Sentences with phrase «free or reduced price lunch in»

Just last month, the Southern Education Foundation calculated that poverty is increasing so much in the United States that for the first time the majority of public school students qualified for free or reduced price lunch in 2012 - 13.

For example, in San Francisco, about 60 % of students are classified as being qualified for free or reduced price lunch in 2010 - 11, but about 85 % of students eating in the cafeteria are qualified for free or reduced lunch.

31 million American children received free or reduced price lunches in 2011 due to economic need.

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Having taught for some years in the public school system of MS, I can say that in many of the rural schools in this state (likely the same in nearby states as well for rural schools) have many football players on free or reduced price school lunch programs and very poor training and weight room facilities.

Students at Elm City (86 percent of whom qualify for free or reduced - price lunch) now control their schedule and follow their own personal interests in their learning much more than they used to, and they have more autonomy in the subjects they study, including daily «enrichment» courses in robotics, dance, and tae kwon do.

The Los Angeles Unified School District is the second largest school district in the nation and and one where 80 % of the children qualify for free or reduced priced breakfast and lunch.

In order to get the cash subsidies, the schools have to provide lunches that meet the federal requirements AND provide free or reduced - price lunches to eligible students.

Dads and their children enjoy a sports sesson followed by a healthy lunch and then a «walking bus» walks to the football ground in Dagenham where families can have reduced priced or sometimes free tickets to home games.

Overall, the researchers found students who received free or reduced - price lunches were more obese than students who did not take part in the USDA program, but the gap in obesity prevalence was much smaller in states with strict lunch standards.

In the last four years, 55 CPS employees have now been accused of defrauding the federal school lunch program by enrolling ineligible children for free or reduced - price lunches, a pattern of abuse that highlights problems at every level of the program, Sullivan said.

Did you know that although more than 21 million children in the US get free or reduced - price school lunches, only 3 million get a free summer meal?

For many schools, the problem of unpaid school meal charges stems more from students who are not eligible for free or reduced price meals, but consistently fail to bring their lunch money (sometimes parents forget to pay, and sometimes — particularly in this economy — they struggle to pay).

During the school year that ended Friday, about 84 percent of Chicago public school students received free or reduced - price breakfasts and lunches, meaning that with summer's arrival, nearly 342,000 children are no longer receiving the meals each day in their school cafeterias.

The Committee directs the Secretary to issue minimum national standards to address the ongoing issue of shaming school children for unpaid school lunch fees, including standards that protect children from public embarrassment; that require all communications about unpaid school lunch fees be directed at the parent or guardian, not the child; and that schools take additional steps to determine if families falling behind in their school lunch fees are in fact eligible for free or reduced - price school meals.

Two days ago, New York Times national education correspondent Sam Dillon had a front page story on the sharp increase in the number of formerly middle class households now taking advantage of free or reduced price school lunches for their children, a stark indicator of the nation's current economic woes.

The USA Today piece has a great map showing that in great swaths of the country, upwards of 77 percent of public - school kids rely on reduced - price or free lunches.

Supporting what you have said about the discrepancy in median income, only 8 % of students in the Steamboat Springs district qualify for free or reduced price lunch http://tinyurl.com/79paakd whereas in Greene County, 93 % qualify.

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?

More than 30 million kids a year participate in the National School Lunch Program, getting free or reduced - price meals at school.

In contrast, Utah and New Hampshire each served breakfast to fewer than 41 free or reduced - price eligible students for every 100 who participated in school luncIn contrast, Utah and New Hampshire each served breakfast to fewer than 41 free or reduced - price eligible students for every 100 who participated in school luncin school lunch.

Participation is limited to schools in which at least 50 percent of the student population qualifies for free or reduced - price lunches through the National School Lunch Program.

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

The $ 4.5 - billion bill makes another 115,000 children eligible for free or reduced - price lunches, and provides 29 million more meals a year in after - school programs.

This one is extraordinary: Schools with 40 % or more of children eligible for free or reduced - price meals will be able to serve free breakfasts and free lunches to every student in the school, regardless of family income.

As the economy struggles to regain its footing, more children than ever receive free or reduced - price lunches in the nation's school cafeterias.

In our direct education work, FoodCorps currently concentrates on schools with high rates of students from low - income households, as measured by eligibility for free or reduced - price school lunch.

Another important factor to consider when comparing your school or district with another one is how many students are qualified for free and reduced price lunch in each, and what percentage of the cafeteria volume is represented by paying students; note that the percentage of students in any category eating in the cafeteria is not the same thing as the number of students who are classified as being in that particular category.

Eligible high schools are those in which 50 percent or more of the students are eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced - price lunch program.

