Sentences with phrase «devastating effects of poverty»

Russakoff ends her book with hope and a word of caution, saying that urban public schools are being asked to overcome the devastating effects of poverty:

Collaboration allows schools and districts to address the needs of all students and best utilize community resources to effectively counter the devastating effects of poverty on student learning.

While rural and urban schools share certain challenges, including the devastating effects of poverty on school children, there are myriad other problems specific to rural schools, which is why applying an urban model and urban solutions to rural schools simply doesn't work.

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The suit filed in state Supreme Court in Albany by the STA and about 30 city teachers, and supported by New York State United Teachers, argues SED did not properly account for the devastating effects of student poverty on achievement when it set growth scores on state tests in grades 4 - 8 math and English Language Arts.

In addition, many kids are devastated by the effects of poverty and other obstacles in the way of learning that alter their rate of learning.

Clark, who later achieved fame and notoriety for the film Kids (1995), trains his lens on American youth culture to poignant and often devastating effect, presenting an unapologetic view of poverty, drug - taking and sex.

We confirm the devastating negative effect of income poverty on children's early development, and show that family structure effects are spurious after controlling for child characteristics, poverty, parental education and mother's age.