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- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

Students in kindergarten through third grade at nine low - income New York City schools will receive more than 24,000 books they can take home, as part of a pilot literacy project launched Tuesday by the United Federation of Teachers, the New York City Department of Education, First Book, The American Federation of Teachers and The New York Community Trust.

The Education Investment Tax Credit will increase funds in two areas — donations to public schools, school districts and teacher - driven projects; and scholarships to help low - and middle - income students attend religious and other tuition - based schools, according to the NY Archdiocese.

We demonstrated that a regression - based statistical correction for the proportion of the students in each teacher's class that are English - language learners, have education disabilities, are from low - income families, and so forth, wrings most of the bias out of classroom observations.

According to data revealed at a Columbia University Teachers College symposium on «The Social Costs of Inadequate Education,» dropouts die 9.2 years earlier than students who graduate high school and annually cost $ 4.5 billion in lost income taxes and earnings.

The budget - cutting dismissal of 2,100 permanent teachers last year disproportionately affected three schools in low - income and minority areas, violating the state constitutional right of students to an equal and proper education, according to the lawsuit.

Uncertified teachers, teaching fellows, and TFA corps members all tend to teach in schools that, relative to those employing more certified teachers, have a higher percentage of minority students; more low - income, ESL, and special - education students; and students with lower achievement levels.

Teachers may be encouraging all students to continue their education beyond high school, but the message may be heard differently by male and female students, and moderated by race and income.

For example, Center X, at the University of California at Los Angeles (see «Two Programs That Work,» in the sidebar below), requires its teacher - education students to intern in Los Angeles - area schools with racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse low - income student populations.

Then, weeks before the first day of school, the incoming students jumped onboard — or, more precisely, onto the Science Leadership Academy Web site — to meet, talk with their teachers, and share their hopes for their education.

As Congress considers the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, families and teachers in school districts that serve low - income students and students of color struggle to understand how to address the highly punitive, push - out climate of overtesting brought on by the No Child Left Behind Act, the ESEA's last reauthorization.

Gabrielle (Gabby) Pingue Education Policy and Management Hometown: Cambridge Then: Teacher and law school student Now: Education law attorney representing low - income students of color (future plan)

Andrea Guengerich Education Policy and Management Hometown: Austin, Texas Experience: High school teacher in Brownsville, Texas, one of the largest cities along the Texas - Mexico border; position at Breakthrough Austin, a community - based organization that provides a path to college, starting in middle school, for low - income students who will be first - generation college students; director of University of Texas Programs for Breakthrough; chair of the College Advising for Undocumented Students Taskforce, a collaboration between six nonprofit organizations and the public school district in Austin Future plans: Teaching 6th grade at a project - based learning school in Mexico City that seeks to educate the whostudents who will be first - generation college students; director of University of Texas Programs for Breakthrough; chair of the College Advising for Undocumented Students Taskforce, a collaboration between six nonprofit organizations and the public school district in Austin Future plans: Teaching 6th grade at a project - based learning school in Mexico City that seeks to educate the whostudents; director of University of Texas Programs for Breakthrough; chair of the College Advising for Undocumented Students Taskforce, a collaboration between six nonprofit organizations and the public school district in Austin Future plans: Teaching 6th grade at a project - based learning school in Mexico City that seeks to educate the whoStudents Taskforce, a collaboration between six nonprofit organizations and the public school district in Austin Future plans: Teaching 6th grade at a project - based learning school in Mexico City that seeks to educate the whole child

Low - income, African - American, and Hispanic students in the 50 largest districts in Texas are less likely to attend schools with experienced teachers than high - income and white students in those same districts, concludes a report by the Education Trust, a Washington - based nonprofit research and advocacy organization.

Keeping Low - income Students from Being Throwaway Kids Daily Journal Online, 5/18/13 «Richard Weissbourd, a lecturer in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is showing — through active research in a range of classrooms — how teachers, principals, school boards and legislators can rescue such kids from dead - end lives before they give up on schooleducation at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is showing — through active research in a range of classrooms — how teachers, principals, school boards and legislators can rescue such kids from dead - end lives before they give up on schoolEducation, is showing — through active research in a range of classrooms — how teachers, principals, school boards and legislators can rescue such kids from dead - end lives before they give up on schools.»

