Sentences with phrase «terms of family income»

Students in wealthier schools and counties, in terms of family income, have significantly higher academic achievement than students in lower income schools and counties.»

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She noted that there is strong research that indicates that the extra income the tax credit gives to low - income families has significant long - term benefits for the children, improving their educational, health, and career outcomes, on top of helping to mitigate immediate hardship.

The average person / family or even someone that is a little above average in terms of income can not save their way to FI.

Since 1976, the average after - tax income of all Canadian families grew 18 per cent in real terms (adjusting for inflation) to $ 61,000 in 2010 (most recent data available), say the documents.

-- Since 1976, the average after - tax income of all Canadian families grew 18 per cent in real terms (adjusting for inflation) to $ 61,000 in 2010 (most recent data available)

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Finally, according to the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances, between 2010 and 2013, 90 % of US families have gained nothing in terms of income or wealth — a sad result for a recovery that was five years old at the time.

This is a pretty terrific article by Matt Lewis about the struggles of people at the lower end of the income distribution and how bad decisions in one's teens and twenties cause more long - term harm for those whose families have the least.

What is the potential of urban agriculture to be a source of community development, in terms of generating employment and additional income for hard - pressed family budgets, and helping to establish self - sustaining local and regional food economies?

In terms of total property tax rate, Glen Ellyn was near the highest, with the taxes making up about 9 percent of the median family income, compared to Western Springs» 5.5 percent.

Peer counseling programs have successfully raised breastfeeding rates among term infants in low - income families in a range of settings.13 - 19 The objective of this study was to determine whether peer counselors improve breastfeeding duration rates among premature infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Studies show that household income for women and children is more likely to drop below the poverty level immediately following a divorce, 13 declining by as much as 50 percent and causing substantial reductions in earnings capability and long - term wealth.14 Compared with children in intact families, children of divorced parents:

Pea Pod's income eligibility criteria is one household member higher than that of typical government assistance programs allowing us to the «working poor» and make a long - term difference in the lives of more Georgia families.

This IFS research puts the Budget's regressive impact beyond doubt: the poorest will be hit more than many of the richest in cash terms let alone as a percentage; poor and middle income families with children lose out more than any other household types and the very poorest families with children lose more than any other groups — with 5 per cent of their total income being cut.

Housing benefit cuts in April will particularly impact on pensioners, families on low incomes, disabled people (many already traumatised by Atos assessments of their alleged capability for work), the long - term sick, -LSB-...]

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

Nevertheless, the mechanization of harvesting in the U.S. has made such strides that, in spite of the costliness of the machines and other technical aids, the cost of food to American families, in terms of its percentage (18 percent) of their income, is the lowest in the world.»

Children from low - income families are at substantial risk in terms of their social - emotional and academic skills at school entry, with fewer than half considered ready for school at age 5.

Because test scores are not necessarily the best measure of learning or of likely economic success, we examine instead the relationships between SFR - induced spending increases and several long - term outcomes: educational attainment, high school completion, adult wages, adult family income, and the incidence of adult poverty.

Dearing examined a ratio termed the «income - to - needs» of families below the poverty line and showed that when income increased (roughly $ 4,500 per year over three years), very young children performed better on tasks where they were asked to identify colors, shapes, and letters (skills considered important in school readiness).

When state law essentially guarantees public employment for ineffective teachers in California, low - income families pay one way or another — either in the form of salary incentives to retain and redistribute effective teachers, reductions in other services required to pay for those salary incentives, or because such policies usually fail to completely offset the burden, in terms of the lowered achievement of their children.

She said: «I can't say definitely based on my research but we do know that teacher expectation and assessments can have a longterm effect on pupil progress, because it can affect their interaction, in terms of the groups they are put in... If you are an average - scoring boy from a lower income family, or an average - scoring girl in maths, and you are placed in a lower set then that is going to potentially depress your longterm trajectory.»

A final option, and potentially the most expensive, would be for a state to match a tax benefit to the amount a family saves, either in cash terms or as a proportion of household income.

In less complex terms, a family of four with a gross income of $ 40,793 was eligible for reduced - price meals; and if they earned less than $ 28,665, they could receive free meals.

