Sentences with phrase «help children of poverty»

Certain beliefs and practices are central in the lives of educators who help children of poverty turn their hopes for better lives into reality.

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A performing arts program for teens in foster care, service dogs for children with disabilities and a global effort to help children in extreme poverty are among the 27 charities that will receive a $ 25,000 grant as winners of the Upstanders Challenge.

The image of the child, holding a smaller sibling on her hip, tells us that these brown children are poorer than us, and they need our help to break a cycle of poverty.

In one of his final speeches, King admonished: «If our nation can spend $ 35 billion dollars a year to fight an unjust, evil war in Vietnam, and $ 20 billion dollars to put a man on the moon, it can spend billions of dollars to put God's children on their own two feet right here...» MLK's talking points of tapping into America's financial resources in order to help the poverty - stricken across the land were directly at odds with the economic status quo, and that is part of what got him killed.

And Help One Now is a catalytic tribe committed to empowering and resourcing high - capacity local leaders who care for orphans and vulnerable children in order to transform communities and break the cycle of extreme poverty.

How has that love helped a Third World animist who has been culturally dispossessed, suffered a life of poverty, seen none of his children survive to their teens and will die next week after a wasting illness at age 35?

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization conducting relief, development, and advocacy activities in its work with children, families, and their communities in nearly 100 countries to help them reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.

But innovative thinkers around the country are now using this knowledge to help children overcome the constraints of poverty.

Instead of putting the emphasis (and limited financial resources) on trying to prevent divorce, we as a society would be better off if we helped fragile families, whether married or cohabiting; poverty, joblessness, frequent cohabitation by single mothers (and 40 percent of births to single mothers are women who are cohabiting)-- this is what's creating conditions that lead to suffering among children.

One significant victory in that battle was last year's passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act which, among other things, uses Medicaid data to directly certify children for free and reduced price meals; helps states improve the certification process for school meal aid; allows universal free meals for students in high poverty communities; and expands USDA authority to support meals served to at - risk children in after school programs.

He urges the creation of pediatric wellness centers and classes that help impoverished parents build the emotional bonds with their young children that are so important to the development of children's neurological and psychological defenses against poverty's ravages.

Caroline Smrstik Gentner: What can schools or teachers do to help children thrive and overcome the negative effects of growing up in poverty or adversity?

Now, in Helping Children Succeed, Tough takes on a new set of pressing questions: What does growing up in poverty do to children's mental and physical deveChildren Succeed, Tough takes on a new set of pressing questions: What does growing up in poverty do to children's mental and physical devechildren's mental and physical development?

The contribution of breastfeeding to the health of both mother and child can help this family rise out of poverty and into a better future.

Cooking real food for school children shouldn't have to be like the Peace Corps, where one takes a vow of poverty because the spiritual benefits of helping the poor make up for the lack of financial compensation.

The underlying idea is that to help children «succeed» — especially in the context of escaping poverty and other dysfunction — it isn't enough (or even the primary task) to teach them cognitive skills.

I welcome Paul to erie County's team and look forward to working with him to break the cycle of poverty by helping at - risk children develop into happy and productive adults.»

In a Holyrood debate this afternoon, Alex Salmond, the Scottish First Minister, has tabled a motion recognising «that free school meals help tackle child poverty and promote child welfare and educational attainment; further recognises that free school meals save families at least # 330 per child per year; confirms its commitment to increasing the number of primary school pupils eligible for free school meals».

«Tax credits help ensure millions of families are better off in work and have lifted hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty,» she said.

«As I child I grew up in poverty, I have always tried to the best of my ability to help others less fortunate than me,» he told the judge.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, has called on the Conservative Party to help poverty proof the school day and ensure that no child is denied access to educational opportunities on the basis of their parents» ability to pay.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, has called on the Labour Party to help poverty proof the school day and ensure that no child is denied access to education opportunities on the basis of their parents» ability to pay.

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.

Our proposals will ensure that childcare is affordable and accessible for all, enabling parents to move into work or extend their hours, helping disadvantaged families to move out of poverty and securing the best outcomes for children and their families.

It is the hope of every mother and father, not only in Ghana, that education will help their children escape poverty, and provide them the avenue to a good life.»

