3 rising stars sent to lagging schools: CMS chief reassigns assistant principals to Achievement Zone to face poverty, low scores. Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC ) (09/21/2007)
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendentsuccessful schools to campuseswith high poverty rates andknown as the Achievement Zone, a collection of 11 schools that receivesaid, and the Achievement Zone comesmore-affluent schools with plentyamid more

Schools, poverty, and the achievement gap.(IN CANADA) Phi Delta Kappan (09/01/2007)
the child poverty rate wasCanadian schools studentseducational achievement. All of thisthan some school programsworking in high-poverty communitiespoverty and the achievement gap can beBlack-White Achievement Gap (NewPotential School System

Most high-poverty schools fail in student achievement Honolulu Star - Bulletin (01/29/2003)
2; Achieving schools One school abuts the H-1But the two schools have somethingKauluwela Elementary School and Solomon Elementary School are the onlythan 100 high-poverty schools statewide thatgoals for student achievement for four yearsonly two public

How high poverty districts improve: a national study uncovers the policies and practices of high-poverty districts that have improved...... Leadership (09/01/2003)
of five high-poverty school districts thatchildren in high poverty schools were failinghad improved achievement across multiple schools. More specificallyin student achievement in mathematicsgrades, most schools and most races

14 area schools win achievement recognition; High-poverty schools named in state testing program The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (09/20/2006)
West Allis Middle School. Each of the winning schools will be awardedLincoln Elementary School, said a major factoralso credited the school's success to a dedicatedmastered. Other area schools that earned theinclude the Cudahy School District's Kosciuszko Elementary

14 area schools win achievement recognition: High-poverty schools named in state testing program. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) (09/20/2006)
West Allis Middle School. Each of the winning schools will be awardedLincoln Elementary School, said a major factoralso credited the school's success to a dedicatedmastered. Other area schools that earned theinclude the Cudahy School District's Kosciuszko Elementary

SOME LOCAL CHALLENGED SCHOOLS MANAGE TO SUCCEED IMPACT OF POVERTY AND PARENTS ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT HAS BEEN LONG RECOGNIZED.(LOCAL)... The Virginian Pilot (12/09/2003)
and 10th most challenged school divisions in VirginiaCommission. But some of their schools manage to succeed despiteThe report found that schools and school systems with the highestlittle learning outside of school. Petersburg is the mostThe study found that schools able

Foolishness, dangerous nonsense, and real correlates of state differences in achievement. (implications of the lack of funding and...... Phi Delta Kappan (09/01/1997)
measures for school funding, child poverty, achievement, and variouseffects of school funding and child poverty on these achievement data, thenBiddle, Poor School Funding, Child Poverty, and Mathematics Achievement, unpublished

Edward W. Chance Dissertation Award for Doctoral Research in Rural Education: A Case Study: Leadership and its Effect on Achievement...... The Rural Educator (04/01/2007)
for these three schools was the poverty level for thethree remaining schools, only one qualified as a school of poverty wim over 50artifacts from the school provided thedemographics and student achievement. Internal documentsold and current news articles and