Sentences with phrase «for urban children»

Even when psychologists include kids from other communities, too often they use experimental procedures originally developed for urban children.

Urban school boards understand this critical need for all urban children to succeed, and no one is better prepared or more dedicated to meeting this challenge.

Teach Plus aims to improve outcomes for urban children by ensuring that a greater proportion of students have access to effective, experienced teachers.

Dr. Carothers has written a number of manuscripts for publication, including research on the effectiveness of mentoring interventions across multiple contexts, and she has presented research on stress and coping for urban children and adolescents at professional conferences including the Society for Research on Adolescence and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Prior to Stand for Children, Kenya worked for the Urban Child Institute, The University of Tennessee, and the First Years Institute, advocating on behalf of children and youth.