Sentences with phrase «school access barriers»

Not exact matches

But, unfortunately, barriers — like when and how school breakfast is served or stigma around needing it at all — are keeping too many kids from accessing it.

The bill will significantly increase access and remove barriers to child nutrition programs, improve the quality of the meals served and implement new school food safety guidelines.

A statewide administrative survey to districts on marketing and access to school breakfast revealed the «usual suspect» list of barriers.

... The first grants will support Computer Science for All and ScriptEd to expand access to computer science education in schools across the city, as well as remove barriers for women and minorities to join NYC's thriving tech sector (where less than 10 percent of professionals are currently minority women).»

«Today, finance is no longer a barrier to access to education for Junior High School graduates.

Articles on Science and Disability, 1970s Correspondence, 1970s Articles on Science and Disability, 1980s Conferences on Science and Disability, 1980s Correspondence, 1980s Articles on Science and Disability, 1990s Conferences on Science and Disability, 1990s Correspondence, 1990s Project Proposals (funded) on Science and Disability, 1990s Articles on Science and Disability, 2000s Conferences on Science and Disability, 2000s Correspondence, 2000s AAAS Annual Meeting - Barrier Free, 1976 A Disgn for Utilizing Successful Disabled Scientists as Role Models - Final Report, 1977 - 1978 Utilization of Scientific Professional Society Placement Services - Final Report, 1978 - 1980 Within Reach: Out of School Opportunities for Youth - A Guide, 1981 Appropriate Technology: Its Design and Use by Disabled People, Workshop, Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 20, 1984 Appropriate Technology Workshop Papers, Nov. 20, 1984 Linkages Project meeting, Feb. 11, 1986 China Fund for the Handicapped: Deng Pufang, US Visit, Oct. 10,1987 Teaching Science and Mathematics to Students with Learning Disabilities: Challenges and Resources (NSF Grant 9552586), Jan. 1990 Recruitment and Retention of Students and Faculty with Disabilities in Schools of Engineering (NSF Grant EID 9101122), 1990 - 1995 Agenda for Access: Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities, Oct. 1991 High School, High Tech, 1993 Model Undergraduate Project for the Disabled: A Study of Issues involved in underrepresentation (NSF Grand HRD 9054022), Jan. 31, 1994 AAAS - NASA ACCESS - Summer internship program, 1996 - 1997 AAAS - National Easter Seals Society ACCESS Science, 1996 - 1998 ENTRY Access: Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities, Oct. 1991 High School, High Tech, 1993 Model Undergraduate Project for the Disabled: A Study of Issues involved in underrepresentation (NSF Grand HRD 9054022), Jan. 31, 1994 AAAS - NASA ACCESS - Summer internship program, 1996 - 1997 AAAS - National Easter Seals Society ACCESS Science, 1996 - 1998 ENTRY ACCESS - Summer internship program, 1996 - 1997 AAAS - National Easter Seals Society ACCESS Science, 1996 - 1998 ENTRY ACCESS Science, 1996 - 1998 ENTRY POINT!

The research, Barriers and facilitators to public access defibrillation in out - of - hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review, was conducted by Warwick Medical School, the University of Warwick; the Institute of Digital Healthcare, WMG, the University of Warwick; Heart of England NHS Trust, Birmingham; London Ambulance Service NHS Trust and Imperial College Neurotrauma Centre, St Mary's Hospital, London.

As a result, Jefford said that Everyone Active is allowing access to swimming lessons at a more affordable rate to help break down the price barrier facing many British schools.

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 Education.

«I hope it breaks down barriers for our children accessing school but also for schools in building relationships with our community and getting to know and understand the knowledge and strength that our children come with from home.

Still, we find clear, consistent barriers to charter school growth: a lack of access to affordable school buildings, increased competition among charter schools for students and resources, and a political backlash to the growing presence of charter schools.

There were also several barriers — and subsequent workarounds — identified around technology and infrastructure: grappling with a slow and unwieldy public contract code for technology and even furniture procurement; allowing for Bring Your Own Device programs given the state's free public education clause; and struggling to provide sufficient technology access at school and home for all students if the district wanted to adopt digital materials.

Give to the Dean's Venture Fund, providing seed funding to teams of faculty to launch promising research initiatives, whether related to creating and sustaining successful schools and school systems, reshaping how students learn and teachers teach, or breaking down barriers to access and opportunity.

Where school systems have attempted to impede access to these lists, the state should remove the barriers.

As preparations for the local elections in England gather pace, the National Association of School - Based Teacher Training (NASBTT) has joined forces with Universities» Council for the Education of Teachers, the Chartered College and the Teaching Schools Council to suggest solutions to the issues which students and teachers face, namely: dealing with funding cuts; struggling to find access to quality CPD; confusion over training routes; a «cumbersome» application process and skills tests which act as a barrier to teacher recruitment.

A recent article by Derrell Bradford identifies lack of access to experts and technical assistance as a barrier for many single - site charter schools seeking to improve or grow.

This is unsurprising given the enormous uptick in online courses and technology tools in K — 12 schools nationwide, not to mention the promise that technology holds to dismantle barriers to access and experience that have plagued the education system for years.

