Sentences with phrase «to a particular population»

Other school districts are targeting particular populations that are at greater risk of stumbling academically.

There are even schools designed to address particular populations.

Increasingly, scholars recognize that early childhood interventions have a stronger effect on particular populations of children, thereby contributing not just to overall increases in achievement for all participating students, but providing particular boosts to children who need it most.

This special report dives into the toolbox available to those looking to boost school quality, approaches that may show promise in specific schools and with particular populations, and the opportunities and challenges posed by the new Every Student Succeeds Act.

The committee recognises as a priority the importance of reducing the incidence of child deaths and serious injuries in particular population groups where there is a higher incidence of these events, such as amongst rural children and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

A cosmopolitan such as Peter Singer has no interest in disputing Collier's analysis of the negative impact of immigration on particular populations already resident in a country.

Interventions were divided into subcategories according to the target population (national or regional community campaigns or individuals within particular population groups, such as culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities), the mode of delivery (in - person or web - based) and the intervention setting (workplaces, schools, tertiary education institutions).

Some suggestions for specific protocols for online work with couples from particular populations do show promise (here's an example), but these have not been empirically evaluated.

His scenario influenced policy makers to embrace social Darwinism and eugenics, resulting in draconian measures to restrict particular populations» family size, including forced sterilizations.

«Respiratory illnesses are complex, with multiple genetic, environmental and behavioural risk factors that vary across regions and affect particular populations in different ways.»

At a finer level of detail, the Australian Early Development Census allows the monitoring of national progress in reducing the percentages of «developmentally vulnerable» children within particular population groups.

Annie E. Casey Foundation staff and consultants worked with the Urban Institute, the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, the National Center for School Engagement, and Metis Associates to examine early absenteeism patterns in nine, mostly urban, localities by grade and for particular populations.

Developing Recruitment Plans: A Toolkit for States and Tribes (PDF - 391 KB) National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids (2016) Helps child welfare agencies develop data - driven recruitment plans and offers ideas for creating targeted recruitment plans focused on particular populations or areas.

Although this idea sounds ridiculous it has been designed to cater to a particular population.

If this particular population doesn't subscribe to the idea then it will fade away as any other ridiculous fad.

When this process has been worked through, it may be determined that television communication is not adequate to the objectives being sought or the particular population group being targeted, and an alternative communication strategy may be adopted.

Well, if they belong to the particular population she's addressing (i.e. people who want to belong to a church), then they will share in this belief.

There is no convincing evidence that a creator has favored any particular population, Christian or otherwise, over others during human history in terms of the natural levels of mortality.

They can navigate most crisis situations, but they are specifically hired to work with this particular population.

First did you identify any particular population of students that is lacking these healthy non-cognitive skills more than others?

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.

They require specialized care to avoid missed diagnoses, pressure ulcers and a range of other potential problems associated with this particular population.»

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

Says Harlan Spence, CRaTER deputy lead scientist and director of EOS, «Until now, people have not had the «eyes» necessary to see this particular population of particles.

But it can be difficult to get study volunteers who represent a particular population.

He says such data can be very useful in tailoring the city's pitch to prospective employers, to other scientists and engineers thinking of relocating to Houston, and to businesses who wish to reach a particular population.

Many times the findings are relevant only to a particular population where the test was done.

Severity is tricky to define as it includes everything from the virulence of a particular influenza strain to the vulnerability of a particular population and its ability to respond, Fukuda said, which means it can differ from place to place.

For example, a polymorphism (that is, a particular sequence variation in the DNA among individuals from a particular population) called rs1333049 on chromosome 9p21.3 is related to chronic ailments associated with aging, mainly with cardiovascular diseases.

Within the context of graduate education, for instance, it means going beyond focusing exclusively on the number of students belonging to particular populations and moving toward creating a culture in which students from historically marginalized backgrounds feel that they are truly part of the fabric of the institution.

In the present, however, Schroeder is the first to admit that even his team's fairly vague conclusions are plagued by uncertainty and that the three skeletons can't be confidently placed into any particular population.

This genetic variant is not present in starlings living elsewhere in the country, so is likely to have arisen in this particular population at the invasion front.

«This suggests that using epigenetics as a biomarker could give you a lot of information about environmental exposures within particular populations that's not captured by genetics,» Zaitlen said.

«We found that in that particular population, many of whom are transfused for acute blood loss, we still saw a significant decrease in the number of units transfused into the patient.»

A figure estimating how many people there are in a particular population who have a certain medical condition.

For example, a polymorphism (that is, a particular sequence variation in the DNA among individuals from a particular population) called rs1333049 on chromosome 9p21.3 is related to chronic ailments associated with ageing, mainly with cardiovascular diseases.

We take care to vary the sources so that we don't overfeed any particular population, and we include both soluble and insoluble fiber from lightly cooked, raw or fermented vegetables.

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

For those looking for dating sites that cater exclusively to a particular population, for example, only.

Create skits and plays focused on peer conflicts that are common among your particular population of students (consider age, gender, demographics, etc.).

Madolyn Paroski, president of the Aurora Public Schools Board of Education, said districts can be prohibited by budgets, space availability, and other needs to design a school that caters to a particular population.

There is a need to further develop an «artisanal» style of teaching in which instructors craft unique lessons given the specific needs of a particular population of students.