Sentences with phrase «wealthier parents able»

«We are worried that increased competition for school places will further exacerbate the social segregation in schools, with wealthier parents able to buy properties closest to favoured schools and children from poorer families being squeezed out and concentrated in the less popular schools.

Not exact matches

And do they come from more or less wealthy background with parents who will be able to support them and the school?

The same can be said about someone like Andrew Luck who, because of wealthy parents, was able to stick around Stanford for another year and get his degree instead of jumping into the NFL.

Parents in economically depressed urban or rural areas might not be able to afford the higher lunch prices charged in wealthy suburban neighborhoods.

The child of wealthy parents, his father was a leading Liberal politician, Runciman was able to indulge in his interests and academic pursuits.

«I am worried that the proposals could lead to pupils from poorer areas being disadvantaged as popular schools expand, and wealthier and better informed parents are able to set up their own schools,» Mr Salter said.

Nevertheless, it does seem that the highest earners (or those with sympathetic wealthier parents) will be able to pay off their loans more quickly, thus avoiding interest, which the hapless middle income people will have to pay.

The authors suggest that wealthy black parents are less able to transfer wealth to their kids than their white counterparts, perhaps, due in part to having fewer liquid assets such as stocks, bonds and savings, which can be passed down more easily to the next generation.

School leaders in affluent areas are able to call on support from wealthier parents to provide funding for better facilities, unlike leaders in less advantaged schools, where «parents aren't in a position to help financially».

We know DeVos likes choice, and only wealthy parents will be able to benefit from a voucher, a nice tax break to a decent private school.

, a magazine that is tailored towards the White and wealthy, privileged parents are told how to navigate the system in order to be able to find the school that is best for their children.

If students and parents are to have real choices, shuffling urban students between struggling schools in their city is not a satisfactory answer — they must be able to «choose» the predominately white and wealthy schools serving suburban property owners as well.