Sentences with phrase «of affluent schools»

If principal retention rates nationally could be increased to match those of affluent schools, it could save U.S. school districts $ 163 million annually.

This reimbursement money may make a small percentage of an affluent school's lunch program or almost all of the funding for schools in high - poverty areas.

Not exact matches

Despite salaries similar to his, a modest 30,000 pesos ($ 1550) a month, some of Arredondo's colleagues had grown affluent, buying expensive cars and watches and sending their kids to schools abroad.

A recent report by the Academy of Finland warned that some schools in the country's large cities were becoming more skewed by race and class as affluent, white Finns choose schools with fewer poor, immigrant populations.

But critics have accused faith schools of simply selecting the brightest children from the more middle - class, affluent families, which may be skewing their results.

Designed to meet the demands of «Boise's growing numbers of affluent families, who sought high - status schools filled with high - status children,» it is a school «created by elites for the children of elites.»

Two such schools of thought have been North American process theology based on the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and liberation theology which originated in the struggles of Third World peoples for economic, political, and social independence but now has broadened to include the aspiration of minority groups (e.g., women and blacks) even within affluent First World countries.

If I were running the government, I would see to it that school districts that serve the poor would have a larger share of the tax revenue than school districts that serve the affluent, for in the poor districts there is far more ground to be made up to provide the open equality of opportunity, and equality of opportunity must be a part of every just society.

(Wellesley, Massachusetts) A Wellesley Middle School field trip to a local mosque has sparked controversy in the affluent community west of Boston after a video surfaced showing some of the students praying inside the hall.

O'Malley has been writing, not about college professors or committed adult Christians (or about those, like myself, who are faithful readers of First Things), but about teenagers» American high school students, primarily those from middle «class and affluent families, who are the objects of Catholic «catechesis.»

In 2010 children in more deprived areas engaged in more physical activity out of school than those in more affluent areas, but between 2006 and 2010 there was an overall reduction in physical activity out of school.

He got into coaching to help kids, and left jobs at more affluent suburban schools to so that he could be work to be a positive force in the lives of students and athletes at Richmond High.

In 1978, California voters passed Proposition 13, which resulted in reduced funding for public schools, which accelerated the growth and popularity of private schools, especially in affluent areas such as the Peninsula and South Bay, which enjoyed the fruits of the Silicon Valley high - tech boom.

Born into an affluent family with a long tradition in Hong Kong, Fu said he spent too much time on sports during his secondary - school education at St Paul's College and failed to secure a place at the University of Hong Kong, forcing him to go to the US to further his studies.

«Research on both inequality across schools and tracking within schools has suggested that students in more affluent schools and top tracks are given the kind of problem - solving education that befits the future managerial class, whereas students in lower tracks and higher - poverty schools are given the kind of rule - following tasks that mirror much of factory and other working - class work.»

The vast majority of students at private schools (especially nonparochial ones) come from relatively affluent, educated families.

«How to Succeed takes readers on a high - speed tour of experimental schools and new research, all peppered with anecdotes about disadvantaged youths overcoming the odds, and affluent students meeting enough resistance to develop character strengths.»

We heard from directors and managers working in districts of every size and socioeconomic makeup, and in schools large and small, disadvantaged and affluent we heard many of the same issues and concerns echoed.

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From a recent article in The Bay Citizen I learned that about two dozen small, affluent public schools in the California Bay Area have opted out of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and instead have hired small catering companies (such as... [Continue reading]

Ryan says many of the young men he works with are already marginalised, from ethnicminority groups or less affluent backgrounds; some may have come from families with a history of abuse or mental health issues, or have been in trouble at school.

Next we heard from Mark Terry, who gave a compelling comparison of his old school district — a low SES urban district with a high ELL population, an 85 % free / reduced qualifying rate, and a high need for meal and nutrition education services — and his current district, which is more affluent with a much lower free / reduced qualification rate and a community of parents who have high expectations for student success and a healthy lifestyle.

The USDA knew all along that the Paid Meal Equity provision of the HHFKA would likely drive participation downward, and while the intent is well - meaning (to make sure that reimbursements for low income kids» meals are not unintentionally subsidizing lower prices for slightly more affluent paying students), no one benefits when fewer kids eat the school lunch.

But one of the complaints I most often hear from parents at more affluent schools is that their kids are «double - dipping» at breakfast, eating a full meal at home and then eating some or all of the school meal as well.

This is in contrast to the usual ranking of schools by test score averages, which is more of an indication of how affluent the parents are than of how good the school is.

