Sentences with phrase «higher poverty levels»

And unfortunately, in general, schools with higher poverty levels tend to have more novice teachers.

High poverty levels aren't a sufficient reason either, seeing as other countries with low levels of per - capita income, such as Kenya and Jamaica, consistently fare better, he added.

And we are a Title 1 school with high poverty levels, so asking parents for donations was out of the question.

We are alarmed by statistics that show high poverty levels as well as high unemployment and incarceration rates in Milwaukee.

While local officials decried the loss of revenue, the district received significant supplementary funding because of the high poverty levels among its student population.

These teacher felt that due to the high poverty level in the school, many of the students had few opportunities to experience the world.

Road Map districts have the highest poverty levels in the Seattle area, and nearly 20 percent of students in the district speak a language other than English at home.

Schools with high poverty levels (as determined by free and reduced), and the US has more of those than all but one OECD nation, the scores are very low.

This hits schools with a diverse student body and high poverty levels the hardest, due to the effects of testing bias and the correlation between income and performance on standardized tests.

Using modest criteria that were overly dependent on TAAS scores — enrollment of 5,000 or more students; high poverty levels; and 50 percent of the high - poverty schools in the district categorized as Recognized or Exemplary on the basis of their state test scores — they studied data from all Texas districts.

Dayton has a very high poverty level (39 %) that is nearly triple the national average.

Despite the high value of auto insurance in Mississippi, relatively high poverty levels also mean you need to protect yourself against this nightmare scenario.

For women of color, a demographic that experiences high poverty levels, these circumstances take on an ever deeper significance.

Not exact matches

Still, many economists and public policy advocates argue that in states where minimum wage is higher than the federal mandate, the economies fare better than in states where businesses stick to the federal minimum wage, which is currently not indexed to inflation and hence forces some workers to live below poverty level.

Conveniently, that post links to studies, but not the IWPR's analysis, but rather to a brief commentary by a researcher from the Economic Policy Institute in 2011 that doesn't mention what a higher wage will do to poverty levels.

The federal government would maintain the higher funding levels for those up to 133 % of the federal poverty level.

Wisconsin allows adults with dependent children who earn around 100 percent of the poverty level — $ 11,880 — to enroll in Medicaid, and Maine and Tennessee each have slightly higher caps.

«B.C. has the highest levels of child poverty in the country,» she noted.

To do this, we must take a look at all the factors that play into safeguarding our community from devastation, such as developing smart infrastructure, increasing mobility options, addressing the affordable housing crisis and closing the income inequality gap that is fueling high levels of poverty throughout Miami - Dade County.

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.

Diverse data: In a briefing with reporters, NIH officials said they are focusing on gathering health and genetic data from diverse and historically underrepresented groups — including ethnic and sexual minorities, as well as people with disabilities, with less than a high school education, and with income below the poverty level.

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.

Many think this level of poverty is exclusive to people living in developing countries, but the number of people in America living in extreme poverty has reached a record high: 20.5 million in 2010.

Links between poverty and HIV / AIDS are obviously very complex: Many wealthy people succumb, and, most tragically, intelligent people like teachers have higher incidence levels.

«In a country like India, with a high population density and a high level of poverty, virtually every ecological niche is occupied by some occupational or cultural human group for its sustenance.

The economy was in tatters with high unemployment and inflation; poverty levels rose inexorably.

And consider this: child care workers themselves are paid poverty - level wages, which leads to remarkably high levels of turnover.

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

The high levels of childhood abuse, homelessness, drug use and poverty experienced by those involved strongly suggests that survival is the overriding motivating factor.

«Not just in one country but in numerous Muslim countries, I have been able to walk in, head held high, no covert cover story and not only identify passively as a Christian but identify openly, work openly and hold serious talks about faith between Muslims and Christians, and not just at the grassroots level of poverty — people who needed my help — but also with the powerful and influential people who could have, in that moment, had me arrested and had me taken out back.»

«Specifically, they were more likely to have higher levels of educational attainment, lower levels of poverty, increased physical activity, reduced rates of smoking and drinking, and a healthier eating index.»

Glasgow and Dundee are also the principal centres of urban blight with only two - thirds of the working age populations in employment, and the highest Scottish levels of children living in poverty, to which can be added high levels of ill health and of alcohol and drug abuse.

Anyone who can be ok with a high level of poverty and uninsured children does not display the values he preaches.

This is despite growing high - level recognition of the benefits of ecological based agriculture and organic in particular as a solution to the MDG 1: Extreme Poverty & Hunger:

This was more than welcome in a region that has to cope with political instability, high crime rates, a tea industry suffering from falling prices and rising costs, and a large part of the population living below poverty level.

But also # 3 — high levels of inequality and poverty, with particularly high levels of deprivation among African Americans.

Those with a low level of educational attainment are almost five times as likely to be in poverty now as those with a high level of education.

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.

With a high number of students living below the poverty level, Ferrua had been giving a lot of thought to the connection between nutrition and education outlined in Jensen's writings.

A study, commissioned by the depository and conducted by the University of Illinois at Chicago, determined which areas have the highest levels of poverty and the least access to emergency food.

* A note about prices: I am located in a rural area with a high level of poverty.

As I note in this article, people who grow up in poverty experience high levels of stress, and may therefore be at high risk of developing stress - related diseases, atherosclerosis, autoimmune disorders, and cancer.

If my son has higher blood DHA levels than similarly aged little boys who are growing up below the poverty line, it's not the fatty acids that explain why he is more likely to go to college.

Nestlé executives at the highest level of the company have refused to stop this process even though they know that babies fed on formula are more likely to become sick than breastfed babies and, in conditions of poverty, more likely to die.

For a city our size, we are 4th in the nation for highest childhood poverty levels at 44.3 % (behind only Cleveland, Detroit and Memphis).

All of these parents lived in the inner cities of America's 20 largest cities; 65 % had no high school degree; 85 % were African or Hispanic American; and 60 % were below the poverty level.

These included fathers» age in years, race and ethnicity, household poverty level (as a percentage of the federal poverty level), educational level (less than high school, high school or equivalent, some college or more), employment status (reporting regular work in the last week), and marital status with the child's mother.

That means that (at the current poverty level), the highest cost of a plan is $ 4,244 (cheaper than what you would currently pay for health care).

It proposes to reduce homelessness and high levels of poverty in many of our upstate cities.

The figures reveal the high levels of poverty in London, and the wide disparities between local areas.