Sentences with phrase «in substandard schools»

We need, among other things, more equitable appropriation of public funds, implementation of academic programs with a high success record, lowering pupil / teacher ratio for reading and math, and higher pay incentives for seasoned teachers willing to teach in substandard schools.

It drives those who can leave to private or charter schools leaving the poor in substandard schools.

And these constitutional provisions — which most courts interpret as creating a right to instruction that equips students to compete in the global economy — could provide a means for families in substandard schools to demand reform.

Maybe you'd like to close the huge funding gaps that trap low - income students in substandard schools, or create free, high - quality, universal prekindergarten.

«A Teachable Moment,» August 17, 2008 «While it is true that for decades the children of New Orleans toiled in a substandard school system, they have also continually faced countless other obstacles to success — inadequate health care, poorly educated parents, exposure to high rates of violent crime and a popular culture that often denigrates mainstream achievement.»

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This was not because I skipped that lecture in medical school, suffered from substandard residency training, or failed to realize the importance of sleep.

Our school, in south west London, was locked into a contract with a substandard local authority caterer.

«There is a big problem with counterfeit and substandard medicines in poorer countries, particularly in Africa and Asia,» said Soumyajit Mandal, assistant professor in the Department Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the Case School of Engineering.

Depending upon the type of medicine and where you live, the threat of falsified medications (also referred to as counterfeit, fraudulent, and substandard) can be quite real, yet the full scope and prevalence of the problem is poorly understood, say researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new report published April 20 in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

In cities with gleaming skyscrapers and bustling industries, the schools are too frequently ramshackle, run - down, substandard accommodations unworthy of those who seek to learn within their walls.

The term «teacher wellbeing» has become quite loaded in recent times, particularly with recent research highlighting the substandard health and wellbeing of school leaders, and the implications for all school staff and broader school communities.

They were drawn to SOF precisely because it was refusing to cream top students, but was instead ready to work with those who were dropping out in droves or would graduate with substandard knowledge and skills from traditional neighborhood schools.

In that state, a survey of alternative education a few years ago revealed substandard facilities and programs that offered fewer class hours than regular schools did.

The three-fold increase nationally in the growth of independently managed public schools has been driven by the frustration of parents with the generally substandard level of education to be found in poor, urban public school systems.

Thus, the school experience brought new kinds of social capital to impoverished kids — and the presence of parents with clout ensured that neither the teaching nor the facilities in city schools would slide toward substandard.

In most places, the whiter the neighborhood, the better the school system; and the better the school system, the higher the prices of homes, making it impossible for those who aren't wealthy to escape substandard schools.

It's found critics in traditional public schools that see the company focused on profits while offering a substandard education to children that would be better served in classrooms.

teachers» strike in Chicago is being viewed by many as an early skirmish in a coming war over the crisis in public education — stagnant or declining graduation rates, substandard educations, dilapidated schools, angry teachers, underserved students.

Assumptions that disadvantaged students underperform in school because their parents aren't educated, their home environments are substandard, or their parents just don't care only perpetuate the problem because they excuse schools and other adults in kids» lives from making a difference.

Schools offering substandard careers advice should be downgraded in Ofsted inspections, MPs have said.

To protect patients from substandard medical assisting services, it is the position of the AAMA and the ASSMA that (effective January 1, 2019) only: (1) graduates of accredited postsecondary medical assisting programs (or medical assisting programs in accredited schools), or of United States Armed Forces medical services training programs; or (2) individuals holding a current CMA (AAMA) credential awarded by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) or a current RMA (AMT) credential awarded by American Medical Technologists (AMT), should be permitted to work as medical assistants under Arizona law.

Chronic underfunding and official indifference, common themes that ran through the investigations into residential schools in the 1940s and 1950s, meant that Aboriginal children were usually placed in institutions with substandard living conditions.

For example, when the first wave of young, upscale urban pioneers settled in Chicago's long - neglected Wicker Park neighborhood, they wanted to send their kids to the local public schools, but the schools had substandard reading and math scores, dropout rates, and resources.