Sentences with phrase «with affluent kids»

Everyone likes the idea of boosting the number of effective teachers in schools with large numbers of poor and minority students, but in his testimony before the committee, Ed Next executive editor Rick Hess had a few warnings for those who think the obvious course of action is to encourage states and districts to move effective teachers out of schools with affluent kids and into schools with poor kids.

Not exact matches

Perhaps public education needs to be replaced with the more affluent private education, where kids are still being taught effectively, and passing entrance exams in record numbers over the public kiddos.

Another part of the answer has to do with early cognitive stimulation: Affluent parents typically provide more books and educational toys to their kids in early childhood; low - income parents are less likely to live in neighborhoods with good libraries and museums and other enrichment opportunities, and they're less likely to use a wide and varied vocabulary when speaking to their infants and children.

Now I'm not endorsing that both get power careers and leave the child completely unattended, but I have contact with plenty of stay home moms as my child attends a very affluent private school and many of those stay at home moms don't do squat after the kids are dropped off other than yoga.

Jim (Cillian Murphy) and Danielle (Eva Birthistle) enjoy a comfortable, affluent life with their two kids in Dublin 6.

«Because, as a result, children from low - income families are less likely to attend schools with children from affluent families, and this ultimately isolates the poor kids.»

So, again, you're starting off with this gap when they start school — you've got your affluent kids and your disadvantaged kids, one of whom has far more exposure to literacy, books, learning, all of those things, and the other has far less, and that's reflected in the results completely.

Voucher supporters, charter advocates, standards nuts, teacher - effectiveness fanatics — we all fundamentally believe that fantastic schools staffed by dedicated educators can help poor kids climb out of poverty and compete with their affluent peers.

How might we change that and make it likelier for poor kids to take part in high - quality enrichment along with their affluent peers?

Affluent kids are spending their days (and often their nights) at camp or traveling the world with their families, picking up knowledge, skills, and social connections that will help them thrive at school and beyond.

Quality Preschool Benefits Poor and Affluent Kids, Study Finds NBC News, March 28, 2013 «While most previous studies had focused only on kids from underprivileged backgrounds, in the new study Harvard researchers found that regardless of family income children who got a year of quality prekindergarten did better in reading and math than kids who spent the year in daycare, with relatives, or in some other kind of preschool, according to the report which was published in Child Development.&raKids, Study Finds NBC News, March 28, 2013 «While most previous studies had focused only on kids from underprivileged backgrounds, in the new study Harvard researchers found that regardless of family income children who got a year of quality prekindergarten did better in reading and math than kids who spent the year in daycare, with relatives, or in some other kind of preschool, according to the report which was published in Child Development.&rakids from underprivileged backgrounds, in the new study Harvard researchers found that regardless of family income children who got a year of quality prekindergarten did better in reading and math than kids who spent the year in daycare, with relatives, or in some other kind of preschool, according to the report which was published in Child Development.&rakids who spent the year in daycare, with relatives, or in some other kind of preschool, according to the report which was published in Child Development.»

Most of these families, I suspect, will be relatively affluent and well - educated — either capable of paying the difference between private school tuition and the value of the ESA or able to afford for one parent to stay home with the kids and play teacher.

In the bad old days, before statewide standards, affluent communities tended to ask their kids to shoot for the moon (or at least 3s, 4s, and 5s on a battery of Advanced Placement exams), while too many schools in low - income neighborhoods were happy with basic literacy and numeracy.

In reality, senior teachers can and do choose better schools and classes, while parents in affluent towns fight to get their kids into classrooms of teachers with good reputations.

Lower - income African American and Hispanic parents also held a conviction that their kids will need to work in a world with more affluent people.

Activist parents in an affluent part of Mar Vista reported that along with smelling alcohol on him at school, the teacher was verbally abusive to kids, made students cry and helped them cheat on the state standardized test.

In areas where housing prices have long been high, that has a lot to do with the fact that schools enroll affluent kids, who tend to score better than low - income kids on standardized tests.

Schools with affluent populations start out with kids who are likely to do well on standardized tests and shouldn't necessarily get the credit for their high scores.

The MKC targets affluent urban dwellers who want a small SUV or crossover; Baby Boomers downsizing but unwilling to give up the premium features of bigger SUVs and crossovers; parents with 1 - 2 kids; and women who prefer crossovers for the superior ride height and perceived safety over a passenger car.