Sentences with phrase «national pta»

With partners such as National PTA, we work at all levels to help educators engage families and communities in ways that directly support schools and student learning.

Authors: U.S. Department of Education, SEDL, Harvard Family Research Project, National PTA, United Way, Lacy Wood (editor)

National PTA The national PTA website includes links to PTA programs, conference information and a male involvement section.

He also started the radio on the Bam internet radio network and has written magazine articles for the national PTA, the southwestern education laboratory and the national head start association's children and family magazine.

National PTA has many resources to support parents as their children transition to kindergarten.

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AWARDS / RECOGNITION National PTA Founders Day Award 1999 Nominated Teacher of the Year 2002 — 2003 Nominated Disney Teacher of the Year 2005 Outstanding Service Award 2005 Granby Youth Service Bureau 2007

It was developed with guidance from the National PTA, kids themselves, and «over a dozen expert advisors in the areas of child development, online safety, and children's media and technology.»

The app is aimed at kiddos under the age of 13, and was reportedly developed with guidance from the National PTA, kids themselves, and «over a dozen expert advisors in the areas of child development, online safety, and children's media and technology.»

Facebook's donations to groups like the National PTA (the official name for the Parent Teacher Association) typically covered logistics costs or sponsored activities like anti-bullying programs or events such as parent roundtables.

Facebook, however, said it launched Messenger Kids after talking to thousands of parents, associations like National PTA and parenting experts.

Facebook spoke to «thousands of parents», as well as associations like the National PTA and various parenting experts, and it found a need for a children's messaging app with parental controls.

The National PTA said Facebook donated money for the first time in 2017, which the organisation used to fund a survey and roundtables.

Facebook stressed that the app was «co-developed» with parents, kids and experts through conversations with organisations like National PTA, Blue Star Families and an advisory board with more than a dozen experts, from groups such as the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence, Connect Safely, and Sesame Workshop.

«It is important that families are armed with resources and tools to help them take advantage of the opportunities that the digital world offers while building good digital habits and ensuring children have the skills they need to be responsible online,» National PTA President Jim Accomando was quoted as saying.

After talking to thousands of parents, associations like National PTA, and parenting experts in the US, we found that there's a need for a messaging app that lets kids connect with people they love but also has the level of control parents want.

Three out of five American parents in a 2017 poll conducted on behalf of Facebook and the National PTA (one of the groups Facebook consulted while building Messenger Kids) said that their under -13-year-olds use messaging apps, social media, or both.

We've also had thought - provoking conversations around topics of responsible online communication, parental controls and much more with organizations like National PTA and Blue Star Families, where we heard firsthand how parents and caregivers approach raising children in today's digitally connected world.

We collaborated with National PTA on a study with more than 1,200 American parents of children under the age of 13, and three of every five parents surveyed said their kids under 13 use messaging apps, social media or both, while 81 percent reported their children started using social media between the ages of 8 and 13.

National PTA does not endorse any commercial entity, product, or service.

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Kindle and the National PTA are working together to help families get more involved in their children's reading and enhance their emerging interest in books.

Amazon additionally has donated thousands of Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets to students and teachers, and is working with the National PTA to get parents involved with children's reading through the Family Reading Experience program.

He taught eBusiness in the Arts, Entertainment & Media Management department of Columbia College Chicago and has consulting on digital topics for organizations like American Medical Association, National PTA, McDonald's, Sears, TransUnion and Navistar.

«National PTA is honored to work with Kindle to provide parents with proven techniques for improving their child's reading fluency, comprehension and passion...»

Amazon's even created a special web page identifying themselves as «the official e-reader of the National PTA».

Throughout 2013, the National PTA (Parent Teacher Association) and Kindle will work together to encourage family involvement with their children's reading.

Amazon has announced today that it has joined forces with the National PTA for a new initiative called Family Reading Experience.

Amazon's Kindle is the exclusive sponsor of the new Family Reading Experience program that the National PTA wants to roll out across the U.S. to boost kids» reading thanks to family participation.

While Amazon has targeted its efforts to a list of key charities — World Reader, the National PTA, and various hospitals and schools — anyone is welcome to submit their own request to be considered for a donation from the Kindle Reading Fund.

National PTA has partnered with Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) to provide literacy expertise and activities to host an engaging and effective Family Reading Experience.

Lest you doubt the potential of the Kindle for the young, keep in mind that it is even «The Official E-reader of the National PTA,» which, ideally, can join me in leaning on the FCC, Amazon and other e-reader makers to do the right thing.

Under her direction, Luther Jones Elementary was recognized as a National PTA School of Excellence, one of two Texas Education Agency's Interdisciplinary Curriculum Project Schools, one of 38 Texas Pathfinder's Collaborative Schools, the only Exemplary Mentor Elementary School in Region II, and Corpus Christi Caller Times Best of the Best Elementary School fifteen years in a row.

The National PTA has organized the state departments of education ESSA webpages onto one landing page.

Our Children is an online magazine for parents published by the National PTA.

The National PTA maintains a Washington, D.C., lobbying office, and most state PTAs advocate at their respective state capitals, as well.

National Association for Music Education serves as National PTA Reflections» expert adviser on music composition and provides an array of resources and local advocacy tools to help parents advocate for their child's music education.

Despite its national profile and terrific name recognition, the National PTA actually represents only about 24 percent of the country's parent groups.

Through advocacy, as well as family and community education, National PTA has established programs and called for legislation that improves our children's lives, such as:

National PTA's Every Child in Focus is a campaign centered on strengthening family engagement in schools by celebrating important cultural distinctions and achievements, while highlighting solutions to potential educational issues.

This video series was developed through a partnership with the Hunt Institute as part of National PTA's ongoing effort to provide accurate information about the Common Core State Standards and to assist PTA membership with developing grassroots advocacy skills.

For more than 100 years, National Parent Teacher Association (National PTA ®) has worked toward bettering the lives of every child in education, health and safety.

In June, National PTA's Every Child in Focus campaign centers on the rural child.

Together, RIF and National PTA are creating families of readers in communities nationwide.

In 1970, the National Congress of Parents and Teachers (National PTA) and the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers (NCCPT)-- founded by Selena Sloan Butler in Atlanta, Ga. — merged to serve all children.

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Founded in 1897 as the National Congress of Mothers by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst, National PTA is a powerful voice for all children, a relevant resource for families and communities, and a strong advocate for public education.

Below are archived issue briefs that National PTA published on previous versions of federal education laws.

Mrs. J. K. Pettengill elected National PTA president; represented Congress at meeting of World Federation of Education Associations in Japan; visited Hawaii Congress

As the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the nation, National PTA is the conscience of the country for children and youth issues.