Sentences with phrase «on minority children»

The facts are that Princeton Schools, specifically... John Witherspoon is failing our children and doing a worse job on minority children than I thought even possible.

A meta - analysis: The effects of parental involvement on minority children's academic achievement.

Our call for more studies on racial / ethnic subgroup disparities echoes a recommendation published 15 years ago by the AAP Task Force on Minority Children's Access to Pediatric Care that more attention be paid to the heterogeneity of API populations.24

Jacobs said the study focused on minority children to show that chemical exposure is ubiquitous, building on 2005 research on cord blood from 10 anonymous babies.

Not exact matches

«Rather than waiting until after your death to leave the company to your adult child — who might have to pay 55 cents in tax on every $ 1 of its value — you want to start transferring a minority stake now, let's say 30 % of the stock.»

They pride themselves on their hatred for science, education, women, minorities, children after childbirth and attempts to restrict military guns in civilian hands.

The data on charter - school performance is perhaps mixed, but a half century of research proves, as Ravitch acknowledges, that «minority children in Catholic schools are more likely to take advanced courses than their peers in public schools, more likely to go to college, and more likely to continue on to graduate school.»

Here again, evangelical media could have a crucial role in focusing the thinking and concern of their adherents on issues like world hunger and the plight of our urban minorities — issues that correspond to the problems of slavery and child labor which 19th century evangelicals successfully attacked.

Announcing the U-turn, the Department for Education said: «We want to ensure any future system of regulation that we may introduce appropriately targets the small minority of settings which may be exposing children to harmful practices, without causing undue burdens on the sector as a whole.

Presidential debates, increased public affairs, innovations in news coverage, fewer commercials on children «s programs, more female and minority on - air employment, greater minority ownership of stations, «free speech messages» in many cities, greater responsiveness to viewer «s letters, and a temporary reduction in violent programs — all were brought about through the efforts of the broadcast reform groups.9.

There is a shroud of gloom that spreads on all areas of the life of the world today, the gloom that is spread over the children of broken families, over single parents, over the unemployed, over minority communities.

Jesus used his platform to create space for the bleeding woman to share her story, for the little children to come swap stories with him, and for alienated ethnic minorities to talk about their experiences and perspectives on faith.

The research entitled Faith and a Future by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), focused on how children from religious minorities in Burma, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria and Pakistan are treated.

Intrigued, I clicked on one of their links where I learned that they want to adopt a child who is South Asian, Indian, Hispanic, biracial, multiracial, or minority and are open to considering open adoption.

MINORITY REPORT AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON CHILD & FAMILY WELFARE BY JOHN GUIDUBALDI, D.Ed., L.P., L.P.C.C..

The relationship processes involved may depend on where the risk resides... in the child (e.g. developmental disability, prematurity, behavior problems), the parent (e.g. psychopathology), or the family context (e.g. economic hardship, minority status).

The children we observed tended to be of higher socioeconomic status and were less likely to be of minority race / ethnicity than the children we did not follow up, which could have led to overestimates if the effect of breastfeeding on cognition was much weaker or in the opposite direction in those who dropped out, situations we find unlikely.

Once typical of only poor and minority women, this trend doesn't seem to be slowing down, as the stigma of being a single mother has been replaced by the choice by women to have children on their own.

«We do not want Paul Ryan in our city visiting a school on Malcolm X Boulevard, a school with mostly minority children, to have a photo op,» Becker said.

Dutchess County Legislature Minority Leader Barbara Jeter - Jackson said, «This budget continues Dutchess County's focus on services for our youth and families — everything from a $ 1.5 million investment in supportive programming to protect our families and children, to our continued commitment for our countywide Sexual Assault Response Team and domestic violence advocacy.

In a statement, Latimer, who is the ranking minority member on the Senate Education Committee, accused Astorino of sinking to a «new low» by «using his children as political props to make points that are pure fiction.»

Sen. Patty Murray, joined by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (r.) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (l.), speaks to reporters after the Senate voted to end debate on the makeover of the No Child Left Behind Act on Tuesday.

Intervening on Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith in the Commons, his Labour shadow, Helen Goodman asked: «Could you explain to the House why cutting tax credits for large families is a fair thing to do when it will be concentrated... on families where children are living in poverty, on Roman Catholic families, on Catholics from other minorities.

