Sentences with phrase «benefit wealthier students»

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Congress is considering a proposed $ 13 million study which would analyze the benefits of a free school breakfast for all students — in low - income and wealthy neighborhoods alike.

He also claims that New York's education budget is too high, without noting that because of the wide disparities of income in the state, children in wealthy districts benefit from much higher spending and students in poorer districts have to make do with far fewer resources.

The relationship, which is based on grounds of mutual benefits, is ideal for wealthy businessmen and female students who seek a better lifestyle in foreign land.

Those politicians who fall for the «ALEC treatment» become puppets who push the conservative, right - wing group's education policies and proposals back home — legislation designed to benefit ALEC's wealthy benefactors and turn a profit on the backs of students without any regard for their educational wellbeing.

While we believe a focus on Pell completion is laudable and absolutely called for, the proposal fails to account for the percentage of Pell - eligible students enrolled within institutions; and, as a result, any new funding will likely benefit wealthy, selective campuses where low - income students are the least likely to enroll.

But she failed to note that the top Hartford students, who were the top before Sheff, are now the ones in these choice / charter / magnet schools, so all the State of Connecticut is shamelessly doing is moving some students around, spending money on a small number of schools, and only integrating if wealthy and non-integrated suburban students can benefit.

High - quality preschool improves students» social, cognitive and developmental readiness for kindergarten, putting them on track to long - term success in school.5 The benefits are especially critical for low - income students, who typically hear 30 million fewer words spoken than their wealthier peers by age 2 and face an uphill battle to early literacy and math proficiency throughout their education.6

The final budget bill cut state K - 12 spending by nearly $ 800 million, over7 percent — the largest amount in Wisconsin's history — and limited local governments» abilities to make up for these cuts through property taxes.14 That same year, Gov. Walker passed major tax cuts primarily targeted toward corporations and the wealthy that totaled $ 2.33 billion over 10 years.15 Gov. Walker and Act 10 proponents argued that the bill's reforms would allow schools to offset these cuts by reducing teachers» benefits and hiring lower - paid teachers, preventing budget cuts from affecting students.16 Gov. Walker also argued that eliminating requirements to bargain over salary structures, hiring, and working conditions would give schools additional flexibility needed to attract and retain higher - quality teachers.17

In addition, aid from the government, merit aid from universities and private programs increasingly provide more benefit for wealthier students with high grade - point averages and top scores on entrance exams.

Skeptics might assume that these benefits are associated mainly with wealthier schools, where well - resourced libraries serve affluent students.