Sentences with phrase «city children gain»

At 14, he founded a nonprofit aimed at helping inner - city children gain better educational opportunities.

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She had years of knowledge and experience on the subject, and she had needed it all, especially with Alex. Her latest problem child had been questioned more than once about a string of rapes in New York City, a brutal series of crimes where the perpetrator gained the confidence of his targets — and intimidated them — by claiming he was a middleweight contender, then employed drugs to subdue his victims and had his way.

In any event, the city's premier charter school network, Eva Moskowitz's Success Academies, is having none of it: «While it is true that New York's charter sector made some gains in this year's budget, backroom manipulation... ensures public charter school children will be dangerously shortchanged for years to come,» Success asserted in a press release.

David is currently the chief of staff of operations at the city's Administration for Children's Services and gained other governmental experience working for the city's Economic Development Corporation.

The narrative twists and turns through the city of dreams, following Agatha's journey into the dark heart of Tinseltown, where greed fuels ambition, child stars turn into addicts as a matter of course and everyone — from pushy parents to ruthless agents — are set on exploiting others for their own gain.

But unlike most city children, he had little trouble gaining firsthand experience with horses - his uncle was a professional horseman, and Walter spent much of his time at the stables with him.

Both white and minority children in Connecticut's magnet schools showed stronger connections to their peers of other races than students in their home districts, and city students made greater academic gains than students in non-magnet city schools, Casey Cobb and a team of colleagues found in this research commissioned by the state of Connecticut.

It is unfortunate that false charges of favoritism have gained currency, because they are an insult to the civil servants at the city Education Department who are committed to protecting all children.

These remarkable gains happened against the odds — made possible by the emergence of a determined, resilient education community driven by the urgency to support the city's children.

In a three - year pilot study at 20 elementary schools in New York City with a diverse population of children, students using CKLA had significantly larger gains than students in similar schools.

A researcher at Princeton University has concluded that African - American children in New York City who received vouchers through a privately funded program did not receive academic gains.

While white, black and Hispanic children all made modest test score gains in DC since 2003, the Rhee agenda has not significantly narrowed achievement gaps between the various demographic groups, nor has it brought disadvantaged DC youth up to the national average scores for peers of their same race and class in other cities.

The E. M. Kauffman funded Philliber Research Associates evaluation of the CDF Freedom Schools program in Kansas City conducted between 2005 - 2007 indicates children who attend CDF Freedom Schools programs score significantly higher on standardized reading achievement tests than children who attend other summer enrichment programs; African American middle schools boys made the greatest gains of all.

Ms. Kinaga began her legal career at the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, where she gained considerable first chair trial experience, first as a prosecutor specializing in domestic violence and child abuse cases, then as a civil trial attorney in the Employee Relations Section.

Introduction If you want to gain the attention of the hiring managers at the best preschools in your city, you must have a professional and well - written CV that displays your experience working with children, including relevant education and accomplishments.

The annual report, which tracks trends in child well - being in New Jersey's largest city, posted gains in several key health areas, including a decrease in uninsured kids, babies born with low - birthweight and infant deaths.

[i] Cities often acknowledge that the revenue gained from the zoning permit for family child care providers is far outweighed by the financial burden that it places on providers.