Sentences with phrase «poor urban schools»

Saying that the state constitution guarantees a «thorough and efficient» education to all New Jersey children, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that the state must provide more funding to its 31 poorest urban school districts.

The CAL study found that rural and poor urban schools don't get nearly the world - language offerings that suburban schools do and that while 51 percent of private elementary schools offer language classes, only 15 percent of public schools do.

His journey from poor urban schools, through the Ivy League, and onward to a life of economic mobility is made far more difficult than it needed to be.

Context also matters (Gupta, 1994): what appears to be a coherent and straightforward policy initiative to a legislator or state administrator may be perceived quite differently by school leaders in poor urban schools as compared with leaders in wealthy, suburban settings.

The reason Michigan's poorer urban school districts are funded at comparatively high levels is they generally get millions more in federal funding based on the number of students who come from low - income households.

Asbury Park is one of 31 poor urban school districts, formerly known as Abbott districts, in the state that must provide mandatory preschool for children ages 3 to 4.