Sentences with phrase «see disadvantaged children»

Not exact matches

By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.

and elaborated on in subsequent posts (e.g.,» A Follow - Up to the Infamous «Cheetos - and - Nach0 - Sauce» Photo «-RRB-, the shame of being seen in line for the federally reimbursable meal can prevent economically disadvantaged children from eating lunch, a problem that's exacerbated when when attractive, for - cash - only, snack - bar items are also made available by schools in so - called «a la carte» lines.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

The event is often billed as a fundraiser for disadvantaged children, but in fact the Catholic Archdiocese spends the money as it sees fit.

Therefore, it is interesting to see how the results in effectiveness will change, once the children of today become scholars and students: Will those digital natives also be permanently disadvantaged by technology in their classrooms?

Seeing the challenges confronted by highly segregated and under - resourced schools in crime - ridden neighborhoods, I realized that most urban children in America were as or more profoundly disadvantaged than children I had met in India, Nepal, and Mexico during previous international development work.

Once established, that has the potential to have a dramatic impact by challenging the long dominant skills - and - strategies approach to reading instruction in favor of one that sees knowledge development in children — particularly disadvantaged children — as the indispensible Job One of reading instruction in American classrooms.

These findings echo those of earlier evaluations by the Royal National Children's Foundation (RNCF), 2007, and Claire Maxwell et al. in which improvements were seen in the academic attainment, social skills, self - esteem and resilience of disadvantaged children placed in boarding Children's Foundation (RNCF), 2007, and Claire Maxwell et al. in which improvements were seen in the academic attainment, social skills, self - esteem and resilience of disadvantaged children placed in boarding children placed in boarding schools.

We want to see more children from disadvantaged families get into grammars - that's vital.»

«It is also encouraging to see the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers continue to narrow and parents, teachers and pupils deserve to be congratulated for their efforts.

«I am delighted to see governments in Westminster, and now Cardiff, targeting additional money at children from disadvantaged backgrounds.»

If you've seen the modern day Kindergarten class, you should know that children who don't attend Pre-K (or get appropriately home - schooled) are going to be at a serious disadvantage.

Dr. King would have been angered to see that we all too often under - invest in disadvantaged students; that they still have fewer opportunities to take rigorous college - prep courses in high school; that too many black, and brown, and low - income children are still languishing in aging facilities and high schools that are little more than dropout factories.

We know what works — we know it worked in London — and we need to see the London Challenge rolled out to the 10 worst areas where we know that most disadvantaged children are not getting the schooling they need.

The court will then look to see if the contract conforms to the objectives of the Divorce Act, which are: the finality and certainty of the parties going forward, the recognition of the advantages and disadvantages of the parties arising from the marriage or its breakdown, the apportionment between the spouses of the financial consequences arising from care of children of the marriage, the relief of any economic hardship arising from the marriage breakdown, and the promotion of the self - sufficiency of the former spouses.

Another disadvantage is that there's no way to tell, at least with the free version of OpenDNS, where the traffic is coming from, so if you see a bunch of blocked websites, it could be you, it could be your spouse, it could be your children, or anyone else who comes over and connects to your network.

Professor Peter O'Rourke and his team studied children's health data from Queensland Health and saw parental social disadvantage affected daughters more than sons.

Within the education community, Parents as Teachers (PAT) has gained prominence as a program for promoting child development and school readiness after achieving promising results in Missouri.12 In New Zealand, Scotland, and other countries, recent development of home - visiting efforts have replicated American models, thus indicating that the promise seen in this country with home visiting is envisioned beyond our shores.13, 14 Lisbeth Schorr, in her 1988 book Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of the Disadvantaged, stated: «[Home - visiting] programs that succeed in helping the children and families who live in the shadows are intensive and comprehensive, flexible, and staffed by professionals with the time and skills to establish solid relationships with their clients.

In brief, however, EChO centres are places for children facing disadvantage to participate in engaging learning experiences, make friends, learn how to regulate big feelings, build their communication and literacy through play, build strong relationships with trusted educators and be seen as a little person with great play ideas and potential.

I undertook my Tuesday Evening Men's group in 1999, because I had seen enough men in couple and family therapy to realize that our difficulty in managing emotional conflict was a serious disadvantage when we are being asked by articulate partners or our own children to account for our choices, demands, privileges, and maybe what we think and feel about our troubles and difficulties.

Also the nature of the GUS disadvantage measures means that we may not necessarily expect to see large differences between children at this young age, either because variations in children are not large or the measures are not detailed enough to pick up smaller differences which may be occurring in relation to poverty impact.

Some of the disadvantages of this example are that it is very inconsistent, which often creates difficulties when making plans, some children prefer to see each parent more often, and that neither parent has a full weekend with or without the child or children.

See, e.g., Tama Leventhal, Ph.D. (Center for Children and Families, Columbia University) Does Neighborhood Disadvantage Affect Family Well - being?