Sentences with phrase «at choosing a school for their child»

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The children going «not back to school» (BBC, UK, 12-09-16)-- An encouraging look at some families who have chosen not to send their children to school for various reasons.

Since you have the flexibility to arrange your school day to help children be at their best, it is recommended that you take advantage of this in planning your time for starting school, for breaks and recess, and for homework, as well, if you choose to give homework.

I know exactly how you must be feeling — we are only at the start of our preschool days with Arthur and although I have loved watching him develop and play with the children there (mixed ages so many are leaving for school) I also really enjoy the days where we can snuggle at home and choose what we get up to.

Home schooling is a trial and error process, and at the end you just have to choose which of these techniques work best for your child.

The Department's view is if parents choose not to have their child educated by full - time attendance at school, they are responsible for the whole of their child's education, not schools

Belonging to a community bound by common aims, i.e. providing support and information for families whose children are being educated outside school, upholding the freedom for parents to choose to take direct responsibility for the education of their children, and promoting knowledge, understanding and acceptance of education otherwise than at school.

For example, if your child chooses to spend his entire allowance on a new CD, then remembers that school tee shirts are available for purchase, resist the urge to just throw money at hFor example, if your child chooses to spend his entire allowance on a new CD, then remembers that school tee shirts are available for purchase, resist the urge to just throw money at hfor purchase, resist the urge to just throw money at him.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

Although education is compulsory in most places up to a certain age, attendance at school often isn't, and a minority of parents choose home - schooling, e-learning or similar for their children.

Let's hear it for all the Mrs. Clauses who choose to stay at home to home school their children, or to those who are public school teachers, nurses, doctors, construction workers, engineers, missionaries, or full - time bloggers... and let's hear it for those work extra jobs to make ends meet!

Created by Adoption UK Cymru - «Getting it right for every child: A parent's guide to working with schools - sets out the top things parents of adopted children should look for when choosing a school, how to work with staff at the school and gives advice on how attachment issues can have an impact on a child's progress through the education system.

The most popular age that parents chose for a child to start working at was 14, at 27 %, while just 4 % selecting 17, suggesting that parents still appreciate the value of teens starting weekend jobs while at school, even if the specific benefits are becoming less clear.

In the real world, even if everyone had the right to choose their schools, parents who are educated and financially well off are likely to be more motivated than other parents, to have better information about their alternatives, to have more resources at their disposal for getting their way, to have better social connections and more attractive opportunities, and to have children who are easier and less costly to teach.

For that reason we chose a Montessori primary school for our daughters, and found the three year cycle works sublimely to encourage children to work with others who are at their level, not just their aFor that reason we chose a Montessori primary school for our daughters, and found the three year cycle works sublimely to encourage children to work with others who are at their level, not just their afor our daughters, and found the three year cycle works sublimely to encourage children to work with others who are at their level, not just their age.

So my compromise position would be to acknowledge parents» right to choose their children's schools (which, for low income parents, effectively means allowing them to take public dollars with them), while at the same time being vigorous in shutting off public dollars to schools (whether they be district, private or charter schools) that are failing to prepare students to succeed on measurable academic outcomes.

The EEP has called for an effective teacher for every child (paying teachers as professionals, giving them the tools and training to do their work effectively, and making tough decisions about ineffective teachers); empowering parents by allowing them to choose the best schools for their children; holding grown - ups at all levels accountable for the education of our children; and, very important, having enough strength in our convictions to stand up to anyone who seeks to preserve a failed system.

Parents should be able to choose what extra curricular activities their children do and not be forced to stay at school later for low quality activities they might not be interested in.

Legislation advancing education choice tears down barriers and empowers parents with the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

Indeed, 21.6 % of parents who rejected a voucher that was offered to their child did so because the school lacked the special needs services that their child needed, and, 12.3 % of the parents who accepted a voucher for their child but then left the program cited a lack of special needs services at the school they had chosen.

Our work isn't done until every parent in Mississippi has a range of high - quality education options and the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

«It's no surprise that more New York City parents are choosing charters for their children because the city has one of the nation's best collection of charter schools,» Phillips said, citing the respected CREDO at Stanford study issued earlier this year.

What none of these families knew at the time was that because they chose a different public school for their kids, their children would only receive three - fifths of the funding they would have had they stayed in a district school — failing or not.

The program is aimed at helping low - income families navigate a complex system of school choice by providing information on all types of schools, helping parents choose the right school for their children and providing support through the application process.

