Sentences with phrase «children at different schools»

The plan has resulted in upheaval for students and their families across the city with some schools closed, others turned over to private charter managers, and the introduction of a school choice system that has left many families with children at different schools and limited transportation options for getting their children there.

However, the trust found that pupils took more days off because some parents had children at different schools.

Not exact matches

Say you've got a preschooler at home and you're deciding whether to move to one of two places where you're child would attend different schools.

I do not believe that young children should be encouraged to self - select a «gender» which may be different from their biological sex; or that everyone at school should adjust their behaviour to accommodate such a «transition»; or that people should be punished for lack of enthusiasm about it.

At this point, I've lived in 6 states (some of those states more than once... moved back and forth), attended countless schools as a child, and lived in almost 20 different houses / apartments / townhouses.

When children begin school, they learn that expectations at school are different from those at home.

But seriously - I had just had a day, during which I drove from a school conference in Altadena to an occupational therapist in Encino then over to a child development specialist in Sierra Madre then to Trader Joe's for some special fucking salami and crackers that we can't possibly live without in this house for five seconds, even though the rest of the stuff we need is at FOUR different other stores.

He was thrilled to win best under 10 at his last gala and as a parent I'm just so pleased he's found something he enjoys that's also great exercise and allows him to mix with children of different ages from different schools.

Some Waldorf teachers have gone on to argue how Waldorf homeschooling shouldn't really exist, because Steiner was laying out indications for a school setting and how this model is not possible for home for one child, let alone multiple children of different grades being taught at the same time.

I started my own family before acquiring a degree in education, and I felt at that time I wanted a school experience for my own children that was different than what the public school had to offer.

Also, a child who is clumsy and is teased by peers at school will benefit from different interventions when compared to an athletic child who is popular with peers.

If she slept late and lazed around the house, you'll have a very different child care provider from one who went for an early - morning jog, visited her grandmother or volunteered at a local nursery school.

The competencies needed for a successful, purposeful, and joyful life in the 21st century are best cultivated through an education that fully meets and engages the developmental needs of children, which are fundamentally different in early childhood, elementary school, middle school, and high school — in other words, «the right thing at the right time.»

Children who do poorly at school may be under a lot of stress and will develop different ways to cope with this stress.

* Schools say tough to buy different portion sizes * Move follows complaints that rule left some students hungry * Change won't undermine overall healthier standards - advocates By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters)- U.S. regulators are relaxing school meal rules aimed at reining in calories and portion sizes after some students, parents and lawmakers complained that new stricter policies left many children hungry.

Children in elementary school who see different teachers throughout the day in an effort to individualize to skill level may be surprised to find themselves caught with too much work due at the same time.

Madeline Levine, author of «Teach Your Children Well» and «The Price of Privilege,» has been working with her colleagues at the nonprofit organization Challenge Success («Success is measured, not at the end of a semester, but over the course of a lifetime») to create strategies for schools and parents working to send our children a different Children Well» and «The Price of Privilege,» has been working with her colleagues at the nonprofit organization Challenge Success («Success is measured, not at the end of a semester, but over the course of a lifetime») to create strategies for schools and parents working to send our children a different children a different message.

If your children are in different grades, it's a good idea to eat with them all, as the menu and service at the higher grades will be very different from those in elementary school.

Keep in mind that children mature at different ages, and you should be less strict with a 13 - year - old than with a 17 - or 18 - year - old who can't quite seem to be ready early enough to arrive at school before the bell.

While school - age children grow at different speeds — one might experience a growth spurt at age 5 while another might not shoot up until years later — there are some common physical milestones you can expect to see in 5 - year - old children.

«Some 4 - year - olds also have a best friend, but the meaning is definitely different than in elementary school,» says Dr. Kirsten Cullen Sharma, Psy.D., clinical assistant professor at NYU Langone's Child Study Center.

At my secondary school we were part of the 1980s experiment to mould processed meats into different shapes and to see what happens if children eat chips every day (at least it meant that Chris Little perfected the technique of licking his chips to stop anyone else eating themAt my secondary school we were part of the 1980s experiment to mould processed meats into different shapes and to see what happens if children eat chips every day (at least it meant that Chris Little perfected the technique of licking his chips to stop anyone else eating themat least it meant that Chris Little perfected the technique of licking his chips to stop anyone else eating them).

There are some exceptions, but the majority of home schooled children are very good at getting along with others, and they are very comfortable talking to children of different ages (both younger and older than themselves), and to adults.

I had another «friend» several years back with a different child whom was only 6, call the principal of the school to complain about an incident between the children resulting in my child getting in trouble when both children were equally at fault.

