Sentences with phrase «concerns about school»

In terms of development and emotional wellbeing, 60 % of the children were at high risk of developmental disability focussed on parental concerns about school, behaviour and language; while 40 % had a moderate risk of emotional and behavioural problems.

Board member Steve Zimmer also said he was waiting to see read the petition, but admitted some concerns about the school: «I certainly understand that there are very real concerns at 24th Street... so the district needs to look at those problems immediately, no matter who's organizing.»

Medley also flagged independently - run Charlotte Classical School, noting the 6 - 5 vote by the advisory board amid concerns about the school's education plan — applicants did not discuss the components of a «classical education» during their application interview, in spite of the fact that it's the mission of the school to provide students with a classical education.

This leaves parents with little power to effect change, and little recourse but to leave if they have concerns about the school.

Scannapieco said she understood people's concerns about school closures but not the outrage against Le Bok Fin.

He also explained how previous inspections did not raise concerns about school take - overs or extremism.

With concerns about school internet access buzzing in the wake of the FCC's vote to repeal net neutrality, anxiety over school internet access might transfer to the federal E-rate program — but there's no need to worry, according to E-rate experts.

Democrats, however, raised a variety of concerns about school choice.

Little did we know, that this would become a pattern of our discussions, our concerns about school safety.

Main Amid Concerns About School Security, Federal Data Show Schools Have Actually Gotten Safer»

Harford wrote: «If inspectors have any concerns about a school's curriculum, qualification entries, or potential «off - rolling» they should discuss them with the school's leaders.»

The union conference highlighted teacher shortages and concerns about school funding as the «two most serious threats» to the quality of education.

Sensitive to concerns about the school - to - prison pipeline, Fariña instituted restorative justice programs to make sure schools can be places for healing, not punishment.

If you're an administrator, how do you respond when teachers express concerns about school policy?

Excerpt from Executive Summary: The Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) program was established in response to growing national concerns about students too often lost and alienated in large, impersonal high schools, as well as concerns about school safety and low levels of achievement and graduation for many students.

Often, but not always, it's because families have legitimate concerns about school safety or academic performance, despite years of hard work to improve them.

The report said achievement and assessment were «weak» and raised concerns about the school's religious studies curriculum.

After hearing directly from parents who described their concerns about school turnaround proposals, these concerns were set aside — as a practical matter, they were ignored.

By contrast, the same survey found substantially lower levels of concerns about school choice regulations among school leaders in Indiana and Florida, where the regulatory burdens are considerably lower.

Mr Whiteman continues: «I'd be very surprised indeed if you hadn't heard from a head teacher or a parent expressing concerns about school funding over the last few months.»

The concerns about school quality expressed in A Nation at Risk reflected declining trends in performance among U.S. students and their mediocre standing relative to students in other nations.

A campaign charity is calling for parents to have more power to voice concerns about a school and demand the removal of head teachers.

But in the evolving landscape of public education, with ever - present conversations about school choice and concerns about school quality, that is changing.

Leaders, teachers, students and state education commissioner voice concerns about school funding, bullying and hate crimes

«For example, in response to community concerns about school safety, many school boards allocated funding for school resources officers.

-- With concerns about school security on voting days, some Republicans on the town council are considering forming a subcommittee to investigate alternate polling places.

Have a meeting and let everyone share their concerns about school food.

Whether you have concerns about school lunch or child nutrition happens to be a passion for you, joining your school districts local wellness policy committee could give you the opportunity to have a positive impact on school food for all of the school children in your area.

Juliana F.W. Cohen, ScD, ScM, the study's lead author, concludes: «Our findings suggest that concerns about school revenues or participation in meals programs are not strong arguments for rolling back USDA's healthier meal and snack standards.»

Irene Lanzinger, president of the BC Teachers Federation, echoed the call for public investments and stricter regulation of banks, and added particular concerns about schools, women and students.

As a consequence, unlike many parents and other laypeople who are (very rightly) concerned about school breakfasts sometimes containing upwards of 9 or 10 teaspoons of sugar, I do understand the regulatory construct that yields this result — including, as you correctly state, the fact that there's no sugar cap imposed by USDA.

I'll still be concerned about school food, but it wont be affecting my child personally, until the grand kids start public school anyway.

School has now started all over the country and so it's perhaps no surprise that my inbox has suddenly started filling up with emails like this one from TLT readers concerned about school junk food fundraising:

However, watching it has also brought to the surface what I think is ultimately my big concern about school.

Even as the obesity rates soar, however, there are concerns about schools and school districts cutting recess and P.E. time.

Recently Wilma had a moment of frustration and sent me an email which I felt ought to be required reading for any public school parent concerned about school food.

The Libertarian candidate for Governor says while he's concerned about school shootings, he still thinks New York's gun control laws, known as the SAFE Act, should be repealed.

While P.S. 130 has strong test scores, TriBeCa parents were concerned about the school's stricter rules, including a requirement that students must wear uniforms, and parents also worried their children would have trouble making friends because 70 percent of incoming kindergarteners at P.S. 130 do not speak English as a primary language.

He is very concerned about school bullying, and has served on both the Flint Task Force on Hate Crimes and the Genesee County Safe Schools Coalition.

WATCH D.O.G.S evolved out of one father's concern about school safety.

According to voucher advocates, parents are mainly concerned about school quality.

Podcast: Mike Petrilli talks with Peg Tyre about her new book, which offers advice to parents concerned about school quality.

According to a poll of 1,012 parents with school - aged children and 755 teachers, which was conducted by YouGov and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), there is a wide concern about school cuts.

As parents, our concern about schools is often about who our kids will sit next to in class.

The Local Government Association, which represents the boroughs, has expressed concern about school accountability.

Schools are paying attention to what students post online, concerned about school safety and culture.

Perhaps the key insight in Capitalism and Freedom was that government concern about schools and the schooling of its population could be separated from the issue of who actually runs the schools.

There have also been concerns about schools unfairly targeting low - income and African American students in disciplinary decisions.

Second, given the potential concerns about schools cherry - picking students and other concerns with high - stakes testing, it's worth looking at other evidence on academic achievement.

Michael Taylor of the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey and We Raise NJ coalition member remarked, «The fact that our African American voters have expressed more concerns about their schools and more support for the state test is telling.