economically-disadvantaged

Under this initiative, known as the "8 (a) program," companies owned by economically-disadvantaged minority individuals can access procurement channels in an effort to help level the playing field in the often relationship-driven world of federal contracting.

David Kimelberg: Appropriating Native Economies: When Is Enough, Enough? David Kimelberg 2010

Thanks to Mrs. Weissenberg, a teacher at DuSable Middle School, he connected with A Better Chance, a philanthropic foundation that identifies academically-talented but economically-disadvantaged students, and places them in prep schools.

Glenn C. Altschuler: Deval(uing) Government Glenn C. Altschuler 2011

I wrote about this issue last spring, when I showed how the schools in my hometown of Pasadena, California were out-performing the California average in all major demographic categories -- white, black and Latino, poor and non-poor -- but the district's overall test score average was below the state average because the Pasadena schools have a far above-average percentage of economically-disadvantaged children attending them.

Robert Niles: Why I Send My Children to Public Schools Robert Niles 2011

Under this initiative, known as the "8 (a) program," companies owned by economically-disadvantaged minority individuals can access procurement channels in an effort to help level the playing field in the often relationship-driven world of federal contracting.

David Kimelberg: Appropriating Native Economies: When Is Enough, Enough? David Kimelberg 2010

Under this initiative, known as the "8 (a) program," companies owned by economically-disadvantaged minority individuals can access procurement channels in an effort to help level the playing field in the often relationship-driven world of federal contracting.

David Kimelberg: Appropriating Native Economies: When Is Enough, Enough? David Kimelberg 2010

I wrote about this issue last spring, when I showed how the schools in my hometown of Pasadena, California were out-performing the California average in all major demographic categories -- white, black and Latino, poor and non-poor -- but the district's overall test score average was below the state average because the Pasadena schools have a far above-average percentage of economically-disadvantaged children attending them.

Robert Niles: Why I Send My Children to Public Schools Robert Niles 2011

We've put Globaloria into operation among youth in economically-disadvantaged and technologically-underserved communities including at-risk youth, in rural public schools and at a new urban bilingual charter school, with teachers who admittedly started out as "technophobes," supported by administrators at the community and state levels, and yes, it works and it scales.

Idit Harel Caperton: Waiting for Cupid (not Superman) Idit Harel Caperton 2010

Under this initiative, known as the "8 (a) program," companies owned by economically-disadvantaged minority individuals can access procurement channels in an effort to help level the playing field in the often relationship-driven world of federal contracting.

David Kimelberg: Appropriating Native Economies: When Is Enough, Enough? David Kimelberg 2010

We've put Globaloria into operation among youth in economically-disadvantaged and technologically-underserved communities including at-risk youth, in rural public schools and at a new urban bilingual charter school, with teachers who admittedly started out as "technophobes," supported by administrators at the community and state levels, and yes, it works and it scales.

Idit Harel Caperton: Waiting for Cupid (not Superman) Idit Harel Caperton 2010

Under this initiative, known as the "8 (a) program," companies owned by economically-disadvantaged minority individuals can access procurement channels in an effort to help level the playing field in the often relationship-driven world of federal contracting.

David Kimelberg: Appropriating Native Economies: When Is Enough, Enough? David Kimelberg 2010