Sentences with phrase «taking high poverty»

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To do this, we must take a look at all the factors that play into safeguarding our community from devastation, such as developing smart infrastructure, increasing mobility options, addressing the affordable housing crisis and closing the income inequality gap that is fueling high levels of poverty throughout Miami - Dade County.

We are forced to conclude that a major reason that clergymen high on doctrinalism are so unlikely to preach about the problems of race, war and poverty is that they see such problems as mundane in contrast to the joys of the world to come, and besides, they believe these social ills would take care of themselves if enough men were brought to Christ.

«Not just in one country but in numerous Muslim countries, I have been able to walk in, head held high, no covert cover story and not only identify passively as a Christian but identify openly, work openly and hold serious talks about faith between Muslims and Christians, and not just at the grassroots level of poverty — people who needed my help — but also with the powerful and influential people who could have, in that moment, had me arrested and had me taken out back.»

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«I hate to compare, but given the innovations he has carried out at IITA and how he has taken it a notch higher the development ladder, I must say that Dr. Sanginga understands the critical role of agriculture research institutes in our continent's grim battle against the scourge of hunger and poverty, more than any of his predecessors.

As the high - tech industry takes off in the Capital Region's suburbs, the area's Regional Economic Development Council is focusing in part on something different as it readies for a $ 1.5 billion upstate revitalization sweepstakes: urban poverty and inequality.

Those communities have taken the full force of austerity... Those areas that have the deepest poverty, the highest levels of unemployment have also had the biggest cuts in central government support.»

To be fair, he likely promised as much to win the union's backing to take over the Assembly leadership — and no matter that some Assembly Democrats oppose the UFT's efforts to, for example, kill the charter schools that are working miracles in high - poverty, minority neighborhoods.

Some characterize religion in this fashion already, and as we know those women who took vows of poverty — yet lived in Jersey where the cost - of - living is higher than a vow of poverty would accommodate — would have approved of the lobotomy to maintain the «particular level of poverty they enjoyed» (well at least in 1950 — we've cough cough cough cough come cough cough cough cough such a cough long way in the cough field since cough cough cough).

In the study, 292 first - generation immigrant children who attended eight high - poverty, urban elementary schools in Boston took part in the intervention, called City Connects, in the early 2000s.

The young teenager is forced to choose between the streets that raised him or the higher education that could take his mother and him out of poverty.

Take a «test» to learn if you have what it takes to teach in a high - poverty setting.

Do You Have What It Takes to Teach in a High - Poverty School?

Since last year, the U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $ 75 million in grants to schools and school districts interested in developing systems that reward good teaching and compensate teachers for taking jobs in hard - to - staff schools (low - performing and typically high - poverty schools).

Take a group of kids — let's say they're at - risk high school students — and give them the opportunity to not only participate in but also design and direct a worldwide videoconference with other teens in remote or war - torn or poverty - stricken locales.

While 12.4 percent of students in low - poverty schools with gifted programs take part in those programs, that's true of less than half as many (6.1 percent) in high - poverty schools.

Perhaps it is possible for large, high - poverty schools to reduce suspensions without increasing disorder or violence — but it would take strong leadership, engaging teaching, ample mental health supports, and much else.

If Senator Sanders and others continue to say that America has the «the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on Earth» — as Sanders did yet again in the Democrats» debate Saturday night in Iowa — they should expect to take flak.

«This gives a carte blanche to any resident to take their kids to private schools,» Murillo said, «and it could devastate programs that are providing innovative programs for inner city schools and high - poverty schools.»

One of the bonuses of Kristina Rizga's excellent Mission High is that it shows what it would take to improve principal quality in high - poverty schoHigh is that it shows what it would take to improve principal quality in high - poverty schohigh - poverty schools.

This Op - Ed by BBA National Coordinator Elaine Weiss reflects the emerging policy environment — which recognizes that reaching higher standards and ensuring accountability require addressing poverty's impacts and incorporating educator perspective — in which BBA is poised to take on a new leadership role.

Although the high - poverty Cornell School District has only about 630 students, it was able to take the plunge into virtual reality with a $ 20,000 foundation - funded grant provided through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, a regional public school service agency.

• A substantial share of the ineffective principals in high - poverty schools tends to move on to take principal positions in other schools and districts, rather than leave the profession.

Take a high - poverty middle school, for instance — a very typical SIG grantee.