A national study by researchers at the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP), Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health — shows an uneven picture of states» use of Medicaid to help families with young children gain access to mental health sChildren in Poverty (NCCP), Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health — shows an uneven picture of states» use of Medicaid to help families with young children gain access to mental health schildren gain access to mental health services.

For example, the English Poor Law implemented by Queen Elizabeth I in 1601 to provide food to the poor was severely curtailed by the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, based on Malthusian reasoning that helping the poor only encourages them to have more children and thereby exacerbate poverty.

«Do something funny for money» was the slogan of NBC's inaugural «Red Nose Day» telecast, a live three - hour show that helped raise more than $ 10 million to aid children living in poverty in the U.S. and abroad.

Get your friends, family, colleagues and classmates involved, and help to raise as much money as possible to help transform children's lives in some of the toughest parts of the world, and give children living in poverty here in the UK the chance to fulfil their potential.

Education plays an important role in helping people to lift themselves out of poverty, but millions of children in the world do not get the chance to go to school.

The so - called «no - excuses» model — and sundry variations on that theme — have helped hundreds of thousands of children in poverty, many of them African American and Hispanic (and many English language learners), to gain a fresh lease on education.

«Their brains need and expect that kind of interaction, so tools that help caregivers find opportunities to engage with a child — especially if they are burdened by the stresses of poverty or adversity — will support healthy brain development.»

More specifically, improving students» reading, math, and science knowledge and skills will help poor children climb out of poverty, and will help all children prepare for the rigors of college and the workplace.

This question inspired John Wood to found Room to Read, a nonprofit with the goal of helping children across the world break the cycle of poverty through the power of education.

Those efforts trace back to President Johnson's 1964 declaration of a War on Poverty, when he made the case that the country had to conquer hunger to help children make educational...

The government proposals will mean that just 700,000 of the 1,700,000 school children in poverty who could be helped, will receive free school meals.

As part of the Advanced Leadership Initiative, an interfaculty initiative that brings together accomplished leaders interested in complex social challenges such as education, health, environment, and poverty, the conference will consider how social entrepreneurs can help fill leadership gaps to support educational institutions that promote children and youth to develop the skills and dispositions necessary to get along and live...

Through this NPRM, we intend to carry Head Start forward into the 21st century to ensure all Head Start children receive sufficient exposure to high quality services that will promote school success and reinvigorate the promise of Head Start envisioned in 1965 as a means to help end the effects of poverty child by child, community by community.

NASP has developed and identified resources to help schools and families engage in constructive dialogue and action regarding social justice that affect children's learning and well - being, including issues of poverty, race, privilege, violence, and economic isolation.

Guggenheim skirts the issue of poverty by showing only families that are intact and dedicated to helping their children succeed.

The Pupil Development Grant (PDG) helps schools tackle the effects of poverty and disadvantage on attainment and is targeted at learners who are eligible for Free School Meals or are Looked After Children.

«Public charter schools are helping some of New York City's most at - risk children break the cycle of poverty and walk the path to success in life.

More importantly, these writers have essentially embraced the Poverty and Personal Responsibility myths that education traditionalists have held so dear, declaring that helping children of the poor — especially those from single - family households — move into the middle class is almost impossible.

The Disrupting Poverty Video Series authors William H. Parrett and Kathleen Budge provide solutions for helping children from impoverished backgrounds, in elementary and secondary schools, preform well in and outside of the classroom.

Embracing Micheaux's stubbornly positive and positively stubborn vision will lead to better schools and better lives for all children, and help our poorest kids avoid the brutality of poverty in their adulthoods.

Many school districts have disproportionately high numbers of children who need additional help such as children with disabilities, children from backgrounds of poverty or children of limited English proficiency.

E4E - Los Angeles member and Teach Plus fellow Misti Kemmer explains why Title I funds are vital for schools to help bring children and families out of poverty -LRB-...

It aimed to strengthen academics and help lift children in one of Newark's toughest neighborhoods out of poverty.

However, by taking it upon ourselves to create a more inclusive and equitable education experience for students regardless of where they start in life, we can help reduce poverty over the long term by helping poor children become more productive during adulthood and creating economic growth in the process.

In Topeka and other school districts around the country, «our mindset is beginning to change regarding how to teach children with trauma issues,» says Anderson, who helped spearhead trauma - informed initiatives as superintendent in Jennings, Missouri, a 3,000 - student, high - poverty community outside of St. Louis.