Sentences with phrase «affluent schools like»

01, feels this is particularly critical at less affluent schools like the ones she has worked at in Boston, Cambridge, Mass., and Los Angeles as a literacy coach.

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O'Malley has been writing, not about college professors or committed adult Christians (or about those, like myself, who are faithful readers of First Things), but about teenagers» American high school students, primarily those from middle «class and affluent families, who are the objects of Catholic «catechesis.»

I have gone into my own kids» public school lunch room, in a relatively affluent neighborhood in central Houston, btw, and have seen (and photographed) poorly prepared food — items that are still frozen, items like green vegetables that are grossly overcooked, to the point of almost being brown, etc..

That school's going to get better and better, and people from the city, even people in affluent neighborhoods like where I live, are going to look at that and say, «I want a school like that.

Also in these ranks: leaders like former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick (Milton Academy and Harvard), former Tennessee congressman Harold Ford, Jr. (St. Albans and UPenn) and, of course, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, the lone public school graduate among these (Northern Valley Regional in affluent Bergen County and Stanford), who has also been the most vocal supporter of school choice.

Everyone likes the idea of boosting the number of effective teachers in schools with large numbers of poor and minority students, but in his testimony before the committee, Ed Next executive editor Rick Hess had a few warnings for those who think the obvious course of action is to encourage states and districts to move effective teachers out of schools with affluent kids and into schools with poor kids.

«I don't think these things don't happen in more affluent schools, but this was like a daily thing,» she says.

Or so called public schools in affluent areas, like Bethesda, Maryland, where Rick and I both happen to live.

«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.

At the outset, companies like K12.com expected to serve mostly affluent home schoolers.

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.

This isn't just wishful thinking; all around the country, affluent families are choosing to send their children to racially and socio - economically integrated schools, in places like Cambridge and Berkeley, but also in less likely spots such as Alexandria, Virginia; Stapleton, Colorado; and Miraloma Park, California.

By high school, those leaders assert, their students will be learning at a level just as sophisticated as the children of affluent American families who attend schools like St. Mark's.

Charter schools have been seen as a way to give parents in low - income areas a choice in schooling much like what more affluent families have always had by moving into a better school district or putting their children in a private school.

Local school district officials closely monitor the Utah legislative session each year because legislators representing less - affluent school districts inevitably look to the wealthier ones - like Park City - to help fund schools in parts of the state where population is growing.

Related: Should an urban school serving black and Hispanic students look like schools for affluent white kids?

The case also spotlighted the financial gulf between working - class, minority districts like Edgewood and predominantly white, affluent ones such as the Alamo Heights Independent School District, just five miles away.

Such claims are an attempt to explain away the fact that charters like Success are out - performing district schools; in fact, Success ranked in the top one percent of all New York state schools in math and the top three percent in English, outperforming schools in far more affluent areas.

For lots of youngsters, the start of school feels like a fresh new beginning, yet many from low - income households begin the year already playing catch - up with their more affluent peers.

High - need schools need more supports — like social workers, nurses, and arts programs — than schools in more affluent areas.

This would mean busing poor, black students to schools in affluent, mostly white suburbs like Edina.

In affluent schools, on the other hand, «the products of work should not be like anybody else's and should show individuality» (Anyon, 1980).

And he responds by stating that «From the Wall Street Journal, to Forbes Magazine, to Bloomberg, to the Huffington Post, to Affluent Magazine, to many University Studies, like the London School of Business or the Wharton School of business, all sources discuss the 12 % or higher returns this asset class has provided.»

Yes, a relatively affluent city like Newton is blessed to have the resources to invite visiting scientists and other guests into the schools, and even pay us a small stipend for our visits (after we are first vetted by our school department's Creative Arts and Sciences Council).