Sentences with phrase «education access inequality»

This past Monday, 35 higher education groups wrote a letter to House leaders warning them that in its current form, the PROSPER Act would perpetuate student loan debt and higher education access inequality.

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Productivity: limited knowledge of farming techniques, limited access to planting materials, pests and disease Environmental: climate change, aging trees, unfertile soil Social: limited access to education, gender inequality, fewer leadership roles for women Financial: poverty, lack of access to finance

Commenting on the launch of a consultation by the Secretary of State for Education on professional development for teachers and calling for expressions of interest in a College of Teaching, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «This Government can establish whatever framework it likes for professional development but unless teachers are given a contractual entitlement to access such development, the current system of inequality and ad hoc arrangements will continue, with access being on the basis of grace and favour and the whims and preferences of individual employers.

«A key test for the Government's funding proposals is whether they will support schools in tackling the profound inequalities of access to education.

Beyond current drivers of equal opportunity such as access to health care and education, the lack of access to technology might soon become the foremost driver of inequality.

2 However, this understanding has been compromised by South African national policies and strategies aimed to redress the past inequality in accessing tertiary education and to socially and economically advance the majority of South Africans who suffered from the brunt of the apartheid regime.

This question has been the driving force behind the doctoral student's education and career in his quest to address racial inequality and educational access in our society.

This time, he will go to work on Capitol Hill as part of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Fellowship, which provides an opportunity to gain an interdisciplinary understanding of the issues that engender a «school - to - prison pipeline,» and the policy mechanism necessary to address the inequalities that deny some students access to a complete and competitive education, from cradle through career.

How American schools are making inequality worse The Conversation, October 26, 2015 Study: Schools Exacerbate Growing Rich - Poor Achievement Gap U.S. News & World Report, October 19, 2015 Schools exacerbate the growing achievement gap between rich and poor, a 33 - country study finds The Hechinger Report, October 19, 2015 Report: U.S. Math Performance Gap Starts with Unequal Access Diverse Education, October 14, 2015 Inequality should scare us: Create great school options now The Seattle Times, October 11, 2015 Studies Probe How Schools Widen Achievement Gaps Education Week, October 6, 2015 New study reveals vast gap between rich and poor students The Educator, October 6, 2015 Low - Income Students Shortchanged on Math Curriculum U.S. News & World Report, September 30, 2015 Math content in schools adding to achievement gap, new study finds The Washington Post, Septembeinequality worse The Conversation, October 26, 2015 Study: Schools Exacerbate Growing Rich - Poor Achievement Gap U.S. News & World Report, October 19, 2015 Schools exacerbate the growing achievement gap between rich and poor, a 33 - country study finds The Hechinger Report, October 19, 2015 Report: U.S. Math Performance Gap Starts with Unequal Access Diverse Education, October 14, 2015 Inequality should scare us: Create great school options now The Seattle Times, October 11, 2015 Studies Probe How Schools Widen Achievement Gaps Education Week, October 6, 2015 New study reveals vast gap between rich and poor students The Educator, October 6, 2015 Low - Income Students Shortchanged on Math Curriculum U.S. News & World Report, September 30, 2015 Math content in schools adding to achievement gap, new study finds The Washington Post, SeptembeInequality should scare us: Create great school options now The Seattle Times, October 11, 2015 Studies Probe How Schools Widen Achievement Gaps Education Week, October 6, 2015 New study reveals vast gap between rich and poor students The Educator, October 6, 2015 Low - Income Students Shortchanged on Math Curriculum U.S. News & World Report, September 30, 2015 Math content in schools adding to achievement gap, new study finds The Washington Post, September 30, 2015

In her scholarship, she has studied the role of financial aid in increasing access to higher education, the effects of postsecondary remediation, and the impact of institutional initiatives aimed at reducing inequality in college outcomes.

The report puts figures on a phenomenon we all know happens, but which has not been properly documented previously, one which contributes to the social segregation and inequality of our education system: the extent to which parents have moved house or used even more unorthodox methods, such as faking piety or accessing an accommodating address in a desirable catchment temporarily in order to cheat the system.

Inequality in American Higher Education: Gaps in Postsecondary Outcomes at Broad Access Institutions.

Equity is about fairness in schools, equality of access in learning, recognizing inequalities throughout education and taking steps to address them.

His research interests include sociology of education, higher education, education policy analysis, racial and socioeconomic inequality in college access and success, social and cultural capital, immigrant assimilation and immigration reform, affirmative action and diversity in higher education, Latino students, quantitative methods, causal inference and treatment effect heterogeneity.

If the United States could somehow guarantee poor people a fair shot at the American dream through shifting education policies alone, then perhaps we wouldn't have to feel so damn bad about inequality — about low tax rates and loopholes that benefit the superrich and prevent us from expanding access to childcare and food stamps; about private primary and secondary schools that cost as much annually as an Ivy League college, and provide similar benefits; about moving to a different neighborhood, or to the suburbs, to avoid sending our children to school with kids who are not like them.

But we have a lot of inequalities in access to education outside of school — as well as what exists, you know, inside the school.

With economic inequality on the rise, she argued that it is ever more important for our education system to live up to its promise to be the «the great equalizer,» rather than «the great exacerbator,» of access to prosperity and civic engagement.

The legislation recognizes that achieving excellence in American education depends on providing access to opportunity for all children, and that increasing inequality within external social, economic, health and community factors — traditionally viewed as outside of the domain of schools — have a significant influence on academic outcomes and a persistent achievement gap.

We have published studies and books on segregation in schools, inequality in choice programs, issues of equity in testing, discrimination in special education placement, the dropout crisis, and the school - to - prison pipeline, as well as many studies on college access.

Affordable housing, equitable access to quality education, quality employment, a livable income for those not in work — these are all important health matters, as is tackling social and economic inequality, and ensuring a fair tax system.

«Health inequality is a stark reminder of a great divide in the nation across education, income, housing, mental health, chronic disease, child and maternal health, access to health services, and more.

Interpersonal violence is strongly associated with social factors such as unemployment, income inequality, rapid social change and access to education; 26 thus, measures that aim to reduce inequality and address such factors may indirectly impact on levels of violence.