Sentences with phrase «most educational disadvantage»

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.»

Not exact matches

Consistent with earlier research before 2010, the study indicates that UKIP's loyal supporters are the most disadvantaged; they tend to have no educational qualifications and come from the lowest income groups.

Most of them come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and many enter her classroom with serious educational deficits, she says.

Kevan Collins, EEF chief executive, said: «We know that effective teaching and parental engagement have a positive impact on educational achievement, particularly for the most disadvantaged children.

«Functioning democracies require citizens who have all been educated to work with others in improving their communities and with her focus on advancing the educational opportunities of the most disadvantaged, Emiliana is playing a critical role in advancing the work in progress which is democracy, justice, and the rule of law in Latin America.»

This means incentivizing the use of meaningful content in the classroom and eschewing misguided, patronizing notions of fairness that would undermine the promise of the Common Core and harm the educational opportunities of our most disadvantaged students.

The educational trap here is that in protecting disadvantaged groups against material that in any sense touches on their disadvantage, we cut them off from the very material they need the most to overcome that disadvantage.

I agree with most of this article and the idea that students with more educational disadvantages should receive proportionately more assistance to achieve educational success.

«Alyssa Chan exemplifies well the qualities that distinguish students and graduates of the International Education Policy Program: a strong commitment to expanding educational opportunity for the most disadvantaged children around the world, an extraordinary ethic of hard work and rigorous pursuit of academic excellence, and an understanding of leadership as service to others,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, director of IEP.

The Rogers Family Foundation (RFF) seeks to catalyze organizations and systems to achieve and excel at the highest level in positively transforming the educational experience and opportunities for Oakland's most disadvantaged students.

Ms. Gantwerk was then appointed to the position of Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Student Services, the division responsible for state and federal programs serving the needs of the student populations most at risk for educational problems including; students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged students (Title I) homeless, migrant and limited English proficient students.

Over the course of the 20th century, some of the most persistent challenges in public education — from the dropout problem in the 1950s, to educational disadvantage in the 1960s, to school discipline in recent years — have been reframed in psychological terms.

Taxes will not be changed, tuition will not be charged, and those students at the greatest educational disadvantage stand to benefit the most.

Today's reports add to a growing body of evidence and a much - valued resource that school leaders can draw on to improve the educational achievement of our most disadvantaged pupils.»

In some of New Jersey's most troubled and disadvantaged communities, charter public schools are succeeding in closing the educational achievement gap with our state's more wealthy communities, despite receiving an average 70 percent of each education dollar compared to their traditional public school counterparts.

Knowledge Alliance members have unique access to a network of like - minded, leading education organizations focused on improving educational outcomes for our most disadvantaged students.

Once they are established and reach full capacity, charters are largely self - sufficient; a little philanthropic help up front for one school can produce decades of educational excellence in some of our most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods,» said eSOC managing partner and founding IOC member Andrew Horowitz.

«The Welsh government is taking practical action to deliver better educational opportunities for our most disadvantaged children.

Meanwhile, disadvantaged minorities gain the most from expanded educational choice.»

«It has been a privilege to work with NSN's dedicated employees, who are doing so much to raise educational standards in some of the most disadvantaged parts of the country.»

Preschool, small class size and counselors are among the educational resources the plaintiffs in Connecticut's pending school funding case, CCJEF v. Rell, seek for Connecticut's most disadvantaged children.

A better understanding of why teachers enter and leave the profession, and what might encourage them to stay or return, is critical to improving the educational opportunities for all students, especially those attending the most disadvantaged schools.

Some studies in both Massachusetts and New York City have found that a «No Excuses» educational approach — characterized by mandated intensive tutoring, longer instruction times, frequent teacher feedback, strict disciplinary policies, and high expectations for students — is a common feature among charter schools with the biggest positive effects (however, the most effective of these schools are located in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods, making it difficult to disentangle whether this is due to the No Excuses approach or sub-par public school alternatives).

As does Australia's Welfare 2013, the Productivity Commission paper identifies lone parents and their children, Indigenous Australians, people with a long - term health condition or disability, and people with low educational attainment as most vulnerable to long - term disadvantage.

These developments accentuate the need to monitor the well - being of the most disadvantaged children, but income inequality also has far - reaching consequences for society, harming educational attainment, key health outcomes and even economic growth.

In Australia, Australian Aboriginal2 people are disproportionately represented in the most disadvantaged groups, experiencing poverty, unemployment, discrimination, challenges with educational outcomes and poor housing disproportionately compared with non-Aboriginal people [4 - 6].

• to describe the lives of children in Ireland, in order to establish what is typical and normal as well as what is atypical and problematic; • to chart the development of children over time, in order to examine the progress and wellbeing of children at critical periods from birth to adulthood; • to identify the key factors that, independently of others, most help or hinder children's development; • to establish the effects of early childhood experiences on later life; • to map dimensions of variation in children's lives; • to identify the persistent adverse effects that lead to social disadvantage and exclusion, educational difficulties, ill health and deprivation; • to obtain children's views and opinions on their lives; • to provide a bank of data on the whole child; and to provide evidence for the creation of effective and responsive policies and services for children and families; • to provide evidence for the creation of effective and responsive policies and services for children and families.

Irrespective of its precise etiological determinants, childhood neurodisability is one of the most important precursors of psychopathology, poor social functioning and educational disadvantage in later life [3], [4].

Despite significant disadvantages, with increasing wages bolstered by higher educational attainment, women homebuyers are one of the most exciting and fastest - growing markets today.