Sentences with phrase «of high poverty»

And this low - rigor mathematics teaching is too often the common fare of high poverty, new immigrant and diverse students who have been traditionally underserved and underrepresented in rigorous mathematics courses.

The successful transformation of a high poverty low achieving, graffiti covered school to an award winning welcoming educational environment!

The federal court also ruled that TFA recruits should not be concentrated in districts of high poverty and high disadvantage, where children actually need «highly qualified» teachers, not young college graduates with five weeks to training.

In areas of high poverty, poor healthcare, and inadequate sanitation, bottle - feeding does not meet any of these criteria, and as such the decision to breastfeed must be made on a case - by - case basis.

The reduced minority hiring goals come in the face of high poverty and unemployment among minorities in Buffalo and Erie County.

Teenagers living in all neighborhoods — not just those with levels of high poverty - were found to be affected.

Nationally, the results in most urban districts still lag behind those of the country as a whole, in part because of their higher poverty rates.

NASSP recognizes that successful schools, particularly schools serving large numbers of high poverty students and students of color, have placed an emphasis on adolescent literacy (NASSP, 2005)

They never get around to explaining why, in California, 52 percent of students attending charters that serve a majority of high poverty kids are in the top quartile of all public schools statewide as opposed to just 26 percent of similar students attending traditional public schools.

However, lower peer achievement is a potentially important channel through which a high poverty rate could affect the educational environment, and from a policy perspective what matters is the total effect of a high poverty rate.

Chadwick Elementary is a fascinating case of a high poverty, high ELL school performing at very high levels.

51 % of all school districts and 90 % of high poverty school districts report difficulty attracting highly qualified special education teachers

Nationally, 49 states report a shortage of special ed teachers and 90 percent of high poverty districts report a difficulty in attracting highly qualified special ed teachers.

The DOE's definition of high poverty is where at least 75 percent of kids are eligible for free or reduced lunches.

SchoolWorks returned initial evaluations for both The Romine Group and AAC that indicated neither were fit to serve the needs of the high poverty student population at struggling Southside - Ashpole Elementary.

Think about what we can do in all those poor communities where you still have one of the highest poverty rates in the nation and the help we could do to people and the effect you could have on humanity.

Indiana State Teacher's Association Vice President Teresa Meredith says while the ISTA agrees teachers should be held accountable for student learning, teachers in areas of high poverty or high need are at a disadvantage.

The Per Pupil Revenue Limit (PPRL) analysis shows that districts of higher poverty have significantly lower PPRL, and therefore less ability to receive aid and levy appropriate taxes to fund public education than more affluent districts.

«Central New York has one of the highest poverty rates in the country, and with respect to minorities, Hispanics and African Americans, it is the highest poverty rate in the country,» Katko said.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said the cutbacks would ripple through the community, affecting the poorest in a city that has one of the highest poverty rates in the nation.

In 2013, Greece had one of the highest poverty rates making the country one of the poorest among EU members with a percentage of 34.6 % as noted by Eurostat in its 2014 estimations.

With support from our generous donors, we recruit, train, and develop teachers to expand learning opportunities for kids in some of our highest poverty communities.

The Learning Community, one of the highest poverty, highest performing K - 8 urban schools in Rhode Island, has effectively closed the Latino achievement gap.

Dallas, which has one of the highest poverty rates for married couples with kids under 18, is also above average on poverty rates for single - mom households.

Native American communities face some of the highest poverty and unemployment rates in the United States, and as many as 15,000 families live with no access to electricity.

In a state with one of the highest poverty rates in the country, that leaves about one in four non-elderly adults (about 750,000) without Medicaid insurance and perhaps without the ability to afford their own plans.

Brownsville has one of the highest poverty rates in the nation, and is frequently cited as having the highest percentage of residents below the federal poverty level out of all cities in the nation.

Bland explained how tribes suffer from some of the highest poverty rates and worst housing conditions in the nation and how he has successfully raised more than $ 350 million in new private capital that has been used to build or rehab more than 3,700 homes for rent or ownership on reservations across the country.