Education choice policies empower parents with the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

Education choice allows tax dollars to follow students to the schools or services that best meet their needs, and parents have the ability to choose an education that they determine is right for their child, whether at a traditional public school, charter school, or private school.

At the end of the day this is about money, the dollars that we currently spend going to children, going to families, instead of to institutions, instead of to physical school buildings and really empowering those families to choose options that work for them.

Voucher supporters answer almost every question about the shocking lack of accountability at the taxpayer supported religious schools by saying that parents provide it by choosing the school for their children.

We support school choice because we believe no one is better suited at choosing the best education for a child than that child's parents.

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The potential problem with calculating income - based program eligibility using this table — as the Friedman Foundation team had for several years — is that the estimate could end up including parents who no longer have any children at home, young families that don't yet have children, couples who have chosen not to have children and anyone else who simply does not have school - aged children.

They can choose to deny children access to a great education by continuing to enroll them in seriously low performing schools, try to find enough money to move to a more affluent neighborhood (good luck with that) or face possible jail time or probation for using another address, in another zip code, just to get a chance at a good education.

In a recent poll, 83 % of parents, agreed that in order to ensure DC remains an attractive place for families, that the city needed to both improve quality at DCPS schools and expand the top - performing public charter schools so more parents can choose the school that's best suited for their child.

He proclaimed that parents should be able to walk their child to a school they choose to be at, adding that each state would develop its own formula for distributing the $ 20 billion block - grant money, but that the dollars must follow the student.

Indeed, 21.6 % of the parents who rejected a voucher that was offered to their child did so because the school lacked the special needs services that their child needed, and, 12.3 % of the parents who accepted a voucher for their child but then left the program cited a lack of special needs services at the school they had chosen.

With it, participating parents can choose the best academic path for each child by taking portable funds to a private school or by opting out of the traditional school model to provide a customized education at home.

The requirement that half of all reading done at elementary school be non-fiction is particularly devastating in the lower grades, and for teachers who believe that children should choose what they read and read what interests them most.

The Boston Charter School Application allows families to apply for multiple children to several charter schools (if they choose) at once using either a mobile phone, iPad or tablet, or computer.

In Finland, the government provides funding for basic education at all levels, and instruction is free of charge.3 In Sweden, schooling is «free,» and parents are able to choose their children's schools; funding even follows the student when they change schools.4 In Portugal, the Ministry of Education finances the public sector in its entirety, and the state subsidizes each student in private schools.5 In Germany, the Netherlands, England, Northern Ireland, and Sweden, «public funding is provided so that families can choose to send their children to schools with a religious character.»

The Boston Charter School Application, launched this year by the Boston Charter Alliance, allows families to apply for multiple children to several charter schools (if they choose) at once using either a mobile phone, iPad or tablet, or computer.

This unsupervised time puts children at risk for negative outcomes such as academic and behavioral problems, drug use and other types of risky behavior, yet schools with a need to slash costs in an era of constrained budgets often choose to scrap their afterschool programming.

At the same time, there is one other aspect of choice that Lake and her colleagues fail to address: Giving families real power in shaping education for their children beyond just choosing schools.

«Our research shows that providing encouragement and time both in school and at home for children of all ages to enjoy books they choose to read will help them discover the power and joy of reading.

And because raising children requires so much planning and management — from signing up for sports and instrument lessons to choosing a school program — that most women simply don't want to deal with management and strategy issues at a law firm at that time in their lives.

The cover letter: This one - page document gives you a little more wiggle room to elaborate on how you chose to be a stay - at - home parent until your children were old enough to attend primary school, for instance.

For example, you could highlight the new opportunities your child will have by talking about extracurricular activities your child could choose at the new school.

Some parents prefer to consult with one another only on big issues such as academic and behavioral problems at school, while others choose to confer about every detail in a child's life from homework and bedtime routines to rules for the use of electronics and cell phones.

See the research and articles at http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/) So, given that there are just not all that many options to choose from in deciding upon a child custody arrangement, and given that those options overwhelmingly will be constrained or even dictated by fairly obvious facts about the parties» circumstances such as work and school schedules, or how far apart they live from each other, and similar considerations, one really has to query what all the painstaking attention to detail and «science» (or pretext to science) is all about if, when all is said and done, the decision will boil down to the application of a default personal preference, and pragmatic ways of arranging custody and visitation schedules to accomplish this while avoiding liability for placing children into situations in which detriment too obviously or easily can be proved to be the direct result of the arrangement.