More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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I teach in a high poverty school where over 50 percent of the children are considered low income. I teach in a special program called dual language. Half of the day my students are instructed in English, and the other half of the day is in Spanish. Exactly half of my students are native Spanish speakers, and the other half are native English speakers. It is a beautiful way to bridge both languages and cultures. Students work together with a buddy from the opposite language and help each other learn content and language. Many of my students are on the higher end of poverty and live in low income apartments where several families are living together. Most of my families' parents work in the crop fields, on farms, or in packing warehouses.
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I teach in a high poverty school where over 50 percent of the children are considered low income. I teach in a special program called dual language. Half of the day my students are instructed in English, and the other half of the day is in Spanish. Exactly half of my students are native Spanish speakers, and the other half are native English speakers. It is a beautiful way to bridge both languages and cultures. Students work together with a buddy from the opposite language and help each other learn content and language. Many of my students are on the higher end of poverty and live in low income apartments where several families are living together. Most of my families' parents work in the crop fields, on farms, or in packing warehouses.