Sentences with phrase «characterize educational disadvantage»

Instead, Ladd «speaks of income as one of many factors that characterize educational disadvantage.

Not exact matches

Some studies in both Massachusetts and New York City have found that a «No Excuses» educational approach — characterized by mandated intensive tutoring, longer instruction times, frequent teacher feedback, strict disciplinary policies, and high expectations for students — is a common feature among charter schools with the biggest positive effects (however, the most effective of these schools are located in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods, making it difficult to disentangle whether this is due to the No Excuses approach or sub-par public school alternatives).

All of these outcomes are linked by the theme that they are more frequent among children and young people who have been exposed to adverse childhood and environments characterized by multiple social, educational, economic, and related disadvantages.1 — 3