Sentences with phrase «class backgrounds more»

In a separate study Dr Mairead Dunne, lecturer in education at Sussex, led a project that analysed grouping practices in 168 primary and secondary schools and found that working - class pupils are more likely to be placed in lower sets than middle - class pupils who have the same test results, and that pupils from middle - class backgrounds more likely to be assigned to higher sets, irrespective of their prior attainment.

Another new study by Sussex researchers shows that children are being placed in ability groups according to social class, with pupils from middle - class backgrounds more likely to be assigned to higher sets, irrespective of their prior attainment.

Not exact matches

We are people with different bodies, gender expressions, faiths, sexualities, class backgrounds, abilities and so much more,» Gay says.

Before anyone starts trolling me: I am wealthier / more privileged than most; aristocratic background; LOVE children but have none of my own; can easily afford First Class, but just as often choose to sit in PREMIUM ECONOMY (and a screaming infant is just as annoying in the back of the plane as it is up front!)

And yet when the infinite variety of American Protestantism has been fully recognized — its variety in historic backgrounds, in class affiliations, in creeds and in institutions — the fact remains that what it has in common is perhaps even more impressive than its variety.

Public schools serve all students in a community: rich, poor, middle class, of various ethnicities, ability levels, health concerns, family backgrounds and more.

With classes costing # 300 a course, the NCT's services are not reaching many parents - to - be and Nick Wilkie is reported as saying that the service is too middle class and must do more to attract parents from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Men and women of the same social class and educational background are more similar in the way they parent than women are with all other women or men with all other men.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has a more working class background, but has been moving in political circles on good salaries for decades.

[12] This could either be linked directly to education, meaning that attending Oxbridge gives future MPs a less Eurosceptic worldview; or it could be linked to class, as Oxbridge - educated MPs are more likely to come from privileged backgrounds.

But no more fathers» wars, not least since those sent to war tend to come from working - class backgrounds, where starting to have children often still happens earlier than has lately become the norm.

Naomi Andrews, who has worked for Shea - Porter for more than a decade and managed two of her past campaigns, became the ninth Democrat to join the September 11 primary ballot, touting her middle - class background and experience working with Shea - Porter.

And perhaps we can also start to be more aware of the persistence of social class in this country, where political leaders are drawn from a narrow social elite and where birth cohort evidence shows that parental background has a huge influence on academic attainment, health and labour - market opportunities.

A lot has been made of his middle class and «privileged» background by many commentators and opponents, but more significant was he came from an activist Labour family and his brother Piers is cut from the same cloth.

For those who keep such scores, the House of Lords has a higher proportion of women, a higher proportion of people from ethnic minorities, a broader range of ethnic minorities, and far more people from working - class backgrounds generally and the trade union movement in particular, than can be found down the corridor.

Sadiq vowed «nothing was off the table» when it comes to Labour's drive to get more people from ethnic minorities and working class backgrounds into senior posts.

On the occasions when Ukip's vote increases dramatically (such as in European elections) their new or temporary voters are more likely to be middle - class, financially secure and from Conservative backgrounds.

The big strides made in securing more women Labour MPs have also, unfortunately, been paralleled by a decline in those from working - class backgrounds.

With sharper accountability, a more ambitious curriculum and world class qualifications, I believe we can create an education system which can compete with the best in the world — a system which gives every young person, regardless of background, the high quality education, high aspirations and high achievement they need and deserve.

They genuinely allowed people from more disadvantaged backgrounds the opportunity of a first - class education.

Under a state law passed in June of last year, ride - hailing contractors are required to pass a criminal background check, but county lawmakers lobbied for more thorough vetting for prospective contractors in Westchester amid a slew of allegations against Uber and its employees, including a class action suit claiming drivers had sexually assaulted customers.

My guess is that more voters are bothered about Cameron's background than the «class doesn't matter anymore» brigade would suggest, but less than Labour hopes they are.

He insisted David Cameron's privileged background was not an insurmountable barrier, pointing out that Harold Macmillan, who married the daughter of the 9th Duke of Devonshire, did more than any other postwar Tory prime minister to appeal to working class voters.

