Sentences with phrase «with kids in poverty»

«We just have to make universal preschool a priority, starting with kids in poverty.»

PT: One of the ones I'm most excited about is Expeditionary Learning Schools [now known as EL Education]-- about 150 schools spread out over the country in both public and charter schools, some with well - off kids, some with kids in poverty.

Not exact matches

Having firsthand experience with childhood poverty, I am primarily motivated by never wanting to put my kids in the same situation — and the job I left paid well and provided health insurance for my entire family.

America is the only place in the developed world — in nearly the whole world, actually — where giving a new parent a chance to recuperate and bond with his or her kid without risking poverty and unemployment is going above and beyond.

It's estimated that the EITC, paired with the Child Tax Credit, lifted 5 million children out of poverty in 2013 and can give families as much as $ 3,400 for child healthcare (that number can be more for families with more kids).

We are outside the four walks and absolutely love living in the liberty of the Spirit... we get to serve kids at poverty level and have become good friends with them... it's refreshing to be accepted by them when rejected by the religious leaders in town for not going on Sunday to their building.

In response to DP94 suggesting people assist the police in dealing with criminals in their communities, you respond that Mrs Pof3 can't turn in her drug dealing husband because it's their only income followed by yet another reference to the cycle of poverty (and systemic rasism), thereby implying that these communities would be more helpful if only it didn't mean choosing between helping the police and letting their kids starvIn response to DP94 suggesting people assist the police in dealing with criminals in their communities, you respond that Mrs Pof3 can't turn in her drug dealing husband because it's their only income followed by yet another reference to the cycle of poverty (and systemic rasism), thereby implying that these communities would be more helpful if only it didn't mean choosing between helping the police and letting their kids starvin dealing with criminals in their communities, you respond that Mrs Pof3 can't turn in her drug dealing husband because it's their only income followed by yet another reference to the cycle of poverty (and systemic rasism), thereby implying that these communities would be more helpful if only it didn't mean choosing between helping the police and letting their kids starvin their communities, you respond that Mrs Pof3 can't turn in her drug dealing husband because it's their only income followed by yet another reference to the cycle of poverty (and systemic rasism), thereby implying that these communities would be more helpful if only it didn't mean choosing between helping the police and letting their kids starvin her drug dealing husband because it's their only income followed by yet another reference to the cycle of poverty (and systemic rasism), thereby implying that these communities would be more helpful if only it didn't mean choosing between helping the police and letting their kids starve.

But I think schools alone are not enough to take on the kind of disadvantages that kids are growing up with, especially kids who are growing up in poverty and disadvantage.

The kids growing up in poverty, who are more likely to be struggling with motivation, it can turn them around from unmotivated to really motivated.

But the problem with focusing too much on the resilience and grit of disadvantaged kids is that we run the risk of minimizing the often quite harmful consequences of growing up in poverty.

A couple of years ago, the Palatine Park District became involved with the organization, which recycles playground equipment and rebuilds playgrounds in countries where kids are affected by poverty, war, illness and natural disasters.

In 2013, 21 % of kids were living in poverty compared with 15 % in 2000, according to the National Center for Education StatisticIn 2013, 21 % of kids were living in poverty compared with 15 % in 2000, according to the National Center for Education Statisticin poverty compared with 15 % in 2000, according to the National Center for Education Statisticin 2000, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Geoffrey Canada is a teacher who came up against the most - difficult - to - educate group of kids a teacher can face: kids who grew up in poverty, with broken homes, surrounded by drugs and guns and alcohol.

The business officials agreed that enrollment is down overall, but «high need» districts with lots of kids in poverty or those who don't speak English are seeing an increase, which also helps push up overall costs.

In earlier research, Luby, who also is the Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Psychiatry, found that kids can be resilient and, with nurturing parenting, may be able to overcome individual stressors such as poverty or the loss of a parent.

Children who experience neglect, abuse and / or poverty can have smaller amygdalas and hippocampuses, brain regions involved in emotion and memory, compared with kids raised in nurturing environments.

Asthma is the most common childhood medical condition, with rates 50 percent higher in families below the poverty line, who often live in run - down homes, than among kids in wealthier households.

Here, little orphan Annie is living with a vaguely - abusive stepmother (played awfully by Cameron Diaz) in Harlem, which is portrayed here in a way that sidesteps the real life poverty of many of the real neighbourhoods because, hey, this is a kids film and we don't need to depress them about life.

The «naughty» kids are likely children dealing with too much in their lives - poverty, parental mental ill health, lack of appropriate attachment opportunities - and for these children, the minimum expectations need to be different to those children who have less adversity in their lives.

