Sentences with phrase «of disadvantaged children who»

Stockton - on - Tees, for example, had the smallest percentage of disadvantaged children who were school ready in the country in 2015, at just 38 per cent.

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Actually, this is another scientist who understands that there isn't a SHRED of proof to indicate that any god exists, and that American kids who are taught creationism will be at a great disadvantage in the future when they try to compete for jobs against children with real educations.

But it makes a point at the expense of already disadvantaged men, women, and children who were counting on that funding for basic necessities.

A larger percentage of such births are to children in disadvantaged / poor / broken households, who then often get poorer and less adequate educations than the general population does.

«One of the saddest moments during my time as Education Secretary was the day I took a call from a wonderfully generous philanthropist who had devoted limitless time and money to helping educate disadvantaged children in some of the most challenging areas of Britain but who now felt he had no option but to step away from his commitments because his evangelical Christianity meant that he, and his generosity, were under constant attack.»

Children who were «born unwanted» prior to the legalisation of abortion not only grew up in more disadvantaged households, but also grew up to be more disadvantaged as adults.»

While the conversation lately has been about how many socioeconomically disadvantaged women are having children outside of marriage as well as the rise in choice motherhood, don't be surprised if we start talking instead about how more young couples are finding that it's a much better deal — and a heck of a lot easier — to find someone who'll be a good person to co-parent with than it is finding a soul mate.

And yet neuroscientists, psychologists, and other researchers have begun to focus on a new and different set of causes for the problems of children who grow up in adversity, and their research is recalibrating how we think about disadvantage and opportunity.

Mothers who don't work are mainly lone or otherwise disadvantaged mothers, for whom their own or a child's illness / disability or the cost of childcare are major reasons for their non-employment (Hales et al, 2007).

Research shows that young mothers who feel supported by their baby's father adjust better to motherhood and behave more positively towards their children — for whom a good relationship with «my dad» proves protective in face of other disadvantage.

The few young men who do have children with more than one partner tend to be not among the most powerful in their communities but among the most disadvantaged, including suffering from high levels of depression (Bronte - Tinkew et al, 2009).

I would either keep it and give my childs DS to someone who can't afford one or give thisone away to them — and there's plenty of disadvantaged kids out there!

The children of young parents — who tend to be amongst the most disadvantaged — may benefit particularly from a positive relationship with their father: «When young men do not take on the responsibilities of fatherhood, it has serious consequences for the child's development, the mother's resources and consequent social costs» (ESRC 2002).

To say that formula fed children are being put at a disadvantage is untrue, my son is doing much better statistically than the majority of children his age who were breastfed.

I think that makes a lot of sense, especially for children who are growing up in disadvantaged situations — they need more time in school.

Data of the Universities of Nebraska and Pennsylvania show that children who grow in a single - parent family do not feel more disadvantaged than kids from conjugal families, provided that the other parent is actively involved in their upbringing.

From studies on socio - economically disadvantaged children in large urban areas — kids who are so hungry that they eat paint and dirt, and whose homes are crumbling around them, exposing layers of lead paint.

It would seem that the author is arguing that not knowing the exact amount of milk a breastfed child ingests is a disadvantage, yet ironically, its the child who's parent can visualize how much they are feeding that ultimately overfeeds.

The state also will pick up the transportation tab for children of all ages who live in disadvantaged areas, thanks to a $ 500,000 program included in the new budget.

The net effect of this not - thought - through policy is that, in many cases, children from rich and affluent homes who attend some of the best private schools for their primary education will be the beneficiaries of this scholarships, and children of less endowed schools and remote villages and towns will be disadvantaged.

The state also will pick up the transportation tab for children of all ages, from kindergarten to high school, who live in disadvantaged areas, thanks to a $ 500,000 program included in the new budget, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a statement.

The two say the change «lowers standards and will allow inexperienced and unqualified individuals to teach those children that are most in need - students of color, those who are economically disadvantaged, and students with disabilities.»

Lord Willets also highlighted comments from Sir Michael Wilshaw, the outgoing boss of Ofsted, who launched his own attack on the failure of grammar schools to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.

The research by leading early learning scientists looked at children from a wide variety of backgrounds, including those from advantaged and disadvantaged families, and those who had suffered brain injury.

In the current study, researchers evaluated the Research Based, Developmentally Informed Parent (REDI - P) program which The problem of summer loss has long been known to affect children of all ages, but it is especially pronounced among children from disadvantaged backgrounds who are just starting school.

