Sentences with phrase «of disadvantaged youth»

As noted above, the redesigned income management measure makes provision for people within the categories of disadvantaged youth and long - term welfare payment recipients to apply for exemptions from the scheme and for merits review of the outcomes of their applications.

Summary Dedicated service focused social services worker with a strong commitment to serving the needs of disadvantaged youth.

In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation created the Project Mastery grant program to support competency - based education initiatives in large school systems that serve a high proportion of disadvantaged youth.

• Boost the employment prospects of disadvantaged youth via high - quality career and technical education programs • Help their students develop «performance character» — particularly drive and prudence • Offer a full suite of well - organized extracurricular activities (to help build those all - important non-cognitive skills and to keep kids off the streets) • Most importantly, give their students a sense of hope and purpose

She is also the founder of Earthsavers DREAMS Ensemble, a performing group composed of disadvantaged youth recognized as UNESCO Artists for Peace.

Not exact matches

Daquan Oliver, founder of Recesspreneurs Oliver, a student at Babson College, founded Recesspreneurs to teach entrepreneurship skills to disadvantaged youth.

The first step is committing to the idea of becoming a business owner and refusing to let your youth be a disadvantage.

I told him how I was teaching the Business Model Canvas to disadvantaged youth in the South of Chile with excellent results.

In addition to the rink upgrades — and with the support of Kraft Heinz — NHLPA Goals & Dreams, the players» charitable grassroots hockey program, will donate new hockey equipment to select Kraft Hockeyville ™ USA communities, giving more disadvantaged youth the opportunity to play hockey.

Ronnie G this is not about the Meat Puppet — it is about a person who is scamming anyone who listens to her she is leveraging other folks misery just do a Google search on her and her organziation as for my contribution to society — my employees and I fund and support two food kitchens on weekends for disadvantaged youth if you were able to master the use of tools we would invite you to join us — go phuck yourself

One could argue that the latter is inextricably linked to his «social activism» which began in 2002 with the establishment of Jamie's Kitchen (a chef apprenticeship program for disadvantaged youths which later transformed into the Fifteen Apprentice Program).

«How to Succeed takes readers on a high - speed tour of experimental schools and new research, all peppered with anecdotes about disadvantaged youths overcoming the odds, and affluent students meeting enough resistance to develop character strengths.»

Through the website, Christina hopes to raise money for disadvantaged youth who are in «kneed» of physical therapy but unable to afford proper care.

Mark S Kiselica writes in When Boys Become Parents, «For too long our culture has treated boys who become fathers... as detached misfits who are the architects of many of our nation's problems, rather than seeing these youth for who they really are: young men trying to navigate a complex array of difficult life circumstances that place them at a tremendous disadvantage.»

Though I wrote these words eight years ago, I don't think the concerns of sports moms have changed all that much and that what I said then largely still hold true today, although I think, if I were to update the list of concerns, I would probably add two more: fifth, that mothers want a more inclusive youth sports experience that is affordable to all families, regardless of socio - economic status or whether they live in a wealthy suburb or an economically disadvantaged inner city neighborhood, and sixth, that mothers want a better balance between sports and family life (a problem I explored in the book and on these pages, but that, if anything, has gotten worse, not better, in the last eight years).

Supporters of amateur boxing state that the sport is beneficial to participants by providing exercise, self - discipline, self - confidence, character development, structure, work ethic, and friendships.14 For some disadvantaged youth, boxing is a preferential alternative to gang - related activity, providing supervision, structure, and goals.14 The overall risk of injury in amateur boxing seems to be lower than15 in some other collision sports such as football, ice hockey, wrestling, and soccer.4, 16 However, unlike these other collision sports, boxing encourages and rewards direct blows to the head and face.

As Deputy Commissioner for Youth Services and Assistant Commissioner for Capacity Building, he partnered with NYCHA, the Parks Department and the Department of Education to fund over 500 programs across the city, helping reach disadvantaged yYouth Services and Assistant Commissioner for Capacity Building, he partnered with NYCHA, the Parks Department and the Department of Education to fund over 500 programs across the city, helping reach disadvantaged youthyouth.

Founded in 1910, the NAUW serves women, youth and the disadvantaged in our communities and in developing countries by addressing educational issues, advancing the status of women's issues and strategically partnering with allied organizations.

«Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled, and Disadvantaged of WNY does great work for our community and I was pleased to learn they were partnering with CCE Erie to work with youth through Primetime Funding.

As the program was coming to a close, Legislator Lorigo met with Felissa Masumbuko, 4 - H Youth CAN Teen Leader Intern and Global Concepts student, to learn more about her internship with Legal Services for the Elderly, Disabled, and Disadvantaged of WNY.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

He said efforts were also being made to ensure inclusiveness, with regard to persons with disabilities, women, youths and other disadvantaged groups, in terms of access to the Polling Station and participation as candidates in elections.

The UChicago team's NBER study concludes, «The impact of the pilot intervention reported in this paper are large enough to raise the question of whether the field has given up prematurely on the possibility of improving academic outcomes for disadvantaged youth.»

Shannon Greco, a science education program leader at PPPL, has been named one of the YWCA Princeton's «women of excellence» for her work with young women and disadvantaged youth, including her help in starting two all - girls robotics teams for the YWCA Princeton.

The «Future of Dating 2050» report (covered by GDI here and here) revealed an imminent rise in the mean age of daters, a relaxing of social attitudes regarding non-traditional romantic arrangements, and the potential rise of technology as a relationship substitute for the financially disadvantaged youth.

Lagos, Nigeria About Blog The Book Banque is an organisation committed to empowering children in disadvantaged communities in Nigeria through education, and enriching Nigerian youths through an appreciation and understanding of cultural heritage.

