Disadvantaged in a sentence

He said: “What we find when we break down the numbers is that our gap between learners who are disadvantaged in terms of their family income against non-disadvantaged – we have not closed that gap anywhere near enough and in some cases it has grown.

The red shaded area represents the 25% of the population most disadvantaged, and the blue shaded area represents the remaining 75% of the less disadvantaged population.

According to the charity, each year, one in four children leave primary school unable to read well and disadvantaged children are disproportionately affected.

A group of Dubbo youths have become inaugural members of a youth orchestra that showcases a passion for music in geographically-disadvantaged towns in the central west.

And it formalizes Biden’s goal of a 50% bump in federal procurement dollars that go to small and disadvantaged businesses by 2025.

Another smackdown for Racist Floridian Republicans in their attempt to redistrict to the disadvantage of the disadvantaged.

A tool originally designed to help disadvantaged youngsters in Brooklyn was applied to multinational corporations.

Babbassa helps disadvantaged young people from ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds into work, education and business.

Bill Daniels, the founder of the fund, directs the grants to eight funding areas: aging; amateur sports; disabilities; drug and alcohol addiction; early childhood education; homeless and disadvantaged; K-12 education reform; and youth development.

Boys to the Bush are asking all workplaces, schools and organisations to jump on board and wear board shorts to work and school in a bid to raise funds to support the charity's life changing work with disadvantaged and disengaged male youth.

Cardinal Hume Catholic School is heading up the new initiative, which aims to provide disadvantaged pupils with increased language learning opportunities.

Carl and Ben are passionate about helping vulnerable youngsters and those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and they made direct contact with our office requesting advice and contacts around expanding further into the community.

Cranbourne was pushing harder to return to play, given Parkfield was disadvantaged, but the hosts were also keen, the skipper taking the approach that any cricket is better than none at all.

CSA National Academy and SA U19 head coach Malibongwe Maketa believes that if all disadvantaged communities can attract investment through sport, it can be an avenue for the complete eradication of crime in these areas.

Hebron said the project initiative which started in December 2019, was aimed to address a range of demand and supply side barriers to help restore the right to 12 years education for the most vulnerable, disadvantaged and adolescent girls.

He has also served as a consultant to the East Meets West Foundation, which is dedicated to transforming the health, education, and communities of disadvantaged people in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

He quoted Louis-Henri Mars, director of Lakou Lap (Kwyòl for Courtyard of Peace): “… in my work in disadvantaged communities over 15 years, I have seen that every time a gang member dies or rejects gang life, he is immediately replaced–the next day.

He said that for other affordable housing schemes – such as for remote areas or disadvantaged areas – applications get processed within a mere four months.

However, not everyone is willing or able to do so (empirically, I would point the finger at student rentals), and the burden falls disproportionately on those who are already disadvantaged.

Inspectors also said that Governors keep a ‘regular oversight of the provision for disadvantaged pupils’, checking how well pupils are learning in mathematics and English.