Sentences with phrase «class of children who»

«The Highland Park School District is among the lowest - performing districts in the nation, graduating class after class of children who are not literate.

Now we pass on 56 percent of children in Title 1 public schools who fail national reading tests in the 4th grade to the 5th grade with the pretense that the 5th grade teacher will handle the problem of a mixed class of children who can read with a large number of children who can not read.

Not exact matches

Besides, for the hundreds of millions of rural peasants who have already migrated to cities — supplying factories with an endless supply of cheap labour — life in cities like Shanghai, Beijing or Shenzhen means being treated like second - class citizens, since their access to social services and education for their children is tightly limited.

The most effective use of reverse psychology for parents hoping to push older kids towards wise choices isn't to actively manipulate them towards your desired aim — i.e. by fake nonchalantly asking if perhaps your child would like to give up a sport or AP class - but rather to hand control back to a kid who feels like they're already being pushed toward a particular future.

But it is a different story if we use the low income measure, which looks at the gap between poor children and the middle class, calculating the number of children who live in a family which has less than one half of the income of a comparable middle income family.

But gee, so Dorothy Day, the SCLS and Martin Luther King and all those religiously oriented people who restrain their baser impulses, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, take in children no one else wants, seek justice for those society devalues in the name of money, power, or maintaining the hold of the class in power — all based on their beliefs — are dangerous to society and mentally ill?

By contrast, the class of people who are most responsible for abuse of children is, tragically, peers and family of the children themselves, who are usually not in the celibate state.

They are then further disturbed that the headteacher loyally supports the staff member who has made the children shout out «penis» or «vagina» at the front of the class, or has said that the Church will one day ordain women priests, or has talked openly about their gay partner.

For example, one church school has a social worker who, at the invitation of a teacher, visits that class to observe and work with a troubled child.

Similarly, several leaders of Sovereign Grace Ministries were named in a class - action lawsuit alleging they failed to report multiple cases of child sex abuse within the ministry, urging the children who had been abused to «reconcile» with their abusers and counseling the abusers on how to avoid investigation and arrest.

One of the things I have respected most in Aida Rosa, principal of the elementary school P.S. 30, and the teachers that I talk with on her staff is that they look at children here as children, not as «distorted children,» not as «morally disabled children,» not as «quasi-children» who require a peculiar arsenal of reconstructive strategies and stick - and - carrot ideologies that wouldn't be accepted for one hour by the parents or the teachers of the upper middle class.

Selective preschools, tracked classes, small schools within schools and enrichment programs are presented as open to all students but in reality are open only to the children of the most savvy parents — that is, to the children of rich white parents who possess the social and cultural capital to manipulate the institution to serve their needs.

When Shane was speaking of Psalm 139 and the «not so nice» part in the middle, I thought of my friend, M, who last week shared that one thing she doesn't like about church is that she has to go home on Sunday and correct the things her children have been mistaught in Sunday School class.

At the big, evangelical church it was almost unheard of to have children in our classes who didn't attend church with both parents.

The Sunday School was started to provide Christian nurture and knowledge of the Bible for poor children who lacked the advantages of middle - class family life.

The race that is born of the fusion... of the Aryan, the Kolarians, Dravidians, whose blood we as a race inherit, is rightly called neither an Aryan, nor Lolarian, nor Dravidian — but the Hindu race; that is, that people who live as children of a common motherland, adorning a common holyland... Therefore the Santals, Kolis, Bhils, Panchama, Namashudras and all other such tribes and classes are Hindus.22

It involves a visceral media and leadership - class contempt for people like the hundreds of thousands of stubbornly good persons who continue to march each January — peacefully, respectfully, and joyfully — in defense of the unborn child.

A friend of mine who gave a child safety class at a church, was contacted three or four weeks later by a parent.

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Unlike other programs who just want your money, our focus is to cater to each child individually, help them where they need improvement and cap our class numbers to keep the class intimate, so your child does not get lost in the masses and feels like they are truly a part of the whole.

He likened coaching outfield players to teachers who have to teach large classes of 30 or so children whereas goalkeeper coaching is more similar to teaching smaller classes of 10 or so.

At Shriners Hospitals for Children — Chicago, our mission is simple: deliver world - class care to children who need it most — regardless of their abilityChildren — Chicago, our mission is simple: deliver world - class care to children who need it most — regardless of their abilitychildren who need it most — regardless of their ability to pay.

However, if your child is a student who can finish at the top of his or her public school class while securing the support needed to navigate the college admissions process, then he or she may be better off as a giant gerbil in a pint - sized Habitrail.

