Sentences with phrase «lowest education rates»

those countries which are almost entirely theistic have by far the lowest education rates and the highest murder rates, while european countries that are highly atheistic have much higher education rates and drastically lower murder rates.

Not exact matches

The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.

We have also made advancements in reducing extreme poverty and hunger,» the scientists wrote, adding that we've made progress in lowering fertility rates too — largely by improving girls» and women's education.

Coursera and other MOOC providers have been widely critiqued for their low completion rates and the caliber of the education they offer.

Although the Department of Education allows borrowers to consolidate multiple federal student loans into a single loan to simplify monthly payments, federal loan consolidation does not provide borrowers with a lower interest rate.

When Schultz references an education initiative he recently launched, in which Starbucks will cover tuition for its U.S. employees working more than 20 hours per week who enroll in an online college - degree program from Arizona State University, Tatum asks whether Starbucks considered paying for them to attend traditional, class - based institutions with proven track records and lower attrition rates, like Spelman.

First - time homebuyer loan programs offer financial benefits such as lower interest rates and low down payments, but many of them require you to live in the home for a designated period or take homeowner education courses.

Advantage Education Student Refinancing loans are currently available with fixed interest rates as low as 3.49 percent.

However, community colleges in both countries serve many students who are less prepared for postsecondary education, and would presumably have lower rates of completion if they were to attend four - year programs.

Depending on your circumstances, variable rate student loans could help you save on interest, lower your monthly payments, and even pay off your education debt ahead of schedule.

Although I don't pretend to understand all the «ins & outs» of banking, public financing, etc., it seems to me to be self - evident that if Canadian governments at all levels were able to borrow, at low or preferably no interest rates, to finance infrastructure projects and other issues such as health care and education, rather than indebting Canadians in perpetuity in order to pay big interest payments to the greedy Big Banks, it would ultimately be in the best interests of most ordinary Canadians.

Not surprisingly, data released this month from the the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's Investor Education Foundation, which seeks to promote financial literacy, reveal high school students who are required to take personal finance courses have better average credit scores and lower debt delinquency rates as young adults.

Private student loans make up a small percentage of the total student loan market, but many more borrowers have moved toward private lenders to help fund their education in the past several years.Private student loans offer some benefits over federal student loans, including the potential for a lower interest rate and extended repayment terms.

Religiosity is associated with lower I.Q.s, more paranoia, less education, scientific illiteracy, greater crime rates, higher homicide rates, and more STDs.

That's why we have significantly less major crime, very few in prison, are the most strongly opposed to war and torture, have amongst the lowest divorce rates, higher rates of education and prosperity.

At one point it even commends to the attention of the EU «examples of Member States combining the liberal legislation of abortion with effective sexuality education, high - quality family planning services and the availability of different contraceptives which combine lower abortion rates and higher birth rates.»

The least religious countries on the planet are the ones with the happiest and healthiest citizens, lowest levels of corruption, low crime rates, low STD rates, low abortion rates, low teen pregnancy rates, high levels of education, the most egalitarian societies, etc..

No wonder the rate of Fundies with legitimate Higher Education is so damn low.

Hey black pastors how about you focus on black on black violence, or blacks low graduation rates and low education, or the drug epidemic, or the fact that black men abandon their children at a higher rate than other races... yeah ga. y marriage should be a big issue... what a fvcking joke...

Look at countries that have less people identifying themselves with religion and you will find higher acheiving education systems, better social services and lower crime rates.

Most forms of higher education lower the rate of theism in a given population group.

It also has among the lowest crime rates, lowest rates of teen pregnancies, the best education systems, and the highest reported individual happiness in the world.

Clergy with little education have low referral rates, whereas clergy with the highest education have the highest referral rates.

In his seven years as president, President Houshmand has implemented many programs and initiatives to decrease the cost of higher education, including creating a $ 25,000, four - year bachelor's degree program, awarding more than $ 27 million annually in scholarship funds and waivers, and committing to capping tuition and fee increases at or lower than the rate of inflation for his tenure.

Even as you have done away with the recreational - education and physical - education majors in which football players were often stashed, an enhanced academic support system has helped the team's graduation rate climb steadily, topping out in the respectable low 70's the last time the NCAA checked.

Recent qualitative and quantitative studies have confirmed MomsTEAM's longstanding belief that, more than education about concussion signs and symptoms, it is changing the negative attitude of too many coaches towards reporting and creating a safe concussion - reporting environment that may be the best ways to improve the low rates of self - reporting found in study after study.