In particular, those who experienced parental separation before the age of 16 were more likely to be materially disadvantaged in adolescence and had lower educational qualifications by adulthood, compared to children who grew up with both parents.

By this I mean that we must pay much more attention to what's going on in the lives of children — especially children who are disadvantaged by poverty — that prevents them from taking advantage from even optimized learning environments.

Proponents of greater public funding for early childhood education (ECE) argue that too many children, often those from challenged communities and homes, arrive for kindergarten with insurmountable development gaps and that low - income and disadvantaged children who are exposed to high - quality pre-K programs gain lifelong benefits.

The subject of high - profile lawsuits and heated political rhetoric, vouchers tend to split people into two camps — those who believe they are a valuable tool for helping disadvantaged children escape failing public schools and those who charge that they strip funds from public schools...

Children who benefit from free school breakfasts and lunches often miss meals and go hungry once their school closes for the holidays, while the lack of free play schemes and sports activities can have an impact on those from the most disadvantaged backgrounds.»

When identifying another student pushes a district over a risk ratio threshold, the district faces a clear incentive to under identify — that is, to withhold services from — children who already face a broad array of systemic disadvantages.

«I have redesigned my seminar on education, policy, and inequality in Latin America this semester to include a section that engages the students in doing case studies of leaders who have succeeded at creating educational opportunities for disadvantaged children,» he says.

«Getting rid of school libraries also risks increasing inequalities and further disadvantaging the most deprived children who are less likely to have access to books or computers at home and will have less access to public libraries since so many are closing.»

The new curriculum's focus on more intensive ICT lessons for children means that teachers who find technology a challenge are at something of a 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.»

Another businessman has followed in the footsteps of Eugene Lang, who started the I Have a Dream Foundation in New York City that helps pay for the college expenses of disadvantaged children in Harlem.

Alan Milburn MP, chair of the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission (SMCPC), said the installation of written exams could mean excluding disadvantaged pupils and only allowing access to pupils from richer backgrounds who could use private tutoring to get through the tests.

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.

That» s because the most disadvantaged children — especially those who are born poor, and stay poor, for most of their childhoods — have the following, more deep - seated challenges in common:

For example, in describing the results of Title I, Jennings concludes, «In a nutshell, the billions of dollars spent on Title I had at best a modest effect on the academic achievement of the disadvantaged students who participated in the program...» On No Child Left Behind (NCLB), he writes, «So it truly was a mixed bag.

Using data from the U.S. Department of Education's ongoing study of 16,000 children who entered kindergarten in 1998, the report from the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington think tank, focuses on what many disadvantaged children are lacking when they arrive at school.

Dr Emily Tanner, lead author of the report, said: «For children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, who have lower take - up of formal out - of - school activities, school - based clubs appear to offer an affordable and inclusive means of supporting academic attainment.

The report said: «Compared with disadvantaged children who did not attend after - school club at the age of 11, those who attended after - school club one or two days per week had made significantly more progress than predicted.

It sounds like the sort of story that would promote empathy in teachers who work with neglected and disadvantaged children.

«There are still 58 million children out of school globally and around 100 million children who do not complete primary education,» UNESCO Director - General Irina Bokova says, adding «Inequality in education has increased, with the poorest and most disadvantaged shouldering the heaviest burden.»

Having worked for an organisation that dealt with integration of non-nationals and disadvantaged [5] children in Dutch society and the educational system for primary school children specifically, there was heartbreaking evidence and examples that those who needed to assess the environmental conditions young children were catapulted into, could not — and will never — understand the extent of trauma these children and their parents had been exposed to; subsequently, unable to realistically assess the cause of underachievement and trauma, nor adequate measures could be taken to equip fugitives with sufficient resources to overcome this disadvantaged position.

Many states and districts will take the easier path than trying to educate ALL children, disadvantaged students will lose out, and millions of young people who could have become hard - working taxpayers will end up jobless, in prison, or worse.

«For decades the system has failed tens of thousands of children who in many cases have been doomed to life sentences of disadvantage and despair,» Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D - Brooklyn) told the energetic crowd.

The Pupil Development Grant (PDG) helps schools tackle the effects of poverty and disadvantage on attainment and is targeted at learners who are eligible for Free School Meals or are Looked After Children.

Above all else he was truly dedicated to children, particularly the many kids, most of them socially disadvantaged, who attended Edison's schools and were in his charge.