Sentences with phrase «upper middle class students»

That's why we constantly see that middle class and upper middle class students outperform poor students on tests.

Not exact matches

My own experience in teaching religion and theology to middle - and upper - middle - class undergraduates and graduate students in America for the past decade or so certainly suggests that this way of thinking about religion fits neatly with a strong tendency toward the kind of knee - jerk relativism that is also widespread among those in the same social strata.

Meta - analyses also indicate that young people of low socioeconomic status benefit more from attending these schools than do students from the middle and upper classes.

And while the Science authors found instruction to be basic and repetitive even in American schools with a mostly middle - class or upper - middle - class student population, they found that the situation was considerably worse in schools that enrolled a lot of low - income children.

The researchers set out to look at the relationship between homework load and student well - being in the upper middle class advantaged communities (where median household income is more than $ 90,000, and 93 percent of students go to college) because it is there that homework is largely accepted as having value.

students lived in fraternities, and most came from a middle - or upper - middle - class background.

Students who have signed up fall between the range of 21 - 27 years old, mostly coming from upper and middle class backgrounds.

Perhaps surprisingly, SeekingArrangement said many of its student members do not, in fact, hail from low income families: 56 percent come from middle and upper - middle class families, while 20 percent are from high income families.

She is one of the poorest kids in a student body drawn mostly from the upper - middle class but finds friendship with an overweight girl even lower than her on the economic ladder.

«Elles,» the provocative film by Malgoska Szumowska, borders on the pornographic as it explores the life of Anne (Juliette Binoche), an upper middle class journalist for «Elle» magazine, and the two student prostitutes who are the focus of her article.

And yes, some of them can't meet the challenge, but there are middle and upper class students who can't meet it, either.

For states, that means closing gaps in achievement and making sure English - language learners and special education and low - income students have the same access to education as middle - class and upper - class college - bound kids.

Many of these new schools are focused on solving one of our society's most intractable problems: how to close the achievement gap between low - income minority students in our nation's inner cities and their white middle - and upper - class contemporaries in the suburbs.

Obama's main education issue had become student loans and the rising cost of a university education, a topic far distant from school reform but one of great interest to present and future members of the upper middle class.

The teachers in predominantly poor, minority schools, who are reportedly mostly black and have adopted the more teacher - centered, authoritarian style of instruction that they view as appropriate for their students, are turning off white, upper - middle - class parents who want school climates similar to their own progressive homes, where problems are discussed.

Having more students from middle - class and upper - class families almost always translates to better test scores for everybody.

Traditional parent - teacher conferences often work well for students in upper - and middle - class families.

Third, I'd throw in student loan — forgiveness plans, which are likely to disproportionately benefit upper - middle - class families who borrow heavily to attend graduate school.

New research, however, suggests that what really works is winning a different kind of lottery: the one jurisdictions like Montgomery County, Md., hold to provide a chance for low - income public - housing students to live in upper - middle - class...

Middle - and upper - class white students may need help recognizing their own racial status and the privilege it affords them.

These tests are known to be culturally and linguistically biased in favour of English speaking, middle / upper class students of North American background.

Unfortunately this has not proven to be the case, but that argument did make vouchers more acceptable so that now they are expanding beyond inner - city, low - income students to children of middle class and upper income families.

We need to improve identification and eligibility criteria and procedures, including multiple gateways and types of data to make sure we aren't only identifying the same «type» of student (usually upper - middle class white students, who tend to behave in ways pleasing to mostly - white teachers) and neglecting minorities and English Language Learners.

Given what we know about the cost of private schools and the demographics of Chicago's public schools (87 percent of students come from households below the poverty threshold), it's safe to say that the school reform movement hasn't converted many outside the upper middle class.

Private schooling and upper middle class families do tend to lead to better educated students.

Opting out of state tests has made waves for the last couple of years as mostly White parents in mostly upper - middle class neighborhoods rallied students to opt - out of state tests.

West Hartford, a district of 10,000 student and 16 schools in a mostly upper - middle - class suburb, has long attracted young parents with its reputation for stellar schools.

Experience with voucher programs suggests that students with middle and upper class backgrounds are more likely to benefit from these programs than those who live in poverty.

Sixth grade students at this school were divided into three classes: the lower, the middle and the upper level.

The hope is that students will learn new behaviors that are more in keeping with middle - and upper - class expectations and that will foster and enhance their academic progress and success.

Therefore, if you're in an upper middle class (or higher) school, you will find that a larger percentage of the student body is gifted than you would find in a lower class school.

In addition, urban districts with students most likely to benefit from class integration serve predominantly poor and minority students, with middle - and upper - class families in short supply or opting for private education.

To diversify their campuses, these colleges eagerly seek out well - prepared minority students (not just minority students from the middle and upper - middle class who went to suburban or private schools, but urban minority students truly in need of a boost) and are willing to take dramatic steps to ensure their success on their campuses.

high - performing middle schools there where enrollment is largely white, middle, or upper - class, to reserve 25 percent of their seats for students who score a 1 or a 2 on the state standardized tests, a step in the right direction that was greeted,

«We just worry that if that complacency builds or expands, it's both going to hurt the pocketbooks of the upper middle - class and the wealthy, and it also impedes greater efforts to improve student preparation.»

It is impossible for Michelle Rhee, or anyone else for that matter, to eliminate the achievement gap because it is completely impossible to make DC's lower class students (mostly Blacks and Hispanics) with IQs predominantly in the 75 to 105 range perform as well as DC's middle and upper class students (mostly Whites and Asians) with IQs predominantly in the 105 to 135 range.

So it's interesting to see that the lowest income students are not driving the gains as much as the middle class and upper income students are.

Students who had that head start keep getting further ahead, and those students are predominantly white and middle - to upper Students who had that head start keep getting further ahead, and those students are predominantly white and middle - to upper students are predominantly white and middle - to upper - class.

Writes Gary Howard (2002), «Whether the measure is grades, test scores, attendance, discipline referrals, drop - out or graduation rates, those students who differ most from mainstream White, middle / upper class, English speaking America, are also most vulnerable to being mis - served by our nation's schools.»

The influx of white middle - class and upper - class students, however, threatens this funding and endangers the programs that help and support low - income students in these schools.

While parents of disadvantaged students do attempt to enroll their children in higher - scoring schools (when knowledgeable about the data)(Hastings, Justine, and Weinstein), middle and upper - class parents are often more successful because they are not confined by local governmental laws that block low - income students and their families from living near or attending these schools.

We were both exceptional students but from poor families, and we feel like we basically bought / borrowed our way into upper - middle class, white collar careers we wanted.

We live in an upper middle class neighborhood and co-signed for his student loan.

Law school was a shelter from the storm, and an arts student's dream — a guaranteed ticket into the upper middle class, through a prestigious, cerebral profession that had gone largely unchanged for the last 500 years.

The data were collected from 506 (50 % female) middle school students from a predominately white, upper middle class community.