Sentences with phrase «as kids across the country»

As kids across the country return to school, the results of a new poll suggest it's adults who need a lesson on the Common Core State Standards, a set of end - of - grade expectations in math and English adopted by 44 states and the District of Columbia.

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I spent a month in Thailand as a young college kid learning about the food culture across the country.

The program supports Share our Strength's No Kid Hungry initiative, activating chefs from across the country to virtually participate in a month - long program that highlights a unique and inspiring dish created using a bowl as a blank «canvas.»

«Parents and families across the country are applauding as one by one, restaurants are listening to parents and public health experts and starting to do their part to help keep America's kids healthy, but we aren't done yet!

Given all the thrills they have given me, it seems as if the least I can do in return is to support Julie and Bounty in their search for moms across the country who know that, sometimes when you have healthy, active kids, things can get a little messy!

As has been chronicled by nutrition, hunger, medical, national security, education and community organizations across the country, the bill is harmful to children's health, heaps administrative costs on schools, and plans to bury parents in more bureaucratic red tape, all while subsidizing well - off children at the expense of our less fortunate kids who need help.

Organizations such as the Education Trust have identified hundreds of schools across the country where disadvantaged kids routinely buck the trend of underperformance.

The goal for Cristo Rey (part of the Cristo Rey Network which runs about 12 similar schools across the country) is to get kids off the streets and into college, as well as to have them start thinking about a professional career.

And despite the stereotype of a Teach for America teacher as a rich white kid from Harvard, the organization had built a special recruitment team to seek candidates at 103 historically black colleges across the country.

As a result of Minnich's leadership, state education agencies are now better positioned to support their schools and districts, to elevate teacher voice in decision - making and to offer career pathways to every kid across the country.

As teachers across the country demand higher pay, here's how much salaries have stalled — and why it matters for kids is from Chalkbeat.

But I think it was inspiring to teachers across the country, and it showed the teachers, at least in one city, were not going to lie down and allow their kids to be in an overcrowded classroom with no arts, no library, and a lot of things they didn't have that Rahm Emmanuel's kids expect as part of their schooling.

Education officials across the country have said that use of those test scores could motivate some kids to more seriously consider higher education as a viable option.

The publisher Scholastic produced a report, Kids & Family Reading Report (5th edition, 2014) As a publisher of children and young adult literature, Scholastic has a vested interest in increasing the number of readers across the country.

The government needs to put a climate recovery plan in place as soon as possible, and at this point, the most direct and most efficient way to encourage that is through the federal courts — which is why I am a plaintiff in a lawsuit with several other kids from across the country who believe the government must do more to protect the future of our planet.

Dero designed the system along with non-profit organization Freiker (frequent + biker), and it is in use at Seward Montessori school in Minneapolis as well as about a dozen elementary schools across the country to encourage kids to both walk and bike to school.

With 337 active robots circulating across nine countries, and municipalities such as Breda in the Netherlands recently purchasing five robots to help kids in that district alone, it's clear people are catching on to the fact that robots aren't a far - off futuristic solution.

As national ambassador, he will travel to key events across the country speaking on behalf of Easter Seals kids to build awareness for families living with disabilities.