Sentences with phrase «puts wealthier students»

This puts wealthier students ahead and adds another barrier for schools with a high poverty rate to overcome.

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Cuomo is asking lawmakers to put the needs of Wall Street and the wealthy ahead of the needs of our students, the poor and the middle class,» said Mark Dunlea of Hunger Action New York.

Ms. Moskowitz and a number of her teachers saw the network's exacting approach in a different way: as putting their students on the same college track as children in wealthier neighborhoods who had better schools and money for extra help.

On the other hand, frustrated parents argue that the focus on integration forces schools to put their resources into attracting students from whiter, wealthier towns.

High - quality preschool improves students» social, cognitive and developmental readiness for kindergarten, putting them on track to long - term success in school.5 The benefits are especially critical for low - income students, who typically hear 30 million fewer words spoken than their wealthier peers by age 2 and face an uphill battle to early literacy and math proficiency throughout their education.6