.

The Education Practice Group advocates for appropriate and meaningful educational opportunities for children in poverty, including a focus on discipline cases and disrupting the school to prison pipeline, particularly for African American and Latino youth who are disproportionately impacted by these policies.

, a national non-profit organization focused on building community - focused playgrounds for children living in poverty.

Heather has spent her career working to address the two - generation poverty problem, focusing her efforts in recent years on parents as the critical pathway to a child's future success.

Her research, anchored in prevention science, focuses on the effects of poverty and exposure to violence on children and youth's social, emotional, and behavioral development.

Traditional prevention efforts have focused almost exclusively on identifying the so - called risk factors in a child's life (poverty, abuse, and community violence, for example) and then attempting to provide services that would eliminate or mitigate those conditions.

Parental mental illness Relatively little has been written about the effect of serious and persistent parental mental illness on child abuse, although many studies show that substantial proportions of mentally ill mothers are living away from their children.14 Much of the discussion about the effect of maternal mental illness on child abuse focuses on the poverty and homeless - ness of mothers who are mentally ill, as well as on the behavior problems of their children — all issues that are correlated with involvement with child welfare services.15 Jennifer Culhane and her colleagues followed a five - year birth cohort among women who had ever been homeless and found an elevated rate of involvement with child welfare services and a nearly seven - times - higher rate of having children placed into foster care.16 More direct evidence on the relationship between maternal mental illness and child abuse in the general population, however, is strikingly scarce, especially given the 23 percent rate of self - reported major depression in the previous twelve months among mothers involved with child welfare services, as shown in NSCAW.17

In addition, because past studies have focused primarily on whether poverty affects young children's problem behaviour, research is also needed to investigate the links between low family income and other psychosocial outcomes in children.

The report focuses on families who are particularly at risk of poverty; single parent families, families with disabled children and / or disabled parents, black and minority ethnic families, and those where grandparents are raising their grandchildren.Read more

ECD programmes can take many forms, including promotion of good health and nutrition, support for safe and stimulating environments, protection from risks such as violence or abandonment, parenting support and early learning experiences, media, preschools and community groups.4 Poverty is the key underlying cause of poor child development; children living in poverty are exposed to many negative influences, including poor physical environments, inadequate nutrition, parental stress and insufficient cognitive stimulation.5 Undernutrition can influence brain development directly by affecting brain structure and function, or indirectly via poor physical or motor development, in addition to other pathways.6 — 8 Exposure to multiple co-occurring risks most likely contributes to greater disparities in developmental trajectories among children with differential exposure.9 — 12 This paper focuses on associations between specific aspects of children's physical environments — access to improved water and sanitation (W&S)-- and childhood development as measured by performance on a test of receptive laPoverty is the key underlying cause of poor child development; children living in poverty are exposed to many negative influences, including poor physical environments, inadequate nutrition, parental stress and insufficient cognitive stimulation.5 Undernutrition can influence brain development directly by affecting brain structure and function, or indirectly via poor physical or motor development, in addition to other pathways.6 — 8 Exposure to multiple co-occurring risks most likely contributes to greater disparities in developmental trajectories among children with differential exposure.9 — 12 This paper focuses on associations between specific aspects of children's physical environments — access to improved water and sanitation (W&S)-- and childhood development as measured by performance on a test of receptive lapoverty are exposed to many negative influences, including poor physical environments, inadequate nutrition, parental stress and insufficient cognitive stimulation.5 Undernutrition can influence brain development directly by affecting brain structure and function, or indirectly via poor physical or motor development, in addition to other pathways.6 — 8 Exposure to multiple co-occurring risks most likely contributes to greater disparities in developmental trajectories among children with differential exposure.9 — 12 This paper focuses on associations between specific aspects of children's physical environments — access to improved water and sanitation (W&S)-- and childhood development as measured by performance on a test of receptive language.