Sentences with phrase «disadvantaged public elementary schools»

Most recently, Allison Hertz worked to help connect disadvantaged public elementary schools in Washington D.C. with much needed services in the community through Communities In Schools of the Nation's Capital.

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Project BOOST, run by the Center for Educational Innovation - Public Education Association (CEI - PEA), provides academic enrichment opportunities to elementary and middle school students who have demonstrated academic talent, but come from disadvantaged neighborhoods.

The book dwells on a second point that also can hardly be gainsaid: private and public elementary schools serving disadvantaged children resemble one another in many respects.

The award honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools whose students achieve at very high levels or have made significant progress and helped close gaps in achievement especially among disadvantaged and minority students.

According to data collected by the Department of Public Instruction, 48.9 percent of Madison elementary students were considered «economically disadvantaged» last school year.

Martínez has been named one of four winners of the 2017 Fishman Prize for his «superlative classroom practice» at KIPP Raíces Academy, a public charter elementary school with a nearly 100 percent Latino and nearly 90 percent disadvantaged student population.

The Blue Ribbon Award designation goes to public and private elementary, middle and high schools whose students achieve at very high levels, or have made significant academic progress and helped close gaps in achievement especially among disadvantaged and minority students.