Sentences with phrase «higher urban population»

Any one of these surge events could unleash devastating environmental, social and economic changes amid a higher urban population.

It has the highest urban population percentage in the United States (90 %)!

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Its positions in Southern California, the Chicago region, the Northeast, as well as Florida place it within large population centers, which, according to the DEA, gives it access to «potential high density drug markets that TCOs will look to exploit through the street - level drug distribution activities of urban organized crime groups / street gangs.»

↵ 1 1Shelter was also considered a key emergency response action during the cold war in which analysts considered how to mitigate the impacts of multiple, high - yield (megaton class) detonations on urban populations.

Similarly, the growth in the Aboriginal population is much faster than the growth in the general population and prices experienced on reserves are significantly higher than in urban centers.

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.

Next we heard from Mark Terry, who gave a compelling comparison of his old school district — a low SES urban district with a high ELL population, an 85 % free / reduced qualifying rate, and a high need for meal and nutrition education services — and his current district, which is more affluent with a much lower free / reduced qualification rate and a community of parents who have high expectations for student success and a healthy lifestyle.

• Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support • Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore • Barriers to decreasing health disparities in infant mortality for African Americans • Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in higher rates of infant mortality among minority populations • Barriers to breastfeeding experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively • Social support and breastfeeding self - efficacy among Black mothers • Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core • Positive changes in breastfeeding rates within the African American community • Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers

And it CAN be a good for political organizing, if your targets are in populations with high cell - phone and / or Twitter usage (for instance, younger — and plugged - in — urban black and latino voters).

The region is a mix of rural and urban areas, with the population higher in the east, where can be found the region's largest town, Wrexham, and the working - class conurbations of Deeside.

Large urban areas have large immigrant populations spanning a range from very low income to very high income professionals and are vital to large urban economies.

Many high population density urban metropolitan areas now allow some degree of choice against that backdrop.

The largest urban health systems, which serve as safety nets for large patient populations with lower socioeconomic status and greater likelihood to speak English as a second language, do worse on government patient satisfaction scores than smaller, non-urban hospitals likely to serve white customers with higher education levels, according to a new study by Mount Sinai researchers published this month in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

Could growing crops on high - rise buildings feed growing urban populations, thereby sparing the need to cultivate more and more tracts of land?

The cohort used in the study was compiled with data that would reflect a true - to - life 10,000 person population among urban, non-monogomous men who have sex with men, who were defined by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as «high - risk.»

«We know alcohol outlets can be associated with unsafe nuisance activities in urban areas, but this study appears to be the first to suggest U.S. tobacco shops may also impact public health,» said Andrew Subica, Ph.D., an assistant professor of social medicine, population, and public health in the School of Medicine, who led the study that focused on South Los Angeles, Calif. «Our analyses show that in South Los Angeles tobacco shops as well as liquor stores were associated with high levels of violent and property crime around their locations.

The study also found the prevalence of AMD is higher among Chinese Americans as compared to the Chinese population living in urban / rural China, suggesting the influence of environmental or behavioral factors should be considered.

«Local politicians have sought to increase town centre populations by encouraging the supply of high density urban housing on almost every available plot of land.

The average carbon footprint of households living in the center of large, population - dense urban cities is about 50 percent below average, while households in distant suburbs are up to twice the average: a factor of four difference between lowest and highest locations.

The model suggests that outbreaks are more likely in urban areas with higher human and mosquito population densities, in years with longer growing seasons, when infected travelers arrive early in the growing season, and when tiger mosquitos have fewer non-human hosts that result in wasted bites.

Determining the true burden of typhoidal Salmonellae infections is hindered by lack of population - based studies and adequate laboratory diagnostics.The Strategic Typhoid alliance across Africa and Asia study takes a systematic approach to measuring the age - stratified burden of clinical and subclinical disease caused by typhoidal Salmonellae infections at three high - incidence urban sites in Africa and Asia.

It represents an urban pastiche in which individuals struggle to come to terms with a sense of detachment and loneliness despite the territory's high - density population.

The schools in ANet's original network were a lot alike: urban with high - need populations.

Not only did the district, the largest in the country, take on a student population that had come to symbolize the impossibility of educating a certain kind of child — the urban poor who entered high school two and three grades behind — but it succeeded in getting those students to graduation.

LACES» results stand out even more because the school has many of the challenges that often sink urban schools into the lower - performing category and anchor them there: a predominately urban, minority population; large classes (the average is 29 students in middle - school classes, 34 in high school); few computers, no computer lab, and a building that was new when Franklin D. Roosevelt served as president.

