Sentences with phrase «children about our nation»

We have to do better in teaching our children about our nation and its government.

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Over half of black children in public primary and secondary schools are concentrated in the nation's twelve largest central city school districts, where the quality of education is poor, and where whites constitute only about a quarter of total enrollment.

Healing, and building bridges??? Really??!! Where these terrorists concerned about healing and bridge building when they blew up the building that killed my cousins (firefighters) and best friend (and her unborn child)??? Please - how about what the people of NYC want and all of the families that were affected by this tragedy around the nation?

I suspect that if you took spousal and child abuse statistics in the US (and account at least a little bit for what goes unreported), you'd probably find that the spectrum of our «Christian» nation doesn't exactly have a lot to brag about either (but of course anyone who abuses children or spouse can't POSSIBLY be a «true Christian»... and I hope you see the irony in that remark).

The United Nations Children's Fund released a report today with the findings that about 2 billion of the world's children are breathing toxic air reChildren's Fund released a report today with the findings that about 2 billion of the world's children are breathing toxic air rechildren are breathing toxic air regularly.

We now live in a culture in which about half of all marriages end in divorce; in which nearly half of all children spend part of their childhood in fatherless homes; in which women and men who put their families first are falling behind economically and professionally; in which many of the nation's youngest citizens are starving for parental time and attention, and often for basic material necessities.

Israel, much like any other nation in history, was a child of its times, and set about living and functioning in a way that resembled the surrounding nations.

«One, he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math; he wanted me to expand our international relationships; and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math and engineering.»

We often tell people that about a cup of Golden Rice can provide half of an adult's vitamin A needs, but for them to actually see the simple rice grains that could help nations overcome a public health problem affecting 190 million children has an impact all its own.

There are at least a thousand things we love about life here and raising our child in a developing nation.

I wanted to talk about how every child, in every nation, is deserving of a family, not just American children.

So before we ever see federal funding levels adequate to finance «real food,» «clean label» meals like those in this Minnesota district, it's going to take a truly seismic shift in how our nation thinks generally about food and the feeding of its school children.

Illinois spends about $ 24 million a year to buy formula for 63,000 babies under the Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children, the fourth largest in the nation.

It is also about improving the academic performance of our children and the health of our nation.

The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), the nation's leading organization dedicated to educating parents, companies, children, educators and policymakers about Internet safety, announced today that TeenSafe has become its newest member.

As a fellow parent, advocate, or other community member concerned about the well - being of school children in the nation's capital, we hope you join us in this shared cause.

Dear Abby: Your readers who have expressed concern about hungry children in their communities expose one of our nation's worst secrets.

During a meeting in 1990, The World Health Organization (WHO) and The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) created the Innocenti Declaration, a formal statement about the protection, promotion, and support of breastfeeding.

Washington, D.C. — The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), the nation's leading organization dedicated to educating parents, companies, children, educators and policymakers about Internet safety, today announces Mattel as its newest member.

While many kids — including my own — are sad to see summer end, for too many of our of nation's children, back to school is more than new textbooks and teachers — it's about the relief of getting access to school meals again.

On just about every school yard, the nation's obesity problem is apparent: A fifth of U.S. children are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), the nation's leading organization dedicated to educating parents, companies, children, educators and policymakers about Internet safety, announced today that TELUS, Canada's fastest growing telecommunications provider, will become its newest member and the first Canadian company to join the organization.

Washington, D.C. — The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), the nation's leading organization dedicated to educating parents, companies, children, educators and policymakers about Internet safety, announced today that TeenSafe has become its newest member.

«We think that's entirely too long,» said Tricia Obester, a spokeswoman for Public Voice, the Washington - based consumer health organization that long has campaigned for improvements in the nation's school lunch programs, which feed about 25 million children a day.

As a mother of 2 children and an individual who advocates for peaceful existence for our children, I'm concerned for our nation but, as importantly, about the inflamed political and social tone our kids are surrounded by.

