Sentences with phrase «higher poverty rates»

Fact:» [S] ingle mothers have higher poverty rates than other families and... a substantial portion of their poverty is a consequence of marital disruption.»

One reason for the higher poverty rates among children in cohabiting unions has to do with pre-existing differences between cohabiting and married parents.

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.

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

The Southeast Seattle Education Coalition (SESEC) consists of roughly 70 community - based organizations, schools, and allies and supporters who are all focused on supporting Southeast Seattle — an area that has higher poverty rates and lower educational outcomes than neighboring communities in Seattle.

Madison had the highest score among the five largest districts in the state, but was in the bottom third of all districts, scoring lower than many districts with higher poverty rates.

Nationally, the results in most urban districts still lag behind those of the country as a whole, in part because of their higher poverty rates.

Boundary participation rates also tend to be relatively higher in neighborhoods with higher poverty rates (controlling for other factors), where families appear to exercise options less frequently.

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.

«We had to find out if we could bring international schools to areas of the city with higher poverty rates and more English - language learners.

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

We contrasted decades with high disaster activity to decades of comparable calm, thus making it unlikely that we are simply observing areas with higher poverty rates.

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.

He writes, «In the University of Michigan undergraduate case, Gratz v. Bollinger, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, joined by Justices David H. Souter and Stephen Breyer, supported affirmative action with data finding that African - American and Hispanic students have higher poverty rates than white students (22.1 percent and 21.2 percent compared with 7.5 percent), and that black and Latino students «are all too often educated in poverty - stricken and underperforming institutions.»»

But data shows that many rural communities have higher poverty rates and far more challenges when it comes to linking people to services.

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.

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.

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.

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

Roland Fryer, a celebrated young professor of economics at Harvard University, has spent the past decade testing out a variety of incentive schemes in experiments with public school students in Houston, New York, Chicago, and other American cities that have school systems with high poverty rates.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

I am proposing $ 25 million to expand that initiative to the ten cities in upstate New York with the highest poverty rate.

We are simply asking that, in a borough that has the highest poverty rate in the nation and has consistently seen the highest unemployment numbers in New York State, Related and their future tenants provide living wage jobs with benefits that allow Bronxites a chance to provide for their families and to build a better life.

The initiative just got started, and its efforts are being closely watched by other areas in the state like Syracuse that also have high poverty rates.

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.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse and nine other Upstate New York cities with the highest poverty rates will receive $ 500,000 grants to develop strategies to help poor people in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed state budget.

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.

During his initial primary campaign for District 4's council seat last year, Greene focused on Syracuse's high poverty rate and the city's school district.

Fowler said he is running because the city lags in economic performance and has a high poverty rate.

He also noted that the city needs to focus on what's important, including Syracuse's high poverty rate.

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

A Buffalo Public School with a high poverty rate that is following its own formula which includes the Common Core and is achieving some success.

Although it is the most profitable agricultural area in the nation, Fresno County had the highest poverty rate in California in 2010, with 26.8 percent of its nearly 1 million residents living in poverty.

With roots as an agricultural town out of The Grapes of Wrath, Fresno has gangs, high poverty rates and a downtown that is frequently voted the worst in the state.

«The higher HPV vaccination rates among girls living in poor communities and majority Hispanic communities, which also tend to have high poverty rates, are encouraging because these communities often have higher cervical cancer rates, but continued cervical cancer screening of vaccinated and unvaccinated women is needed because the vaccine does not cover all cancer - causing HPV types and sexually active women could have been infected prior to vaccination.»

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 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.

Despite less education on average, a higher poverty rate, and more limited access to health care, U.S. Hispanics tend to live the longest.

There is also evidence that schools with a higher poverty rate experience more disruptive behavior among students.

However, lower peer achievement is a potentially important channel through which a high poverty rate could affect the educational environment, and from a policy perspective what matters is the total effect of a high poverty rate.

Washington — Although the federal Chapter 1 program bypasses some schools with high poverty rates and some students with low achievement levels, it generally reaches the disadvantaged children it was meant to benefit, a new Education Department study concludes.

The U.S. Department of Education reports that the federal government pays 12 percent of Washington's education budget, a percentage largely determined by the city's high poverty rate.

It urges a formula based on each state's total number of children ages 3 to 21, weighted to benefit areas with high poverty rates.