Sentences with phrase «most children in my neighborhood»

Most children in my neighborhood continued to live lives untouched by the promise of Brown.

Not exact matches

Drawing on the work of New York University sociologist Patrick Sharkey, Richard Florida wrote that 70 percent of black residents in America's poorest and and most segregated neighborhoods «are the children and grandchildren of those who lived in similar neighborhoods 40 years ago.»

Professor DiIulio again: «It is reasonable to suppose that by doubling or tripling the number of officers on regular duty in and around drug - infested, crime - torn neighborhoods, and by deploying them in accordance with the precepts of community policing, the streets and sidewalks of even the most blighted inner city could be made safe enough for children to play and adults to stroll.»

From what he could see, the parents taking their seats in the auditorium were the ones he had hoped to attract: typical Harlem residents, mostly African American, some Hispanic, almost all poor or working class, all struggling to one degree or another with the challenges of raising and educating children in one of New York City's most impoverished neighborhoods.

Whatever It Takes is a moving account of his commitment to giving Harlem's children access to the same dreams as children in New York's most privileged neighborhoods.»

«[A] moving account of... giving Harlems children access to the same dreams as children in New Yorks most privileged neighborhoods.»

Whether your family goes all - out with costumes and parties, or just enjoys the «trick - or - treat» tradition in your neighborhood, this is a holiday that is familiar to most children.

A child hunger study released by the food depository last year identified Brighton Park as one of the area's most underserved neighborhoods in terms of food services available outside of school, Dolgan said.

Groundwork is the most basic settling - in work that the parent and child must do in a new neighborhood, but it is often the most ignored task of parenting.

In response, the Erie County Health Department has narrowed its inspections program to focus on residences that are home to young children in neighborhoods where lead poisoning is most prevalenIn response, the Erie County Health Department has narrowed its inspections program to focus on residences that are home to young children in neighborhoods where lead poisoning is most prevalenin neighborhoods where lead poisoning is most prevalent.

A gala event that brings together the best in healthcare at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital and the best in architecture and design will be held Thursday, Sept. 25, in one of Northbrook's most prestigious neighborhoods.

Every location and family has different circumstances, but most of us should be able to find places in our yards or neighborhoods where children can play freely without supervision (or with minimal supervision).

Our neighborhood school went from «I'm never, ever sending my child there» to one of the best and most desirable elementary schools in the city.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Child Kidnapping Case at Center of Crime Saga Set in Blue - Collar Boston Neighborhood Seems that there's a renaissance of quality crime sagas set in blue - collar Boston neighborhoods afoot, most notably, this year's Academy Award - winning Best Picture, The Departed, and Mystic River, for which Sean Penn and Tim Robbins each earned Oscars.

Most of the seven hundred or so children who attend this K - 12 institution located in a tough neighborhood in Northeast Washington enter scoring well below their grade level in reading and math; the school is overwhelmingly black and largely poor or working - class.

The school is open to any child in New York City, but most of WHEELS» 806 students come from Washington Heights, the predominantly low - income, Latino neighborhood around the school.

This is especially true when it comes to the education of our most disadvantaged children: those growing up in poverty, in single - parent homes, in dangerous neighborhoods.

Seeing the challenges confronted by highly segregated and under - resourced schools in crime - ridden neighborhoods, I realized that most urban children in America were as or more profoundly disadvantaged than children I had met in India, Nepal, and Mexico during previous international development work.

Most young children get the «Stranger Danger» talk at school, so they know about how to handle strangers in their neighborhood and in face - to - face situations.

Schools that most disadvantaged black children attend today are located in segregated neighborhoods far distant from middle - class suburbs.

«Within the most challenging schools there are educators whose love for what they do can be infectious because they see value of impacting the lives of children,» says Nadia Lopez (@TheLopezEffect) whose school is in one of New York's low income neighborhoods where recruiting and keeping skilled teachers is very difficult.

Most young children get the «stranger danger» talk at school, so they know about how to handle strangers in their neighborhood and in face - to - face situations.

Most of the children in the stories lived in a single neighborhood.

In December, the coalition sent letters to 22 wealthy individuals — including Siart — who are some of the most active in funding pro-charter candidates and the charter industry in California, asking the recipients to sign a Statement of Support to invest in a strategy for traditional neighborhood schools, ensuring that all children have access to a truly high - quality educatioIn December, the coalition sent letters to 22 wealthy individuals — including Siart — who are some of the most active in funding pro-charter candidates and the charter industry in California, asking the recipients to sign a Statement of Support to invest in a strategy for traditional neighborhood schools, ensuring that all children have access to a truly high - quality educatioin funding pro-charter candidates and the charter industry in California, asking the recipients to sign a Statement of Support to invest in a strategy for traditional neighborhood schools, ensuring that all children have access to a truly high - quality educatioin California, asking the recipients to sign a Statement of Support to invest in a strategy for traditional neighborhood schools, ensuring that all children have access to a truly high - quality educatioin a strategy for traditional neighborhood schools, ensuring that all children have access to a truly high - quality education.

But most Comienza parents were focused on interests literally closer to home — another KIPP middle school in their neighborhood to increase the chances that their children could get a continuous high - quality TK - 8 education.

