Sentence examples for background of poverty from inspiring English sources

The stark difference of luxury on the background of poverty enhances its beauty".

Unlike most women in prison, however, she has not endured a background of poverty and abuse.

Moving into Philippe's mansion, Driss steps away from a background of poverty, family dysfunction and trouble with the police.

My life really of a girl struggling to maintain her grip on an education is, as you know, not so different from millions of girls with a background of poverty.

(In later years he often spoke of his comfortable upbringing, sometimes to rebuke critics who assumed that a background of poverty and suffering was common to all great jazz artists).

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 24 (AP)—Ivy Baker Priest, who once said her background of poverty qualified her best for the office of Treasurer of the United States, which she held for eight years, has died of cancer at the age of 69.

10 P.M. (13) GIRL TROUBLE -- Their names are Shangra, Stephanie and Sheila, and they come from backgrounds of poverty and substance abuse.

The first finding of this study underscores the importance of early language interventions for children from backgrounds of poverty with diverse language backgrounds.

As with the studies of children from backgrounds of poverty explored by the National Early Literacy Panel (NELP 2008), one limitation of this research is the small sample size.

This emphasizes the need for language interventions among this population of students, which include children both from backgrounds of poverty and those with diverse language backgrounds, particularly interventions that provide time- and cost-effective support for teachers.

Overall, the pre-test results indicate that the children from backgrounds of poverty at the Head Start centers in this study had low language skills, as compared to the norming population of the standardized measures.