Sentences with phrase «like race and income»

Testing for disparities by demographic factors like race and income can suggest a need for policies aimed at reaching out to underserved subpopulations.

While you did cite an article that looked only student results within one district, ed experts also try control for variables like race and income.

All that distinguishes the groups is their randomly drawn lottery numbers, so we can be confident that the groups are comparable not only in observable ways (like race and income), but also in less tangible ways, such as motivation to succeed.

Not exact matches

If you — like so many folks — muse about the day you can leave the stress of the rat race behind, grab control of your life, and head off on an adventure abroad... with an income that went with you... That day could be a lot sooner than you think.

You Are Investing in Something Good — The US real estate market has seen better days (like when pioneers raced out West and planted flags in the ground to claim their acreage), but property is one of those things that, when taken care of, can result in many years of income returns.

The study found that outside of race, people generally are friends with people just like them — specifically when it comes to education level, income and political party affiliation.

When the researchers accounted for a number of variables — like mothers» weight and education, family income and race — bottle - feeding itself was still linked to lesser self - regulation later on in infancy.

By looking within families, research takes into account factors like parental education, household income and race

«Governor Cuomo's school cuts significantly increase educational inequity based on race and poverty, just like his tax cuts for the rich will increase income inequality,» said AQE Executive Director Billy Easton.

The researchers used these data to see how factors like income, race and ethnicity, sex and location affected rates of diabetes diagnosis and foregone medical care due to cost.

These figures illustrate why it's essential for advocates and policymakers to understand the long - term impact of child poverty and the factors — like parental education and race / ethnicity — that appear to distinguish low - income and poor children from their more economically advantaged peers.»

Apart from the general options such as location, age and sex, the site offers additional parameters like race, body type, marital status and income level.

The purpose of this study was to see if U.S. states that have more users of social networking sites, dating sites, and dating apps like Match.com, Ashley Madison, Our Time, Down Dating, Bumble, Zoosk, Hinge, Score, At First Sight, Plenty of Fish, Eharmony, Adult Friend Finder, Tinder, Grindr, and Facebook have more cases of STDs after controlling for population, race, age, income, education, and population density.

Participants will learn from experts on post-secondary readiness, exploring what postsecondary readiness really looks like, how factors like race, income, and immigration status influence post-secondary opportunity, and how schools and communities can help students develop the skills and support network they need to achieve their long - term goals.

Whether it's about sexuality, race, income, religion... we must teach Americans to get beyond their comfort zones, to get beyond people who look just like themselves, to open our hearts and our minds to the possibilities, and to listen to different perspectives,» he said.

New York City's progress in narrowing the achievement gap confirms that policymakers and advocates can no longer use demographic factors like race, ethnicity, income, or zip code to excuse differences in educational achievement between high - and low - needs students.

Much like disaggregating test score data by race and income in the early 2000s revealed inequities in what were generally considered to be good school systems, breaking apart graduation rates by school district shows that even high - performing states have pockets of failure.

The odds are greater that it will, but too many problems stand in the way: the opposition to «all things Obama,» a spending freeze on the part of Republicans, the consternation among civil rights groups fearful that Congress will remove things like annual testing and reporting results by race and income, or the disagreement among conservatives about what the conservative thing to do is.

This held true even when controlling for factors like different levels of income, education, race and family status.

He examined the data for more than three million loan decisions, tracking factors like gender, race, household income, the value of the home being purchased and the final loan decision.

True but Under The Money Tree we like reducing our risk and working towards our long term goals (pay off mortgage debt, escape the rat race, build passive income).

Lew and Locks have selected a thorough diversity of ages, genders, races, and regions, and consistently foregrounded vital issues like racial violence and income inequality.

Much like individual taxpayers race against the clock to pay income tax on time to the Internal Revenue Service each year, companies are on deadline to file the required comprehensive summary of their financial performance with the US Securities and Exchange Commission called a Form 10 - K.