The
more affluent one does not spend much on its schools but posts high test scores on the state assessment.
The
less affluent one spends more on its schools but posts low test scores on the state assessment.
He insisted that it is easier to teach poor students than more
affluent ones because they are more motivated to succeed.
In addition, under the previous system, districts received notably different per - pupil funding rates; affluent schools often received more funding per pupil than
less affluent ones.
She has told him about the guilt she deals with because she left a high - poverty school for a
more affluent one.
District 4 parents have even gone so far as to accuse the school of deliberately keeping local families away in favor of more
affluent ones from other districts via a manipulated waitlist.
In response, the more
affluent ones such as Saudi Arabia, China, and South Korea are leasing and buying large tracts of land in developing countries on which to grow food for themselves.»
Correction officer union president Norman Seabrook argued the burden would fall on poor neighborhoods,
not affluent ones.
It's almost ninety years later and, still, families who don't want their children in an intense academic environment have the option of applying to progressive, unzoned schools such as the ones described here (which, although created ostensibly to provide for an underserved demographic, more often than not end up with a
majority affluent one).
Affluent ones usually have grownups who engage meaningfully with them and provide space for playful leisure, while low - income kids often live without such opportunities.
Affluent countries have the resources and public concern to address such problems while less
affluent ones do not.
At the same time, Americans are more likely to live in the suburbs today than they were in 2000, and even the young,
affluent ones drawn to cities tend to move once their kids reach school age, Kolko's research shows.
of deliberately keeping local families away in favor of more
affluent ones from other districts via a manipulated waitlist.
The case also spotlighted the financial gulf between working - class, minority districts like Edgewood and predominantly white,
affluent ones such as the Alamo Heights Independent School District, just five miles away.
One reason for this may be that more affluent individuals tend to have better access (e.g. through stronger social networks) than
less affluent ones.
A recent study of urban, suburban, and rural schools in four states found that smaller schools helped close the achievement gap — as measured by test scores — between students from poor communities and students from
more affluent ones.
«This city, tucked alongside the Everglade Wildlife Management Area on the east coast of Florida, is
an affluent one that's intentionally designed to mimic a park,» the council said on its website.
The hungry two - thirds of the world is growing twice as rapidly as
the affluent one - third.
The affluent ones are the ones who are competent and know how to generate income and move through the chairs to the seats of power.
After 40 years of street ministry I have found that in most Church's especially
the affluent ones, the leadership is usually totally inept in knowing how to handle the real life problems people encounter.
The de facto segregation Kozol describes has created tangible — and tragic — inequalities between white and minority students, and between poor students and
affluent ones.
Even in the more
affluent ones, however, a strikingly large percentage of teachers in this sample do not live where they work and thus can not vote.
The findings suggester poor children who attended after - school clubs developed better social, emotional and behaviour skills, with children from disadvantaged homes participating in the activities equally as much as those from
affluent ones.
It's about using democracy to resolve our differences the best we can, while building bridges between the «two Americas» that have come into sharp relief — a liberal, urbanized, mostly coastal, and generally more
affluent one, and a conservative, rural and exurban, generally poorer, heartland one.
Under the Republican plan, known as «Title 1 portability,» the money would «follow the child,» so that if a poor student transferred from a high - poverty school to a more
affluent one, the federal money would follow the student to the new school.
Portability actually drives resources away from high - poverty districts and into more
affluent ones.
«Most important,» Thorpe added, «we have to make sure that quality teaching is as prevalent in schools serving poor communities as it is in more
affluent ones.
But in most states, local governments depend on property taxes to raise money for education, which means that poor communities have less wherewithal than
affluent ones to fill budget holes.
Republicans want the money to «follow the child,» so that if a poor student transfers from a high - poverty school to a more
affluent one, the federal dollars would follow.
In some gentrifying neighborhoods, low - income and minority elementary students have been displaced by an influx of
affluent ones.
With a median household income nearing 70,000, the state of Connecticut is
an affluent one, and home prices tend to be higher than national averages because of that.
In contrast, the lower level room offers a more intimate viewing space; compact and carpeted, it feels as though we have walked into a domestic setting, although obviously
an affluent one.
The bottom line was that there had to be a transfer station somewhere, and if it wasn't to remain in this more affluent neighborhood, it would be sited in a less
affluent one, one less capable of making its case.
It's not even that low - income neighborhoods are being charged much more than
the affluent ones.
«This city, tucked alongside the Everglade Wildlife Management Area on the east coast of Florida, is
an affluent one that's intentionally designed to mimic a park,» the council said on its website.