Sentences with phrase «between wealthy school»

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Most of the students who graduate from Columbia Business School are going to be somewhere between wealthy and rich.

Meanwhile, the difference between the SAT scores of wealthy and poor high school seniors has actually increased over the past 30 years, from a 90 - point gap (on an 800 - point scale) in the 1980s to a 125 - point gap today.

The Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) has created a widening gap between Syracuse and the wealthier school districts in New York, even though was implemented in the 2010 - 11 school year during the recession in order to alleviate the hole in the New York state budget, according to New York State United Teachers, a teachers» union in the state.

The spending gap between the wealthiest and poorest schools in the state has grown 24 percent due to Governor Cuomo's policies, a record high.»

«If wealthier parents persist in sending their children to independent schools, then there is a clear tension between individuals» strategies to raise standards and our policies to reduce inequality.

In calling for a $ 2 billion «Smart Schools» bond referendum to put better technology in schools, Cuomo said the improvements could help bridge the gap between poor and wealthy sSchools» bond referendum to put better technology in schools, Cuomo said the improvements could help bridge the gap between poor and wealthy sschools, Cuomo said the improvements could help bridge the gap between poor and wealthy schoolsschools.

The evidence not only from Swedish free schools but from American charter schools shows that such schools help to close the gap between the poorest and the wealthiest children.»

The authors concluded that successful public charter high schools in low - income neighborhoods can have beneficial health effects, and could help to close the growing academic achievement gap between wealthy and poor students.

The script also explores the disparity between the McFarland runners and their competitors from much wealthier school districts.

are struggling with them in wealthy and in middle - and low - income schools; in rural, suburban, and urban districts; in magnet, regular, district, charter, parochial, and independent schools; along the coasts, in the American heartland, from south to north, and everywhere in between.»

In response to lawsuits that identified large within - state differences in per - pupil spending across wealthy and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school - finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many state legislatures implemented reforms that led to major changes in school funding.

To make sure we go where the need is greatest, we only partner with schools in areas that serve low income communities and where there is a significant attainment gap between these children and their wealthier peers.

In response to large within - state differences in per - pupil spending across wealthy / high - income and poor districts, state supreme courts overturned school finance systems in 28 states between 1971 and 2010, and many states implemented legislative reforms that spawned important changes in public education funding.

Differences in test scores, college attendance, and graduation rates between wealthy and poor students are reaching an unprecedented disparity, with tremendous implications for the American public schooling system.

New Jersey's second - largest categorical program is Parity Remedy Aid, a court - ordered program that targets additional funds to the so - called Abbott districts — the plaintiffs in the Abbott v. Burke school finance lawsuit — to create more equity between them and the state's wealthier and academically more successful districts.

It cites increases in teacher salaries, a shift in school funding from local property taxes to state taxes, and a reduction in the disparities between poor and wealthy districts as financing changes that were successful «even in the first year.»

York (a 31 percentage point gap) and Bath & North East Somerset (28 percentage points) have the biggest «school readiness» gap between poorer and wealthier children.

Last fall, the conflict between charter and district schools intensified after someone leaked a plan from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to raise up to $ 490 million from foundations and wealthy individuals to double the number of charter schools in the city, with the goal of enrolling about half the students in the district within eight years.

In particular, the gap in the average qualifications between teachers in the wealthiest and poorest 10 percent of schools shrank by half from 2000 to 2005.

The 5 - to - 2 decision last month marked a victory for wealthy school districts that were alarmed by a 1991 decision by a district court that disparities between wealthy and poor districts should be erased.

School - finance reforms passed last year by Wisconsin lawmakers in an effort to reduce the gap between wealthy and poor school districts could have the opposite eSchool - finance reforms passed last year by Wisconsin lawmakers in an effort to reduce the gap between wealthy and poor school districts could have the opposite eschool districts could have the opposite effect.

As O'Brien notes, a system of school choice would sever the ties between housing and education, which is a policy that could keep «many people from becoming cash - poor and wealthy — a precarious thing — in the first place.»

The Commission says that this gap «can not be explained by their results at school or where they live», because there are significant differences between poorer children and wealthier children living in the same neighbourhood with the same GCSEs results.

Over time, Internet access has steadily increased in public schools, leading to virtually no difference in access between poor schools and their wealthier counterparts, according to the latest figures from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Our current school funding system often bolsters school district boundaries between rich and poor, holding resources in wealthy communities and keeping low - income students from accessing broader opportunities.

Tracking U.S. Trends: There is now almost no difference in the availability of Internet access between poor schools and wealthy ones.

