Higher SES is associated with many advantages for students, such as better nutrition, having parents with greater education themselves, greater educational resources in the home, the potential to choose schools with better teachers and facilities, and so on.
As commissioner, he was an energetic advocate of education reform and greater educational opportunities for all classes of Americans, and he traveled widely and spoke often to virtually any group interested in education.
Well, just as science fiction often gives us glimmers of the science to come, I think "education fiction" might reveal the possibility of a greater educational system in the years ahead.
Dr Yulia Kovas, one of the researchers, says: "By developing an understanding of how individual differences in brain development interact with formal education and adapting learning pathways accordingly, we can ensure greater educational success will be achieved for all learners".
This record is a harsh indictment of the federal government's efforts to promote greater educational equality.
Even women's greater educational achievement stems partly from continuing gender inequities.
Stunting that persists after age 2 is generally irreversible, while improved nutrition in early childhood correlates to greater educational success.
In addition, she campaigned for greater educational opportunities for children and for an end to the use of child labourers.
They had both left school in their early teens and were keen that Doreen and their other daughter, Hilary, should have greater educational opportunities.
For the most part, when Libyans talk of democratization they envision not elections but more personal privacy, greater educational opportunities, and expanded freedom of speech.
He worked passionately for greater educational inclusivity and for the recognition of disadvantaged young people, and to support individuals and groups unsparingly with his time and energy.
