Not exact matches
However,
when tests include cognitively
challenging questions that require elevated critical thinking, females and lower
socioeconomic students score lower than their male or high - status peers, even though the students have equal academic ability.
When Johnson left TFA and joined Larchmont as its executive director, however, the school was facing a
challenge experienced by many diverse charter schools: the annual admissions lottery was being flooded by white, relatively well - off parents, creating the danger that the school would lose the
socioeconomic and racial diversity it was created to promote.
Inherent in teacher evaluation is the
challenge of evaluating them objectively,
when they are responsible for supervising a «dept.» of upwards of 150 students - each with their own family backgrounds,
socioeconomic standing, and language abilities.
It would prove that all teenagers — not just malleable young children or middle schoolers who demonstrate academic mastery — could move past
challenging life circumstances and
socioeconomic barriers, rise to meet high academic standards, and secure economic stability in their futures
when provided with the right educational environment.