Sentences with phrase «affluent students such»

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So while there's clearly room for improvement in Greene, it feels unfair to compare it to a county which places an unusually high value on exceptional school food, has a student population better conditioned to accept such food, and has affluent parents who can pay the higher price tag that comes with it.

This is not a function of SAT prep courses available to the affluent — such coaching buys only a few dozen points — but of the ability of these students to do well in a challenging academic setting.

Philanthropic foundations that support education causes are interested in serving as many poor and minority children as possible; when 30 % to 40 % of a student body is made up of white or affluent students, the school is deemed suspect, as reform - minded foundations see such programs as «wasting» a third of their seats.

Such an approach is likely to discourage good teachers from working in high - need schools and to widen the gap between poor and affluent students.

CAP identified affluent PTAs in Beverly Hills and New York City, as well as in high - poverty districts such as Oakland, California, where three - fourths of students are low - income.

Research shows that it costs more to educate low - income students, many of whom start school academically behind their more affluent peers.4 These students may need, for example, help to build vocabulary and background knowledge, extra learning time, or links to other services, such as healthcare, to meet the full range of their needs.5

Some districts with high numbers of chronically absent students are «affluent, suburban districts,» such as Montgomery County, Maryland, and Fairfax County, Virginia, which are «known for academic achievement.»

In short, Relay would lower the bar for teacher preparation in Connecticut, increasing the likelihood that students in districts such as Hartford, Bridgeport, and New Haven would receive teachers who have not met the same standards of preparation as those in more affluent districts.

The 2017 test results show Texas struggling to keep pace in fourth and eighth grade reading compared to past years, even when accounting for a student population that is less affluent and more in need of specialized education programs, such as bilingual education, than those of many other states.

Because such charter schools inculcate their students with an urgency to perform as well, or better than, their affluent counterparts, such a statement warrants celebration because it proves that they are achieving their stated goals.

Scientists have found that affluent students, particularly teenagers, are at tremendous risk for problems such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, eating disorders, and cutting.