Sentences with phrase «poor access to education»

A closer look at the data reveals something very important — countries where people ate a large amount of foods containing refined carbohydrates also had lower median income levels and poor access to education.

Not exact matches

During his 14 years in office, Chávez tightened his grip on PDVSA while simultaneously pursuing programs aimed at improving access to health, education and food for poor Venezuelans.

Access to birth control and education on the proper uses (like, even if you're on birth control, the guy should still wear a condom) of it, as well as true education about intercourse, what causes disease and how giving birth affects the female body is one of the most responsible things we can help the poor with.

Having free access to birth control and the education on how to use it wouldn't help poor people?

Growing sectors of the populations are denied access to education, basic health services, or jobs that would allow even a precarious subsistence, The poor, the marginalized and the excluded are not significant consumers, much less players in the global market; they have no access to information highways and hardly a chance to shape any of the other significant byways of the process of capitalist globalization.

But just as equal opportunities within a society are unlikely to become reality without general access to high quality education, so free trade will not in practice be generally accepted, especially among the poorer countries, until the huge discrepancies between nations in technical and commercial skills are diminished.

But access is not a purely financial issue: there are many other barriers from poor primary and secondary education to gender discrimination that can make university effectively unattainable.

Education secretary Michael Gove told the Commons that payments being made to poorer students will actually increase under the scheme, which would have access to # 180 million funds - compared to # 500 million for the original.

It is also to enable students dropping out at the SHS who otherwise would have continued to acquire functional skills, as well as increase the chances of students from poor background accessing high education to reduce the cost of education of many households.

«In the Senate, I want to fight for public safety and criminal justice reform, education programs, affordable housing, increased access to mental health care, economic development and opportunities, and social service reforms, especially as they affect middle class families and the working poor,» he said in a statement.

And higher education minister Alan Johnson said the scheme would increase access for students from poorer backgrounds to the top universities.

We'll produce assiduous research showing how free education would be implemented, in defence of universalism, myth - busting some of the most outrageous arguments of the Labour right («free education is bad for access», «Scotland has free education and that means robbing the poor to pay the rich»), and begin to make the case in Labour Students, the Labour Party and NUS for free, public and democratic education, not as a privilege, but as a right.

Downing Street said Mr Hughes — who abstained in the Commons vote on raising tuition fees — agreed to take up the unpaid role as an «access advocate» to persuade parents and children from poor backgrounds they will be able to afford a university education when the new fees come into effect.

Statement from Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee «I commend the students of East Ramapo for their non-violent demonstration to bring attention to their concerns and frustrations regarding the poor building conditions and severe spending cuts, which have negatively impacted their access to classes and programs essential to the quality education our state constitution guarantees them.

A rapid voluntary reduction in fertility rates in the poor countries, brought about by more access to family planning, higher child survival and education for girls, could stabilize the population at around eight billion by 2050.

Especially in countries where Internet infrastructure is poor or non-existent, the new solutions allow access to information and education on a wide - scale basis and free of charge,» says Alexander Zink, emphasizing the political dimension of the Fraunhofer development.

In Afghanistan and Pakistan today the Taliban have created thousands of madrassas, where children from poor families with no access to education can receive food and what passes for learning (but what is in fact quite the opposite).

It is to raise the poorest nations out of poverty through democratic governance, free trade, access to birth control, and the education and economic empowerment of women.

Family and social problems, lack of community support, poor access to quality education, relocation from their communities, and a shortage of science and technology role models are just some of the problems that youth living on reserves have to deal with, says Mervin Dewasha, founder, president, and treasurer of CASEA.

* The notion «low - resource environments» is used to specify an environment where: (a) resources assigned for genomics research are scarce, (b) access to genomics knowledge and information is low, (c) implementation of Genomics is limited, (d) genomics education is relatively poor, and (e) collaborative opportunities in genomic research with other institutions are rare for geographical, societal, economic or political reasons.

The widening gap between rich and poor, which is made worse by lack of access to high - quality health care and K - 12 education.

This year, the annual event will be raising money for Concern Worldwide (concern.net @Concern), an international humanitarian organization transforming the lives of the world's poorest, most marginalized children through access to education.

