Sentences with phrase «more affluent children»

Even district leaders may be unaware of how the concentration of senior teachers in schools serving more affluent children results in fewer resources going to schools serving low - income children.

Is it unreasonable to assume that a child who dutifully goes to school every day will gain access to the same rich, enabling domains of knowledge that more affluent children take for granted?

He says that if pupils are in families that are struggling with unemployment, bad housing and poor health, the ability of schools to close the gap with more affluent children is going to be limited.

In «The Stamp of Poverty,» neuroscientist John D. E. Gabrieli of M.I.T. and psychologist Silvia A. Bunge of the University of California, Berkeley, describe recently discovered differences in brain anatomy and function between kids growing up in poverty and more affluent children — findings that add urgency to the issue of extreme income inequality.

Democrats argue that without federal oversight, states will return to the norm in earlier days, when some states ignored the achievement gap between poor and more affluent children, and neglected the needs of English - language learners and students with disabilities.

Whether it's high rates of asthma, undiagnosed ear infections or vision problems, low - income children miss more days of school due to health issues than more affluent children.

It's a pivotal point because low - income children tend to score lower than more affluent children.