Sentences with phrase «diverse than most countries»

«We are much more diverse than most countries in the world and very open to immigration compared to other countries,» said Tom Loveless, an education policy expert at the Brookings Institution.

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Offering a range of natural landscapes to enjoy and explore and some of the most exciting and diverse cities in the country, it's no surprise that California residents say they'd rather be here than anywhere else.

The Unites States may have a much more diverse population than most countries surveyed.

But the CES spokesperson said Church schools educate more than 300,000 non-Catholics, and «are the most ethnically and socially diverse schools in the country».

Almost half of 2015 Teach For America, or TFA, corps members identified as people of color, 46 compared with less than 20 percent of teachers nationwide.47 The candidate acceptance rate between 2009 and 2012 averaged below 15 percent, making Teach For America one of the most highly selective teacher training programs in the country.48 Additionally, some residency - based teacher programs also are putting more effort into recruiting diverse, high - achieving candidates.

The Pikes Peak International Hillclimb is one of the most diverse car racing events in the country, if not the world, bringing everything from radically - modified, unlimited - class cars, to nearly - stock vehicles with nothing more than just the mandated safety equipment.

Certainly it receives less attention than the Western Cape, yet is more diverse and harbours some of the most beautiful holiday destinations in the country.

Dominican Republic is the second largest and most diverse Caribbean country, situated just two hours south of Miami, less than four hours from New York and eight hours from most European cities.

Italians have been slow to embrace online travel purchases for diverse reasons: broadband penetration is low and still relatively expensive; they are by nature hesitant to release personal information over the Internet; traditional offline players have powerful ties and still sell the vast majority of travel related products; tour operators have been cautious about challenging conventional distribution channels; credit card usage is still relatively low and most credit cards have limited spending margins per month and the country's population is aging rapidly, resulting in slower adoption of the Internet than other markets.

«It's run on a shoestring and shown in a haphazard way in ministries and embassies, but what better way to open it to the public than at the Whitechapel Gallery in east London, in one of the most diverse communities in the country.»

Located in the nation's fourth - largest city, UH serves more than 39,500 students in the most ethnically and culturally diverse region in the country.

But the federal judges who have supplied an unbroken wave of victories across the country to supporters of same - sex marriage are more diverse than their rulings would suggest: white and black, gay and straight, nominated by Democrats (most of them) and chosen by Republicans (a few of them).

It is a culturally diverse society with a population of more than 22 million.21 Australia's population includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) peoples and migrants from some 200 countries with Indigenous Australian peoples representing 2.5 % of the total population.22 In over 60 years of planned post-war migration, Australia has accepted more than 6.5 million migrants and in the most recent census (2006), 3.1 million people (16 % of the population) were reported to speak a language other than English at home.23 The majority of the population lives in the cities mainly located around the coast; however, many live in rural and remote areas ranging from dry arid land to tropical and a few live in what are arguably some of the most remote and untouched areas of the world.