Sentences with phrase «with areas of disadvantage»

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That attitude is an ancient and pervasive one, and it has much to do ideologically with the customs and laws surrounding not only rape but also marriage, divorce, inheritance, freedom of movement and access to education — in all of which areas women suffer a disadvantage.

Compared with participants who lived in the most socially disadvantaged areas, those from the least disadvantaged areas were six times more likely to be able to identify the healthier food products from both sets of products using the M - % DI system (OR = 6.3; 95 % CI 1.4 — 29.2; Table 3).

The only disadvantage with this type of baby gate is that it fits inside a narrow walkway and can be a challenge if you use that area frequently going up and down the stairs and especially if you are carrying stuff.

We have not grounded it all yet, but that is one area where we might be more open than otherwise, because we would not want either House of Parliament to be disadvantaged with respect to the European Parliament.»

Maybe inner city areas with high levels of disadvantage.

To start off with, this grouping will cover four policy areas — promoting local economic growth, reducing crime, bettering the lot of disadvantaged children, and looking after the elderly — that amount to # 200 billion - worth of public spending.

Education and health The «pupil premium» was one of the areas of agreement David Cameron flagged up in his initial speech offering talks with the Lib Dems last Friday, and under it schools will receive extra funding for teaching children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

«Research has long suggested people with heart disease in rural areas are at a disadvantage when it comes to access to health care and longevity,» says Dr. Sacha Bhatia, lead author of the study and a cardiologist at Women's College Hospital.

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By following the Foundation's advice, schools can significantly enhance their own funds with parental donations, charitable grants and Gift Aid, in order to fund 1:1 provision even in areas of disadvantage.

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).

The Partnership is committed to continuing this work and is keen to work with and hear from new partners, in particular to extend the programme in areas of significant disadvantage.

Our efforts focused on working with young people from disadvantaged areas many of whom had been involved in anti-social behaviour and worked with them producing several large scale productions using a 12 week workshop plan of training and rehearsals.

While the overall number of teachers has kept pace with changing pupil numbers, the NAO reported that 54 per cent of school leaders in areas with large proportions of disadvantaged pupils find attracting and keeping good teachers is «a major problem».

Also in line with current studies is the report's finding that «for any groups whether minority or not, the effect of good teachers is greatest upon the children who suffer most educational disadvantage in their background, and that a given investment in upgrading teacher quality will have most effect on achievement in underprivileged areas.»

Second, the Cristo Rey Schools are Catholic high schools located in urban areas with high concentrations of economically disadvantaged and minority students.

Here in Dagenham, we are located in one of the most disadvantaged areas in the country, with an ever - changing demographic profile.

Lackawanna, a Buffalo - area district with 90 percent of its students classified as economically disadvantaged, had a 46 percent opt - out rate.

High quality teaching and learning has delivered real improvement in a disadvantaged area of Leeds with a mixed intake.

The «5 Cities Project», launched by the Department for Education will see the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) work with partners in the Greater Manchester, London, Bristol, Birmingham and Leicester areas to promote the take - up of apprenticeships among under - represented groups, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

The health gains were most visible in disadvantaged catchment areas — over a half of schools with more than a quarter of pupils on free school meals said their facilities had improved, compared to 39 per cent of schools with lower than average take up of free meals.

With the aim of making the festival accessible to all young people including those in disadvantaged or remote areas — many of whom have never before visited a cinema — screenings will be held in over 500 cinemas across all the major chains, and a range of venues across the UK from the ICA in London and the Millennium Centre in Wales, to independent cinemas on the Shetland Islands and the Isle of Skye.

Founded nearly 40 years ago, the charity focuses on children in primary schools in some of the most disadvantaged areas in England and Wales, as well as children with Special Educational Needs and Disability.

For example, Clotfelter et al. (2008) found that a targeted bonus to certified math, science and special education teachers working in disadvantaged North Carolina schools reduced the attrition of targeted teachers by 17 percent, while Feng and Sass (2015) found that loan forgiveness programs for teachers with high - needs endorsements reduced the attrition of teachers in shortage areas in Florida.

About half of this gap is due to the location of high attaining schools in catchment areas with lower numbers of disadvantaged pupils, but the rest is due to social selection in admissions occurring even within those neighbourhoods.

