Sentences with phrase «of socioeconomic background»

If anything, this survey speaks volumes of the socioeconomic background of the students entering law school.

I can say what my professor David Gersten said, «The board broke a promise today, a promise to uphold the mission statement to provide education regardless of socioeconomic background.»

«I think it really comes down to parental involvement the more involved parents are in their children's education, the better off that child will be regardless of their socioeconomic background or location or special needs.

While having high - quality teachers with research - based teaching methods will improve student learning outcomes, it is just as important for teachers to have an understanding of the socioeconomic background of their students.

«These charter systems demonstrate that success is possible for all students, regardless of socioeconomic background,» said Rebecca Wolf DiBiase, managing director for programs of The Broad Foundation.

We are committed to offering all students the best education possible — the education they deserve, regardless of their socioeconomic background.

I firmly believe that all children, regardless of socioeconomic background, deserve access to an excellent education.»

According to the Education Equality Index published by Education Cities and Great Schools, Arizona ranks third * in the country with the amount of schools that are closing the achievement gap for all children, regardless of their socioeconomic background.

It has been suggested that, on average, most youth lose about two months of math skills during the summer months, regardless of their socioeconomic background.

The relationship of socioeconomic background to scientific literacy achievement and the influence of other student - and school - level factors are also examined in this report.

My teachers support the Common Core because they have seen its positive impact on the performance of our students regardless of their socioeconomic background.

All students who apply after the date of the lottery are accepted on a first - come, first - serve basis, regardless of socioeconomic background or academic record.

... the difference between advantaged students and disadvantaged students (those in the lowest quartile of socioeconomic background) is even larger: 90 score points on average across the OECD and 87 score points in Australia.

«Across the OECD, 39 score points separate the mathematical literacy performance of students from advantaged backgrounds (those in the highest quartile of socioeconomic background) and the average student.

For example, since the 1970s, Finland has implemented a comprehensive and fully publicly - funded school system which enrols all children regardless of their socioeconomic background or personal abilities and characteristics.

All parents, regardless of socioeconomic background, race, ethnicity, or their child's disability designation, need to know how their child is doing in reading, writing, and math.

PISA shows that, in Australia, the effect of socioeconomic background on performance in scientific literacy was higher than on average across the OECD.

They carefully matched these FRI students with peers who did not participate but were otherwise comparable in terms of socioeconomic background, gender, race, ethnicity, scores on standardized tests and other factors.

Serving women of all socioeconomic backgrounds and experiences, we provide our clients many options.

Dolan and the other authors found that FRI boosts retention and graduation for students regardless of their socioeconomic backgrounds or racial and ethnic backgrounds.

The researchers looked at 156 studies on the effectiveness of parenting programs for reducing disruptive behavior in children ages 2 to10; the studies involved more than 15,000 families from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds in 20 countries.

Participants came from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds, family structures, with slightly more females (53 %) than males.

More than 35,000 households across the country, involving more than 200,000 American adults of all socioeconomic backgrounds, participate in the CDC yearly survey.

That's something that we also wanted to bring to this film, to make it kind of a pop film that people of all socioeconomic backgrounds can relate to.

Howell and West find that these differences in opinion based on exposure to key information are consistent across a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds, views about the local public schools, and political ideologies.

A former K — 12 teacher, she has worked with students and staff with a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds.

It attracts students from more than 100 elementary schools and a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds.

Because of schools» unique ability to open doors of opportunity for all youngsters, regardless of their their socioeconomic backgrounds or ethnicity, educators have an essential role to play in advancing student health and preventing childhood obesity.

When we address the low graduation rates and underlying literacy issues facing young men of all socioeconomic backgrounds, we are also helping high - performing young women of all races and economic backgrounds succeed.

As a magnet school, it has selective admissions and attracts students from a wider range of socioeconomic backgrounds (fewer than half its students receive free or reduced - price lunch, for example) than the city's other project - based learning schools.

The students came from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds, many from economically - disadvantaged households.

Community Roots is one of eight charter schools or charter school networks that has a deliberate balance of students from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds, according to a February report from The Century Foundation, a progressive think tank.

Judge Howard E. Manning Jr. is in charge of making sure the state hasn't forgotten about the Leandro case, a decades - old landmark lawsuit that says all children - regardless of their socioeconomic backgrounds - deserve a «sound, basic education.»

Because CTL is a non-profit demonstration school, a place where other teachers come to learn about innovative methods, we work hard to attract a student body that represents a diverse range of socioeconomic backgrounds and ability levels, and we fundraise twelve months a year so we can set a tuition rate that's as low as possible.

Over the past 200 years, the Archdiocese of New York's (ADNY) Catholic elementary schools have built a proud legacy of serving students and communities of all socioeconomic backgrounds.

There are many studies that show the long - term benefits of two years of preschool for children of all socioeconomic backgrounds.

«The first three years of this program have been very successful, as we awarded scholarships to students from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds studying across a diverse array of species and veterinary disciplines.»

Discovered how best to sell the campus and the football program at The College of Wooster to a diverse group of people with a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds

Not exact matches

Your first impulse would probably be to look at a couple of factors: the average test scores of the schools» current pupils and their socioeconomic background.

The idea of diversity lands differently for women of color, women who are lesbians, or those from different socioeconomic backgrounds.

I want my teams to have as much diversity of thought, experience, gender, race and socioeconomic background as possible.

All this despite the fact that private schooling doesn't actually yield better outcomes for students, according to a recent Statistics Canada report (instead, the apparent academic success of private school student is due to their socioeconomic backgrounds).9 A UBC study also found that students from public schools scored higher in first - year university classes than their private school counterparts.10

«We help the most marginalized become stable and lift themselves out of poverty, addiction and social isolation — regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and socioeconomic background,» said GLIDE President and CEO Karen Hanrahan.

At some Christian colleges, Cal Grant recipients make up roughly a quarter of the student body, helping those colleges serve students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and ethnicities.

Diversity: My youth group attracted kids from a variety of homes, and I benefited enormously from a diversity of religious perspectives, socioeconomic backgrounds, personalities, and political persuasions.

There's nationality, race, gender, ethnicity, religious affiliation, religious background, sexual orientation, physical abilities, physical traits, age, education, job, socioeconomic status, primary relationship status, parental status, taste, value systems, political views, length of time in the community and accent.

We see it in the field of law with its differing standards of justice for those of poor socioeconomic background.

Committed to offering the lowest prices possible, Ramesh provided healthy fresh food, including plenty of organic items, to people from all socioeconomic backgrounds in the city.

Launched in the Bay Area in 2006, Sprouts Cooking Club teaches children from all socioeconomic, physical and mental health backgrounds the importance of healthy, nutritional foods through hands - on cooking with REAL chefs using REAL ingredients in REAL restaurants.

We got a group of men in there that come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, races, creed, ethnicities and religions, and so forth.