Sentences with phrase «middle class students in»

Frustrated by the fact that these students did not have the kind of network access that would be routinely available to middle class students in middle class neighborhoods, he ended up moving workstations around and stringing cable himself.

But more importantly, participation by middle class students in school meal programs raises the level of awareness of what those programs are like.

Not exact matches

While he graduated in the middle of his class, Abdullah's extracurricular activities meant his CV could put any honour's student's to shame.

A week later, in the middle of a lecture in this professor's packed class, he started to tell a story about a student he once met who was a chaplain intern at a hospital.

Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

In other words, if a student stands up in the middle of class waves a Bible in the air and starts the «Lord's prayer», then yeah they might be due a suspensioIn other words, if a student stands up in the middle of class waves a Bible in the air and starts the «Lord's prayer», then yeah they might be due a suspensioin the middle of class waves a Bible in the air and starts the «Lord's prayer», then yeah they might be due a suspensioin the air and starts the «Lord's prayer», then yeah they might be due a suspension.

Freedom to pray does not mean that a student can demand a 10 - minute out - loud prayer in the middle of class, which somehow translates in the minds of those who choose not to think to «prayer is illegal!

The first classes in pastoral psychology were taught in those more progressive and liberal seminaries where both the professors and the students espoused middle - class attitudes and values.

My own experience in teaching religion and theology to middle - and upper - middle - class undergraduates and graduate students in America for the past decade or so certainly suggests that this way of thinking about religion fits neatly with a strong tendency toward the kind of knee - jerk relativism that is also widespread among those in the same social strata.

In countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etcIn countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etcin the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etcin using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc..

Liberation theologians committed themselves from the beginning to «listening» to the poor and to organizing them (along with students, lawyers, journalists, and others of the middle class) in comunidades de base, or base communities.

Activists usually are from the middle class; in the United States they tend to be white, from the northeast or from large cities in the west and midwest; women, college students and «modernist» Protestant clergy have been conspicuously represented.

Whether in the classrooms on this campus or the lecture halls of other colleges, I have found that surprising numbers of white students (who are nothing if not middle class) are deeply interested in the study and application of religion.

One of the students was right in the middle of giving the soliloquy that he had to memorize for class and the teacher just started breastfeeding her baby right in the middle of it.

Students in schools populated mostly by middle - class - and - above children were about equally likely to find themselves in a classroom with engaged and interesting instruction (47 percent of students) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of stStudents in schools populated mostly by middle - class - and - above children were about equally likely to find themselves in a classroom with engaged and interesting instruction (47 percent of students) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of ststudents) as in one with basic, repetitive instruction (53 percent of studentsstudents).

In middle school I had been placed in an accelerated algebra class with a dozen other kids under the assumption that we would all be able to thrive in advanced courses designed for students two years our senioIn middle school I had been placed in an accelerated algebra class with a dozen other kids under the assumption that we would all be able to thrive in advanced courses designed for students two years our senioin an accelerated algebra class with a dozen other kids under the assumption that we would all be able to thrive in advanced courses designed for students two years our senioin advanced courses designed for students two years our senior.

And while the Science authors found instruction to be basic and repetitive even in American schools with a mostly middle - class or upper - middle - class student population, they found that the situation was considerably worse in schools that enrolled a lot of low - income children.

(or a class of «behavior challenged» Middle Schoolers who could care less about taking a test) Sad that this is what education has come to in an effort to make sure that no child is «left behind»... This is the underlying issue right here ~ too much emphasis on penciling in the correct letter circle and not enough student driven cirriculum.

Public schools serve all students in a community: rich, poor, middle class, of various ethnicities, ability levels, health concerns, family backgrounds and more.

The researchers set out to look at the relationship between homework load and student well - being in the upper middle class advantaged communities (where median household income is more than $ 90,000, and 93 percent of students go to college) because it is there that homework is largely accepted as having value.

A student struggling with algebra in high school or middle school needs some gentle guidance in the right direction to avoid failing the class, bring up their grade, and maybe even actually enjoy math.

I agree it is Wholefoods disciples pushing for excessively expensive school foods be served to all students (much of which they only toss in the garbage) to be paid for with increasing tax dollars from middle and lower class taxpayers.

