Sentences with phrase «third of its school age children»

It's estimated that nearly one third of school aged children between 12 and 18 are bullied at some point in school, and 16 percent of New York State students, have been victims of cyberbullying off of school property.

It's estimated that nearly one - third of school aged children between 12 and 18 are bullied at some point in school, and 16 percent of New York state students, have been victims of cyber bullying off of school property.

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Still a third national survey (1997) discovered not only that a strong majority of African - Americans (57 percent) and Hispanics (65 percent) favored vouchers, but also that it was precisely the black age group most likely to have children in the public schools (those 26 to 35) who supported vouchers most strongly (86.5 percent!).

School - age children need only about a third of their total daily calories from fat.

When those calories come in the form of junk food, they contribute to the current condition of U.S. school - aged children, nearly a third of whom are overweight or obese, according to an editorial that accompanies the study.

Just this week we had Iain Duncan Smith in the Mail and the Express referring to one million workshy benefit claimants, when in reality, one third have been certified as medically unable to work for the time being (although this may change in the future) and another third are single parents looking after children of school age.

Nearly one - third of all school - aged children are bullied each year, or about 13 million students, White House officials said.

On a positive note, two thirds of children who had RSD and who lagged behind the age level received part - time special education approximately once a week during their first and second school years.

At least once a week, two thirds of all children of primary - school age will play an internet game that was created to draw attention to a brand.

«Nationally, only one third of fourth graders read proficiently on national assessments, and preschool or school - age programs alone are not enough to raise these rates to acceptable levels, especially for the most vulnerable children.

• For a family with a single parent, a preschooler and a school - age child, Seattle was the third - most - expensive city of 14 nationwide, after San Francisco and San Diego.

While two thirds (68.7 %) of parents of children aged 6 to 12 said that their children were taught technology or coding at school, only just over half (57.6 %) agreed that they should extend this learning experience by encouraging their kids to play with STEM toys at home.

According to the United Nations, 76 developing countries have enough schools to educate all primary school - age children, but only one - third (27) keep their pupils for the duration of the course, and, some countries have seen declines in completion rates.

Noting that children's vocabulary at age four predicts their reading comprehension in third grade and beyond, the report recommends starting ongoing, developmentally appropriate assessments of children's language and literacy development well before they enter school.

«We are one of the few — perhaps the only — industrialized, developed nations in the world that do not include a second or third language as part of the curriculum for all school - aged children.

One third of children aged six to 17 said there was a designated time during the school day to read a book they had chosen independently (not textbooks), but only 17 per cent do it every or almost every school day.

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region with the highest out - of - school rates for all age groups: more than half (57 %) of all youth between the ages of 15 and 17 are not in school, as are more than one - third (36 %) of adolescents between 12 and 14 years and one - fifth (21 %) of children between the ages of about 6 and 11.

Six countries are home to more than one - third of all out - of - school children of primary age: Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Sudan.

More than one - third of all U.S. children under the age of five are cared for outside of their homes by individuals not related to them.1 Research on early childhood education shows that high - quality child care experiences support the development of social and academic skills that facilitate children's later success in school.

Over the last 15 years, the private - voucher enrollment rate increased from one - third to more than one - half of all school - age children.

«Somewhere between half to two thirds of school - aged children have experienced significant trauma, and it impacts their ability to focus on learning or worse, causes them to withdraw or act out in way that leads to suspensions,» said Brandy Fluker - Oakley, Executive Director of E4E - Boston.

«This not only includes the nearly two - thirds of school - aged children who have access to public schools outside their attendance zone.

This person would take into account the fact that a child missed one third of the school year or another child started out not knowing the alphabet at the age of ten.

Education for English Language Learners: Promoting School Readiness and Early School Success — report, from the Migration Policy Institute profiles the population of young DLLs, who represent nearly one - third of all U.S. children under age 6, outlines their school readiness and patterns of achievSchool Readiness and Early School Success — report, from the Migration Policy Institute profiles the population of young DLLs, who represent nearly one - third of all U.S. children under age 6, outlines their school readiness and patterns of achievSchool Success — report, from the Migration Policy Institute profiles the population of young DLLs, who represent nearly one - third of all U.S. children under age 6, outlines their school readiness and patterns of achievschool readiness and patterns of achievement.

