Sentences with phrase «because wealthy communities»

Cuomo said education advocates have argued for years that local property taxes shouldn't be used to fund schools, because wealthy communities have an obvious advantage.

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«And I'm here to help uplift the voices of other people in this state and city that believe that he might not know about other communities of color because he lives very isolated up here in a very wealthy community,» said one person at the rally.

He recognizes the missed opportunity when 421a was passed because he believes that the benefits will go to the wealthy and well - connected because there are no «set asides» for the disability community and supportive housing.

«A lot of times the need to fundraise large amounts of money prevents a lot of people who are qualified and who are leaders in that community from running for office because they don't have networks that include wealthy donors,» said Allie Boldt, a Washington, D.C. - based counsel for the think tank Demos.

«Voters are responding to Bill de Blasio because he is the only Democrat who will boldly break from the Bloomberg years by raising taxes on the wealthy to invest in universal pre-K and after - school programs, ending racial profiling, and fighting to save community hospitals,» the de Blasio campaign said in a statement.

That she's a relative outsider in her own community — partly because she makes no attempt to fit into the rigorous role her somewhat wealthy family wants her to embody — makes her character even more of an interesting character exploration in Michael Pearce's new film Beast.

This isn't to say they never yield to entreaties from alums, wealthy benefactors, trustees, key faculty members, and influential community leaders; they can do so because they don't have to follow the norms of public servants.

There are students who live in some of the very wealthy suburbs where we've studied their aspirations who can't imagine not going to university and who can't imagine being anything other than a doctor or a lawyer, because that's what people in their world and their community are engaged in.

Table 1 presents the mean SAT scores in Verbal and Math, plus the percentage of students eligible for FREE lunch (not Free and Reduced because the negative influence on achievement comes from FREE lunch eligibility), percentage of students who are limited English proficient (LEP) and the percentage of students with special needs for districts located in the A, B, (NJ's poorest communities) and I, J DFG's (NJ's wealthiest communities), plus those for charter schools (denoted by an «R» on the scatter plots).

But because this money is awarded on a first - come, first - served basis to districts with approved projects and matching funds, critics say, it provides an unfair advantage to LEAs in wealthier communities or with dedicated facilities staff who are able to navigate the system.

Because wealthy families tend to live in communities with larger tax bases and fewer needs, their children's schools have typically spent much more per student than have schools in poor districts.

Although buying a house in these neighborhoods may be risky, it is desirable, because in this environment black families can be the racial majority in a wealthy area, which is not typical in the black community as a whole.

There are some galleries who do all the work still because they are good at finding collectors and reside near wealthy communities.