Sentences with phrase «unequal opportunities in education»

NASBE Journal: The State Education Standard by the National Association of State Boards of Education The State Education Standard, focused on state policymakers» role in addressing unequal opportunities in education.

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Though justified by claims that these curriculum changes increased equal opportunity of education, in reality they had a grossly unequal impact on white working - class young people and the growing number of black students who entered high schools in the 1930s and 1940s.

She became a vocal critic of the standardized testing movement and raised alarms on the outsize role that testing is playing in public education: taking over the time students spend in the classroom, being used as a weapon against their teachers, and distracting from the real problem of unequal opportunities for students.

The new Common Core State Standards in mathematics will address two long - standing problems in U.S. education: the mediocre quality of mathematics learning and unequal opportunity in U.S. schools.

But they know not to talk about substantive education issues that affect these children like the one reported by the Civil Rights Project: «Based on evidence from several important measures of segregation, the Civil Rights Project stands by its strong contention that re-segregation has occurred, and that African - American and Latino students are experiencing more isolation in schools than they were a generation ago — and further, that this segregation is deeply linked to unequal educational opportunities.»

That is what we have been doing for hundreds of years with substantially unequal and separate opportunities in education and the economy.

The author highlights numerous obstacles to achieving an equitable education system for all students: poverty, inadequate social supports, limited early childhood opportunities, re-segregation; unequal access to quality and certified teachers; low - quality curricula; differential placements in advanced and college preparatory classes, tracking of students, and dysfunctional teaching and learning environments.