Sentences with phrase «as class barriers»

In higher education, Putnam reports that racial and (especially) gender barriers have waned, as class barriers are on the rise.

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Some parents and teachers were angered and confused last hurricane season, as the Space Coast braced for a direct hit from Hurricane Matthew, when the district held classes the day of evacuations for the barrier islands.

To buy unnecessary and excessively luxurious goods, and to do it in a public way, buttresses one's reputation as a man or woman of leisure and erects a symbolic barrier against the reeking working classes.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women, their partners, and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding.8 — 10 Piper and Parks11reported that mothers who were single, smoked, and did not participate in childbirth education classes were less likely to exclusively breastfeed.

«So the evidence shows that if a working - class child manages to overcome all the barriers they face and achieve three good A-levels, they're just as likely as their middle - class peer to go to university.»

Many of her fellow aristocrats saw the queen in such an inexpensive textile as a breakdown of the barriers between the classes.

While it ticks all the boxes of what many deem to be a typical costume drama, e.g. upper class backdrop, domestic intrigue, suppressed lust, elaborate sets and, of course, costumes, The Young Victoria (2009) is a more valid commentary on the burden of extreme wealth and duty as barrier to happiness.

As the mammoth project commences, Sabine battles gender and class barriers, professional sabotage and personal suffering to commence or even execute the majestic project, all whilst resisting a burgeoning sexual attraction to her married employer, le Notre.

The comments come from current Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SEND co-ordinators, heads of house, inclusion managers and Form Group Tutors...: We used this in small groups in our new class every morning for a week, what a great start, everyone is still buzzing... Builds a strong sense of belonging to something special... your class... Encourages differences and similarities to recognised and valued... Hugely improves our efforts at inclusion... The students quickly came out of their shells and are blossoming... Reveals much of the nature of the students... Gets us buzzing as a group... Encourages participants to take part in their own game and go and find things out from others... brilliant ice breaker game... Helped to resolve a huge problem we had in getting students to gel... Switches the students brains on from the moment go... Helps to break down various barriers... Gives a big boost to developing important life skills... This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzing...

, found that schools that have curricular provision classed as «outstanding» or «improving» E generally overcome these barriers, so statistics prove that it's worth seeing beyond these concerns.

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Policymakers should make policy that promotes quality - focused rural education by expanding broadband access, developing quality control mechanisms, and removing barriers to innovation such as class size and seat - time requirements.

Inadequate funding, lower literacy rates, and less access to advanced courses such as AP and STEM classes impact rural students» achievement, creating significant barriers to their success.

TFA, suitably representative of the liberal education reform more generally, underwrites, intentionally or not, the conservative assumptions of the education reform movement: that teacher's unions serve as barriers to quality education; that testing is the best way to assess quality education; that educating poor children is best done by institutionalizing them; that meritocracy is an end - in - itself; that social class is an unimportant variable in education reform; that education policy is best made by evading politics proper; and that faith in public school teachers is misplaced.

She suggests the class system creates perceptions which act as barriers to young people like these, especially when they are considering the more selective institutions.

To reduce chronic absenteeism, the study recommends strengthening communities so that adults and peers encourage students to attend class as well as «addressing attendance barriers such as unreliable transportation, chronic health issues, unstable housing or the lack of safe paths to school.»

As the college works to improve gateway courses that have historically been barriers to student retention and success, faculty and instructional designers are using the Echo360 active learning platform to create engaging classroom environments, support students in and beyond class, and provide individualized support.

