Sentences with phrase «reduce educational disadvantages»

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Finally, a key issue given little attention in the book is the continuing wide educational disadvantage of poor, particularly black, children, and the hope that educational intervention in the early years may reduce it.

NSLA is a nonprofit focused on summer educational opportunities, particularly for minorities, that strives to reduce the «summer slide,» when disadvantaged kids can «tread water at best or even fall behind» if not given the chance to keep learning from June to August, according to the organization.

The School Meals Programme aims to supplement the diets of school - going children from disadvantaged backgrounds to help them fulfil their potential within the educational system and to reduce the risk of early school - leaving.

Although the results from the present study may not be conclusive on whether children who participate in ECE have better learning outcomes due to lack of robust longitudinal support, it is undeniable that stimulation of child characteristics that are targeted to reduce educational inequalities at school entry between advantaged and disadvantaged children represents a critical foundation in reducing the economic, health, and social burdens associated with poverty.