With 46 schools across Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens, Success Academy enrolls 15,500 students, primarily low - income children of color in disadvantaged neighborhoods: 75 % of students receive free or reduced - price lunch, 87 % are children of color, 16 % are children with disabilities, and 8 % are English language learners.

Bailey brushed aside a reporter's question about the optics of the secretary making her first school visit in New York City to one that caters to a wealthy student body, out of sync with the city's school system where about three - quarters of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunches.

In Wake County, N.C., school and political leaders integrated the school system by putting a 40 percent limit on the percent of students who qualify for free or reduced priced lunch at each school.

They measured educational outcomes using standardized tests and looked at demographic data, including attendance and suspension; race and ethnicity; free and reduced price lunch status; and participation in gifted education, special education, or programs for English learners.

Public high schools in the United States with more than 40 percent of students participating in the federal free or reduced price lunch program are eligible to apply.

After controlling for average class size, per - pupil spending in 1998 - 99, the percentage of students with disabilities, the percentage of students receiving a free or reduced - price school lunch, the percentage of students with limited English proficiency, and student mobility rates, high - scoring F schools achieved gains that were 2.5 points greater than their below - average D counterparts in reading (see Figure 2).

We have a majority - minority student population, a large group of English - language learners, and almost 60 percent participation in the free or reduced - price lunch program.

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.

The survey sought to identify issues and successful practices in «inclusive» STEM schools — schools that serve students from groups historically under - represented in STEM fields and with a higher percentage of students who qualify for a free or reduced - price lunch (which is linked to family income)-- as opposed to «selective» STEM schools, which recruit students who have higher levels of prior achievement.

The 309 schools included in the study differed from other city schools in the following ways: They had a higher proportion of English Language Learners (ELL), special education, minority students, and students eligible for the Title I free or reduced - price lunch program, as well as lower average math and reading scores.

K12 students are modestly less likely to participate in the federal free or reduced - price lunch program (40 vs. 47 percent), roughly as likely to be classified as having a learning disability (9 vs. 12 percent), and much less likely to be English language learners (less than 1 vs. 14 percent).

Cleveland Metropolitan School District is one of the most economically disadvantaged school districts in the nation, with a free or reduced - price lunch rate of 100 percent.

Meanwhile, in Caroline, Frederick, or Talbot County Schools, the median Title I school had about the same free - or reduced - price lunch eligibility rate as the median non-Title I school in Baltimore City.

Among the 13 elementary schools not participating in Title I, the median school had about half its students eligible for free - or reduced - price lunch; among the 116 Baltimore City Title I elementary schools, the median school had 94 percent of students eligible.

Harrowgate Elementary School in Chester, Virginia, where 61 percent of the students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, struggled to involve parents.

[3] I 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.

[7] In terms of the proportion of students receiving free - or reduced - price lunch, both magnet and charter schools are less impoverished than traditional public schools in their same districts in most states (exceptions include Nevada for both magnets and charters and Florida and North Carolina for magnets onlyIn terms of the proportion of students receiving free - or reduced - price lunch, both magnet and charter schools are less impoverished than traditional public schools in their same districts in most states (exceptions include Nevada for both magnets and charters and Florida and North Carolina for magnets onlyin their same districts in most states (exceptions include Nevada for both magnets and charters and Florida and North Carolina for magnets onlyin most states (exceptions include Nevada for both magnets and charters and Florida and North Carolina for magnets only).

In previous work, one of us found that Washington State's 2004 compensatory allocation formula ensured that affluent Bellevue School District, in which only 18 percent of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, receives $ 1,371 per poor student in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2In previous work, one of us found that Washington State's 2004 compensatory allocation formula ensured that affluent Bellevue School District, in which only 18 percent of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, receives $ 1,371 per poor student in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2in which only 18 percent of students qualify for free or reduced - price lunch, receives $ 1,371 per poor student in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2in state compensatory funds, while large urban districts received less than half of that for each of their impoverished students (see Figure 2).

For each school, we know the nontargeted, or noncategorical, allocations made for each student who attends the school as well as how much the school received for five targeted groups of students: students eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, students eligible for bilingual education programs, students with disabilities, gifted students, and students in vocational education programs.

These results add to evidence that boosting student achievement has few simple fixes — particularly in a school district like Houston, in which 88 percent of students are black or Hispanic, about 30 percent have limited English proficiency, and about 80 percent are eligible for free or reduced - price lunch.

Controlling for student demographics, 8th - grade test scores, English language skills, special education program participation, free or reduced - price lunch status (a measure of family income), and mobility during middle school does not alter the basic patterns of graduation and college attendance seen in the descriptive comparisons.