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Equity and Access in Math Education

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Families with social and economic capital tend to provide their children with more educational tools and opportunities, including enrichment activities, access to technology and familiarity with the learning process. Although there are many causes for the achievement gap, one merits special scrutiny.

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Breaking Barriers to a Foundational Early Childhood Education

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However, many young children have limited access to high-quality educational opportunities because of socioeconomic factors and technological barriers. Mahajan shares, “Rocket Learning’s mission is to make quality education and learning accessible to every child from the earliest stage possible.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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However, Dr Emil Temnyalov , an economist at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia, highlights the effects of socio-economic influences on these scores. While these are the areas of economics commonly in the news, the field is so much broader than this. Stock markets, unemployment, inflation and recession?

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Benefits of Leveling the Playing Field in the Classroom

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It refers to creating an environment where every student, regardless of their background, has a fair and equal chance of succeeding. Achieving this goal is not just beneficial to students, it is critical to their success and the future success of the world. Cultural Sensitivity: Incorporating culturally relevant teaching methods.

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A 5-Step Plan to Improve Professional Learning in Your School

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Consider this five-step professional learning journey to ensure that your district professional learning experiences boost academic achievement and growth while building collective teacher efficacy. It could even be something more abstract but equally important, such as steadily increasing student satisfaction with school.

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New Study Confirms Racial and Ethnic Disparities Develop Before Kindergarten

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The research found achievement at 13%-16% for White kindergartners displayed advanced science or mathematics versus just 3%-4% of Black or Hispanic students. The referenced study looked at the achievement of nearly 11,000 students. However, up to now, few studies have looked at disparities as early as kindergarten.

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Is a College Degree the Worst Investment You Can Make — or the Best?

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With a few notable exceptions, they do not train skills that students need to gain economic independence. We should never talk about access to jobs as if we live in an equal world. But the hard truth is that they’re not valued equally. A university is also the best place to acquire social and cultural capital.