Sentences with phrase «term educational effects»

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Even though alcoholism ranks as one of the country's three major health problems, along with cancer and heart disease; even though it accounts for approximately 98,000 deaths every year; even though it is the root cause of most pastoral - care crises (suicides, auto fatalities, child abuse, divorces, hospital admissions, accidental deaths and home violence); even though it costs the nation $ 120 billion annually in terms of lost work time, health and welfare benefits, property damage, medical expenses, insurance and lost wages; and even though its effects impair the educational process of every child in every classroom, still the church acts as though alcoholism does not exist.

«Once again, the observed consequences are educational impairment and behavioral problems, including long - term effects that now also encompass children of the well - educated the well - to - do.

Collectively, the evidence from longitudinal research, clinical trials, and neurodevelopmental research is beginning to provide a compelling case for the view that breastfeeding may have longer - term effects on individual cognitive ability and educational achievement.

Courts have found that parental conflict related to divorce can cause children potential short - and long - term detrimental economic, emotional, and educational effects.

As a result, courts have found that parental conflict related to divorce is a societal concern because children suffer potential short - term and long - term detrimental economic, emotional, and educational effects during times of family transition due to divorce.

This study concluded that educational media may have a positive effect on health care professionals and their attitudes towards long - term breastfeeding.

The creation of new educational opportunities is infinitely preferable to the prospect of long - term unemployment, and the devastating effects it has on individuals, families, communities and the wider economy.

Dr Johnson said: «Teachers and educational psychologists receive little formal training about the effects of preterm birth on children's long term development and learning and are often not aware of appropriate strategies to support preterm children in the classroom.»

examines long - term sequelae resulting from a diagnosis of childhood cancer and its treatment, and health care relating to these late effects.This multi-study initiative is funded by a Canadian Cancer Society program project grant, with additional funding from CCS BC and Yukon Division, and has examined long - term health effects and educational attainment, health care utilization, and quality of follow - up care among disease survivors.

October 13, 2016 — No - excuses charter schools raise test scores but also questions: is the popular educational approach a fad with short - term effects, or an innovative solution with long - term student benefits?

Importantly, Moe finds that «the effect of choice... is to reduce the social differences between public and private» in terms of the educational background, income, race, and religiosity of parents who would place their children in private schools.

Notably, they find that «the short - term effect of a small class on test scores is an excellent predictor of its effect on adult educational attainment.

One analysis by Eric Eide and Nick Ronan uses an instrumental variable approach to estimate the effect of participating in high school sports on long - term outcomes, like educational attainment and earnings.

Crucially, the report points out: «There is a lack of long - term research into the physical, cognitive, social and educational effects of prolonged [immersive virtual reality].»

Choosing a low - quality education provider can have long - term negative effects on a child's educational development.

It should be noted, though, that we as a nation have been relying upon similar high - stakes educational policies since the late 1970s (i.e., for now over 35 years); however, we have literally no research evidence that these high - stakes accountability policies have yielded any of their intended effects, as still perpetually conceptualized (see, for example, Nevada's recent legislative ruling here) and as still advanced via large - and small - scale educational policies (e.g., we are still A Nation At Risk in terms of our global competitiveness).

Specifically, her research includes the effect of the ELL classification on students» long - term academic performance and educational experiences and aims to examine the validity and reliability of standardized tests for ELLs.

Long - term effects of an early childhood intervention on educational achievement and juvenile arrest: A 15 - year follow - up of low - income children in public schools.

The report describes the long - term effects of career academies on outcomes associated with the transition from adolescence to adulthood, particularly on labor market participation, educational attainment, and family formation, over the eight years following scheduled graduation from high school.

A child may be found eligible for special education and related services as a child with multiple disabilities if there is an adverse effect on the child's educational performance due to documented characteristics of multiple disabilities which are described as simultaneous impairments (Such as intellectual disability with blindness, intellectual disability with orthopedic impairment), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs that they can not be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments (this terms does not include deaf - blindness).

There is a «word - gap» between disadvantaged children and their better - off peers by the age of five, and evidence shows it «has a long term effect on educational outcomes», the Department for Education said.

A further unique feature of the research is that the origin of the economic returns can be empirically traced through a chain of early educational advantages to cumulate in long - term effects.

RFA's research analyzes the campaign's platform development process; their strategies in response to tensions and obstacles they encountered, both internal and external to the coalition; their «wins» in the new mayoral control legislation passed in 2009; and the possible long - term effects of the Campaign and the mayoral control debate on the NYC educational landscape.

A larger fraction of immigrants speaking the same language in the school amplifies the effect of Long - Term Orientation on educational performance.

Flip through our complete summary of the high - quality empirical research conducted on school choice programs to date, including evidence based on students» test scores (of those using programs and those who remain in public schools), long - term educational attainment, integration / segregation, fiscal effects and students» civic values.

