Sentences with phrase «urban children show»

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The findings of an earlier study had shown that 20 % of a child's daily dose of black carbon — a pollutant directly related to traffic — is inhaled during urban commutes.

Even when allowed two children, couples prefer one child, with my research showing that this attitude has been reinforced by the urban conditions that families are forced to adjust to and policies that are not family - friendly.

Previous studies show that in many low - income urban areas, mouse allergens — proteins found primarily in the animals» urine that trigger allergic symptoms — are present in the homes of nearly all children who have asthma, says Matsui.

I like the definition that Elena Aguilar uses in «Deeper Learning Means Educational Equity in Urban Schools»: Equity means that «every child gets what they needs in our schools — every child regardless of where they come from, what they look like, who their parents are, what their temperament is, or what they show up knowing or not knowing.»

Innovative schools in urban areas show that all children can achieve at high levels given the chance, building on the promise of the No Child Left Behind Act, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige said while visiting the Amistad Academy charter school in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2004.

For example, Krueger (1998) uses data from the NAEP and documents test score increases over time, with large improvements for disadvantaged children from poor urban areas; the Current Population Survey shows declining dropout rates since 1975 for those from the lowest income quartile (Digest of Education Statistics, NCES 2012).

Includes a colourful 14 - page notebook file that shows examples of urban and rural areas, and outlines the challenges the children are to complete.

«This isn't to disparage what's going on in the district, but the results show that charters are a viable option for children in our urban centers.»

Charters show that children — including poor and underfunded urban kids — can learn as well as their suburban counterparts.

What Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and governors across the country want to show the voting public is that corporate reform and privatization of our schools is the answer to the achievement gap between children living in urban and suburban districts, as well as between the US and the rest of the world.

The productions are Nintendo's first broad - based advertising strategy and include a two - minute video clip showing a varied assortment of people enjoying the Wii system, such as urban apartment - dwellers, country ranchers, grandparents, and parents with their children.

Four years since his first visit to Shanghai, French urban artist Seth Globepainter recently spent two months in the city creating outdoor and indoor works for his major solo showing, Like Child's Play, at MOCA Shanghai.

Four years since his first visit to Shanghai, French urban artist Seth Globepainter recently spent two months in the city creating outdoor and indoor works for his major solo showing, Like Child's Pl

Previous exhibitions have included: numerous workshops, performances, talks and tours for children; paintings by Colin Martin alongside a projection installation by Clare Langan; works by Johanna Connor and Gabrielle Byrne, two West Cork - based artists; a collaborative showing of mixed media works by Cork - based artists Sandra Minchin and Chris Hurley; an exhibition of paintings exploring cityscapes and urban scenes; an exhibition of drawings and works on paper by Dutch artist Arno Kramer; a series of video works exploring an interest in the precarious balances that exist between the human body and mind; a selected show by invited curator Sarah Foster, linked to the West Cork Craft and Design Guild's 10th Birthday Celebrations; and much more.

Bellows's early works show the influence of Henri in their dark, tonal palette, vigorous brushwork, and urban subject matter; typical of this period is Forty - Two Kids (1907), a painting of slum children swimming and diving in the East River.

The results show that: 1) In the view of gender, admission category, urban and rural sources, whether the only child, and family income point, there were significant differences in the behaviors in emergency situations.

The results show that intervention through the elementary grades can have enduring positive effects on the academic development and health - risk behaviors of urban children.

A t - test showed significant differences in relationship scores by gender (t = 2.22, p < 0.05), location (urban vs. rural)(t = 3.33, p < 0.01) and family type (single - child family vs. non-single child family)(t = 3.72, p < 0.001).

Whereas a child's inhibited conduct is associated with a risk of troubled peer relationships and internalizing problems (e.g., loneliness and depression) in Western cultures, these difficulties are much less common in inhibited children from Eastern cultures, though new research shows that children from India and urban China are equally at risk.

In a separate study, Urban (1991) reported that Spanish - speaking parents who completed an Active Parenting group showed improved attitudes towards their childrens behavior and improved parenting methods as compared to a Spanish - speaking control group thus providing evidence of effectiveness across cultures.

The evidence base suggests that while Responding in Peaceful and Positive Ways (RIPP) showed promising results with urban African American school children (see Study 1), the program showed inconsistent results with small effect sizes when administered to schools in a rural setting with majority white schoolchildren (see Study 2).

This study also shows that poor children with fewer siblings, whose parents are more educated, with higher household income, and living in urban areas are more likely to complete secondary education and escape the poverty cycle.

Urban Institute studies of child welfare agency efforts to increase father involvement show: [3]

While large urban metropolitan areas boasting a variety of cultural amenities, good job opportunities, and high incomes continue to attract a young demographic, as well as those without children, a new report shows that midsized cities and suburbs are the best option for middle - class families.