Sentences with phrase «in areas of concentrated poverty»

However, there are more children living in single parent households, an indicator of economic stability, and more children living in areas of concentrated poverty.

This Data Snapshot highlights newly available national, state, and city data in the KIDS COUNT Data Center that shows a 25 percent increase in the number of children residing in areas of concentrated poverty since 2000.

This reduced incidence of child care deserts in areas of concentrated poverty is likely the result of targeted public early care and education programs such as state public preschool, Head Start, and Early Head Start.

SEL lays the foundation for growth in all areas of development and is especially critical for children living in areas of concentrated poverty.

While the OSA is not the «magic pill» that will solve New Jersey's education crisis in areas of concentrated poverty, it allows students to escape failing schools and implicitly asserts that more money alone will not help those students currently attending the state's worst performing schools.

Not exact matches

A 2015 report found that out of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., Syracuse had the highest level of concentrated poverty among its black and Hispanic communities.

Today, 50 years after the report was issued, that prediction characterizes most of our large urban areas, where intensifying segregation and concentrated poverty have collided with disparities in school funding to reinforce educational inequality (see Figure 1).

Policymakers have been trying ever since to quell the rising tide of mediocrity that plagues even suburban communities, much less the dire situation in cities and other areas of concentrated poverty.

I would focus on the areas of concentrated poverty and high transiency, which are the biggest factors in graduation rates.

Significant amounts of research shows that it is not just poverty that limits a student's life outcomes; living in high - poverty areas and attending school among other poor students — in other words, concentrated poverty — have significant effects as well.

Today, 50 years after the report was issued, that prediction characterizes most of our large urban areas, where intensifying segregation and concentrated poverty have collided with disparities in school funding to reinforce educational inequality.

This document outlines the role that afterschool programs play in supporting families living in high - poverty areas by answering questions about what afterschool program participation looks like, what the demand for afterschool programs is, what is preventing parents from taking advantage of and children from participating in afterschool programs, and what the afterschool program experience is like for families in communities of concentrated poverty

Energy poverty is concentrated in rural areas, with sub-Saharan Africa and India accounting for 48 % and 24 %, respectively, of those without access to energy.

This study builds on previous research by Zhao and colleagues from Princeton, Harvard and University of Warwick, which found that poverty consumes so much mental energy that those in poor circumstances have little remaining brainpower to concentrate on other areas of life.