Sentences with phrase «children in neighborhoods where»

In response, the Erie County Health Department has narrowed its inspections program to focus on residences that are home to young children in neighborhoods where lead poisoning is most prevalent.

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This was all so that my best friend and I could spend some time traveling in Europe where we would meet irresistibly handsome and rich identical twins with Australian accents (we had a thing for the, «G'Day, Mate,»), get married on Regis and Kathy Lee at Cinderella's Castle in Disney World, and then live next to each other, raising adorable little children in our idyllic neighborhood.

His definition started with the negative: it is not broken - down public housing; not neighborhoods where children and 73 - year - olds are on their own; not decision - making in which planners, city officials or federal bureaucrats — everyone but the people call the tune.

Describing the difference between the play of male and female children in the black community where she developed, Johnson says: the boys in the neighborhood had this game with rope... tug - o» - war..

In Gulfport, where he moved in 2009, neighborhood children along Stanton Circle would come knocking at his door, asking him to toss a footbalIn Gulfport, where he moved in 2009, neighborhood children along Stanton Circle would come knocking at his door, asking him to toss a footbalin 2009, neighborhood children along Stanton Circle would come knocking at his door, asking him to toss a football.

In Paul Tough's first book, «Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America,» he focused on the Harlem Children's Zone, a 97 - block area where Canada set about overhauling the neighborhood with comprehensive social programs, such as after - school activities and parenting classes, that extended beyond the classroom and reshaped the childhood experience.

We found that the scooter was a bit unreliable for our young children when we used it on sidewalks in our residential neighborhood, where driveways and other inclines and dips disrupted the smoothness of the ride.

Many children do not live in homes with yards and gardens to explore or in neighborhoods where they can spend hours playing outside.

In Paul Tough's first book, «Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America,» he focused on the Harlem Children's Zone, a 97 - block area where Canada set about overhauling the neighborhood with comprehensive social programs, such...

Alex Mack, a nanny who looks after two children in the neighborhood, said the construction netting and chicken wire that now surrounds the area where the slide once stood raises safety concerns.

She was born and raised in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC, where she currently lives with her husband Dan Gordon and her three children Noa, Eyal and Asher.

The Erie County Health Department has concentrated its inspections for lead paint to houses in at - risk neighborhoods where children live.

He lives in the Bronx's Edenwald neighborhood, a few blocks south of Baychester, where he grew up the youngest of three children.

People have concerns about safety, crime, drug sales, speed enforcement in neighborhoods where children play, and the coordination of emergency services.

They found that living in neighborhoods with strong social cohesion and trust — where neighbors are willing to help each other and generally get along — protects families against getting involved in the child welfare system.

White children lived in Los Angeles neighborhoods where, on average, 32 percent of the children in their neighborhood were Latino and 46 percent were white.

In 2010, Latino children, on average, lived in Los Angeles neighborhoods where 75 percent of the children in their neighborhood were also Latino and 9 percent were whitIn 2010, Latino children, on average, lived in Los Angeles neighborhoods where 75 percent of the children in their neighborhood were also Latino and 9 percent were whitin Los Angeles neighborhoods where 75 percent of the children in their neighborhood were also Latino and 9 percent were whitin their neighborhood were also Latino and 9 percent were white.

Both Latino and white children in Miami in 2010 lived in neighborhoods where, on average, more than 60 percent of the children were Latino.

Every location and family has different circumstances, but most of us should be able to find places in our yards or neighborhoods where children can play freely without supervision (or with minimal supervision).

Cockroach, cat and mouse allergens were substantially higher in homes situated in neighborhoods where asthma is more prevalent and that children living in these homes were more likely have cockroach antigen sensitization.

When next we see her, the woman is standing hesitantly on a street in North London in the neighborhood where everyone knew her as Ronit, the daughter and only child of the Rav, estranged from her father for years and returning for his funeral.

Hogg is a cavernous old school in a lush, gentrified Houston neighborhood called the Heights, where many of the local children go to private or magnet middle schools.

A spokesperson for Dayton Public explained that because the district doesn't necessarily assign children to a neighborhood school and families are allowed to choose where they send their children, parents have to register in order to obtain a school assignment that would allow them to qualify for a voucher.

Excellence must begin in our homes and neighborhood schools, where it's the responsibility of every parent and teacher and the right of every child.

Public education traditionally assigns children to schools based on where they live, and children live in vastly different neighborhoods.

It is unfortunate that Catholic schools are closing in those neighborhoods where many children have only one parent in the home, despite the fact that these schools are especially valuable under these circumstances.

«Within the most challenging schools there are educators whose love for what they do can be infectious because they see value of impacting the lives of children,» says Nadia Lopez (@TheLopezEffect) whose school is in one of New York's low income neighborhoods where recruiting and keeping skilled teachers is very difficult.

