Youth in higher - income homes spend more
time than disadvantaged kids in reading the news and searching out information online.
Not exact matches
HERERA: What — you know, if you «re waiting to the last minute, sometimes you may not have the
time or you may not know where to look for some things that really could put you at an advantage rather
than the
disadvantage.
Femininity was the method for creatively transforming female
disadvantages into advantages, basically by doing what it took to form strategic alliances with men: enhancing women's appeal and sexual attractiveness with
time - honored stratagems like ritual displays of female incompetence aimed at subtly propping up men's (occasionally less
than secure) sense of masculine prowess.
The main
disadvantage with the outdated R44 regulations was the way that child seats are sized; with i - Size, seats are sized by the child's height rather
than weight, meaning that they progress to a larger size at the appropriate rate for their body, ensuring the highest safety standards are provided at all
times.
He has spent more
time with
disadvantaged kids
than any journalist I know, and he has learned a lot about the factors of success.
Delivering our Labour goals — supporting families and communities, tackling
disadvantage, spreading educational opportunity, safeguarding our NHS, investing for the future — will be more difficult
than at any
time in our living memory, certainly since the post-war Labour government of 1945.
White men hate their rivals far worse
than those they deem as inferior, and, often
times, there are great
disadvantages for being white.
More young people from
disadvantaged backgrounds going to university
than at any
time in the history of our country.
England will be uniquely
disadvantaged in that, for the first
time in more
than thirty years, there will be no Government - funded grant scheme to fund heating and insulation measures.
- GDP per capita is still lower
than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms
than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less
than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready
than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some
time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and
disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade
- Challenge pre-eminent scientists and engineers (starting with the more
than 2,000 members of the National Academy) to take specific actions that will help achieve his goal, such as mentoring teachers and students in
disadvantaged schools, starting a Science Festival in their city, or encouraging their university to create special programs that allow students to get a STEM degree and a teaching certificate at the same
time.
In Europe people speak on average two languages or more, while in the United States people have a hard
time learning to speak more
than one language and it is almost considered a national
disadvantage.
Much of Good
Time's queasy, sustained high derives from Connie's lack of compunction about exploiting people even more
disadvantaged than he is, but the film's unexpected emotional wallop is a product of how the Safdie brothers, co-writer Ronald Bronstein, and Pattinson judiciously draw out Connie's tragic dimension.
While the rationale is perhaps a bit misguided (some evidence suggests that our students already experience as much instructional
time as their peers ~ and other research confirms that teachers in the United States spend more
time on instruction
than teachers in other nations do) ~ there are certainly reasons to focus on the issue ~ not least of which is the summer learning loss that disproportionately impacts our nations most
disadvantaged youth.
In addition, more
than 70 percent are identified as high needs, nearly 60 percent are economically
disadvantaged, and 15 percent are homeless at any given
time.
Across the Asia Society's ISSN network, which predominantly serves students from economically
disadvantaged, high - minority, and urban backgrounds, approximately 92 percent of students graduate from high school on
time, and among those, more
than 90 percent go on to college (Wiley, 2012).
On the other hand, pension systems disproportionately reward very long - term employees, which may
disadvantage women if they are more likely
than men to spend
time out of the workforce.
On the one hand, that's roughly four
times higher
than the rate for
disadvantaged students as a whole.
Figures show that just five per cent of children eligible for free school meals gain five A grades at GCSE, while a child living in one of England's most
disadvantaged areas is 27
times more likely to go to an inadequate school
than a child living in one of the least
disadvantaged.
It also discovered that:
disadvantaged girls were also significantly less likely to have continued their academic career
than more advantaged girls, although the achievement gap was less marked; and that
disadvantaged girls were much less likely to enter four or more AS - level exams
than other girls, and almost four
times less likely to enter three or more A-levels
than other girls.
Speaking to the Guardian, Alan Milburn, the former Labour cabinet minister who chairs the government's social mobility commission, has said that grammars lead to social selection and warned that in England's current 163 selective state schools pupils were four or five
times more likely to come from independent prep schools
than from the most
disadvantaged backgrounds.
Worse, the gap has widened over
time: «American children raised in single - parent homes appear to be at a greater
disadvantage educationally
than ever before,» they write.
In an article in the New York
Times about the new study, Claire Cain Miller explores a variety of reasons why boys could be more sensitive to
disadvantage than girls: is it that being raised by a single mother is especially hard on a boy?
But the Senate has nixed the so - called Murphy Amendment, which would require states to identify and intervene in their lowest - performing schools; high schools with fewer
than 67 % on -
time graduates; and any school where
disadvantaged or disabled students fall short of standardized test goals for two consecutive years.
Disadvantaged Indian pupils are four times more likely to attend a grammar than disadvantaged white British pupils, and disadvantaged Chinese pupils fiftee
Disadvantaged Indian pupils are four
times more likely to attend a grammar
than disadvantaged white British pupils, and disadvantaged Chinese pupils fiftee
disadvantaged white British pupils, and
disadvantaged Chinese pupils fiftee
disadvantaged Chinese pupils fifteen
times more.
