Sentences with phrase «outcomes for disadvantaged»

Home visiting programmes have been advocated as a strategy for improving outcomes for disadvantaged mothers and children, such as the Nurse - Family Partnership for young, socially disadvantaged first - time mothers.

Lower use of primary care and greater use of emergency care and hospitalization are patterns that have been associated with poor health outcomes for disadvantaged children (Adler & Rehkopf, 2008; Starfield, Shi, & Macinko, 2005).

Wei - Bing Chen, Ph.D., focuses on early childhood development, school readiness, family support and engagement, and improving outcomes for disadvantaged children.

A large body of solid research shows that better outcomes for disadvantaged children come from a combination of health, nutrition, parental education and early learning resources from birth to age five that nurture cognitive and social and emotional development, and provide the foundation for success in school and life.

HHS and the Department of Labor are also both investing resources to study how to improve employment and other economic outcomes for disadvantaged parents.

The Perry Preschool Program and Abecedarian Preschool Project — long considered the quality gold standards — delivered better education, health - related behavior, social and economic outcomes for disadvantaged children who received treatment versus those who received none.

Crucially, however, the report highlights a minority of academy chains that continue to achieve improved outcomes for their disadvantaged students against both attainment and progress measures, thus demonstrating the transformational impact that can be made on the life chances of these students.

But by the end of Key Stage 1 in 2017, the outcomes for disadvantaged children in the local authority were in the top 20 % nationally, with 67 % of poorer children achieving the expected level.

His particular areas of interest are mathematics, music, performing arts, leadership at all levels and strategies to improve outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

The EEF has today launched its latest grant - funding round, seeking applications for high - potential projects which aim to improve attainment and related outcomes for disadvantaged children and young people.

In Education Week, New Leaders» CEO Jean Desravines reacts to the resignation of Secretary Arne Duncan, commending his recognition of the key role of school leadership in raising outcomes for disadvantaged students.

There continues to be very significant variation in outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, both between and within chains

It has called for the development of national benchmarks and targets for improvements in outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

Malkeet Singh writes about the potential of the Common Core State Standards to improve outcomes for disadvantaged students and his own work in providing professional...

«It can not be a coincidence that maths outcomes for disadvantaged pupils are the most concerning finding in this report given that teacher shortages are very severe in this subject,» he said.

The reasons for these differences weren't always clear, but the authors note that the groups with the best outcomes for disadvantaged pupils had two things in common: they had been running schools for a number of years, and had expanded slowly.

Better use of research can help schools spend their resources in the most efficient ways and make a real difference to outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.»

But Schools Week decided to highlight the individual schools in which outcomes for disadvantaged pupils were highest.

In response to these findings, Impetus PEF claims that improving post-16 provision is vital to provide a «level playing field» for all young people to succeed and has launched a year long campaign to explore education and training provision for 16 - 19 year olds, with a specific focus on improving outcomes for disadvantaged young people.

Since 2000, our mission has focused more sharply on improving educational outcomes for disadvantaged youth, particularly those who attend schools in urban communities.

Fryer, the Henry Lee Professor in the Department of Economics, is a bold researcher who has focused his work on race and education, testing theories and evaluating policies aimed at expanding educational opportunity and improving outcomes for disadvantaged students.

Again, if the goal is to raise test scores and other outcomes for disadvantaged students, educators will quickly settle on a «no - excuses» model — because it works.

The reality is that Mr. Obama's opposition to school vouchers has to do with Democratic politics, not the available evidence on whether they improve outcomes for disadvantaged kids.

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.

«Governance changes [such as charters] do little... to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.»

However, to make sure that the academies programme realises its goal of improving outcomes for disadvantaged children, the report is urging the government, and the national and regional schools commissioners, to do more to create mechanisms that spread good practice from the best academy chains to the rest.

Report author Prof Becky Francis said: «There is very significant variation in outcomes for disadvantaged pupils, both between and within chains.

«Some chains continue to achieve impressive outcomes for their disadvantaged students against a range of measures, demonstrating the transformational impact on life chances that can be made.

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.»

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.

As catalysts and champions of motherbaby - centered, holistic, respectful care, we aim to improve birth outcomes for disadvantaged mothers and infants.

As I mentioned above, one of the premises I'm working from here is that childhood is a continuum, and if we want to help improve outcomes for disadvantaged children, we need to look for opportunities to intervene in positive ways at many different points along that continuum.

