Sentences with phrase «persistent gaps in learning»

Student - centered learning presents an opportunity to make progress against the large and persistent gaps in learning.

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Black students learn more from black teachers and white students from white teachers, suggesting that the racial dynamics within classrooms may contribute to the persistent racial gap in student performance, at least in Tennessee.

To ensure that African - Americans are not limited by persistent opportunity gaps, investments in high - quality early learning such as the national push for universal pre-K is essential to building a foundation for development, learning, academic success, and productive citizenry.

Some have argued, and rightly so, that the persistent opportunity gap between low - income students and their wealthier peers should be addressed by extending learning opportunities to all students in high - poverty schools to ensure that they have access to a well - rounded education.

«While the overall trend lines are positive, these persistent and significant gaps are a reminder of the importance of the commonwealth's efforts to improve instruction and raise achievement in schools challenged by poverty and other impediments to learning,» Secretary of Education Anne Holton said.