Over
time, the promises will melt away, and, in most states, performance standards will be significantly lower for
disadvantaged students
than the modest bar set by No Child.
A child living in one of the country's most
disadvantaged areas was 27
times more likely to go to an inadequate school
than a child in the most advantaged area, said Ms Greening.
For instance, while boys in well - off families have almost the same test scores as their sisters, the gap is more
than three
times as large in the most
disadvantaged families, the study found.
Similarly, 26 percent of economically
disadvantaged 4th graders met the SBAC standard, while more
than half (53 %) met the standard the last
time the CST was administered (2012 — 13).
Disadvantaged Indian pupils were four times more likely than disadvantaged white British pupils to attend a grammar school, while disadvantaged Chinese pupils were 15 tim
Disadvantaged Indian pupils were four
times more likely
than disadvantaged white British pupils to attend a grammar school, while disadvantaged Chinese pupils were 15 tim
disadvantaged white British pupils to attend a grammar school, while
disadvantaged Chinese pupils were 15 tim
disadvantaged Chinese pupils were 15
times as likely.
It reports that
disadvantaged Chinese pupils are fifteen
times as likely
than disadvantaged white British pupils to attend a grammar school.
Their research also reveals how ethnic background plays a significant role in grammar school entry, with
disadvantaged Indian pupils four
times more likely
than disadvantaged white British pupils to attend a grammar school.
Brinig: As we discuss in our book, the loss of Catholic schools is a «triple whammy» for our cities: When Catholic schools close, (1) poor kids lose schools with a track record of educating
disadvantaged children at a
time when they need them more desperately
than ever; (2) poor neighborhoods that are already overwhelmed by disorder and crime lose critical and stabilizing community institutions — institutions that our research suggests suppress crime and disorder; and, (3) middle - class families must look elsewhere for educational options for their kids, leading many to migrate to suburbs with high - performing public schools.
Students from
disadvantaged groups experience two to three
times the average gains from smaller classes
than middle class white students.
Disadvantaged students in the United States were 2.5
times more likely to be low performers
than advantaged students.
In the same
time, 90 percent of Madison students not considered to be economically
disadvantaged graduated in four years, which is three percentage points lower
than the statewide rate.
Economically
disadvantaged students are chronically absent at a rate two and a half
times higher
than other students.
The bottom line is that Amazon's eBook market is not yet big enough to cover the losses the top selling indie / self - pubbed authors lose out on by not being widely distributed in physical book stores in the U.S. Of course, this
disadvantage is mitigated over
time because once the trade publishers stop pushing their new releases, these books» sales typically decline, but indie / self - pubbed authors can keep their market pushes going indefinitely, and they can publish new books more frequently
than once a year.
Gove and others attribute the
disadvantages of the married female to several factors: role restriction (most men occupy two roles, as household head and worker, and therefore have two sources of gratification whereas women have only one); housekeeping being frustrating and of low prestige; the unstructured role of housewife, allowing
time for brooding; and even if the married woman works, her position is usually less favorable
than a working man's.
In particular, students who are economically
disadvantaged, black, Hispanic, or have disabilities benefit proportionally more
than general students from the presence of a full -
time certified school library media specialist.
The main
disadvantage of this income based repayment plan is that, you will end up paying more for your loan over
time than you would under the 10 - year Standard Repayment Plan.
At that
time, I felt that I there were more
disadvantages than upside.
A
disadvantage is that if you are younger
than 59 1/2 years old and can't repay the loan within this
time, you'll have to pay income tax on the outstanding balance as well as a 10 percent penalty fee.
The
disadvantage is that the conversion interest rate is typically a little higher
than the market rate at that
time.
«Women are financially
disadvantaged because we still earn less
than men and we typically take
time out of our careers for caregiving — both of which reduce our ability to prepare for retirement.
In this mobile performative intervention, Muñoz employed a bike trailer carrying open - source technologies such as Arduino boards and electronic components used in phones and cameras to offer residents in economically
disadvantaged areas of Mexico the chance to work for U.S. minimum wage, more
than ten
times the local minimum wage.
There are definitely
disadvantages compared to full -
time practice, but it is much more realistic — and feasible —
than starting a law practice in your spare
time.
Bloom had accumulated more
than $ 9 million when she died in 2016, and she left $ 8.2 million to charities to establish scholarships for
disadvantaged students, according to the New York
Times.
In fact, it has been shown that financially
disadvantaged drivers are more likely to lose their lives in car crashes
than more affluent drivers, and this inequality is only worsening with
time.
The only
disadvantage to using your TV's USB port is longer boot - up
times, as the Streaming Stick + will be powered down when your TV is turned off, rather
than remain on all the
time when sipping wall power.