Sentences with phrase «old children from poor families»

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But they are wanting in terms of their external validity for decisions about whether to expand present public programs for four - year - olds: They are from a time when very little of today's safety net for the poor was in place, when center - based care for four - year - olds was rare and even kindergarten was not the rule, and before the wave of Hispanic immigration that transformed the demographics of early education programs for children from low - income families.

Teachers and administrators who work with children from low - income families say one reason teachers struggle to help these students improve reading comprehension is that deficits start at such a young age: in the 1980s, the psychologists Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley found that by the time they are 4 years old, children from poor families have heard 32 million fewer words than children with professional parents.

By 3 years old, there is a 30 million - word gap between children from the wealthiest and poorest families.

Albeit based on older children than in GUS, children aged 13 to 14 years who live in families with five or more problems (such as neither parent in work, poor housing conditions, parents with mental health problems) are 36 times more likely to be excluded from school than children in families with no problems and six times more likely to have been in care or to have contact with the police (HM Treasury and DFES, 2007).

As outlined in the previous section, a substantial minority (16 %) of ten year - old children in GUS couple families perceive low levels of supportiveness from fathers, and are categorised as having a «poor» father - child relationship.

Four - year - olds and children from the poorest families have the highest priority.