Sentences with phrase «dozen parents with the kids»

About two dozen parents with the Kids First, Politics Second group boarded a bus early Tuesday, leaving from Coral Springs, to head over to the west coast to attend a public hearing held by the Florida Constitution Review Commission.

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And he answers, «certainly not because I have any direct self - interest — no... I'm not profiting from my involvement in charter schools (in fact, I shudder to think of how much it's cost me), and I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.»

Thanks to the CAA, parents don't have to ask dozens of questions any more when considering an activity for their kids — simply checking whether the provider is CAA accredited will give them the peace of mind they need - and with more than 200,000 children attending a CAA member class every week, there's something for everyone.

Take for example a family business that owns a dozen gas stations, with the parents nearing retirement and kids deciding whether to take over versus having a very different career.

In addition to our research with thousands of parents, we've engaged with over a dozen expert advisors in the areas of child development, online safety and children's media and technology who've helped inform our approach to building our first app for kids.

Facebook stressed that the app was «co-developed» with parents, kids and experts through conversations with organisations like National PTA, Blue Star Families and an advisory board with more than a dozen experts, from groups such as the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence, Connect Safely, and Sesame Workshop.