Advocates continue to emphasize that research shows that quality early childhood programs can have significant effects in terms of lower crime, improved educational outcomes and other quality - of - life factors, for at least some period of time.

For example, VAMs are useful «for researchers comparing large groups of teachers to investigate the effects of teacher training approaches or educational policies, or simply to investigate the size and importance of long - term teacher effects... [I] t is clear that value - added scores are far superior to unadjusted end - of - year student test scores» (Haertel, 2013, p. 23).

2) Qualified higher education expenses The term «qualified higher education expenses» means the cost of attendance (as defined in section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 1087ll, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997) at an eligible educational institution, reduced by the sum of --

The scenarios presented in this book show how alternative policies of education expansion in the near term, mostly through their effect on the future educational attainment of young women, can significantly influence the medium to long term paths of population growth for individual countries and the world as a whole.

They have demonstrated small beneficial effects of educational television viewing over the medium - term for children of a lower socioeconomic status (SES) and negative, though generally not significant, effects of noneducational programming.

Thus, despite several decades of research, there is little consensus on whether childhood television viewing has beneficial, harmful, or negligible effects on educational achievement.10 This uncertainty is at least partly due to a lack of long - term follow - up data, particularly for school - age children.

Despite decades of research describing the harmful effects of family poverty on children's emotional and behavioral development, eg,12 - 17 experimental or quasi-experimental manipulations of family income that could go beyond description are rare18 and tend to examine the effect of such manipulations on physical health or academic attainment, rather than emotional or behavioral functioning.19, 20 Other analyses of the Great Smoky Mountains data set have focused on educational and criminal outcomes.21 The few studies looking at emotional or behavioral outcomes tend to have a short time frame.22, 23 Some studies of school - based interventions have followed up with children through to adulthood, 24,25 but we have found none that have looked at the long - term effects of family income supplementation on adult psychological functioning.

In a parallel fashion, longitudinal studies that document the long - term consequences of childhood adversity indicate that alterations in a child's ecology can have measurable effects on his or her developmental trajectory, with lifelong consequences for educational achievement, economic productivity, health status, and longevity.23 — 27

Similarly, our recent analysis of the short - and long - term effects of North Carolina's ABC / CARE programs show lasting boosts in both IQ and socio - emotional skills that result in greater educational achievement, higher adult wages, and significantly better health outcomes that reduce health care costs.

Getting it right in the early years can have a transformative effect on the longer term outcomes for disabled children, and those with special educational needs, and their families.

Intergenerational cycles of poverty are known to be associated with poor outcomes for children.40 41 Low maternal birthweight42 and poor maternal nutrition during childhood43 are associated with low birthweight in the mother's offspring, which is associated with poor outcomes in infancy, childhood, and into adult life.44 Material deprivation increases the risk of illness and other adverse outcomes throughout the life course.45 46 In addition, the length of time in poverty appears to have important effects on child behavioural and educational outcomes, which are probably mediated, in part, by the adverse effects of long term poverty on parenting.

Courts have found that parental conflict related to divorce can cause children potential short - and long - term detrimental economic, emotional, and educational effects.

Childhood poverty can set a child up for a lifetime of challenges that include cognitive, behavioral, social and emotional difficulties, with long - term effects of compromised educational and employment attainment.

Analyses of findings from an earlier intensive child development program for low birth weight children and their parents (the Infant Health and Development Program) suggest that the cognitive effects for the children were mediated through the effects on parents, and the effects on parents accounted for between 20 and 50 % of the child effects.10 A recent analysis of the Chicago Child Parent Centers, an early education program with a parent support component, examined the factors responsible for the program's significant long - term effects on increasing rates of school completion and decreasing rates of juvenile arrest.11 The authors conducted analyses to test alternative hypotheses about the pathways from the short - term significant effects on children's educational achievement at the end of preschool to these long - term effects, including (a) that the cognitive and language stimulation children experienced in the centres led to a sustained cognitive advantage that produced the long - term effects on the students» behaviour; or (b) that the enhanced parenting practices, attitudes, expectations and involvement in children's education that occurred early in the program led to sustained changes in the home environments that made them more supportive of school achievement and behavioural norms, which in turn produced the long - term effects on the students» behaviour.

Early interventions to promote the health and well - being of children have been shown to help mitigate the negative consequences of child maltreatment and have long - term positive effects on the health of maltreated children.5 Services are required that provide support to families as soon as they need it, and provide early permanency decisions.6 Interventions that exhibit these characteristics are most likely to improve children's mental health and well - being and reduce health and societal costs over the long term through increased likelihood that children will have higher educational achievements, successful lives and be less likely to be dependent on the state.

A short - term educational program would have been less likely to have any significant effect on Ron and Kim if they had been co-parents who were experiencing high levels of conflict.