Sentences with phrase «discriminating against students like»

Washington's justification for discriminating against students like Michael, Rachael and Skyler is a pair of state constitutional provisions with dubious origins: «All schools maintained or supported wholly or in part by the public funds shall be forever free from sectarian control or influence.»

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And there is a reason why students learning about the plight of the homeless, the refugee, the hungry, the member of a minority group who is discriminated against, and the like are not moved to action with greater frequency.

However, like traditional public schools, charter schools must admit all students who wish to attend and may not discriminate against students, including those who are low income, English learners, or struggling academically.

Like the Common Core test itself, the entire testing effort discriminates against poorer children, children who aren't fluent in the English Language and students who are not getting the special education services they need.

One can only assume that Polis doesn't like the fact that Ravitch (and many other pro-education advocates) have revealed the fact that charter schools traditionally «increase» their standardized test scores by «creaming» off the best students, discriminating against non-English speaking students and refusing to take their fair share of students who need special education services.

Like all standardized tests, the Common Core SBAC discriminates against students who come from poor households, students who are not fluent in the English language and students who have special education needs.

Malloy, like newly sworn - in Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, has been a consistent supporter of efforts to privatize public education by turning over scarce public resources to charter schools despite the fact that these schools discriminate against Latino students, students who need help learning the English language and students who require special education services.

We don't know enough empirically about what it's like to be told during the summer that your college sees you as different, or that your group membership might cause others to discriminate against you, and how to deliver those messages in a way that encourages students to see their differences as assets rather than liabilities.