Sentences with phrase «thousands of children attend»

Thousands of children attend under performing schools in top - rated districts.

Regardless of whether states embrace or resist the new tax law, they could lose an opportunity to help thousands of children attend college.

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The event will be attended by thousands of victims from all walks of life - soldiers who lost limbs clearing landmines, mothers whose children were forcibly recruited by the rebels, never to be seen again and farmers driven off their land by right - wing paramilitary groups.

WHAT GREAT PARENTS DO: The small Book of BIG Parenting Ideas began as a workshop in local schools and soon grew into a class attended by thousands of parents at schools and organizations, including Habitot Children's Museum, University of California Berkeley, UCSF Benioff / Children's Hospital, and San Francisco Zen Center.

The Expo was a four day event and thousands of people attended and sought information from the first professional child proofing organization in Saudi Arabia.

Was it a pride to throw bombs at the massively attended rallies of the great CPP in the 1950's for thousands of innocent men, women and children to die because of Political Power in Ghana?

Thousands of children — most of whom attend Success Academy schools — wear coordinated T - shirts and hats and dance along to the events» typically high - profile musical guests.

The four month monsoon season in Bangladesh brings with it heavy rainfall - making it impossible for thousands of children in flood - prone areas to attend school.

The news comes as thousands of children are due to hear which secondary school they will attend from September.

My children already attend after school activities and I think it's awesome children are doing activities which we would be paying thousands out of our own pockets I feel we working parents as a whole pay enough taxes for extra curriculum activities my children come home happy healthy content and don't have enough energy to roam streets so that means more family time

To proclaim that one test and one set of curriculum standards, the Common Core, can provide meaningful data about whether a child is college and career ready, that is, ready to attend one of the over 4,400 colleges and universities in the US or pursue one of the tens of thousands of careers that exist or those that don't but will by the time this year's preschool class, the class or 2029 or 2030 graduates high school, is educationally bankrupt.

«For me, this election is about choosing the right leadership who will lead LAUSD in a way that will ensure my child, and the thousands of children who attend LA schools have the opportunity to reach their full potential.

On the contrary, tens of thousands of parents in California have children on waiting lists to attend a public charter school.»

This includes public charter schools of every mission and type — we must advocate for students attending public charter schools to receive equitable funding and help address the thousands of children on a waiting list to attend a public charter school.

«The Louisiana Scholarship Program is transforming the lives of thousands of students across the state — allowing them to leave failing and underperforming schools and attend a school of their parents» choice,» said Ann Duplessis, president of the Louisiana Federation for Children.

In a 2010 paper, Rucker Johnson — a public - policy professor at the University of California, Berkeley — examined the life histories of several thousand children who attended Head Start in the 1970s.

Every year thousands of parents apply to a charter, because they want their child to attend a school that's the right fit for their learning needs.

While almost 500,000 children in the United States now attend a private school by way of a state - sponsored scholarship, thousands more are in desperate need of better educational options.»

Success typically closes its schools for at least part of a school day to transport its students to the rallies and strongly encourages parents to attend, meaning the event have a built - in participation of thousands of children and parents.

Pennsylvania allows a 90 % credit for donations and Florida a 100 % credit, helping thousands of children from lower - income families attend good, independent schools.

Moskowitz has shut dozens of her schools for the rallies, busing thousands of children to Albany to rally for charter causes, and has asked parents to take the day off from work to attend the events.

But thousands of children here attend schools that are among the worst in the country.

And what will happen to the thousands of Connecticut children who are attending magnet schools when those schools run out of money part way through the year.

In general, parents of eligible children — typically students with disabilities or low - income students or those attending schools that don't meet state education standards — receive several thousand dollars from the state to pay educational expenses.

For more then 120 years thousands of Aboriginal children in BC were taken from their families and forced to attend residential schools where they were stripped of their language, culture and...