Sentences with phrase «urban children attending»

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The team conducted a randomized controlled feasibility trial among adults attending newborn well - child visits at an urban Philadelphia pediatric primary care clinic who were not previously vaccinated with Tdap.

In the study, 292 first - generation immigrant children who attended eight high - poverty, urban elementary schools in Boston took part in the intervention, called City Connects, in the early 2000s.

«I am coming back to active leadership because I have missed my passion — the on the ground battle for our children who attend urban public schools.

African American students, students who qualify for free / reduced lunch (i.e. poor students), students living in relatively high - poverty areas, and students attending urban schools are all more likely to be investigated by Child Protective Services for suspected child maltreatChild Protective Services for suspected child maltreatchild maltreatment.

Similar findings were reported in the Plowden Report in England, which compared children from the informal schools of rural areas with children who attended the more formal schools of urban centers.

Buying a home in Greenwich or Grosse Point or Chevy Chase so your child can attend a great public school certainly involves a hefty means test — and if you don't agree, ask the low - income folks in the urban centers down the road.

Nearly half of charter - school and district - choice - school parents live in urban areas, compared to one - third of private - school parents and one - quarter of families whose children attend assigned - district schools.

One finds little variation in the degree of satisfaction with charter schools by region: across the country, more than 60 percent of parents in urban, suburban, and rural communities say they are very satisfied with the charter school that their child is attending.

«It is absurd that Connecticut's current funding system severely underfunds urban schools and keeps high performing schools of choice, like the one my children attend, in a separate and unequal system,» she said.

This suit attacking the Texas system of financing public education was initiated by Mexican - American parents whose children attend the elementary and secondary [p5] schools in the Edgewood Independent School District, an urban school district in San Antonio, Texas.

Many highly gifted children attend small schools with few specialized staff members, live in communities which are often resistant to chance, and are not necessarily acculturated according to urban standards (Spicker, Southern & Davis, 1987).

Urban and rural children are more likely than suburban children to attend full - day kindergarten and economically disadvantaged children are more likely than advantaged children to attend full - day kindergarten (NCES).

«Millions of children attend our urban schools and while much has been done, their future requires that we not let up for a moment.»

Just because our children attend an «urban» school doesn't mean that our children should be treated differently!!

More than 11 million of the 46 million children enrolled in America's public schools - about 24 percent - attend school in an urban district.

A minority child in an impoverished urban community may have the choice to go to this or that «academy» in a school choice model, but he / she will still have no choice but to attend a segregated, racialized school.

as long as those policies only apply to children who are attending urban schools that serve our minority and poor students.

Leading Educators» programming is the backbone of an ambitious strategy to significantly increase academic achievement among lower income children who attend the nearly 120 district, charter, and religious schools in the Greater Grand Rapids urban area.

So, if your goal is to improve the educational experience for students in urban schools, many of whom are Black and Hispanic, why would you pursue an agenda that contributes to increased segregation, while damaging the public schools these children attend, and instead of spending precious resources on classroom instruction, redirecting that money towards glitzy advertising and marketing campaigns?

Urban agriculture may provide some advantages over other jobs and income earning opportunities for women in lower income groups, like the low capital needed to start farming, the possibility to combine this activity with attending children, less travelling (and related costs in money and time) to the city centre or better off neighbourhoods for an (often informal e.g. housekeeping) job.

Urban agriculture may provide some advantages over other jobs and income earning opportunities for women in lower income groups, like the low capital needed to start farming, the possibility to combine this activity with attending children, less

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS B.S., Business Administration — Eastern Nazarene College (Currently attending) A.A., Early Childhood Education — Urban College Of Boston, Boston, MA CDA — Child Development Associate Certificate

Professor Jonathan Craig, from The University of Sydney and the Sydney Children's Hospital Network, presented early findings from the SEARCH (Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health) longitudinal cohort study of Aboriginal children living in urban areas in western Sydney, Newcastle and Wagga attending Tharawal, Western Sydney, Awabakal and Riverina Aboriginal medical sChildren's Hospital Network, presented early findings from the SEARCH (Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health) longitudinal cohort study of Aboriginal children living in urban areas in western Sydney, Newcastle and Wagga attending Tharawal, Western Sydney, Awabakal and Riverina Aboriginal medical schildren living in urban areas in western Sydney, Newcastle and Wagga attending Tharawal, Western Sydney, Awabakal and Riverina Aboriginal medical services.