A minority student is 16 times more likely than a white student to be in a high-poverty school.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks By Vice President On Naacp Detroit Metro Chapter] Reference

The funding would provide approximately 15-20 grants to high-poverty urban and rural communities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Workforce Investment Act Of 1998 Signing Ceremony] Reference

Deny 5.9 million children in high-poverty communities academic support under the Title I program.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Challenging Congress To Invest In Education] Reference

Just over the next five years, we must hire 350,000 teachers in high-poverty urban and rural schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks By The President To The Naacp National Convention] Reference

Now, some of the highest-performing schools in Kentucky are high-poverty schools that were once low-performing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Sites Announced For School Reform Tour] Reference

In Atlanta, nine in 10 recipients remained within the city limits, mostly in high-poverty, high-crime ZIP codes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vouchers Fail in Georgia] Reference

I've asked Congress to invest in recruiting, training and supporting high-quality teachers in high-poverty areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks By The President To Teachers] Reference

All across Kentucky, some of the state's highest performing schools are high-poverty and former low-performing schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Turning Around Low Performing Schools] Reference

These programs would bring more highly qualified teachers into the schools, especially in high-poverty, high-need school districts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memorandum To The House Of Representatives On Veto Message] Reference

This new program will help bring nearly 35,000 new teachers into high-poverty schools in urban and rural areas over the next five years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton Gore Working On Behalf Of African Americans] Reference

Federal education funds targeted to the Delta's high-poverty school districts have helped give students access to computers and the Internet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Future Economic Development Of The Delta Region A] Reference

A portion of funding will go for direct grants to high-poverty areas, which confront unique challenges in implementing school-to-work systems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Technology For Economic Growth A Report Part 1 Of] Reference

So we have to go beyond the school-by-school approaches, highlighting individual schools in high-poverty, high-minority areas that are doing well.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bleak Picture For Young Black Male Students] Reference

Youth Opportunity grants make possible comprehensive employment and training assistance to 75,000 out-of-school youth in high-poverty communities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Opening Doors To College Economic Opportunities] Reference

This initiative represents a strong investment in Empowerment Zones and Communities and other urban and rural areas that are considered high-poverty areas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Strengthening Families And Communities] Reference

But because we insisted in 1994 that Title I funds be better targeted, 95 percent of high-poverty schools get them today, up from 79 percent seven years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remarks By The President To Education Writers Association] Reference

Teacher quality is a particular problem in high-poverty schools, and the problem is often exacerbated by the use of paraprofessionals in instructional roles.    From Wordnik.com.  [To The Congress On Esea] Reference

NAEP reading scores for 9-year olds in high-poverty schools have improved significantly since 1992, while mathematics achievement has also increased nationally.    From Wordnik.com.  [To The Congress On Esea] Reference

This program supports partnerships between high-poverty middle or junior high schools and colleges to help low-income children prepare for and enroll in college.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Lady Announces New Efforts To Support Mentoring] Reference

Matching funds would be required from participating school districts, on a sliding scale ranging from 10-50%, with high-poverty districts contributing the least.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Reducing Class Size] Reference

ABRAMSON: Roza also says high-poverty schools feel the biggest impact from seniority-based layoffs because those schools tend to have the least experienced teachers.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Teacher Layoffs, Seniority Rules. But Should It?] Reference

The President enacted legislation targeting Title I funds to high-poverty schools and requiring States and school districts to turn around low-performing schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Eight Years Of Peace Progress And Prosperity] Reference

Federal Funds are Targeted to Areas of Greatest Need: The percentage of high-poverty schools receiving Title I funds rose from 79 percent in 1994 to 96 percent in 1998.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Eight Years Of Peace Progress And Prosperity] Reference

In 1998, five of the 20 highest performing elementary schools for reading were high-poverty schools, as were six of the top 20 in math, and 13 of the top 20 in writing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Agenda Of Four State School Reform Tour] Reference

Because of increased funding and better targeting, the percentage of high-poverty schools receiving Title I funds has grown from 79 percent in 1994 to 96 percent in 2000.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On The Clinton Gore Record On Education] Reference

They created Troops to Teachers in 1994 to help improve public school education by introducing the skills and experience of military service members into high-poverty schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Eight Years Of Peace Progress And Prosperity] Reference

The agreement preserves existing provisions to target funds to high-poverty communities, with 80% of funds allocated on the basis of poverty and 20% on the basis of population.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fact Sheet On Plan To Hire 100 Thousand High Quality Teachers] Reference

Today's news of improvement in achievement for students in high-poverty schools is welcome, but we must not rest until all students meet the challenging standards we set for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Statement By The President On Title I] Reference

Students in high-poverty schools and the lowest-performing students -- the specific target populations for the ESEA Title I program -- have registered gains in both reading and math achievement.    From Wordnik.com.  [To The Congress On Esea] Reference