Sentences with phrase «concentration of poverty»

The area represents the highest concentration of poverty in our district and these students typically qualify for a free, nutritious lunch during the school year.

It is a loss for residents in an area with some of the highest concentration of poverty in the city.

Children in the school districts with the highest concentrations of poverty score an average of more than four grade levels below children in the richest districts.

Most or all parents attend school open house events in 72 percent of schools that have a low concentration of poverty compared with only 28 percent of schools with a high poverty concentration.

We should have started first with those extreme concentrations of poverty, breaking them up into community schools that served their entire needs as human beings, allowing for respectful learning cultures.

On average, as concentrations of poverty increase, achievement declines.

Kids who stick with their neighborhood schools find themselves among student bodies with higher concentrations of poverty, the study says.

When housing policies fail to break up concentrations of poverty in cities, some education researchers say school districts should take an active role in making sure their schools are economically diverse.

At recent town hall meetings held by Consensus, community members — including some Syracuse common councilors — have repeatedly expressed concerns about the benefits of the merger, with some complaining that the Consensus report does not specifically address Syracuse's high concentration of poverty among minority groups.

Collaborative leaders emphasized additional research will also be needed in several areas, including a full capital study to examine the costs of charter and traditional public schools; a review of literate and illiterate poverty, and concentration of poverty by district; and a full transportation costs study.

«We are concerned this could mean tens of thousands of households forced from the centre, creating concentrations of poverty and inequality and adding to the already significant levels of homelessness and overcrowding in the city.»

This ignores the unique challenges schools with high concentrations of poverty face, stretches the dollars thinner, diminishes the effectiveness of the funding, and undermines congressional intent.

But with more than half of public school students now coming from low - income families and deepening concentrations of poverty in many communities, standard screening and pullout programs may not be enough to find and support the most vulnerable talented students.

But under portability, those funds would then be allocated down to school districts within the state uniformly, disregarding concentrations of poverty.

The lawsuit, filed by the nonprofit Public Interest Law Office of Rochester in September 1998, claims that the state has deprived the plaintiffs — all low - income black and Hispanic students — of their rights under the state constitution to a sound basic education by failing to alleviate concentrations of poverty in the 37,000 - student Rochester school district.

One reason for the improvement, the study's authors believe, is the closure many «drop - out factories,» large high schools with high concentrations of poverty where less than half of the students graduated.

More study is needed to determine the impact of literate and illiterate poverty and concentrations of poverty across Michigan.

* Title II will phase in a new formula over the next four years that will increase funding for concentrations of poverty in states.

«Once upon a time you'd find the greatest concentration of poverty in downtown Toronto.

Ribbons of highways have also ferried the middle class out of cities such as Detroit, leaving behind concentrations of poverty.

She said Syracuse needs help to overcome its ranking as one of the poorest cities in the nation, with the highest concentration of poverty among blacks and Hispanics.

Additional research in several areas, such as a full capital study to examine district costs; a review of literate and illiterate poverty, and concentration of poverty by district; and a full transportation cost study.

The upshot, per the article, is that «children in the school districts with the highest concentrations of poverty score an average of more than four grade levels below children in the richest districts.»

Public education funding inequity in an era of increasing concentration of poverty and resegregation.

Syracuse has one of the highest concentrations of poverty among black and Hispanic people in the United States and some of the lowest test scores and graduation rates in the state.

In addition to suffering from the problems that all voucher bills have in common, this bill would also undermine the main purpose of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which is designed to target federal funds to public schools with high concentrations of poverty in order to provide additional educational services for these students.

Special emphasis is paid to priority places where there are high concentrations of poverty and where children face significant barriers to success.

This approach breaks the impasses created when a concentration of poverty overwhelms individuals and exacerbates social chaos.

Although the food depository's truck started its tour in Skokie, it will usually head to other sections of Cook County with a high concentration of poverty, including the Chicago neighborhoods of Chatham, Chicago Lawn, Fuller Park, Kenwood and Uptown, Dolgan said.

Syracuse city schools fail to help students achieve upward mobility, hence the high concentration of poverty in the city.

Cities, towns and villages with high concentrations of poverty will be given preference for the program's funds, according to the press release.

The district encompasses Syracuse University, a burgeoning downtown and some of the highest concentrations of poverty in the city.

«The real problem is concentration of poverty and wrong - headed policies that are clueless about how teaching and learning really work.»

The city of Syracuse has one of the highest concentrations of poverty in the nation.

Perez Williams has said the viaduct's original construction contributed to the high concentration of poverty in the city.

A 2015 study found Syracuse has the highest concentration of poverty among minorities in the country.

She chose Syracuse as a subject after it landed at the top of the Century Foundation's list of cities with the highest concentrations of poverty.

The more worrying part, however, is not the current situation but the direction things are going: Over the past decade, the concentration of poverty in Syracuse and other American cities has increased, even as the nation has become wealthier and pulled itself out of a damaging recession.

The concentration of poverty is the most critical factor shaping the educational environment in Syracuse, Mulvey said.

The city came under fire in 2015 when a report found Syracuse had the highest concentration of poverty among its black and Hispanic populations, out of the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas.

In addition to the troubling fiscal state, the Consensus report described the stagnant economic development that has plagued Syracuse for decades: low - level economic performance, high concentration of poverty and significant loss of population.

This led to a concentration of poverty in Flint, a decrease in the number of police officers and a rise in crime to one of the highest rates in the nation.

Because educational needs are higher on average for children in low - income families, the concentration of poverty in particular schools tends to increase their financial and programmatic burden.

That's because schools with high concentrations of poverty are statistically more likely to have fewer resources, higher rates of mobility and absenteeism, and less support from parent groups.

States are also supposed to ensure that «highly qualified» teachers are evenly distributed among schools with high concentrations of poverty and wealthier schools.

The Bay State's famous successes are juxtaposed with stubborn achievement gaps and concentrations of poverty that have made across - the - board strides all but impossible.

But today most charter schools have even higher concentrations of poverty than traditional public schools.