Sentences with phrase «similar economic backgrounds»

Our students complete college at a rate that is above the national average for all students and four times higher than that of students from similar economic backgrounds.
Nationwide, KIPP students complete college at a rate that is above the national average for all students and four times higher than students of similar economic backgrounds.
Through collective hard work and commitment, KIPP Austin students complete college at a rate that is above the national average for all students and four times higher than that of students from similar economic backgrounds.
Asian and white student whose families have money score twice as high in math as black students from similar economic backgrounds.

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It is against such a background that government support of ethnicity and concessions to particular ethnic requests, claims and demands become all too similar to the paternalistic actions of colonial powers, who gave cultural cake rather than economic bread to those they wanted to placate and control.
If you are like me, you probably have neighbors that look like you do, have similar educational backgrounds and similar socio - economic status.
While, as previously pointed out, young fathers do not necessarily compare badly with their peers from the same socio - economic group, their backgrounds are usually challenging and strikingly similar to those of most teenage mothers (Bunting & McAuley, 2004a; see also Berrington et al, 2007, 2005).
Rather than the usual, meandering districts that typify most Congressional maps, California's new map boasts compact and geographically based districts that unify neighboring towns with similar cultural, socio - economic, and racial backgrounds.
Coleman Report had concluded that «schools are remarkably similar in the effect they have on the achievement of their pupils when the socio - economic background of the students is taken into account.»
In an experiment that has been running for some 30 years, a team of psychiatrists and sociologists followed 346 boys and girls from similar socio - economic backgrounds in New England, starting from age 5.
Other studies have found romantic attraction among those who have similar family, religious and economic backgrounds.
If you were drawn to a certain part of the world to holiday, chances are other singles have similar interests, geographical roots, socio - economic background and outlook on life to match yours.
To the dismay of federal officials, the Coleman Report had concluded that «schools are remarkably similar in the effect they have on the achievement of their pupils when the socio - economic background of the students is taken into account.»
GCI's policy report cites the only recent studies that used student - level data to compare district and charter students of similar socio - economic and demographic backgrounds.
For decades the academic achievement of Newark students has lagged behind others, including children with similar socio - economic backgrounds.
As South Africa is currently a non-examining country (there are plans to start examining at least pharma patents), the number of pharma patents granted here are higher than in countries having a similar socio - economic background and in which patents are examined.
Couples have an easier time if they share similar backgrounds, culture, beliefs, education and economic status.
Similar forms of social determinants of mental illness appear to be characteristics of people who have received a psychiatric diagnosis across all countries and socio - economic backgrounds.
Hotels are studying psychographics to determine why people of similar educational and economic backgrounds have different buying habits.
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