The video will be used by London Firefighters and the Brigade's Education team as part of their fire prevention outreach work, teaching children in foundation year classes (Nursery, Reception and Year 1) about the people who help us.

I think there are lots of parents who would benefit from parenting classes, where you can learn about child development and how to set goals and boundaries for your children.

I think it is important to point out that this isn't just an issue for middle class families who care deeply about their child's diet and are able to provide abundant healthy food choices but school menus have great impact on many, many poor children who, through no fault of their own and often with no agency to change the situation, end up being pawns in the lunch tray wars.

(or a class of «behavior challenged» Middle Schoolers who could care less about taking a test) Sad that this is what education has come to in an effort to make sure that no child is «left behind»... This is the underlying issue right here ~ too much emphasis on penciling in the correct letter circle and not enough student driven cirriculum.

Many feminists are poverty class including Jacqueline S. Homan who was sold into human trafficking as a child and as never been able to pull herself out of deep poverty because of job discrimination.

And she was outed like she had kidnapped the mayors only child!!!! Who am I to judge her peformance???? She could have had a class of slower learning children who were pressured into fitting into the same molds as the accelerated studentsWho am I to judge her peformance???? She could have had a class of slower learning children who were pressured into fitting into the same molds as the accelerated studentswho were pressured into fitting into the same molds as the accelerated students!!!

What about mothers from the Philippines, Mexico, Guatemala and elsewhere who leave their children behind to raise the children of America's middle - and upper - classes; are they good mothers?

There is no inherent benefit to being with a class of 30 children who happen to be the same age but who may share few interests, if any.

More often, the children are likely to ignore all the children who are not in their own grade, and to emotionally abuse each other (called insulting or teasing), because they are so emotionally bored from the lack of social interaction in their classes, and because they have stored up lots of physical energy being still and quiet in the classroom.

For Susan Perry Peyla, a Joliet resident who participated in the infant massage class at the hospital, it was one of several courses she took in preparation for raising her first child, 2 - month - old Seth.

The child in the class with diabetes was thrilled, because she actually got the same thing as everyone else (she's another child who was always left out of the cupcake frenzy).

Polonczyk, a nurse who also conducts Lamaze and child - care classes, said studies by the University of Miami medical school and Duke University have shown the healing power of touch.

Add challenges such as driving 50 miles to get to the only dentist who will work with your child, only to learn that you'll need to come back next week to fill that cavity... and then driving 60 miles in the other direction because your kid wants to take ballet and there's a special needs ballet class on the other side of the county.

Grantly Dick - Read, the father of the natural childbirth philosophy, was a eugenicist who was quite honest about his goal of convincing women of the «better classes» to have more children and give up those pesky demands for political and economic equality.

adolescent homeschooled students slept an average of 90 minutes more per night than public and private school students, who were in class an average of 18 minutes before homeschooled children even awoke.

If your child is entering kindergarten or first grade, it might be a good idea to have a play date with one of the children who will be in their class a week before school starts to help them feel more comfortable and get more excited about seeing their friends again in school.

But to fully understand the scope of the problem, one need only listen to the children and their working - class parents who arrive at the Barreto Boys and Girls Club daily.

A friend of mine who teaches music, once mentioned how surprised she was when at a music class for < 5 yrs: the children were already exhibiting embarrassment about their abilities — embarrassment that they had learnt from the adults around them.

It seems to me that a lot of the excitement around noncognitive skills comes from middle class and upper - middle class parents who want to know how their children can be as successful as possible in an ever more competitive world.

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«I think we have to take the long view, putting our money on the Class of 2024 — i.e., those children now in kindergarten who have no expectations of daily fries and nuggets and to whom ample fruits and vegetables at lunch will just be the norm.»

In making the switch to better food, I think we have to take the long view, putting our money on the Class of 2024 — i.e., those children now in kindergarten who have no expectations of daily fries and nuggets and to whom ample fruits and vegetables at lunch will just be the norm.

A friend of mine, K, is going through a problem now in which a child in her son's class who has not been taught boundaries and limits is pushing all the kids away by his bad behavior.

She believes many schools have become a mere diversion from the academic agenda of middle - class parents — who want their children trained OUTSIDE the classroom by people better than «just teachers.»

Some of the stories are really touching, like single parents who found free classes for their child that helped them through a hard time.

It is a great option for moms and dads who want their child to stand out — there is no fear of having multiple Gaias in your child's class year after year, that's for sure.