His own experience as an English language learner and free and reduced price lunch student led him towards a passion for utilizing education as a driver for greater equity. (aypf.org)
Just 29 percent of Florida's students read Below Basic on the 2011 NAEP, an 11 percent decline from nine years ago; 38 percent of its free - and reduced lunch students read Below Basic in 2011 versus 51 percent nine year ago. (dropoutnation.net)
I remember realizing I was one of the handful of free / reduced lunch students in AP Calculus in my high school, which is why I now constantly look at achievement gaps of under - represented subgroups. (educate78.org)