She supports the career readiness portfolio, which invests in programs that are committed to connecting adults with limited or no education beyond high school to accredited, postsecondary career pathways that allow
for economic mobility and family - sustaining wages.
Without policy change that focuses on closing affordability gaps, the status quo of inequity will continue, denying students opportunities
for economic mobility and personal and professional enrichment, and...
Also at 6:30 p.m., the National Action Network and Spectrum convene a special discussion on technology
for economic mobility and social change featuring the Rev. Al Sharpton, state Sen. Brian Benjamin and business leaders, National Action Network's House of Justice, 106 W. 145th St., Manhattan.
By Luke Tate, Special Assistant to the President
for Economic Mobility, White House Domestic Policy Council & Josh Miller, Director of Product Management, White House Office of Digital Strategy
Laredo ranks in the top third (46th place) for its quality of life — in other words, it's a family - friendly place that offers potential
for economic mobility.
Not exact matches
As a firm, we have dedicated ourselves to advancing the American dream of
economic opportunity
for all, including programs
for our employees and our Corporate Responsibility initiatives to build wealth and
economic mobility among families and entrepreneurs of color.
Trump signed the Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and
Economic Mobility executive order on Tuesday, directing federal agencies to expand work requirements
for those who receive benefits from government assistance programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, and public housing.
Melinda and I have been working
for some time to learn more about how Americans move up the
economic ladder (what experts call
mobility from poverty).
While the US will not file
for bankruptcy, many of the opportunities
for economic and social
mobility of the bottom
economic half of the population are being liquidated.
And Americans» support
for meritocratic principles has remained stable over the last two decades despite growing
economic inequality, recessions, and the fact that there is less
mobility in the United States than in most other industrialized countries.
Many of the block - chain businesses we've seen have the potential to create wealth
for savvy tech investors, but the tokenization of Regional B2C Service Businesses can actually usher in a new era of
economic mobility for working class Americans.»
But neither group has a plan
for an immigration strategy focused on civic equality and
economic mobility.
It has been argued that the quest
for success has become more modest in the 20th century, after the great concentrations of
economic power have made the more sensational kinds of upward
mobility less likely, and especially after the great depression.
This may be bad news
for social
mobility, since children raised by married parents typically do better in life on almost every available
economic and social measure.
This report highlights the importance of increasing social
mobility and how the construction industry can work to promote greater equality of opportunity
for all, particularly in a challenging social and
economic environment.
Many see the launch of the Pan-African passport as one of the milestones
for this year's AU Summit - with expectations that it would facilitate the seamless
mobility of Africans and ease trade across the continent, consequently leading to the continent's
economic transformation.
The findings also demonstrate the links between the actual built environment and social
mobility: a better built environment, including schools, hospitals, homes and infrastructure, provides greater opportunity
for economic and social progression.
[2] See
for instance a recent analysis from the Economist and the World
Economic Forum analysis «Why declining US labour
mobility is about more than geography».
In the same post, Loeb praised IDC Leader Jeff Klein and others who he said «stand
for educational choice and support Charter funding that leads to
economic mobility and opportunity
for poor knack (sp.) kids.»
Yet unlike downstate, which is tethered to the NYC
economic engine, upstate offers little chance
for social
mobility to unskilled workers or ones with erratic work histories.
David Willetts» unfortunate comment last week about higher education being a «burden on the taxpayer» suggests that not only will Liberal Democrat ministers have to continue to remind their Conservative colleagues of the importance of social
mobility, but they will have to make the
economic case
for building a learning economy as well.
His statement, apparently referencing the Ku Klux Klan, also applauded Bronx state Sen. Jeff Klein and others who «stand
for educational choice and support Charter funding that leads to
economic mobility and opportunity
for poor knack (sp.) kids.»
«I was born and raised in upstate New York and the chance to work
for a Governor I respect and to be part of his ambitious agenda to create upward
economic mobility for the middle class and give voice to those who need it most matters more to me than partisan politics,» Comella said.
I offer three modest suggestions
for what Labour councils should stand
for in an age of hard decisions and impossible ones: social
mobility,
economic opportunity and health inequalities.
Rose Rodriguez, Chief Diversity Officer of New York State, said: «Governor Cuomo has taken decisive action to empower New Yorkers by dismantling barriers to social and
economic mobility and promoting equal access
for all.
