Sentence examples for selective areas from inspiring English sources

"But policymakers need to look at the aggregate effects: poorer kids from selective areas do worse on average than their peers in non-selective areas.

It says: "Under the current model of grammar schools … there is some evidence that children who attend non-selective schools in selective areas may not fare as well academically – both compared to local selective schools and comprehensives in non-selective areas".

Social segregation (between children of different classes and ethnic backgrounds) is much higher in selective areas than in other parts of the country, as are the gaps in outcomes between disadvantaged children and the rest.

Overall, poorer children in selective areas across England lag behind their peers in the rest of the country, while richer children simply move further ahead.If the data doesn't convince, logic should.

There are 164 grammars in England, with individual schools scattered across the country and others in selective areas such as Kent and Buckinghamshire, where pupils are offered places based on their abilities, which are assessed by an 11-plus examination.

But for Democrats, delegates are awarded proportionally by Congressional district, so it makes sense for a candidate to advertise in selective areas in hopes of winning a share of the delegates — which is what Mr. Obama is doing.

Moreover, those who fail to get into grammars do worse than in non-selective areas.

If the new education secretary, Justine Greening, accepts their argument, it would set a precedent for grammars to expand into non-selective areas across England.

An earlier study in autistic children found a striking pattern of under-connectivity between voice-selective areas of the temporal lobe and nodes of the reward pathway suggesting that autistic children may not find voices inherently interesting.

Here we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine whether 'visual' texture-selective areas are similarly recruited when observers discriminate texture via touch.

Ms Matthews said: "Children in non-selective areas, whether they are the most able or the less able, do better, you get into a virtuous circle when schools are mixed ability.