Sentences with phrase «poverty over achievement»

In Montana, among kids in grade 8 in larger districts, the power of poverty over achievement was 2.5 times greater than in smaller districts overall and three times greater in elementary - only districts.

Not exact matches

As much as the fall of the Berlin Wall or the rise of social media, the astonishing decline in world - wide poverty stands as one of humanity's greatest achievement over the past quarter century.

And when you think of all we as a country invested over that period — in restoring the NHS, rebuilding schools, taking hundreds of thousands of pensioners out of poverty, ditto children — keeping the National Debt below the level they inherited from the Conservatives was a fantastic achievement.

WHEREAS, research shows that women are substantially less likely to self - select or be recruited for elective office, this gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time and that qualified female candidates who are equally or more qualified than men are often seen as less qualified or less viable than male candidates; and WHEREAS, research confirms that the presence of more women in a governing body leads to greater transparency and a focus on progressive policies such as closing the funding and achievement gaps in education, closing gaps or loopholes in contraception coverage and affordable health care, closing the wage gap, and removing obstacles that contribute to poverty of women & children; and

In depicting Harding's brief, defiant triumph over poverty, abuse, and the perverse norms that define grace and athletic achievement, director Craig Gillespie's film goes some distance in correcting the record on the Kerrigan - Harding affair, even as it peddles in speculation and misremembered facts.

It examines achievement, poverty - based gaps, and trends over time.

Over twenty - five years ago, Rosenshine and Furst (1973) found that asking multiple levels of questions was consistently related to student achievement, and Puma et al. (1997) found that teachers in effective high - poverty schools emphasized both basic skills and higher order comprehension skills in reading.

In elementary schools, however, data use may account for a significant proportion of the variation in student achievement, over and above the effects of student diversity, poverty, and school size.

Attending a high - poverty school lowers math and reading achievement for students in all racial / ethnic groups and this negative effect has not diminished over time.

While Achievement First cries poverty, they seem to skip over the fact that the state of Connecticut gave Achievement First $ 24 million to help build the permanent home of the Amistad Academy.

Meanwhile, while Achievement First cries poverty, they seem to skip over the fact that the state of Connecticut gave Achievement First a $ 24 million grant to help build the permanent home of the Amistad Academy, which opened last year.

More - importantly, the movement must address its own divides, especially between centrist Democrat, civil rights - oriented, and conservative reformers who disagree over such basic fundamentals as whether the achievement gaps that trap half of our children into poverty and prison should be addressed in policy and practice.

Although KIPP students have shown substantial academic gains, when KIPP took over a regular, high - poverty public school, serving a non self - selected population, the program failed, indicating that the academic achievement at KIPP may be due to the high motivation levels of the students, and not the charter program itself.

For those families who are not lifted out of poverty by formal child support payments, the assistance can still help close the «poverty gap» that these families face.3 In addition to the economic benefits, child support payments are associated with greater academic achievement and fewer externalizing problems in children.4, 5,6 Previous research also shows that fathers who voluntarily establish paternity are more likely to pay child support (despite being less likely to have a child support order), to pay more over the long term, and to increase their payments over time.7