Sentences with phrase «affluent parents provide»

To attempt to level the playing field, we should at least be equipping schools to provide supports to needy children that affluent parents provide their children.

As proven by Stanford's Sean Reardon, the widening of the achievement gap results from additional opportunities affluent parents provide their children out of the K - 12 environment: high - quality pre-K, tutoring, and after - school and summer enrichment.

Not exact matches

Another part of the answer has to do with early cognitive stimulation: Affluent parents typically provide more books and educational toys to their kids in early childhood; low - income parents are less likely to live in neighborhoods with good libraries and museums and other enrichment opportunities, and they're less likely to use a wide and varied vocabulary when speaking to their infants and children.

Especially among upper middle class and affluent parents, there's a strong belief that going to a top - tier college — especially one in the Ivy League — will provide unimaginable advantages in the professional world.

Because while I don't want my kid eating Go - Gurt either, I do have a lot of sympathy for school personnel and for parents — even these more affluent, private school parents — who believe they are providing healthy snacks when they select applesauce, yogurt and crackers over the many other options out there.

When school district budgets are cut, parents in more affluent neighborhoods essentially tax themselves to provide librarians, after - school programs, field trips and other needs.

In order to replicate the benefits affluent parents afford their children, our schools must be able to provide the enriched environments that develop well - rounded students.

School leaders in affluent areas are able to call on support from wealthier parents to provide funding for better facilities, unlike leaders in less advantaged schools, where «parents aren't in a position to help financially».

«This is a huge victory for the Louisiana Scholarship Program, which provides low income families with the same opportunity as more affluent parents already have — the financial resources to send their child to the school of their choice.»