Sentences with phrase «similar children»

A key challenge for this research is to account for the subtle differences between students who choose to attend charters and otherwise similar children who attend traditional public schools.

Children raised by their married parents have substantially better life outcomes compared with similar children raised in single - parent homes.

If a child's mostly likely grade is a C then typically around a third of similar children got a C.

In some schools, children simply learn a lot more than similar children attending other schools.

In that case, it is essential to compare teachers serving similar children to draw any valid causal conclusions.

Finding that, amongst otherwise similar children, those who are racial or ethnic minorities are more likely to be identified as disabled would provide strong evidence of racial bias.

Most children search for other similar children — by interests, looks, abilities, behaviors, senses of humor, attitudes, fashion sense, or other characteristics.

It's uncanny how similar my children are to my formerly wild and drunk self.

Overall, the films animation is buttery smooth and very specifically stylized, which really sets it apart from similar child films.

This brief examines kindergarten readiness and attendance in kindergarten for children enrolled in publicly provided early education programs as well as similar children who entered kindergarten without enrolling in these programs.

«Children living near the school, but placed in a band with many similar children, may not be allocated a place,» says the report.

In fact, recent studies have shown that introducing peanuts at a young age makes kids 80 percent less likely to develop an allergy to peanuts than similar children who avoided them.

This is because the charters in question do not currently serve similar children.

Just last month a report from IPPR found that disadvantaged pupils in the north of England are falling behind similar children in the south before they start school.

Other conference organizers, including the American College of Rheumatology, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), several special interest groups of the Association for Computing Machinery in the United States, and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) have provided similar child - care services at their meetings.

Compared with similar children without early preventive dental care, children receiving early preventive dental care from a dentist had more frequent tooth decay - related treatment (20.6 percent versus 11.3 percent), a higher rate of visits and higher annual dental expenditures ($ 168 versus $ 87).

Beneath is provided an example cover letter showcasing similar Child Care Provider abilities.

Researchers compared children in REDI - P with a group of similar children who received some educational materials but did not participate in REDI - P.

The report to be released Friday by Mathematica Policy Research said the school's students made more progress than similar children attending traditional city schools.

It is essential to compare teachers serving similar children to draw any valid causal conclusions.

As is the practice in both economics and public health, and as explained by an expert panel of the National Research Council, strong evidence of racial discrimination through educational research requires «apples to apples» contrasts between otherwise similar children.

«People who have the expertise to work with trafficked children in one culture, for example, could apply many of the skills in working with similar children in another culture.

For example, low birth - weight infants who are breast - fed or given breast milk appear to have slightly higher IQs at ages 7 and 8 compared with similar children who do not receive breast milk, according to a new study.

It seems to come down to a few desirable traits — warmth, affection, thoughtfulness, being nurturing — and, as the Pew notes, similar child - rearing views versus being a woman who has a steady job.

Though Maud is less brash than Poppy ever was, a similar child - like optimism animates them both to such a degree that they have a quietly profound effect on a male foil.

It's interesting how many elements and scenes are recalled in The Sixth Sense, which tackles some of the same themes with a similar child protagonist.

Evaluations of well - run prekindergarten programs have found that children exposed to high - quality early education were less likely to drop out of school, repeat grades, or need special education, compared with similar children who did not have such exposure (Barnett, 1998).

In their study, the researchers compared children with access to publicly funded preschool pro-grams like Head Start to similar children who didn't attend a center - based preschool program.

In a randomized study, the researchers compared children with access to publicly funded preschool programs like Head Start to similar children who didn't attend a center - based preschool program.

The study suggests that even when a child's parental background and their test scores at age 10 are taken into account, there is still a «substantial earnings premium», with a private school pupil earning an estimated # 57,653 more between the ages of 26 and 42 than a similar child who went to a state school.

«It seems to me that the state should be asking, «Are these entities producing better results with similar children?»

The summative evaluation examines changes in the five essential school readiness domains and later school and academic outcomes for children in VPI + classrooms compared with similar children who have not yet participated in VPI + (regression discontinuity study design) or children who did not receive formal public preschool in the same school districts (longitudinal study design).

At their most extreme the figures suggest a child from the top - performing borough, Westminster, would outperform a similar child from a similar neighbourhood in Hull by two grades in every subject.

For example the FT says: «A London child can expect to achieve one better grade in three subjects than a similar child from a similar neighbourhood in the south - eastern counties».

This means that children in early years settings where these parental engagement strategies were introduced made, on average, +5 months» more progress over the course of a year compared to similar children in a setting that did not introduce the strategy.

Aveline grew up in a well to - do environment thanks to her wealthy father, and much better than similar children with her background.

Nine similar children's lawsuits supported by Our Children's Trust have been filed in state courts from Alaska to Florida.

Nor does it explain how the guideline can help in discriminating what is certainly implied as two populations of similar children.

Per - child reimbursement varies by program, despite serving similar children, with regional rates differing up to 50 %.