Over the past decade, my research has focused on the academic, social, and civic development of immigrant youth, specifically the ways in which schools Below is an IELTS advantage / disadvantage model essay about having one language in the world.

Europe About Blog A network of youth and social workers working with young people with disadvantaged backgrounds on local, regional and international levels.

Established the nonprofit Milagro Foundation in 1998, which supports disadvantaged youth in the areas of arts, education and health.

Gen battles to find a place within the depressed Maori community of small town Gisborne (six hours east of Auckland), eventually convincing an old friend, Noble (Kirk Torrance), to let him teach chess to a youth group of disadvantaged kids.

Like most third world or disadvantaged artists, Piňero acquisitioned the art of the ruling class: Of the three poems recited in their entirety over the course of Leon Ichaso's scattershot biopic Piňero, the first of them hijacks Percy Shelley's 1819 «Ode to the West Wind» (in its shift from Shelley's «withered leaves to quicken a new birth» to Piňero's «candy wrappers in the wind») and the last of them Longfellow's «My Lost Youth.&raquof the ruling class: Of the three poems recited in their entirety over the course of Leon Ichaso's scattershot biopic Piňero, the first of them hijacks Percy Shelley's 1819 «Ode to the West Wind» (in its shift from Shelley's «withered leaves to quicken a new birth» to Piňero's «candy wrappers in the wind») and the last of them Longfellow's «My Lost Youth.&raquOf the three poems recited in their entirety over the course of Leon Ichaso's scattershot biopic Piňero, the first of them hijacks Percy Shelley's 1819 «Ode to the West Wind» (in its shift from Shelley's «withered leaves to quicken a new birth» to Piňero's «candy wrappers in the wind») and the last of them Longfellow's «My Lost Youth.&raquof Leon Ichaso's scattershot biopic Piňero, the first of them hijacks Percy Shelley's 1819 «Ode to the West Wind» (in its shift from Shelley's «withered leaves to quicken a new birth» to Piňero's «candy wrappers in the wind») and the last of them Longfellow's «My Lost Youth.&raquof them hijacks Percy Shelley's 1819 «Ode to the West Wind» (in its shift from Shelley's «withered leaves to quicken a new birth» to Piňero's «candy wrappers in the wind») and the last of them Longfellow's «My Lost Youth.&raquof them Longfellow's «My Lost Youth.»

Sri Lanka's National Institute of Education, is honoured for its «Open School Programme», which addresses the learning needs of disadvantaged groups and offers an alternative route for out - of - school youth and adults to resume academic or technical and vocational training.

As superintendent of Holyoke (Mass.) Public Schools, Paez is striving to eradicate the gap in literacy and low expectations among disadvantaged youth.

While the rationale is perhaps a bit misguided (some evidence suggests that our students already experience as much instructional time as their peers ~ and other research confirms that teachers in the United States spend more time on instruction than teachers in other nations do) ~ there are certainly reasons to focus on the issue ~ not least of which is the summer learning loss that disproportionately impacts our nations most disadvantaged youth.

For what it is worth, he has repeatedly argued that school choice will be a priority of his administration, going so far as to say in his first joint address to Congress, «I am calling upon members of both parties to pass an education bill that funds school choice for disadvantaged youth, including millions of African American and Latino children.

Central to the concentration is research on the factors that put children or youth at a disadvantage, and those assets — family, community, or cultural — that support high levels of academic, social, and moral development; healthy individuals; and effective schools.

Thirdly, the disadvantaged situation of youths in the labor market is common in the region.

To sum up, comparable data for 1990 and 2009 on youth reveals that low - educated women are in more disadvantage than in the past while low - educated men are worse in the quality of jobs they access to but not in terms of unemployment.

The authors concede that a number of national and city - level studies show relatively strong performance for disadvantaged youth in charters, but come to rest on the familiar refrain that charter students do about the same as those in other public schools.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was a leading member of the school choice advocacy community, and Donald Trump has called for a congressional bill that would fund school choice for disadvantaged youth, stating that «families should be free to choose the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school that is right for them.»

The increase came in response to a 1986 law requiring local summer programs for disadvantaged youths to include assessment of educational deficiencies and remedial assistance along with work experience.

3 The media attention prompted by the tragic slaying of Edmund Perry in 1985 remains unsettling to officials of A Better Chance, a 28 - year - old scholarship program that places disadvantaged minority youths in independent schools.

Deming studies the economics of early childhood and K — 12 education and the effects of education policy on long - term outcomes for disadvantaged urban youth.

A: I've given top priority to issues of equity and access for many disadvantaged groups, such as the illiterate, youth from remote rural areas, minority groups, the disabled, and children of migrant workers.

An amazing randomized experiment of a Chicago program called Becoming a Man — Sports Edition, demonstrates that participating in aggressive sports is particularly effective for disadvantaged youth in improving school engagement and reducing violent crime.

More important, however, is the larger implication I take from Mr. Bedrick's thesis: that private school choice advocates in America, Mr. Bedrick among them, have failed to establish a coherent, prevailing belief system about the role of private schools in providing an education of measured quality, at scale, for the nation's most disadvantaged youth.

But then he was given a challenge from Christopher Yanov, the CEO of Reality Changers, a nonprofit designed to help improve college access and readiness for youth from disadvantaged backgrounds.

We learned about strategies, about people, and about organizations that are trying to leverage the use of digital technology to improve learning outcomes for youth — particularly those who come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

I am calling upon members of both parties to pass an education bill that funds school choice for disadvantaged youth, including millions of African American and Latino children.

«How to Succeed takes readers on a high - speed tour of experimental schools and new research, all peppered with anecdotes about disadvantaged youths overcoming the odds, and affluent students meeting enough resistance to develop character strengths.»