The findings highlight schools that enroll a higher or lower proportion of in - boundary students compared to schools in neighborhoods with similar characteristics, and identifies neighborhood characteristics of areas where families are most likely to send their children to public charter schools.

They wring their hands about having some of the most segregated public schools in the country — both by race and income — then keep quiet about neighborhood unzoned schools, where middle - class parents send their children in order to avoid failing public schools.

The most stirring account of the deplorable state of the nation's school facilities, especially those in inner - city neighborhoods, was Jonathan Kozol's book Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools.

Far too predictably, our study reported that children who attended schools in the most severely low - income neighborhoods were likely to hear far fewer explanations, with those explanations offered at lower difficulty levels, than children in middle - and upper - income areas.

Middle - class black families benefited most from the Brown ruling because it gave them the opportunity to move to white neighborhoods and put their children in better schools, said Baum, a professor in the urban studies and planning program at the University of Maryland, College Park.

It's when poverty combines with chaos at home, adult illiteracy, neglect, unaddressed health issues, constant dislocation, and a neighborhood pervaded by addiction and crime that most children in these environments become, in sociologist William Julius Wilson's phrase, «truly disadvantaged.»

«When it comes to the test scores, I think the nitty - gritty is most interesting to parents,» said Kristina Turley, whose children attend school in San Diego's Clairemont neighborhood.

This isn't controversial it makes most sense for children to go to school in their neighborhood with their siblings.

The fate of neighborhood schools in big - city school districts is perhaps the most sensitive education topic out there, given their historic role in disadvantaged communities, their struggle to educate children to high academic levels, and the process of gentrification and the disruption of the traditional education system via charter schools.

In scenes alive with emotional truth, River, Cross My Heart weighs the effect of Clara's absence on the people she has left behind: her parents, Alice and Willie Bynum, torn between the old world of their rural North Carolina home and the new world of the city, to which they have moved in search of a better life for themselves and their children; the friends and relatives of the Bynum family in the Georgetown neighborhood they now call home; and, most especially, Clara's sister, twelve - year - old Johnnie Mae, who must come to terms with the powerful and confused emotions sparked by her sister's death as she struggles to decide and discover the kind of woman she will becomIn scenes alive with emotional truth, River, Cross My Heart weighs the effect of Clara's absence on the people she has left behind: her parents, Alice and Willie Bynum, torn between the old world of their rural North Carolina home and the new world of the city, to which they have moved in search of a better life for themselves and their children; the friends and relatives of the Bynum family in the Georgetown neighborhood they now call home; and, most especially, Clara's sister, twelve - year - old Johnnie Mae, who must come to terms with the powerful and confused emotions sparked by her sister's death as she struggles to decide and discover the kind of woman she will becomin search of a better life for themselves and their children; the friends and relatives of the Bynum family in the Georgetown neighborhood they now call home; and, most especially, Clara's sister, twelve - year - old Johnnie Mae, who must come to terms with the powerful and confused emotions sparked by her sister's death as she struggles to decide and discover the kind of woman she will becomin the Georgetown neighborhood they now call home; and, most especially, Clara's sister, twelve - year - old Johnnie Mae, who must come to terms with the powerful and confused emotions sparked by her sister's death as she struggles to decide and discover the kind of woman she will become.

Just an fyi any dog is capable of killing a child!!!!!!! There is a German Shepherd in our neighborhood that chased a kid on his bike bit his leg and drug him off the bike!!!!! I have a pit my sister has a staffordshire terrier I've known people that raise them and I don't know of one of them that have intentionally ever hurt ANYONE better yet kill someone the most they've done is lick everyone too death in the face and tried jumping up on people!!!! My pit is around my 10 month old and my 4 year old not once has he snapped or hurt either one of them!!!

It should also be considered that the incidence of pit bull - type dogs» involvement in severe and fatal attacks may represent high prevalence in neighborhoods that present high risk to the young children who are the most common victim of severe or fatal attacks.

-- less than 40 pounds — low - shed, because of children's allergies (there is no such thing as a non-shedding dog)-- playful and fun — good with kids — will want cuddling and petting — medium exercise needs (able to be fulfilled in a fenced yard and with neighborhood walks for the most part)

Regarding the child and neighborhood variables, English was the main language at home for 87.5 %; 86.0 % lived in 2 - parent households; and the sample was fairly evenly spread across the 5 SEIFA quintiles (17.4 %, 22.3 %, 20.1 %, 20.5 %, and 19.7 % in the first [most disadvantaged] through fifth [least disadvantaged] quintiles, respectively).

Most young children get the «stranger danger» talk at school, so they know about how to handle strangers in their neighborhood and in face - to - face situations.

Most low performing schools serve poor children who live in neglected neighborhoods and we pay a price for our communal neglect.

Most of the parents in the neighborhood (those who can afford it) send their children to private schools.

Consumers most often know the neighborhood they want to live in, followed by school districts and proximity to landmarks such as place of work, friends and family or child care.

The most beautiful, breath - taking part of my week was seeing the smile that can light up a room offered by a child in our neighborhood who was hit by a car a few weeks ago.