Sentences with phrase «more affluent»

Originally, the district said that some schools in more affluent areas of the city and most high schools would see their budgets shrink under the changes.

A negative score means that, on average, students in property - poor districts actually receive more state and local funding per pupil than students in more affluent areas do.

Or that nationally, low - income students in more affluent schools are two years ahead of low - income students in high poverty schools.

But critics say the formula benefits mostly urban areas to the detriment of more affluent suburban districts.

These positive effects are seen most notably seen among low - income children, but gains are also demonstrated among children from more affluent families.

My public - school education in the 1950s was OK but not as good as that received by many of my college peers who came from more affluent communities.

Those living in more affluent neighborhoods outside the city have another advantage.

Schools with more affluent student bodies tend to produce high test scores.

Students in schools serving predominantly low - income families tend to endure teacher absence at a higher rate than students in more affluent communities.

The program affords low - income families with the same opportunity as more affluent parents — the financial resources to send their child to the school of their choice.

The same should hold true for more affluent families choosing to opt out of the annual assessment.

What does work is families becoming more affluent, teachers becoming more proficient and students spending more time and energy on their studies.

Policies that often lead to more affluent parents moving to and flooding certain parts of the city.

Driver wants to ensure that her students are afforded all the opportunities that are available in other more affluent districts.

Even district leaders may be unaware of how the concentration of senior teachers in schools serving more affluent children results in fewer resources going to schools serving low - income children.

How can existing communities respond to displacement of lower income residents by more affluent newcomers?

More affluent people are opting for ride - hailing because it's faster and more reliable than transit.

And although there are poor students in many — if not most — schools, schools serving more affluent populations have larger budgets overall.

He insisted that it is easier to teach poor students than more affluent ones because they are more motivated to succeed.

Those that remain frequently do not stay at high - poverty schools, trading difficult - to - lead schools for less demanding leadership roles that serve more affluent populations.

The problem arises when the land bank does not benefit the city as a whole, focusing primarily on more affluent areas.

It seems that private school students have higher scores because they come from more affluent backgrounds, not because the schools they attend are better educational institutions.

The influence of such socio - demographic factors on registration rates also renders under - registration a far bigger problem in disadvantaged inner - urban areas than in more affluent suburban and rural areas.

Over the past year, there has been ample evidence of issuers targeting more affluent consumers with new products and aggressive offers, while continuing to maintain high underwriting standards.

Beyond the baby boomers, safety is increasingly a selling point, particularly among more affluent car buyers, analysts and auto executives said.

Instead, they moved to juice credit card reward programs, which tended to target more affluent customers.

People who take out home improvement loans have the highest average income amongst all loan seekers, indicating that it's the type of loan which attracts more affluent borrowers.

Credit is used to make purchases for products or services and allows us to live more affluent lifestyles.

After that they headed to those achieving greater progress and then to schools with more affluent pupils.

Like children from more affluent homes, these children varied widely in how quickly their vocabulary use grew during the infant and toddler years.

Nowadays, as more Asian countries get more affluent, portion sizes are getting larger and there're more overweight people.

Schools in more affluent places are also more likely to have experienced teachers who remain in their post for long periods.

Plus, the special edition trucks appealed to a younger, more affluent audience.

If your firm represents more affluent clients or businesses, you might want to consider branding yourself as a boutique firm that provides the best service.

But they're going to have to find other ways of appealing to these voters — people who are generally more affluent, more educated and Southern.

One reason for this may be that more affluent individuals tend to have better access (e.g. through stronger social networks) than less affluent ones.

That is why it remains important for activist parents in more affluent regions of the state to continue the opt - out movement.

There are a lot more affluent social liberals than there were in 1972.

Adding to that trend, the demand per - person for protein is also rising as people become more affluent throughout the world.

However, he also includes material for more affluent couples with five times that amount.

But few retailers are interested in moving downtown until more affluent residents arrive.

These larger, more affluent sites apparently represent the activities of family enterprises in the coastal trade system.

One part of the explanation is that he wanted to show that more affluent sections of society were taking a hit before the spending review inflicted pain further down the income scale.

Patients in low - income zip codes were up to 10 times more likely to lose a leg or foot than diabetic patients in more affluent zip codes.

More affluent adults saw greater improvements in diet than lower - income people, the study also found.

Though more affluent, the new neighborhoods may not have been affluent enough to make a difference in the education services the students received.

The choice options offered by public school districts, particularly magnets, are primarily used as tools to entice more affluent students to attend lower performing schools.