Sentences with phrase «students at a greater disadvantage»

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This discrepancy combines with hunger ~ illness (and a lack of health insurance) ~ mobility and other issues that impact disadvantaged students at a much greater rate than their wealthier peers to form a large opportunity gap.

At the same time, the greater awareness of what was happening elsewhere often challenged expectations as to what is possible, particularly amongst students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

«Diverting public funds away from public education to fund private schools doesn't serve all children equally, and places traditionally underserved students at an even greater disadvantage.»

In both the 2014 - 15 and the 2015 - 2016 school years, ISL has had a greater percentage of its minority and economically disadvantaged students scoring at «Mastery or above» than the district of New Orleans or the state.

Taxes will not be changed, tuition will not be charged, and those students at the greatest educational disadvantage stand to benefit the most.

Higher needs populations of students as defined in Vincent v. Voight (FRL, SpN, ELL) are at a greater funding and spending disadvantage than their more affluent peers since 2004.

That is, the greater the misperception of poverty, the more likely it is for 15 - year - old students» math scores to be predicted by their actual socio - economic status, and the harder it is for disadvantaged students at the bottom of the socio - economic ladder to score among the top students.

Only 54 percent of middle school and high school teachers surveyed thought their students «have sufficient access to digital tools at school,» according to a 2013 Pew Research Center survey, and 84 percent said that «today's digital technologies are leading to greater disparities between affluent and disadvantaged schools and school districts.»

To take away more resources from these students who come from families that may not otherwise have resources at home, would be a great disadvantage.

At a Wallace Foundation conference in 2009, Jerry Weast, then - superintendent of Montgomery County, Md., schools, alluded to the stiff opposition he had faced when he took steps including «differentiated funding» to promote greater equity for the district's disadvantaged students.

Authored by Vikki Boliver, Claire Crawford, Mandy Powell and Will Craige, this report provides new evidence on the use of contextualised admissions amongst a group of highly selective universities in the UK today, and offers some insights into the difference that greater use of contextual data might make to the numbers of disadvantaged students at these universities.