Sentences with phrase «middle income urban»

The children were from predominantly low to middle income urban families with at least 60 % of them eligible for free and reduced lunch.

Not exact matches

This study took place in 3 middle schools and 3 high schools in a large, urban US school district that serves predominantly low - income, racial / ethnic minority students.

Matthew Chingos, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute, said Cuomo's plan «doesn't have anything new for lower - income families and piles all the new money into middle and upper - middle income families.»

RIP Jerry Birbach, a Queens firebrand whose struggle to block a proposed low - income housing project in his Forest Hills neighborhood in 1972 augured a white middle - class backlash to the liberal urban agenda and helped propel the late former Gov. Mario Cuomo's political career.

At 8 a.m. Tuesday, the Center for an Urban Future will hold a «policy symposium on the future of middle income jobs in New York City.»

Lucky for those of us in urban and suburban areas who are in middle to upper income brackets, shopping local can be a great option for buying healthier foods.

U.S. Private Schools Increasingly Serve Affluent Families (Vox CEPR's Policy Portal) Richard Murnane discusses how fewer middle - class children are now enrolled in private schools and that an increase in residential segregation by income in the US means that urban public and urban private schools have less socioeconomic diversity than they had decades ago.

are struggling with them in wealthy and in middle - and low - income schools; in rural, suburban, and urban districts; in magnet, regular, district, charter, parochial, and independent schools; along the coasts, in the American heartland, from south to north, and everywhere in between.»

Not for the students of Walden Middle School, an all - black, low - income, urban public school where Associate Professor Meira Levinson taught for several years.

are struggling with them in wealthy and in middle - and low - income schools; in rural, suburban, and urban districts; in magnet, regular, district, charter, parochial, and independent schools; along the coasts, in the American heartland, from south to north, and...

This pattern of test - score effects — showing positive results in urban areas with many low - income students, but neutral or even negative effects elsewhere — also appears in a national study of oversubscribed charter middle schools funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

According to a 2002 study of children in Dane County, Wisconsin, by urban - policy consultant David Rusk, low - income children at schools with a middle - class majority scored 20 - 32 percent higher on standardized tests compared with what their scores would be at schools with a lower percentage of middle - class students.

Meanwhile, increasingly middle - class Irish and Italian families started moving to the suburbs, leaving urban Catholic schools to cater to a majority of lower - income blacks and Hispanics.

Twenty percent of lower income White students in city schools read proficiently in eighth grade, as do more than half of urban middle class White students.

As Elaine Maag at the Urban - Brookings Tax Policy Center puts it, the proposed increase in the Child Tax Credit under the Framework would «provide no additional benefit for very low - income families; roughly replace the Framework's proposal to repeal personal exemptions for most middle - income families; and slightly increase taxes for higher income families.»

Engaging Schools works with urban middle and high schools that serve high percentages of low - income students; students who are struggling academically; and students who need extra support to address social, emotional, and other challenges.

The empirical research indicates that gentrification can result in the restructuring of urban neighborhoods through the displacement of low - income residents of color, the loss of their culture and institutions, and the influx of middle to upper - class whites.

Rhee has repeatedly claimed that the problem facing American education is not a lack of money, despite the fact that in Connecticut, at least, the lack of sufficient resources means urban students face larger class sizes, fewer options and middle - income and working families end up paying unfairly high local property taxes.

In urban areas, low - income white students are more likely to be integrated into middle - class neighborhoods and are less likely to attend school predominantly with other disadvantaged students.

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.

With stagnant wages, student loans and other debt, and high rents in urban areas where the jobs are, many low - to middle - income Millennials (36 - years - old and younger) are struggling to save their way to home ownership.

The whole region has an increasingly urban population, a growing middle - class, and rising disposable incomes — all of which fuels fast - growing consumer markets.

However, many vulnerable groups, particularly in rural and urban areas in low and middle - income countries, do not have the resources to be able to migrate to avoid the impacts of floods, storms and droughts.

The chances of developing diabetes in a middle - income urban economy such as India are very high.

Britton conducted a RCT in a private independent school comparing a mindfulness meditation class with an active control (n = 101), finding that mindfulness was associated with reductions in thoughts of self - harm.35 A recent trial of a mindfulness program compared with a social responsibility control in a mostly middle - class population showed that mindfulness led to positive outcomes in psychological symptoms, cognitive control, interpersonal outcomes, and stress physiology.36 Although these findings are promising, little information is available on mindfulness instruction for low - income, urban, minority populations.

For example, few differences have been found when examining the views of African Americans and Whites, rural and urban adults, and low - and middle - income people as to what constitutes minimally adequate care for children.4, 5 Similarly, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child offers remarkable testimony to what diverse countries and societies consider to be the basic needs or rights of children.

In light of this, the current study examines the prevalence of trauma experiences and traumatic stress in middle school students from a large urban school district serving a high proportion of diverse immigrant and low - income families.

Adolescents were recruited from three inner - city urban middle schools in predominantly Hispanic, low - income neighborhoods of Miami - Dade County at the end of their seventh grade academic school year.

In order for South Africa's cities to truly become inclusive, integrated and transformed, affordable housing in urban areas needs to not only cater for lower - income earners, but must also incorporate the middle income market (earning between R15, 000 to R45, 000), who are also unable to afford to live in well - located urban areas.

While large urban metropolitan areas boasting a variety of cultural amenities, good job opportunities, and high incomes continue to attract a young demographic, as well as those without children, a new report shows that midsized cities and suburbs are the best option for middle - class families.

Affordable housing for middle - income residents, the urban industry backbone, is essential.