But the comment came as DeVos, a staunch opponent of public schools, is taking over the nation's free lunch program that provides nutrition to low - income students and is under attack from Republicans, raising questions about whether the administration of President Donald Trump will protect food aid programs for children, NPR reported.

Summary: The United Nations Children's Fund, World Health Organization, and World Food Programme call for support for appropriate infant and young child feeding in Haiti and caution about unnecessary and potentially harmful donations and use of breast - milk substitutes.

1991 — Staff from the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse (NCPCA) travel to Hawaii to learn about and observe the Hawaii Family Stress Center (HFSC), a center that was funded by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect and established one of the nation's first home - visiting programs in 1985.

Pioneering chef, author and sustainable food activist Alice Waters makes an impassioned case in Time magazine not just for staying the course for healthier school food, but thinking bigger about feeding our nation's children:

After sharing some alarming statistics about the unfitness of both potential military recruits and a significant portion of those already in the military, Mission Readiness argues that «[w] ith children consuming up to half of their daily calories while at school and out of sight of their parents, schools should be a focal point in the nation's effort to combat childhood obesity.»

As the nation's leading organization dedicated to educating parents, companies, children, educators and policymakers about Internet issues, FOSI is eager to tackle online safety with Snap Inc., parent company of Snapchat, which is particularly popular among young people.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), the nation's leading organization dedicated to educating parents, companies, children, educators and policymakers about Internet safety, announced today that LinkedIn will become its newest member.

It's also a great time to teach your child about history and some of the nation's greatest leaders!

But I digress... I blame this crazy election year and my sleepless nights thinking about what a Trump presidency would mean for the health our of nation's children.

Harrowing pictures of children lying on the bare floor but showing determination to learn were awash on social media and some news portals last week, not long after President John Mahama boasted about major achievements in the educational sector at his state of the nation address.

At 11 a.m., NYS Schools Chancellor Betty Rosa, state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and other educators announce the first - in - nation curriculum materials to teach children about sepsis prevention, P.S. 150, 40 - 01 43rd Ave., Queens.

Agyepong added: «It's about time we stopped this child's play and focus on issues that will move the nation forward.

I'm thinking about the future of this nation, the kind of country we want for our children and our families and so the work that I'm doing is to elect the next president,» he said.

Keith Porteous Wood, Chief Executive of the NSS, talked about the pressure growing at the United Nations on the Vatican, which is failing to produce a report on child protection.

«Our members need skilled employees now more than ever, and our schools must provide our children with the skills necessary to compete outside the classroom,» said Heather C. Briccetti, Esq., president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. «This study proves that New York is leading the nation — not only by setting high standards, but by taking the time to listen to parents and teachers about improving them.

«I'm thinking about the future of this nation, the kind of country we want for our children and our families and so the work that I'm doing is to elect the next president.»

(According to Forbes magazine, some 300 organizations, from the United Nations Children's Fund to Microsoft, use the site to learn about new contracts up for bid and to staff 35,000 development projects from China to Chile.)

A report by the National Science Foundation about educating our children states the dilemma we are facing very succinctly: As «American schools fail more youngsters, this nation's capability to innovate, solve problems, and produce — to sustain world leadership — is in jeopardy.»

Using data from about 730 families that participated in a survey of Early Head Start programs at 17 sites across the nation, the researchers investigated the effects of parents» stress and mental health problems such as depression on their children.

Medulloblastoma is diagnosed in about 400 children and adolescents annually in the U.S., making it the nation's most common pediatric brain tumor.

Given the ample evidence that change over time is a crucial property of planets, including our own, of stars, of galaxies and of the Universe as a whole, it is important for the nation's school children to learn about the great age of, and changes in, astronomical systems, as well as their present properties.

What is so unbelievably unique about these lines is that a substantial portion of the proceeds from sales, 100 % profit from Dreams of Africa and 25 % from AWEAR items, goes to support children in nations hit hard by the blood diamond trade.

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