Based upon the research indicating the importance of language development (e.g., Peterson et al. 2010), particularly for students from poverty (e.g., Fry and Gonzales 2008), this current study was designed to test the effectiveness of time and cost-effective strategies for English language development for children in Head Start programs.
In 1968, I was Director of the Yale Summer High School (YSHS), a program which brought together 150 students from poverty backgrounds from all over the nation.
In a district serving large numbers of students suffering from poverty and the social issues that accompany it -- violence, malnutrition, family distress, etc., educators were expected to produce dramatic results or be fired.
Rather than address the complex problems facing schools that serve intense concentrations of students from generational poverty, who have endured unconscionable trauma, he repeats the simple mantra: Accountability, accountability, accountability.
More students from high-poverty districts received offers to gifted programs last year because students were admitted according to varying district cutoffs, which led to lower-scoring students gaining admission.
English Language Learners, previously referred to as ESL or English-as-a-second-language students, and students from high-poverty backgrounds are an important demographic for Newsla, Gross said.
"Charter schools have done incredible work in educating students from high-poverty backgrounds throughout Los Angeles," said Myrna Castrejón, acting chief executive of the charter association.
I teach second grade at Orchard Gardens K-8 in the Boston Public Schools, a district with many students who come from poverty and who have experienced trauma.
This suggests that it is teachers rather than disadvantaged students who suffer most from poverty of ambition and it may be even more marked in predicting the attainment of A* grades.Not everyone agrees.
She credited Mr. Edwards with devising the program, raising the money and speaking to high school students, using his own up-from-poverty story to inspire them.
For students from families struggling with poverty, there can be significant pressure to go pro early to better support their families.
