Not exact matches
The study showed that breastfeeding in participants of the study was not more common in the highly -
educated and high -
income women, but instead was evenly distributed amongst social
classes.
New Ph.D. researchers with «stronger academic ability,» as indicated by having received university support in the form of a fellowship or assistantship or by having at least one parent with a college degree (which, especially in poor or middle -
income countries, places the family among an
educated class that is much smaller than in a rich country) are likelier to stay than those who lack these presumed correlates of academic strength.
So here we are, with low -
income and working -
class voters getting hammered and falling further behind their college -
educated neighbors.
Moreover, like vouchers, online learning is theoretically egalitarian but could further stratify society, as the wealthy and
educated exploit new technology before low -
income and working -
class students do.
Given the reality that we should be
educating all children ~ it may surprise the uninformed observer that the market - based approach is alive and well in the education field driving a set of reforms that is slowly eroding our public school system and creating an even wider and more troubling achievement gap; ensuring that more affluent students have access to better schools and more resources ~ while low -
income students receive a second -
class education.
In the specific context of hiring decisions, it is common for people who are middle
class, White, and formally
educated to make decisions about who will teacher lower -
income Brown and Black children without the feedback, solicited or otherwise, of parents and children in that same community.
In looking out for what is best for low -
income and minority students, Brill contends, Wall Street hedge fund managers are a much more reliable ally than the middle -
class teachers who
educate schoolchildren every day.
As for cultural diversity, research has shown that schools that do the best job of
educating low -
income students tend to favor a traditional curriculum, strict discipline, and a paternalistic environment, whereas typical middle -
class schools tend to be less structured and more child - centric.
Parents of certain social
classes (i.e. higher socioeconomic status, college
educated, higher
income) are much better equipped when it comes to approaching the school choice process.