In many high-poverty neighborhoods, the family and community structures that in the past served as a support system for children have faded or disappeared completely.
The 1990s brought some indications of achievement gains among students in high-poverty schools, defined as those in which at least 75 percent of students come from low-income homes.
One important factor in the poverty rate that we see - the high poverty rate goes back to what I said before, that there are significant numbers of Asian-Americans who did not complete a high school diploma, so that's a factor.
Poverty : The Census Bureau recently reported that we have a sky-high poverty rate: 15 percent of the population lives in poverty, or 46.2 million people.
Medicaid coverage for people with disabilities has been limited, as many only qualify if their medical expenses are very high -- forcing their income below the poverty level.
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Francis of Assisi, who renounced a life of high-living for austere poverty and simplicity to preach Jesus' message to the poor.
The report comes ahead of a meeting of a high-level UN panel on poverty.
The poverty rate among high-school dropouts is 12 times the rate for college graduates.
There are signs that sky-high property prices are pushing poverty from the centre to the periphery.
The continued prevalence of illiteracy in the country is due to a number of socio-economic factors including high levels of poverty and the general lack of development, all of which prevents many people from gaining access to basic education.
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According to U.S. Census figures, more than 46 million Americans were living in poverty last year, an 18-year high.
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During the course of this recession, poverty has gone up to a 15-year high.
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High rates of illiteracy coupled with endemic poverty among rural women have long-term implications on their socioeconomic independence and well-being.
The local authorities are expected to work with energy companies, installers, owner-occupiers and private landlords to ensure all households in areas of high fuel poverty receive an offer to have their home made more energy efficient.
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" An astute observer of academia, Mr. Burton identifies scholars as a high-risk group for melancholy because they're so often "exposed to want, poverty and beggary.
Apartheid's brutal legacy, high unemployment and poverty, gaping social inequality, the absence of a father in nearly two-thirds of black homes, and the abuse of alcohol and drugs are all cited.
And what you'll find in the Midwest, the Hmong population - there's a lot of ginseng farming, not that push for educational attainment and just, in general, those groups still don't overshadow the fact that even East Asian descent Asian-Americans have higher rates of poverty and still higher rates of not having a high school education or less than a high school education, as well.
Such indicators include March softening of U.S. manufacturing, persistent high unemployment especially among Millennials, a record number of Americans on food stamps and in poverty, up-and-down consumer confidence, and multi-trillion-dollar federal budget deficits.
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