of deliberately keeping local families away in favor of more
affluent ones from other districts via a manipulated waitlist.
District 4 parents have even gone so far as to accuse the school of deliberately keeping local families away in favor of more
affluent ones from other districts via a manipulated waitlist.
Not exact matches
Wang leapt
from fourth to first in the Forbes list,
one of several charting China's most
affluent people.
Mariani notes that Stevens had a withdrawn manner at home and an unpleasant
one in the office, but none of this stopped him
from becoming rich and successful and, eventually, joining
affluent society after the family settled in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1916.
The
one benefit the churches might possibly have provided that would almost surely have sustained their governance and influence over the universities and colleges was financial subsidy, whether as direct grants
from the churches or as gifts
from affluent church members.
Finally,
from the point of view of
one committed to ecologism, the
affluent could do with less.
For evidence,
one need only note how the diet of those living in poor countries saves them
from many of the diseases that plague
affluent Americans.
One irony of recent American politics is that the exodus of wage - earning whites
from the Democratic party has tended to make the rump of white Democratic voters more
affluent, better educated, and more doctrinaire leftist.
But in an
affluent society
one has got to be tempted, at least once, to see what it is like to be out
from under the weight of so many possessions.
The vast majority of students at private schools (especially nonparochial
ones) come
from relatively
affluent, educated families.
But
one of the complaints I most often hear
from parents at more
affluent schools is that their kids are «double - dipping» at breakfast, eating a full meal at home and then eating some or all of the school meal as well.
He's the top elected leader in
one of New York's more
affluent counties, where a mix of high - tech industries, rural charm and proximity to New York City generally have shielded it
from the economic stagnation still plaguing many upstate counties.
A colleague informed him of a startling trend: liver cancer was plaguing
affluent Filipinos at a much higher rate than their less - wealthy counterparts — a phenomenon that, despite a slew of other lifestyle differences, Campbell believed was linked to their higher intake of animal protein.1 Bolstering his suspicions, Campbell also learned of a recent study
from India showing that a high protein intake spurred liver cancer in rats, while a low protein intake seemed to prevent it.2 Intrigued by this gem of little - known research, Campbell decided to investigate the role of nutrition in cancer growth himself — an endeavor that ended up lasting several decades and producing over
one hundred publications (none of which pertained to Fight Club).3
With help
from China's Alibaba, U.S. retailers are hoping to lure
affluent Chinese shoppers into the American Black Friday... on a set of Judeo - Christian holidays — especially
one that follows so closely after Nov. 11th's Singles» Day, China's...
When Anne (Riva) experiences a moment of lost time
one day at the breakfast table across
from her husband of over 40 years, Georges (Trintignant), it's fleeting, but it signals the end of the active - senior's life — proudly attending concerts starring world - famous former piano students, doing the shopping, being generally engaged and mobile in their
affluent retirement — we've briefly glimpsed at the beginning of the film.
Their three dear children have grown up in an
affluent and sophisticated environment, as reflected when
one of them quotes a line
from a classic play by William Shakespeare.
If a school is near a border that separates an
affluent neighborhood and a poor
one, its boundaries could be drawn to ensure enrollment
from both communities.
The findings suggester poor children who attended after - school clubs developed better social, emotional and behaviour skills, with children
from disadvantaged homes participating in the activities equally as much as those
from affluent ones.
It is so successful that even
affluent Montgomery County, which usually resists departures
from its highly rated public school programs, is trying to get KIPP to put a school in
one of its low - income neighborhoods.
In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is
one of the most
affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming
from low - income families.6
One hundred and sixty black leaders, part of the charter lobby, signed a letter encouraging the NAACP to back off, saying: «For many urban Black families, charter schools are making it possible to do what
affluent families have long been able to do: rescue their children
from failing schools.»
A recent study of urban, suburban, and rural schools in four states found that smaller schools helped close the achievement gap — as measured by test scores — between students
from poor communities and students
from more
affluent ones.
One article
from Boston Magazine describes the situation in
affluent suburban public schools, but it completely replicates my own experience in urban private schools:
Ensuring that children
from low - income or other challenged backgrounds are ready for school and can keep pace with their more
affluent peers is
one of those problems that is ripe for Pay for Success funding.
While this gives it
one of the highest general fund budgets of any school system in the state, several districts that are
from far less
affluent communities are not far
from that funding level.
Republicans want the money to «follow the child,» so that if a poor student transfers
from a high - poverty school to a more
affluent one, the federal dollars would follow.
One of the reasons Finland has consistently stayed at the top of international rankings in education is because it focuses on equity; poorer schools receive more funding than those in more
affluent neighborhoods, according to Finnish Lessons 2.0: What can the world learn
from educational change in Finland author Pasi Sahlberg, a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
April 27, 2016 • Jameria Miller moved
from an
affluent Philadelphia - area school district to
one with fewer resources.
The young professionals and
affluent hipsters that buy the A4 should get a pretty good buzz
from its infotainment setup, but as we all know, intelligence applies to more than
one facet of the automobile.
The Best Western Premier Accra Airport Hotel in Ghana is a newly - built four - star hotel located in
one of Accra's most
affluent areas 5 minutes
from the Kotoka International Airport.
From exclusive beachfront villas for the
affluent to stylish hotels within the town centre, check out our list of the most popular Phan Thiet spa hotels to find
one that best suits your style, budget, and travel dates.
Originally, this was a small project space, relying upon a network of public institutions to generate selections for its program, but after a few years it evolved into a gallery in the hands of its two founders, the Australian curator and musician Dominic Eichler and the Austrian artist Michel Ziegler; eventually, it transitioned
from its humble beginnings to the city's most
affluent neighborhood, Charlottenburg — a counterintuitive move, but
one the directors insist won't change its commitment to cutting - edge exhibitions, performances, screenings, talks, and social evenings.
The discussion may be «over» regarding the GH theory, that CO2 is a GH gas or that humans emit CO2
from fossil fuel combustion, etc. (with more
affluent nations emitting more than impoverished
ones).
Krebs opened an account at
one such site called «rock3d.cc» and observed how the site tried to upsell fraudsters for services such as specific searches for card information
from people living in a particularly
affluent area of town.
Citibank India, pronounced for being
one of the prominent distributors of wealth management products in 2013, is now set to provide a complete suite of specialized health care solutions
from Apollo Munich across rising
affluent,
affluent, high net - worth and non-resident Indians.
«I delivered checks to the wives of five victims —
one woman
from a very
affluent area, the wife of the pilot whose plane went into Tower 2 and another working in a nursing home trying to make ends meet.
Again this year, the Friends of the Village of Rockcliffe Park Foundation organized Dining with the Ambassadors in
one of Canada's most
affluent and beautiful heritage neighbourhoods and home to the official residences of diplomats
from around the world.
Rockcliffe Park in Ottawa is
one of Canada's most
affluent and beautiful heritage neighbourhoods and home to the official residences of diplomats
from around the world.
It's well located - adjacent to Newark International Airport and a short hop
from midtown Manhattan in the midst of
one of the most populous and
affluent trade areas in the country.