The high - poverty L.I.F.T schools had been persistently struggling, but after taking Opportunity Culture and the MLC model schoolwide in 2014 — 15, Ranson had the highest student growth among Title I district schools in the state and was in the state's top 1 percent overall for growth.

In fact, charter high schools serve about 17 % less children from poverty [eligible for FREE lunch] than do many of the public high schools from which charters take students.

Districts can take policy actions — such as pooling a portion of parent donations or regulating the use of those donations — to benefit higher - poverty schools without substantially reducing overall parent contributions.

What it Takes: Two high - poverty schools chase better graduation rates APM Reports, September 1, 2016 The nation's high school graduation rate is at an all - time high, but high - poverty schools face a stubborn challenge.

Take our first finding — the presence of large teacher salary gaps between the highest - and lowest - poverty schools in most of the 20 districts.

Beyond dollars and cents, promoting partnerships between affluent and higher - poverty schools would improve offerings on both campuses.71 Several school systems already take a similar approach — focused on performance rather than demographics — that could be transferred to high - and low - resource schools.

Winston - Salem / Forsyth schools are keenly aware of the potential for poverty to hold their schools back from achieving high grades in the state's new accountability system, and so they've taken matters into their own hands.

In our experience, teacher candidates who have a moral purpose also tend to be self - motivated, open to collaboration, and willing to take risks — all of which are essential for working in a high - poverty environment.

In Mississippi, where more than 56 percent of students attend rural schools, Title I funding could be cut by $ 7 million, with the largest cuts taking place in five high - poverty Mississippi Delta districts.

The board should take extra time to ensure the definition of high - poverty schools in this policy will maximize the impact of class size reduction.

I believe Congress and the state of California need to take a hard look at the challenges that high poverty districts like Oakland face, because our District is hardly unique.

In a high - poverty, urban middle school in Mississippi, the principal has partnered with local businesses to develop a community garden that students work in to grow fresh vegetables they can take home — and good deeds can earn them credit for supplies at the school store.

«Background characteristics (e.g., race, gender, neighborhood poverty, free lunch eligibility, being old - for - grade, and special education status) are all related to high school grades and test scores, but they do not tell us any more about who will pass, get good grades, or score well on tests in high school, once we take into account students» eighth - grade GPAs, attendance, and test scores,» the authors said.

The law encourages local districts to submit teacher pay proposals for the pilot that could look like one of two distinct models: either pitch a plan that would reward teachers on the basis of how well their students do on tests, or present an idea for paying teachers who work in hard to staff subject areas or rural / high poverty schools and / or taking on additional leadership roles to improve student success.

Stating that «teachers and principals are not the problem,» Secretary of Education Arne Duncan took to the podium at the White House today to unveil a national initiative aimed at addressing «systematic inequities» that shortchange some schools and disproportionately affect students in high - poverty, high - minority areas.

For the rest of the semester, the students will gradually take over more responsibilities in local classrooms, many of which are in low - performing schools in high - poverty districts.

Take, for example, Louis VanderMolen Fundamental Elementary, a Corona - Norco Unified campus in Riverside County with more than 55 percent high - needs students, most of them students in poverty.

Principals from high - performing, high - poverty, and high - minority schools discuss what it takes to ensure that all students achieve.

In urban centers and areas where poverty is high, public schools have taken a larger role in educating pre-k students thanks to a mix of local, state, and federal funding.

Six high - performing / high - poverty schools provide insights into what it takes to make a dramatic turnaround.

«That should be occurring in all places, but sometimes it takes low numbers or high - poverty schools or something to shine a light to say, «This is what we've got to address,»» Killingsworth said.

And since the city struck down its busing policies in the late 1990s, neighborhood schools in Nashville's high poverty areas are increasingly isolated as re-segregation has taken hold across the area.

What Dale proposed was a contrast to Stein's style: Instead of embracing the «no - excuses» model that is increasingly popular in high - poverty schools, Dale focused on skills that he believed were more important than test - taking.

Brill worries that large numbers of teachers take the lazy attitude that student poverty is an excuse for failure, and do not hold all students to high standards.

Many of the high - poverty, high - achieving schools from which educators are currently taking their cues about what works when it comes to closing the achievement gap — fast — come from high - profile alternate prep programs like Teach for America or the New Teacher Project.

Taking the growth percentiles as a valid measure of teaching would have you believe that the distribution of ineffective teachers in New Jersey just happens to directly concentrate into schools with high percentages of students in poverty and low overall proficiency levels on standardized tests.