«We've got schools that need to
serve kids in poverty, we've got water systems exploding,» he said.
Not exact matches
We are outside the four walks and absolutely love living
in the liberty of the Spirit... we get to
serve kids at
poverty level and have become good friends with them... it's refreshing to be accepted by them when rejected by the religious leaders
in town for not going on Sunday to their building.
One significant victory
in that battle was last year's passage of the Healthy, Hunger - Free
Kids Act which, among other things, uses Medicaid data to directly certify children for free and reduced price meals; helps states improve the certification process for school meal aid; allows universal free meals for students
in high
poverty communities; and expands USDA authority to support meals
served to at - risk children
in after school programs.
My initial approach to
serving elementary
kids living
in poverty was similar to how I'd approached middle school students.
Maame's family members run Mother's Love
Kids Foundation Centre, a preschool
in a high -
poverty, high - need area
in the town of Obuasi that
serves 186 students ages 2 - 5.
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.
We are also committed to ensuring that schools that educate
kids in poverty are not unfairly treated for taking on the challenge of
serving those
kids.