Sentences with phrase «by social background»

«Schools are very good at selecting students by their social background, but they're not very good at selecting students by their academic potential.»

Dr Christiana Tsaousi, a lecturer in marketing and consumption at the University of Leicester's School of Management, believes underwear choices are hugely affected by personal taste influenced by social background, professional status and upbringing, and why every woman's underwear needs are individual.

Not exact matches

But after 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, the Obama administration tried to add some people to the background check system, by requiring the Social Security Administration to submit records of some beneficiaries with severe mental illness.

While critically acclaimed by many academics, Shand - Tucci's doorstopper was so stuffed with digressive social commentary and bouts of architectural psychoanalysis that Ralph Adams Cram and his buildings often recede into the background.

One discerning study of modern uncertainties about historical practice, by Joyce Appleby, Margaret Jacob and Lynn Hunt, even began by pointing out that their own participation in the historical profession, as women from nonelite social backgrounds, could not have happened without the intermingled social and intellectual changes of recent decades (Telling the Truth About History).

Even if it could be shown that economic or general social conditions in a given society have prompted a desire for deliverance, the ideas of redemption that may be included in a religious message are not invalidated by an inquiry into their social «background,» provided we do not conceive of the relation in deterministic terms but consider conditions as a framework which may include a variety of contents.

Stressing the peasant background of Jesus and acknowledging the role of the social background and artistic skill in molding his thought, Legrand observes, «the type of imagination revealed by the parables is more that of a farmer than that of an artisan.

The body of Christ should not be merely a reflection of the divisions that exist on earth predetermined by the exterior similarity of social class and cultural background.

The grace of gratitude, however, ought to extend itself to the whole social background of our lives, for the obvious reason that we all have two kinds of possessions: some we worked for, won for ourselves by our own creative skill; others were given us to start with.

'' Dame Kelly Holmes was speaking at the PruGOals training rides, an initiative set up by Prudential to empower young people to drive their ambitions and fulfil their potential regardless of social or economic background.

I hope that Motrin / Johnson & Johnson and other companies that want to market to moms have learned that being involved in social media is important, if not crucial, and perhaps they will run future ads by a group of moms from diverse backgrounds to give it a test run.

Sol Gamsu and Michael Donnelly from the University of Bath explore how staying at home and studying locally is strongly differentiated by ethnicity and social background.

Waldorf School of Princeton welcomes students and employees of any color; race; sexual orientation; ethnic, national, cultural, social, or religious backgrounds; and any other characteristic protected by law in its admissions and employment practices, as well as in participation in its programs and events.

Although improving the methods used to convey the importance of the supine sleep position remains paramount, use of a fan in the room of a sleeping infant may be an easily available means of further reducing SIDS risk that can be readily accepted by care providers from a variety of social and cultural backgrounds.

Indeed, all cases have distinct individual features (as I wrote, particularly around family / personal background), while doubtless also being affected by the broader social climate.

Schools can promote social inclusion by helping children to discover a version of British history that acknowledges how people from a range of ethnic backgrounds have contributed to contemporary British society, according to new research.

The social vision is probably still the Achilles heel of the Tory party, notwithstanding the brilliant work on welfare and schools by Gove and IDS did,» he explains, arguing May, given her background, is not as «restricted» by Cameron in putting forward the «meritocratic view of just deserts».

«The Welsh Liberal Democrat policy sets out a new liberal vision for higher education that builds on the core principles that access to higher education should be determined by academic ability and not social background.

The penultimate paragraph is wishful thinking, though: school success is highly correlated to social background in Germany, studies say, and that is a huge problem (not that it could be solved by tuition fees)

Allegations of sexual harassment and assault by Mr. Weinstein were disclosed this month in The New York Times and The New Yorker, which prompted other women to share their accounts of his alleged abuse, set off criminal investigations, roiled the entertainment world and triggered a social media movement of women from other industries and backgrounds telling their stories.

«Access to higher education should be determined by academic ability and not social background.

But his words were read by some on the Liberal wing of the party as a warning shot across the bows of the new leader, Charles Kennedy, who some fear is too closely surrounded with advisers with a Social Democratic background.

Censors can't stop uProxy simply by blocking social networking websites either because, instead of the standard web, it accesses the contact lists via background, hard - to - block online processes.

But his aspirations toward higher education were not initially encouraged at the school he attended, which seemed to assume that what the pupils could achieve was dictated by their ethnic or social backgrounds, Richards says.

