Sentences with phrase «families move up a ladder»

«It's like a game of snakes and ladders, families move up a ladder, only to be sent tumbling back down to square one,» added New Democrat spokesperson for children and families Melanie Mark.

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The stark contrast between those at the very bottom and everybody else is important because decades of academic research have shown that children from low - income families who attend pre-K benefit immensely, but those benefits decrease as you move up the income ladder and may even disappear beyond the middle class.

In the 19th century and early 20th centuries, a family that had children in school was typically one that had already moved some distance up the socio - economic ladder.

He is dedicated to ensuring families have the opportunity to move up the economic ladder and plans to invest in job training programs and increase access to affordable college degrees.

High schools are failing to do the two things they're supposed to do: help families move up the economic ladder and provide skilled labor for businesses.

While I was confident that with my tenure and masters degree that somehow everything would work out once we found out we had to move, I never thought my family would be able to stay here and I would gain one step up the ladder.