This essay will consider if children from low income families are disadvantaged in the education system. It will examine if there is a direct link between poverty and low educational attainment. As far back as 1959 the Crowther Report identified a link between low incomes and low attainment levels. This was followed in 1963 by the Newsom report that found many secondary modern schools were deficient and argued that the less privileged 50 per cent of children did not receive their fair share of resources
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In the past half-decade‚ income inequality has increased significantly in Western Australia. As shown in Figure 3‚ that if Western Australia were a country it would be as unequal as Portugal (although much richer)‚ and slightly less unequal than the United States (US). On the other
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country is still feeling the effects of to this day: mandatory minimum sentencing. Mandatory minimum sentencing is a procedure in which a judge must sentence a citizen convicted to a minimum amount of years in prison for a crime regardless of circumstance. Because of this‚ the amount of prisoners in federal prison has skyrocketed from “only about 25‚000” inmates in the 80s to “more than 215‚000” as of 2014 (Miles). As a direct result of minimum sentencing‚ according to the U.S. Sentencing Commission‚ at
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Income inequality means that there is no equality between people. Also‚ there are big differences between the rich and everyone else. This problem grows year after year. Some people become poor and other become rich. The American Dream is related to income because everyone who wants to achieve the American Dream must have a great income. Rich and poor people are all human beings‚ but poor people have stolen money from each other because they do not have a great experience to get money. Rich people
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6.1) Analyse ways in which minimum core elements can be demonstrated in planning‚ delivering and assessing inclusive teaching and learning. "Functional skills are practical skills in maths‚ English and ICT for all learners aged 14 and above." Being a teacher we should give opportunities embedding the functional skills to assist the learners to develop their skills in literacy‚ numeracy‚ language and ICT throughout the programme of learning to enable them to use their skills effectively and confidently
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Presentation of Comprehensive Income By: Logan Bell October 3‚ 2012 The Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-05‚ Comprehensive Income: Presentation of Comprehensive Income was issued to increase the importance of items reported in other comprehensive income. The FASB‚ along with IASB‚ worked jointly to improve and converge the reporting and presentation requirements for items contained in other comprehensive income. At the same time FASB issued ASU 2011-05‚ IASB issued an amendment to IAS
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National income accounting provides economists and statisticians with detailed information that can be used to track the health of an economy and to forecast future growth and development. The measure of national income allows us to compare output and the standard of living of one country with another‚ an increase in the National Income statistics usually an increase in standard of living. The measure of national income that we use to do this is known as Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GDP per capita
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Income Tax Is not one Tax but an Aggregation Of Taxes Tax is a fee charge by the Govt. on any product income or activity. Taxes in India are of two types‚ Direct Tax and Indirect Tax. Direct Tax‚ like income tax‚ wealth tax‚ etc. are those whose burden falls directly on the taxpayer. The burden of indirect taxes‚ like service tax‚ VAT‚ etc. can be passed on to a third party. Income Tax is all income other than agricultural income levied and collected by the central government and shared
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Last year many famous pop and sports stars earned millions of dollars each. Many other entertainment and sports personalities also have very high incomes. On the other hand‚ most people in ’ordinary’ professions like nurses‚ doctors and teachers earn only a small fraction of the income of these ’stars’. What do you think about stars receiving very high salaries? Is it fair that jobs that directly help people are paid much less? Some people may argue that while those pop and sports stars are earning
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In addition to its direct effect on poverty‚ inequality also effects poverty indirectly through its impact on growth. Initial cross-country studies found that greater initial income inequality actually reduces future growth even after controlling for initial levels of GDP and human capital. Evidence predominantly suggests that inequality is bad for growth. The World Development Report 2000/01 concludes that better distribution is possible without a reduction in economic growth. In other words there
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