Sentences with phrase «range of disadvantaged children»

2.30 pm: Delegates debate a motion calling for the pupil premium to be beefed up and turned into an education credit, which would be more generous and would be available to a wider range of disadvantaged children.

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We all need encouragement to exercise a new vision of the public good, and to join with others in sacrificial efforts to achieve that good in concrete ways, ranging from providing housing for the homeless to parks for everyone and enriched educational environments for disadvantaged children.

Schools that receive federal Title I funds to improve learning among disadvantaged children and fail to make AYP for two years in a row are considered in need of improvement and face a range of consequences.

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For example, children with dyslexia can now use a range of technological solutions to help them read, without being at a disadvantage against other students.

There are a range of critical issues, such as: the implementation of the reauthorized ESEA (now called The Every Student Succeeds Act) which includes new flexibility for states in designing state standards and accountability systems as well as a hard cap on the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities taking alternate assessments on alternate standards; regulations on disproportionate identification of minority students to special education; and, the goal to transition more disadvantaged students into college and careers that will have a significant impact on some of the most vulnerable children.

Children from low - income households face a broad range of obstacles to classroom learning, which, taken together, place them at a significant disadvantage compared to higher income students.

We know that, in low - income school communities, many students are at a disadvantage not only from fewer in - school resources but also from fewer out - of - school supports, ranging from adequate healthcare and child care to safe and healthy places — like parks and recreation centers — for students to play and learn after school.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are among the most disadvantaged in Australian society, with Indigenous children significantly more vulnerable to a range of adverse life outcomes stemming from this disadvantage.

We know from the research that children facing disadvantage stand to gain the most benefit from early learning but may not attend or may under - attend due to a range of barriers.

A pre and post community study of the PPEY programme delivered in highly disadvantaged junior schools (Kilroy, Sharry, Flood & Guerin, 2011) showed that a significant number of the 40 parents enrolled in the programme reported high levels of behavioural and emotional problems in their children pre-intervention (23 % in the clinical range) suggesting the high need for these supports.

It goes all the way from families who are struggling through disadvantage and a range of complex needs round poverty, to children with complex additional needs.

It is vital to take a whole family approach to the care of children, with appropriate involvement of the full range of social services support available to families living in disadvantaged circumstances that may help to mitigate some of the effects of poverty.

The Productivity Commission's report into Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage 2014 has found notable improvements across a range of spectrums, including life expectancy, child mortality, school completion and employment rates.

Given that formal child care provides for a range of beneficial outcomes for children in significantly disadvantaged positions, how can more Indigenous children and their families be encouraged to participate in such care, especially in a mainstream setting?

Parent - training programmes have been shown to be successful in improving a range of outcomes including maternal psychosocial health32 and emotional and behavioural adjustment in children under 3 years of age.33 In the UK, the Sure Start project was launched in 1999 targeting preschool children and their families, in disadvantaged areas, with a number of interventions including good quality play, learning and child care.34 Recent evidence suggests that enrolled families showed less negative parenting and provided a better home - learning environment.35 The findings presented in this paper suggest that successful parenting interventions may improve the transfer of cognitive skills between generations thereby protecting disadvantaged families from unintentionally placing their children at risk of being on a path of continual negativity.

Indigenous peoples face a comparative disadvantage and discrimination across a range of indicators including life expectancy and health, housing and homelessness, education, welfare, employment, incarceration rates and child abuse and family violence.