Sentences with phrase «students come from»

State Rep. Tina Baker, who has three children in college, pointed out that many students come from single - parent homes, so they are forced to find ways to pay for college on their own.

The content will enable teachers and schools to focus more on individualized instruction in technology, recognizing that US students come from a vast spectrum of device and computer awareness.

More than half of the students who go there speak a language other than English, and many students come from families who are struggling financially.

Pathways opened in 2013 and the vast majority of its students come from impoverished families.

Students come from homes with few financial resources, and the school population is culturally and linguistically diverse, including many English language learners.

New York City — where 43 percent of public school students come from homes in which the primary language is not English — is creating a centralized office to routinely translate school information into eight languages.

This year the students come from the Mineral Point, Dodgeville, Pecatonica, Shullsburg, River Ridge and Riverdale districts.

And transfers have been particularly high from Catholic schools, the report noted, including low - priced parochial schools, many of whose students come from families without much money.

Despite living in an area that that boasts one of the largest economies in the world, well over 40,000 students of Silicon Valley students come from low income families and are struggling academically without access to high - quality options for school.

Also, the students come from a range of high schools, so they don't necessarily know each other, and that, combined with the intimidating nature of the college campus, keeps them focused.

«More principals find it challenging to maintain an adequate supply of effective teachers in urban schools and in schools» where two - thirds or more of the students come from low - income households (60 percent vs. 43 percent in suburban schools and 44 percent in rural schools).

For now, most TJ students come from a group of middle schools that serve neighborhoods that are mostly affluent and mostly white or Asian.

What young people need, Sullivan concludes, is teachers who «truly understand the environment that students come from — rather than just knowing the statistics that describe their lives.»

Most of Washington's students come from low socioeconomic status households.

In 2001, Deep Creek, where more than three - quarters of students come from low - income families and 80 percent are black or Hispanic, was one of the worst elementary schools in Baltimore County, Maryland.

For the first time in at least 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students come from low - income families — meaning that more than half of public school kindergarten students enter the system already trailing their more privileged peers.

More than half of Kingsport's 7,300 students come from economically disadvantaged families, and nearly a quarter of them have learning disabilities.

Charters are located in 14 communities throughout the state and the students come from 77 different towns and municipalities, yet our schools do not receive any funding for transportation outside of the district they're located in.

More than 75 percent of Lincoln's students come from low - income families, and about 90 percent enter kindergarten with limited knowledge of English, Principal John Melvin said.

«Many of my students come from very difficult home situations so they already face the real world daily.

Students come from all over the city, representing 42 different zip codes.

57 % of the students come from low income families.

White says all of the schools can benefit because many of the region's students come from similar backgrounds.

GEO Prep is an open enrollment operation and 98 percent of its roughly 250 students come from poor homes, according to state documents.

About 29 % of our students come from Spanish speaking homes and about 3 % are self reported as being Native American.

Students come from public and charter schools, home - schools and adults.

Although the typical Lawrence student has average to above - average abilities and intelligence, most of our students come from academic settings where they felt «below average» or incapable of participating in the learning process.

Still, roughly 90 percent of its students come from within a three - mile radius, blurring the line between charter schools and «neighborhood schools,» which is what San Diego Unified calls traditional public schools it manages.

30 % of students come from families where the primary language spoken in home is not English.

(All Cleveland students come from families with incomes low enough to qualify them for federal free and reduced - price school lunches.)

This can be tough, especially when students come from different backgrounds or cultures.

Indeed, students told reporter Paul Bass that half of Amistad students come from Bridgeport every day.

Though Leland and Gray is a rural school in an economically struggling region — roughly half of its students come from low - income backgrounds — it offers a wide range of AP and dual - credit courses, which all students are eligible (and strongly encouraged) to take.

On top of that, schools with poverty that is lower or higher than the national average are given lower scores as well — so schools scores are punished because their students come from poorer families.

In a city in which over 40 percent of students go home to households that don't speak English as their primary language and students come to school speaking 70 different languages, Achievement First reports that less than 5 percent of its students go home to non-English speaking households and students come from backgrounds speaking only 4 different languages.

The decision to give one of Hartford's public schools to the Jumoke Academy was not only lucrative for the Jumoke Academy but was even more noteworthy because the Milner elementary school has been one in which half the students come from households that didn't speak English and fully one in four students weren't fluent in English.

«90 % of our students come from right here in Algiers, and over the past few years there has been increased demand for our program,» says Lause.

In New Haven, 27.9 % of the school system's students come from homes where English is not the primary language (with a total of 61 different languages).

Over 50 % of inner - city Catholic school students come from single - parent households.

My students come from an international background, for most, living in a country that is not «home».

Phoenix Chelsea students come from greater Boston area neighborhoods, some commuting over an hour to get to school.

For the first time in recent history, more than half of U.S. public school students come from low - income households, affecting both educational opportunity and attainment.

And in Bridgeport, 40.4 % of the students come from homes where English is not the primary language (There are a total of 73 different home languages in Bridgeport).

Ninety - four percent of Alliance's students come from poverty, yet the charter management organization has a proven track record of outperforming the district and state schools when it comes to key factors like...

He said his students come from «$ 500,000 homes and group homes» and while they may all be students of color, they come from Jamaica and Africa and many other backgrounds that fill the school with different perspectives.

For the first time in recent memory, a majority of U.S. public - school students come from low - income households.

Let's be frank: Whitney is obviously an extreme example of the kinds of schools where students come from struggling families and communities.

About 60 % of Soka University's students come from the US and 40 % have come from more than 40 other countries.

In Connecticut charter public schools, 70 percent of students come from low - income households and more than eight in 10 students are black or Latino.

«When students come from low socioeconomic backgrounds you have to think differently, and you have to teach differently to get students interested and parents engaged — you're not lowering expectations, you're just doing your work differently.»