Sentences with phrase «from affluent communities»

Environmental racism describes this unfortunate situation and refers to «the enactment of any policy or regulation that negatively affects the living conditions of low - income or minority communities at a rate disproportionate from affluent communities» (Environmental Justice Group.

«I had this drive to know that there's millions of kids out there like me who are not served well by the existing system,» says Hay, who over his career worked in a range of environments from affluent communities to a struggling district turnaround school.

Not exact matches

It is they who are reminding voters that casinos redistribute wealth from the poorest in society up the ladder towards the most affluent, make no contribution to long term economic growth, and cause social ills in the communities where they are built.

Demand from Muslim millennials has fuelled the growth of a Halal food market in Europe keen to address negative perceptions and tap into affluent communities eager to spend the «Muslim pound».

They also express concern that students without the deep and broad background knowledge and fluency that affluent children generally absorb from their homes and communities first need to develop that core knowledge before they can benefit from a collaborative, project - based approach.

Next we heard from Mark Terry, who gave a compelling comparison of his old school district — a low SES urban district with a high ELL population, an 85 % free / reduced qualifying rate, and a high need for meal and nutrition education services — and his current district, which is more affluent with a much lower free / reduced qualification rate and a community of parents who have high expectations for student success and a healthy lifestyle.

That said, I can attest to the fact that in my own children's school (which draws from a relatively affluent community), breakfast in the classroom has turned out, despite strong initial parental opposition, to be a non-event.

A Stanford study from 2014 suggested that the same was true for students in California's affluent communities.

And the Quinn campaign said she didn't call anyone a «racist,» adding «while some politicians are pandering on this... Quinn will not back down from requiring all communities, no matter how affluent... from doing their fair share.»

McMahon also points to affluent communities like Rockland County and Long Beach that face significant budget problems due to bad decisions from local officials.

«While some politicians are pandering on this issue to secure votes, Chris Quinn will not back down from requiring all communities, no matter how affluent they are, from doing their fair share.»

Since a significant share of school funding is local, and communities with lots of students from affluent backgrounds tend to be affluent communities that pay more in taxes, «good schools» also tend to be better funded.

Victims also come from all backgrounds — affluent and educated communities included, says Allison Bressler, a co-founder of A Partnership for Change, a nonprofit dedicated to ending family abuse and intimate partner violence.

Take a trifecta of movies about affluent Connecticut: Ang Lee's The Ice Storm looks back at how a souring of American innocence in the 1970s found its way into affluent suburbia, Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows explores the small town classism of the 1950s as it was happening, and Todd Haynes» Far From Heaven casts its eyes on the same period to illustrate the obstacles minorities and the LGBT community faced.

And while Little Accidents is no great shakes formally — its sole visual flourish is Colangelo's penchant for shooting emotionally charged scenes from a distance, which is likely motivated by a desire to avoid histrionics — it does create a clear picture of a community in which even the relatively affluent, like Bill and Diane, are essentially just middle - class.

If a school is near a border that separates an affluent neighborhood and a poor one, its boundaries could be drawn to ensure enrollment from both communities.

The push for bilingualism often comes from English - speaking parents who live in affluent suburban communities and want their children to learn a second language, according to Education Trust - West.

What's unique about these programs is they are not for the educated or affluent but involve community members from all social backgrounds.

On the Ed Next blog, Mike Petrilli writes about some of the approaches education reformers should consider embracing if we want to give less affluent kids a better shot at moving up: 1) working harder to identify talented children from low - income (and middle - income) communities and then providing the challenge and support to launch them into the New Elite via top - tier universities, and / or 2) being more realistic about the kind of social mobility we hope to spur as education reformers.

An evaluation study of the district's equity fund highlighted several implementation challenges.65 Some PTAs simply did not comply with the district's policy to give back some dollars, and the district had difficulty figuring out how to exempt some PTA expenses fairly from redistribution.66 The evaluators did not examine how this policy affected PTA revenues, but there was significant pushback from members of the community, with some parents threatening to reduce donations during initial policy negotiations.67 A group of parents voiced that the approach was punitive, and that instead, parents should be encouraged to donate to a separate equity fund or to other, less affluent schools.68 Other districts that have considered establishing an equity fund have feared similar pushback, worrying that rich parents will threaten to leave the district, disinvest in their schools, or decrease their overall contributions.69

California's statewide effort created a voracious appetite for new educators, diluting teacher quality and encouraging well - off districts to strip - mine teachers from less affluent communities.

He said wide gaps in affluent yet integrated communities like Shaker Heights, Ohio, may stem from «competition for educational success» being «particularly strong in such places.»

A recent study of urban, suburban, and rural schools in four states found that smaller schools helped close the achievement gap — as measured by test scores — between students from poor communities and students from more affluent ones.

However, the PROSPER Act's approach to accountability ignores important lessons from state performance - based funding systems, many of which have been shown to funnel limited state dollars to well - resourced institutions that enroll the most affluent and academically prepared students while failing to support institutions that serve a more representative community.2 Rather than applying an immediate penalty through the blunt instrument of an artificial threshold, an effective accountability system would reward colleges that enroll and graduate Pell - eligible students while providing underperforming and underfunded institutions the time, resources, and support they need to improve.

While this gives it one of the highest general fund budgets of any school system in the state, several districts that are from far less affluent communities are not far from that funding level.

If the power of solidarity is going to reclaim our schools, more affluent, predominantly white activists will need to develop an anti-racist understanding of the movement against standardized testing and the barriers that communities of color face to joining — including the very real fear from parents of color that their children's schools will be shut down if they don't encourage them to score well on the tests.

My public - school education in the 1950s was OK but not as good as that received by many of my college peers who came from more affluent communities.

It is far more important to provide adequate funding and support for local schools who promote community cohesion, than to remove a select few from their community during school hours, and assume that this will magically address the deep seated problems in less affluent communities.

Darling and her friends live in a shantytown aptly called Paradise, and it may as well be a different country from the affluent neighboring affluent community of Budapest.

With many Braddock residents suffering from chronic illnesses due to their proximity to the steel plants (including Frazier herself who lives with lupus), Braddock Hospital became a de facto community that disappeared when the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) built a new hospital in a more affluent suburb.

Minutes from the Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport, the affluent community of Colleyville features a wide array of housing, including custom - built homes listed by Allie Beth Allman & Associates.

Residents of this affluent place really do benefit from an array of community amenities that make their neighbors very jealous.

It's even located in Studio City, miles away from their actual neighbourhood, in the affluent community of Calabasas.