Thank God
for Jeff Klein and those who stand
for educational choice and support Charter funding that leads to
economic mobility and opportunity
for poor knack [a typo
for black] kids.
«Thank God
for Jeff Klein and those who stand
for educational choice and support Charter (sic) funding that leads to
economic mobility and opportunity
for poor knack kids,» the post read.
«The low - wage service workers we represent need a champion in Albany who will advocate
for raising workers» standards, the DREAM Act and state - level immigration reforms, and ensure the labor movement remains a force
for upward
economic mobility.»
«Thank God
for Jeff Klein and those who stand
for educational choice and support Charter funding that leads to
economic mobility and opportunity
for poor knack kids,» Mr. Loeb wrote, with «knack» apparently a typographical error
for «black.»
«I was born and raised in upstate New York and the chance to work
for a governor I respect and to be part of his ambitious agenda to create upward
economic mobility for the middle class and give voice to those who need it most matters more to me than partisan politics.
«A college degree is necessary
for any chance at
economic mobility and the Excelsior scholarships will help ensure that 200,000 middle and working class kids have a shot at a higher education without the anchor of debt weighing them down,» Lever said.
«
For too many, the dream of
economic of
mobility has been replaced with a nightmare of
economic stagnation.»
Some of us, in our misguided elitism, thought that Nigerian youths deserved quality, challenging jobs and opportunities that would create a pathway
for upward socio -
economic mobility.
Hawkins will address the theme of his campaign, A Green New Deal
for New York, which aims to restart the upstate economy by guaranteeing
economic human rights to meaningful work, living wages, health care, education, affordable housing and
mobility.
For the first time, researchers provided findings that link materialism, impulsive spending and personal perceptions of
economic mobility.
It's well known that
economic growth or the desire to achieve it can drive language loss, he notes — dominant languages such as Mandarin Chinese and English are often required
for upward
mobility in education and business, and
economic assistance often encourages recipients to speak dominant languages.
Technological resources are distributed globally and the information is stored on Internet servers, freeing the user from the traditional dependence of the device, enhancing
mobility, accessibility and security, and allowing until recently unthinkable access to next generation services via payment
for consumption, that is, without a substantial prior
economic investment.
Social
mobility is an important concept
for social scientists who study
economic inequality and opportunity.
For many, it's a loss of
economic mobility.
On the contrary: the industrial age model of education was an unqualified success, generating more (though not equitable) access to upward
economic and social
mobility for more people in more parts of the globe than at any time in human history.
The costs of these gaps (most commonly associated with low income, limited education, and minority group status) are reflected in higher school dropout rates, lower
economic productivity, decreased social
mobility, increased need
for medical services, and higher rates of incarceration.
But
for students attending four - year institutions, including students from low - income families, the private, non-profit sector plays an important role and may be in a position to contribute even more to the nation's educational attainment and
economic mobility.
Most students will continue to attend public colleges
for the foreseeable future, but the private, non-profit sector plays an important role and may be in a position to contribute even more to the nation's educational attainment and
economic mobility than it currently does.
• Private colleges tend to have higher
economic mobility rates
for low - income students, but they also tend to be somewhat more selective.
In the long run, however, it's better
for choice,
for kids,
for taxpayers, and
for the country's
economic vitality and social
mobility that we continue to insist: No school, public or private, is a good school unless its students are learning what they should.
Through extensive study in the areas of next generation learning, social and emotional learning, wellness, urban planning, Hip - Hop culture, Chicago history, the opportunity gaps that exist among marginalized students,
economic mobility, arts education, and the at - risk communities on Chicago's South Side, Art in Motion has a solid research foundation upon which to build an innovative middle and high school that has the potential to change the narrative
for many Southside youth.
Lucretia Murphy of Jobs
for the Future wrote a blog post reflecting on her journey and the charge to bring the lessons to her work in
economic mobility.
Education Week reported on Jobs
for the Future's Voices
for Opportunity and
Economic Mobility summit in New Orleans.
These schools exist in part because to actually address through fairer taxation and wealth redistribution the largely socio -
economic factors underlying educational inequality would be to admit that the neoliberal agenda of the last four decades, eg the tax cuts, the deregulation, has not in fact worked
for the Many and wealth and social
mobility have gone backwards.
Only then will we be able to accelerate our nation's
economic progress, increase upward
mobility, and reduce social inequality
for all Americans.