Sentences with phrase «disproportionately lower number»

Even though the area had worse health outcomes and fewer transit options than many other parts of the City, a disproportionately lower number of Bedford Stuyvesant residents were taking advantage of the mobility and health benefits of bike share.

Finally, age adjustments are used for entry exams to many grammar schools, yet there remains a disproportionately lower number of summer born children who are successful.

I felt like I was getting a disproportionately low number of «likes», and a disproportionately high number of «dislikes», as were other women, in the thread.

They hold the top financial strength rating available and have a disproportionately low number of consumer complaints, given they're one of the ten largest life insurance companies in the United States.

They hold the top financial strength rating available and have a disproportionately low number of consumer complaints, given they're one of the ten largest life insurance companies in the United States.

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Nelson's report corroborates a recently released study by the U.S. Department of Education that emphasizes the disproportionately high number of male S&E professors.10 The report also cites the salary advantage men of all racial groups enjoy over women.10 While the unadjusted salaries of African - American faculty members were lower than those of whites, when variables were controlled, the wage gap disappeared.10 However, the study cautions that the markedly lower numbers of tenured and working African - American faculty at doctoral institutions could obscure racially biased salary discrepancies.10

The disproportionately high number of nonresident alien S&E workers effectively lowered wages and stipends, which lowered research costs and wages, according to a report by Alan Fechter and Michael Teitelbaum5 and another report by David North.3 (Fechter is president of the board of the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology and Teitelbaum is vice chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform.)

The number of women in U.S. politics remains disproportionately low, and it doesn't have to be that way.

The feeling is that a disproportionately high number of men end up in senior management while women simply aren't given enough support and therefore tend to occupy lower level roles on less pay.

Reducing the number of low - performing students is not only a goal in its own right but also an effective way to improve an education system's overall performance — and equity, since low performers are disproportionately from socio - economically disadvantaged families.

The Court of Appeal acknowledged that the challenged statutes increase the number of ineffective teachers in California schools and that low - income and minority students in California are disproportionately taught by less effective teachers.

Unqualified and inexperienced teachers are disproportionately concentrated in schools with the highest number of low - income students and students of color.

Though there may be some small number of low - income families that have been given some financial support to escape a failing neighborhood public school, these voucher programs have disproportionately benefited wealthy families.

In Vergara v. California, nine students sued the State of California, claiming that ineffective teachers were disproportionately placed in schools with large numbers of «minority» and low - income students.

This shows that the number of white students in Chicago (9.9 %) is disproportionately low to the number of white people in Chicago (39 %).

And, the number of white students in Baltimore (7.9 %) is disproportionately low to the number of white people in Baltimore (962 %).

A June 2014 report released by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) claimed that, «When teachers are absent 10 days, the decrease in student achievement is equivalent to the difference between having a brand new teacher and one with two or three years more experience... Worse yet, a number of studies have found there to be a disproportionately high rate of teacher absenteeism in schools serving low income and minority students, providing yet another obstacle to closing the achievement gap.»

This is particularly important because a number of studies indicate that carbon cap - and - trade schemes will disproportionately burden lower - income households, rural households, and those living in coal - dependent states in the south and Midwest.

Some of the lowest numbers of filings occurred in the BVI and the Isle of Man where alternative processes to petitions exist for creditors or shareholders, while Mauritius returned a disproportionately high number of filings, fuelled by a significantly larger population and domestic economy.