Sentences with phrase «city children across»

Geoffrey Canada has devoted his life to help change the quality of life of inner city children across the United States.

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The brutalities of the Chinese regime have also had a toxic effect on China's public moral culture, as was demonstrated last year in a widely - viewed YouTube video: a truck driver in a Chinese city ran over a small child who was crawling across the street, stopped» and then ran over the child again, as if the toddler were so much road - kill.

Brinig and Garnett argue that, given their demonstrably positive impact across society, these schools should be given a fighting chance through mechanisms like tuition tax credits or vouchers, with public funds going to the child to enable students to attend an inner - city Catholic school.

Nor will its use demand payment of fare, and no longer will His children need travel across land or sea, no, but upon the winds of the air as like He does, and shall dwell upon the clouds in great floating cities away from the foulness of the earth's sand upon which will crawl the wicked children, and the wicked hostesses except those which He sees fit to allow to visit the cloudy cities for reasons of firm discipline... (10:45) Round shapely... (10:63) And as it is written so shall it come to pass while I do live.

Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities; rusted - out factories, scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation; an education system flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge; and the crime, and the gangs, and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.

Obama announced that if he is elected president, the main thrust of his urban - poverty policy will be a billion - dollar initiative to replicate the Harlem Children's Zone in twenty cities across the country.

Children dress up like couriers and deliver parcels across the city.

No matter where you live across the Greater Twin Cities, our accessible location in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, makes us an easy child therapy option for those from Edina, Hopkins, Golden Valley, Minnetonka and more.

To me, one of the most significant planks in Obama's education platform isn't in his education platform at all - it's in his poverty platform: his pledge to replicate Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone in 20 cities across the United States, as public / private partnerships, with the federal government's share of the bill coming to as much as a few billion dollars.

«The Park District's summer day camps and programs are an essential resource that help children across the city continue to learn and grow outside of the classroom,» said Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a news release.

The budget also allocates more than $ 7 million for upgrades and the creation of children's water playgrounds across the city.

Initially founded as a small 12 - week summer feeding program in 3 cities, it has expanded to 23 cities across the U.S. and 9 locations in Canada, providing over 6.4 million meals for children.

On November 7th in Cork City, Young Knocknaheeny will bring together leading experts, policy makers, practitioners, and participants to share and connect the science, policy, and interdisciplinary practice across the domains of child development, health, equality, urban development, and change practices for whole community prevention and early intervention.

«I want to be ridiculously clear, I believe in education for children all across the state of New York, including the city of New York with 1.1 million students,» he said during a WCNY radio show Wednesday morning.

«Their powerful support for our children and families — combined with Speaker Silver and the state assembly's passage of a resolution last night that includes a funding stream in the form of a tax on the city's highest earners — represents a new consensus sweeping across this state.»

(NEW YORK)-- More than 100 parents from across New York City came together today to support a city and statewide campaign encouraging parents to have their children take state assessments, which begin next wCity came together today to support a city and statewide campaign encouraging parents to have their children take state assessments, which begin next wcity and statewide campaign encouraging parents to have their children take state assessments, which begin next week.

Diaz added, «Children in the Bronx and other poor neighborhoods across the city are in danger of being left behind in this rapidly changing work place.

With the 2016 legislative session just getting underway, parent advocates who live in low - income communities across New York City and have children who attend both district and charter schools wanted to make sure their voices were heard.

Moskowitz closed all 32 of her schools for the morning, busing thousands of children and parents to the event location from across the city.

The Chancellor also announced the continuation of the summer meals program throughout the city, which starts on June 27th and offers free meals to children 18 and under, in participating schools, parks, libraries, and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) sites across the ccity, which starts on June 27th and offers free meals to children 18 and under, in participating schools, parks, libraries, and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) sites across the cCity Housing Authority (NYCHA) sites across the citycity.

I will never accept the idea that it's ok for a child born in the poorest part of my city, Sheffield, to die more than a decade before a child born just across town.

SEX ED IDEOLOGY VS. THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND TEENS Beginning last month, the Bloomberg Administration's new sex education mandate was rolled out across all city public middle and high schools.

NEW YORK — New York City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today encouraged parents across the city to make a direct impact on their child's education by running for an Education Council sCity Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today encouraged parents across the city to make a direct impact on their child's education by running for an Education Council scity to make a direct impact on their child's education by running for an Education Council seat.

As of last week, there were 59,955 people living in shelter across the city, including more than 23,000 children.

