Sentences with phrase «from affluent homes»

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Mariani notes that Stevens had a withdrawn manner at home and an unpleasant one in the office, but none of this stopped him from becoming rich and successful and, eventually, joining affluent society after the family settled in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1916.

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.

But one of the complaints I most often hear from parents at more affluent schools is that their kids are «double - dipping» at breakfast, eating a full meal at home and then eating some or all of the school meal as well.

The net effect of this not - thought - through policy is that, in many cases, children from rich and affluent homes who attend some of the best private schools for their primary education will be the beneficiaries of this scholarships, and children of less endowed schools and remote villages and towns will be disadvantaged.

Raised in a Jewish home in an affluent New York suburb, he was never particularly religious, but he inherited a passion for healing from his psychiatrist father and psychologist mother.

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic, studying medical records of heart attack patients from its home base of Olmsted County, Minn., report that those with lower incomes and less education were more likely to die after the attack than their more affluent, educated counterparts.

In this affluent sample (all but two came from homes with household income greater than $ 60,000), 28 % and 61 % aged 6 — 8 and 9 — 12 respectively did not meet the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) for zinc.

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Coming from radically different childhoods and backgrounds (Truffaut came from an unhappy working class home and stints in juvenile detention, Godard from an affluent, educated, supportive family), the directors were close friends and colleagues, sharing many of the same cinematic fathers (Rossellini, Bergman, Renoir), celebrating neglected directors of the past (Truffaut interviewed Hitchcock in a celebrated book, Godard interviewed Fritz Lang in a documentary and cast him in Contempt) and preaching the gospel of a cinema dedicated to presenting the real, the honest and the authentic, first in the pages of film magazines and then on the screen.

U.S. students from both affluent and low - income homes underperform their peers in other countries

Like children from more affluent homes, these children varied widely in how quickly their vocabulary use grew during the infant and toddler years.

The findings suggester poor children who attended after - school clubs developed better social, emotional and behaviour skills, with children from disadvantaged homes participating in the activities equally as much as those from affluent ones.

As a movement, knowledge - rich schooling has the potential to promote excellence, inspire passion, and enhance educational equity — particularly for children from homes with limited access to books and fewer opportunities than their more affluent peers to travel or visit museums.

Meanwhile, screening for gifted programs usually happens in kindergarten, which creates a heavy bias toward those who come from more affluent homes.

The research found that young people from less affluent homes are often locked out of banking jobs because of their clothes, appearance — and accent.

Education research suggests smaller class sizes, particularly in grades K - 3, can boost student performance and some say it could even assuage longstanding achievement gaps between children from low - income and affluent homes.

If we want low - income students from less - educated families to get the same kind of high school education their more affluent peers are getting, we need to give them access to the same knowledge those peers are taking in at home.

Although successive government reforms in the UK have driven up standards overall in the last 10 years, the gap between the attainment of children from poor and affluent homes has remained roughly the same, in some areas it has widened, and there is a long tail of underachievement.

And while some earlier studies may not have homed in on why many affluent retirees seem reluctant to draw on their nest eggs, they have demonstrated that many seniors find it difficult making the transition from saving to spending.

Some investors think about investment homes along a continuum similar to bonds, ranging from AAA (lower return, lower risk, more affluent neighborhoods) to junk bonds (higher return, higher risk, less affluent neighborhoods).

This affluent suburb saw average home prices appreciate 33 per cent from 2016 to 2017, despite the implementation of measures to cool the market down in April.

On top of that, Canada changed its immigration rules, so the 381,750 immigrants who came to Toronto from 2006 to 2011 were increasingly affluent or had wealthy relatives back in their home countries.

Home to some of the boutique shopping, unspoiled beaches and affluent visitors, island of St. Barts is a tropical paradise attracting guests from around the globe.

Home to excellent boutique shopping and some of the Caribbean's finest restaurants, the island of St. Barts is an unspoiled tropical paradise, known for attracting affluent visitors from around the world.

A prominent tourist destination, Phom Penh is home to plenty of restaurants that cater to just about any preference and budget level, from French fine - dining for the affluent to quaint vegan cafés for health - conscious travellers.

There are children on CPPs or in out - of - home care from neighbourhoods across all levels of deprivation from the most affluent to the most deprived but each step increase in deprivation brings an increased rate of these extreme children's services interventions.

«I delivered checks to the wives of five victims — one woman from a very affluent area, the wife of the pilot whose plane went into Tower 2 and another working in a nursing home trying to make ends meet.

Again this year, the Friends of the Village of Rockcliffe Park Foundation organized Dining with the Ambassadors in one of Canada's most affluent and beautiful heritage neighbourhoods and home to the official residences of diplomats from around the world.

Rockcliffe Park in Ottawa is one of Canada's most affluent and beautiful heritage neighbourhoods and home to the official residences of diplomats from around the world.

According to the report, less affluent homeowners stand to lose significantly more if their homes are damaged from flooding when compared to their wealthier neighbors.

«Affluent households have greatly benefited from strong growth in the stock market in recent years, and the steady rise in home prices has likely given them reassurance that real estate remains an attractive long - term investment,» he said.

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.

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However, while other building companies are focusing on luxury buyers and affluent millennials in suburbs close to big cities, Tri Pointe, which built the Lindemanns» home, plans to increase its share of first - time buyer properties to 40 % from about 35 % now, according to Chief Operating Officer Tom Mitchell.