high-poverty

If Mr. Tilson really wants children in poverty to get a better education, he should support programs that will get them out of "high-poverty" areas by helping to make a society that has "no poverty" areas.

Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Diane Ravitch and Mr. Tilson's 'Status Quo' Joel Shatzky 2011

In his rebuttal to Diane Ravitch, he mentions nothing about poverty except that it is a shame that good teachers are not more prevalent in high-poverty area schools.

Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Diane Ravitch and Mr. Tilson's 'Status Quo' Joel Shatzky 2011

* Teachers in the top quartile of scores were about one-third as likely as teachers in the bottom quartile to teach in high-poverty schools (10 versus 31 percent).

Olympia Wrap Up, Pt. 1 « PubliCola 2010

In the United States, REAL School Gardens creates learning gardens in elementary schools in high-poverty areas of north Texas.

Danielle Nierenberg: Back to School and Back to Good Food Danielle Nierenberg 2011

Of the 15 highest-achieving, high-poverty schools in the state, 12 are charters, which receive far less funding per pupil than do traditional public schools.

Letters to the Editor 2010

They recommended that school districts pay bonuses to effective teaches who teach in high-poverty schools.

The "three great teachers in a row" myth 2011

As such, I recognize and second Obama's call to "out-educate" the rest of the world and urge him and Congress to consider making this happen by focusing on the disenfranchised and the high-poverty schools like mine.

Arne Duncan: Teacher Reflects On The State Of The Union Address Arne Duncan 2011

The high-poverty school was the first to petition for and be granted innovation status -- an agreement by union teachers to waive certain district and union rules.

John Merrow: The State Of The (Teachers) Union John Merrow 2011

As such, I recognize and second Obama's call to "out-educate" the rest of the world and urge him and Congress to consider making this happen by focusing on the disenfranchised and the high-poverty schools like mine.

Arne Duncan: Teacher Reflects On The State Of The Union Address Arne Duncan 2011

In the United States, REAL School Gardens creates learning gardens in elementary schools in high-poverty areas of north Texas.

Danielle Nierenberg: Back to School and Back to Good Food Danielle Nierenberg 2011