And Carrión added that as part of First Lady Chirlane McCray's ThriveNYC mental health initiative, ACS started Trauma Smart to instruct teachers and parents across the EarlyLearn system on how to help their children through traumatic experiences and that New York City has the lowest detention and placement census.

Her record at Success would likely to stake her the early backing of the city's tabloids, along with the families in her charter school network who are typically Moskowitz supporters, as well as other parents of children in charters across the city.

Elisa's death was a child abuse case that slipped through the cracks at every opportunity and stirred outrage across the city.

The proposed cuts, part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's expected 2013 executive budget, would take $ 170 million from after - school and child care programs, leaving nearly 50,000 students without those programs across the city.

I look forward to continuing to work with her towards greater education outcomes for children not only in The Bronx, but across this city and this state,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

«I look forward to continuing to work with her towards greater education outcomes for children not only in The Bronx, but across this city and this state,» added Díaz.

Child sex abuse survivor Fred Marigliano holds a sign at a rally near City Hall after marching across the Brooklyn Bridge with almost 100 other marchers in support of the Child Victims Act on June 4.

CASTLETON CORNERS — The Police Athletic League will host a carnival day for 800 children from across the city on Friday in Clove Lakes Park, the group said.

Asked about the charter schools» push, a spokeswoman for the city Department of Education said, «We are committed to lifting up all our children, across every zip code, who will be the future of this city together.»

As of December 2015, the city had 577 rooms reserved for temporary homeless housing across 20 hotels in the city for single adults, and 527 rooms across 25 different hotels for families with children, who stay in the hotels for an average of 10 days at a time.

Across the city, zoned schools in heavily chartered neighborhoods have higher percentages of high - needs children than a decade ago; far higher, in fact, than the surrounding charter schools.

In coordinated actions in districts across the city, members asked their Council representatives to make averting teacher layoffs their top priority in budget talks and urged them also to restore the child care funding that the mayor wants to cut.

The hotel, a Ramada Inn in the middle of Staten Island, is one of 41 across the five boroughs the city is using to house more than 2,600 homeless adults and children, as the city's homeless population has stretched the capacity of the city's shelter system.

«With record numbers of New York City families struggling with homelessness, we are proud to partner with Borough President Melinda Katz and people across Queens on Project: Back to School, which gives homeless children backpacks and school supplies critical to their academic success.»

Many children may not be getting tested for lead in their blood in a city that has been described as «ground zero» for the lead poisoning across upstate New York.

Agencies across the city are warning that the new cuts will compromise safety and hurt children and seniors.

Standing in front of the Great Western Staircase, parents from across the city spoke to their children's life - changing experiences in public charter schools.

«Becoming homeless is a shocking disruption in any child's development and education, but thanks to Borough President Melinda Katz and hundreds of volunteers and donors across the city, we can make sure that these young learners have the supplies they need to continue their education.»

While Upper West Success Academy can accept applications from children across the city, Sedlis said the school will give preference to local students and is intended to be a «neighborhood school.»

«There are women all across the city who don't have children for any number of reasons, whether they simply can't, choose not to, or circumstances don't afford them the possibility.

In an impressive display of unity and grassroots outrage, several thousand UFT members, parents and students came out on May 5 at four simultaneous rallies across the city to say no to teacher layoffs and child care cuts.

«Because our findings strongly suggest that attending public pre-K helps to promote information access and test taking for gifted and talented programs, with the advent of universal pre-K, the New York City Department of Education has an even greater chance to provide information about public educational opportunities to many more children across all demographic subgroups,» said Weinberg.

In the study, which appears this week in the journal Pediatrics, Dr. Lumeng and her colleagues followed more than 800 children — all born in 1991 — from 10 different cities across the U.S..

It's always good to say what you're looking for — in fact, you should — but describing your ideal match as «someone who's brunette, earns a six - figure salary, wants four children, a dog and a house outside the city» comes across as close - minded.

Allen is a drawcard, dominating every scene he's in and shepherding a small army of children across the city, and the Orthodox neighbourhood is one rarely captured so colourfully on film.

After covering the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Pennsylvania for ABC News, Baldrick brought solace to youngsters touched by these tragedies with «The Children of 9 - 11 Wall of Hope,» a display of artwork and writing by children from the victims» families and schoolchildren across PennsChildren of 9 - 11 Wall of Hope,» a display of artwork and writing by children from the victims» families and schoolchildren across Pennschildren from the victims» families and schoolchildren across Pennsylvania.