Sentences with phrase «majority of poor children»

Show me truly great schools being created (not schools that look great by refusing to take their fair share of poorer children, children who don't speak English or come form homes where English is not - spoken and children who have special education needs and I believe you will find schools that are investing extra resources to provide services that are not available to the vast majority of poor children.

Not exact matches

The overwhelming majority of poor, struggling, inner - city parents — including single moms — that I have been privileged to know care deeply about their children.

He has observed that the marginalization of women, racial / ethnic / minorities, Dalits, the poor, children, elderly and the sick, in short the majority of the people the world over, has escalated with the spread of the forces of globalization.

That is good that you, and your children give to those who do not have during the holidays, but as I said to another here at this site, if the imposed poverty, the greed, and the in difference, among other wrongs done to the majority of the poor, would not exist, then there would be no need for these handouts.

We seek through the vitality of influence and power to arrest the injustice of others but impose in turn new forms of injustice because we are never as just as we claim to be: parent with child, children with parents, protesters with establishment, majorities with minorities, minorities with majorities, rich nations with poor, and poor nations with rich.

A poor women without a job, without money for a bus fare, without clothes for a job interview, without the possibility of obtaining childcare, without a steady roof over her head, without access to sterilising equipment or even the ability to readily boil water, can still (in the majority of cases) breastfeed her child.

Although this might be true in poorer schools among poorer children, this is not the case for the majority of students.

A study that looked at children's meals across the U.S. in 2008 found «the overwhelming majority» were of «poor nutritional quality.»

The majority of NYC's public school students are poor; an astonishing 75 percent (780,000 children) were already eligible for free or reduced - price lunch.

«It is a social tragedy that a majority of children from wealthy families attend college, but only 10 percent of children of poor families attend college,» the governor said.

I believe her Gut and Psychology Syndrome, and Gut and Physiology Syndrome (GAPS) Nutritional program is vitally important for MOST people, as the majority of people have such poor gut health due to poor diet and toxic exposures, but it's particularly crucial for pregnant women and young children.

In 90 percent of these schools, the majority of children were poor.

A majority of parents and school officials believe that children who are troubled, whatever the cause, not only demonstrate poor academic performance and inappropriate behavior in school, but also adversely affect the learning opportunities for other children in the classroom.

In a very large majority of cases, the data used to determine which students are from low - income families at this stage are not the same as the Census data used to identify school - age children in poor families for purposes of calculating allocations to states and LEAs.

A majority of Americans support school choice, including the idea of providing tax - funded scholarships for poor parents to send their children to public, private, or parochial schools, according to a poll released last week.

Both tests are designed to fail the vast majority of children and are particularly discriminatory to children who face challenges such as those who come from poorer families, those who are not fluent in the English language and those who need special education services.

If you wanted to create a system that limits educational options and consigns the vast majority of poor American children to continue to live in poverty, just look around you.

And it is important to remind some Beltway reformers that focusing on poor and minority children will not only help all kids, but can even win suppoet from middle class blacks and Latinos, who will make up the majority of all Americans by mid-century.

The substantial majority of those left behind without such choices are relatively poor, inner city, and often minority children.

Argall agreed that for «some children,» arrival with an already poor academic standing could contribute to the poor performance, but he said he doubts this is true for the majority of students.

I probably cover Lakewood's morally and fiscally bankrupt schools too often, but this Ocean County school district that enrolls almost entirely Latino and Black low - income students pushes all my education reform buttons: tyranny of the majority (in this case the ultra-Orthodox residents who control the municipal government and the school board); lack of accountability; lack of school choice for poor kids of color but anything goes (at public expense) for children of the ruling class; discrimination against minority special education students.

Families in districts with majorities of poor black and Latino children are increasingly pushing back against educator recruitment groups like Teach for America, scorning their efforts as education tourism for privileged Ivy Leaguers.

Why do New Haven's children, the majority of whom are poor children of color, need teachers trained only to control them, when Connecticut's schools of education focus on developing children based on their individual needs and strengths?

By deciding to roll back the college - preparatory standards, politicians in the Show - Me State have shown in deed that they have no concern for the futures of children, especially those from poor and minority backgrounds who will soon make up a majority of students in traditional public schools.

Also, the fact that if you're poor, the ONLY option for free, public schooling is to enroll your child in a system that has been a failure for the majority of it's existence, is not fair.

To repeat, the Common Core SBAC pass / fail rate is intentionally set to ensure that the vast majority of public school students are deemed failures, and making the situation even more unfair, the Common Core SBAC scheme particularly targets minority students, poor students, children who are not proficient in English and students with disabilities that require special education services.

In a statement, the organisation said it shared the «ambition and passion for social mobility», but warned that experts were «unanimous that an expansion of grammar schools would lead to worse outcomes for the majority of children, especially the poorest».

