Sentences with phrase «targeting particular populations»

Lieutenant Gov. Kathy Hochul says among other things, the funding will target a particular population: addicts in more rural areas where treatment is an hour or two away.

Based on these statements, we can categorize the schools roughly into five groups: those that have a child - centered or progressive educational philosophy and typically seek to develop students» love of learning, respect for others, and creativity (29 percent of students); those with a general or traditional educational mission and a focus on students» core skills (28 percent of students); those with a rigorous academic emphasis, which have mission statements that focus almost exclusively on academic goals such as excelling in school and going to college (25 percent of students); those that target a particular population of students, such as low - income students, special needs students, likely dropouts, male students, and female students (11 percent of students); and those in which a certain aspect of the curriculum, such as science or the arts, is paramount (7 percent of students).

Provided that a school adheres to the laws regarding open admissions, a charter school may, through its educational focus, target a particular population of students with a specific need, such as students with disabilities, English language learners, or students at risk for dropping out of school.

Not exact matches

The school targets marketing toward diverse populations, whether it's women, international students, or those with particular backgrounds.

targeting specific population groups — each part of the borough has its own particular ethnic mix and this needs to be reflected in services

As a human rights instrument, the International Code provides governments with a very specific set of policies to benefit a particular target population; in this case pregnant women and new mothers.

Such focused analysis permits PDAs and administrators to target resources and programs to particular populations.

These are sites which are targeted towards a particular population group, or towards individuals with a particular interest.

Voucher programs narrowly targeted to income - disadvantaged urban students reach a particular student population that appears to benefit most from access to private schooling.

If successful, these interventions could be targeted to specific disorders or patient groups, and researchers could explore how they could link across schools and other institutions in families» lives, and in particular how they could offer support to vulnerable populations.

A recent Manhattan Institute study found that a large number of charter schools are specifically targeted to educate particular underperforming populations.

In particular, is he doing a better job educating his primary target population of African American students?

Federal funds, which comprise the smallest share of school funding, are delivered almost exclusively through formula grants targeting specific populations of students or particular programs.

If the census showed that a particular demographic group had come to make up 12 % or 13 % of the population your library served, would you not immediately provide collections and services that targeted that group, if you had not already done so?

Doing a genetic test and subsequently eliminating an individual from the breeding population may not be the best strategy, as by targeting a particular allele at one genetic locus for removal from the gene pool of a particular breed, breeders may in fact increase allele frequency of genetic variants on alternative haplotypes at the same, or a different locus, that are recessively deleterious.

2) Community research should identify the particular segments of the population that are contributing disproportionately to shelter intake and euthanasia, and the community should produce programs that are targeted to those populations.

API Legal Outreach partners with community - based organizations such as the Pilipino Bayanihan Resource Center, Bayanihan Community Center, Chinatown Community Development, Cannon Kip, Vet Equity Center, Filipinos for Justice, 1st Mongolian Christian Church and other service providers to provide legal clinics that target specific underserved populations, in particular, the elderly and newer API immigrant populations.

«Due to the particular demographics of the target population (described above), the most common concerns presented are related to aging... [T] he majority of calls have been from judges and court staff seeking advice about how best to approach a bench officer exhibiting signs of declining mental acuity due to age, depression, or other health problems.»

In its findings, Google said the content was viewed 309,000 times in the US between June 2015 and November 2016, and that the videos were not targeted to the US or any particular segment of the population.

Triple P can be delivered as a public health initiative, to create a meaningful impact at a population level, or its interventions can be selected specifically to target a particular demographic or parenting group, according to an organization's priorities and budget.

In particular, population - level studies that capture children's developmental health and well - being as well as associated social and contextual assets from the child perspective, and at representative population levels do not exist — despite the fact that middle childhood represents a developmental period that is particularly apt for prevention and intervention efforts that target actionable factors in children's multiple environments: social relationships at home, school and community; sleep and nutrition habits; school experiences; and after - school time use.

Family support programs may address the general population or target particular groups such as ethnic and cultural minorities; adolescent parents; kinship caregivers; or families facing health, mental health, or substance abuse issues.

Now, the next generation of research is deepening understanding of those program elements that are essential to success, ways to improve existing models, and factors to consider in tailoring home visiting to local contexts and particular target populations.

One of these is that investigators might wish to target adolescents with more problematic patterns of glycemic control than what is normative for a particular clinic population.