Sentences with phrase «income urban communities»

This pilot trial was carried out using a small convenience sample living in low - income urban communities in Panama City, and therefore, the findings are of reduced generalizability to other settings.

For the most part, reform touches lower - income urban communities that tend to vote in lower numbers.

Launched in 2011, the National Summer Learning Project is looking at whether and how large - scale summer learning programs led by public school districts can help benefit children in low - income urban communities.

'' [In the article,] I draw upon social capital theory to show why we need to link school reform to community revitalization in America's low - income urban communities,» Warren said.

Those communities are primarily low - income urban communities, such as Boston, Chelsea, Holyoke, and Lowell.

This ministry helps restore low - income urban communities through economic means, education, health and spiritual development.

Individuals in poor rural areas, as well as in low - income urban communities such as Richmond, Calif., suffer disproportionately from childhood asthma, in part because of inadequate housing, deficient medical care and proximity to multiple sources of air pollution.

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Before opening my own studio, I was a strategic consultant for public school districts with a focus on urban and low - income communities.

The particular focus concerned models of urban agriculture that supported livelihoods and income generation, and which enabled improved access to good food for low income communities.

What is the potential of urban agriculture to be a source of community development, in terms of generating employment and additional income for hard - pressed family budgets, and helping to establish self - sustaining local and regional food economies?

The bond measure was approved, providing $ 40 million to build a new central kitchen, as well as an urban farm and education complex designed to serve lower - income communities within the city.

The United States is failing to seriously address lead poisoning in its low - income communities, a severe public health threat touching more than 535,000 children a year, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro said Wednesday.

Brooklyn, NY — October 6, 2016 — Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) joined residents and development partners MDG Design + Construction (MDG), Hudson Valley Property Group (HVPG), and Marien - Heim Tower Associates LP to celebrate the renovation of Marien - Heim Tower, a 181 - unit affordable development for low - income seniors aged 62 and older.

The United States is failing to seriously address lead poisoning in its low - income communities, a severe public health threat touching more than 535,000 children a year, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro said.

«The data that we have collected over the past three years shows that participatory budgeting is a gateway to civic engagement for New Yorkers that are often left out of politics and government such as youth, immigrants, and low - income people,» said Alexa Kasdan, Director of Research and Policy at the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center.

«Fatal overdoses have occurred this year in urban, suburban, and rural Erie County communities, both in high - income and in lower - income areas.

The stereotype - shattering nature of the opioid drug crisis, both in Erie County and nationwide, has not gone unnoticed by activists in the black community who remember when the crack epidemic swept through low - income, urban neighborhoods in the 1980s and early»90s, leading to a spike in violent crime and homicides.

Given the potential of afterschool programs to support youth in urban, low - income communities, the researchers examined the role that the afterschool classroom environment plays in terms of academic outcomes for youth with and without social and behavioral difficulties.

Such an expansion would particularly benefit residents of medically underserved urban and rural communities who otherwise lack ready access to primary care services, especially adults with serious and chronic health conditions that can be cared for in primary care settings, women of childbearing age, children and the low - income elderly.

Educators discussed using community organizing as a strategy to build civic participation and power in low - income communities and for change in urban schools at the Thursday, March 9, Askwith Forum, «Community Organizing and School Reforcommunity organizing as a strategy to build civic participation and power in low - income communities and for change in urban schools at the Thursday, March 9, Askwith Forum, «Community Organizing and School ReforCommunity Organizing and School Reform.»

This would seem to be a simple matter of common sense in affluent communities, but it represents a form of privilege, it seems, in schools serving low - income, urban children.

For instance, Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem, the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center («the Met») in Providence, and the Oakland School for Social Justice and Community Development are all very different urban high schools that enroll mostly low - income black and Hispanic students.

Wang, a former Fulbright Fellow and now a second - year doctoral student at HGSE, saw firsthand as an 11th - grade English teacher that the needs of rural, low - income communities often aren't represented in state policy, but are overlooked in favor of efforts that target urban areas because there's little awareness of the rural problems and few advocates are calling for change.

So, the question is, should voters statewide limit the educational choices of parents in low - income, urban communities?

Many students of color reside in low - income, urban communities and too often do not receive an adequate education and unfortunately, do not get a chance to see such life benefits.

