Sentences with phrase «lack of parental involvement»

Lack of parental involvement in schools is often a problem in poor communities.

I contend that many of the issues our state is struggling with can be traced back to absentee fathers, a general lack of parental involvement and the breakdown of the family: low graduation rates, out - of - wedlock births, runaway welfare and Medicaid costs, even the spread of sexually - transmitted diseases.»

It is extremely distressing for both parents when one parent advocates solutions with the multiplicity of issues that arise and the other parent has a significant lack of parental involvement.

While many American parents can (and already) provide the lovely, nutritious brown bag lunches that Ms. Charen envisions, there's a huge swath of families that, for economic reasons or due to a lack of parental involvement or nutrition education, would fall far short of that ideal.

Plus the kids that have to eat at school do so because of low income and they are most likely not getting good nutrition at home due to lack of parental involvement.

Lack of parental involvement, overstrict Internet filtering, lack of student motivation — in some form or fashion, the vast majority of educators across the globe have similar problems.

Two - thirds of the underperforming schools have improved, but the remaining third - plagued by turnover, lack of parental involvement, and entrenched, unresponsive leadership - are proving harder to fix.

Second - grade teacher Maribel Betancourt sees a lack of parental involvement as the biggest challenge facing Mother Hale's 648 students.

Project Appleseed Grows Parent Involvement On National Parental Involvement Day 2010, Kevin Walker, the founder of the organization that created the holiday, advises schools not to lament the lack of parental involvement, but to use the day to invite parents to do more.

Lack of parental involvement is more likely to be seen as a serious problem by public school teachers.

In a nationwide survey recently conducted by the Educational Testing Service, parents and educators alike cited «lack of parental involvement» as the number one cause of school problems.

However — and its a big however — the three factors that lead to lower test scores are poverty, language barriers and lack of parental involvement (often linked to the first two).

For forty years I've listened to teachers (and their unions) complain about lack of funds, lack of parental involvement, need for smaller classes, etc., but I have yet to hear a comment from any of them advocating ANY objective performance rating for teachers.

Factors such as lack of parental involvement, poverty, and learning disabilities offer real hindrances to learning.

Every parent committee and teacher discussion I've participate in has cited the lack of parental involvement as a primary concern, but we don't have the power to force them to parent their own children.

Our charter status has provided us with the leverage to tackle poor attendance, high student transiency, vandalism, overcrowding, low staff morale, lack of parental involvement, and low student performance.

They say the real issues holding back student achievement are inadequate resources, large class sizes and lack of parental involvement.

But when was it discussed that school choice is the best answer for a lack of parental involvement?

Today, she said, lack of parental involvement has made them worse.

On National Parental Involvement Day, Kevin Walker, founder of Project Appleseed, advises schools not to lament the lack of parental involvement, but to invite parents to do more.

The Republicans and conservatives tend to focus more on the lack of parental involvement, while Democrats focus heavily upon inadequate funding and kids» poverty and problems.

This lack of parental involvement can lead to more increased severity of abuse like one might see in inappropriate sexual behavior.

Non-parametric analyses suggested that higher stress level, childhood poverty, lack of parental involvement or support, without a mentor support and lack of self - motivation increase the likelihood of dropping out from college.

The above analyses suggested that higher stress level, childhood poverty, lack of parental involvement or support, without mentor support and lack of self - motivation increase the likelihood of dropping out from college.

Lack of parental involvement can have a damaging impact on a child.

Lack of quality verbal and non-verbal interaction between parent and child, lack of developmentally appropriate parental expectations, and lack of parental involvement

Many factors can set the stage for addiction in a person's life, including peer pressure, physical and sexual abuse, stress and a lack of parental involvement.

Members of the group involved in serious chronic offending were more likely to have families characterized by multiple problems including disruption, conflict, and lack of parental involvement, sometimes so extreme as to meet the legal requirement of neglect.