A survey conducted by the union found that 64 per cent of schools do not have access to an on site councillor, with three quarters saying that a lack of funding was a key barrier.

Camfed says girls» access to school and learning opportunities in Tanzania are hampered by complex barriers.

However, if you are concerned about the level of security in and out of your school, 2020 Vision has access control systems designed specifically for educational establishments which can be added to turnstiles, gates and barriers throughout your institute so that you always know who is in your facility.

All proceeds raised by the 5cent campaign will support our local leaders removing barriers to accessing education, providing children with the resources they need to stay in school and increasing their capacity to succeed.

The main concerns still lie around the common barriers of access, funding, teacher awareness and user - confidence, but with the technology becoming more accessible and affordable by the day, the days of 3D printing forming a regular part of the day - to - day school curriculum are not far away.

«The value here is really about breaking down those barriers to parents who may not have time to get to school, who may not have the means to access an online portal, and who may not speak English,» said Mike Fee, the founder of Spotlight.

The digital platform will help to remove barriers to access for schools not currently involved in the programme, especially students and teachers in disadvantaged and remote areas.

We hope to have the same effect in Connecticut and across the country when discussing barriers and access to quality schools.

This brief and related report synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies and finds that community schools can improve outcomes for all students, especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

Currently, our system does not guarantee access to student supports that are critical to many students» academic success — including support staff like counselors, school social workers or nurses, targeted strategies to improve school climate and address non-academic barriers to learning, and programming like additional tutoring.

This report, which synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies, finds community schools can improve outcomes for all students, and especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

Yet the outdated structure of the US school day and year compounds barriers to low - income students» success by widening disparities in their access to enriching activities during those out - of - school hours and months.

Some of her projects have included: «Improving Access to College Information and Financial Aid,» a study on the effects of simplifying the financial aid application process; «Understanding Barriers and Examining Interventions,» a series of research studies focused on college enrollment and completion for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; and «Addressing the Problem of Insufficient High School Preparation,» which focuses on state efforts to regulate college remedial programs and reforms that attempt to reduce the need for remediation.

The group also alleges that the Chicago schools have failed to eliminate other barriers hampering the children's access to education, such as inadequate means of transportation, and have not informed parents of their right...

Denied At the Door: Language Barriers Block Immigrant Parents from School Involvement This report addresses the lack of meaningful access afforded to parents with limited English proficiency to their children's schools and the school system due to language differSchool Involvement This report addresses the lack of meaningful access afforded to parents with limited English proficiency to their children's schools and the school system due to language differschool system due to language differences.

An important focus of the study was a qualitative investigation of the facilitators and barriers to service access and utilization with the full - service school approach for children at risk for emotional disturbance.

PEAPS - LA is working to reduce and ultimately eliminate the barriers that prevent families from having equitable access to great public school options.

Successful applications will identify and aim to solve a specific barrier to parent choice and student access in Indianapolis or will systemically improve the landscape for the autonomy of high - performing schools.

RJI fellow Nicolette Gendron, a freelance writer and strategist at The New York Times, will evaluate the barriers to news access at small - town high schools while in residence at the Missouri School of Journalism.

While some incredible women are breaking through barriers and leading notable public school districts, charter management organizations and non-profits currently, our education sector still has a long way to go to ensure that ALL talented individuals (especially women and people of color) have access to positions and people of influence.

Unfortunately, barriers like when and how it's served, or stigma around needing the meals, are keeping too many from accessing school breakfast in its traditional method.

«Communities interested in addressing the barriers present in their community that are stopping residents from accessing education beyond high school can use Charting the Course to build and embed a collaborative process for improving college attainment rates,» said Brandy Johnson, Michigan College Access Network Executive Director.

NUT Cymru secretary David Evans added that there were «significant barriers» to promoting better collaboration between schools or better access to professional development «from a lack of high quality training provision, a lack of financial resources to release teachers or workload pressures making non-classroom activity almost impossible».

The School of Information is helping Community College students answer this question by removing barriers to access and more.

Citing Crechiolo's work of 1997, Kerski goes on to explain that adoption barriers for K - 12 schools include «limited access to hardware and software, insufficient preservice and inservice training, and the paucity of appropriate teaching resources» (1999).

This time, Alliance Districts are losing direct access to the very experts and services they need to improve academic achievement in districts that are confronting the greatest impact from language barriers, diverse populations and school climate issues.

The second is to help all families have a greater awareness about their options and remove many of the barriers that currently prevent some families from accessing school choice.

These last two were key factors for the kids who attended the pilot, 86 % of which qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, since transportation access and food security are economic barriers to school choice for families who have lower household incomes.

But France hasn't erased all the barriers that prevent lower - income families from accessing the best schools, even with huge amounts of government money poured into helping them get a leg up.

Existing community school programs should partner with LGBTQ community centers and other organizations to support GSAs and ensure LGBTQ youth have access to services that will remove barriers to their ability to thrive.

Raise concerns with your school principal: Talk to your principal about the importance of school breakfast, any barriers you see to students accessing the meal, and talk through ways to troubleshoot.

Operators also have access to district buildings, eliminating a typical barrier to launching a new school.

Eliminating this barrier is the most direct way to help more students access a high - quality Catholic - school education.