Sentences with phrase «poor black children»

I support excellent education for poor Black children wherever they can find it.

The authors conclude that the problems faced by poor black children will not be solved by incremental approaches.

It was billed as a small, low - cost experiment to help poor black children, and had a five - year sunset clause.

Appalled by the numbers of poor black children in special education classes, he decided that early intervention was crucial.

The university operates four charters for (mostly) poor black children up to ninth grade (14 - 15), and college - acceptance rates for children going through them have been above 98 % in each of the past three years.

Founding board members didn't seek out to educate poor black children.

Then fill those schools with poor Black children.

Critics of vouchers often portray their proponents as white conservatives bent on transforming public schools into open markets, exploiting them to make profits to the detriment of poor black children.

Preer starred as Sylvia Landry, an African - American woman who travels north in an effort to raise money for a rural school in the Deep South for poor black children.

Factor in that poor black children are almost three times more likely to be held back in school than their white counterparts.

I was once a poor black child but the nature of your funk made me rich and white.

It gets worse, as she adds, «I am left in my more cynical moments with the thought that poor black children have become the vehicle by which rich white people give money to their friends.»

As the tuition grant proposal was aimed primarily at improving education for poor black children, the black - led coalition could not avoid being accused of promoting urban black interests at the expense of rural and suburban areas.

Howard Fuller's memoir, written with Lisa Frazier Page, chronicles his journey from political activist to school superintendent and back again, revealing along the way the monumental challenge of ensuring that poor black children have access to a high - quality education.

The Wall Street Journal also weighs in, saying the civil rights group may sell out poor black children.