Sentences with phrase «for kids in poverty»

That's for a lot of teenagers, but particularly so for kids in poverty.»

It's harder for kids in poverty and in single - parent homes, especially those attending large, impersonal middle and high schools where students change subjects, teachers and work groups every 50 - 90 minutes in response to a bell (the proverbial «factory model»).

Not exact matches

Having firsthand experience with childhood poverty, I am primarily motivated by never wanting to put my kids in the same situation — and the job I left paid well and provided health insurance for my entire family.

The poverty, abuse and incarceration rates for kids who have spent time in orphanages is exponentially greater.

It's estimated that the EITC, paired with the Child Tax Credit, lifted 5 million children out of poverty in 2013 and can give families as much as $ 3,400 for child healthcare (that number can be more for families with more kids).

We are outside the four walks and absolutely love living in the liberty of the Spirit... we get to serve kids at poverty level and have become good friends with them... it's refreshing to be accepted by them when rejected by the religious leaders in town for not going on Sunday to their building.

One significant victory in that battle was last year's passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act which, among other things, uses Medicaid data to directly certify children for free and reduced price meals; helps states improve the certification process for school meal aid; allows universal free meals for students in high poverty communities; and expands USDA authority to support meals served to at - risk children in after school programs.

They largely refused to acknowledge that poverty rather than school quality was the root cause of the educational problems of disadvantaged kids, for fear that saying so would merely reinforce a long - standing belief among public educators that students unlucky enough to live in poverty shouldn't be expected to achieve at high levels — and public educators shouldn't be expected to get them there.

But there may be powerful health benefits, too, particularly for kids living in neighborhoods blighted by poverty and crime.

The Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010, up for a vote as early as today, would attempt to fix some of these problems through a variety of means, including allowing schools in high - poverty areas to offer free meals to all students without any paperwork, making foster children automatically eligible for free meals, and giving incentives to states that improve their certification rates.

Science journalist Paul Tough first became fascinated by how kids in poverty overcome hardship when he met Geoffrey Canada, the charismatic founder of the Harlem Children's Zone, which provided comprehensive support for the disadvantaged, low - income kids in central Harlem.

It's such a powerful experience for kids, and I think many children don't ever have that experience in school, especially kids growing up in poverty.

In this slim volume, Tough pulls together decades of social science research on the impacts of poverty and trauma on kids» brains and behavior, and makes a cogent, convincing argument for why this research should lie at the center of any discussions about reform.

In his last book, How Children Succeed, author Paul Tough identified a litany ways that living in poverty can affect kids» brains, making it more difficult for them to regulate their emotions, control their behaviors and achieve in schooIn his last book, How Children Succeed, author Paul Tough identified a litany ways that living in poverty can affect kids» brains, making it more difficult for them to regulate their emotions, control their behaviors and achieve in schooin poverty can affect kids» brains, making it more difficult for them to regulate their emotions, control their behaviors and achieve in schooin school.

My hope is instead by giving more precise, evidence - based strategies for kids growing up in poverty, it's going to move this discussion to another, more productive level.

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My grandparents came from poverty in Ireland looking for a better life for their kids,» she said.

She added: «It shows children's school results are boosted, their diet improves and parents in food poverty have more to spend on nutritious breakfast and dinners for their kids.

School Superintendents in both cities say not enough money comes in from Albany to pay for educational programs and efforts that might help kids out of poverty.

Our basic assumption was that K12's model — which relied on parents or other caretakers doing most of the instruction — wouldn't be feasible for kids living in poverty, most of whom would need the custodial care offered by traditional public schools.

The «naughty» kids are likely children dealing with too much in their lives - poverty, parental mental ill health, lack of appropriate attachment opportunities - and for these children, the minimum expectations need to be different to those children who have less adversity in their lives.

For kids growing up in poverty, graduating from college is practically a guarantee that they will be freed from it, and that their kids won't know the same hardship they did.

For instance, just in the past year, Harvard's Tony Wagner coauthored Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era; Richard Milner of U. Pittsburgh authored Rac (e) ing to Class: Confronting Poverty and Race in Schools and Classrooms; and Columbia University's Tom Bailey copublished Redesigning America's Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student SucceFor instance, just in the past year, Harvard's Tony Wagner coauthored Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era; Richard Milner of U. Pittsburgh authored Rac (e) ing to Class: Confronting Poverty and Race in Schools and Classrooms; and Columbia University's Tom Bailey copublished Redesigning America's Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Succefor the Innovation Era; Richard Milner of U. Pittsburgh authored Rac (e) ing to Class: Confronting Poverty and Race in Schools and Classrooms; and Columbia University's Tom Bailey copublished Redesigning America's Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success.

