Sentences with phrase «of early disadvantage»

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But because I didn't have a media background coming out of college, I was at a disadvantage early on.

Millennials may be better educated than earlier generations, but Credit Suisse's researchers said they expected only a «minority of high achievers and those in high - demand sectors such as technology or finance to effectively overcome the «millennial disadvantage.»»

But before you get carried away, it's necessary to be fully aware of the disadvantages of those early hours (apart from waking up when most other people are still in their beds).

The UM Alumni group is at a bit of a disadvantage in terms of team chemistry early on in the season as many of them are just meeting each other for the first time..

The disadvantage of this approach was less success early on.

Mauricio Pochettino's side went into the clash at a disadvantage having conceded the away goal in last week's 1 - 1 draw at White Hart Lane, but a period of early pressure saw Spurs in the driving seat for most of the first half.

Pablo Ibanez, whom is a doubt for Saturday, was sent off early on in that encounter, wrongly so as well as the FA later rescinded the red card, meaning the Baggies had to play the majority of the match with a numerical disadvantage.

For disadvantaged students, however, especially those whose stress - response systems have been compromised by early experiences of adversity, this question can feel vital and urgent, often dominating their experience of school.

None is perfect, but together they may point the way to a new approach to intervening early in the lives of disadvantaged children.

However, the risk of ear infections is highest during the early months when the risk of SIDS is highest, and therefore many experts suggest that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

He wisely observes «The United States does not do a particularly good job of reflecting [this] growing scientific understanding of early childhood, and especially early brain development, in its policies towards disadvantaged children.»

Early cord clamping carries the further disadvantage of depriving the baby of the oxygen - rich placental blood that Mother Nature provides to tide the baby over until breathing is well established.

Pregnancy, Birth and the Early Months includes information on prenatal testing, genetics, nutrition, medications during pregnancy, labor support and pain relief, prematurity prevention, C - sections, the advantages and disadvantages of medical technology, and more.

Improve Comprehensive Early Development and Learning Opportunities: Reauthorize and expand Early Head Start as the centerpiece of promoting the development of the most disadvantaged infants and toddlers, maintaining its intergenerational nature, inclusion of pregnant women, and availability to children independent of parents» employment status.

Since most of the growth of the human brain takes place after birth, some early environmental stressors could lead to disadvantage for boys being «wired in.»

«It is in the very earliest years of a child's life that disadvantage really takes hold.

It can be measured in something rather more tangible too: support — and here, unlike in Scotland earlier, the status quo is at something of a disadvantage.

He said his earlier experience dealing with British deployments in Bosnia and Kosovo had taught him the disadvantages of overstretching UK soldiers, who he found were simply «being rotated from one theatre to another».

One hundred and forty thousand disadvantaged two - year - olds could gain access to 15 hours a week of free early education, according to new government plans.

Trump entered the homestretch of the campaign at a pronounced financial disadvantage to Clinton, according to figures his team released, and far below the self - funding goal he set for himself earlier in the race.

All proceeds from this tournament will benefit United Way of the Southern Tier, one of the region's largest charitable organizations dedicated to supporting early childhood education and disadvantaged people of all ages in our area.

«For many disadvantaged pupils, poverty of aspiration can be the biggest obstacle and there may be financial pressures pushing them towards early employment,» said education minister Andrew Adonis.

The allocations of over # 4.6 million secured by the Welsh Liberal Democrats to support early years pupils in Wales from disadvantaged backgrounds have been announced.

While the early academies were set up in disadvantaged areas whereas some of the current 4,403 academies have relatively advantaged pupils in schools formerly rated as «outstanding».

Early career scientists considering a multi-investigator project should weigh the experience, networking opportunities, and prestige of a high - profile national or international collaboration against the disadvantages.

In the case of Hispanics in the U.S., low cigarette consumption seems powerful enough to counteract a slew of socioeconomic disadvantages that often result in poor health and early death.

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.

Anita works with foster kids and, too often, sees disadvantaged kids who have been on a cocktail of psychiatric medications from as early as age 6.

Conversely, they found an unexpected, negative relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and obesity and early markers of metabolic syndrome.

This is the third post in a series on new, interactive methods of peer review and their advantages — and disadvantages — for early - career scientists.

The goal of the Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program is to recruit and retain individuals who are from gender, racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in the life sciences, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, early in their careers.

The effects of stress and disadvantage appear to back up earlier studies that show sustained stress can cause changes in the brain.

(1) One clear disadvantage of using these «early - aging» mice is that they die too early to develop cancer — too early for ablation of p16Ink4a - positive senescent cells to impact the course of the disease.

Recent years have favored films released earlier in the season, and as a general rule of thumb films shown (at least somewhere on the globe) more than a week or two after the Toronto International Film Festival are disadvantaged.

Anyone with even tangential interest in the Oscars can note the ongoing trend of Best Picture winners debuting early in the season, meaning anything that would release post-Gothams is already at a significant disadvantage.

Some films have the disadvantage of being hailed an awards contender as early as January when they debut... Read More

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 podcast also looks at the Thirty Million Words initiative, aimed at boosting the number of words disadvantaged kids hear in their earliest years, and at the impact of Sesame Street.

Imagine that all of our reform efforts prove successful, from initiatives to bolster the prenatal health of disadvantaged babies, to high - quality early - childhood experiences, to dramatic improvements in K - 12 education, to serious interventions and supports at the college level.

Edutopia sat down with Navarro to talk about his early life, the start of his teaching career, and why he thinks he's been so effective at reaching disadvantaged students.

Currently, there are approximately 260,000 disadvantaged two year olds who are entitled to 15 hours of free early education a week, but is only used by 58 per cent of those eligible.

In 2013, ministers launched a scheme to offer free early education to the most disadvantaged two - year - olds in England as part of attempts to help them catch up.

As part of Samsung's commitment to help close the digital skills gap in the UK, Samsung wanted to encourage the development of digital skills from an early age by enabling access to vital technology for some of the most disadvantaged learners in the UK.

Each year from July 2016, around $ 10 million is available to integrate early childhood, maternal and child health, and family support services with schools in a selected number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities experiencing disadvantage.

The center of Chart 2 shows that early Algebra 1 taking also translated into increased successful taking of AP Calculus courses by minority and disadvantaged students.

Often located on college campuses, early - college high schools are designed to enable disadvantaged students, in particular, to earn two years» worth of college credits or associate's degrees along with their high school diplomas.

For this reason, we think that the evidence from New York continues to support the conclusion - also reached in a wide variety of earlier studies - that disadvantaged African - American students living in urban environments benefit from private schooling.

That's one of the takeaways of a new report issued by the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, which seeks to unite the science of early childhood development with the policies we devise to support disadvantaged kids.

But many of the nation's minority and disadvantaged children fail to achieve early academic success because, all too often, they are already behind when they start kindergarten.

Across grades and different student subgroups, the Coleman study found that most of the variation in student achievement is within rather than between schools, but a larger share of the variation is found between schools in earlier grades and among more disadvantaged subgroups.