Sentences with phrase «address socioeconomic achievement gaps»

We've written before that some civil rights groups felt the waiver applications of Indiana and several other states didn't do enough to address socioeconomic achievement gaps.

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Finally, reformers have to go back to embracing the approach of addressing and stemming socioeconomic and racial achievement gaps, a strategy that was at the heart of No Child and a driving force in expanding charter schools and other forms of school choice.

Its elementary model was recently the subject of a multi-year study that showed UChicago Charter is effectively addressing educational inequality and closing the achievement gap that has persisted between students of different racial and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Our educational design was developed to address the most critical needs of schools challenged by socioeconomic conditions: closing the achievement gap, improving the quality of teaching, increasing graduation and college acceptance rates, creating inclusive and vibrant learning environments, and developing outstanding urban school leaders.

This article reviews the details of the bonus program, describes patterns of differences between schools that qualify for bonuses of differing amounts, and presents basic data to address the question of whether the bonus program has improved student achievement, or has led to a narrowing of racial or socioeconomic achievement gaps.

They're concerned the formal requests for «flexibility» Indiana and ten other states sent to the U.S. Department of Education don't do enough to address the socioeconomic and racial achievement gaps the original NCLB law was meant to close.