Sentences with phrase «living near a good school»

Whilst the school choice process is clearly actively used by poorer households, it is not able to overcome the disadvantage of being unable to afford to live near a better school.

That said, younger home buyers with young children showed the most desire for finding a large yard and the greatest interest in living near a good school district.

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Clearly, traditional Christmas carols can't be sung (there's a large university near where I live that attracts graduate students from all over the world, as well as a substantial local Jewish community, and probably not more than 60 or 70 percent of the children at the school are from even nominally Christian households), so most of the singing is of songs of the saccharine - secular genre — songs like «White Christmas.»

We live near several parks, excellent restaurants and quaint shops all within a good school district.

New parents moving into the area want the good school, so they choose to live near A. School B is stuck with people who either don't care or can not afford Schschool, so they choose to live near A. School B is stuck with people who either don't care or can not afford SchSchool B is stuck with people who either don't care or can not afford SchoolSchool A.

... But a rule change introduced by Education Secretary Michael Gove now means schools can offer poor children places ahead of better - off youngsters who live nearer — with heads picking up hundreds of pounds in extra funding.»

Residents who lived near vacant land that had been restored reported a significantly reduced perception of crime and vandalism as well as increased feelings of safety and use of outside spaces for socializing, according to a new study at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

The doctors expected the worst, but the grafts quickly took and the boy was well enough to leave the hospital in February 2016, returning quickly to a near - normal life of school and sports.

We don't really care about test scores per se, we care about them because we think they are near - term proxies for later life outcomes that we really do care about — like graduating from high school, going to college, getting a job, earning a good living, staying out of jail, etc...

Well, I've been making the argument for a while now that there is remarkably little evidence linking near - term changes in test scores to changes in later life outcomes for students, like graduating high school, enrolling in college, completing college, and earnings.

These same schools report poor achievement by other major student groups as well, and have a set of characteristics associated generally with poor standardized test performance — such as high student - teacher ratios, high student enrollments and high levels of students living in or near poverty.

It would breathe new life into thousands of urban Catholic schools, institutions that have a proud legacy of serving poor and minority students well, but that are at risk of near - extinction.

That near - total discretion is one more good reason to care about The Project School's fight to stay open, even if you don't live in the city.

PISA measures how well 15 - year - olds, who are nearing the end of their compulsory schooling in most participating educational systems, are prepared to use the knowledge and skills in particular areas to meet real - life opportunities and challenges.

The ultimate test of whether educators and policymakers have fulfilled their responsibilities to students is how well their students succeed both in the near term school and in the long term in later life.

After majoring in English and minoring in psychology at Wells College in Aurora, NY, Ms. Abbott moved to Nashville to live near her best friend from high school.

The idea behind inclusionary housing in Sacramento is that by having more mixed - income and diverse communities, lower - income workers can own a home near where their jobs are, and their kids can live near good, quality schools that have a history of performing well academically (Garvin, 2015).

Many people will find their best connections through attending industry specific conferences, and by connecting with people who live near them rather than through business school.

While there are no official requirements for becoming a dog groomer, you will have a better chance at finding a job and better salary options if you opt to go through a formal schooling course The downside of this is that you will need to live near Oklahoma City, since the three major grooming schools are all based in this area.

Morning Beach Cottage friends, near and far... well, we all know that the window of wisteria blooming in our lives is pretty short... so I thought I had better get my tardy little school holidays butt up and make good use of it......

Great place to live, but no good building site that is anywhere near a good commute, extremely high cost of housing ($ 500k average for a basic 50 year old tract home), no decent public transit, over-all poor education levels in the public schools.

1 Yes the education is good but I wouldn't say it is worth 22k + a year especially if you already live near a fairly good high school.

As Gen X and millennials move into more senior management roles and start families, many will move from urban cores to the suburbs to live in areas with good schools, but which are also near employment hubs and entertainment and recreational amenities.