CCSSO's Early Childhood Initiatives program works with chief state school officers, state education agencies and other partners to foster the healthy development, learning progress and school success of young children, birth to age 5, with a special focus on eliminating disparities in learning opportunities and outcomes for young at -
risk children by supporting states in integrating early childhood, elementary, second and postsecondary education standards, assessment, data, and professional development efforts to form a more cohesive and powerful 21st century education system.
And together, we will begin changing the odds for our at -
risk children by providing quality, affordable early childhood education for all our children.
On the STEP (Strategic Teaching and Evaluation of Progress) test, developed for high -
risk children by the University of Chicago, 91 % of kindergarteners were at or above grade level.
Only nine percent arrived in kindergarten ready, according to the STEP (Strategic Teaching and Evaluation of Progress) pre-reading test, developed for high -
risk children by the University of Chicago.
Not exact matches
Some think the chance of sitting near a noisy
child is part of the
risk one bears when buying an airline ticket, but others think airlines need to take action and separate
children from adults
by creating
child - only or
child - free seating sections.
It might seem encouraging to applaud your
child's intelligence, but tons of research — much of it spearheaded
by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck — shows that doing so makes kids fearful of taking
risks or pursuing tough goals that might make them feel less than brilliant at first.
«Every new person affected
by measles in Europe reminds us that unvaccinated
children and adults, regardless of where they live, remain at
risk of catching the disease and spreading it to others who may not be able to get vaccinated,» said Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, the organization's regional director for Europe.
onion,» you run the
risk of encountering nastiness, from
child pornography to message boards run
by a full range of religious extremists.
California Governor Jerry Brown announced the suit's filing in Sacramento, accusing the EPA of «breaking the law» and putting
children at
risk by boosting asthma - inducing tailpipe emissions.
«Netflix combated this
risk by adding a significant amount of content that targeted all members of the family, with
children's content a critical «glue» to its offering.»
Warren Buffett, who has committed most of his wealth to philanthropy, including initiatives run
by his three
children, has also encouraged charities to take
risks.
DELTA — The Christy Clark government is putting vulnerable women and
children at further
risk by refusing to fund a transition house in Delta, say the New Democrats.
Each scarf from House of Light Goods is handmade
by single Moms and friends of Casa de Luz, with all of the profits going towards supporting single moms and
children at
risk.
Immigrants, who
risked everything to come here, are also being exploited
by Obama, for their votes... for Obama is systematically eliminating opportunities for individuals to build a business, and provide a better life for their
children.
Preemptive Love Coalition is a global community of peacemakers remaking the world
by providing lifesaving heart surgeries for
children, food and shelter for those persecuted
by extremists, education for at -
risk children and small - business empowerment grants so people can put their own lives back together.
Dare I press one step further and ask a learned savant to unbutton his vest and
risk sounding simplistic
by translating all this for
children?
One of the reasons
children in Gaza were dying is that Palestinian terrorists deliberately put them at
risk by locating their rocket launchers next to schools and residential neighborhoods.
Examples are 9/11 hijackings, The holding back of stem cell research that could save countless human lives, Aids being spread due to religious opposition to the use of condoms, Christians legally fighting this year to teach over 1 million young girls in America that they must always be obedient to men, the eroding of
child protection laws in America
by Christians, for so called faith based healing alternatives that place
children's health and safety at
risk, burning of witches, the crusades, The Nazi belief that the Aryans were god's chosen to rule the world, etc... But who cares about evidence in the real world when we have our imaginations and delusions about gods with no evidence of them existing.
if i abide
by the speed limit, it may be due to the fact i don't wish to
risk my
childrens lives.
As I mentioned in my post, «2016 and the
Risk of Birth,» in revisiting Madeleine L'Engle's Genesis Trilogy, I've been struck
by how forthcoming the author is about her own fears around raising
children during the Cold War.
Lynn, dressed in all black and wearing a priest collar, listened intently as Coelho argued that he knowingly covered up incidents of sexual abuse, including alleged acts
by Brennan, and «ignored common sense and placed
children at
risk.»
By the grace of God through Christ that
child as he grows to manhood may be able to rise above the social forces that surround him and at the
risk of his life assert his citizenship in Christendom.
The great interest of the study arises from the fact that, as the years went
by, the researchers noticed that many of the
children they had identified as «at high
risk» (i.e.,
children subject to four or more serious disadvantages) were able to lead satisfying and socially productive lives as adults.
And as Sean Palmer put it so well last week, «as long as the narrative continues which articulates that men lack what it takes to nurture and raise
children, as long as some argue that the cultivation of
children is the domain of women only, we will continue to produce dads who believe they
risk their «man - card»
by trying.»
Protect unaccompanied minors
by ensure that the UK plays its part in serving the needs of refugee
children at
risk in our country, Europe, and the wider world.
When we reconsider the texts that are used
by some people to condemn God's gay
children, we must fervently seek the Holy Spirit's guidance, or we
risk being misled
by our own prejudices.
