Sentences with phrase «minority children who»

Towards a culturally competent system of care: A monograph on effective services for minority children who are severely disturbed, Volume, I. Washington DC: Georgetown University Child Development Center, CASSP Technical Assistance Center.

Cross, T., Bazron, B., Dennis, K., & Isaacs, M. (1989) Towards a culturally competent system of care: A monograph on effective services for minority children who are severely emotionally disturbed.

Towards a culturally competent system of care: A Monograph on Effective Services for Minority Children Who Are Severely Emotionally Disturbed: Volume 1.

National black and Hispanic education reform advocacy groups, as well as Florida - based coalitions of minority clergy, have argued that the scholarships provide opportunities for high - quality education to predominantly minority children who wouldn't get it otherwise.

In addition, the treatment group consisted of minority children who graduated from CPC preschool and kindergarten programs, while the control group is comprised of kindergarten students who participated in other pre-K and kindergarten programs.

Calling the program «scary,» black legislators objected that it would endanger minority children who are more likely to be punished at school.

School vouchers of $ 4,200 a year, formally known as «Opportunity Scholarships,» are touted as a way to help low - income and minority children who are falling behind in their local public schools by providing access to better options in private ones.

Towards a culturally competent system of care: A monograph on effective services for minority children who are severely emotionally disturbed.

Are we finding all the brainy minority children who can ace these tests, and steering them to gifted classrooms, or are we missing some of them?

The policy that they crafted, which was approved by the N.C. State Board of Education in February, will seriously undercount the number of low - income, minority children who qualify, she says, and it's a violation of federal law.

And third, and most disturbingly, they consistently disadvantage the poor and minority children who deserve our greatest support: those who are already striving to be successful.

Scientific research has shown that low - income and minority children who grow up in segregated neighborhoods and attend segregated schools have worse educational and economic outcomes than children in more integrated areas.

Going beyond bargain hunting, Wang drew on his most important asset: a heartfelt mission to help minority children who don't have health insurance.

Not exact matches

«Rather than waiting until after your death to leave the company to your adult child — who might have to pay 55 cents in tax on every $ 1 of its value — you want to start transferring a minority stake now, let's say 30 % of the stock.»

These are good women, one who is a child welfare advocate, another who works with poor minority youth.

People who think homosexuals should not have special legal entitlements as a minority group, parents who do not want their eight - year - olds instructed in the use of condoms, those who insist that abortion is very bad for unborn children and their mothers — bigots one and all.

For example, the mothers of the vast majority of the children born out of wedlock are racial minority teen - agers who come from broken families living below the poverty level.

(vi) engage particularly with groups of fathers who previously have been excluded from services and whose children are at risk of poor outcomes — including young fathers and black and minority ethnic fathers;

She is part of a growing number who represent the highest percentage of minority women nursing their children since researchers began tracking such data.

The child who sleeps through most of the night at a young age is actually in the minority.

Intrigued, I clicked on one of their links where I learned that they want to adopt a child who is South Asian, Indian, Hispanic, biracial, multiracial, or minority and are open to considering open adoption.

Our waiting children are often older, minorities, sibling groups who wish to be placed together, or children with emotional, mental and / or physical disabilities - children who are typically categorized as «special needs» or «hardest to place.»

Remind your children that there are good people in Congress who are working to protect the rights of groups and minorities that Trump has targeted with his speeches.

A key reason behind the recent turnaround in breastfeeding among minority mothers in Illinois and particularly in the metropolitan Chicago area, state and local public health leaders say, is a common - sense peer counselor program launched in WIC (Women, Infants and Children program) clinics, which serve women who are poor and nutritionally «at risk.»

The children we observed tended to be of higher socioeconomic status and were less likely to be of minority race / ethnicity than the children we did not follow up, which could have led to overestimates if the effect of breastfeeding on cognition was much weaker or in the opposite direction in those who dropped out, situations we find unlikely.

Interestingly, the only non-ethnic in the race who doesn't also have minority children, Jim Gilmore, is unambiguously in last place for the Republican Party, the party with the most «white» support.