01, Ed.D.» 05, vice president for national affairs at the Ounce of Prevention Fund, a nonprofit that gives kids living in poverty a chance to get a high - quality early education.

The National Reading Panel commissioned by Congress had concluded, based on an analysis of 52 randomized scientific studies, that effective reading programs, especially for kids living in poverty, require «systematic and explicit» instruction in phonics.

«For kids [and] their parents who are in cycles of poverty, violence, and even abuse, [we see] as we come to know their stories.

And are we talking about kids who are born into poverty, or spend most of their lives in poverty, or are in poverty for just a few years?

For example, describing these students as living in homes with a low income or with low SES (socioeconomic status) is very different, and more accurate, than calling them «low - income students,» «low - SES students,» or «high - poverty kids.»

«People may not believe that it's the right thing or that schools should be responsible for kids» behavior, but kids go to school,» says Assistant Professor Stephanie Jones, whose current research is on the effects of poverty and exposure to violence on social and emotional development in early childhood and adolescence.

In addition, kids who live in poverty often face responsibilities that prevent participation, such as holding down a job and caring for younger siblingIn addition, kids who live in poverty often face responsibilities that prevent participation, such as holding down a job and caring for younger siblingin poverty often face responsibilities that prevent participation, such as holding down a job and caring for younger siblings.

For example, a public school principal in Ghana explained why poverty - stricken parents pay private school tuition instead of sending their kids to the public school at no charge:

«No excuses» schools are doing great things for kids who would be trapped in high - poverty, broken schools.»

With an unrelenting belief in what kids can achieve — despite race, poverty, or zip code — we will see the needle move urgently in the state of South Carolina for the kids who need it most.

«I know kids can overcome poverty, but when students are living in abject poverty in segregated communities with poor health care and housing, that makes the work for our teachers all the more challenging.»

These days, it has become totally acceptable for education leaders to blame poverty for our nation's achievement gap; to in effect say that all those kids can't learn in school because they're hungry, their families are dysfunctional, they are so far behind when they start Kindergarten that there's just no catching up, etc..

The same month, Stephen Colbert ridiculed Wake County tea party activists for suggesting we should «experiment» to see how kids do in high poverty schools, as if we didn't have enough data from districts like Detroit.

It was a different story, though, for what Manning called «at - risk» students — among them, kids with disabilities, living in poverty or learning English as a second language.

Asked why metrics for Milwaukee schools haven't notably improved since he took office, Evers pointed to societal problems, where many kids come from families in poverty.

Embracing Micheaux's stubbornly positive and positively stubborn vision will lead to better schools and better lives for all children, and help our poorest kids avoid the brutality of poverty in their adulthoods.

A deep belief in the potential of all kids and a commitment to do whatever it takes to expand the opportunities for students, often with a perspective informed by experience in low - income communities and an understanding of the systemic challenges of poverty and racism

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Are you willing to have your wages frozen, your job stability lost, your chance to teach kids what they might love to learn about highly restricted, your worth determined by a test of children who may be English language learners or in poverty or who may not quite qualify for special education services but are close?

We are also committed to ensuring that schools that educate kids in poverty are not unfairly treated for taking on the challenge of serving those kids.

I've spent so many years reporting in Mississippi, which went for Trump, but more than 50 percent of kids in Mississippi attend rural schools and the state has one of the highest child poverty rates.

Rather it's an after - school program that builds creative, community - based projects for kids in high - poverty communities.

An 8th grade teacher in Avon dealing with a class that averages under.25 for the social promotion Index can't be compared with a teacher in high poverty area with kids with a 4.5 on the Social Promotion index — indicating they were socially promoted 4.5 times out of 6.

With support from our generous donors, we recruit, train, and develop teachers to expand learning opportunities for kids in some of our highest poverty communities.

It now considers the number of kids living in poverty, student disabilities and the number for whom English is their second language.

Classroom behavior problems from with kids from poverty are based in the very same issues as with the non-poor (need for structure, clear rules, and consistent enforcement).

Providing children in high - poverty segregated schools with opportunities middle - class kids take for granted will begin to close the gap.