The authors of the study, Lindsay Daugherty, Paco Martorell, and Isaac McFarlin Jr., focus their analysis on 17,057 graduates from the 2002 through 2008 graduating
classes in a large urban school district in Texas that historically has sent few students to college.
Not exact matches
To remedy this problem, some
districts, particularly those
in large urban areas, have adopted universal,
in -
class breakfast programs whereby all students are able to obtain and eat a free breakfast
in their classrooms at the start of the
school day.
And
in a
large urban district like mine, where over 80 % of our kids are economically disadvantaged and a universal,
in -
class breakfast is the norm among our 300
schools, paying for that 1/2 cup increase is likely to be a big drain on our
school food budget.
While
class - size reduction has helped achievement
in most of California's
large urban school districts, not all of those have enjoyed such results, says a study by the Public Policy Institute of California.
«What's truly noteworthy about Santa Ana students» math proficiency is that we're seeing remarkable results at the scale of a
large urban district — not just one high - achieving
class or
school — where the predominantly Hispanic student body has closed the achievement gap,» said Andrew R. Coulson, President of the MIND Education Division
in a written statement.
When
large percentages of minority children do not complete high
school and almost half of those
in urban districts can not read at grade level, the lucky few who fit into the «diversity» quotas for higher education are insignificant
in number compared to those condemned to permanent second
class status by failing
schools.
Researchers are following students from the
Class of 2012
in three
large,
urban school districts that offer POS.