Sentences with phrase «lack of education among»

Regardless, it is scary that we continue to see such a lack of education among our house and senate representatives.

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Verizon Communications, among the biggest beneficiaries of the corporate tax cut this year, said it would double its commitment to fostering science, technology, and engineering education (STEM) in schools that lack such resources.

Several studies of young unmarried mothers have found that between 20 and 25 per cent became pregnant again within two years (with the rate going much higher among certain minority groups) The repeat of pregnancy appears to be related to a lack of knowledge about the risks of sexual intercourse, limited opportunity for further education, boredom with homelife, and the unavailability of a strong female support group.

This is not to say that there has been any lack of recent activity, or of relative success, among evangelicals in higher education.

The highest rates of breastfeeding are observed among higher - income, college - educated women > 30 years of age living in the Mountain and Pacific regions of the United States.60 Obstacles to the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include physician apathy and misinformation,61 - 63 insufficient prenatal breastfeeding education, 64 disruptive hospital policies, 65 inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding, 62 early hospital discharge in some populations, 66 lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits, 67 maternal employment68, 69 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding), 70 lack of broad societal support, 71 media portrayal of bottle - feeding as normative, 72 and commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and television and general magazine advertising.73, 74

Some practical problems arising from the issues mentioned above in Iraq are: 1) the lack of security during and after displacement (between areas controlled by ISIS and the government controlled locations); and 2) the barriers to access basic services such as WASH, shelter, food, education, child protection and Gender Based Violence, among others.

«It's a shame that we are celebrating those who had contributed the increased unemployment rate in the country, lack of healthcare services, dwindling standard of education and failed democracy among other challenges.

Affluent students who receive a top - notch education may acquire this skill as a matter of course, but this capacity is often lacking among low - income students who attend struggling schools — holding out the hopeful possibility that retrieval practice could actually begin to close achievement gaps between the advantaged and the underprivileged.

The study's authors, representing more than 3 dozen medical centers, government health agencies and institutes in the U.S., Asia and Europe, credit this rise in smoking among Asians to aggressive product marketing by tobacco companies and a lack of education about health issues related to tobacco.

For several reasons: 1) underlying beliefs about health that are flawed yet propagated, 2) a lack of education about PFD — even among healthcare professionals, and 3) a fear to disclose certain embarrassing problems — elements all present in Jane's story.

A new report on the status of civic education points to a startling lack of understanding, among adults and youth alike, about the nuts and bolts of government.

Indeed, all of the demographic characteristics considered in our report, as well as the lack of pre-primary education, increase the probability of low performance by a larger margin among disadvantaged than among advantaged students, on average across OECD countries.

While improvements in access to education has meant young people in Kenya are better educated than ever before, 67 % of young Kenyans between the ages of 15 and 24 are thought to be out of work and millions more enter unstable employment each year.i The mismatch between what is learnt at school and the skills required in the 21st century labour market, along with a lack of access to information about jobsii, are among the most frequently cited causes of youth unemployment.

The president's success in reasserting a serious Republican claim to education means that for all of his party's problems, lack of concern for schooling isn't among them today.

The fact that the current state of teaching leaves too many of our students without a quality education is due to the prevailing level of expertise among our teachers and leaders — not simply a prevailing lack of moral will and courage.

A lack of trust exists between and among some teacher education programs.

Miller's letter likely comes after a lack of response from the Department of Education on addressing the concerns among civil rights school reformers, who have long opposed the waiver gambit.

A new report from the National Education Association (NEA) is the latest in a recent flood of attention to the lack of diversity among the nation's teaching workforce.

There has always been a well - developed moaning culture in education, but there is no escaping the outrage among school leaders about the lack of political response to funding worries.

Last week's column, about the lack of racial diversity among education news organizations, generated a lot of attention and criticism — much of it misguided from my perspective.

Peterson also pointed out that the lack of scholarship and experience in education among the three founders.