Finally, it is true that having no
children also increases the
risk of breast cancer, for two likely reasons: (1) The breasts never receive the benefit of a full - term pregnancy, which renders the breast tissue more mature and thus less susceptible to cancerous change; (2) The breasts are chronically stimulated with more cyclic surges of estradiol, without interruption
by periods of pregnancy and lactation.
Children have shown numerous benefits such as the reduced
risk of eczema, an increase in metabolism and growth, and an increased feeding tolerance to dairy
by inhibiting the development of allergies.
A survey conducted
by Mount Sinai Hospital's food allergy clinic study found 44 percent of parents take significant
risks in managing food allergies in their
children.
By the time a Hamilton star is singing to a room full of donors and players in this gilded room, the Posadas have already made multiple aid trips, starting out helping the most at
risk people — families,
children, the elderly, and those who needed immediate medical attention — before moving on to «Phase 2» of «cleanup, rebuilding, and infusing the economy.»
Noonan et al (2005), examining the lives of families at high
risk of living in poverty, found that having a young
child in poor health reduced the father's probability of being employed
by four percentage points.
Putting dads in the data: why the UK needs a rethink on family statistics The Government should review data collection on families
by all publicly - funded bodies, which currently
risk failing millions of
children because they typically gather such weak information about fathers.
Statistically speaking, the
risk is still very small that a
child will be abducted
by a stranger.
If you're driving your
child around at all, you've already accepted a whole lot more
risk than can possibly be posed
by simply leaving Junior to his nap while you zip into the bank for a second.
She raise her boys to protect women, regardless of any
risk or cost to themselves, and to define their manhood in terms of how well they provide for a woman, whatever it may cost them in jobs they hate or that injure of sicken them, in lost time and relationships with their own
children, and in lost relationsjhips with other men poisoned
by competition needed to maintain the cash flow.
As someone who has been educating sports parents about head trauma in sports for the past seventeen years, and about the very real
risk posed
by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) for the last decade, it is not surprising that I receive emails from parents all the time expressing deep concern about stories in the media that have led them - wrongly - to fear that playing contact or collision sports, or suffering a sports - related concussion, especially one slow to heal, makes it inevitable that their
child will develop CTE and is at greatly increased
risk of committing suicide.
A growing concern in recent years, however, is the
risk, even to
children with healthy lungs, posed
by environmental pollutants - particularly fine and ultra-fine particulates - at playing on fields built near busy highways and at indoor ice rinks.
So now in Holland you are being told
by the health - workers you do a poor job giving your
child 6 months exclusive breastfeeding, because you would
risk food allergies.
Not only would you pose a
risk to yourself and your unborn
child, you would also not be covered
by insurance for any accident or illness related to your pregnancy.
While I do not have time to get into it in the talk, I am tremendously committed to supporting at -
risk families around the world, and to preventing
children from being orphaned
by poverty.
A study released
by the National Institutes of Health in 2004 indicated that
children who were breastfed had a 20 % lower
risk of dying between 28 days and our year old when compared to
children who weren't breastfed during this time.
A German study found that breastfeeding your
child reduces their
risk of SIDS
by 50 percent, and that it is best to breastfeed until your
child is at least six months old.
Enroll your kids in Swim lessons: formal swim training can reduce the
risk of drowning
by 88 % in
children between the ages of 1 and 4 years old.
A recent study in Pediatrics said flu vaccination reduces the
risk of flu - related death
by 51 percent among high -
risk children with underlying conditions, and
by 65 percent in healthy
children.
This
risk must be diffused
by all professionals working with small
children in order to stop any publicity or sale of this ineffective product implicated in infant deaths
by strangulation.
of parents of
children age 12 to 17 years playing school sports reported a surprising lack of knowledge
by parents of concussion
risks, although six in ten were at least somewhat worried their
children will suffer a concussion while playing school sports.
A survey
by C.S. Mott
Children's Hospital and the University of Michigan of parents of children age 12 to 17 years playing school sports reported a surprising lack of knowledge by parents of concussion risks, although six in ten were at least somewhat worried their children will suffer a concussion while playing school
Children's Hospital and the University of Michigan of parents of
children age 12 to 17 years playing school sports reported a surprising lack of knowledge by parents of concussion risks, although six in ten were at least somewhat worried their children will suffer a concussion while playing school
children age 12 to 17 years playing school sports reported a surprising lack of knowledge
by parents of concussion
risks, although six in ten were at least somewhat worried their
children will suffer a concussion while playing school
children will suffer a concussion while playing school sports.
It is up to parents to decide for their family whether to allow their
child to start, or continue, playing football, not some present or former player, journalist or scientist who takes the position that football is either too dangerous to be played
by anyone or safe enough to be played
by all (October 25, 2015 update: this is exactly the position adopted
by the American Academy of Pediatrics in its 2015 Policy Statement on Tackling in Youth Football in which it leaves parents - presumably in consultation with their
child's pediatrician - to «decide whether the potential health
risks of sustaining... injuries [in tackle football] are outweighed
by the recreational benefits associated with proper tackling»); and
Energy drinks pose potential health
risks because of the stimulants they contain, and should never be consumed
by children or adolescents.
Formula - fed
children are also at
risk for contracting a long list of illnesses that might otherwise be squashed
by immunities in breast milk.