Sentences with phrase «class families who»

Many middle class families who own a second home are facing significantly higher premium rates under the Biggert - Waters Flood Insurance Act.

There aren't ruling - class families who consider themselves dynasties, but rather people who recognize the ridiculousness of one person accumulating so much money so fast.

According to the book, which I actually read many years ago, Dryden started the company by selling burial policies with a face value of $ 100 to working class families who couldn't otherwise afford life insurance.

Many of 6renyou.com's customers are middle - class families who prefer to stay in five - star hotels and visit such sites as Bali Safari and Marine Park, and Waterbom Park.

According to the book, which I actually read many years ago, Dryden started the company by selling burial policies with a face value of $ 100 to working class families who couldn't otherwise afford life insurance.

«I think this myth still exists because there are many middle - class families who see financial aid as only an option for those from a low socioeconomic status,» she says.

13 — 25 year old, single males from middle to upper class families who live in regions that experience winter conditions part of the year.

We can see this practice being carried out by white middle and upper - middle class families who are gentrifying neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Because white middle class families who represent a large portion of the housing market are reluctant to pursue homes in black neighborhoods, property values tend to fall if a neighborhood becomes majority black and remain low compared to white neighborhoods (Fletcher, 2015).

Making the case that choice allows for all families, poor or middle class, to meet the particular needs of their children can win support, especially from white middle class families who realize that how they are hurt by school zones and other Zip Code Education policies (and are also condescended by teachers and school leaders when they want more for their kids), but don't see any other way to avoid those problems beyond paying for private schools out their own pockets.

E. L. Haynes, for example, receives many applications from middle - class families who proactively seek information because of the school's reputation, and it therefore directs all its recruitment efforts — from distributing information outside grocery stores to speaking at neighborhood association meetings — to low - income communities.

Talking points to support your arguments: This budget is out of step of with middle - class families who want good schools for their kids.

Yes, sacrificing the have - nots by taking more educational dollars from already struggling public school Districts and sending them to upper class / upper middle class families who want to send their children to private schools.

Parents for Educational Freedom NC's president, Darryl Allison, said in a statement following Judge Hobgood's decision to halt the program while the merits of the case are decided, «while we respect the court's decision, we are deeply disappointed on behalf of the thousands of working - class families who desired this educational option,» he said.

He also has been giving out zone waivers to middle - class families who prefer P.S. 16 to their neighborhood school, P.S. 9, one of the city's worst.

Third, I'd throw in student loan — forgiveness plans, which are likely to disproportionately benefit upper - middle - class families who borrow heavily to attend graduate school.

One popular school, the John M. Tobin School, uses the Montessori model and attracts middle - class families who like the philosophy but don't want to pay private - school tuition.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the good weather, the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch, Tillerson vs. Russia, and free tuition for middle class families who attend SUNY and CUNY schools in New York.

Baum calls Cuomo's program an expensive subsidy for middle class families who already send their kids to college.

«We have a strong community of working class families who own their own homes, some for generations and some first - time homebuyers,» said Assemblyman Crespo.

«It is about millions of middle - class families who never dreamt that life would be such a struggle.»

The bill has stalled in the Senate and it is unlikely to be taken up in the Republican - controlled Senate, where GOP lawmakers feel it unfairly punishes middle class families who have saved.

A Senate Republican in a spokesman in a statement said the GOP conference remains opposed to the bill, calling it unfair to middle class families who save for college tuition.

«This is a Republican Tax Scam and the victims of Rep. Collins» vote are the millions of middle class families who will see their taxes go up, while corporations and the wealthy laugh all the way to the bank.»

Then there are all of the growing middle - class families who don't want to go to the suburbs.

«All those middle - class families who wonder about «How am I going to pay for college?»

It is about the millions of middle - class families who never dreamt that life would be such a struggle».

«The IDC is going to make a positive change for New York's working - and middle - class families who struggle to send their children to college through our College Affordability for All plan, make sure our teenagers are treated as such by Raising the Age of criminal responsibility and create good - paying jobs through our Made by New Yorkers vision.»

They report three times the marital contentment of the next happiest group — working - and middle - class families who favor a traditional division of labor and have only one breadwinner.

I think it is important to point out that this isn't just an issue for middle class families who care deeply about their child's diet and are able to provide abundant healthy food choices but school menus have great impact on many, many poor children who, through no fault of their own and often with no agency to change the situation, end up being pawns in the lunch tray wars.

«With stagnant job growth numbers this past year and a significant decrease in family - supporting jobs, giving up on her jobs plan is a sign the premier has given up on middle class families who are struggling to make ends meet.»

That latter approach makes much more sense if the point is to make higher education more affordable for middle class families who can't afford to sock away large sums in 529 investment accounts.

If you were asked to picture the regular attendees of an average local church, a few things might come to mind: You might think of a quaint, middle - class family who...

This is a humble man, a prince of the church born into a working - class family who's noted for riding public transportation and cooking his own meals.

I come from a great middle class family who taught me about honesty, affection, laughter and the overall importance of being good to others and yourself.

The Browns are a white middle - class family who live in a magnificent Victorian townhouse on a fictional street in west London called «Windsor Gardens».

Her performance as Lady Bird in Greta Gerwig's loosely biographical (she denies it, but...) coming of age movie about a teen growing up in Sacramento in a middle class family who yearns for something more than the humdrum life in the suburbs.

I grew up in a conservative working - class family who had left its roots in farming communities of Ontario to travel to Hamilton, Toronto and other large metropolitan areas (where my dad landed a job as manager of Eastern Canada for Philips Electronics and brought us temporarily into the middle class).

It's the diary of an ordinary, middle - class family who put their suburban life on hold in order to travel the world — on an average American middle - class budget.

This hands - on exhibition will provide a glimpse into the home of a merchant - class family who lived in the 17th - 18th centuries.

In contrast to the world of the emperor on display in this fall's Forbidden City: Imperial Treasures from the Palace Museum, Beijing, this hands - on exhibition will provide a glimpse into the home of a merchant - class family who lived in the 18th century.

Not exact matches

Abrams, who could become the country's first - ever black female governor, describes the realities of growing up in a working class household and providing financial support to numerous family members.

It sounds silly — yoga for dogs, but the people who take doggie yoga or «doga» classes with their canine family members can't stop raving about it.

Amazon Description: «From Woody Allen, «Crisis in Six Scenes» is a is a comedy that takes place in the 1960's during turbulent times in the United States and a middle class suburban family is visited by a guest who turns their household completely upside down.»

Friends of former students and repeat students who bring friends and family typically make up a majority of the classes.

Countless stories shared on World AIDS Day by survivors and patient family members describe Americans who, ignored by the political class and facing a dearth of treatment options, simply accepted HIV and AIDS as a death sentence just three decades ago.

«The president is going to continue to look for partners on Capitol Hill, Democrats or Republicans, who are willing to work with him on policies that benefit middle - class families,» White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Tuesday.

And he gave a speech about class divisions, a favorite subject for the senator from Delaware, who grew up in a working class family in Scranton, Penn..

The eight members of the Beaudoin - Bombardier family — heirs of Joseph - Armand Bombardier, who invented the snowmobile — control the company through a dual - class share structure that gives class A shares, 54 % of which are owned by the family members, 10 votes apiece.

Through a friend of the family, Spiegel was referred to Peter Wendell, founder of Sierra Ventures, who allowed him to sit in on his graduate - level class on entrepreneurship and venture capital.