Sentences with phrase «rather than a poor district»

A low - income student enrolling in college is five times as likely to enroll at a top school if s / he comes from a wealthy district rather than a poor district;

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The district's distinctive aim of going from good to great, rather than from poor to passable, is remarkable in the annals of contemporary school reform.

The brainchild of President Obama's Secretary of Education, John B. King Jr., the program had attracted interest from 26 school districts across the country that believed kids would be better off in schools that educate rich and poor, and white and minority students, together rather than separately.

Rather than improve schools, though, the governor is blocking the authority to fire poor - performing teachers requested by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn and superintendents of 23 school districts, including Tacoma and Seattle, as revealed in a letter they sent to lawmakers on Feb. 22.

Poor schools can see what resources they're entitled to and use their fair share of these funds in ways that will better serve their kids, rather than standing last in line for what the district has to offer.

The NCLB law gives parents the choice to withdraw their students and send them elsewhere, rather than address the concentration of low - performing minority students — typically poor ones — that did not have the resources to get find their way to more distant schools in their own districts.

Critics might argue this system unfairly characterizes poor - performing districts or schools as «improving,» rather than reflecting the actual student achievement taking place.

However, in some areas this money is collected by a district council, which is the planning authority, rather than the county council, which has responsibility for school places, and can lead to poor co-ordination on school buildings.