I love the idea of remaking school food, but as an (affluent) parent, I still wouldn't participate.

I realize, of course, that there have always been sharp disparities between schools in affluent areas and poor areas — reflected in the quality of teachers, the availability of materials, the curricula, facilities and more.

Because while I don't want my kid eating Go - Gurt either, I do have a lot of sympathy for school personnel and for parents — even these more affluent, private school parents — who believe they are providing healthy snacks when they select applesauce, yogurt and crackers over the many other options out there.

Now I'm not endorsing that both get power careers and leave the child completely unattended, but I have contact with plenty of stay home moms as my child attends a very affluent private school and many of those stay at home moms don't do squat after the kids are dropped off other than yoga.

While the program continues to generate a lot controversy in more affluent schools (lost class time, sanitation issues and concerns about the nutritional quality of the food), our Food Services department has said that in poorer schools the program has been enthusiastically welcomed by principals who are seeing increased attendance, reduced tardiness and fewer discipline problems.

I have gone into my own kids» public school lunch room, in a relatively affluent neighborhood in central Houston, btw, and have seen (and photographed) poorly prepared food — items that are still frozen, items like green vegetables that are grossly overcooked, to the point of almost being brown, etc..

I had spent the morning at an elementary school in an affluent neighborhood outside of Syracuse teaching kids in summer school.

The net effect of this not - thought - through policy is that, in many cases, children from rich and affluent homes who attend some of the best private schools for their primary education will be the beneficiaries of this scholarships, and children of less endowed schools and remote villages and towns will be disadvantaged.

«Plans to hand free school meals to the under - 8s across the country were mired in chaos last night after senior Tories denounced the proposal to pay for the lunches of affluent children... London Mayor Boris Johnson rejected the plans, saying that better - off families should pay for their children's food.

There is little pressure to improve academic performance when the student body by dint of having students from affluent, well educated, stable families will perform very well even with mediocre academic instruction at school.

Since a significant share of school funding is local, and communities with lots of students from affluent backgrounds tend to be affluent communities that pay more in taxes, «good schools» also tend to be better funded.

However, an analysis of the 32 free schools set to open in the next academic year shows 13 are in the most affluent half of England with only two in the 10 % most deprived areas and 10 in the 20 % most deprived areas, as ranked by the government's English Indices of Multiple Deprivation, 2010.

Education secretary Michael Gove has been accused of creating schoolsfor the middle classes after it was revealed that more than a third of his «free schools» will open in the most affluent areas.

He criticised MPs representing affluent parts of the South - east who claim they can not find good schools for their sons and daughters.

The percentage of Buffalo Public School graduates who went on to a two - or four - year college increased to 67 percent for the Class of 2015, putting the district on the heels of the national rate for more affluent districts.

The percentage of Buffalo Public School graduates who went on to a two - or four - year college increased to 67 percent for the Class of 2015, putting the district on the heels of the national rate for more affluent districts.And new data released Wednesday by Say Yes Buffalo show that the rate of college - going graduates has gone up 10 points since 2012, the year before the o...

The surprise is that Clinton, which routinely smacks down affluent schools in these competitions, is not full of college - bound kids from fancy neighborhoods; it is full of everyday kids whose parents work in blue - collar jobs.

Affluent students who receive a top - notch education may acquire this skill as a matter of course, but this capacity is often lacking among low - income students who attend struggling schools — holding out the hopeful possibility that retrieval practice could actually begin to close achievement gaps between the advantaged and the underprivileged.

Affluent parents would send their children to prep school in hopes to increase their chance of getting into a prestigious university.

They were friends as girls; now nearing the end of their high school years, they drifted apart, particularly after a grisly incident involving Amanda and one of her family's horses essentially made her a pariah in their affluent Connecticut community.

Justin Lin's comedy of manners onsiders a group of affluent Asian - American kids in high school, who get straight As and supplement their incomes by selling term papers and eventually escalating to drugs and murder.

The man known as Andre 3000 in his music career also discussed his own experience of being an African - American family engaged with an affluent private school.

The portion of at - risk students was less than 10 percent at about 15 traditional schools in affluent neighborhoods and greater than 75 percent at more than two dozen schools, mostly in poor neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.

For example, in Hartford, Connecticut, a legal decision created a system of regional magnet schools that attract students of color from the impoverished city and students from the working - class towns and affluent suburbs that surround it.

Enrollment, meanwhile, has risen in recent years, after four decades of decline, and more affluent families are putting their students in the city's public schools, a sign of growing confidence in a DCPS education.