Sentences with phrase «in affluent parts»

Some families, particularly in affluent parts of the state, have refused to allow their children to take the test.

While families in affluent parts of the state rail against assessing student learning, children in high need communities suffer.

Wildwood International Baccalaureate World Magnet School is a public, non-selective enrollment neighborhood magnet school in an affluent part of Chicago, offering available seats to students city - wide.

The improved rate at Woodson in a low - income neighborhood in Northeast Washington puts the school above the citywide average and just five points shy of the graduation rate for Woodrow Wilson High School, the District's largest comprehensive school, located in an affluent part of town.

Activist parents in an affluent part of Mar Vista reported that along with smelling alcohol on him at school, the teacher was verbally abusive to kids, made students cry and helped them cheat on the state standardized test.

She said the school would not advance the community because it is located in an affluent part of the North Side that she believes is well - served by public schools.

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As result, low - income Americans will again have a less - merry season than affluent consumers, who are more flush thanks in part to surging stock markets.

Special tax treatment of dividend income costs a lot in terms of foregone government revenues, mainly benefits the very affluent, and thus merits serious re-consideration as part of the federal government's current review of tax expenditures.

The common cap is $ 1 million in liquid assets to invest as a definition because if you've got much more, then you're obviously a millionaire and not part of the mass affluent crowd.

Certainly it must be tempting to look at all you're doing without, especially in comparison to much of our affluent society, and to feel that you are better, that you have demonstrated your faith and devotion — maybe even to feel you have done your part.

So even though trying to live faithfully as part of an affluent society, with all the temptations this entails, is in some ways more difficult and more uncomfortable than living the radical response, it does have several important advantages:

The recent sex scandals play a relatively small part in the story and are represented as indicative of larger dynamics created by the mistakes in implementing Vatican II at a time when newly affluent and confident Catholics were engaging a culture that was in the process of self - destructing.

If I were running the government, I would see to it that school districts that serve the poor would have a larger share of the tax revenue than school districts that serve the affluent, for in the poor districts there is far more ground to be made up to provide the open equality of opportunity, and equality of opportunity must be a part of every just society.

Liberation theology is part of a «criminal conspiracy» because it doesn't help poor people cope with inhuman conditions and social systems that «favor an affluent few and maintain masses in poverty.»

In part, it's because I present as an affluent, white, cisgender woman, and, for the most part, I get to choose when and where and how I share that piece of who I am.

Another part of the answer has to do with early cognitive stimulation: Affluent parents typically provide more books and educational toys to their kids in early childhood; low - income parents are less likely to live in neighborhoods with good libraries and museums and other enrichment opportunities, and they're less likely to use a wide and varied vocabulary when speaking to their infants and children.

I am a mother raising children in a relatively affluent part of the country (while being non-affluent), and this post resonated with me.

The only surprise in this latest effort by the Greater Chicago Food Depository to illustrate hunger in the metropolitan area is how affluent parts of town feel the...

The only surprise in this latest effort by the Greater Chicago Food Depository to illustrate hunger in the metropolitan area is how affluent parts of town feel the pangs as well.

Overall, Democratic presidential candidates have raised significantly more money than Republicans, and these January - through - June numbers show that it is in part a result of their finding a route into the wallets of the well educated and affluent as well as suburbanites in general:

Although the party was on the winning side in the referendum, the Yes vote was relatively high in the less affluent and thus more Labour parts -LSB-...]

In the more affluent parts of the district, Times penetration is strong, but those votes were going to likely go to Mr. Jeffries anyway.

In the North, African - American populations are largely confined to large urban areas and their less affluent first ring suburbs, and segregated neighborhoods that are a legacy of pre-Civil Rights era patterns of housing discrimination remain the norm in older parts of non-Southern cities, (although newer suburbs tend to be considerably more integrated than older neighborhoods outside the SouthIn the North, African - American populations are largely confined to large urban areas and their less affluent first ring suburbs, and segregated neighborhoods that are a legacy of pre-Civil Rights era patterns of housing discrimination remain the norm in older parts of non-Southern cities, (although newer suburbs tend to be considerably more integrated than older neighborhoods outside the Southin older parts of non-Southern cities, (although newer suburbs tend to be considerably more integrated than older neighborhoods outside the South).