Next we heard from Mark Terry, who gave a compelling comparison of his old school district — a low SES urban district with a high ELL population, an 85 % free / reduced qualifying rate, and a high need for meal and nutrition education services — and his current district, which is more affluent with a much lower free / reduced qualification rate and a community of parents who have high expectations for student success and a healthy lifestyle.

Comprehensive Coach Education and Practice Contact Restriction Guidelines Result in Lower Injury Rates in Youth American Football.

The goal with this universal distribution approach, and scope of education that Babies Need Boxes provides, will not only help families better access a safe sleep space and essential items, but will ultimately engage the greater Cleveland community in conversations regarding racial inequity in childbirth, and help build the commitment needed to lower our infant mortality rates.

Despite the widened socioeconomic inequalities by the intervention in rates of prolonged exclusive and any breastfeeding, breastfeeding rates were even higher among mothers with the lowest education (secondary school or less) in the intervention group than they were among mothers who completed university in the control group.

Participating children had higher rates of high - school completion, lower rates of grade retention and special education placement, and a lower rate of juvenile arrests.32 Another example showing more intensive programming has larger impacts is the Healthy Steps evaluation showing significantly better child language outcomes when the program was initiated prenatally through 24 months.33 These studies suggest that a more intensive intervention involving the child directly may be required for larger effects to be seen.

«The box alone doesn't seem likely to matter,» said the BBC, which interviewed experts that pointed to Finland's prenatal care and parent education as reasons for Finland's low rate of infant mortality.

However, since it does work; is a complementary practice to childbirth education; lowers rates of medical intervention; reduces the length of labor; and reduces the likely hood of prematurity, shouldn't we consider referring our clients to a prenatal yoga class?

In our direct education work, FoodCorps currently concentrates on schools with high rates of students from low - income households, as measured by eligibility for free or reduced - price school lunch.

Nonparticipants had lower education levels and a higher unemployment rate.

The recent NICE evidence into practice briefing on promotion of initiation and duration of breast feeding, 4 however, recommended that education and support should be targeted at women with low incomes to increase rates of exclusive breast feeding.

At the same time, that shrinking, aging population, facing higher tax rates and lower property values, must pay for all the needed services — police, fire, health, education, road maintenance — both in the hollowed out city and the inefficiently sprawled out countryside.

Mayoral control is typically evident of an elected education board failure and is often proposed in inner cities that, like Syracuse, have low graduation rates and test scores.

But thinktank Civitas called on ministers to lower high teenage conception rates by focusing on education and the fundamental link between sex and reproduction.

Besides low birth rates, higher life expectancy, longer education time and an increasing share of single - parent households, Germany is also the poster child of labour market dualisation: pampered workers in the industrial and unionised core contrast with part - time and irregular work in the peripheral service industry.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo sank to the lowest approval ratings of his career Wednesday, following weeks of attacks by teachers unions against his proposals to reform education.

The pilot program, which will be available in eight cities participating in Governor Cuomo's Downtown Revitalization Initiative, offers low - interest rate mortgages, a down payment assistance loan with no additional fees, and a homebuyer education course.

A lower reimbursement rate for some providers would lead to chaos and inequity in the early childhood system by cutting funds from community based organizations that provide care and education for New York's children.

Former Labour chief adviser and economist John McLaren recently published research showing Scotland had a lower rate of improvement in education, health and economic performance than the rest of the UK.

«Even a very low rate surcharge (of one percent or less) can provide billions of dollars that would allow us to avoid property tax increases and steep cutbacks in education and other essential services,» said Mauro.

«Over the past two years we have cut middle class tax rates to their lowest rates in sixty years, cut taxes for small businesses, while at the same time investing like never before in our institutions of higher education,» Cuomo said.

Cuomo sank to the lowest approval ratings of his career following weeks of attacks by teachers unions against his proposals to reform education.

State education officials are eyeing a plan that could «recalibrate» — and presumably lower — passing scores on a challenging new teacher licensing exam that has produced a failure rate of more than 20 percent since it was introduced statewide in 2015.

Speaking at an advocacy dialogue with traditional leaders in the region for the elimination of harmful social and cultural practices, Ms Amidu said research showed that quality education, improved sanitation, nutrition, maternal and child health, and access to water supply also recorded low rates.

The Department of Education announced a series of long - awaited reforms to the school discipline code on Friday, including new policies aimed at lowering suspension rates, and new funding to support restorative justices practices and students in the criminal justice system.