From this example, other Africans can learn that eLearning is an effective method of learning that the poor can use to access quality education.

As a result, poor and vulnerable refugees and asylum - seekers are unable to favourably access tertiary education.

Conversations about access to higher education often focus on affordability issues, but poor academic preparation is an equally significant barrier to success in college, says Long, academic dean at the Harvard Graduate School of Eeducation often focus on affordability issues, but poor academic preparation is an equally significant barrier to success in college, says Long, academic dean at the Harvard Graduate School of EducationEducation.

We've come a long way, but we are still witnessing disturbing disparities in access to quality education, employment, housing and healthcare between blacks and whites, and rich and poor Americans.

The cycle of poverty is a phenomenon where poor families, more severely in LEDCs, become trapped in poverty for generations due to limited or no access to fundamental resources such as education, financial and subsequent generations also being underprivileged.

But as the report noted in its state snapshots last year, many states — despite burgeoning access to online education — are rated «fair» or «poor» for the information available on their online learning options.

Housed in the Department of Health and Human Services, Head Start has in the past emphasized not just early education but also socialization and giving poor children and their families access to an array of nutritional, health, and social services.

Black said TFA concluded that the challenges were the same in every country — poor kids don't have the same access to education as richer kids — and that TFA could «help shorten the learning curve» for those entrepreneurs.

Howard Fuller's memoir, written with Lisa Frazier Page, chronicles his journey from political activist to school superintendent and back again, revealing along the way the monumental challenge of ensuring that poor black children have access to a high - quality education.

Over time, Internet access has steadily increased in public schools, leading to virtually no difference in access between poor schools and their wealthier counterparts, according to the latest figures from the National Center for Education Statistics.

How American schools are making inequality worse The Conversation, October 26, 2015 Study: Schools Exacerbate Growing Rich - Poor Achievement Gap U.S. News & World Report, October 19, 2015 Schools exacerbate the growing achievement gap between rich and poor, a 33 - country study finds The Hechinger Report, October 19, 2015 Report: U.S. Math Performance Gap Starts with Unequal Access Diverse Education, October 14, 2015 Inequality should scare us: Create great school options now The Seattle Times, October 11, 2015 Studies Probe How Schools Widen Achievement Gaps Education Week, October 6, 2015 New study reveals vast gap between rich and poor students The Educator, October 6, 2015 Low - Income Students Shortchanged on Math Curriculum U.S. News & World Report, September 30, 2015 Math content in schools adding to achievement gap, new study finds The Washington Post, September 30, Poor Achievement Gap U.S. News & World Report, October 19, 2015 Schools exacerbate the growing achievement gap between rich and poor, a 33 - country study finds The Hechinger Report, October 19, 2015 Report: U.S. Math Performance Gap Starts with Unequal Access Diverse Education, October 14, 2015 Inequality should scare us: Create great school options now The Seattle Times, October 11, 2015 Studies Probe How Schools Widen Achievement Gaps Education Week, October 6, 2015 New study reveals vast gap between rich and poor students The Educator, October 6, 2015 Low - Income Students Shortchanged on Math Curriculum U.S. News & World Report, September 30, 2015 Math content in schools adding to achievement gap, new study finds The Washington Post, September 30, poor, a 33 - country study finds The Hechinger Report, October 19, 2015 Report: U.S. Math Performance Gap Starts with Unequal Access Diverse Education, October 14, 2015 Inequality should scare us: Create great school options now The Seattle Times, October 11, 2015 Studies Probe How Schools Widen Achievement Gaps Education Week, October 6, 2015 New study reveals vast gap between rich and poor students The Educator, October 6, 2015 Low - Income Students Shortchanged on Math Curriculum U.S. News & World Report, September 30, 2015 Math content in schools adding to achievement gap, new study finds The Washington Post, September 30, poor students The Educator, October 6, 2015 Low - Income Students Shortchanged on Math Curriculum U.S. News & World Report, September 30, 2015 Math content in schools adding to achievement gap, new study finds The Washington Post, September 30, 2015

Yet recent AIR research for the National Center on Education Statistics adds to the mounting evidence - base that shows students from poor and minority backgrounds are systematically shortchanged in their access to qualified, experienced, and excellent teachers.

