It is a nationwide program that connects people over age fifty-five with elementary school students from low-income families.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

So low-income kids before they even leave elementary school are years behind where they should be.

低收入孩子在离开小学前,已落后多年。

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Students may worry that low grades will keep them out of graduate school or a good job.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Meanwhile, Mississippi scored at or near the bottom on 11 of the 22 survey measures, showing a high prevalence of obesity, high rate of childhood poverty, low high school graduation rates, limited availability of primary care physicians and many preventable hospitalizations.

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Just as if you go to a low-achieving school, you tend to end up in a low-achieving job.

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An important limitation of surveying MBA students at the time of graduation is that short-term annoyances such as a low grade or difficulty finding the right job can cause a few students to give the school a low rating, causing the student ratings of the school to plummet.

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