Sentences with phrase «persistent equity gaps»

We must do more to ultimately close these persistent equity gaps.

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The five partner states — Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont — work together to close persistent achievement gaps and promote greater educational equity and opportunity for all students.

It will also help to address the persistent achievement gap between Latinos and their white counterparts a gap that threatens our state's future social and economic stability by encouraging policies and programs that lead to increased educational equity.

Assist the district with the implementation of new activity as a result of the local evaluation or because of changes that have occurred, such as reductions in the persistent gap or barriers to equity.

When James Coleman, the great sociologist of education, analyzed the school characteristics that had the greatest impact on educational achievement and equity, he found that schools with greater academic intensity — a persistent, goal - directed focus on academics — produced not only greater learning, but also narrowed the achievement gap between ethnic groups.30 That such academically focused schools would raise general achievement is obvious since an intense focus on academics is self - evidently the most likely means to raise academic achievement.

From the fact that women argue a miniscule amount of SCOTUS cases to the persistent pay gap to the depressingly small number of female equity partners, we all know that the law profession can be terrible for women.

This report details the equity implications of ESSA and provides recommendations for ways in which states, districts, and schools can leverage the new law to enhance equitable educational opportunities and close persistent achievement gaps.