Sentences with phrase «child in my elementary school not»

«I may have been the only child in my elementary school not to go through a phase of wanting to be a fireman, a police officer, or an astronaut.

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One of the things I have respected most in Aida Rosa, principal of the elementary school P.S. 30, and the teachers that I talk with on her staff is that they look at children here as children, not as «distorted children,» not as «morally disabled children,» not as «quasi-children» who require a peculiar arsenal of reconstructive strategies and stick - and - carrot ideologies that wouldn't be accepted for one hour by the parents or the teachers of the upper middle class.

By elementary school, children can handle the concept that the world isn't always fair, and that some people don't get what they need, so others should step in to help.

There are so many millions of children who not only eat lunch at school but, even when I was in elementary school (I'm 28 now) we had a breakfast program where lower - income kids would eat breakfast at school too.

To me, the solution to the attrition issue, whether it's at a KIPP middle school or the Promise Academy middle school, is the Harlem Children's Zone's «conveyor belt» model, which provides continuous, high - quality early - childhood and elementary education to precisely those «disengaged families and students,» so that when those children arrive in middle school, they won't have the kind of difficulty doing demanding work as did the kids who left the Bay Area KIPP schools or who underperformed at the Promise Academy middle school in its first feChildren's Zone's «conveyor belt» model, which provides continuous, high - quality early - childhood and elementary education to precisely those «disengaged families and students,» so that when those children arrive in middle school, they won't have the kind of difficulty doing demanding work as did the kids who left the Bay Area KIPP schools or who underperformed at the Promise Academy middle school in its first fechildren arrive in middle school, they won't have the kind of difficulty doing demanding work as did the kids who left the Bay Area KIPP schools or who underperformed at the Promise Academy middle school in its first few years.

Another notable feature in both the proposed and final rules — one likely to be of special interest to elementary school parents — is a requirement that wellness policies set nutritional standards for foods and beverages that aren't sold but instead made available to children at school, such as offerings at classroom parties or treats given out by teachers as a reward.

As Janet Poppendieck noted in the Washington Post last week, many children who currently do not participate in the federal program get no lunch at all (4 percent of elementary students and 8 percent of high school students).

And, because we know middle school isn't the only time for parents to have ongoing conversations with youth about sexuality topics, we offer age - appropriate workshops for parents of children in early childhood, elementary and high school.

Giving the best teacher gift isn't impossible if you know your child's teacher but if you're feeling stuck, here's a list of favorite gifts from the teachers at my kids» elementary school, my former colleagues, and from my experience in the classroom.

i taught elementary school age children in my early 20s, and i can tell you the one thing that every child that was falling far behind had was parents that were not involved.

By the time your child starts elementary school full - time, Twitter might not even be in existence.

As for the nuts issue, as the parent of vegan elementary school children, I have to admit it would be nice to be able to send nuts in for snack (we are allowed to at lunch), but even if I couldn't, there are many other times during the day I can find an opportunity to give them an ounce or two of nuts — like breakfast, after school snack, dinner and dessert!

Recent studies have shown that children are not only more obese than they should be, but even in elementary school the cholesterol counts of many are greater than 180, well above the 170 - or-less guidelines established by the National Cholesterol Education Program, a countrywide consortium of physicians and scientists.

But the reason why I asked is that I've seen elementary school children take fruits and vegetables in the lunch line — even though they're not required to — but then they leave those foods entirely untouched.

Helping children learn to recognise and cope overwhelming emotions is an ongoing process that certainly doesn't stop when they enter primary or elementary school, in fact I would say emotional regulation becomes even more important in the vast social network of school.

«Our data demonstrate substantial parental support for the participation of schools in helping accomplish universal coverage among elementary children, although some will likely not participate unless they are allowed to be present for the vaccination of their child,» the researchers wrote.

The villains (Chris McGinn, Lew Temple) are in it for the money — not ransom, but the lucrative black - market trade in elementary - school - age children briefly left alone in public places.

Yet, while many Americans are aware of the importance of pre-reading skills, they have much less understanding that children who fall behind in early - literacy skills often do not catch up to their peers in elementary school, according to a report and polling data released last week.

As those who have studied the racial educational gaps in our public elementary and secondary schools have noticed, throwing children together does not solve the problems of dominance; it can, in fact, exacerbate them.

In elementary school, my middle child was so bored by the slow pace of his math class, he would beg not to be sent to school.

For starters, parents in the 23,500 - student district felt that they didn't have enough information about local elementary schools and the process for registering their children.

Why, for example, should learning the letters and sounds of the word «BOO» in a pre-K classroom produce long - term effects on reading scores if a child transitions into a kindergarten classroom that has no academic content and moves from there into an elementary school that does not use systematic instruction in phonics?

The Student With Poor Hygiene Habits If a child does not learn good hygiene by the time she leaves elementary school, she likely is in for a rough time in middle and high school.

Four waves of data on features of children's social - emotional development known to predict aggression / violence were collected in the fall and spring over two years for a highly representative sample of children in grades 1 - 6 from New York City public elementary schools (N = 11,160).

The dysfunctional nature of how urban schools teach students to relate to authority begins in kindergarten and continues through the primary grades.With young children, authoritarian, directive teaching that relies on simplistic external rewards still works to control students.But as children mature and grow in size they become more aware that the school's coercive measures are not really hurtful (as compared to what they deal with outside of school) and the directive, behavior modification methods practiced in primary grades lose their power to control.Indeed, school authority becomes counterproductive.From upper elementary grades upward students know very well that it is beyond the power of school authorities to inflict any real hurt.External controls do not teach students to want to learn; they teach the reverse.The net effect of this situation is that urban schools teach poverty students that relating to authority is a kind of game.And the deepest, most pervasive learnings that result from this game are that school authority is toothless and out of touch with their lives.What school authority represents to urban youth is «what they think they need to do to keep their school running.»

