Sentences with phrase «mostly upper middle»

Enough Said is a romantic comedy - drama from Nicole Holofcener, the writer - director of other critically acclaimed films exploring the daily travails of mostly upper middle - class affluent women (and men) in such as Lovely & Amazing and Friends with Money — something that invites comparisons to the works of Woody Allen often.

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The upper level is mostly living and sleeping (or berthing) quarters for the crew, the middle level is operational space, and the lower level has the nuclear reactor and other engineering devices.

Social Security represents a substantial share of income for the bottom quintile but is less important for higher - earners — reflecting the progressive nature of the benefit formula and the fact that higher - earners have many other sources of income — whereas private retirement income is less important at the low end but is more important for middle and upper - income groups (those at the very top mostly rely on investment or business income).

Now any attempt to abstract a person is going to be of limited utility, but I let's try this point of view: maybe Obama is, on domestic policy, a mostly unreconstructed 1970s upper middle - class left - liberal who.

To be sure, the Christian community to whom Paul wrote was not exactly the upper class of this metropolis; in all likelihood, its members were mostly what we would today call lower middle class.

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.

Class differences Flynn holds pre-pregnancy counseling sessions with her patients, who are mostly middle - to - upper class women living in San Francisco.

Students who have signed up fall between the range of 21 - 27 years old, mostly coming from upper and middle class backgrounds.

I have taught at schools on both ends of the spectrum, from at - risk to schools who serve mostly upper - middle class.

She is one of the poorest kids in a student body drawn mostly from the upper - middle class but finds friendship with an overweight girl even lower than her on the economic ladder.

It could be because they are mostly cherry - picked group of citizens, middle - class to upper - middle - class, involved in sculpting, painting, dancing, yoga, reading, and taking long walks along the leafy roads in and about San Luis Obispo.

At these rapidly changing schools, mostly white, middle - and upper - middle - class families are pushing out poor or working - class «out of boundary» minority families.

The teachers in predominantly poor, minority schools, who are reportedly mostly black and have adopted the more teacher - centered, authoritarian style of instruction that they view as appropriate for their students, are turning off white, upper - middle - class parents who want school climates similar to their own progressive homes, where problems are discussed.

Needham High School's seniors, mostly from upper - middle - class families, were graduating without knowing the parts of speech or parts of a sentence.

But to capitalize on this opportunity, urban schools that currently serve a predominantly poor and minority population must find a way to attract and retain the gentrifiers — mostly white, upper - middle - class, highly educated parents.

We need to improve identification and eligibility criteria and procedures, including multiple gateways and types of data to make sure we aren't only identifying the same «type» of student (usually upper - middle class white students, who tend to behave in ways pleasing to mostly - white teachers) and neglecting minorities and English Language Learners.

Opting out of state tests has made waves for the last couple of years as mostly White parents in mostly upper - middle class neighborhoods rallied students to opt - out of state tests.

West Hartford, a district of 10,000 student and 16 schools in a mostly upper - middle - class suburb, has long attracted young parents with its reputation for stellar schools.

It is impossible for Michelle Rhee, or anyone else for that matter, to eliminate the achievement gap because it is completely impossible to make DC's lower class students (mostly Blacks and Hispanics) with IQs predominantly in the 75 to 105 range perform as well as DC's middle and upper class students (mostly Whites and Asians) with IQs predominantly in the 105 to 135 range.

Parents both signed up children in activities where they would be surrounded by mostly lower class black children and sought out other middle class to upper - middle class black families to have dinners and birthday parties with (Pugh, 2009).

In 1979 California Avenue, in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood, separates the upper - middle - class Jewish families from the mostly middle - class Jewish residents on the east of the divide.

We're mostly upper - and lower - middle class, with a sprinkling of workers.

The upper middle class consists mostly of educated, white - collared, salaried professionals.

It's a mostly residential, upper middle class neighborhood.

They are well educated and come from mostly solidly middle - or upper - class families.

Recruits are coming mostly from middle and upper income families and represent the races equitably.

Stoneman Douglas is a mostly white school in a mostly upper - middle - class area.

More comprehensive childhood adversity measures exist but may not reflect inner - city youth experiences, as these measures were designed from interviews with mostly white, middle to upper middle class youth from rural and suburban communities.29 — 36

«Builders are focusing on the more upper - middle or premium home segments — mostly because of returns on investments,» Young says.