My study of dog bite - related fatalities occurring over the past five decades has identified the poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of regular, positive human interaction, often for negative functions (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.

«10 Delise, based upon her study of fatal attacks over the past five decades, has identified  poor ownership / management practices involved in the overwhelming majority of these incidents: owners obtaining dogs, and maintaining them as resident dogs outside of the household for purposes other than as family pets (i.e. guarding / protection, fighting, intimidation / status); owners failing to humanely contain, control and maintain their dogs (chained dogs, loose roaming dogs, cases of abuse / neglect); owners failing to knowledgably supervise interaction between children and dogs; and owners failing to spay or neuter resident dogs not used for competition, show, or in a responsible breeding program.4

And, of course, it is these same countries — and the farmers, fisherfolk, urban poor, children and others who make up the vast majority of their populations — that have the least capacity to pay this exorbitant bill.

A consequence of having a majority - poor public school student population is that these children start kindergarten behind their wealthier peers in private schools, and probably will never catch up.

Because FB makes its money on reach, clicks and impressions I could absolutely assure you that the majority of eyeballs stuck seeing those ads ARE poor people, rich people are too busy, they have people managing their FB presence, or they are the children of rich people.

On social - emotional measures, foster children in the NSCAW study tended to have more compromised functioning than would be expected from a high - risk sample.43 Moreover, as indicated in the previous section, research suggests that foster children are more likely than nonfoster care children to have insecure or disordered attachments, and the adverse long - term outcomes associated with such attachments.44 Many studies of foster children postulate that a majority have mental health difficulties.45 They have higher rates of depression, poorer social skills, lower adaptive functioning, and more externalizing behavioral problems, such as aggression and impulsivity.46 Additionally, research has documented high levels of mental health service utilization among foster children47 due to both greater mental health needs and greater access to services.

Children who have witnessed violence, are poor, have moved from school to school, or who have just arrived in the country comprise the majority of participants in the YMCA's programs.

The notable exception were the study participants in Beit - Hanoun City, where half of the children and the majority of the mothers had poor mental health, and only one - sixth of the children were resilient; this may be explained by the particularly high conflict / confrontation level in this town, being only a few hundred metres from the Palestinian — Israeli border» (Massad, Javier Nieto, Palta, Smith, Clark, & Thabet, 2009).

The University of Bristol study found that the majority (76 %) of children in kinship care live in a deprived household, with 40 % living in households located in the 20 % of the poorest areas in England;

Children who have disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure have been shown to be vulnerable to stress, have problems with regulation and control of negative emotions, and display oppositional, hostile - aggressive behaviours, and coercive styles of interaction.2, 3 They may exhibit low self - esteem, internalizing and externalizing problems in the early school years, poor peer interactions, unusual or bizarre behaviour in the classroom, high teacher ratings of dissociative behaviour and internalizing symptoms in middle childhood, high levels of teacher - rated social and behavioural difficulties in class, low mathematics attainment, and impaired formal operational skills.3 They may show high levels of overall psychopathology at 17 years.3 Disorganized attachment with a primary attachment figure is over-represented in groups of children with clinical problems and those who are victims of maltreatment.1, 2,3 A majority of children with early disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure during infancy go on to develop significant social and emotional maladjustment and psychopathology.3, 4 Thus, an attachment - based intervention should focus on preventing and / or reducing disorganized attChildren who have disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure have been shown to be vulnerable to stress, have problems with regulation and control of negative emotions, and display oppositional, hostile - aggressive behaviours, and coercive styles of interaction.2, 3 They may exhibit low self - esteem, internalizing and externalizing problems in the early school years, poor peer interactions, unusual or bizarre behaviour in the classroom, high teacher ratings of dissociative behaviour and internalizing symptoms in middle childhood, high levels of teacher - rated social and behavioural difficulties in class, low mathematics attainment, and impaired formal operational skills.3 They may show high levels of overall psychopathology at 17 years.3 Disorganized attachment with a primary attachment figure is over-represented in groups of children with clinical problems and those who are victims of maltreatment.1, 2,3 A majority of children with early disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure during infancy go on to develop significant social and emotional maladjustment and psychopathology.3, 4 Thus, an attachment - based intervention should focus on preventing and / or reducing disorganized attchildren with clinical problems and those who are victims of maltreatment.1, 2,3 A majority of children with early disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure during infancy go on to develop significant social and emotional maladjustment and psychopathology.3, 4 Thus, an attachment - based intervention should focus on preventing and / or reducing disorganized attchildren with early disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure during infancy go on to develop significant social and emotional maladjustment and psychopathology.3, 4 Thus, an attachment - based intervention should focus on preventing and / or reducing disorganized attachment.

While the majority of parent support programs serve all families in a community, in the last decade or so, parent support interventions have been increasingly implemented with families whose children may be especially vulnerable to poor developmental outcomes because of poverty or a variety of other family risk factors.