The Trump administration is seeking to cut $ 9.2 billion — or 13.5 percent — from the Education Department's budget, a dramatic downsizing that would reduce or eliminate grants for teacher training, after - school programs and aid to low - income and first - generation college students.

Teacher quality is the most important in - school factor related to students» academic success, and low - income students benefit most when taught by skilled teachers.9 Just as in other sectors, strategic recruitment in the education sector is critical to identify candidates who are likely to succeed.

@Captain Ahab — the reason I suspect Rhee has never acknowledged (though she may have, I haven't read every quote) that income affects a student's education as much as their teacher is BECAUSE IT IS NOT TRUE.

While education reformers and policy makers grapple with big fixes and the politics of national initiatives, most teachers and parents share the simple and urgent desire for students — especially those from low - income communities — to be on the road to college and ultimately to develop into people who will be equipped to thrive in the unpredictable future ahead of them.

The reality is that schools serving high proportions of black and Latino students — typically in low - income communities — tend to suffer from a range of stresses that affect the quality of the education they can provide, including factors such as high teacher turnover, shortages of basic materials, fewer counselors, overcrowding, and poorly maintained facilities.

EDUCATION A new report by the National Center for Education Statistics found that 94 % of teachers spend an average of $ 479 for classroom supplies per year, with teachers who work at schools with a large population of low - income students spending the moEDUCATION A new report by the National Center for Education Statistics found that 94 % of teachers spend an average of $ 479 for classroom supplies per year, with teachers who work at schools with a large population of low - income students spending the moEducation Statistics found that 94 % of teachers spend an average of $ 479 for classroom supplies per year, with teachers who work at schools with a large population of low - income students spending the most money.

The goal of the Sposato Graduate School of Education ® is to create unusually effective rookie teachers and school leaders for low - income students.

Woven into this highly personal narrative about a boy's journey from silent sidekick to hero are themes that translate to public education: the challenges of finding the right school or instructional method to meet a student's individual needs; the impact of social stigmas on expectations and performance, particularly for «discarded students» in low - income neighborhoods, and the need for a culture of high expectations to counter those negative societal assumptions; the importance of tireless, focused, caring teachers who do whatever it takes to help students succeed; and the ability for all children — regardless of learning challenges or race or income level — to learn.

Teachers and school administrators in Thornton High School District 205, a low - income district in Chicago's south suburbs, were desperate to provide effective education to students.

New York School Talk is eighteen months old and eager to expand our network of writers — parents, teachers, students, education leaders — who share our conviction that all New York City's children, regardless of income and ethnicity, must have access to high - quality schools.

A sample of 36 Great Expectation model elementary schools were matched with 556 Oklahoma non-Great Expectations elementary schools based on the following variables: ethnicity, free and reduced lunch eligibility, school size, average number of days students absent, percent of parents attending conferences, percent of teachers with advanced degrees, percent passing third grade reading test, district population size, unemployment rate, average household income, teachers per administrator, percent of student's in special education, instructional support budget, and district percent passing Algebra I. Five years of pass rates on third grade reading and third grade math state exams were examined.

According to the account, the Republicans believe «the [Dept. of Education] is trying to reassert federal control by exceeding its authority with a rule that would require state and local spending in low - income schools receiving Title I funds to be equal or greater than non-Title I schools... and force schools to include teacher salaries when measuring spending between Title I and non-Title I schools...» At the same time, the story notes that «King is facing pressure from civil rights groups who want to ensure the new education law does not deprive low - income students of equal fundinEducation] is trying to reassert federal control by exceeding its authority with a rule that would require state and local spending in low - income schools receiving Title I funds to be equal or greater than non-Title I schools... and force schools to include teacher salaries when measuring spending between Title I and non-Title I schools...» At the same time, the story notes that «King is facing pressure from civil rights groups who want to ensure the new education law does not deprive low - income students of equal fundineducation law does not deprive low - income students of equal funding.»

Christopher House Elementary School is looking for a Special Education Teacher to support rigorous, data - driven instruction in a nurturing school climate to close the achievement gap for the low - income student body.

Dean's Future Scholars recruits into teacher education programs minority students from low - income families who would be the first in their families to attend college.