«What will matter most to Americans of all backgrounds boils down to this: the President is fighting every day to provide economic security for the middle class and to make the economy more fair, while the Republicans want to double down on policies that led to the challenges we face,» campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said in an e-mail.

Whilst I certainly want far more local candidates and working class candidates selected by Labour, I won't write off Ed Miliband purely because he comes from a reasonably comfortable background (and I wouldn't exaggerate the riches of those on academic salaries either).

One in 10 middle aged adults had substantial hearing problems and were more likely to be from a working class or ethnic minority background.

«The higher an individual's socioeconomic background, measured in terms of parental social class or parental education, the more likely they are to work in science.»

However, a child's social background was also found to have a strong effect over and above that of ability, with the parents» education being more important than their social status and social class, though the latter also count.

But although having a middle class background makes it more likely that someone had gone to university, Dr Reeves's findings showed that they were no more likely to take part in arts after graduating than were working class students.

The results show that, after adjusting for differences in family background, black students at any class level are more likely than their white counterparts to attend a four - year university.

Also, more American black students — irrespective of their class or background — will set off on this education path than their white counterparts.

These data also provide some insight as to how our results might extend to more complex classes of background noise.

We therefore expect that the adaptive coding we and others describe is crucial for more general classes of background noise.

Learn more about Dr. Gottfried as she shares a bit about her background, who she designed this class for, and what you can expect to learn in the upcoming modules and sessions.

Meet Dr. Leslie Carr, licensed clinical psychologist, as she shares a bit more about her background, what this class is all about, and who she designed this class for.

Two small children helped the inner journey go even deeper, and eventually, her technical background and experience and training as a Yoga teacher took hold (in the background of the many science jobs, there was ALWAYS at least one Yoga class being fit into the schedule — if you are a scientist looking for a Yoga teacher (or a Yogi looking to know more about science), talk to Tammy.

And I think I can speak for all 7 of us who attended the 5 day intensive General Assembly «Startup Bootcamp» when I say this was not an outcome that I alone experienced, all of us, despite coming from quite dramatically different backgrounds — we had a baker, an airline owner, a fresh graduate, a tech developer, PR executive and surveyor in the class — completed the bootcamp with a more definitive idea of the way in which to make our business dream an achievable reality.

We're a class apart because our members are like - minded individuals and, just like them, we understand that a dream match is based on more than just looks or personality: it's all about connecting two successful people with the same background, goals and view of life.

Synopsis: A college student, Annie Braddock (Scarlett Johansson), with a working - class background takes a nanny job with Mr. and Mrs. X (Paul Giamatti, Laura... [MORE]

The class implications of this allegory are painfully clear: though I suspect that Rockwell's background is more comfortable, the working - class origins of Anders, Rodriguez, and Tarantino (or at least what are perceived as his working - class origins) are central to their movies, and the myth of these filmmakers» ascendancy derives its power from the American dream.

They come from different socioeconomic backgrounds, however, with Florence's family representing the upper middle class that looks down on people of Edward's more humble status.

In fact, one thing that makes Hav Plenty fresh is the absence of overt attention paid to the characters» blackness; the class difference between Plenty and everyone else is more of an issue than the racial or cultural background of anyone.

Nancy Kerrigan wasn't some WASP princess, she came from a working - class background like Harding, but the difference is that Kerrigan sold the illusion better and had a much more supportive home life.

He is a rough fellow from a working class background while she seems more educated, refined and emotional.

The couple referenced in that passage is Florence Ponting (Saoirse Ronan), a gifted classical violinist in her 20s from an upper - class family, and Edward Mayhew (Billy Howle), a London history student of much more modest background.

By contrast, Hunter students coming from backgrounds similar to hers, «growing up in Chinatown with working - class parents,» were much more reluctant to participate.

Our strategy takes advantage of the fact that data were collected on both actual and average class sizes and on students» performance and socioeconomic backgrounds for more than one grade level in each school.

In many cases, Woolf is asked to connect classes or schools with experts who can serve as role models who share the students» background or culture in order to make the experience even more powerful for the children.

With challenging classes, dedicated and knowledgeable teachers, and able, motivated peers from all kinds of backgrounds, it's reasonable to ask whether exam schools consume more than their share of scarce financial resources.

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