Word: at-risk
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...damage caused by this medium-sizedearthquake in such a populated urban area mayprompt more research in the prediction ofearthquakes as a means to evacuate at-risk areas...
...report dealt with issues of parental involvement, new curricular standards for each grade level, and appropriating resources for at-risk students and schools in low-income areas. But the final recommendations, which included phasing out Intensive Studies Program (ISP) by the year 2000, triggered complaints from parents...
Lisette Badillo, the program's director, said her organization provides care and counseling for mentally ill and at-risk teens...
...college recruiter is going to make an effort to talk to at-risk students at lesser known schools if there is a Hispanic student at a more rigorous academic (read: nonminority) school. Recruiters are supposed to help increase the pool of applicants, but efforts to find new pools have not been made. Only recently has Harvard looked in its own backyard--the minority neighborhoods of Boston--for new pools...
...Charles, the owner of a McDonald's in Boulder, has seen some of his employed at-risk students begin to get A's after joining his McPride program, which limits them to a 14-hour workweek and pays bonuses for improvement and school attendance. Many of them have a very low level of self-esteem, says Charles. But once they come to work as part of a team and gain a sense of confidence, "you'd almost never believe the change in these kids...