Moreover, it's pretty much a middle class event - with tickets at # 185 a pop and no concessions for students or the unemployed it's unlikely that a weekend comes in at less than # 500.

«Working collaboratively with the Broome County Promise Zone, those interested in serving as mentors will be matched with children in schools that are part of CCPA's University - assisted community school effort, which aims to level the playing field for students from low - income families who lack some of the supports for academic success from which children from middle - class families benefit,» Bronstein said.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Will New York's first - in - the - nation free tuition program for middle - class college students spread to other states?

The state legislature's one - house budgets make some changes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 163 million proposal to offer free tuition at public colleges in New York to some middle - class students.

He's also in favor of free tuition to CUNY colleges for low - and middle - income students, smaller class sizes in the city's public schools, and desegregation of the school system, which he noted is the «third most segregated in the nation.»

A New York state assemblyman from Orange County in the Hudson Valley is drafting legislation to repeal a clause in the new tuition - free pubic college program for middle - class students.

In an exit interview with Capitol Correspondent Karen DeWitt, Zimpher spoke about the details and potential drawbacks of the new Excelsior Scholarship program, which will offer free tuition to state colleges to some middle class students.

After unveiling it in January alongside Senator Bernie Sanders, Cuomo spent months pushing his Excelsior Scholarship program, which would make CUNY and State University of New York (SUNY) tuition - free for many students from middle - class families.

The former Democratic presidential nominee rallied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City for a ceremonial bill signing of the state's new scholarship for poor and middle - class students.

It targets middle class New Yorkers through extended maternity leave and allowing college students to lock in tuition rates at public universities.

But after her stronger - than - expected showing in the Democratic primary, he tacked left after 2014 and has pushed through many WFP priorities the union leaders mentioned, including the minimum wage hike and a new scholarship program aimed at middle - class students.

The marquee point in what Cuomo calls the «Middle Class Recovery Act» is an expansion of college tuition subsidies that the governor says will make it «free» for students from families making less than $ 125,000 a year.

New Paltz, NY — Hudson Valley college, high school, and middle school students were among the thousands nationwide to walk out of class in protest of a war against Iraq.

New York will be the first state in the nation to offer free college tuition to middle - class students under the new state budget deal worked out by Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New York would be the first state to make tuition at public colleges and universities free for middle - class students under a state budget poised for passage in Albany.

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his first - in - the - nation proposal to make state college tuition free for middle - class students, he stood next to Bernie Sanders.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, along with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, signs legislation for tuition - free college for middle class students last week at LaGuardia Community College in Queens..

Governor Cuomo proudly touted the free tuition program for some middle class students passed in the state budget, appearing with former first lady and Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at LaGuardia Community College in Queens on April 12.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo scored a major policy victory in this year's budget with the passage of his Excelsior Scholarship program, which most news accounts described simply as free college tuition for middle - class students.

ALBANY - Both the State Assembly and State Senate's one - house budgets have recommended changes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 163 million proposal to offer free tuition at public colleges in New York to some middle - class students.

A new mandate from the city requires students in public middle and high schools to take sex education classes.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Free state college tuition for middle - class students, an expanded child care tax credit and $ 1 billion in new spending on public schools are among the highlights of a state budget proposal unveiled Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

But here we are in New York, approaching a brave new world in which middle - class students who meet certain criteria will soon be eligible to attend a state university or college for free, thanks to legislation signed last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«Governor Cuomo's first budget makes heartlessly large cuts to our schools to finance tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires and students in poor and middle class districts will lose the most educationally,» the group's executive director, Billy Easton, said in a statement.

If there is to be a change in policy, the new policy should be applied for next year's incoming kindergarten class, and all current students in the G&T program in P.S. 122Q should be allowed to continue so that the students can auto - articulate into their own middle school.

A class of North Carolina middle school students on a field trip began singing «The Star - Spangled Banner» in an outdoor area when one of the museum's security guards stopped them and said they needed a permit before they could sing in unison, an act that would be considered a public demonstration.

The number of students in a class rose at 61 percent of the middle schools reporting and 59 percent of the high schools.

The former Democratic presidential nominee rallied with Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City for a ceremonial bill signing of the scholarship for poor and middle - class students.