Instead of pouncing on Mr. Bush, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio might explain to voters why Barack Obama has spent his entire presidency trying to shut down a school voucher program in Washington, D.C., that gives poor black and brown children access to private schools and, according to the Education Department's own evaluation, improves their chances of graduating by as much as 21 percentage points.

For instance, data from the U.S. Department of Education's National Household Education Surveys Program reveal that parents who are the least likely to say they moved to their current neighborhood specifically to gain access to the local schools are typically black, poor, have lower levels of educational attainment, or live outside of an urban area.

Try to get a charter approved that offers the poor (and everyone else) the kind of education the wealthy commonly access in private schools, and watch the usual charter supporters fade away.

The U.N's Sustainable Development Goal 4 — focused on educational quality — represents an opportunity to get quality education right — to ensure that all children, especially in the world's poorest places, have access to a «qualified» teacher — not just an adult who happens to know how to read and write.

Low rankings on school funding fairness correlate to poor state performance on key resource indicators, including less access to early childhood education, noncompetitive wages for teachers, and higher teacher ‐ to ‐ pupil ratios.

The report was part of a U.S. Department of Education study that examined the reasons poor and minority students fail to get equal access to the best and most qualified teachers ---- the lack of which remains a persistent problem in the state.

This also means expanding opportunities for high - quality education — from greater access to Advanced Placement courses to the expansion of high - quality charter schools — so that children from poor and minority households, especially young black men and women who did the worst on NAEP this year (and have less access to college - preparatory courses in traditional districts) can succeed in school and in life.

«The idea is to give more countries, rich and poor, access to comparing themselves against the world's education leaders, to discover their relative strengths and weaknesses, and to see what the long - term economic gains from improved quality in schooling could be for them,» said OECD education director Andreas Schleicher.

Certainly, educational achievement is a key driver and more thought needs to be given as to how we can improve access by poor students to high quality education, whether in the state or the private sector.

If the quality of public education is generally poor, then parents must compete for a small number of adequate schools - a competition that will be won by those with the greatest access to resources.

To overcome the achievement gap that still exists between poor and minority children and their more affluent peers, we must stay true to the law's core tenet — that all students, regardless of income, race, ethnicity or disability should have access to a quality education that prepares them for success in college and a career,» he saiTo overcome the achievement gap that still exists between poor and minority children and their more affluent peers, we must stay true to the law's core tenet — that all students, regardless of income, race, ethnicity or disability should have access to a quality education that prepares them for success in college and a career,» he saito the law's core tenet — that all students, regardless of income, race, ethnicity or disability should have access to a quality education that prepares them for success in college and a career,» he saito a quality education that prepares them for success in college and a career,» he said.

It stated that «it is vital that serving teachers have access to on - going, high - quality opportunities to update and refresh their skills and knowledge» and that «evidence - driven, career - long learning is the hallmark of top professions»; also identifying that «teachers report that far too much professional development is currently of poor quality and has little or no impact on improving the quality of their teaching» (Department for Education, 2014: 10).

CC: I look with astonishment at groups like Save Our Schools, highly represented by white wealthy suburbanites that have made it their mission to undermine the opportunity of poor African - American students to have access to quality education.

The U.S. Department of Education is contemplating issuing new rules that could prod states to ensure that poor and minority children get access to as many high - quality teachers as their more - advantaged peers.

This June, in an effort to give more students access to excellent teachers, the United States Department of Education required states to submit «educator equity plans,» meant to identify the root causes of why poor and minority kids receive more inexperienced teachers and fix the problem.

If the United States could somehow guarantee poor people a fair shot at the American dream through shifting education policies alone, then perhaps we wouldn't have to feel so damn bad about inequality — about low tax rates and loopholes that benefit the superrich and prevent us from expanding access to childcare and food stamps; about private primary and secondary schools that cost as much annually as an Ivy League college, and provide similar benefits; about moving to a different neighborhood, or to the suburbs, to avoid sending our children to school with kids who are not like them.