The task of addressing the limitations in civics education will not be easy because the scores, in part, reflect the cynicism and lack of political efficacy among our adult population.

For more than a decade, Utah has been a leader among states in pushing programs to make early childhood education opportunities available to more families, particularly those burdened by low incomes and lack of access to nearby preschools.

In addition, the findings point to a lack of diversity among students interested in education.

Although the plan specified that additional math teachers and tutors should be hired, this did not occur — at first due to shortages in these areas among job candidates; later due to the state - appointed Special Master's introduction of Teach for America, which brought corps members with no particular specialty and no education background; and, finally, because of the persistent lack of funds.

What can be gleaned from available research and data is that patterns of giving have shifted in recent decades to include more efforts to fund disruptive or innovative approaches, signaling a belief among funders that problems in K - 12 education are not solely an issue of a lack of resources but also of a need to use existing resources differently.

But the lack of demographic adjustments in the published data that can ensure apples to apples comparison among states limit its value as a tool for determining which states perform more or less well than other states or as a means of analyzing performance in the context of differing state education policies.

Empirical evidence is lacking about the effect of teacher dispositions on the uses of GST in the classroom, although researchers have emphasized willingness among teachers to learn more about and undertake an intellectual endeavor for teaching with GST as one of the key factors to achieve successful integration of GST in education (Coulter, 2014).

(District of Columbia) Cognizant of the lack of support states and local school districts have in confronting behavioral problems among students with disabilities, the U.S. Department of Education is planning to open a new national center devoted to interventions aimed at keeping disruptive students in the classroom.

Specifically, the reality of lower earning - power across every level of education (a problem that by the way is also shared by all women in this society but particularly among women of color), the lack of assets from which one can draw upon in case of any type of disruption in earnings, and poor access to credible financial institutions within the neighborhoods where they live, make African Americans particularly vulnerable to falling behind, and staying behind, thus significantly hampering the possibility of establishing a positive credit history.

The limit comes about because of a lack of technical education among the broader population.

One of YCER's first steps will be to address what Combs calls the «lack of education» among conservative Americans who may have tuned out the energy debate because they see it as a strictly liberal agenda.

And then there is the controversial argument that skills among drivers will less money may be lacking due to a lack of an acceptable driver's education program, a lack of real world driving skills, or for other reasons, making these motorists more prone to poor decisions behind the wheel.

If our politicians, so - called Aboriginal leaders and other reconciliation enthusiasts want something to cry about, or hold a minute's silence for, they should get out and look at the appalling health conditions, lack of housing and the shameful level of education among our black fellow Australians.

These studies have consistently noted the salience of the parental relationship in determining parents» paternity establishment decisions, with cohabiting or dating parents far more likely to establish paternity in - hospital than those with no relationship.3 In addition, these studies have helped form a portrait of the father characteristics most associated with the failure to establish paternity in - hospital; among others, these include low education, unemployment, children from previous relationships, and a lack of financial and emotional support during the pregnancy.4

Young, unmarried, and lacking in education, these men face a multitude of barriers to being the fathers they want to be, from poor employment prospects and high incarceration rates, to juggling multiple parenting roles among the children they live with and the ones with whom they do not.

Among the key themes that emerged during the study was the importance of including Indigenous culture in course content, as participants articulated that a lack of cultural understanding within access education programs appeared to constrain their personal learning journeys.

The evidence supporting reflective supervision comes from qualitative studies in early childhood services, where its presence is associated with greater resilience among providers, or where the lack of continuing education and appropriate, supportive supervision contributes to provider burnout.

Low levels of education and the lack of available, suitable employment opportunities, for Indigenous peoples, particularly in remote areas, have contributed to the high levels of unemployment and welfare recipients among Indigenous communities.

However, we should avoid giving the public the impression that a lack of proper education or experience among newer practitioners is a problem that is so large, that it eclipses industry problems that relate to the work of experienced practitioners, disproportionately.