Sentences with phrase «affluent school districts»

Even in the most affluent school districts, 7.5 % of Black boys had been given an out - of - school suspension compared to 1.8 % of White boys.

I live in a fairly affluent school district, but there are still many families in need right near me.

In affluent school districts students generally have access to better materials and teachers get paid high salaries, affording those students better educations.

Some work in more affluent school districts and have greater autonomy to create individual programs, yet still are accountable for students» learning and their performance on high - stakes achievement tests.

Parents in affluent school districts regularly augment their schools» budgets with contributions for extra programs, particularly in the arts.

That's only three percent less than the ten most affluent school districts across The Golden State.

The result: «these invisible walls often concentrate education dollars within affluent school districts, and ensure that low - income students are kept on the outside.»

Local school district officials closely monitor the Utah legislative session each year because legislators representing less - affluent school districts inevitably look to the wealthier ones - like Park City - to help fund schools in parts of the state where population is growing.

When the state legislature meets each year, there's always a school fund equalization push coming from representatives of some less affluent school districts throughout the state.

While the district is advocating for the A-F ratings, board members want to ensure that the system does not favor affluent school districts.

In my state, as in virtually all other states, teachers can earn more money in one of only a few ways: by accumulating college credits (even when those credits have nothing to do with what they are teaching); by accumulating more years of experience (even if that experience doesn't make them any better); or by transferring to a more affluent school district that pays higher salaries.

Montgomery County, Maryland, one of the most affluent school districts in the United States and considered a model for its simultaneous pursuit of equity and excellence, approved its first charter school in July 2011, but the sledding is still rough for those trying to open a second charter school.

Why racial achievement gaps were so pronounced in affluent school districts is a puzzling question raised by the data.

Last spring, Vergara v. California found that the state's tenure statutes protected teacher incompetence, disproportionately impacting students in less affluent school districts and denying them access to an equal education.

But this nearly exclusive focus on improving the education of the poor has concealed the sub-par education being provided in many of our most affluent school districts.

For example, security firms that offer drug sniffing dogs market their services to inspect the lockers of students in the more affluent school districts.

An affluent school district near Austin, Texas, whose students are high achievers, has proposed giving scholarships to students to attend private schools in what the school board says is a move to ease overcrowding.

The plans of both candidates offer a smorgasbord of remedies to close the achievement gap between poor and affluent school districts, including approaches to help schools close the digital divide.

He has successfully worked in both high poverty and affluent school districts and has earned a reputation as a «Transformation Schools» leader.

With regard to teacher retention, district leaders in interviews with APA noted that they face a consistent trend where, after several years of teaching in the district, new teachers gain valuable training, coaching, and experience but then many leave SAISD for teaching jobs in surrounding, more affluent school districts.

In 23 states, state and local governments are together spending less per pupil in the poorest school districts than they are in the most affluent school districts, putting the children in these low - income, high - need schools at an even further disadvantage.

OUSD is an affluent school district that seems to have all the resources needed to ensure that the educational needs of students are met, yet for a variety of reasons it remains unable to reduce race and class disparities in student achievement due to the maintenance of a system that is highly tracked and where traditional approaches to teaching and learning (e.g., lecture format) are pervasive.