But while the ability to move these scores may be 90 % of the job for an elementary - school teacher in Philadelphia or Detroit, it doesn't necessarily make sense to use these metrics to evaluate teachers in higher - performing schools — where most children easily clear the literacy and numeracy bar, and where parents are more concerned with how well teachers develop their children's other skills and talents.

For one, parents make decisions about schooling at the pre-kindergarten and kindergarten levels; if their children are already happy in a private elementary school, they're not likely to move them.

But for most children, particularly in the elementary grades, the school experience should not be replaced with online learning, they say.

These studies also are weak with regards to external validity because the research design does not permit a determination of whether the pre-k program improves performance in elementary school — the control group begins to receive the pre-k program just after the children are initially tested, which means there is no untreated control group with which to benchmark performance in kindergarten and thereafter.

No one will blame you, for example, if you can't make it to your child's presentation in an elementary school class because it's in the middle of the day and you have to work.

However, research by economists Stephen Cameron and James Heckman suggests that the real problem may be that poor children simply don't do as well in school, a somewhat discouraging conclusion since sending families bigger checks to help with college is arguably easier than improving academic achievement in elementary and secondary schools.

I realize that Rocketship is only one piece of this puzzle, but I will not rest until every child in our country can attend a great elementary school and beyond.

Multiple reports have come out recently arguing that homework does not benefit children in elementary school, although a 2006 Duke study found multiple benefits for middle and high schoolers.

We have recently learned that according to the state dept. of education attorney, Ct. currently does NOT have a school safety policy in place......... In light of the most recent Newtown, Ct. massacre of 26 innocent people, 20 of which were elementary school children, WE MUST CREATE ONE!in place......... In light of the most recent Newtown, Ct. massacre of 26 innocent people, 20 of which were elementary school children, WE MUST CREATE ONE!In light of the most recent Newtown, Ct. massacre of 26 innocent people, 20 of which were elementary school children, WE MUST CREATE ONE!!!

But basically, if you do not see tremendous improvement in your child's academic, social, emotional, physical, or behavioral development every single year in the elementary grades, then either school or family life needs to change.

These children especially have a higher dropout rate with the equivalency in reading level of an elementary school child, and that has more to do with having a grading system that moves children up grade levels without warrant and those students not getting enough attention with giant class sizes.

«When the state systematically, significantly underfunds children who weren't born with a silver spoon in their mouths, something is wrong with that picture,» Duncan said last month at a Philadelphia elementary school.

Although the benefits of preschool are impressive, one year of high - quality education can not undo the impacts of negative experiences during a child's first four years, nor can it preemptively make up for shortcomings in elementary school.

Letting children see and participate in decision - making can be educational, but the nature of this particular action raises questions about who funded the bus and t - shirts, along with whether or not it is age - appropriate for elementary school children to be expected to sit still and quiet for hours on end.

«We know that daily recess is in the best interest of all elementary schools children and that by - and - large, local control on this issue just isn't working.»

Despite DeSoto County's reputation as also being one of Mississippi's best school systems, the elementary school Powell's children attended wasn't cutting it, especially for her middle child and only son, Nicholas, who had struggled with reading and fitting in socially.

It is my opinion after spending about 40 years teaching elementary school (K — 5th grade in rural, urban, and suburban schools) that standardized testing is a waste of time and resources for many reasons, one of which is that they do not test what you want to know about a child.

Why couldn't I just scoop them all up and put them in my old elementary school, a school that still cared about educating children?

When my grandfather organized student sit - ins at downtown diners that wouldn't serve black customers at the counter, when my aunt integrated her elementary school as a frightened first grader, and when my mother and her parents fought a suspension when her principal singled her out as the only black child in class who didn't address him as «sir,» the fight for social justice through education became the lifeblood of my family's experience in and love for Tennessee.

According to a Center for American Progress report examining the largest school districts in the country, schools are closed for an average of 29 days each school year — not including summer recess — which is 13 days longer than the average private sector worker has in paid leave.58 Not only do days off increase the cost of child care, but the short length of the school day also decreases economic productivity when parents have to take time off from work or when parents with elementary school - age children opt out of full - time employment in order to accommodate their children's schedulesnot including summer recess — which is 13 days longer than the average private sector worker has in paid leave.58 Not only do days off increase the cost of child care, but the short length of the school day also decreases economic productivity when parents have to take time off from work or when parents with elementary school - age children opt out of full - time employment in order to accommodate their children's schedulesNot only do days off increase the cost of child care, but the short length of the school day also decreases economic productivity when parents have to take time off from work or when parents with elementary school - age children opt out of full - time employment in order to accommodate their children's schedules.59

I wouldn't buy it either but it no longer surprises me to see children in elementary school toting cell phones and while I don't have children of my own, if it came to my child needing a cellphone, more than likely, I'm the one buying it and paying for the monthly cellphone bill and I'm not going to pay the price of a iPhone, Bold, or the newest Android so that he / she can have a cellphone.

«We didn't want elementary school children walking in with iPhones just as we wouldn't have them co-mingle in a young adult section of the library,» says Jaeger, who feels that young students shouldn't have unlimited access to all material in the ebook library.

You are the mother of a preschool - age child who has not yet enrolled in the first grade or a higher grade in elementary school

That is not surprising given how little financial discussion there is between parents and children and how few elementary or high schools offer classes in financial literacy.

«The study said 65 percent of today's elementary school children may end up in jobs that haven't been invented yet,» Knake says.