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to enhance the diversity of the mental health research workforce by providing dissertation awards in all research areas within the strategic priorities of the NIMH to individuals from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences research.

This variety of themes, models and techniques makes this laboratory a kind of unique environment that, also thanks to its link with the International PhD Program in Cognitive, Social and affective Neuroscience, is populated by scholars with different historical and geographical background.

However, in a bizarre twist, it appears that the committee did not even consider side - by - side comparison of the Wegman Report's long and unreferenced background section on social network analysis, part of which was reused in the later CSDA article and gave rise to the plagiarism finding in the other GMU case!

Several State Legislatures in the U.S. are considering bills that would mandate criminal background checks by dating and social networking websites (or a large disclaimer posted on the home page saying that background checks have not been performed).

New Paltz, NY About Blog Study Abroad Blogs by State University of New York at New Paltz, committed to providing high quality, affordable education to students from all social and economic backgrounds.

On such a site, people can find friends grouped by interests, like sports, social background, carriers, etc..

AUGUST 3 360 Starring: Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins and Rachel Weisz Directed by: Fernando Meirelles A look at what happens when partners from different social backgrounds engage in physical relationships.

Earlier this week, Rockstar surprised everyone by replacing official images on its social media channels and the website with new art and logos, all with red backgrounds.

«This is part of our core mission to deliver real social justice by giving all children, regardless of background, the chance to fulfil their potential and achieve their high aspirations.

Nevertheless, studies have found that, after controlling for the size and structure of the school and the social background of its students, schools in provinces with external exams taught their students a statistically significant one - half of a U.S. grade - level equivalent more math and science by 8th grade than comparable schools in provinces that did not give curriculum - based external tests.

Taking all these results together, one implication stands out above all: That schools bring little influence to bear on a child's achievement that is independent of his background and general social context; and that this very lack of an independent effect means that the inequalities imposed on children by their home, neighborhood, and peer environment are carried along to become the inequalities with which they confront adult life at the end of school.

The most important and powerful breakthrough in Common Core is the standards» clear guidance that «by reading texts in history / social studies, science, and other disciplines, students build a foundation of knowledge in these fields that will also give them the background to be better readers in all content areas.»

Eve Sullivan, M.A.T.» 66, founder and president of Parents Forum, discusses how raising children connects all families, regardless of background or social status, and how all families can be strengthened by improving communication and increasing emotional awareness.

«This re-opening underlines the government's commitment to delivering social justice by ensuring all children, regardless of birth or background, are being taught in schools which give them the best chance to unlock their potential.»

For Science and the Arts to be engaged with fully by all in a community, disenfranchisement of learners through differences in gender, language, religious / ethnic background, social economic status or disability need to be acknowledged and supported.

The effect of a family's having more books at home, shorthand for the educational and social background of the family, was even stronger than that of the highest educational level achieved by the parents.

In fact, according to some studies cited in Goleman's book, the ability to focus, more than IQ or social background, is the key to performance and success.How can you help learners focus in a workplace dominated by email, IM, texts, and tweets?

Inspired by global - positioning system technology, the LPS framework helps educators make decisions for individual learners by locating them on a learning journey based on dimensions such as social - emotional learning, general cognition, discipline, and biographical background.

The need to stimulate a greater effort to familiarize young people worldwide with each other's culture, believes, attitudes and social backgrounds was acknowledged by the International Community, but is just as important today, as it was five years ago.

The research, carried out for the Commission by Education Datalab, investigates the post 16 choices of children by social and geographical background, gender and ethnicity.

«Our reforms have been underpinned by a commitment to social justice and fairness - that means achieving educational excellence for everyone, everywhere, regardless of their background,» he added.

This is not to say that such variables as neighborhood characteristics have no effect, only that the effect of such variables is already captured by the handful of social background characteristics, such as WIC participation, that we incorporated into our analysis.

A Department for Education spokesperson said: «Developing character and resilience is part of our core mission to deliver real social justice by giving all children, regardless of background, the chance to fulfil their potential and achieve their high aspirations.

They are: «By reading texts in history / social studies, science, and other disciplines, students build a foundation of knowledge in these fields that will also give them the background to be better readers in all content areas.

Political and Social Climate: A clear sense of this aspect of the climate relative to the establishment of charter schools in Michigan was gained by reading the background information and description of the establishment of the authorizing agencies, especially with reference to the authority of the universities to act as charter school authorizers.

That's a non-trivial consideration for today's prep schools, as elite universities bend over backwards to justify their own public benefit and social utility by searching out kids from less likely backgrounds and places.