ALBANY — State officials face a major challenge in deciding whether to allow casinos in economically struggling parts of the Catskills or in relatively affluent Orange County, closer to New York City, Gaming Facilities Location Board member Kevin Law said.

The majority of the research settings were located in the poor, rural parts of Tanzania, while one was located in Pretoria, the affluent capital of South Africa.

Joined by Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley and Zoe Kravitz, she formed part of a formidable female alliance in the affluent Californian sunshine.

How might we change that and make it likelier for poor kids to take part in high - quality enrichment along with their affluent peers?

But in more affluent parts of the city there was some evidence of meaningful progress, both in terms of student learning and in community buy - in.

This customer subsample of parents is, not surprisingly, more educated and affluent than parents who are identically selected except that the costs of their child's attendance are covered in whole or in part by entities outside the family.

Nashville school officials have rejected a proposal to open a charter school in a middle - class part of the city, highlighting a broader national battle over efforts by operators of such publicly financed, privately run schools to expand into more affluent areas.

Rather than declare that charters are a universal solution, proponents might see that moving into affluent communities deflates the moral high ground they have used to political advantage in their characterization of charters as part of the new civil rights movement.

Even here in the affluent suburbs, a big part of Barber's job is to make sure that every child, whether from down the street or downtown, is making progress.

Local school district officials closely monitor the Utah legislative session each year because legislators representing less - affluent school districts inevitably look to the wealthier ones - like Park City - to help fund schools in parts of the state where population is growing.

If you grow up in a community where everyone is pretty affluent, you don't understand the conditions of a big part of the country, sean reardon said.

The Orinda case drew special attention when it became public last fall, in part because the district had hired a private investigator to visit the child's other, less affluent neighborhood about 20 miles away.

He also shared his concern that black, Latino, and low - income students still fall below their white and more affluent peers on measures of achievement, in large part due to inequitable access to resources, effective educators, and rigorous coursework.

According to Ford's luxury division, the Lincoln MKC has done its part in bringing «younger, more affluent» buyers into showrooms, as well as attracting its share of female customers.

At the height of the tourist season — winter and summer — Waikïkï Beach was crowded with visitors, but during the offseason there was more room for families like ours, from less affluent parts of the city, and my family and I would often enjoy the beach in the company of my Korean «sisters» and their families.

She also suggests it may be a class issue: in certain parts of certain cities, getting your child a debit card is just the norm, while in less affluent neighbourhoods, this wouldn't even be a discussion.

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Almost overnight the introduction of the «pet passport» facilitated commerce in both «puppy mill» and «rescue» dogs from the less affluent parts of the E.U.

Affluent consumers are particularly likely to reach for a credit card rather than a debit card, said TSYS, in part because they offer more rewards.

Enjoy glorious ocean views and pink sunsets in this luxurious self - catering apartment situated in the upper part of Sea Point; 1 of Cape Town's most affluent suburbs.

As part of our recent coverage of the Journese Curators event in Hawaii, Travel Agent stayed at the luxurious Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa and came back with a wealth of selling points for affluent Millennials looking to take a trip to the Aloha State.

There are some very well kept temples along this more affluent part of Bali, and if you happen to be here in March for the Balinese New Year, or Nyepi, then you will have the experience of a lifetime as all the local Banjars bring out their giant, monstrous, horrific ogres, or ogo ogos, and take to the streets in an eerie yet comical procession.

It is rather part of an ideology that they are attempting to sell which would harm humans, particularly less affluent humans, and ultimately result in less environmental improvement and less protection against the only realistic climate change we really need to fear — a new Little Ice Age or ultimately even a new ice age.

No matter what part of town you live in, and no matter how large or affluent your household, you too can benefit greatly from adding Lansing renters insurance to list of insurance protection.

It's known as one of the most affluent cities in the county and as a part of the Miami Metro area, which has a population of about 5.6 million residents.

OK, go ahead and laugh: Take newlyweds with a modest income and little savings for a downpayment, and tell them they can buy a house in one of the most affluent parts of the country — say, in Northern Virginia, just outside the nation's capital.