Sentences with phrase «high rates of poverty»

As intended, states targeted counties with high rates of poverty, child maltreatment, and premature birth, among other indicators of risk.

We have high rates of poverty in pockets of our city.

Residential school survivors suffer from high rates of poverty, suicide, depression, and anxiety disorders; roughly half of the survivors have come into contact with the criminal justice system.

For instance, states generally selected communities with relatively high rates of poverty.

Current and historical trauma contributes to disproportionately high rates of poverty, domestic and other violence, and other challenges, leading to homelessness.

They have an increased risk of dropping out of school, and teen mothers are more likely to be single parents — a condition associated with higher rates of poverty.

Most of these children do not receive child support and those living apart from both parents experience relatively high rates of poverty.

«We have extraordinarily high rates of poverty in the state right now,» sad Kink.

In reality, the transgender community still faces a civil rights crisis: housing, health care, and employment discrimination, as well as higher rates of poverty, suicide, violence, and murder.

Thus far, we have seen some, though not all reasons accounting for high rates of poverty, unemployment, inequality and social exclusion afflicting our nation.

It is one of many factors that contribute to unacceptably high rates of poverty of female - headed households and an issue at the core of YWCA work throughout the state, particularly in Upstate NY where gender pay inequity is greatest.

Billy Easton, Executive Director of the Alliance for Quality Education, points out that test scores dropped much more dramatically in schools with high rates of poverty where school funding is significantly lower.

So far, charter schools in MD are confined to Baltimore City and Prince George's County, which both have very high rates of poverty and minority students, as well as special education students.

Since The Last Mountain's release, new research has documented higher rates of poverty, illness and early death in communities near mountaintop removal mining sites while evidence continues to pour in about the toll that coal emissions take on public health.

He also found that polygamy is harmful to society as it engenders higher rates of poverty and institutionalizes gender inequality.

Conversely, some rural communities experiencing high rates of poverty seem to be underserved by public programs.

«Our families are dealing with a lot of stressors, including high rates of poverty, maternal depression, opioid abuse, and teen parenting.

The causes of these poor opportunities are multifold: urban students suffer from high rates of poverty and violence; additionally, as a country, we do not develop enough teachers who can succeed in these difficult conditions.

This is the type of comprehensive project that can serve as a model for addressing the extraordinarily high rates of poverty and unemployment among working - age people with developmental disabilities.»

In some systems, however, chronic absenteeism can be traced to school culture problems, such as unsafe learning environments and unsatisfactory facilities, or community problems, such as high rates of poverty, poor transportation options, or homelessness.

The same is true for students who graduate from a high school with higher rates of poverty or minority enrollment, regardless of the setting.

While the amount of evidence about instructional program coherence is modest, an especially well - designed study by Newman, Smith, Allensworth and Bryk (2001) has reported impressive effects on pupils» achievement in reading and mathematics in elementary schools serving communities experiencing high rates of poverty, social stress and racial diversity.

Indeed, among Canada's 16 peer countries, the U.S. has the second - highest level of income per capita but also the highest rates of poverty and homicides and the lowest life expectancy.

The absence of fathers in families is clearly linked to higher rates of poverty, youth crime and teenage pregnancy, says the think - tank report.

Why do we have the highest rate of poverty, the largest percentage of the population without health insurance, and the greatest number of gun deaths among any of the advanced industrial nations?

It's linked to higher rates of poverty, failure in school, teen pregnancy, substance abuse, violent crime, depression, and ultimately a loss of hope.

Analysis by the IFS shows that hourly pay is a stronger predictor of in - work poverty than working part time (although those that both work part time and are low paid experience some of the highest rates of poverty).

Miner expressed support for that decision, saying it might help decrease Syracuse's high rate of poverty.

Lavine, focusing on education policy, said improved school districts and graduation rates would help prevent crime and reduce the city's high rate of poverty.

Syracuse also has the one of the highest rates of poverty among black people and Hispanics in the U.S.

«We found that higher rates of poverty and lower levels of education helped explain breastfeeding gaps between black and white women, especially in determining whether mothers started breastfeeding in the first place,» said Sharon Landesman Ramey, a professor and distinguished research scholar at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and an author of the paper.

Panelist Blake Horridge, an ordained minister and director of the Science in the Sanctuary Project, noted that in many church communities where there are high rates of poverty, violence, and sickness, scientific literacy is a low priority.

Higher rates of poverty and lower levels of education were also found to explain the breastfeeding gaps between black and white mothers, especially in determining whether mothers started breastfeeding in the first place.

However, some of these diseases also are found in areas of the United States with high rates of poverty.

We examined the ESSA plans submitted by every state and the District of Columbia, seeking to gauge whether they're strong, weak, or in - between in achieving three objectives: assigning annual ratings to school that are clear and intuitive for parents, educators, and the public; encouraging schools to focus on all of their pupils, not just their low performers; and fairly measuring and judging all schools, including those with high rates of poverty.

Parkside - Kenilworth is an isolated community with some of the highest rates of poverty, academic failure, crime, and HIV / AIDS [in Washington, D.C.].

Yet we have schools with the highest number of minority children, with the highest rates of poverty, and with the lowest college readiness rates, with the most undesirable teachers.

Chicago's current landscape — a starkly segregated city, high rates of poverty and violence, and an underfunded and struggling school system — expose far too many of our students to deeply distressing experiences every day.

As a profession, the question we must consider is not «Can schools solve all of society's perpetual problems, chief among them high rates of poverty?»

The analysis reveals that schools with the highest rates of poverty and the lowest rates of student achievement, as well as those with high concentrations of students of color, are the most likely to have teachers with unsatisfactory ratings.

The 1 day per week practicum associated with this first block of courses places students in schools with a significant ethnic / racial diversity and high rates of poverty.

Like other communities with high rates of poverty, significant numbers of non-English speaking students and relatively high numbers of students who need special education skills, standardized test scores in the old eastern Connecticut mill town were low.

Schools with high rates of poverty, low student achievement and high percentages of black and Hispanic students have a disproportionate share of Unsatisfactory rated teachers.

But districts that serve disadvantaged urban areas with high rates of poverty «typically have both high rates and large numbers of chronically absent students.»