Sentences with phrase «concentrations of poor children»

The additional $ 1 billion would be channeled into Title I, a $ 15 billion grant program for schools with high concentrations of poor children.

The law still funnels billions of federal dollars to schools with high concentrations of poor children.

The Education Law Center argues that it's an important factor because when wealthy families opt out of public education, schools are left with higher concentrations of poor children, and there is less political will to boost funds for public schools.

Having high concentrations of poor children in the same schools makes no academic sense, says the Economic Policy Institute's Rothstein.

Another key component of the legislation would require elementary schools to serve free breakfast in the classroom in schools with moderate or high concentrations of poor children.

Not exact matches

Finally a recent study discovered that high intake of sugar can lead to poor concentration in older children.

In poorer districts, the high concentration of children living in poverty means students come to school with added baggage - hunger, housing instability, exposure to crime and violence - that can affect how well they do in the classroom.

He allows for historical context — children registering to be slaughtered evokes a concentration camp — but doesn't glamorize the horror of kids killing kids, and isn't shy about dramatizing how a government can abuse and manipulate the poor.

At the beginning of the 2000s, the Latin American country with the largest concentration of children and teenagers among the poor was Uruguay.

You get the picture; dimensional misfit between children and the equipment provided often causes poor posture, which in turn increases the risk of error, accidents, discomfort, loss of concentration, and poor productivity.

School districts can access Concentration Grants in addition to their Basic Grant funding if at least 15 percent of children who reside within the district are poor, or if there are at least 6,500 poor children.

The number of children from poor families is rising across the district, and there are more schools with high concentrations of poverty than there were 10 years ago.

Not only are black and Hispanic children more likely to grow up in poor families, but middle - class black and Hispanic children are also much more likely than poor white children to live in neighborhoods and attend schools with high concentrations of poor students.

During extreme heat events, nighttime temperatures in the region's big cities are generally several degrees higher28 than surrounding regions, leading to increased heat - related death among those less able to recover from the heat of the day.36 Since the hottest days in the Northeast are often associated with high concentrations of ground - level ozone and other pollutants, 37 the combination of heat stress and poor air quality can pose a major health risk to vulnerable groups: young children, the elderly, and those with pre-existing health conditions including asthma.29 Vulnerability is further increased as key infrastructure, including electricity for potentially life - saving air conditioning, is more likely to fail precisely when it is most needed — when demand exceeds available supply.

In school - aged children, symptoms can include flashbacks, exaggerated startle responses, poor concentration, sleep disturbance, complaints of physical discomfort and conduct problems.

The concentration of beneficial effects among children born to unmarried women of low SES is consistent with the results of other preventive interventions that have shown greater effects for children of families at greater social risk.20 This suggests that these kinds of services ought to be focused on families in greater need by virtue of the mothers» being unmarried and poor.

Identifying an anxiety disorder in your child can be difficult not only because her symptoms may be internal, but because certain signs of anxiety — particularly restlessness and poor concentration — may be misinterpreted as symptoms of ADHD.

Poor concentration, high levels of activity, and impulsiveness are frequent characteristics of normal preschool children.