Sentences with phrase «at upward mobility»

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In order to rank the best places for living the American Dream, we looked at data on five metrics — homeownership rate, diversity rate, upward mobility rate, median home value and unemployment rate.

Our goal at Downtown Project remains the same: We want to help create a place of Inspiration, Entrepreneurial Energy, Creativity, Innovation, Upward Mobility, and Discovery, through the 3 C's of Collisions, Co-learning, and Connectedness, in a long - term, sustainable way.

Within the Presbyterian Church the opposite dynamic is at work: «upward mobility.»

In fact, a closer look at Smiths career shows that he has made a healthy living off playing characters who battle things that do nt exist including Space Aliens, zombies, space aliens, his own sons acting abilties, iRobots, space aliens again, racism in golf, and the unrealistic expectations of upward economic mobility.

«Once we consider how important schools are to American ideas about economic opportunity and upward mobility, we can better understand why school settings are revealed in our research as focal points of violent responses to increased unemployment,» said Hagan, who also is a research professor at the American Bar Foundation.

These tales of upward mobility seem at odds with Mr. Pérez - Rey's choice to include a clip from the 1983 remake of «Scarface,» in which Al Pacino, playing a Marielito thug, introduces a machine gun as his «little friend.»

She was the perfect punchline for a country that always needs someone to laugh at; a country that hinges on the idea of upward mobility but would rather punch down than pull up.

At its best, this entertaining biopic looks past the headlines to deeper questions of class and upward mobility, as Harding faces off against not just the other skaters, but also judges and promoters who resent someone of her low - income upbringing dominating the sport.

We've learned that some college degrees are far more reliable tickets to upward mobility than others — whether because of selection effects and the sorting that takes place at their admissions offices or because of the superior educational experience they deliver.

It stands to reason that young people with the drive to work hard at school and on the job and the prudence to delay childbirth — either by eschewing sex or by making good birth - control decisions — are going to be more likely to climb the ladder to upward mobility, and potentially to marry.

At a time when the national conversation is focused on lagging upward mobility, it is no surprise that many educators point to poverty as the explanation for mediocre test scores among U.S. students compared to those of students in other countries.

On the contrary: the industrial age model of education was an unqualified success, generating more (though not equitable) access to upward economic and social mobility for more people in more parts of the globe than at any time in human history.

They said things like, «I'm a workaholic, and I love it,» «I work seven days a week, twelve hours a day, and I'm never bored,» «I've had three jobs at a time since I was a teen,» «My family showed me work ethic,» and «As a kid, I was taught to believe in upward mobility.»

At Fordham's upward mobility conference in Washington, D.C. last month, Dacia Toll, who heads the highly - regarded Achievement First charter school network, was admirably candid in noting her own conversion to content.

Her career, at every level, has been seminal in advocating workforce development, upward mobility through achieving success in career and technical programs and in «putting America back to work.»

And for the seniors at Boys» Latin, it's a glimpse of a future that is out of reach for the majority of Philadelphia public school students, especially when those students are black and male — a future lived in comfort and upward mobility, rather than one that stagnates with far fewer prospects.

Education can provide upward mobility and a comfortable life for your children, but at ten of thousands of dollars a year, your kids» tuition (as well as room and board, textbooks and all the other costs of college) is often one of the biggest expenses of your adult life.

Although dog - watchers are often at a loss to explain why a breed suddenly skyrockets in popularity, Cavanaugh thinks fashion may be behind the upward mobility of Dalmatians: They go so well with the black - and - white fashions in vogue.

Selected Exhibitions On the Edge and Breaking into Business, Trondheim Kunstall, Trondheim Alex Villar, Hansberg / Woolf, Glasgow de-tour at uks, UKS, Oslo Upward Mobility, the New Museum, New York Not a Place, Galerie Joanna Kamm, Berlin Other Ways, Galeri Tommy Lund, Copenhagen Temporary Occupations and Other Languages, Halle für Kunst, Luneburg Mediations Biennale, Poznan Experimental Geography, Museum London, Ontario Custom Car Commandos, Art in General, New York Subversive Spaces: Surrealism and Contemporary Art, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester Video Now: Artists Working in the Spirit of Bruce Nauman, The Menil Collection, Houston The Interventionists, MASS MoCA, North Adams Panorama: Desarranjos, Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo Walking in the City: Spatial Practices in Art, from the Mid-1960s to the Present, Fridericianum, Kassel

«The democratic model of upward mobility saturated his fantasies of the good life, where Hal could languish in bed for years at the Holiday Inn watching National Geographic on piles of damp laundry and money»..

Education can provide upward mobility and a comfortable life for your children, but at ten of thousands of dollars a year, your kids» tuition (as well as room and board, textbooks and all the other costs of college) is often one of the biggest expenses of your adult life.

Whether it's because you've outgrown your job and need a new challenge, or because you're being asked to move at the speed of slower teammates, this feeling can be frustrating and can end up stalling your upward mobility.

This emphasizes her upward mobility at the Argyle Group, and shows the breadth of what she worked on in her years there.

However, some homeowners look at refinancing their 30 year loan into a 15 year loan after a few years of appreciation or upward mobility in their career or income.