Sentences with phrase «current educational gap»

It acknowledges how the schools contributed to deep social and psychological effects which perpetuate conditions of disadvantage, including the current educational gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.

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'» But Ladd, the group's spokesperson, clearly said the following: «Current policy initiatives are misguided because they... have contributed little — and are not likely to contribute much in the future — to raising overall student achievement or to reducing achievement and educational attainment gaps....

Milburn highlighted that at the current rates of progression it would take 30 years to halve the educational attainment gap between poorer children and their better - off classmates, and over 50 years before the gap in access to university is closed between the areas with the lowest and highest participation rates.

In the current program, Mr. Smith tracks America's search for schools and school districts that have been effectively raising student performance in high poverty areas and closing the achievement gap between minority and low - income students and the educational mainstream.

All told, the current educational system in Massachusetts is not succeeding at closing considerable achievement gaps.

, the committee chairwoman, and Rep. Bobby Scott, D - Va., the top Democrat, both said there is a skills gap between what students are provided in educational settings and the demands of the current workforce.

Current math proficiency requirements and assessments are creating unfair and unnecessary equity gaps in educational attainment.

The current educational crisis of Latino young men and boys has led to a proliferation of school district and community programs seeking to remedy the achievement gap experienced by Latino boys through Latino male mentorship programs.