Sentences with phrase «in urban poverty»
We believe that through this work, we can transform the lives of children living in urban poverty today and improve the future for every generation.
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National tests for years have indicated that over 50 percent of students in urban poverty schools fail 4th grade reading tests which indicate that these students can not read.
Failure rates in reading in urban poverty public schools in the 4th grade national tests are over percent and for over forty percent for 8th grade students.
Children in urban poverty showed symmetric working memory weaknesses, while children in rural poverty had worse visuospatial working memory than verbal working memory.
She currently serves as Fellowship Director for The Work First Foundation, where she manages a program that connects recent graduates with work in urban poverty and public policy.
His book utilizes a psychoanalytic framework to portray and examine the subjective experiences of five professional African American men who transcended their origins in urban poverty, thus shedding light on a grossly overlooked demographic.]
About the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of children living in urban poverty around the world.
In an Open Access article published in the Journal of Cognition and Development titled «Working Memory Differences Between Children Living in Rural and Urban Poverty,» author Michele Tine investigated whether working memory of children living in rural poverty is distinct from the working memory profiles of children in urban poverty.
Inspired by their passion for children and by a shared desire to improve the lives of children living in urban poverty, Michael and Susan Dell established their Austin, Texas - based foundation in 1999.
Pushing for extra funding for fieldtrips is yet another area in which efforts could fight the disadvantages of living in urban poverty.