In one high - poverty elementary school, a teacher remarked, «Without a trusting environment in our classroom and with the families of my kids, it's all uphilIn one high - poverty elementary school, a teacher remarked, «Without a trusting environment in our classroom and with the families of my kids, it's all uphilin our classroom and with the families of my kids, it's all uphill.

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.

«Kids who come in with poverty start out with less,» McGinn observed.

Farr's team works with all network partners to discover how in classrooms all over the world, teachers are making huge strides with kids living in poverty.

For example, describing these students as living in homes with a low income or with low SES (socioeconomic status) is very different, and more accurate, than calling them «low - income students,» «low - SES students,» or «high - poverty kids.»

In 2015, Crnobori started working with Fall - Hamilton Elementary, a Nashville school where 69 percent of kids live below the poverty line and one in 20 students is homelesIn 2015, Crnobori started working with Fall - Hamilton Elementary, a Nashville school where 69 percent of kids live below the poverty line and one in 20 students is homelesin 20 students is homeless.

Too many U.S. kids get involved with alcohol, sex, and tobacco at young ages, and live in poverty or unsafe conditions or attend unsafe schools, Dr. Benson maintains.

Kids growing up in poverty and fragile families, and dysfunctional communities need a whole lot more than kids living with affluence and stabilKids growing up in poverty and fragile families, and dysfunctional communities need a whole lot more than kids living with affluence and stabilkids living with affluence and stability.

With an unrelenting belief in what kids can achieve — despite race, poverty, or zip code — we will see the needle move urgently in the state of South Carolina for the kids who need it most.

«I know kids can overcome poverty, but when students are living in abject poverty in segregated communities with poor health care and housing, that makes the work for our teachers all the more challenging.»

Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids» Brains and What Schools Can Do About It

It was a different story, though, for what Manning called «at - risk» students — among them, kids with disabilities, living in poverty or learning English as a second language.

In districts with poverty, charters with a conservative and patriotic milieu, attract far fewer undocumented kids and students who need free lunch.

Ninety percent of the kids in the Camden City School District are on free or reduced lunch, while it is almost surrounded by school districts with lower poverty rates.

A deep belief in the potential of all kids and a commitment to do whatever it takes to expand the opportunities for students, often with a perspective informed by experience in low - income communities and an understanding of the systemic challenges of poverty and racism

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An 8th grade teacher in Avon dealing with a class that averages under.25 for the social promotion Index can't be compared with a teacher in high poverty area with kids with a 4.5 on the Social Promotion index — indicating they were socially promoted 4.5 times out of 6.

With support from our generous donors, we recruit, train, and develop teachers to expand learning opportunities for kids in some of our highest poverty communities.

If the students are in high achieving schools or in low achieving schools with high levels of poverty, kids will learn and end up loving their learning.

If you'd like to learn more about how to successfully teach and reach kids from poverty, you may want to attend Jensen Learning's «Teaching with Poverty ipoverty, you may want to attend Jensen Learning's «Teaching with Poverty iPoverty in Mind.

Classroom behavior problems from with kids from poverty are based in the very same issues as with the non-poor (need for structure, clear rules, and consistent enforcement).

Some of those children live in towns with high concentrations of poverty, and some are at - risk kids residing in wealthier communities, he said.

Providing children in high - poverty segregated schools with opportunities middle - class kids take for granted will begin to close the gap.

· More Students Get Meals: Gives 115,000 more students access to free and reduced meals programs · Meal Program Process Easier: Cuts the paperwork and administrative hassle that goes along with providing free and reduced meals to students in high poverty areas based on census data · Meals for Foster Kids: Foster children are now automatically eligible in school meal programs · Meals for After School Programs: Expands USDA support of meal programs in at - risk after school programs

For schools with a lot of kids living in poverty or qualifying as English Language Learners, this funding change is having negative consequences.

Observers are pointing out that with the resurgence of concentrated poverty in the U.S., the portion of our schools where nearly all the kids live in poverty has risen from 12 percent to 20 percent over the last 15 years.

Especially in high - poverty urban schools, where kids often struggle with reading, teachers spend hours every day on these skills and don't teach history or science in any systematic way.

Eric Jensen spoke with CNN about the challenges of teaching kids in poverty and how kids of poverty are continuously moving, have a lack of adult supervision, and are often abused, therefore they are low performers when it comes to education.

Frederick Douglass in Harlem was a school with a 90 % plus poverty rate and 100 % of our kids went to college every year.

From the nefarious achievement gaps, to the racial isolation in our increasingly segregated schools; from the digital divide that results in kids not having access to computers, to the poverty gulf that results in kids not having homes; from boys» reading difficulties and girls» problems with math, to the disparities among rural, suburban, and urban school needs — these gaps present baffling problems.

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