Sentences with phrase «schools at a significant disadvantage»

Inadequate resources place students of color in the the poorest schools at a significant disadvantage — a direct consequence of how schools are funded.

Not exact matches

This has been done effectively at local public schools such as PS 396 in the Bronx, where a significant percentage of children have special needs and all of the students could be characterized as economically disadvantaged.

Education policy needs to take account of the differing experiences that children have in their communities and at home, and not assume that schools alone can overcome the multiple and significant challenges posed by poverty and social disadvantage.

This is significant because it shows that disadvantaged pupils are held back at secondary school by more than lower prior attainment.

This study is a comparative case study of ten elementary, middle, and high schools with strong arts programs and significant numbers of economically disadvantaged students (at least 50 percent of the student body qualifying for the federal free and reduced - price lunch program).

The award honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools whose students achieve at very high levels or have made significant progress and helped close gaps in achievement especially among disadvantaged and minority students.

The government's view is that there has been «significant progress», pointing to 69.3 per cent of disadvantaged pupils now meeting the expected level in both reading and maths at the end of primary school, compared with 62.2 per cent in 2011.

This language gap puts poor children at a significant disadvantage and hampers many of them throughout their school and work careers.

Because charter schools receive less in public funding than other public schools, it forces them to make difficult choices on how to spend their scarce dollars — and because many charter schools don't receive facilities funding, they also pay for their own buildings, which puts them at a significant financial disadvantage.

The Blue Ribbon Award designation goes to public and private elementary, middle and high schools whose students achieve at very high levels, or have made significant academic progress and helped close gaps in achievement especially among disadvantaged and minority students.

In today's job market, a solid education is vital to successfully launching a career, and teens who drop out of school often find themselves at a significant disadvantage.

But not only do boys start off at a significant disadvantage, they are apt to fall further behind over the course of their schooling.

The Indigenous students in these remote schools often experience significant educational disadvantage, and as a consequence, their English literacy and numeracy skills are at lower levels than other Australian students.

«Children from disadvantaged families arrive at kindergarten with a significant achievement gap in the knowledge, vocabulary and social skills necessary to compete and succeed in school.

Downey, Ainsworth - Darnell, and Dufur (1998) found mixed evidence of gender differences among single - parent families on a comprehensive list of child outcomes; all of the significant differences, however, occurred in educational measures and consistently showed a disadvantage for children living with single fathers... I find support for the hypothesis that, at least in early childhood, mother changes have more lasting influences on college expectations and school disciplin ethan father changes...»