Sentences with phrase «on upward mobility»

To end this cycle, we must turn to policies with proven positive impacts on upward mobility.

«I, Tonya» is a meditation on upward mobility and the elusiveness of achieving the American dream, showing that systems are in check to prevent a true meritocracy, be they patriarchal or classist in nature.

The study examined potential pathways through which sprawl may have an effect on mobility and uses mathematical models to account for both direct and indirect effects of sprawl on upward mobility.

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It is proven that continued education allows upward mobility and inspires individuals to rise to the occasion and take on more responsibilities.

In order to rank the best places for living the American Dream, we looked at data on five metrics — homeownership rate, diversity rate, upward mobility rate, median home value and unemployment rate.

«As Hispanic Catholics in the U.S achieve upward mobility, they may become a little more conservative on social justice and concern for the poor,» Dillon says, «but currently many of the issues that are especially important to Catholics in Latin America are also very important to Hispanic Catholics in the U.S.»

After about an hour of eating and chatting, we moved to the living room and sat on couches where we introduced ourselves (for the several new people that were there), and then discussed that the way of following Jesus was not upward mobility, but downward mobility, into the muck and messiness of life.

Two elements in discipleship that become obsolete are concentration on the historical Jesus as Messiah and the illusion of upward mobility which clouds the kingdom his Messiahship serves.

Nouwen writes: «The way of the Christian leader is not the way of upward mobility in which the world has invested so much, but the way of downward mobility ending on the cross....

«We are big on our people having upward mobility within our company when the opportunity arises,» Meyer adds.

«Too much reliance on modesty often short - circuits a person's upward mobility.

Often called the sexiest muscle on the male physique, the serratus anterior lies atop the outer sides of the highest eight ribs and is responsible for protracting your scapula, assisting in rotating it upward and stabilizing it against the rib cage, which makes it critical for overall shoulder health and mobility.

She was the perfect punchline for a country that always needs someone to laugh at; a country that hinges on the idea of upward mobility but would rather punch down than pull up.

Named as such for the box he wears, Eggs knows little of the world above, but must learn quickly when the machinations of an exterminator named Snatcher (voiced like a sewage - y river by Ben Kingsley) with upward mobility on his mind threaten the very lives of his adopted family of «monsters.»

A less narrow concept of school quality (currently limited to short - term gains in test scores alone) is essential to refocus the movement on its ultimate object: setting children on a path for lives of self - sufficiency, upward mobility, and engaged citizenship.

It stands to reason that young people with the drive to work hard at school and on the job and the prudence to delay childbirth — either by eschewing sex or by making good birth - control decisions — are going to be more likely to climb the ladder to upward mobility, and potentially to marry.

At a time when the national conversation is focused on lagging upward mobility, it is no surprise that many educators point to poverty as the explanation for mediocre test scores among U.S. students compared to those of students in other countries.

On the contrary: the industrial age model of education was an unqualified success, generating more (though not equitable) access to upward economic and social mobility for more people in more parts of the globe than at any time in human history.

There are myriad recommendations in the book, which Mike boils down into three major themes: First, balance our fixation on college completion with renewed attention to career and technical education; next prioritize the needs of «strivers» — the low - income students who are working hardest to make it to the middle class; finally, encourage all students to follow the «success sequence» — including delaying parenthood — as the surest means of avoiding pitfalls that push kids off the path to upward mobility.

Those looking for advice on how to bring disaffected Trump voters back into the fold — or the economically disconnected in for a landing — might wish to start with a copy of Education for Upward Mobility, a new book edited by my Fordham Institute colleague Mike Petrilli.

But this sector's most significant accomplishment has been extricating disadvantaged children from bleak prospects in dire inner - city schools and placing them on the path to college and upward mobility.

Regular followers of Fordham know that, over the past few years, I've been thinking and writing a lot about «education for upward mobility,» starting with a series of posts on Deborah Meier's Bridging Differences blog and culminating in last December's conference on the subject.

As he said in a speech in Buffalo, New York, on August 22, 2013, «higher education is still the best ticket to upward mobility in America.»

Another route to upward mobility — one that does not rely on exceptional personal gifts other than determination and grit — is through career paths that run through top - notch technical education, apprenticeship programs, and the like.

In reality, the intense pressure on educators to make schools engines of upward mobility is relatively new.

The Cato Institute reviewed the House Republican Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity & Upward Mobility's report on increasing opportunity and reducing poverty.

She serves professionally as an expert witness for the California Assembly Higher Education Committee, California Senate Education Committee, for civil rights organizations on issues of access, equity and discrimination and for select committees on financial aid, workforce training, accreditation and programs in support of upward mobility and student success.

LendUp's approach aligns with the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) and one of its core Compass Principles, which encourages short - term credit lenders to «create opportunities for upward mobility and financial health by allowing borrowers to turn on - time payments into better credit opportunities.»

This opportunity to improve credit scores, which has the potential to unlock a wider set of financial products, reflects another of the CFSI's Compass Principles, which proposes that short - term credit lenders create opportunities for upward mobility and financial health by allowing borrowers to turn on - time payments into better credit opportunities.

From barbarous jabs swapped between friends, to quiet riverside reflections about inaccessible upward class mobility, to sheepishly confessed thoughts on God's real estate, Hockenberry and Benson have written a game which easily sits next to the likes of Oxenfree, Gone Home, and Kentucky Route Zero as a modern day classic.

Featuring profiles and news stories on important African Americans, the publication also covered the civil rights movement and served as a beacon of upward mobility and inspiration for its readers.

Natural spectacle may not be lost on her characters — in the main stoically persevering women far removed from anyone who might indulge a preoccupation with upward mobility — but it is beside the point as they struggle against physical isolation, emotional confinement, and social and professional subordination to find a little spiritual satisfaction.

Selected Exhibitions On the Edge and Breaking into Business, Trondheim Kunstall, Trondheim Alex Villar, Hansberg / Woolf, Glasgow de-tour at uks, UKS, Oslo Upward Mobility, the New Museum, New York Not a Place, Galerie Joanna Kamm, Berlin Other Ways, Galeri Tommy Lund, Copenhagen Temporary Occupations and Other Languages, Halle für Kunst, Luneburg Mediations Biennale, Poznan Experimental Geography, Museum London, Ontario Custom Car Commandos, Art in General, New York Subversive Spaces: Surrealism and Contemporary Art, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester Video Now: Artists Working in the Spirit of Bruce Nauman, The Menil Collection, Houston The Interventionists, MASS MoCA, North Adams Panorama: Desarranjos, Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo Walking in the City: Spatial Practices in Art, from the Mid-1960s to the Present, Fridericianum, Kassel

«The democratic model of upward mobility saturated his fantasies of the good life, where Hal could languish in bed for years at the Holiday Inn watching National Geographic on piles of damp laundry and money»..

In a new sign of upward mobility, David Zwirner, on 19th Street, and Barbara Gladstone, on 24th Street, have added penthouses to their headquarters.

For a profession that once provided a secure path to upward mobility, some partners are sliding back down in compensation, to the benefit of those still on the climb.

This emphasizes her upward mobility at the Argyle Group, and shows the breadth of what she worked on in her years there.

The more you know, the more you can offer your employer, which can lead to greater responsibilities and upward mobility on the corporate ladder.

When they are able to see how your upward mobility based on your responsibilities and job titles, you will be more likely to get the job.

Our economic future depends on providing the tools for upward mobility and building a highly educated, skilled workforce.