The first referred to the Miramonte case, in which it said «a third grade school employee abusing dozens of students ages 6 to 10, including spoon - feeding semen and semen - laced cookies to blindfolded children, over a period of at least five school years.»

«The first one would be to have them get an individualized education that meets the needs of each student; the second was that we were drawn to a classical curriculum; and the third would be flexibility in time with family,» said Banks, a resident of Fredericksburg, Va., who added that her elementary - age children went back and forth between home education and Catholic school over the past few years before they settled on home education.

The school - age program yielded a return of about $ 4 per dollar invested (annual rate of return of 10 percent) and the combined preschool and school - age program (preschool to third grade) yielded returns of $ 8.24 per dollar invested (annual rate of return of 18 percent), based on average net benefits per child of $ 38,000 above and beyond less extensive intervention.

Louisiana is 3rd in Nation in Private School Enrollment Times - Picayune — May 6, 2012 Louisiana is third in the nation in private school enrollment with 19.1 % of all school - aged children in private scSchool Enrollment Times - Picayune — May 6, 2012 Louisiana is third in the nation in private school enrollment with 19.1 % of all school - aged children in private scschool enrollment with 19.1 % of all school - aged children in private scschool - aged children in private schools.

This guide by the National Association of Elementary School Principals defines new competencies, and outlines a practical approach to high - quality early childhood education that is critical to laying a strong foundation for learning for young children from age three to third grade.

If a girl stays in school, just takes another three years of schooling, there will be a one - third greater chance that her child will live to age five.

AAI, Adult Attachment Interview; AFFEX, System for Identifying Affect Expression by Holistic Judgement; AIM, Affect Intensity Measure; AMBIANCE, Atypical Maternal Behaviour Instrument for Assessment and Classification; ASCT, Attachment Story Completion Task; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BEST, Borderline Evaluation of Severity over Time; BPD, borderline personality disorder; BPVS - II, British Picture Vocabulary Scale II; CASQ, Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire; CBCL, Child Behaviour Checklist; CDAS - R, Children's Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale - Revised; CDEQ, Children's Depressive Experiences Questionnaire; CDIB, Child Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; CGAS, Child Global Assessment Schedule; CRSQ, Children's Response Style Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; DASS, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DIB - R, Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; EA, Emotional Availability Scales; ECRS, Experiences in Close Relationships Scale; EMBU, Swedish acronym for Own Memories Concerning Upbringing; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; FES, Family Environment Scale; FSS, Family Satisfaction Scale; FTRI, Family Trauma and Resilience Interview; IBQ - R, Infant Behaviour Questionnaire, Revised; IPPA, Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment; K - SADS, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School - Age Children; KSADS - E, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia - Episodic Version; MMD, major depressive disorder; PACOTIS, Parental Cognitions and Conduct Toward the Infant Scale; PPQ, Perceived Parenting Quality Questionnaire; PD, personality disorder; PPVT - III, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition; PSI - SF, Parenting Stress Index Short Form; RSSC, Reassurance - Seeking Scale for Children; SCID - II, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM - IV; SCL -90-R, Symptom Checklist 90 Revised; SCQ, Social Communication Questionnaire; SEQ, Children's Self - Esteem Questionnaire; SIDP - IV, Structured Interview for DSM - IV Personality; SPPA, Self - Perception Profile for Adolescents; SSAGA, Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism; TCI, Temperament and Character Inventory; YCS, Youth Chronic Stress Interview; YSR, Youth Self - Report.

A cost - benefit analysis of the Child - Parent Centers, a preschool program that provides services for low - income families beginning at age 3 and includes a school - age program extending into the third grade, concludes «that supporting children's transition to school through effective intervention deserves higher priority.»

In a country with 65 million children under the age of 15, roughly a third of those ages 5 to 9 are not in school.

Large numbers of school - aged Aboriginal children, at times up to one - third of them, were sent to residential schools.