It is about finding a psychological identity that is separate from parents — that they have a role in the family or at school, they know what that treasured and valued role is, and that they do feel accepted and loved but also a bit «separate», a bit ready to take a view on something... there is a shift toward the child having real opinions about the world, that may be different than the parent's view, and that in this view that the child has a continuous self and therefore can participate in learning.

Abrams declined to address the question of using sugar and flavorings to entice children to drink milk at school, saying «people have different perspectives,» and noting that he sits on a board that advises MilkPEP, the dairy group responsible for the «Got Milk?»

Thinking back to the first year at school for one of my own, when talking to her classroom teacher we could have been describing two different children such were the extremes in my daughter's behaviour.

It frustrates me to think parents are trying to help their children at home with good ingredients and meals, but once they get to school, it's a different story.

All kids grow at different paces, so you can't determine whether your child will be short or tall just from comparing her to other kids at school or in the neighborhood.

It also brings to the forefront the topic of adult expectations and school rules for young children, and whether or not those expectations have to compromise — or overrule — the different rates at which children develop.

Schools have statutory duties to help children with SEN. Find out what these are at different stages.

This, too, is an ongoing process that changes as the child grows and responds to different demands in school, in extracurricular activities, and at home.

If your child is struggling with a subject at school, help them learn it in a different way.

Look at the cultural gap between east and west; deprived Glasgow and professional Edinburgh (where a quarter of children are being educated at independent schools) are thoroughly different places.

«Since her first child entered the City's public school system ten years ago, Ann Kittredge has immersed herself in learning about the many different facets of educational policy and has dedicated a great deal of her time and effort to volunteer projects aimed at improving the education experience of our children,» Borough President Katz said.

«This study suggests many reasons some children may be at extreme risk of severe physical abuse and murder, which points to different preventive actions,» said lead author Dr. Robert Hanlon, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and of neurology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Northwestern Medicine neuropsychologist.

A recent review published by the Institute of Education at the University of London found that the performance of different types of schools is largely accounted for by the socioeconomic backgrounds of the children present.

«Using novel computational methods, we have pointed to new biological pathways that act in the brain to regulate overall obesity, and also to a different set of pathways related to fat distribution that regulate key metabolic processes,» says senior author Joel Hirschhorn, M.D., Ph.D., Concordia professor of pediatrics and professor of genetics at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and co-director of the Broad Institute Metabolism Program.

It's up to us to learn how different animals tackle the problem so we can adapt those strategies to prevent cancer in people,» says co-senior author Joshua Schiffman, M.D., pediatric oncologist at Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, and Primary Children's Hospital.

Using MRIs, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified areas in the brains of children with Tourette's syndrome that appear markedly different from the same areas in the brains of children who don't have the neuropsychiatric disorder.

Researchers measured cortisol levels by analyzing 7,000 samples of children's saliva; samples were collected at morning baseline, and after arts and homeroom classes on two different days at the start, middle, and end of the school year.

Nestle: Well, we will do it in the way these changes always take place — you do it through education of the public; you create demands for different kinds of foods; you teach parents to go into schools and look at what their kids are eating and then do something about it; you change policy so that it becomes more difficult for food companies to advertise to children; you stop them from marketing junk food to kids using cartoon characters.

«Our findings suggest that excess weight appears to have different effects on boys versus girls,» says lead author Joyce Lee, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor and pediatric endocrinologist at U-M's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and who is also with U-M's School of Public Health.

«Our approach is a different way to think about cigarette taxes,» says senior author Matthew M. Davis, M.D., M.A.P.P., professor of Pediatrics at U-M's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and who is with U-M's schools of public health and public policy and the U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.

«Children at school need not just sports lessons, but lessons in how to maintain life - long fitness — not just cooking lessons, but how to make different healthy food choices to adjust calorie intake to match calorie needs.»

Now, as I reflect on 18 years in the public school system and, with four children, 58 combined years of Open Houses at many different schools, I offer this advice for educators to reinvent your Parent Open House and share some of your ideas.

Measuring schools on GCSE attainment does not take into account the fact that children are at different points when they start their secondary education.

Many children must also adjust to different after school arrangements, many leaving their primary school related outside school hours care service to take on the added responsibility of travelling home alone, or being alone at home for the first time.

I am glad that the comment was made, «An alternative to viewing early childhood education through the lens of «school readiness» is to recognise that, at any given age, children are at very different points in their learning and development.

What are the key considerations in teaching sport and physical activity to children at different stages of development in school settings?