Sentences with phrase «increased numbers of children»

The public outcry and the criticism of social services which followed high profile cases of child abuse, such as those of Victoria Climbie and baby Peter Connelly, was reported to have resulted in increased numbers of children being taken into care as social workers erred on the side of caution.

The increase of single mothers has increased the number of children who live in poverty.

Couldn't Republicans cite drug trafficking over that border and the addiction of our increasing numbers of our children as more cause to do our best to seal that border?

Of the many benefits to mankind that the ability for people to choose when, and whether, to become parents, perhaps the greatest is that of increasing the number of children who are wanted.

If you do, you miss an opportunity to introduce new foods and increase the number of those your child is willing to eat.

However, we are also seeing another trend — increasing numbers of children who are fatherless for much of the time because of factors such as migrant labour, fragile relationships and divorce.»

The National School Breakfast Program is uniquely positioned to increase the number of children who eat a healthy breakfast, preparing students to be motivated in school and ready to learn.

Initiatives that expand the capacity of Early Head Start (EHS) programs to increase the number of children and pregnant women served

Why it matters more than ever While lot's of dads want to be more involved, there are also an increasing number of children growing up fatherless.

Wouldn't they immediately call for removal of chocolate milk in schools, if data showed that it would increase the number of children choosing milk in school?

The motion reads: «Congress deplores the government's shameful record of increasing the number of children living in households in poverty.

«Teachers now are regularly giving increasing numbers of children money, food, clothes and equipment, at their own expense.

With increasing numbers of children succumbing to the lure of computer games and fast - food diets, and mums like me turned off by the idea of a sweaty gym, I realised that more needed to be done to promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

And the data showing the increased number of children in low - income households pushed NYC schools over the threshold so that every student could receive free lunches under the federal program.

He attributed the hike to the increased number of children attending the charter schools, a rise from 850 to about 1,000 last year.

«Access to public education and important educational opportunities is now, for an increasing number of children and young people, on the basis of their parent's ability to pay.

Parents also recognized major benefits of having their child registered as an organ donor, including having their preferences known in advance (51 percent), having an opportunity for their child to help other children (70 percent), and increasing the number of child - sized organs for transplant (67 percent).

«The collaborative effort of our South Carolina Act Early Team has dramatically increased the number of children at risk for ASD who receive early intervention (ABA services) in a way that is nationally unique,» said Rotholz.

The findings are significant, scientists say, because liver problems such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are surging in the U.S., affecting 10 - 35 percent of adults and an increasing number of children.

Dr. Preston Wiles, an ADHD expert with the O'Donnell Brain Institute, acknowledges that the increasing number of children taking these medications is «concerning.»

«Considering the worldwide decline in fertility, and the increasing number of children born through ART treatments, our findings about their increased risk of congenital malformations are very relevant,» said Prof. Lerner - Geva.

«Since 1978, an increasing number of children, now approximately four million, have been born thanks to IVF.

«Increasing number of children arrive at emergency departments addicted to opioids: The number of pediatric patients testing positive for opioid addiction or dependency in US emergency departments jumped.»

One quarter of adults in the United States and Europe are clinically overweight, as are an increasing number of children.

Increasing numbers of children are suffering from chronic conditions such as asthma, allergies, ADHD, autism, even diabetes and obesity.

The elderly are especially vulnerable to malnutrition caused by SIBO, as are the increasing numbers of children born with autism and other brain development disorders.

To help keep kids safe, Chicco launched the #TurnAfter2 campaign, a nationwide movement designed to help increase the number of children rear - facing longer.

As McDonald watched increasing numbers of children who needed help not receive it — dropping through the cracks into school failure, school violence, substance abuse, and delinquency — she grew impatient.

Increasing the number of children who eat school meals helps save the whole school food system from losing money each year.

Each of those hours presents a complicated and growing list of demands: preparing anxious students for high - stakes tests; teaching increasing numbers of children for whom English is not a native language; coping with the daily strain of limited resources.

Even high - touch, low - reach methods of reach extension could significantly increase the number of children learning from top - quintile teachers.

A recent study from the Institute for Social and Economic Research was a reminder that increasing the number of children who normally pay to eat in your canteen is also likely to increase the number of children taking up their free school meals.

A common concern is how schools will manage the increased number of children eating school meals; perhaps because they don't have a kitchen or inadequate kitchen facilities, or their dining room is not big enough.

«The fact that African American and Latino corps members tend to stay in teaching longer than their White counterparts is very important, given the nation's shortage of teachers of color and increasing numbers of children of color in our schools,» Donaldson said.

He has been «incredibly explicit,» he says, about «the definition of success for us, [which] is that we dramatically increase the number of children, regardless of birth circumstances, who graduate from high school ready for college and career.»

Addressing these concerns is particularly important given that academy trusts are educating increasing numbers of children and handling large amounts of public money, according to a report on academy trust finances published by the committee today.

Linda said: «A common concern is how schools will manage the increased number of children eating school meals.

The government has committed to providing each pupil a place at a good school, but this key objective is becoming harder to achieve in the face of budget pressures and increasing numbers of children entering the education system.

The opportunity to create an innovative, alternative education for pupils has seen the likes of the National Autistic Society, Everton Football Club and Eton College decide to enter the state education sector in order to increase the number of children whose lives they improve.

The increasing number of children enrolled into primary schools globally show there is great progress being made to improve the quality of education, Julia Gillard writes.

Literacy centers increase the number of children participating in vocabulary development, functional writing and informational reading.

The researchers suggested that, although it was unlikely that the reform was intended to increase numbers of children retained or placed in special education, the net effect was that these low - achieving students were removed or delayed from the accountability stream.

Increasing numbers of children were being diagnosed with learning, behavioral and emotional disorders, which were impacting on their ability to learn.

Increasing the number of children with disabilities who are fully included in early learning programs is a long - standing goal in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), has been promoted by professional associations and in a recent joint policy statement from the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, and is supported by nonregulatory guidance on early learning and ESSA.

It is believed the increasing number of children surviving a premature birth is causing the increase.

In addition to meeting ESSA accountability requirements, the inclusion of chronic absence in state accountability rubrics also provides real opportunities for states, districts and philanthropists to achieve the goals of the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading, to increase the number of children from low - income families reading proficiently at the end of third grade.

Ms Williams said Wales» most able children had not performed across the board as well as they were expected because the priority in recent years had been to focus on increasing the number of children leaving school with five good GCSEs.

Overall, student achievement in mathematics increased and achievement gaps between some races narrowed this school year compared to six years ago — despite the increasing number of children in poverty.

One of GPSN's key strategies in making sure all students get a great education is to increase the number of children who can attend schools with a history of academic success.

Using the most up - to - date facts and figures in 2013, TCSA's Strategic Plan is intended to act as a «road map» for future growth, establishing priority impact areas and defining key tactics that will be necessary to achieve our long term goal of increasing the number of children who have access to a high quality charter school education.