Sentences with phrase «to help poor children»

Secondly, delivering a pupil premium of # 2.5 bn to help the poorest children in school.

Title 1 is a federal grant that provides state governments with extra funds to give to local school districts to help pay for programs targeted at helping poor children do better in school.

Historically, the federal government provided additional revenue to schools serving disadvantaged children, ostensibly so that schools could offer services that would help poor children learn.

The results bear on the question of how early - childhood educational interventions can help poor children access the same educational concepts that more privileged children have before entering primary school.

Some highly selective state schools should do more to help poorer children pass their entrance exams, suggests a government - funded study.

She says: «London's schools have become extremely good at helping poor children succeed.

Since their founding in 1994, KIPP public charter schools have won high praise from educators and politicians - some say bordering on worship - for their apparent success in helping poor children of color excel in school...

«Good schools can go a long way toward helping poor children achieve better, but the fact remains that educational inequity is rooted in economic problems and social pathologies too deep to be overcome by schools alone.»

It was also being stressed that Hughes will have the power to make policy recommendations for what should replace the abolished # 560m education maintenance allowance aimed at helping poor children into further education.

More specifically, improving students» reading, math, and science knowledge and skills will help poor children climb out of poverty, and will help all children prepare for the rigors of college and the workplace.

All of this should be used to increase the National Child Benefit Supplement and thus help our poorest children.

This government's obsession with grammar schools is not about helping poor children achieve their academic potential, no matter how rosily it is spun that way.

He went on with a Fulbright, and then he went on and got a degree from Princeton, and now he's working with the State Department, helping poor children all over the world.

The Cristo Rey model helps poor children to pay their own way in getting an education, long called «work - study.»

Slots in KIPP schools are in short supply because, unlike most charter schools, they have a track record of actually improving student performance and of helping poor children gain acceptance into college.

However, by taking it upon ourselves to create a more inclusive and equitable education experience for students regardless of where they start in life, we can help reduce poverty over the long term by helping poor children become more productive during adulthood and creating economic growth in the process.

All three questions above are often taken to have a social justice element in their framing: what kind of teaching set - up is likely to help poorer children most?

Together they make well over $ 600,000 helping the poor children stuck in public schools with unionized teachers.

The voucher program began in Milwaukee in 1990, the first city in the country to offer the taxpayer subsidies to help poor children leave struggling schools.

In short, in New Jersey the school food program intended to help poor children rests upon the shoulders of workers who themselves earn poverty - level wages.

Civil rights groups also have raised questions about Obama's proposals, worried that stepping away from No Child Left Behind will ease pressure on states to help poor children perform as well as their wealthier classmates.

Mr. Obama's platform, which Mr. Duncan helped write, emphasizes extending care to infants and toddlers as well, and it makes helping poor children a priority.

According to memos sent to superintendents, but not yet released to the public, Malloy and Wyman's Education Department will be withholding what are called Title 1 Federal Funds — those are the dollars that come through a fifty year - old federal program that provides states with extra money to help poor children succeed in school.

With freedom to experiment, the independent, nonprofit charters have emphasized strategies known to help poor children learn — longer school days, summer and Saturday classes, parent involvement and a cohesive, disciplined culture among staff members and students.

The solution, then — the way to help poor children climb the ladder to the middle class and achieve the American Dream — must involve rebuilding this social capital, right?

One day while channel surfing, Schmidt decides to send money to a fund to help a poor child in Africa, Warren's being a six - year - old named Ngudu, he takes the opportunity to use the letters he writes to the boy as a way of logging his memoirs about his feelings on his life.

And as an African - American, he could have uplifted African - American teachers who are so badly needed to help poor children of color and to also bridge the divide in our public schools and country.

I do have lots of respect for people that are anti-abortion but also support programs that help poor children and families succeed.

I'm sorry, but there is no scientific experiment that will tell you why I want to leave my family and move to Ghana to help the poor children, or why I used to be angry at those who offended me (I'm not perfect, and as long as I live on this earth I won't be).

More news stories about communities around the country using the example of the Harlem Children's Zone to develop new strategies to help poor children succeed.

«You don't need to share pictures of your husband for publicity, do you know the publicity you can get if you help poor children, if she is sponsoring the people we want to see her involved.

Opponents say it benefits the rich, supporters say it helps poor children.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly attributed the following quote: «If we really want to help poor children, we should be taking this $ 150 million that the governor has allocated for this particular tax credit and put that into the community schools pot.»

«If we really want to help poor children, we should be taking this $ 150 million that the governor has allocated for this particular tax credit and put that into the community schools pot,» Ron Deutsch, executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute, said, referring to schools that provide wrap - around social services.

Opponents say it benefits the rich, supporter say it helps poor children.

that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars meant to help poor children..

As a result, it has been suggested that wealthy families who use private tutors for this purpose should be taxed in order to help poorer children have access to the same help.

A small New York City charter school opened five years ago with an attention - grabbing premise: Paying teachers $ 125,000 salaries would lure ace faculty and help poor children learn.

The Republican presidential nominee used his appearance at the Cleveland Arts and Social Sciences Academy to announce that his first budget would redirect $ 20 billion in federal funding to create a state - run block grant that he said he hoped would help poor children in low - performing public schools to enroll at charter and private schools.

Instead, they're helping poor children.

«The grant is intended to help poorer children to overcome the additional barriers they face as a result of living in poverty, and to catch up with their peers.»

Over 40 per cent of teachers complained about the lack of funding available to help poor children.

The Republican - controlled Congress in 2004 approved a voucher program that provides direct federal funding to help poor children in the District of Columbia attend private schools.

If we put this much energy into helping poor children, doing for the elderly, helping senior citizens and so forth, my God I'll world would be amazing.

Since 1982, Plan has played an active role in Kenya, helping poor children to access their rights to health, education, sanitation and protection.

9:13 While David Rothbard of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow is talking about his devotion to helping poor children in sub-Saharan Africa, protesters of Heartland who've gathered outside the room interrupt.