Sentences with phrase «large number of children»

One of my children had a poor teacher last year who is apparently no longer at the school but overall the teachers are very caring and do a good job considering the large number of children in each classroom.

Although the CU trait levels tend to decreases across childhood and adolescence in a large number of children, those showing an elevated level of CU traits are at higher risk for keeping them in older ages.

A large number of these children lived in households with more than two children and it was more common with a non-Nordic father.

[12] This plan would address the deleterious effects of the long - term, secular decline in earnings that has so decimated low - wage workers and has contributed, to some extent, to the high rates of incarceration, low marriage rates, and the large number of children growing up in poor, single - parent families.

Two options were explored for reaching parents with the program: Chapter I pilot schools (schools which qualify for federal funds based on economic and achievement criteria, e.g. those which serve a high number of free or reduced - price lunches and also have a large number of children under - achieving on group tests), and adult education programs.

If we took even the lowest statistic of detriment to children, that of 25 % who have significant problems following divorce, this still represents a large number of children, given that half the population of first marriages end in divorce.

While not every married couple has children, it can be assumed that a large number of children are faced with their parents» divorce each year.

FATHERS: What is absolutely beyond doubt is the large number of children who previously had a close and loving relationship with a parent but who subsequently reject the parent, usually their father, after separation or divorce.

ABSTRACT: According to the National Statistical Service of Greece, single - parent families, which emerged after divorce, in 2011 occupied an important place among other family types, endangering a large number of children to display behavioral problems and poor school performance.

According to the National Statistical Service of Greece, single - parent families, which emerged after divorce, in 2011 occupied an important place among other family types, endangering a large number of children to display behavioral problems and poor school performance.

Such research is extremely important as Aboriginal communities in North - Western Australia are actively seeking solutions for the large number of children and families living with a FASD.14

From a public health perspective, even a modest decline in percentages, when multiplied by the large number of children in the population, represents a substantial social benefit.

Having a large number of children in the home (ie, ≥ 4) vs having only 1 child in the home significantly elevated the risk of a positive maternal depression screen (OR, 1.29; 95 % CI, 1.07 - 1.57).

It is exceptional to find such a devoted and visionary teacher who can impact a large number of children, parents and teachers.

Your company is looking for an individual who knows how to work with a large number of children, while thoroughly supervising staff, and with my past experience, I can competently fill that role.

As a Title I district serving a large number of children from low - income families in the under - funded state of Arizona, leaders at Phoenix Elementary District # 1 (Phoenix # 1) face many challenges when it comes to placing a quality teacher in every classroom... but they refuse to let those challenges affect their students.

Although a large number of children are eligible under the Educational Choice program, it is extremely difficult to inform parents about their options.

Like schools across the Nation, there is not a large number of children of color succeeding academically at my school.

Now we pass on 56 percent of children in Title 1 public schools who fail national reading tests in the 4th grade to the 5th grade with the pretense that the 5th grade teacher will handle the problem of a mixed class of children who can read with a large number of children who can not read.

He said Californians have become numb to the large number of children who are not getting a good education.

Now that states are expected to be accountable for students learning, and many have instituted a statewide assessment of writing competence, both educators and parents are concerned about the large number of children whose writing skills are below standard.

Although Diller prescribes stimulant medication for children with ADHD, he questions the large number of children currently on the medication in the United States.

While a very large number of children and young people take part in school trips each year, these are usually without mishap.

A large number of children sang their ABCs before and during the task.

«You don't, on the whole, see a large number of children of bankers going into vocational education or becoming vocational education teachers.

It takes a generation or a large number of children coming through a school before the ways of the school and our country can become part of the families» cultures, she said.

«In this study, we compared fMRI scans from a large number of both children and young adults with dyslexia to scans of typical readers in the same age groups.

The program's being school - based and run by volunteers gives it the potential of affecting a large number of children equitably without the need for substantial resources.»

«As the national debate on immigration has grown stronger, including immigrants» use of many social services, some have argued that the reason for the high child poverty rate has mostly been due to the large number of children in low - skilled, poor immigrant families,» Joo said.

Given that a small proportion of the population is homosexual, prospective studies require a large number of children.

Tens of thousands of people — including a large number of children — go to sleep homeless in NYC.

For example, they would not agree to taking away housing benefit from the under - 25s, cutting benefit for families with a large number of children, freezing benefits or cutting them, or taking # 10bn out of the welfare budget.

They show that 63,000 families have had their benefits capped to date, and the people most likely to be affected remain those with a large number of children and those with high housing costs.

The result is a large number of children today with sleep - deprivation problems.

Nonetheless, a depressingly large number of those children leave the vegetable side dishes untouched and they go right in the trash.

Adoption is the more humane thing to do, since a large number of children are there without parents.

Given the large number of children who were co-sleeping yet did not succumb to SIDS, the authors wondered whether co-sleeping alone had put children at risk for sudden death or a combination of behaviors.

Nor does it confirm why such a large number of children with SAD go on to develop depression.

The Division of Pediatric Nephrology at Floating Hospital treats a large number of children with glomerulonephritis each year.

You also learn about the challenges and trials of parenting a large number of children who are all going through the same things at the same time.

«Any time you have a situation where such a large number of children, are in essence, poisoned, you have to investigate and look to see if there is any wrongdoing,» said State's Atty. Jeff Tomczak.

Because I was Catholic for a number of years, and I knew families with both a VERY large number of children, and I knew families with none.

While international adoptions have long been associated with wars and destruction, in the case of South Korea, the largest number of children were sent overseas after the country had long recovered from war - the 1980s.

These materials may well have exposed large numbers of children (and their parents) to the ideas and values of religious liberals.

While giving specific instances, Mr. Narayanan said, `' we have the largest number of people below the poverty line and the largest number of children suffering from malnutrition.»

The story quotes others who have dealt with the problem and say that «churches are the perfect environment for sexual predators, because they have large numbers of children's programs, a shortage of workers to lead them, and a culture of trust that is the essence of the organization.»

Creed filmmaker Ryan Coogler, Selma director Ava DuVerney, comedian Hannibal Buress, musicians Stevie Wonder and Janelle Monáe and several others hosted an event in Flint to raise money for the community that has been effected by a horrific crisis, in which thousands of residents — including large numbers of children — have been exposed to contaminated city water.

Through the Network, the church has access to a large number of child - care providers well aware of the problems caused by our national policy of child «care - lessness.»

Through the Ecumenical Child Care Network, the church is now in contact with the largest number of child - care providers that has ever been identified.

Aborting large numbers of children is now a standard part of our National Health Service and accepted by many as normal - defeating this horror is only possible by prayer.