Sentences with phrase «class than their public school peers»

Its children spend 60 % more time in class than their public school peers, and teachers» only hope for job security is improving student performance year after year.

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The result is that African - American students who switched from public to private schools scored, on average, 6.3 points higher than their public school peers; by contrast, Krueger reports effects of between 9.1 and 9.8 points for African - Americans placed in smaller classes.
Special - progress classes were even more racially and academically segregated from other students than their contemporary version, «gifted and talented» programs that retain middle - class parents in the public - school system by separating their children from most low - income and minority - group peers.
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