The phrase
"affluent schools" refers to schools that have a lot of money and resources.
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«I don't think these things don't happen in
more affluent schools, but this was like a daily thing,» she says.
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.
In contrast, less than 7 percent of the poorest performers in more -
affluent schools become principals at other schools.
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.
The opportunity gap
between affluent schools and those in low - income communities — particularly communities of color — sets children up for failure.
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.
They tend to employ teachers who are more inexperienced than the hires
at affluent schools, and they often are not adequately trained for the intense environments they will face, making them more likely to leave, said Linda Darling - Hammond, a professor emerita at Stanford who heads the Learning Policy Institute, an education think tank.
The report also describes how the black / Latino schools are shortchanged in funding; teacher experience (the most experienced teachers move to the more
affluent schools as soon as possible.)
He acknowledged that the board is frustrated that few schools have applied and that the more
affluent schools with heavy parent involvement have raced to ask for independence.
If principal retention rates nationally could be increased to match those
of affluent schools, it could save U.S. school districts $ 163 million annually.
But even at Piney Branch, which benefits from the vast resources of a huge,
affluent school system in Montgomery County, Maryland, it sure seems rickety, held with lots of duct tape and chewing gum, and subject to collapse without just the right staff and parent support.
A race to opulence characterizes
affluent schools even as other schools scramble to provide basic supplies.
01, feels this is particularly critical at less
affluent schools like the ones she has worked at in Boston, Cambridge, Mass., and Los Angeles as a literacy coach.
In less
affluent schools without parent donations, funding for these programs or resources likely comes out of schools» overall budgets, requiring administrators to pull funding from other core activities for enrichment opportunities.
Wikis disproportionately benefited affluent learners: wikis created in
affluent schools persisted longer and provided more opportunities for 21st century skill development than wikis created in under - resourced schools.
Although a vocal minority of parents whose children tend to be enrolled in more
affluent schools around the country have refused to let their kids take the Common Core tests, no Sylvanie Williams families have opted out.
The result: «these invisible walls often concentrate education dollars
within affluent school districts, and ensure that low - income students are kept on the outside.»
But researchers and advocates for the poor have pointed to loopholes in Title I funding that effectively
allow affluent schools to operate at higher levels of funding than low - income schools.
Tasked with redrawing enrollment boundaries in fast - growing Loudoun County to ease overcrowding, some school board members have suggested doing away with the practice of dispersing students from a cluster of high - density Leesburg apartment complexes to
several affluent schools, some up to three miles away.
While the district is advocating for the A-F ratings, board members want to ensure that the system does not
favor affluent school districts.
«It is estimated that in a typical urban school district with 110 schools, investments made to draw retention to the same rate as
typical affluent schools (20 % turnover) would save the district $ 330,000 annually.
Results of the study suggest that to foster early adolescents» well - being in
affluent school settings, parents focus on prioritizing intrinsic, prosocial values that promote affiliation and community, at least as much as, or more than, they prioritize academic performance and external achievement; and strive to limit the amount of criticism and pressure they place on their children.
«We started coveting the underdog role because we knew we weren't a private or
affluent school with unlimited resources,» Fulwiler said.
Yet, in
affluent school divisions where it should be easier to differentiate instruction specifically for fewer numbers of poor children, most achieve no better or even worse for economically - disadvantaged children than high poverty school divisions.
Nineteen years after the Columbine High School massacre, and nearly six years after the Newtown school shooting, Cooper says he sees the acts of violence in more
affluent school communities and the violence surrounding urban school districts like Baltimore «through a similar lens.»
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.
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.