Not exact matches
Even though almost every student at the KIPP Academy... is from a low - income
family, and all but a few are either black or Hispanic, and most enter
below grade level, they are still a step above other kids in the neighborhood; on their math tests in the fourth
grade (the year before they arrived at KIPP), KIPP students in the Bronx scored well above the average for the district, and on their fourth -
grade reading tests they often scored above the average for the entire city.
At 149 schools in the Bronx, less than one in ten can read or do math at
grade level, and these schools disproportionately impact poor children of - color — 96 % of the 65,000 students in these failing schools are of - color, and 95 % come from
families near or
below the poverty line.
If the puzzle is too easy or difficult for your students, see instructions
below for adapting the «Anagram
Family Time» activity for your
grade level.
In order to be eligible for an FTC scholarship, students must meet the income guidelines (until recently,
family incomes
below 185 percent of the federal poverty line for new applicants) and either must have attended a Florida public school for the full school year before program entry or be entering kindergarten or first
grade.
Eligibility for this program is determined in most cases by a child's
family income (
families below 250 % of federal poverty are eligible), the rating of their local public school (students from schools rated C or
below are eligible), and
grade level (kindergarten students are eligible without prior public school attendance).
Unlike some voucher programs, LSP is «double targeted,» Wolf said; in order to be eligible for the funds, a student's
family must make less than 250 percent above the federal poverty level — approximately $ 61,500 for a
family of four — and be enrolled in a public school receiving a letter
grade of «C» or
below according to state standards.
The cost of implementing PROSPER in a community of 25,000 people — roughly the average population in the study described
below — ranges from $ 168,000 to $ 182,000 per year, and the cost per participating youth totals about $ 390 - $ 420 over 6th and 7th
grade (depending on which
family and school - based programs the community selects).