Hamilton County merged with the Chattanooga district in 1997; while Hamilton County schools are suburban with a mostly white population, the Chattanooga schools are urban with a high minority enrollment.

We have these school divisions and the urban areas have [high populations] and obviously big school divisions, but the rural divisions have struggled to maintain a variety of course offerings to high school students in their really small schools.

If some of your schools are located in an urban - like environment — or your school board is struggling to educate a high - needs student population — then your school board can benefit from the educational opportunities and focus of CUBE.

As we reflect on this moment in urban Catholic education, the Jubilee closings should not cause us to lose faith in our future; rather, we have an opportunity to work together and identify new ways — from donor relations to cost - sharing collaboration — to maintain and grow our national network of high - quality Catholic schools, especially those that serve lower - income populations in urban areas.

In particular, the income of neighborhood residents and the amenities available near the school both affect teachers» decisions of where to teach, particularly in urban areas with high population - density.

State ID (9 sub-codes) District site ID (18 sub-codes) District size (large, medium, low) District poverty (high, medium, low) District diversity (high, medium, low) District location (urban, suburban, rural) School site ID School level (elementary, middle school, high school) School poverty (high, medium, low) School diversity (high, medium, low) School size (student population) Interviewee role district (superintendent, board member, staff, parent representative, community stakeholder) Interviewee role school (principal or assistant principal, teacher, teacher leader, other staff, parent representative) Interviewee gender Interviewee role experience (0 - 2 years, 3 - 5, 6 - 10, 11 +) Interviewee site experience (0 - 2 years, 3 - 5, 6 - 10, 11 +) Site visit date (site visit 1, 2, or 3) Document type (district, school, research memo).

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ASCD believes that to close the achievement gap, all underserved populations — high - poverty students, students with special learning needs, students of different cultural backgrounds, nonnative speakers, and urban and rural students — must have access to

ELL populations are generally higher in urban areas, and 13.8 percent of ELL students have disabilities.

A March 2012 report found that chronic early absenteeism is widespread in Kent County's urban areas, where the percentage of the population living at or below the poverty line is high, and is especially prevalent among African - American and Hispanic youth.

ASCD believes that all underserved populations — high - poverty students, students with special learning needs, students of different cultural backgrounds, nonnative speakers, and urban and rural students — must have access to

Preferred candidates will have demonstrated experience working with culturally diverse populations as well as experience working with urban high poverty and Title One schools; the preferred candidate should also have a background in and willingness to assume a leadership role at the local, state, and / or national / international levels.

Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.

Most, not coincidentally, are from urban school districts with high poverty rates and large populations of students of color.

In order to circumvent their difficulty in recruiting and retaining qualified teachers, the charter school sector proposed that their schools, which disproportionately operate in urban environments with largely minority student populations, be allowed to provide the barest minimal training, justifying it because they get high test scores, and call it «teacher certification.»

Many districts — especially urban, inner suburban and rural, serving very high - need student populations — continue to struggle from a lack of sufficient funding, which makes it impossible to provide all students with the opportunity for a high quality education.

The San Diego charter school was recognized for being one of the highest performing urban schools in the nation based on their work serving a diverse student population in grades kindergarten through 11th grade with a high percentage of low - income students.

«Large high schools, particularly those serving low - income students in urban areas, have disproportionately lower achievement and higher incidences of violence than smaller schools serving similar student populations,» Dixon read from a resolution passed by the association.

These systems flagrantly favored school districts in affluent white suburbs and discriminated against poor districts in urban and rural areas with high minority populations.

Only 2 percent of high school seniors know the significance of Brown vs. the Board of Education and only 4 percent of 8th graders could explain why urban populations rose and rural populations shrank over time.

Oakland's 63 percent high school graduation rate is, by double - digits, the lowest of all California urban school districts with student populations of 35,000 or more.

Finally, since many young people prefer to be in a fairly urban environment, we gave a very slight preference to cities with higher populations.

However, when you take into account the relatively low population density across the Tar Heel state and consider the fact that until recently North Carolina's rural population was higher than its urban population, the low rates begin to make sense.

Yet, like Avery, the founder of The Spot Experience, is catering to a still under - tapped segment of the pet - owning population — urban high - risers.

Here in Phoenix, as in many urban areas, we have a high coyote population, and coyotes are an important potential reservoir for heartworm Infected animals brought in from other parts of the country are also reservoirs.