To make sure students met California state standards, Carpenter adopted a curriculum from the Global Education Partnership, a nonprofit organization that gives students in low - income communities
access to educational resources with a business focus, in 2001.
The fund is expected to deliver social returns — helping underserved communities
gain access to educational resources, for instance — along with financial ones, people involved in its management told Fortune.
However, previous studies have shown that lower - income students are more likely to suffer from stress in early childhood, have more
limited access to educational resources, and receive less exposure to spoken language early in life.
It means that the kids with the
least access to educational resources and high - quality teachers during the school year are at great risk of forgetting many of the things they've spent the last nine months learning.
Fourth, all students at West Point are on equal footing in terms
of access to educational resources: all students must purchase the same laptop computers and iPad tablets, and all academic buildings have wireless Internet access.
She and other Students of Color were presenting research findings from a study they implemented
on access to educational resources — like textbooks and technology — at their urban high schools.
This chapter examines how the opportunity gap — defined here as the accumulated differences in
access to educational resources vital to learning — is created in America's public school system.
Office of Civil Rights Guidance for Schools Guidance issued earlier this month by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights addresses what states and districts should do to ensure
equal access to educational resources and opportunities.
The U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, wrote a letter to the country's school districts last month reminding them of Brown vs. Board of Education, and calling to their attention the «disparities that persist
in access to educational resources.»
They give Black and White students equal educational opportunities, equal
access to educational resources, and given those, race ceases to be a determining factor in educational achievement.
The letter stated that OCR was writing to «call your attention to disparities that persist in
access to educational resources, and to help you address those disparities and comply with the legal obligation to provide students with equal access to these resources without regard to race, color, or national origin.»
The most recent exercise of mission creep and nanny - statism by the Office for Civil Rights involves what the enforcers call «equal
access to educational resources.»
Studies show vouchers do not improve student education, or
access to educational resources.
All students with special needs have the legal right to both primary and secondary education in New Zealand, and equal
access to all educational resources.
When African American parents pressed for an end to legalized school segregation in the years leading up to the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, it was not the companionship of white children they were seeking for their children: It was
access to educational resources.
It allows states to expand the measures by which they track school and student performance, including students» opportunities to engage in college and career - ready coursework and internships beyond the school walls; students»
access to educational resources and supportive school environments; and their learning of science, history / social studies, citizenship, and the arts, as well as social - emotional skills.
«In addition to financial support, we also make sure students have
access to educational resources and are given the opportunity to network with other veterinarians.