Sentences with phrase «if disadvantaged children»

But preliminary results already show powerful gap - closing effects for Educare students: If disadvantaged children enter Educare before their first birthday, they usually are, by the first day of kindergarten, essentially caught up with the national average on tests of basic knowledge and language comprehension, as well as on measures of noncognitive factors like attachment, initiative, and self - control.

What would happen, he wondered, if disadvantaged children had access to the Internet?

Not exact matches

Children raised in homes that are both unready and unwanting of the responsibilities that come with raising a child, are placed at a disadvantage so severe it is near incomprehensible - particularly if their mother did drugs while pregnant.

While the conversation lately has been about how many socioeconomically disadvantaged women are having children outside of marriage as well as the rise in choice motherhood, don't be surprised if we start talking instead about how more young couples are finding that it's a much better deal — and a heck of a lot easier — to find someone who'll be a good person to co-parent with than it is finding a soul mate.

As I mentioned above, one of the premises I'm working from here is that childhood is a continuum, and if we want to help improve outcomes for disadvantaged children, we need to look for opportunities to intervene in positive ways at many different points along that continuum.

These are essentially questions of public policy, and if real solutions are going to be found to the problems of disadvantaged children, these questions will need to be addressed, in a creative and committed way, by public officials at all levels — by school superintendents, school - board members, mayors, governors, and cabinet secretaries — as well as by individual citizens, community groups, and philanthropists across the country.

Most women didn't feel their children were at a disadvantage if they chose not to breast - feed.

We would also like to mention one important thing that can be the only disadvantage of this pillow; if your child has sensitive skin then you may need to purchase a pillow case for this pillow because many parents have reported that the surface of this pillow is «scratchy».

FI calls on government to scrap bedroom tax for separated fathers The Fatherhood Institute is calling on the government to make separated fathers exempt from the bedroom tax and take other steps to «draw in» and support disadvantaged dads — who are more likely to lose contact with their children if they separate from the mother, according to new research.

If your child is entering her preschool years, you'll want to find out more about both preschool and daycare, as each carries with it particular advantages and disadvantages.

The disadvantages of this system include a shorter seat back, so if you have an extremely tall child, there may be some problems.

The disadvantage is usually the cost, if your child is under 16.

Do you think your child will be at a disadvantage if they are not involved in an assortment of activities and sports?

Would a child be at a disadvantage if they transferred from a public school into a Waldorf school, or vice versa?

Sharing a nanny also has disadvantages if your child or the other child or children in the arrangement are particularly demanding or have special needs.

Diane: I did wonder if the researchers controlled for socioeconomic status, since children are more likely to eat school lunch when their parents can't afford anything else, and those economically disadvantage home environments may also contribute to obesity.

In this case, your health will chiefly suffer, if you continue in nursing, this will be a great disadvantage to your child.

Children who grew up in disadvantaged households will age in poorer health, even if their socio - economic status improves as adults.»

If we are serious about helping all disadvantaged children, but especially the most able, to learn well and unlock their full potential, we need to know how they are doing at 14, as well as at seven, 11 and 16.»

Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, schools that receive funding from the federal Title I program for disadvantaged students are required to offer supplemental education services if they fail to meet their achievement targets for three or more years.

He wants people to know that children from disadvantaged backgrounds can master challenging work and perform at high levels if they are provided with the opportunities and the resources.

It is adequate to conclude, from international perspective, that the most disadvantaged schools, especially those serving large proportions of aboriginal children and other children with special needs, should be much better resourced if equity is to be enhanced in Australia.

If the government is truly committed to social mobility, surely it should make the easiest of changes to give all disadvantaged children the support they deserve.»

«There I was, putting into practice my strong belief that if this country could help me overcome the disadvantages that I inherited, then surely it could do more for the many others who had similar hurdles to jump,» says Lafargue, who moved to New York from Jamaica as a child.

So the message is I think is that it's really good to do these morning ritual things and try and break that ice, but you've also got to consider that the group of children you're going to try and initiate this contact with, if they don't know you it's a big disadvantage.

And even if some parents base their decisions on educational quality, many observers worry that low - income and minority parents will be less informed about or interested in school quality, placing their children at a disadvantage in the education marketplace.

«If you spread grammar school places throughout the country and make them available to lots of disadvantaged children then you would give these disadvantaged children the same opportunity to get an academic education.»

