Whether the change is needed to match disruption in the workplace and consumer marketplace, or because of rampant inequalities in the system is somewhat inconsequential — only somewhat because inequalities stemming
from socioeconomic disparity are in desperate need of institutional address — because both are keeping students from reaching their full potential.
Not exact matches
As it happens, in the»80s, the psychologists Betty Hart and Todd R. Risley spent years cataloging the number of words spoken to young children in dozens of families
from different
socioeconomic groups, and what they found was not only a
disparity in the complexity of words used, but also astonishing differences in sheer number.
The third (
from ACOG) states outright that the
disparities «largely result
from differences in
socioeconomic status and insurance status».
The conclusion
from my answer is that increasing funding to bad school districts above a minimum baseline level would NOT cause them to catch up to the good districts, because that would not address the underlying
socioeconomic disparity differences of populace.
Racial
disparities in obesity rates among the third of U.S. adults considered obese are often blamed on
socioeconomic status because of its influence on diet and physical activity, but new findings
from the University of Alabama at Birmingham published in Obesity suggest otherwise — particularly for women.
Data
from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) on transplant outcomes and donor characteristics was linked with Georgia Transplant Foundation financial aid data to examine the contribution of
socioeconomic status to the observed racial
disparities.
LaVeist was recognized for his ability to examine health
disparities from a broad perspective; the innovative design of his study, «Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities», which controls for confounding socioeconomic and environmental factors; and his work creating the Cultural Competency Organizational Assessment — 360, a tool for assessing the cultural competency of health care org
disparities from a broad perspective; the innovative design of his study, «Exploring Health
Disparities in Integrated Communities», which controls for confounding socioeconomic and environmental factors; and his work creating the Cultural Competency Organizational Assessment — 360, a tool for assessing the cultural competency of health care org
Disparities in Integrated Communities», which controls for confounding
socioeconomic and environmental factors; and his work creating the Cultural Competency Organizational Assessment — 360, a tool for assessing the cultural competency of health care organizations.
Through its Outcomes and Assessments Research, the Foundation follows individuals
from various regions, cultures, ethnicities and
socioeconomic statuses
from the time of disability throughout their lives to identify treatment
disparities and quality of life post-disability.
There are some big
disparities there, particularly between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and those
from high and low
socioeconomic backgrounds.
The existence of a «
socioeconomic achievement gap» — a
disparity in academic achievement between students
from high - and low -
socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds — is well - known in educational research.
In presenting this definition of equity, we recognize and acknowledge that significant
disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes exist among students based on
socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, gender, special needs, English language proficiency, sexual orientation, and geography, which result
from a history of systemic, economic, political, and moral inequity.
Even more striking are the large
disparities in the reading skills of students
from different racial, ethnic, and
socioeconomic backgrounds.
This, of course, only entrenches
socioeconomic disparity as the elite schools become increasingly elite and further removed
from concern for «street - level» legal practice.
Data collected by the National Center for Education Statistics show that 51 % of students across US public schools were
from low - income families in 2013.1
Socioeconomic disparities in school readiness and academic performance are well documented.
Stress, life events, and
socioeconomic disparities in health: results
from the Americans» Changing Lives Study