Sex offenders who move to New York state will no longer be able to exploit an FBI loophole when they apply for jobs at summer camps and other organizations that work with children, according to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Assemblyman Karim Camara (D - Brooklyn), who is sponsoring the charter - school bill, said he supports lifting the cap because «we need an educational system that educates all children — including poor, minority children.

The proposal would ease admissions rules for a few of the higher - performing schools with the intent of attracting more minority students, and parents who fear that their children will lose out are pushing back.

The 80 - year - old pontiff, the first to travel to Myanmar, was welcomed by children from different minority groups in bright, bejewelled clothes, who gave him flowers and received a papal embrace in return.

Gary Greenberg, a minority owner of the Vernon Downs racetrack, says he'll spend $ 100,000 this year to unseat Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco and other senators who won't pass a bill to allow child sexual abuse survivors like himself sue their abusers.

In a statement, Latimer, who is the ranking minority member on the Senate Education Committee, accused Astorino of sinking to a «new low» by «using his children as political props to make points that are pure fiction.»

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's Park Slope home was the destination for immigration activists Tuesday night; they marched through Brooklyn to protest the senator voting in favor a short - term federal funding bill Monday that did not include protection for undocumented immigrants who were brought into the United States as children.

It relies on a majority of Tory voters, or of putative Tory voters, believing that somehow they or their children could all become as affluent as the minority of Conservatives who run their party.

Gary Greenberg, who lives in New Baltimore, Greene County, and is a minority owner of the casino, hotel and racetrack Vernon Downs, told the Daily News he can't understand why the Legislature won't act to give adults who were victimized as children more time to bring criminal and civil cases against their abusers.

And that is why you have people elected like Ed Day because people outside of Ramapo who have not seen the growth of the religious communities in their neighborhoods yet, they still understand what's happening in East Ramapo and they know that it's fundamentally wrong that people would take over a school district who don't send their children there and then deny minority students a fair education.

«Even though I am «the only» in my department — the only female underrepresented minority, the only assistant professor with children, the only one doing education research — I know I will find allies across campus and students who can identify with my experience,» she says.

Enck blames the decline on more and more young people growing up in urban cultures removed from hunting, an increasing proportion of ethnic minorities (who are less likely to hunt) in the population and — surprise, surprise — the rise in single - parent families «with fewer opportunities for children to learn about hunting from their fathers».

Owens found that neighborhood racial segregation across the country appeared to be driven largely by white families with children who are choosing, consciously or not, to move to neighborhoods and school districts with fewer minorities.

I know I am in the minority in my decision, as 97 % of U.S. moms who use Facebook report that they post pictures of their children online.

'» jokes Troche, the child of immigrant parents who grew up hiding her minority identity on multiple levels in a tough Chicago neighborhood during the 1960s and»70s.

It is part history, detailing the unexpectedly collaborative relationships that were instrumental in the expansion of these top public schools and part forward - looking; it's a story about the visionaries who reinvented American education for poor and minority children and are now reinventing it again.

However, the combination diminishes student learning, particularly for minorities and low income children, who are most likely to have weaker teachers.

These laws protect just a very small minority of teachers who are harming children and who should not be in the classroom.

The formula included weights for housing prices, minority, English - as a second language learners, children with special needs, children who are permitted free school meals, schools located in rural under - privileged areas, rusting economic areas and with high percentages of «working classes».

Finally, pre-packaged programs are overwhelmingly used with poor minority populations, according to Jonathan Kozol, who argues that this practice is characteristic of a «deeply segregated system in which more experienced instructors teach the children of the privileged.»

Lesaux's research focuses on the reading development and the health and well - being of children who are at risk for learning difficulties, including children from language - minority and low socioeconomic backgrounds, and children with language impairments.

Also in line with current studies is the report's finding that «for any groups whether minority or not, the effect of good teachers is greatest upon the children who suffer most educational disadvantage in their background, and that a given investment in upgrading teacher quality will have most effect on achievement in underprivileged areas.»

The services are being provided to help children who are economically disadvantaged to better succeed in school, and a disproportionate number of these children are racial or ethnic minorities.

One wonders if those who brought this suit are willing to press their equality claims to their logical conclusions and challenge the vast array of inequalities poor and minority children might experience in public school systems.