Sentences with phrase «wealthy students get»

Not surprisingly, schools serving the most wealthy students get the highest rankings, so this ranking is more reflective of the school community wealth than the power of a school to support student learning.

Not exact matches

Fixing school food in every community — the relatively wealthy Boulder and Berkeley, as well as the outright destitute parts of the country devastated by the housing debacle and unemployment — requires all of us to work together as one to get the fedreal government to fund school meal programs in a way that provides fresh nutritious food for all students, not just those lucky enough to live where people can afford to take matters into their own hands and make a local fix.

He conceded that the brightest students don't always «have the educational opportunities they deserve» but cautioned that schools have proven to be very good at selecting students through» social background» rather than academic potential, because wealthy parents «will always find a way» to get their children through the one - off test.

Among the things that people have told us they expect to find in the United States: a judiciary where they can get a fair shake; a free press that investigates broadly and exposes wrongdoing wherever it occurs; auditors who probe accounting records and promptly report irregularities; physicians who are not beholden to pharmaceutical companies; colleges and universities where students can study widely, switch fields and not remain indebted for decades; and finally a political system where you can succeed without having to sell your soul to wealthy supporters.

The reason the federal government got involved in K — 12 education in the first place was that districts couldn't resist local pressures to give more of their funds to wealthier students.

That is one - third the district average, making it one of the wealthiest schools in a district whose students overall have gotten poorer.

This is a terrible disservice to magnet families, who will be on the hook for anywhere from $ 1000 to $ 2500 each year for poorer families, and $ 3000 to $ 6000 for wealthier families depending on which district operates the school and how much it gets for each student from the state's basic magnet subsidy.

If you are a low - income and / or minority student, you are not going to get the same quality of school as a wealthier / white student.

Racial gap, special education gap, the Common Core, high stakes testing — I've seen children get the short end of the stick daily in many school districts wealthy or not, though it is far worse for urban students.

The comment I made that you quoted — I was thinking about the poor schools that have struggled to get technology, compared to wealthier schools where students have easy access to it.

He got his start in education through Teach For America in Nashville, where his founding class of Republic Schools scholars outperformed students from the state's wealthiest district in math for three straight years.

In another Albany chamber that same morning, a court prepared to hear the opening argument in a long - running education finance case, Maisto v. New York, that contends students from poorer communities are getting much less in per pupil spending — several thousands less — than their wealthier peers.

Meanwhile, the gap between the wealthiest and poorest students has only been getting wider.