Sentences with phrase «for disadvantaged children»

The study finds that every dollar invested in quality early childhood education for disadvantaged children provides a return of 7 - 10 % per child, per annum.

He states that quality early childhood education programs for disadvantaged children have high rates of return and warrant public investment.

Alongside this, an # 8.5 million programme has opened for local authorities to fund projects to improve early language and literacy development for disadvantaged children.

Our mission is to foster improvements in learning and enrichment for disadvantaged children and the vitality of the arts for everyone.

The federal government also insists on regular testing in school districts that receive federal funds for disadvantaged children.

These results are certainly a bright spot for proponents of expanding access to private school for disadvantaged children.

The campaign began in 1976 as a charitable initiative to help raise money for disadvantaged children during the holiday season.

All the evidence shows that strong leadership and great teachers make the biggest difference in improving attainment in schools, particularly for disadvantaged children.

Most charter schools have done no better for disadvantaged children than the schools from which they came, while stripping regular schools of their most motivated students.

The vast body of research shows that high - quality early childhood education has lasting effects for disadvantaged children.

A new study reveals that a home - based early intervention for disadvantaged children had a significant impact on later - life earnings.

This is a great resource for those who need to prove that government investment in early childhood education for disadvantaged children pays off for individuals and society.

Another bill will be introduced in this parliamentary session that will bring forward these proposals, and enact the pupil premium for disadvantaged children.

But ministers say they will introduce new rules requiring grammar schools to improve access for disadvantaged children.

Using accountability (as well as school choice and other strategies) to improve matters for disadvantaged children has therefore been, and should remain, a policy focus.

Educators come to teaching with dreams of changing the odds for disadvantaged children, inspiring a love for learning, or developing critical thinkers.

In programs that are designed to involve parents in full partnerships, student achievement for disadvantaged children not only improves, it can reach levels that are standard for middle - class children.

It also urges government to introduce a voucher system, using money set side by central government for disadvantaged children.

The transition [from middle school to high school] can be a difficult one for disadvantaged children.

It is especially crucial for disadvantaged children, who may have limited life experiences outside school.

Providing developmental resources pays dividends for the disadvantaged child and society as a whole by providing better future outcomes in social and economic productivity.

There is a strong body of evidence that shows early childhood education has great value for disadvantaged children, their families and society.

It can be used to justify investment in high - quality preschool programs for disadvantaged children.

Two multi-million pound schemes have been announced to help boost early language and literacy development for disadvantaged children.

This two - page summary document is for those who need to prove that government investment in early childhood education for disadvantaged children pays off for individuals and society.

A call to do more and better for disadvantaged children.

This combined budget will then have to be distributed - with the added factor of a pupil premium for disadvantaged children.

But by the end of Key Stage 1 in 2017, the outcomes for disadvantaged children in the local authority were in the top 20 % nationally, with 67 % of poorer children achieving the expected level.

Whilst there, she co-authored the report, More Good School Places, which was the first to recommend a «Pupil Premium» of # 6000 extra funding for each disadvantaged child in the country's state schools.

«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.

The Perry Preschool Program and Abecedarian Preschool Project — long considered the quality gold standards — delivered better education, health - related behavior, social and economic outcomes for disadvantaged children who received treatment versus those who received none.

But former Labour welfare minister Frank Field said the money could be better spent on support for disadvantaged children before they reached school age.

Education Next's Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (November 4) about a bill passed by the House that would send $ 8 billion to states to boost the quality of preschools and expand the number of preschool spots for disadvantaged children.

But if your primary goal is to significantly raise student achievement as it is traditionally defined (test scores, graduation rates, college attainment, etc.), especially for disadvantaged children, education savings accounts are probably not the way to go.

Three of the first six opportunity areas (Derby, Scarborough, and West Somerset) will also benefit from successful bids for the National Collaborative Outreach Programme, which will help raise aspirations for disadvantaged children through summer schools, organising school visits and providing academic mentoring.

Three of the first 6 opportunity areas (Derby, Scarborough, and West Somerset) will also benefit from successful bids for the National Collaborative Outreach Programme, which will help raise aspirations for disadvantaged children through summer schools, organising school visits and providing academic mentoring.

«All the evidence shows that selective education creates barriers for disadvantaged children rather than breaking them down.»

Congress's bipartisan repudiation of the ecia rules could mean that state and local education agencies, only days away from the start of the new school year, will have no formal guidelines by which to spend nearly $ 3 billion in education aid for disadvantaged children and for the new education block - grant program.

Good Morning A massive victory yesterday for disadvantaged children throughout Florida when the state supreme court dismissed the teachers» union's meritless lawsuit against nation's largest school choice program.

«This country can't afford to replace «The fierce urgency of now» with the soft bigotry of «It's somehow optional»,» he continued, referencing President George W. Bush's 1999 speech decrying lower expectations for disadvantaged children.

Bowler's fictional universe combines the chivalry and knighthood of King Author's Camelot with a modern fight for disadvantaged children's rights in California.

The BE INSPIRED Auction is being hosted by the Floreat Group, to raise vital funds for inspirational arts engagement programmes run for disadvantaged children by The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts (Children & the Arts).

Pranamar Villas» employees also will have a donation box, in lieu of exchanging gifts, at the hotel to give toys and / or money to purchase toys for disadvantaged children in town.

Professor Heckman's value analysis of these programs reveals that investing in early childhood development for disadvantaged children provides a high return on investment to society through increased personal achievement and social productivity.

For example, Krueger (1998) uses data from the NAEP and documents test score increases over time, with large improvements for disadvantaged children from poor urban areas; the Current Population Survey shows declining dropout rates since 1975 for those from the lowest income quartile (Digest of Education Statistics, NCES 2012).

One of the OECD's primary recommendations last week was for countries to increase investments in early learning for disadvantaged children, with OECD Secretary - General Angel Gurría repeatedly returning to this conclusion.

Also, with the outreach work that I do for as an ambassador for NASA / JPL, I wanted to be able to have more technical activities for disadvantaged children centered around coding, space technology, and planetary science.

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.

Such impacts are particularly strong for disadvantaged children.