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While federal assistance has an ameliorating effect on the difference in school budgets between wealthy and poor districts, the District Court rejected an argument made by the State in that court that it should consider the effect of the federal grant in assessing the discrimination claim.

«Tackling absence from school is a key part of the government's determination to close the attainment gap between those from poorer and wealthier backgrounds.

Although they have been studying the education - finance situation since last October, when a state judge indicated that substantial changes were needed to balance the scales between wealthy and poor school districts, nothing prepared politicians in the state capital for last week's events.

A New Jersey judge last week declared the legislature's most recent revision of the state school - finance system unconstitutional because it fails to close the funding gap between poorer and wealthier districts.

Many of these revisions will help close the equity gap of over $ 1,000 per student between the wealthiest and poorest school districts that is inherent in Texas's continuing over-reliance on disparate property tax values across the state, as noted in the chart below.

In fact, in a study of a project - based approach to teaching social studies and content literacy to 2nd graders, my colleagues and I were able to close the gap, statistically speaking, between students in high - poverty school districts — who experienced project - based units — and students in wealthy school districts — who did not.

The poll found that 85 percent of voters say states should take action to correct differences in the quality of education within the state, and 84 percent say their states should adjust school funding to ensure greater fairness between wealthy and poor communities.

We believe this could be an opportunity for positive change as long as adequacy and equity are central tenets to address the chronic and growing divide between urban / rural, wealthy and poorer school systems and their related student achievement gaps.

Indeed, a close look at MCAS results shows there is surprisingly little difference between the quality of teaching in so - called «good» schools (wealthy, suburban schools with high MCAS scores) and «bad» schools (inner - city schools with low scores) when the results are averaged across all teachers in the district and disaggregated by student demographics, specifically race and poverty.

It also upped the ante in the ongoing battle between the politically powerful union and well - monied charter schools — one in which charter schools such as Success Academy locate in black and brown low - income neighborhoods and continually outperform public schools in wealthier public schools districts.

A new study from the Public School Forum of North Carolina confirms a large and growing gap in public school funding between the wealthiest and the poorest couSchool Forum of North Carolina confirms a large and growing gap in public school funding between the wealthiest and the poorest couschool funding between the wealthiest and the poorest counties.

Pennsylvania has the largest funding gap between wealthy and low - income school districts of any state in the country, a problem exacerbated by the current impasse in the state budget fight.

If the average salary gap between a poor and a wealthier school is $ 5,000, a higher poverty school with 30 teachers would be shortchanged $ 150,000 a year.

A new study from the Public School Forum of North Carolina shows a large and growing gap in public school funding between the wealthiest and poorest couSchool Forum of North Carolina shows a large and growing gap in public school funding between the wealthiest and poorest couschool funding between the wealthiest and poorest counties.

The new school grades come the same week as the Public School Forum's release of data that show vast differences in per pupil education funding between North Carolina's poor and wealthy school distschool grades come the same week as the Public School Forum's release of data that show vast differences in per pupil education funding between North Carolina's poor and wealthy school distSchool Forum's release of data that show vast differences in per pupil education funding between North Carolina's poor and wealthy school distschool districts.

Further, the Court found that inadequate funding from the state is leading to inequalities and disparities between wealthy and poor school districts, because some districts are only able to raise a fraction of the money through local levies as other districts, despite having a higher local levy tax rate.

Grammar schools are more likely to be located in wealthier areas, but there appears to be no obvious link between their admission policies and how close they are to more deprived areas.

Schools where students feel safe, engaged and connected to their teachers are also schools that have narrower achievement gaps between low - income children and their wealthierSchools where students feel safe, engaged and connected to their teachers are also schools that have narrower achievement gaps between low - income children and their wealthierschools that have narrower achievement gaps between low - income children and their wealthier peers.

In the third of a five - part series, John Dickens looks at who exactly is benefiting as schools receive more than # 6bn of pupil premium funding and questions if is really closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their wealthier peers

The almost entirely white population of girls at the school with the widest gap between wealthy and poor students was the group most at risk of relational aggression.

Public schools would receive a $ 200 increase per pupil in each of the two years, but that would be outside the school funding formula, only compounding the inequities between wealthy and poor districts.

The study shows that governors are overwhelmingly likely to be white - 96 % - with little difference between wealthy and poor areas or between urban and rural schools.

Some have argued, and rightly so, that the persistent opportunity gap between low - income students and their wealthier peers should be addressed by extending learning opportunities to all students in high - poverty schools to ensure that they have access to a well - rounded education.