One key difference, however, is that the Barefoot - Hise proposal would order traditional school systems to share myriad funds currently not accessible to charters, including gifts, sales tax dollars and federal grants and reimbursements, at least one pool of which is used to offset the costs of school lunch programs, even though many charters do
not participate in such programs.
While I can't speak on behalf of all NGOs
who participate in such programs, I can now state with confidence that World Vision's child sponsorship program consistently exhibits the following:
There are also intangible benefits to
participating in such programs.
Dirnagl believes that universities and research institutes that
participate in such programs are investing in their own future as they will train and eventually attract back excellent scientists and clinicians.
The most important task, believes Kinzig, is to find the most appropriate place to
participate in such programs — it needn't be inside D.C.'s Beltway or on Capitol Hill.
Variables that measure student differences based on participation in government programs are problematic, however, especially when comparing different school sectors, since government - run public schools are much more likely to
participate in such programs than are privately run schools, even if both types of schools have similar student populations.
Although most schools at every poverty level — and with every level of minority enrollment — report having gifted programs of some kind, students in affluent schools are more than twice as likely to
participate in such programs, and minority youngsters, regardless of the school's poverty level, are much less likely to participate.
But it isn't enough unless they also encourage and assist students to
participate in such programs — and unless those programs have both the capacity to serve them and the quality to serve them well.
Participation in quality early education programs could be particularly beneficial for children of immigrants who face multiple risk factors; yet these children appear less likely to
participate in such programs.
Most major air carriers, including Delta, American and Continental,
participate in such programs.
You should always speak to your lawyer or duty counsel before agreeing to
participate in such a program.
During the study we built case studies to provide rich documentation of the lived experiences of students who had
participated in such programs, of staff who taught the programs, as well as community stakeholders.