Sentences with phrase «unequal access to opportunities»

Unequal access to opportunities for developing life skills plays a role in the over-representation of those with independent school backgrounds of the UK's top professions.

The participation gap: unequal access to the opportunities, experiences, skills, and knowledge that will prepare youth for full participation in the world of tomorrow.

Not exact matches

And — no surprise — access to opportunity is unequal.

In our own country millions of people especially American Negroes are subjected to discrimination and unequal treatment in educational opportunities, in employment, wages and conditions of work, in access to professional and business opportunities, in housing, in transportation, in the administration of justice and even in the right to vote.11

For example, before they even enter our classrooms, black and Latino students from low - income communities face an opportunity gap that affords them unequal access to schools, curricula, and teachers that promote «deeper learning» experiences and STEM dispositions.

Issues in equity and desegregation negatively impact student success in numerous ways to include a lack of access and opportunity to gifted programs and advanced coursework, low expectations, disproportionate student discipline, and unequal resource distribution.

Lack of access to high quality summer learning opportunities has real consequences — more than half of the achievement gap between lower and higher - income youth can be explained by unequal access to summer learning opportunities.

The author highlights numerous obstacles to achieving an equitable education system for all students: poverty, inadequate social supports, limited early childhood opportunities, re-segregation; unequal access to quality and certified teachers; low - quality curricula; differential placements in advanced and college preparatory classes, tracking of students, and dysfunctional teaching and learning environments.