The policy solution that has garnered the most momentum to improve civics in recent years is a standard that requires high school students to pass the U.S. citizenship exam before graduation.6 According to this analysis, 17 states have taken this path.7 Yet, critics of a mandatory civics exam argue that the citizenship test does nothing to measure comprehension of the material8 and creates an additional barrier to high school graduation.9 Other states have adopted civics as a requirement for high school graduation, provided teachers with detailed civics curricula, offered community service as a graduation requirement, and increased the availability of Advance Placement (AP) U.S. government classes.10

SRI understands that as long as race, class, sexual orientation, immigration status, gender, gender identity, ability, religion, and ethnicity continue to predict the future life chances of children in our nation, we must work with schools and school systems to identify related barriers and obstacles to opportunity and development, disrupt their negative impact, eliminate the persistent disparities, and implement new policies and practices that support significant learning outcomes for each and every student.

They prioritized getting through the material — especially material that would be on standardized tests — and frequently pointed to limited class time as a barrier to bringing culturally relevant knowledge into their lessons.

Likewise, in the side barrier test, the head of the dummy representing a 10 - year - old child, seated behind the driver, struck the roof frame in the Mercedes - Benz C - Class Cabriolet as the side airbag did not fully cover the impact area.

Regardless of outside circumstances, such as other class assignments, extracurricular activities, or cultural barriers, most high school instructors expect college level work.

The magazine also made special mention of the many attractions close to the resort, including the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Belize Barrier Reef with its world - class snorkeling, diving, and fishing as well as the rainforests, jungles, and animal sanctuaries on the mainland where the «sheer variety of plants, flowers, trees, and foliage literally drench Belize in color.»

Additionally, guests can explore other nearby sites such as the Mayan Reef, the second - longest barrier reef in the world which offers world - class diving just offshore, and the Mayan ruins Tulum or Chichen Itza.

When a nation has as many exciting and unique natural wonders as does Belize — a world - class barrier reef, untold numbers of ancient Mayan ruins, first - class birding and dive meccas like the Big Blue Hole that astonished even the likes of Jacques Cousteau — you might think that this corner of the Caribbean has revealed all of its wonders.

Heron Island was chosen to be the preferred location partner of the survey due to its prime location on the Great Barrier Reef, as well as thanks to its first class diving and snorkelling conditions.

Our aircraft are the best in class so as to give you the best viewing and photographic experience and we fly at low levels above the iconic Great Barrier Reef and World Heritage regions of Tropical North Queensland Australia.

The story mode isn't much better, as instead of the Lucas Arts Battlefront 2 that gave you a story mode which followed a platoon of stormtroopers within which you could fill any one of five different classes, the 2018 Star Wars Battlefront 2 storyline gives you 1 character, whose upgraded abilities are also locked behind achievement style barriers.

By bringing pivotal works to diverse communities, The Art Production Fund hopes to reach wide audiences and reduce the physical as well as the psychic distance of cultural, class, linguistic, racial and income barriers that hinder participation in contemporary art.

The fund works to reduce the physical as well as the psychic distance of cultural, class, linguistic, racial, and income barriers that may hinder participation in contemporary art.

While the number of migrant workers currently exceeds 200,000, live - in caregivers under the Live - In Caregivers Program (LCP), agricultural workers under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program, and other workers under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP), face tremendous physical barriers that position them as second class citizens to the Canadian state in terms of their rights and benefits.

They would encounter problems such as «time delays, complicated account management, and language barriers,» the news outlet noted, adding that Upbit will eliminate these problems and will therefore «raise the domestic virtual currency trading environment to a world - class level.»

Our portfolio is mainly comprised of multi-tenant, Class A office properties located in dense, urban areas or central business districts, mixed - use retail or grocery - anchored centers in high barrier - to - entry locations featuring credit - quality anchors, as well as Class A multifamily properties, including student housing assets, strategically positioned in our target markets and in high - demand locations.

Fair housing cases are down in several categories of protected classes, and many brokerages today look at fair housing as an opportunity rather than a barrier.

Primary markets tend to have a limited inventory of Class - A properties due to barriers to new construction such as high land costs.

We view entry - fee CCRCs as an extension of the seniors housing asset class with a premium yield and high barriers to competitive entry.

As turnkey operators — we've lowered the barrier of entry into the investment class of single family houses that Wall Street is still chasing.