Sentences with phrase «high poverty rates»

In general, districts with higher poverty rates have higher rates of maltreatment investigations.

High poverty rates in urban areas could be to blame, or are at least factor of alarming attrition rates, with schools experiencing tighter budgets and many students lacking support at home.

Cities with higher poverty rates are likely to have a higher concentration of uninsured drivers.

An Analysis of the Economic Circumstances of Canadian Seniors, authored by statistician Richard Shillington of Tristat Resources and released by the Broadbent Institute, also shows the Old Age Security (OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) guarantee levels are falling behind and trends in income sources for seniors suggest that high poverty rates among seniors will further increase.

With six locations in communities facing high poverty rates (Chelsea, Lawrence, Lynn, Quincy, Roxbury, and Downtown Boston), the Centers bring together a host of services from multiple partner organizations, conveniently, under one roof.

We have a very high poverty rate,» she told The Associated Press on Friday.

The economic consequences for Antigua include higher poverty rates, higher insurance premiums and more infrastructure costs to make the island better able to withstand future storms.

Further, unmarried women (whether single, widowed or divorced) face significantly higher poverty rates in middle and old age, according to a study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research that AARP published last year.

It's also important because some Americans like to point to our supposedly high poverty rate as an excuse for our lackluster international performance on a variety of social indicators, from health - care outcomes to test scores and beyond.

Risks are greatest for tropical countries, given projected impacts that exceed adaptive capacity and higher poverty rates compared with temperate regions.

The critical report is part of the Alliance for Quality Education's multi-year campaign to get billions more in school aid for districts like Utica that suffer from high poverty rates.

«An action made more egregious by the fact the project is adjacent to neighborhoods suffering from incredibly high poverty rates and whose residents are desperate for work.»

And while he and Rumore agreed that the city's high poverty rate creates particular challenges for schools and that increased funding is necessary for a turnaround, Quinn said the district needs to «get its act together» before asking for any more money.

During a debate over the consolidation held at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs this spring, Consensus representatives painted a grim picture: Syracuse is facing sluggish economic development and high poverty rates coupled with a fleeing population.

Drought underscores the problem These communities had relatively high poverty rates — one more than 20 percent — so residents appreciated the boost to the local economy, however small.

The Noodle Markets researchers found that districts in areas with lower median household incomes and higher poverty rates spend a larger share of instructional dollars on adaptive learning products.

Those who assert that the U.S. has a sky - high poverty rate use a relative measure of poverty that assumes all families with less than half the median income of the country are by definition «poor.»

But the implications of the TFA migration extend beyond the state's classrooms, where high poverty rates and entrenched patterns of segregation have kept academic achievement at bay.

Colorado districts with higher poverty rates saw higher teacher turnover, including the Charter School Institute (CSI)-- the state's only non-district charter school authorizer.

In North Carolina, counties saddled with the state's highest poverty rates also have the highest numbers of lottery players in the state, according to a 2012 report by N.C. Policy Watch reporter Sarah Ovaska.

Using a complex weighting formula, schools with high poverty rates now fare better than in prior years if they demonstrate growth in educating low - income students.

I don't think we're doing a great job protecting children, with outrageously high poverty rates, child exploitation, and a society that profits from violence.

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that California has one of the nation's highest poverty rates due to economic hardship caused by exorbitant living and housing costs.

Further, unmarried women (whether single, widowed or divorced) face significantly higher poverty rates in middle and old age, according to a study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research that AARP published last year.

The country has the developed world's highest poverty rate among the aged: 45.1 per cent, compared with an average 13.5 per cent for 30 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

«So, everything in terms of the environment and safety and crime and things that are happening in the neighborhoods... thinking about economic development, the fact that we have very high poverty rates, very high segregation rates around race and class and so all of those things play a factor when you're talking about our lowest performing schools,» Driver says.

May 1, 2014 • Native Americans face unique challenges to paying for college, including high poverty rates.

The study, «Assessing the Potential Impact of State Policies on Community Health Centers» Outreach and Enrollment Activities,» is the first to examine efforts on the front lines to find and enroll uninsured people, many of whom are living in rural and urban communities that face high poverty rates, elevated health risks and a shortage of primary health care.

«Risks are greatest for tropical countries, given projected impacts that exceed adaptive capacity and higher poverty rates compared with temperate regions,» the report found.

Guzmán notes that The Skills for Life program is available to all schools with high poverty rates in Chile, but that schools must request it, and local school districts must contribute some funding.

This is a key change as senior adults once had the highest poverty rates.

The DA is a powerful position in Philadelphia, a city with the highest rate of incarceration, the highest poverty rate, and the third highest violent crime rate of the US's 10 most populated cities.

and yet, the lowest educational levels and highest poverty rates are in the most religious states.

In fact, the average high - income black person lives in a neighborhood with a higher poverty rate than the average low - income white person.

The village has a high poverty rate, 20.3 percent, compared to Nassau County's rate of 6 percent and New York State's rate of 15.5 percent, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.

Data released by the Census Bureau yesterday casts additional light on New York's high poverty rate and its extreme income inequality.

Worrisome trends: New York continues to have the highest poverty rate of all of the northeastern and northern industrial states.

Think about what we can do in all those poor communities where you still have one of the highest poverty rates in the nation and the help we could do to people and the effect you could have on humanity.

Prior to that, Cuomo also announced «the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative,» a $ 25 million program to «bring together state and local government, non-profit and business groups to design and implement coordinated solutions to increase social mobility in ten cities with the highest poverty rates in the state.»

The $ 25 million program will bring together state and local government, non-profit and business groups to design and implement coordinated solutions to increase social mobility in ten cities with the highest poverty rates in the state.

Officials have high hopes that this legislation can cut into the city's high poverty rate.

Education advocates have criticized Cuomo's proposed 2017 - 18 executive budget, saying it would repeal the state's foundation aid formula that awards more money to school districts with high poverty rates, according to the Times Union.

The mayor of Syracuse says her city's high poverty rate is always on her mind, even if she didn't mention it in her 2015 agenda.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner did not mention the high poverty rate or discuss programs targeted to reduce it during her recent State of the City address.

«Central New York has one of the highest poverty rates in the country, and with respect to minorities, Hispanics and African Americans, it is the highest poverty rate in the country,» Katko said.