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This has been particularly helpful for evaluating the effectiveness of charter schools, a controversial education reform with a mixed record overall but one that shows remarkably large gains for disadvantaged students in urban areas.

«We are making funding fairer by consulting on proposals for a new national funding formula so that areas with the highest need attract the most funding and we are continuing the pupil premium — worth # 2.5 billion this year — giving schools significant extra funding to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.»

These struggling schools were most likely to be in disadvantaged areas with a high proportion of poor white pupils, to have a high turnover of staff, and heads and teachers facing «burnout».

A criticism of the programme so far has been the omission of any Opportunity Areas in the North East — a part of Britain with poor attainment and progress, particularly for the most disadvantaged children, and sparse access to high quality schools.

This state - administered, federally funded program provides five - year grant funding to establish or expand before - and after - school programs that provide disadvantaged kindergarten through twelfth - grade students (particularly students who attend schools in need of improvement) with academic enrichment opportunities and supportive services to help the students meet state and local standards in core content areas.

«There will be members of senior leadership who will be our CPD excellence insiders, who will work with around eight local schools in the most disadvantaged areas, which are currently given an Ofsted rating of «requires improvement» or «inadequate»,» said David Weston, the trust's chief executive.

It is no surprise that this would be even higher in recently failing schools with very large catchment areas and in areas of disadvantage,» the spokesperson added.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: «For too long a group of coasting schools, many in leafy areas with more advantages than schools in disadvantaged communities, have fallen beneath the radar.

Surely this was a chance for those schools in disadvantaged areas, who might perhaps have large numbers of children with poor language skills, to show off their hard work?

«But we know there is more to do and there are still too many areas with simply unacceptable levels of attainment for disadvantaged pupils.»

«It is not necessarily unfair for different schools to receive different levels of funding because some schools have higher numbers of disadvantaged children and are in areas with higher deprivation.

Research shows many academies are not taking in a proportionate number of children from disadvantaged backgrounds, BME children and children with SEND, in relation to their catchment area.

«Regardless of what the teaching unions might claim, with over 70 % of the new schools being set up by those working within the education sector itself, the reality is that their members are becoming the driving force of new free schools - particularly in disadvantaged areas where the need for good schools is even more pressing.»

But districts that serve disadvantaged urban areas with high rates of poverty «typically have both high rates and large numbers of chronically absent students.»

But for too long a group of «coasting» schools, many in leafy areas with more advantages than schools in disadvantaged communities, have fallen beneath the radar.

Kline indicated that areas of agreement in the bills had indeed been forged with committee Democrats on parental engagement, support for high - quality charter schools, and the use of disaggregated data to help disadvantaged student subgroups.

«The gaps are too big in terms of achievement for students with disabilities, they are too big in areas of race, students with socio - economic disadvantaged backgrounds,» he said.

One of the most studied initiatives in this area was the Perry Preschool program, which worked with disadvantaged black children in Michigan in the 1960s.

One area of concern that was raised by civil rights groups, as well as other critics of the temporary regulations, last week had to do with district - wide spending and complaints that the new regulations provided a loophole that could allow districts to use money intended for disadvantaged students on those who are not.

He leads AIR's Research and Evaluation area where he oversees projects across our entire range of subject areas including education, health, and the workforce both in the United States and internationally, always with the goal expanding our knowledge about how best to improve people's lives, particularly the disadvantaged.

However, a significant number of pupils, especially from disadvantaged areas, will still leave school with few qualifications.

But a significant number of pupils from disadvantaged areas still leave school with few qualifications.

Then education secretary Nicky Morgan named five «top performing» academy sponsors as beneficiaries of the funding, and tasked them with «improving performance for pupils in some of the most challenging and disadvantaged areas of the country».

i3 funds are competitive grants (Development, Validation and Scale - up) given to LEAs and nonprofit organizations that have significantly closed the achievement gaps between economically disadvantaged students, students from major racial and ethnic groups, students with limited English proficiency, students with disabilities; or have demonstrated success in significantly increasing student academic achievement for all groups of students; or have made significant improvements in other areas such as graduate rates or increased recruitment and placement of high - quality teachers and principals.