Sentences with phrase «large class disparities»

Of course, minority children, whether black or Latino, are disproportionately represented among the latter, but Putnam also sketches a portrait of large class disparities within the black and Latino communities.

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Attention is focused on the disparities in rank and privilege among various classes in traditional societies and upon the changes necessary to secure a larger share for the disadvantaged.

For example, grouping schools according to size (as is done in high - school sports) and giving awards to the top 5 percent in each size class would tend to even out the incentives (and disparities) between large and small schools.

They examined a million American inventors — people who have actually filed patents — and discovered «large disparities... by socioeconomic class, race, and gender» although «differences in ability... explain very little of these disparities.»

Their professionalism and candor underscored the damning nature of Jim Crow, not in the lack of quality instruction but in the substandard facilities, large class sizes, lack of resources, and psychological impact segregation had on students — not to mention the disparities in pay and benefits including tenure.