«Growing up as a low - income student of color in an urban community, my mother always stressed the importance of education to my sister and me; I saw the many benefits of focusing on my education growing up and I continue to see them even now.

In his talk, Canada touched upon many education reform topics of the course — particularly the achievement gap, the standards movement, and the bad rap that schools in urban, low - income communities often receive.

BCS 7th Graders Rank # 1 in MCAS English and Composition Statewide Schools That Can, a national nonprofit network of high - performing, urban, faith - based, charter and district schools operating in low - income communities, profiles Brooke 7th graders» record breaking composition scores.

Her current, collaborative projects include studies of Head Start children's literacy learning and teacher communities (the EPIC study), family engagement, and parent involvement; young fathers in urban settings; health and educational disparities within low - income communities; children of incarcerated parents; and intergenerational learning within African - American and Latino families.

In urban and low - income districts, the conditions are made worse by the loss of social safety net supports in the community.

Teams that seek to serve a high need, low income community in either an urban or rural community will be given stronger consideration.

This common problem, which surfaces in school after school, led us to consult some of the most successful urban educators we know — teachers and principals who have been involved in founding new, small high schools in New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.1 These schools, which serve low - income, minority communities, have begun to routinely graduate and send to college more than 90 percent of their students.

Summer melt is even more prevalent for low - income students, students in large urban districts, and community - college bound students — with attrition rates as high as 40 percent.

«Summer melt,» as this phenomenon is called, is even more prevalent for low - income students, students in large urban districts, and community - college bound students — with attrition rates as high as 40 percent.

These toolkit resources have inspired children, ages 6 - 9, and their families from low - income, urban communities to get outside, get moving, have fun, and learn science together.

Our mission is to create learning communities in lower income urban areas where all students can grow academically and socially.

The book shares what works in some of the nation's most successful public schools — EL Education schools that are beating the odds to create remarkable achievement — located primarily in urban and rural low - income communities.

Current policies based upon property taxes discriminate against low - income communities and urban areas, which disproportionately affect people of color.

Her older sister attended an independent high school, thanks to a program that helped students from low - income, urban communities get into private schools.

White flight was also a proxy for the middle class abandoning urban communities, and in the 30 years between 1980 and 2010, the percentages of people who live in housing tracts dominated by their own income levels has risen nationwide.

Lastly, the growth of dual - enrollment programs is being driven by educators» desire to see the programs» benefits reach more students, including those in low - income urban and rural communities.

Research from MIT, Stanford and Harvard have repeatedly documented that in states with comprehensive charter school laws, public charter schools outperform traditional public schools, especially those serving students who are low - income, living in urban communities, are children of color and are English - language learners.

I then offer a comprehensive profile of Massachusetts» approach to charter schools, including an analysis of Massachusetts» charter cap system alongside an examination of various data trends accompanying the policy, including the conclusion that the cap seems to have produced charter schools which appear to be serving Boston's and other urban areas» low - income and minority communities particularly well, although this pattern is not necessarily replicated in non-urban schools.

Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving a low - income urban minority community, launched a concerted and successful campaign to raise its students» low math scores on standardized tests.

By calling attention to the gap between the idealized notion of community and the harsh reality of low - income housing, as well as the disconnect between the dire living situations imagined by those on the outside versus the hope retained by those in the inside, Marshall highlights the multi-layered incongruences of these urban settings.

ZCO2 and UN CC: Learn have partnered to increase awareness about climate change sensitive issues in the urban context of Rio de Janeiro's low - income communities.

And we've relied on community development organizations like the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation in Brooklyn and civil rights organizations like the Urban League of Portland to conduct exhaustive outreach in low income communities and communities of color.

As a part of my graduate work at Virginia Tech's Alexandria urban planning program, I asked managers of current and planned North American bike sharing systems what they have done to increase access to bike sharing for low - income communities, and minority groups disproportionately underrepresented in bicycling.

Fraijo's efforts include advocating for planning and land use policies throughout California for the benefit of minority and low - income communities through his founding of the Leadership for Urban Renewal Network, Inc., a nonprofit based in Los Angeles that is nationally recognized for its economic development work, and his service with the Friends of the Hollywood Freeway Central Park.

«Census data shows that rural communities have lower incomes than their urban counterparts, and a disproportionate number of residents meet the definition of working poor.