Julie Palacio, a bilingual elementary teacher from Oakland, CA, wrote that her school offers a model for how successful education reform can help transform lives for lower - income students.

Klein also increased teacher salaries by over 40 percent in exchange for greater accountability, and he linked school funding to student characteristics like their low - income or special - education status.

Originally seen as a challenge to teacher seniority, Reed vs. California was filed in 2009 by the ACLU on behalf of students at three low - income schools against the state and the LA Unified school district, alleging that widespread seniority - based layoffs enacted during the budget crisis of 2008 — 2009 disproportionately affected low income and minority students, depriving them of equal access to a quality education.

In 1965, Oregon received a federal grant to expand the program under the first Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which allocates federal funding to schools for categories ranging from teacher education to supplementing local schools serving low - income students to innovative school Education Act, which allocates federal funding to schools for categories ranging from teacher education to supplementing local schools serving low - income students to innovative school education to supplementing local schools serving low - income students to innovative school programs.

Summary: This article provides a reflection from Chris Harried, an incoming graduate student at Johns Hopkins University's School of Education and a Commissioner for the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development about the importance of SEL Skills in his own development as a prospective teacher.

Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers: «The time is now to fix the federal education law to end the testing fixation and maintain a federal commitment to opportunity for all, particularly high - needs, low - income students.

That report, Mid - and Late Career Teachers Struggle With Paltry Incomes, from the Center for American Progress, points out that a major difference between the U.S. education system and those in other nations with higher - performing students is lower pay for educators here.

Education Trust West, a nonprofit think tank that opposes «last - in, first - out» policies, calculated that impoverished schools are 65 percent more likely to have a teacher laid off than schools with few low - income students.

Or, download EVERY report on the SAT and note that despite the pool of students taking the SAT being uniquely superior to the general population, and likely in the best classes with the best teachers, the strongest correlation with scores every time is parent income and parent level of education — out - of - school factors... Response?

For California districts, that means a two - month reprieve from facing potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in funding cuts to special education programs and Title I aid for low - income students, along with tens of millions in cuts to the preschool program Head Start, career and technical education and grants for teacher training.

The Harvard prodigies and the organizers at USAS are about the last people standing who think that unionizing teachers is the last, best hope of improving American education, especially for students from lower - income, higher - risk - for - failure backgrounds.

(1) The Vergara Decision: This case pits nine Oakland public school students against the State of California, arguing that (a) granting tenure after less than two years, (b) retaining teachers during layoffs based on seniority instead of merit, and (c) the near impossibility of dismissing incompetent teachers, is harming California's overall system of public education, and is disproportionately harming public education in low income communities.

Among the proposed cuts are grant programs, including Teacher Education Assistance grants (for those who agree to teach, after college, for four years in a public school serving low - income families) and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (additional grant money for qualified undergraduate students from the lowest income levels).

If state, district, and local education leaders are serious about upholding America's core value of equal opportunity, they must ensure that every student, regardless of race or family income, is taught by qualified and experienced teachers, particularly in core subjects.

The plaintiffs in Vergara v. California argued that the state's employment rules leave so many ineffective teachers on the job that some students — many of them low - income and minority — fail to receive the education guaranteed by the state constitution.

The research is clear: Teacher quality affects student learning more than any other school - based variable (issues such as income and parental education levels are external).

In a world where millions of students, especially low - income and urban kids, are getting a poor education, teachers unions and school bureaucracies have been fighting choice programs for more than two decades.

Leaders in the district of about 47,000 students expect to lose $ 832,808 in special education funding, $ 921,000 in Title I funding — which supports schools with a large number of low - income students — and $ 300,000 in funding for programs that improve teacher quality, immigrant education and assist the homeless, among others.

NAGC's Javits - Frasier Teacher Scholarship Fund for Diverse Talent Development recognizes passionate, innovative educators who work in districts that serve students from low - income and minority populations that are historically underrepresented in gifted education.

On March 28th, 2016 the first - ever Educator Equity Lab was held at Jackson State University in Mississippi, where more than one hundred education stakeholders made commitments to ensuring equal access to excellent teachers for the state's students of color and students from low income backgrounds.

The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program provides up to $ 4,000 per year ($ 8,000 total) in grants for graduate students in exchange for four years of teaching in a low - income school.