Sentences with phrase «urban youth»

He is interested in finding effective approaches to meeting the complex needs of urban youth through schools.

The latter group allowed her to determine which social processes are unique to second generation groups and which are common to urban youth in general.

How do the social contexts of family, neighborhood, and school in the early years relate to life outcomes for urban youth?

This is true for underserved urban youth who may be the first in their family to attend college or to graduate from high school.

Yoga may provide urban youth at risk of school failure with skills to help them manage stress, pay attention, and stay calm under pressure.

The student population at the heart of this book is composed of urban youth from impoverished neighborhoods, many of whom are African American or Latino.

Urban youth face more barriers to physical activity outside of the school day.

Good Shepherd opened in 2001 with a mission to help low - income, urban youth realize their fullest potential.

For urban youth, who are often portrayed negatively in society, this is profound and moving.

Also at noon, Urban Youth Collaborative, Desis Rising Up and Moving, The Point, Girls for Gender Equity, and Rockaway Youth Task Force are joined by NYC Councilman Antonio Reynoso to protest what they describe as «the unrelenting over-policing of students of color in New York City,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Michael Nakkula developed his «invention - based» counseling model while working with urban youth in schools around the city of Boston.

This title points to a paradigm in the artist's work where he both challenges and complies with different aspects of urban youth culture.

New research is linking dating violence among urban youths with the misuse of prescription drugs, a risk often... (read more)

The plan includes an expansion of the state's Urban Youth Jobs Program, a large increase in affordable housing and homeless services funding, and a student loan program that would supplement the federal Pay As You Earn income - based loan repayment program.

wrote the book when she found that there weren't any books geared toward educating urban youth about finances.

Bottom Line: Offering an in - depth look at a comprehensive program serving urban youth, AmericaScores definitely delivers.

In the early 1990s (over 25 years ago), this Foundation sponsored a five - year, five community New Futures grant initiative to prepare disadvantaged urban youth for successful lives as adults.

after she discovered the lack of books geared toward educating urban youth about financial literacy.

The Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy (IHSCA) provides an education focused on preparing urban youth to succeed in competitive colleges and universities, obtain job - readiness certification for entry - level positions with higher wages in health care, and gain new awareness of and seek out a healthier lifestyle.

In the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s, Mao Zedong sent urban youth to the countryside to learn from farmers.

Talbott's research addresses the mental health and academic needs of youth with disabilities, particularly urban youth.

Most Angolans, especially urban youth, felt excluded from the benefits of the boom.

New York already offers a more limited tax credit program for unemployed, at - risk urban youth called the Youth Tax Works Credit, which ran in 2012 and will start up again in 2014.

The Ryerson LIZ will be using its grant for a project that's geared toward improving access to justice for urban youth through workshops.

This central office team was comprised of experts in the fields of finance, performance management, and public administration — all with a shared commitment to the mission of empowering urban youth to build their future through education.

Some of the more privileged members of Belizean society perceived that increases in juvenile delinquency, crime, and drug use among Belizean urban youth were directly attributable to breakdowns in family structure.

We could increase charter school test scores by opening more charter schools that targeted suburban white students instead of at - risk urban youth, but that's not the point of having charter schools.

Efforts to improve the circumstances in which urban youth live are essential and impactful.

The proposed expansion of the Crissy Field Youth Campus will provide larger and improved facilities for programs, add capacity for educator trainings, and create a dynamic hub for community partners to take advantage of expanded collaboration — while inviting a greater number of urban youth into their local national park.

Through the Financial Empowerment of Urban Youth study, a partnership with the Charter School Development Corporation and Building Hope, it was shown that after WealthyLife's implementation students were 85 percent more likely to graduate high school and 76 percent more likely to own a home.

Urban youth use Twitter to transform learning and engagement.

In addition to school and private practice, she has led groups focused on building attachment and social skills using Theraplay ® techniques at The Kansas City Urban Youth Center, a youth center in Kansas City's urban core.

Music emerging out of UK urban youth culture originally broadcast on pirate radio.

It presents the opportunity for seasoned anarchist groups to adopt the same capacities urban youth employed during the riots.

«Five years prior, they funnel in students that need additional resources and support without giving them additional resources and support,» said Maria Fernandez, senior coordinator of the NYC Urban Youth Collective and a member of the group.

«It gave the NYPD free reign to stop who they wanted, and I think urban youth have been unfairly targeted because of their looks.»

By comparison, the U.S. may see online addiction rates in urban youth around 5 to 10 percent, say neuroscientists and study co-authors Kai Yuan and Wei Qin of Xidian University in China.

As much as 14 percent of urban youth there — some 24 million kids — fit the bill as Internet addicts, according to the China Youth Internet Association.

Jazmine attended her first official training as a yoga instructor in 2014, through the Holistic Life Foundations Yoga and Urban Youth retreat at the Omega Institute.

Anyone interested in knowing the path along which British urban youth moved music, fashion, politics, the media and social issues to centre stage will find it here.

White teacher (Ryan Gosling) saves urban youth.

Two movies into a promising career, Eliza Hittman has already developed a significant vision of restless urban youth troubled by their emerging sexuality and a society that hinders their development.

Shuga explores the issues of sexual relationships among urban youth against a backdrop of continuting HIV / AIDS infections.

Screenwriter: Jody Lee Lipes This scripted adaptation of a 1958 jazz ballet by Jerome Robbins (West Side Story) takes the original choreography and returns it to the streets that inspired it in this tale of disaffected urban youth.