However, did you know that fewer than half of students who are eligible for
a free or reduced price lunch also participate in the SBP?
Not exact matches
kids who ate a
free or reduced -
price school
lunch during the school year
also participated in summer meal programs
1 in 7 kids who ate a
free or reduced -
price school
lunch during the school year
also participated in summer meal programs
Also, nearly all kids at Sojourner qualify for
free or reduced -
price lunch, versus 62 percent at the charter.
We
also find that the students applying to charter schools in New York City are more likely to be black and eligible for a
free or reduced -
price lunch program than students in the public schools in the district.
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also calculate the percentage of students in all grades who were eligible for the federal
free or reduced -
price lunch program, an indicator of socioeconomic disadvantage.
Likewise, the typical student eligible for
free or reduced -
price lunch (a proxy for economic disadvantage) attends a school where almost two - thirds of students are
also eligible for a subsidized
lunch.
We therefore
also evaluated the effect of actually being retained, again controlling for race, eligibility for
free or reduced -
price lunch, English proficiency, and baseline test scores.
We
also conducted a more sophisticated analysis that measures the relationship between a family's demographic characteristics (such as eligibility for
free -
or reduced -
price lunch, median household income of the student's residential neighborhood, race, and student prior achievement level), a school's poverty level, and the likelihood that the parent makes a request.
The analysis
also incorporates data from the National Center for Education Statistics on the racial / ethnic composition of each school, the percentage of students eligible for
free or reduced -
price lunch (an indicator of family poverty), the average number of students in each grade (a measure of school size), and the school's pupil - teacher ratio (an measure of class size) in the 2007 - 08 school year.
Scope: Comparative data about class size, proficiency on standardized tests, percentage of students who receive
free or reduced -
price school
lunch, and proportion of first - year teachers at a school; there's
also a forum for parents to write reviews about individual schools.
We
also control for the percentage of the school's student body that was eligible for
free or reduced -
price lunch, as only these students were eligible for FTC scholarships.
Besides eliminating the problem of children fumbling through their pockets for change
or losing their money on the playground, the system
also protects the privacy of youngsters receiving
free - and
reduced -
price lunches.
The district data
also contain other information on students, such as race
or ethnicity, gender, and eligibility for
free or reduced -
price lunch (a standard measure of poverty).
Our cohort of fellows is predominately based in Oakland, a city of more than 400,000 people that is known for its racial diversity but
also its income inequality; for example, 71 % of the student body in Oakland public schools qualifies for
free or reduced -
priced lunch.
Access to
free or reduced -
price lunch is
also an imperfect indicator of a student's family income.
There was
also no increase in achievement gaps between students who are poor enough to qualify for
free or reduced -
price lunch and those who don't.
1 in 7 kids who ate a
free or reduced -
price school
lunch during the school year
also participated in summer meal programs
It may
also be difficult to translate work done in this small school, where in any given year a quarter to 40 percent of students are eligible for
free or reduced -
price lunch, a federal measure of poverty, to larger, urban schools with higher concentrations of low - income students.
kids who ate a
free or reduced -
price school
lunch during the school year
also participated in summer meal programs
It
also has the highest percentage of students whose family income levels make them eligible for
free or reduced price lunches.
It is
also notable because New York law requires each charter school to enroll and retain students with disabilities (as well as English Language Learners and students eligible for
free or reduced price lunch) in numbers comparable to those of traditional district schools in order to earn renewal at the end of its charter term.
Not only do we manage 31 Chicago Public Schools on the city's west and south sides serving 17,000 students (whom 93 % qualify for
free or reduced price lunch), but we
also created and manage the first and most prolific teacher residency program in the nation.
At least 75 percent of students at the schools
also qualify for
free or reduced price lunch.
The study
also found that teachers in schools with large populations of students who are eligible for
free or reduced -
priced lunch indicated a greater need for professional development in writing than those at schools serving fewer students in that population.
Two options were explored for reaching parents with the program: Chapter I pilot schools (schools which qualify for federal funds based on economic and achievement criteria, e.g. those which serve a high number of
free or reduced -
price lunches and
also have a large number of children under - achieving on group tests), and adult education programs.