Sentences with phrase «wealthier students typically»

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Wealthy school districts in Connecticut typically spent $ 1,227 more per student than poorer ones during the 1981 - 82 school year, according to a recent state report.

«Not all of these students were from wealthy families but most were; as parents typically had advanced educational degrees and median incomes much higher than national norms,» she added.

These incentives might include additional per - pupil funding for each transfer student, construction funds to make more space available, funds to recruit and employ on - site advocates and mentors to ensure the social comfort and the pedagogic progress of these students, and funds to underwrite their transportation by the same convenient means that wealthy people use to transport their children to private schools — not by circuitous and exhausting bus routes, but rather by point - to - point travel, typically in small vans, from one specific urban neighborhood to one specific school or district.

High - quality preschool improves students» social, cognitive and developmental readiness for kindergarten, putting them on track to long - term success in school.5 The benefits are especially critical for low - income students, who typically hear 30 million fewer words spoken than their wealthier peers by age 2 and face an uphill battle to early literacy and math proficiency throughout their education.6

Because wealthy families tend to live in communities with larger tax bases and fewer needs, their children's schools have typically spent much more per student than have schools in poor districts.

Students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds typically perform worse on standardized tests than their wealthier peers.

Granted, this data may be affected by a number of different factors — merit - based scholarships do not typically take family income into account, for instance — but the research is upsetting enough to leave some educators and families wondering whether universities are targeting and enticing wealthy students with scholarship aid, while not offering as much funding to students in need.

The new buildings are typically marketed to attract the wealthiest student, who can pay the high rents that justify the high cost of land and construction.