Sentences with phrase «affluent communities like»
McMahon also points to affluent communities like Rockland County and Long Beach that face significant budget problems due to bad decisions from local officials.
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The district, which includes the city of Peekskill, as well as rural areas and affluent suburban communities like Pound Ridge and Bedford, has traditionally voted Republican, though Democratic registration has been persistently climbing.
And while Little Accidents is no great shakes formally — its sole visual flourish is Colangelo's penchant for shooting emotionally charged scenes from a distance, which is likely motivated by a desire to avoid histrionics — it does create a clear picture of a community in which even the relatively affluent, like Bill and Diane, are essentially just middle - class.
Yet we should also concede that intact families, communities with strong social capital, and households with plentiful resources for good health care, healthy meals, enrichment programs, and the like give affluent children an advantage that most of their poor peers will never be able to overcome.
«I had this drive to know that there's millions of kids out there like me who are not served well by the existing system,» says Hay, who over his career worked in a range of environments from affluent communities to a struggling district turnaround school.
Joan also wrote, «Every time I encounter an idea like unbundling, I'm struck by this thought: This is an idea that some folks think would be great in urban schools, but they'd never accept it in affluent suburban communities.»
Doing so can help address a common concern, which is that middle - class and affluent communities often feel like school reform isn't about them and their kids.
He said wide gaps in affluent yet integrated communities like Shaker Heights, Ohio, may stem from «competition for educational success» being «particularly strong in such places.»
Well, it helps if that store is located in an affluent seaside community like Bethany Beach, Del..