Sentences with phrase «while low income areas»

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While household spending is similar in some areas, low - income Americans spend a significantly larger proportion of their money on housing, while high - income Americans spend a much higher proportion on insurance and retirement expeWhile household spending is similar in some areas, low - income Americans spend a significantly larger proportion of their money on housing, while high - income Americans spend a much higher proportion on insurance and retirement expewhile high - income Americans spend a much higher proportion on insurance and retirement expenses.

Ten years after the foreclosure crisis began, the pain grinds on locally in low - income areas and communities of color, while big financial institutions are riding high with billions of dollars in profits amid record stock - market peaks.

[29] The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 granted new powers to tackle erosion and «underwrote a path to run round England's coastland», [30] while the Community Energy Saving Programme (2009) obliged energy suppliers and generators to deliver energy efficiency measures in certain low income areas.

While the total number of human bites was highest in low - income areas, the proportion of mosquitoes feeding on people (50 %, by Ae.

SLAVE MARKET FOODS: Studies, and a bit of common sense, show that classifications on the socio - economical scale such as low income, inner city and / or ethnic minority [Hispanic / Black] predisposes consumers (who are equal under the law to protections against harm) to diabetes, obesity and other health risks as grocery stores in their area tend to sell lower qualities foods while food producers price high quality (or even halfway decent) foods out of reach.

While the store recently closed, Pierce has plans to open other locations and is continuing the conversation on bringing healthy food to low - income areas.

As noted above, in Ga and Hyderabad we were comparing public and private schools that were located in similar, low - income areas, while in Kibera, private schools served only slum children, and public schools served middle - class children as well as slum children.

While fielding the research crews, I visited dozens of likely study sites, always in low - income areas, and always found private schools for the poor.

Leveling the High - School Field While U.S. education officials have been focusing on elementary and higher education over the past few years, little has been done to improve high schools, especially in low - income areas.

While the introduction of choice affected all public high school students, most of the school closings and openings were concentrated in low - income, nonwhite areas of the Bronx and Brooklyn.

And while some Mountain States boast charter populations that are diverse in ethnicity, income, and location, in the states with the greatest number of charters, the schools are densely concentrated in urban areas and largely serve low - income students of color.

While higher - income families can afford high - priced, affluent properties in sought - after neighborhoods, lower - income families are usually left with housing options located in lower - quality areas.

While there is a perception that charter schools often miss those student populations, the Chicago - area charter school the Elgin group hopes to mirror has «a high level of special needs and high low - income,» students, she said.

So schools with a physical location in wealthier areas like metro Atlanta could probably receive the state average funding while those in lower - income areas would likely be eligible for less.

Moreover, the process for identifying «failing schools» was neither consistent nor research - based, and disproportionately affected low - income African American and Latino students by closing schools in disadvantaged minority neighborhoods while leaving untouched those schools in more affluent areas with comparable performance and enrollments.

While in Cambridge, Moses started to see the disparities in the educational offerings between schools in low and high - income areas and decided to do something about it.

While the city over-invests in expensive policing measures for schools that are disproportionately low income, black and Latino, these schools remain under - resourced in fundamental areas that harm student learning.

The initiative provides exemptions for certain EITEs and provides rebates to utilities while investing heavily in job assistance for displaced fossil fuel workers and also in tribal and low - income areas.

Note that the Model S won over the Prius because while they had the same drag area, the Tesla had a lower coefficient of drag and a larger frontal area, so it did better starting from a disadvantaged position (smaller frontal areas offer less resistance to incoming air, all else being equal).

While there is no income threshold for participation in the program, the target population for this program is the estimated 134,000 families living in the three areas receiving child support considered of low - or moderate - income.

She has helped bring in millions of dollars for the United Way of the Wabash Valley in Terre Haute, Ind., while raising awareness about the struggles of low - income families in the area.

While a home in a popular school district or in a higher income neighborhood may come at a greater cost, homeowners in these areas actually tend to be in better financial shape than their peers in lower value markets.