Sentences with phrase «income students»

Our program is designed for 90 % of low income students who meet federal low income guidelines and 10 % of students may be over income if space is available.

Low income students who take gateway subjects like algebra and geometry are almost three times as likely to attend college.

The vast majority of charter students and families served by our members are lower income students of color.

Adaptive online instructional content could also prove to be a powerful tool for incoming students with low academic skills.

Every year, about 20 percent of incoming students at four - year colleges and half of those at community colleges must take «remedial» courses when they arrive on campus.

The charters would take the same state accountability tests, follow the same health, safety, financial and transparency laws, and give priority to low income students attending low achieving schools.

Should privately held charter schools serving low income students with very high percentages of brand new teachers receive public money with little or no accountability?

This can lead to increases in educational inequality and discourage future generations of low income students from pursuing a traditional university education.

They report that the gap between low and high income students would be closed if spending increased by 23 percent more a year.

This targeted approach has helped ensure that low - income students do in fact receive more resources and support and that their right to a high - quality education is protected.

On average, low - income students receive enough grant aid to cover all of their tuition at community colleges and most of it at public four - year colleges.

Many colleges have said loud and clear that they want and are committed to increasing the number of first - generation and low - income students on their campuses.

Eight of the top 10 schools serve between 75 % and 100 % low - income student populations (measured by free and reduced lunch status).

In both lists, the academy was recognized for helping low - income students score at or above average on state assessments.

In 2000, there were no schools (at least none that I know of) where most low - income students graduated ready for college or work.

We started this program as a way to give low - income students access to private schools that might be better able to meet their educational needs.

He wants to give low - income students more access to a higher education.

Title I is intended to provide the extra help low income students need to succeed, but it can not do that if state and local funds are not evenly distributed from the start.

The parents of incoming students also helped spread the word.

, and others with the courage to challenge an educational system that can not get even one in 10 low - income students through college.

Among charter schools adding new campuses, the percentage of incoming students whose first language is not English shot up from just under 30 percent two years ago to 55 percent in 2013.

Sadly, by the time they reach fifth grade, low - income students often find themselves a full grade level behind in literacy.

The school choice program created five years ago to help low - income students get out of failing schools now looks dramatically different.

There is increasingly strong evidence — from this report and other studies — that low - income students benefit from attending higher - scoring schools.

Sadly, state law limits education options for low - income students across the state.

The teacher threw herself into the establishment of a nonprofit organization to help high - achieving, low - income students prepare for college.

Studies indicate most students will lose about two months of a grade level in math skills and low - income students lose more than two months in reading.

These charter networks are pioneers in finding ways to help low - income students succeed in school, and their lessons learned are invaluable.

The authors point out that many low - income students live in high - income districts and vice versa.

«Each year, I give this advice to incoming students about how to make your experience here the best it can be: surrender to this place,» she said.

Low - income students already receive a lot of need - based financial aid from the federal government.

Sometimes called hybrid colleges, these programs aim to help low - income students earn college degrees.

More low - income students enroll who would not otherwise have enrolled at all.

According to the center, low - income student enrollment in higher education has risen nearly 28 percent since 2007, while total enrollment has increased only 20 percent.

Only low - income students showed consistently large benefits.

Actually, there isn't a whole lot of evidence that the suburban schools dramatically improve low income student performance.

Simply put, the challenges that low - income students face are significantly greater when the majority of their classmates are also low income.

Surprisingly, the most competitive colleges cost the least for low - income students while providing the most instructional expenditure per student.

This latest rate hike is just in time for the private student loan season when many incoming students start looking for additional funding for their college expenses over summer.

Regardless of who is in office, there is plenty of work to be done to protect the interests of low - income student loan borrowers.

Are ineffective teachers partly to blame for low - income students falling behind their more affluent peers, as the plaintiffs argued?

Low - income students generally score lower on rigorous tests, especially in subjects other than math, largely because they lack background knowledge and vocabulary when compared to their more affluent peers.

When students left the school, they were not replaced by other incoming students.