It is worth considering, however, that suburban parents may well have already exercised school choice as part of their house - hunting process, by choosing their neighborhood based in part on where their child or future children would be assigned to go to school.

As with parental education, family income may have a direct impact on a child's academic outcomes, or variations in achievement could simply be a function of the school the child attends: parents with greater financial resources can identify communities with higher - quality schools and choose more - expensive neighborhoods — the very places where good schools are likely to be.

Inner - city neighborhoods are where all these dynamics interact, the study points out, and in neighborhoods with poverty rates at or above 40 percent, higher rates of school dropout, teenage pregnancy, and crime, and lower rates on cognitive and verbal skill tests and health indicators among school - age children continue.

«In the neighborhood where I live in Brooklyn, there was a school that was considered a bad public school and it enrolled many children from a local public housing project,» she sayIn the neighborhood where I live in Brooklyn, there was a school that was considered a bad public school and it enrolled many children from a local public housing project,» she sayin Brooklyn, there was a school that was considered a bad public school and it enrolled many children from a local public housing project,» she says.

It also says the vouchers are designed to give low - income families in neighborhoods where schools need improvement the chance to send their children to «higher - performing schools.»

And then there are charter schools that are a welcome breath of fresh air to parents who, perhaps like me not too long ago, can only afford to live in neighborhoods where the traditional schools in that community are not of the highest quality, but desire a high level of education, nonetheless, for their child (ren).

To draw diverse applicants, Mr. Martinez, at P.S. 257, recruited at community centers in Bedford - Stuyvesant and in neighborhoods in Greenpoint (where he lives with his Irish - American wife and two children).

In a particularly cringe - inducing exchange captured on film, Councilwoman Maria Del Carmen Arroyo of the Bronx accuses Ms. Moskowitz of lying when the charter school leader talks about being a parent in Harlem (the neighborhood where she grew up, where she attended public school, and where she is raising her children, who attend the charterIn a particularly cringe - inducing exchange captured on film, Councilwoman Maria Del Carmen Arroyo of the Bronx accuses Ms. Moskowitz of lying when the charter school leader talks about being a parent in Harlem (the neighborhood where she grew up, where she attended public school, and where she is raising her children, who attend the charterin Harlem (the neighborhood where she grew up, where she attended public school, and where she is raising her children, who attend the charter).

And then there are charter schools that are a welcome breath of fresh air to parents who, perhaps like me not too long ago, can only afford to live in neighborhoods where the traditional schools in that community are not of the highest quality, but desire a high level of education, nonetheless, for their children.

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The findings highlight schools that enroll a higher or lower proportion of in - boundary students compared to schools in neighborhoods with similar characteristics, and identifies neighborhood characteristics of areas where families are most likely to send their children to public charter schools.

In Ward 4, where my children attend a neighborhood elementary school, parents are pushing DCPS to reopen MacFarland Middle School (under a new name).

They wring their hands about having some of the most segregated public schools in the country — both by race and income — then keep quiet about neighborhood unzoned schools, where middle - class parents send their children in order to avoid failing public schools.

What's more, unlike the Perry and Abecedarian pre-schoolers, these poor, mostly black children live in inner - city neighborhoods, where life stresses are especially acute.

The benefits of where I work are the excellent education, the customer - service focus of the highly qualified teachers, and greater accessibility to a child in any county, whether in a rural area in the southern part of the state or the urban neighborhoods of Atlanta.

Education Matters envisions a West Contra Costa where our leaders are united in driving toward an excellent school for every child in every neighborhood in our community, enabling our students to reach their full potential.

Imagine an American city where parents have a choice of where to send their children to school, rather than being stuck with whatever's in the neighborhood.

In the recent State of the Union address, the President recognized the persistent link between segregated neighborhoods and schools, saying «In this country, the success of our children can not depend more on where they live than their potential.»

But the growth of charter schools and flexible enrollment policies — which send students away from their neighborhoods for the school day — are common strategies for improving the prospects of poor children in the types of disenfranchised communities that have been designated as Promise Neighborhoods, which focus investments in the communities where cneighborhoods for the school day — are common strategies for improving the prospects of poor children in the types of disenfranchised communities that have been designated as Promise Neighborhoods, which focus investments in the communities where cNeighborhoods, which focus investments in the communities where children live.

How do we allow a system to exist where poor children in the fourth grade are already performing three grade levels behind children in wealthier neighborhoods?

In 1989 with a strong vision for neighborhood schools throughout New Jersey where children with disabilities and learning differences would be welcomed as classmates, valued as learners and empowered to succeed, parents and professions united to establish the New Jersey Coalition for Education, Inc. (NJCIE).

But these children, up to that point, were presumably enrolled in their neighborhood schools, where they would arrive just like any other child.

Many emphasized that Seven Oaks would offer a choice, because their children were restricted to the school in the neighborhood where they lived and paying for a private education is too expensive.