Sentences with phrase «class parents tend»

One explanation for the difference in waitlists may be that middle - class parents tend to choose schools where there's already a critical mass of families like them.

Also, middle - and upper - class parents tend to know more about how to influence the system.

Not exact matches

Heron's 1994 study of middle class English children found children who never slept in their parents bed tended to be harder to control, less happy, exhibited a greater number of tantrums and were more fearful than children who always slept in their parents bed.

Parents who do have the time to read tend to be middle class and speak English.

Gay fathers tend to be economically well - off, one means by which their children may garner social advantages relative to other children, while additional research has shown that children of gay fathers did not report differences in sex - typed behaviour compared with parents of other family configurations.58 A large literature shows that parents tend to transmit values to their children along socioeconomic status lines, with middle class parents typically imparting different values from parents in lower socioeconomic strata.59, 60 However, little of this work has examined fathers in particular, as distinct from mothers.

In a similar vein, middle - class and more - educated parents tend to shape Christian schools toward less tension with the outside world, greater emphasis on academic excellence, less rigid social control of students, greater room for individual creativity and expression, and less denominationally distinctive ways of integrating religion into school life.

Often these parents tend to be middle class or upper middle class, and they create or join extracurricular organizations that charge participation fees.

For middle - class and affluent children, this kind of constant monitoring, advising, and problem - solving tends to be baked into their lives, whether through aggressive helicopter parenting or simply having friends and family members who've been to college and are neither awed by the process nor intimidated by pitfalls.

And of course it tended to perpetuate class divisions, as better - off kids with better - educated parents were much more apt to make it into (and want to enter) the grammar schools.

Parents are a constant presence on campus, helping in classrooms, running after - school classes, tending the garden.

«When we have been successful in bringing parents into the school, they tended to be white, middle class parents who had done well when they were students in school,» Ehrich said.

In two of the school districts he visited, white parents tended to be the ones most involved in the parent — teacher associations.They know, for example, about mathematics placement tests in fifth grade that dictated which classes students will take.

The kids who end up in such programs tend to get reduced schedules and smaller, lower - level classes, which are sold to their parents as more «appropriate» options better suited to their needs than regular classes.

«At present, the system tends to favour middle - class parents who have the time and the knowledge to research the schools in their area and, in some cases, can even afford to move to a better catchment area.

However, while the most common forms of family engagement (such as encouraging parents to attend school events, serve as classroom volunteers, and participate on fund - raising committees) tend to line up well with middle - class child - rearing practices and family resources (Lareau, 2003), they can be less accessible to families who have recently arrived in the United States, or whose child - rearing practices differ from those of school leaders.

Children have stat bonuses passed on from their parents and tend to be more powerful units though their class can depend on which two characters are in a relationship with one another.

«I am still considered a second - class citizen, and at the fair, people tend to address my white team rather than me,» she sighs, «But we are beginning to reap the rwards of the fight started by our parents.

Figure 5.5 shows that those parents who had previously taken part in a parenting class or programme tended to be in favour of attending a group in the future; 70 % would either be quite or very likely to do so compared with 46 % of parents who had not taken part in a parenting class or programme.