Sentences with phrase «wealthier areas more»

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After leaving a successful career in finance, Zehner zeroed in on women's issues, and has worked to galvanize more giving in this area through Women Moving Millions, a growing network of wealthy women who've given at least $ 500 million so far for projects and programs that benefit women and girls.

This unjustifiably rewards high - tax states, and because deductions rise with income (they are worth 39.6 cents per $ 1 at the top, but only 10 cents or less at the bottom), it also rewards areas with more wealthy taxpayers, even holding state and local tax rates constant.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)- Children from poorer neighborhoods who are hospitalized are more likely to die before discharge than kids from wealthier areas, according to a new study.

The new GLC had a more balanced political profile, including many wealthy suburban areas, and control passed from Labour to the Conservatives and back again throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

The study also found that people with religious beliefs do more volunteering, whilst the people who volunteer the most are wealthy people living in poorer areas.

She spoke at a press conference Monday organized by the Alliance for Quality Education, an activist group that pushes for more state funding for schools and has said that the current funding distribution favors wealthy, white districts over poor areas with people of color.

He said the disparity between districts is mostly due to the ability of wealthier areas to raise more in property taxes.

The entire state has been negatively impacted by Andrew Cuomo's massive budget cuts to corporations and the wealthy, but I think that some areas, some neighborhoods, have been impacted a lot more than others.

The Transportation Alternatives study, called «Child Crashes: An Unequal Burden,» found that children are more likely to be hit by a car near public housing buildings on the Lower East Side and in East Harlem than they are in wealthier areas of Manhattan like the Upper East Side.

Connecticut Gov. Daniel Malloy's proposal to redistribute state school funding from wealthier areas to struggling cities has sparked opposition from well - off towns that are concerned about footing more of the bill.

Ron Deutsch, who leads the labor - backed New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, said the plan would exacerbate inequality because wealthy homeowners in wealthy areas would get more relief and be better able to meet the demands of the cap.

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Following an extreme event, such as a hurricane or a tornado, the costs and conditions that residents in lower - income communities would likely face, Kelly said, would probably be more detrimental than those that would be present in wealthier areas.

We shot these photos down in Highland Park (a very wealthy area of Dallas) and I have to admit while the mansions were enticing, I was much more impressed with the gardens.

Utah is one of only 10 states that have negative wealth - neutrality scores, meaning that, on average, students in property - poor districts actually receive more funding per pupil than students living in wealthy areas.

Critics of opt - out contend that test refusals happen mainly in middle - class and wealthy areas, hurting high - need schools by making it more difficult to measure the achievement gap.

I do admit that, in general, the teachers in the wealthier areas of San Diego were more experienced than teachers in the poorer areas, but it's precisely because the students were well - behaved and motivated that the wealthier schools were able to attract these teachers.

On the 74, Richard Whitmire wonders why parents and teachers in wealthy communities like Newton, Massachusetts, are so actively fighting a ballot initiative that would allow more charter schools to open in other areas in the state.

Grammar schools are more likely to be located in wealthier areas, but there appears to be no obvious link between their admission policies and how close they are to more deprived areas.

But what makes Madison unique is it is a relatively wealthy area making private school an option for many more families than we see in other parts of the state.

Instead they found the substantial difference was that wealthier families were more likely to live in areas with more high - achieving schools.

And poorer children in every area of the country are more likely to start school behind their wealthier peers.

Cities in New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania generally feel the worst financial squeeze, according to the Education Law Center's school funding fairness report, because their local funding sources favor wealthier school districts over needier areas — and because they sometimes spend more money than necessary in affluent suburbs.

«While allocating a portion of your 401 (k) portfolio to private equity may not pay for beach - front property in the Hamptons, there's more and more interest because of attractive returns in private equity and disappointing returns in other areas,» said Mitchell Tanzman, the co-CEO of Central Park Group, which allocates money for wealthy individuals to firms including Carlyle and Blackstone.

This is dialed up to eleven in the more wealthy areas of Bordeaux, where police members can be found attending Southern Union gatherings and otherwise springing to action at the slightest sign of trouble.

A poor person living near greenery was even more likely to have a self - reported higher level of peace and happiness than a wealthier person living in an area with less greenery.»

doesn't that make for more crop failures, more expensive food, a shift to higher value cash crops (which may have lower food value or feed fewer but wealthier people), and a shift of agricultural areas away from the equator, resulting in costly changes in farm viability and land use?

EFFICIENCY: University of Michigan researchers find LED light bulbs are more expensive in high - poverty areas near Detroit compared to the wealthiest areas.

In general, wealthier people can more easily afford to live in areas with low pollution.

But in his own area of expertise he is very clear that the rise in insurance losses is because the world is getting wealthier and we have more stuff to lose, not because more storms are happening.

Also, I would argue that a smart - spending single man earning $ 250k per year is wealthier and more financially free than a family man earning $ 500k with 3 children living in a $ 2M home with a mortgage in a high land tax area.