Sentences with phrase «predominantly poor children»

Education World visited three New York City schools whose students are predominantly poor children who belong to minority groups.

It's no secret that «regular» schools serving predominantly poor children, who face overwhelming challenges that affluent children never have to confront, have more than their share of behavior problems.

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Houston — Sisters - in - law Rosa and Sandra Tristan, whose children attend a school that serves a predominantly poor and Mexican - American community here, have joined the computer age.

«Yet, at the same time, Connecticut has taken steps that prevent these poor and minority children from having viable public - school alternatives — knowingly depriving low - income and minority schoolchildren of the vital educational opportunities available to their more affluent and predominantly white peers.»

Ironically, it was Eric Holder seeking to block the exit of predominantly poor, African American children from chronically failing schools in their search of a quality education.

In almost all areas where a child's head might strike, the bonnet provided good protection but was predominantly poor in those areas likely to be struck by an adult's head.