Depending upon how fees are administered, some families may feel that the sliding scale fees identify the program as being
only for disadvantaged families.
Gov. Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin says he will once again ask state lawmakers to authorize a pilot «parental choice» program
for disadvantaged families in Milwaukee.
Our support during the critical early years,
especially for disadvantaged families through an improved Sure Start programme, is explicitly intended to have an impact on future fairness.
Assumptions about widespread access by families to the Internet and home computers can lead to over-reliance on these tools by educators in ways that further exacerbate challenges and gaps in
learning for disadvantaged families.
Speaking in Nottinghamshire, Mrs May said the Conservatives were making their own funding guarantees - such as protecting the # 2.5 bn pupil
premium for disadvantaged families - but that it wasn't simply a question of extra resources.
They want to make it impossible, or at least very difficult,
for disadvantaged families to make bad choices.