Sentences with phrase «school in poor communities»

For decades, less was expected from students attending schools in poor communities.

Schools in poorer communities around the state nearly all finished lower than their counterparts in affluent suburbs, regardless of academic methods.

We know that the current «drill and kill» testing regime, school closures, privatization, the criminalization of students of color, and the unconscionable lack of resources for schools in poor communities in particular, create and exacerbate achievement gaps between rich and poor.

In general, the changes, which the state school board is scheduled to vote on next month, would make it a little easier for schools in poor communities to do well and...

The disparities in resources that different schools have is a significant problem — we need to do a lot in policy to level that playing field, to give schools in poor communities more resources.

The findings also acknowledged that schools in poorer communities face unique academic challenges that result in an achievement gap and need to be addressed; a desire to learn more about serving special needs students and funding those services; and the necessity for policies to recruit and retain highly effective teachers.

The Corporate Education Reform Industry, with the help of elected officials likes of Dannel Malloy, Andrew Cuomo, Jeb Bush and others, have used the problems facing public schools in poorer communities to institute an agenda of more standardized testing, inappropriate teacher evaluation programs and the privatization of public education through the creation of privately owned, but publicly funded charter schools.

Schools in these poor communities received significantly more money than other «hold harmless» school districts, not counting Bloomfield Hills.

AT: So, you do not believe that cushioning the ill effects of poverty or providing schools in poor communities with more resources before you heap irrational standards upon them is a more humane way to reform education?

He and Chan, a 30 - year - old pediatrician, have previously donated $ 100 million to public schools in Newark, New Jersey, and pledged $ 120 million to schools in poor communities of the San Francisco Bay Area.

For instance, a school in a poor community could provide a residence for a young, high - quality teacher to live in that community.

It's no coincidence that the schools in our poorest communities in Chicago have been labeled as failures based on test scores, and are the main targets for closure and privatization by charters or privately - run turnaround agencies.