Not exact matches

The compromises necessary to Canada wants a successful outcome to the TPP negotiations not only for domestic political reasons (a general election is due in 2015), but also for tactical reasons such as protecting its NAFTA access to the US market and ensuring that it is not disadvantaged vis — à — vis the US in any market - opening deals involving Japan.

Unconscionable conduct (agrees with NFF that they have not provided protection and support reforms «to provide transparency in the supply chain» and recognise that «certain classes of suppliers... are predisposed to suffering from a special disadvantage...»; misuse of market power (legal framework must «level the balance of market power in negotiations...», «ensure transparency in the transmission of market prices» and «not allow for final market risks to be borne by the primary producer» and provide «transparency of contract processes» - specifically, Canegrowers supports effects test and a process giving ACCC greater power to «regulate anti-competitive behaviour and impose penalties», shifting «the decisions framework from the judicial system to a regulatory system» which would make it more accessible to small producers); collective bargaining (notes limits of Sugar Industry Act (Qld); authorisation and notification approval costly and limited and not a viable alternative - peak bodies should be able to «commence and progress collective bargaining with mills on behalf of their members» and current threshold too restrictive)» competitive neutrality (mixed outcomes - perverse outcomes in the case of natural monopolies - suggest remove «application of competitive neutrality provisions to natural monopoly essential services»)

«Given the important role public policies and services play in supporting individuals to make the most of their talents, we will consider legislating to make clear that tackling socio - economic disadvantage and narrowing gaps in outcomes for people from different backgrounds is a core function of public services,» the white paper stated.

Dr Jeremy Kendall of the University of Kent points out that the value of volunteering now enjoys great recognition in both the UK and Europe - including the European Union (EU), the European Social Fund for example has long recognised voluntary activity as a positive outcome especially for disadvantaged groups.

Our proposals will ensure that childcare is affordable and accessible for all, enabling parents to move into work or extend their hours, helping disadvantaged families to move out of poverty and securing the best outcomes for children and their families.

Moreover, such an outcome is in the national interest too: these voters are disadvantaged if one party believes they could be taken for granted, and the others that they are out - of - reach, so the convergence of majority and minority voting patterns over time should be seen as a positive indicator of integration.

The negative outcomes are significantly more likely for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

For instance, at the individual level, mind - body interventions, such as yoga or meditation, were found to be accepted by disadvantaged groups and showed some effectiveness at improving mental and physical health outcomes.

Both lacosamide studies also deliver heterogeneous results for the two other outcomes, which, however, do not lead to statistically significant advantages or disadvantages.

Charity Mission Australia is calling for long - term commitment to a program that improves student learning engagement and outcomes, job pathways and wellbeing for young people experiencing disadvantage in South Australia, and the expansion of the program to other parts of Australia.

Regardless, our results indicate that, under a robust system of performance evaluation, the turnover of teachers can generate meaningful gains in student outcomes, particularly for the most disadvantaged students.

The challenge before us is to understand why and how disadvantaged environments lead to impaired learning, poor health, and maladaptive behavior, and to use that knowledge to increase the probability of more positive outcomes for all children.

The overarching goal of this effort is to leverage new knowledge in the service of generating and testing innovative intervention models to produce substantially greater impacts on learning, behavior, and health outcomes than existing programs and policies, particularly for the most disadvantaged children and families.

For more details about the way in which we construct this index, see David Autor, David Figlio, Krzysztof Karbownik, Jeffrey Roth, and Melanie Wasserman, «Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap in Behavioral and Educational Outcomes,» NBER working paper 22267, May 2016.

«Those who know me will realise that I am passionate about improving outcomes for children from our most disadvantaged communities and my comments were made in this context.»

In a bid to reach more than 80 schools in West Berkshire, BDZ Holdings in Newbury has teamed up with the charity to help improve the outcomes for children who are underachieving in the county, which could result in over 3,000 disadvantaged children progress academically and socially.

«At the heart of the report is a vision for using these technologies to promote equity of educational outcomes and career opportunities for students facing disadvantage.»

Frequent, continuous and progressive learning outside the classroom is one of the most effective ways of improving later life outcomes for all pupils, especially disadvantaged pupils who may otherwise have very limited horizons.