Sentences with phrase «from wealthy»

Also, will he accept money from wealthy individuals or groups who will bankroll this lawsuit against our teachers?

Donations from wealthy sponsors are helping academy trusts to safeguard school trips, breakfast clubs and sports competitions as other schools are forced to axe provision as the funding squeeze bites.

State governments should also outlaw policies and practices that exclude low - income families from wealthy developments.

Donations from wealthy sponsors are helping academy trusts to safeguard school trips, breakfast clubs and sports competitions as other schools are forced to axe provision as the funding...

It's not exactly appealing, especially when compared to the creative enrichment programs available in the summer for students from wealthy families.

Or a school so new that the state hasn't ranked it, one that doesn't prioritize smart kids or students from wealthy neighborhoods.

So, a Latino peer from a wealthy Mexican family or the African American daughter of a physician who grew up in a predominantly white suburb are not seen as contributing to the diverse learning environment.

While some have been critical of Success Academy's intense focus on test - prep, the school's students consistently achieve impressive scores on their New York state exams, routinely outranking students from wealthy neighborhoods and prestigious private schools.

His diocese, which covers 40 schools in three counties that run the gamut from wealthy to downright impoverished, recently centralized all operations under three professionals experienced in doing all the things required to run a healthy school district: marketing, financial management and fundraising.

On the other hand, children from wealthy homes that don't offer a good learning environment do poorly in school.

Consider the implications for American society — for equity, for mobility, for prosperity — if its inventors and innovators continue to come almost exclusively from wealthy backgrounds.

Even a mediocre school can expect high test scores if its students come from wealthy backgrounds.

But top - down reforms often take something important away from wealthy families — control over their child's education.

There's such an impression that Harvard is a really elite school full of nerdy people from wealthy families who went to prep schools.

By this measure, board - certified teachers were twice as likely to have children from wealthy families and less than half as likely to have poor children.

Concerned about the absence of black and Latino students in the field of computer science, Margolis launched a three - year study of students» computing experiences at three high schools in Los Angeles — one with a predominately African - American student population, one with a largely Latino student body, and a third with a significant percentage of white students from wealthy families.

Texas» approach of funneling money from wealthy districts to poor ones as a way to equalize school spending is likely to be severely curtailed in whatever school finance plan emerges from the session, according to sources in the state.

Maria is from a wealthy family based in Mexico City.

(High - performing faith - based schools in Cameroon, for instance, primarily educate students from wealthy — and likely more academically - engaged — families, and the schools don't have to deal with the corrupt local officials that plague state schools.)

In Joe Wright's splendid - looking adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel, Saoirse Ronan plays Briony Tallis, a 13 - year - old girl from a wealthy pre-war English family whose misinterpretation of an incident involving her elder sister and the housekeeper's son leads to an enduring tragedy.

Directed by Roar Uthaug (The Wave), Tomb Raider stars Oscar winner Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, a young woman from a wealthy family whose father disappeared several years ago.

Page plays a rootless young woman who takes a toddler from a wealthy, negligent mother and passes the baby off as her own.

The latter pays even more attention when it turns out the horsemen have set themselves up as Robin Hood - style bandits; robbing from the wealthy to give back to the poor.

World Premiere «Tallulah» / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Sian Heder)-- A rootless young woman takes a toddler from a wealthy, negligent mother and passes the baby off as her own in an effort to protect her.

Housing counselors say a growing number of homeowners from wealthy communities, like Laguna Beach, Calif., are seeking to modify loans on multimillion - dollar properties.

Language: English Genre: Comedy / Musical MPAA rating: PG Director: Leo McCarey Actors: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx Plot: Freedonia has borrowed a large sum of money from a wealthy widow Mrs. Teasdale.

He plays Martin Blank, a hit man from a wealthy suburb outside of Detroit, who knows that something is missing in his life.

Lila (Anna Paquin), the bride, comes from a wealthy WASP family on whose Long Island estate the wedding will be held.

Frankly, the life of Beatrix Potter isn't the most riveting story ever told - she came from a wealthy family, wrote some best - selling books, became even more wealthy, and then retired to the countryside.

After consulting the local police, they discover that this known practice of «reclaiming» is a scam, set up to take large amounts of money from wealthy individuals.

When the pressures of having no income pile up and the stream of judgement from his wealthy father - in - law roll over him, he finds himself taking his gun out of his safe and wandering out into the desert outside his Albuquerque suburban neighborhood to potentially do something drastic.

Ngoc Lan helps distribute uneaten food from the wealthy side of Leisure Land to her neighbors and takes care of the sick, a one - woman social services.

Like Patrick, Mr St Aubyn came from a wealthy, upper - class family.

Page plays a rootless young woman who takes a toddler from a wealthy, negligent mother and passes the baby off as her own in an effort to protect her.

He claims to come from a wealthy Chicago family, but he knows almost nothing of our world.

Scraping together a meager living, Sam and his wife Sarah (Samantha Morton), succumb to a request from the wealthy Duke of Rudling (Peter O'Toole) to purchase Lassie for his granddaughter Cilla (Hester Odgers), a young and lonely transplant from London, who has come to the countryside to avoid the perils of the impending war.

Tallulah (Director & Screenwriter: Sian Heder)-- A rootless young woman takes a toddler from a wealthy, negligent mother and passes the baby off as her own in an effort to protect her.

Avery comes from a wealthy family and has a beautiful wife (Byrne).

As it turns out, Brooke harbors a pipe dream of opening a restaurant in Williamsburg, and schemes to raise money from a wealthy old acquaintance (the reliably goofy Michael Chernus).

St. Aubyn's semi-autobiographical books — the first two of which were published in 1992 — chronicle follow the life of a man from a wealthy family who is sexually abused by his father as a child.

Her employer is Ashwin (Vivek Gomber), a journalist from a wealthy family whose marriage was called off at the 11th hour.

Preppy Lily (Anya Taylor - Joy) and pariah Amanda (Olivia Cooke) are teens from wealthy families who become friends through lack of social alternatives.

A rootless young woman takes a toddler from a wealthy, negligent mother and passes the baby off as her own in an effort to protect her.

Andrea Arnold presents a dynamic vision of young, weird America in American Honey, a sprawling road movie that winds its way from wealthy suburban cul - de-sacs to poverty - stricken trailer parks on a cross-country trip.

For, not only had he stolen from the wealthy, but he had also talked the staff at The Tower into trusting him with all the assets in their pension fund.

There's an age difference of about 10 - 15 years (he's older), and she comes from a wealthy background, while he grew up destitute.

«About Time» is a light - touch comedy, not free of sentimentality, about a young man, Tim (Domhnall Gleeson), from a wealthy, boho background in Cornwall, who bumbles his way through life and love but who has a power inherited from his dad (Bill Nighy): he can hold his eyes shut and go back in time.

The Wolf of Wall Street - November 15 Martin Scorcese's return to the director's chair comes in the form of a true story starring his go - to guy, Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordon Belfort in this biopic of sorts about the man's rise from wealthy stockbroker to his fall involving crime, corruption, and the feds.

When a gang of thieves, hiding out in a circus sideshow, decides to steal from the wealthy owner, there are horrific consequences!

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