The social benefits of the ECO-C Intervention are harder to define in dollar terms, but they are the benefits associated with increased income and sociodemographic mobility for high - achieving students from low - income families.

But describing the crisis of the family among low - income Americans in these economic and sociological terms may itself be a way of avoiding the deeper problem of which these are but symptoms.

The strongest single variable in the data in terms of impact on price is family income, as illustrated in the next two graphs.

While political realities may necessitate initially limiting eligibility to disadvantaged students, such as those with special needs or from low - income families, or those who were assigned to a low - performing district school, these students» interests will be best served in the long term by a universal system of choice.

And while many parents want to avoid a «summer slide,» a term to describe the tendency for students, especially those from low - income families, to lose some of the achievement gains they made during the previous school year, many experts say it's important to keep in mind that summers don't have to be packed with worksheets and math camps for kids to keep their brains active and learning.

Studies in other States have also questioned the existence of any dependable correlation between a district's wealth measured in terms of assessable property and the collective wealth of families residing in the district measured in terms of median family income.

Progressive and Regressive as used in Table 1 and the text characterize each program in terms of whether its generosity depends on family income, whereas in formal tax parlance progressive and regressive refer to whether tax rates change with income and in which direction.

As part of a long - term national project — the Fragile Families and Child Well - being Study, Mr. Johnson will focus on unmarried, low - income African - American men who don't live with their children.

But they are wanting in terms of their external validity for decisions about whether to expand present public programs for four - year - olds: They are from a time when very little of today's safety net for the poor was in place, when center - based care for four - year - olds was rare and even kindergarten was not the rule, and before the wave of Hispanic immigration that transformed the demographics of early education programs for children from low - income families.

NFER's report, Behind the Headlines, found the demographics of pupils — in terms of prior ability and family income — were not dissimilar to those in mainstream schools.

To do this, they matched up the charter students with all the students at their former public school who closely matched them in terms of test scores, ethnicity, family income and other factors.

The coalition believes the Board took a positive step by approving an increased level of ambition in new long - term goals and interim benchmarks, especially for students who have traditionally had less opportunity to excel — children of color, those whose families have less income, English language learners and students who are challenged by learning differences.

Outside of education, many cuts proposed in President Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget — including stripping funding for Medicaid, school breakfast and lunch programs, and short - term federal income assistance for low - income families — would slash much - needed services or leave states holding the bag.

Yet, even in the few findings presented here, we have been able to build a better understanding of a culture of low - income families that are working together with schools and supportive organizations in their communities to produce very high levels of achievement in terms of high school graduation and college attendance.

In the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice's latest research, The Achievement Checkup, I examined the long - term academic outcomes of one of the programs attempting to help low - income families beat the odds — The Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore (CSFB), an organization that provides need - based K - 8 scholarships to low - income families.

«The long - term implication of expanding vouchers for religious and private schools outside Milwaukee and to families with greater income are massive.

It is Santa Barbara County's oldest and largest public / private partnership dedicated to long - term improvement in the lives of low - income children and families.

Gaps persisted in terms of race, ethnicity and family income level.

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With a term life insurance policy in place, you can help your family cope with loss of income after your death.

One of the biggest benefits of term life insurance is that it helps your family replace your lost income upon your death.

As the foreclosure crisis threatens the financial stability and mobility of families across the country, it will be particularly devastating to African American and Latino families, who already lag behind their white counterparts in terms of income, wealth and educational attainment.

With this program, the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development creates long - term, sustainable housing for low - income families.

Term life insurance can be an affordable way to ensure that your family members will not have a large financial burden as a result of your passing, due to end of life costs or loss of income.

Conservatives: Eliminate the income threshold used to assess the Canada Student Loans Program, so that students who work and earn money while studying won't be denied access to the program for that reason; reduce the expected parental contribution amount to increase loan accessibility to approximately 92,000 students across Canada; expand the number of low - and middle - income students who are eligible for the Canada Student Grant program by making these grants applicable to short - term, vocational programs; increase the maximum annual grant for low - and middle - income families from $ 3,500 to $ 4,000.