Sentences with phrase «certain kids in school»

And so there's a perpetual back - and - forth about whether to put certain kids in school a grade behind or ahead of their actual age.

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• Perhaps you noticed the NYU Child Study Center's questions target only certain children, kids somewhere in the A and B range with potential for getting into a good school.

Especially, if belief in Santa was affecting their behavior — like demanding that my kids pray to Santa in the public schools, and that certain people's rights must be curtailed because of their belief in Santa.

Muslims are not unique in that school is in session on certain of their religious holidays — Jewish kids, Hindu kids and Orthodox Christain kids, among others, have the same situation.

We all want our kids to do well in school and to master certain skills and concepts, but our largely singular focus on academic achievement has resulted in a lack of attention to other components of a successful life — the ability to be independent, adaptable, ethical, and engaged critical thinkers.

If you spend any time at all reading mommy blogs, scouring Pinterest for kid - friendly recipe ideas, or reading up about how to deal with your picky eater, you've probably noticed that there is lots of buzz around certain feeding trends such as introducing solids via «baby - led weaning,» making absolutely everything in a muffin tin, and letting go of some old - school feeding techniques such as the «3 more bites» rule.

The worst, in my opinion, is that the PTA advertises fast food pizza on school property and encourages kids to get their parents to order on certain nights every month.

This is in response to «Brown - bag ban; To encourage healthy eating, one Chicago school won't allow kids to bring lunches or certain snacks from home — some parents, and many students, aren't fans of the policy» (Page 1, April 11).

In fact, children in gay families scored higher than kids in straight families in certain things like self - esteem and confidence and even did better in schooIn fact, children in gay families scored higher than kids in straight families in certain things like self - esteem and confidence and even did better in schooin gay families scored higher than kids in straight families in certain things like self - esteem and confidence and even did better in schooin straight families in certain things like self - esteem and confidence and even did better in schooin certain things like self - esteem and confidence and even did better in schooin school.

«I believe school is more than just sitting and learning and taking tests; it's really about helping kids come together and helping kids deal with certain situations in their lives,» superintendent Mark Laurie said.

«A lot of these kids get services to help them early in school but at a certain point they get lost because they may end up having reading problems or other learning disabilities, and people stop working on their language per se.»

Fun to make, but a pretty dress also deserves, in my opinion, a nice hair - do (not a ponytail) a bit of make up on, and a certain amount of heels... and that is something I could never find the energy to achieve at 7.30 in the morning, to take the kids to school..

Charter opponents are trying to make hay with allegations that some charter schools are «cream - skimming,» either by discouraging certain kids from enrolling in the first place or by pushing them out once they struggle.

«How can it be appropriate that kids in certain schools have better benefits from the system, even though it comes from the parents» pockets?»

An American teacher working in Japan argues that this also «forces teachers to care about their jobs and be active in their professional learning [because] when you move schools, there's a whole new set of kids [and] they may have certain expectations you have to live up to.»

A: In terms of why I do things like ReadBoston and WriteBoston, I started to feel at some point that, because there are so many small projects that schools and communities are involved in, it's very important to get everyone on the same highway — singing from the same hymnbook — about certain goals for kidIn terms of why I do things like ReadBoston and WriteBoston, I started to feel at some point that, because there are so many small projects that schools and communities are involved in, it's very important to get everyone on the same highway — singing from the same hymnbook — about certain goals for kidin, it's very important to get everyone on the same highway — singing from the same hymnbook — about certain goals for kids.

As long as schools were required to provide a certain number of years of a subject matter, a certain number of days of teacher training, a certain number of kids in the classroom, the bureaucracy was content.

So, it might make us uncomfortable, but we have to acknowledge that many of the private schools in Louisiana were started specifically so that parents could get away from certain kids.

Concentrating students with disabilities in a certain cluster of schools is not good for kids, and because these students represent higher - than - average costs, this imbalance is not financially sustainable for districts.

We need more school options for families, not fewer: kids shouldn't have to rely on a lottery or their parents» ability to buy a house in a certain neighborhood to get a great education.

All of this reminds me a bit of high school when certain kids stood out positively, sometimes for good reasons and sometimes just because they were «popular» or loud in some way.

The Illinois State Board of Education has launched an investigation into why so many kids in certain districts skipped state exams last year — which may include questioning parents and even students after several hundred schools failed test participation requirements.

A: Under No Child Left Behind in California, in many schools, if you had less than 100 kids in a certain subgroup then you weren't responsible for that subgroup.

A lot of kids in school no longer have certain social skills because of the overuse of technology.

If your kids do well in school and get certain grades in Columbus, they can qualify for a good student discount offered by most insurance companies.

Certain age groups qualify for lower rates: individuals over 25 years old, people with respectable jobs and careers, especially men who are married and have kids, students performing to high standards in school etc..

Though parents must guide their children but they need to bring their kids in a driving school so that instructors can assess their skills and can pin point what are the areas that a certain student must improve.

If we had had the higher 12.5 K EFC they would not be eligible for that 4) At one kids school, since she was «Pell Eligible» (meaning just qualified, whether she used it or not) and in a certain major, along with our income being in the bottom quarter of students (< 80K) she was eligible for School Grants of about 15K over the 4 school, since she was «Pell Eligible» (meaning just qualified, whether she used it or not) and in a certain major, along with our income being in the bottom quarter of students (< 80K) she was eligible for School Grants of about 15K over the 4 School Grants of about 15K over the 4 years.

«Lots of singles, lots of elderly, fewer kids — what this does really is free people in their location decisions to a certain extent if they're not bound by school and safety aspects,» says Armando Carbonell, chair of the department of planning and urban form at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.