However, I will also say that if you think those neighboring districts are getting an awesome deal and thus delivering better education with their extra couple of thousand that comes for their disadvantaged students, most likely you have the ability to enroll your child there via interdistrict transfer even if you don't want to actively move your residence into that district.

That must change if children in disadvantaged situations are to be given a genuine opportunity to fulfill their potential.

If we are to stop squandering the potential of so many of our young people, educators must face the fact that schools alone will never be able to adequately address the disadvantages that children from poor families and blighted neighborhoods bring with them to school.

«Making schools favour poorer children would revolutionise school intakes, but if schools are left to make their own choices few would give preference to disadvantaged pupils because, on the whole, educating them is much more demanding as many need far more help and resources.

«If the pupil premium turns out to be a token amount of money compared to existing deprivation funding, extra funding on top of a smaller budget, or paid for by cutting other programmes that help the most disadvantaged children then this announcement may turn out to be little more than a gimmick.»

If the large school is a good one, I don't think it disadvantages the child, quite the opposite.

If elected California governor, both the attorney general and the former eBay executive want to expand charter schools, consolidate categorical programs and simplify the per - pupil funding system into block grants that provide extra support for disadvantaged children.

«Children from disadvantaged backgrounds will not be as school ready as others for the simple reason if you have not had a meal in the evening, slept in your own bed or had breakfast, that will impact on your ability to learn,» said general secretary Christine Blower.

If you've seen the modern day Kindergarten class, you should know that children who don't attend Pre-K (or get appropriately home - schooled) are going to be at a serious disadvantage.

If the training was targeted at the third of schools in the most disadvantaged areas, the cost would be # 13.05 per child per year, or overall training costs of # 10.5 million.2

«The statistics show that children who are in schools where there are well - to - do kids do better than if they're relegated to schools where there's just disadvantaged kids,» said school board member Tom Marshall (Leesburg).

Our current system of school districting often punishes economically disadvantaged families because, if they can not afford to move to a more affluent neighborhood, their children can be stuck in underperforming or failing schools.

If we do not test every child in every grade, then historically disadvantaged populations will be allowed to sink even further and the promise of equal opportunity will be lost.

For example, research shows that disadvantaged children who grow up in homes with little verbal stimulation can succeed if they attend high - quality pre-K programs followed by effective elementary schools.

That would be fine if the metropolitan elite had shown even the slightest concern for all children in rural and suburban areas who lack the funds for even basic education let alone proper provision for the disadvantaged over the last decade.

He said grammar schools should look again at their admissions policies and ensure they were making provision for children from disadvantaged areas or with special needs, even if that means altering the entrance requirements, and do more outreach work in deprived areas.

I wonder if those people who seem to agree with the premise that an animal is better off dead than in a less than perfect home are among those of the world who would argue that it is better a bloated - bellied child die of starvation in a disadvantaged country than be adopted by a family without a swimming pool, two - car garage and money for summer camp.

Chapters include determining if your household is truly ready for the time, financial and daily exercise and care commitment... what children are capable of being responsible for at various ages... weighing the advantages and disadvantages of each species.

«If children are not given enough natural movement and play experiences, they start their academic careers with a disadvantage.

The court will then look to see if the contract conforms to the objectives of the Divorce Act, which are: the finality and certainty of the parties going forward, the recognition of the advantages and disadvantages of the parties arising from the marriage or its breakdown, the apportionment between the spouses of the financial consequences arising from care of children of the marriage, the relief of any economic hardship arising from the marriage breakdown, and the promotion of the self - sufficiency of the former spouses.

Another disadvantage is that there's no way to tell, at least with the free version of OpenDNS, where the traffic is coming from, so if you see a bunch of blocked websites, it could be you, it could be your spouse, it could be your children, or anyone else who comes over and connects to your network.

It's clear that he hasn't taken the advice of his special Aboriginal Advisory Committee, because if he had, at least one of the members, Professor Ngiare Brown, a highly respected expert in Aboriginal child health with many years experience of working as a doctor in remote locations, would have most definitely advised him that these budgetary measures would increase the disadvantage gap well into the next generation and beyond.

Given the realities of life today, courts often will approve removal when it is in the best interest of the children, even if the non-custodial parent is disadvantaged by the move.