Sentences with phrase «where children from poor families»

Federal funds are paying for an expansion of pre-school programs in Springfield, Massachusetts, where children from poor families have historically struggled academically and dropped out before graduating from high school.

In Afghanistan and Pakistan today the Taliban have created thousands of madrassas, where children from poor families with no access to education can receive food and what passes for learning (but what is in fact quite the opposite).

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• The father - child relationship is especially important in disadvantaged families where children suffer more from a poor relationship with their father and benefit more when this is good (Dunn, 2004).

Wanting to see for himself, Mike visits his local elementary school in Takoma Park, Maryland, where «the children of übereducated whites» are in the same classrooms as poor blacks, black middle - class families» and «poor immigrant children from Latin America, Ethiopia, and Eritrea.»

In Seattle, where one in three children is enrolled in a private or parochial school, those trapped behind are, in many cases, from families too poor to pay for private education.

Fathers from families where the parents enjoyed a good relationship with each other (high support) are around half as likely to have a poor father - child relationship as those with a poor quality relationship (low support)- see Figure 5 - F.