Rangel said he was «overzealous» in trying to raise money for minority children and relied too heavily on his accountant and chief of staff.

It relies on a majority of Tory voters, or of putative Tory voters, believing that somehow they or their children could all become as affluent as the minority of Conservatives who run their party.

But a chorus of Democrats, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, has called on Mr. Loeb to step down from Success Academy, a major network of charter schools that serves more than 90 percent minority children.

For Albany — and more importantly for Rockland — time is running out on the option of a constitutional solution to this unique situation concerning the education of minority children in East Ramapo.

Going beyond bargain hunting, Wang drew on his most important asset: a heartfelt mission to help minority children who don't have health insurance.

Beatrix Ann Hamburg, a renowned psychiatrist and academic researcher whose pioneering work advanced understanding of mental health for children and adolescents and shaped public policies related to improving the health of minorities, died on April 15.

Enck blames the decline on more and more young people growing up in urban cultures removed from hunting, an increasing proportion of ethnic minorities (who are less likely to hunt) in the population and — surprise, surprise — the rise in single - parent families «with fewer opportunities for children to learn about hunting from their fathers».

Do you think that U.S. education policy should work on improving the science - math performance of the children at the bottom, overwhelmingly from low - income families and racial and ethnic minorities, rather than the performance of all children?

Raising America's average scores on international comparisons is, therefore, not a matter of repairing a broken educational system that performs poorly overall, as many critiques suggest, but rather of improving the performance of the children at the bottom, overwhelmingly from low - income families and racial and ethnic minorities.

Senior author Dr Abraham Reichenberg, Professor of Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and with King's IoPPN said: «It is important to bear in mind that many children will experience some difficulties with schoolwork or other intellectual tasks at some point in their lives, and only a small minority will go on to develop a psychotic disorder.»

We need to consider preparing disadvantaged children as early as the preschool level and continuing throughout the high school years in order to complement the college and graduate school programs that focus on increasing minorities in the sciences.

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Hackam says his goal, as national committee chair, is to increase the pipeline of surgeon - scientists performing research to benefit children, with a focus on attracting under - represented minorities and women to the field.

The agency could not have predicted the advances in science that would uncover not only the addiction - like process that compels us to gobble up these foods, nor could they have predicted the mechanisms that reveal how these foods can change the expression of our genetic material and predispose a generation of children to metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes.13, 14 The agency could not have guessed that its recommendations would have especially devastating effects on minorities whom scientists believe may be genetically susceptible to diseases related to a diet high in processed grains and cereal products.15, 16

The narrow focus on plant - based nutrition ignores unique dietary needs of growing children, older adults, athletes, and ethnic minorities.

'» jokes Troche, the child of immigrant parents who grew up hiding her minority identity on multiple levels in a tough Chicago neighborhood during the 1960s and»70s.

She is more determined than ever to work on behalf of the children that she feels are affected most by the failures of the current system: those educated in inner - city, lower - income, ethnic - minority majority public school districts.

And it put a special focus on ensuring that states and schools boost the performance of certain groups of students, such as English - language learners, students in special education, and poor and minority children, whose achievement, on average, trails their peers.

Her research on achievement and motivation in poor and minority children has been supported by the Spencer Foundation and the National Science Foundation.

Nine major civil rights organizations today called on Congress to make reforming America's high schools and improving graduation rates for minority students the most urgent priority as it moves forward on renewing the No Child Left Behind Act.

On the supply side, moreover, private schools may find these advantaged parents (and their children) desirable, and may discriminate against poor and minority families.

Lesaux's research focuses on the reading development and the health and well - being of children who are at risk for learning difficulties, including children from language - minority and low socioeconomic backgrounds, and children with language impairments.

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.»

It is hardly surprising that only a minority of rural children gets into secondary school, and only a small part of that group goes on to higher education.

While we live in a market - driven economy ~ where winning and wealth accumulation are desired outcomes ~ education advocates on all sides of the political aisle currently assert that public schools are failing our children ~ especially minorities and low - income students.

With a focus on increasing access to STEM careers for «girls, underrepresented minorities, and low - income children,» US2020 and Citizen Schools have partnered to provide expanded STEM learning opportunities for students across the country.

The suit, filed on behalf of Beatriz Vergara, a Los Angeles high school student, and eight other public school students, claims that the law protects poor - performing teachers assigned to working with low - income, minority children.