Sentences with phrase «inequalities of access to education»

«A key test for the Government's funding proposals is whether they will support schools in tackling the profound inequalities of access to education.

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Productivity: limited knowledge of farming techniques, limited access to planting materials, pests and disease Environmental: climate change, aging trees, unfertile soil Social: limited access to education, gender inequality, fewer leadership roles for women Financial: poverty, lack of access to finance

Commenting on the launch of a consultation by the Secretary of State for Education on professional development for teachers and calling for expressions of interest in a College of Teaching, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «This Government can establish whatever framework it likes for professional development but unless teachers are given a contractual entitlement to access such development, the current system of inequality and ad hoc arrangements will continue, with access being on the basis of grace and favour and the whims and preferences of individual employers.

Beyond current drivers of equal opportunity such as access to health care and education, the lack of access to technology might soon become the foremost driver of inequality.

2 However, this understanding has been compromised by South African national policies and strategies aimed to redress the past inequality in accessing tertiary education and to socially and economically advance the majority of South Africans who suffered from the brunt of the apartheid regime.

This time, he will go to work on Capitol Hill as part of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Fellowship, which provides an opportunity to gain an interdisciplinary understanding of the issues that engender a «school - to - prison pipeline,» and the policy mechanism necessary to address the inequalities that deny some students access to a complete and competitive education, from cradle through career.

In her scholarship, she has studied the role of financial aid in increasing access to higher education, the effects of postsecondary remediation, and the impact of institutional initiatives aimed at reducing inequality in college outcomes.

The report puts figures on a phenomenon we all know happens, but which has not been properly documented previously, one which contributes to the social segregation and inequality of our education system: the extent to which parents have moved house or used even more unorthodox methods, such as faking piety or accessing an accommodating address in a desirable catchment temporarily in order to cheat the system.

Equity is about fairness in schools, equality of access in learning, recognizing inequalities throughout education and taking steps to address them.

But we have a lot of inequalities in access to education outside of school — as well as what exists, you know, inside the school.

With economic inequality on the rise, she argued that it is ever more important for our education system to live up to its promise to be the «the great equalizer,» rather than «the great exacerbator,» of access to prosperity and civic engagement.

The legislation recognizes that achieving excellence in American education depends on providing access to opportunity for all children, and that increasing inequality within external social, economic, health and community factors — traditionally viewed as outside of the domain of schools — have a significant influence on academic outcomes and a persistent achievement gap.

We have published studies and books on segregation in schools, inequality in choice programs, issues of equity in testing, discrimination in special education placement, the dropout crisis, and the school - to - prison pipeline, as well as many studies on college access.

«Health inequality is a stark reminder of a great divide in the nation across education, income, housing, mental health, chronic disease, child and maternal health, access to health services, and more.

Interpersonal violence is strongly associated with social factors such as unemployment, income inequality, rapid social change and access to education; 26 thus, measures that aim to reduce inequality and address such factors may indirectly impact on levels of violence.