Sentences with phrase «educate children further»

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Changing entrenched views about girls and education is a long - term process, she says, but so far her organization's efforts have helped to educate 1.3 million children, including more than 80,000 girls that it has brought into the school system.

Only a complete revision of how we approach educating both children and, yes, even adults in the way the world works, according to science and NOT supersti - tion, is going to give us the hope we so desperately seek in ensuring that the U.S. survives and thrives far into this millennium.

Otherwise competent journalistic reports on research findings about male homosexuality, such as Peter and Barbara Wyden's Growing Up Straight (Stein & Day, 1968), confound the picture for the public by appealing to the fears of middle - class parents; further, they profess (without foundation) to show that parents can educate their children away from the possibility of becoming homosexual.

You said: «Until the day that universities do not cater to the rich so to implement and further a two class society, where the rich can have their children educated for the better paying jobs in society and the poor are stopped at the door....

Until the day that universities do not cater to the rich so to implement and further a two class society, where the rich can have their children educated for the better paying jobs in society and the poor are stopped at the door....

I didn't choose the unmedicated births of my children, although as far as being «educated in natural childbirth I am very well informed (doula, midwifery apprentice and nurse).

You might also like to see my geography page for further ideas and suggestions about introducing geography to home educated children.

Understanding of the world: We love to educate the children in our care about the differences between people and places nearby and further afield.

All sounds a bit fascist to me and assumes that those parents who are educated and have a keen interest in the food content of their childrens» lunchboxes are far and few between.

Whereas a school may take a term to cover — say — basic trigonometry, or Ancient Rome — a child educated at home can cover these topics in far more diverse time periods.

Home educated children and teens are usually confident in their abilities, and far less prone to negative peer pressure.

Making good food choices throughout life and educating your child about the importance of eating healthy can go a lot further than simply breastfeeding and hoping for the best.

For example, physicians can educate parents on child development to reduce angry and punitive responses to normative child behaviours and provide resources on positive discipline.46 In addition, physicians may refer parents to public health programs, resource centres, positive parenting programs and other clinical professionals for further support.

Once you are secure about your decision for home education, then it is far easier to start home educating your children with confidence.

«John's history as a community leader will further engage and educate the community on the brand new Connect Kids initiative, which involves free access to all fourth - grade students and their families, free field trips for eligible schools, free Learn to Swim lessons for children, the youth conservation corps and various outdoor recreational programs.

This public / private partnership is designed to further spark children's interest in STEM careers by using hands - on learning year - round to engage, excite and educate students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

«The Utica Zoo has been serving the region for more than 100 years, educating the children of our county and bringing joy to families near and far,» Picente said in a release.

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After reading the critics and examining many more studies than Klein names (some inevitably negative), I believe there is simply no doubt that under Klein's leadership, children attending public schools in New York City were, on average, being far better educated at the end of his eight years than they had been nine years before.

«It is extremely worrying that Ofsted remain concerned that the number of children being educated in unregistered provision in parts of the country far exceeds the number that is currently known by the government.

Despite the positives of children improving their confidence and attainment, this figure sadly demonstrates an increase in inequality: the 6.5 % of children in the UK who are privately educated are also by far the most likely to be further supported by private education.

When told that «some parents prefer to educate their high school children at home» rather than to «send them to a school,» support falls even further.

He does hit all the high notes — the ravages of poverty, the lessons of James Coleman, the further lessons of Richard Rothstein, even bringing in Joel Klein as the heartless reformer who thinks a student's home life is «irrelevant» — but ends up being completely off - key, forgetting that we now have dozens, if not hundreds, of schools that are succeeding in educating poor children.

And if it is truly advocating for people of color, it won't deny Black parents the right to choose schools that are educating Black children far better than traditional public schools.

The children in the lowest - achieving schools today are not being adequately educated or prepared for further education after high school — if they make it that far — or for decent jobs.

It's further confirmation that people who say they care about educating children are really just satisfied to scapegoat teachers.

In most cases, college - educated parents with school - age children are far less concentrated in central cities relative to all parents with school - age children, with the exceptions of Charlotte, Pittsburgh, and Seattle.

Educating a child costs far more than $ 3,800.

And then consider what Yong Zhao said in Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization, «The traditional strengths of American education — respect for individual talents and differences, a broad curriculum oriented to educating the whole child, and a decentralized system that embraces diversity — should be further expanded, not abandoned.»

«Making schools favour poorer children would revolutionise school intakes, but if schools are left to make their own choices few would give preference to disadvantaged pupils because, on the whole, educating them is much more demanding as many need far more help and resources.

«As far as I'm concerned this was all about business and making money and little to do with educating children.»

«We want the best educated kids in the world but far too many are falling through the cracks, and tonight's results demonstrate that parents are willing to rise up and support pro-school choice candidates,» said Betsy DeVos, Chairman of the American Federation for Children.

In far too many cases these would be the same school districts that are responsible for the terrible public schools that will fail to educate the very children the president's preschool proposal is intended to benefit.

Meanwhile Petrilli gets it wrong on what should suffice as innovation in accountability that can actually spur further reforms and hold schools accountable for educating all children regardless of his background.

As far as I can tell Common Core is to make sure no child gets educated.

Studies have shown that children of wealthier, more educated parents hear far more words and engage in more dialogue than their low - income counterparts almost from birth, and they enter school with significantly higher literacy skills.

We also know that in case after case after case after case, Connecticut's charter school educate children that are less poor, have far less language barriers and need fewer special education services.

They further pledge themselves to ensure that African - American students are effectively educated in the present and are accorded priority for the future, and to lead the way through the creation of a concrete model that demonstrates the goals of academic and cultural excellence set forth so clearly in Saving the African - American Child.

Despite the painfully bad educational outcomes in many public schools in ghettos across the country, there are also cases where charter schools in the very same ghettos turn out students whose test scores are not only far higher than those in other ghetto schools, but sometimes are comparable to the test scores in schools in upscale suburban communities, where children come from intact families with highly educated parents.

Like all the More girls she has been educated to a far higher standard than is normal for the day and is well versed in Latin, Greek and the healing arts (More helped set up St Paul's school in London, that exists to this day, he then set up a home school along the same lines for his own children who became famous across Europe for their learning).

We educate more poor children than any tested country — by far, in fact.

From my personal experience so far regarding my credit profile, I earlier didn't know how about it was and when I knew I had foreclosures, cleared my student loan, collections, inquires, late payments and even over dues, I felt really bad because then it was late and the result of my bad credit affected my credit score which was about 379 and to get my loan approved I needed 700 and above, I sort for help from big credit repair companies, but they couldn't help me get my score where I wanted to be in the short period I need to get a loan to keep a roof over my child's head, till a lender introduced me to a repair man who has access to this credit companies who got my credit clean and also educated me about how to maintain my credit and maintain a really good score, ELITEREALHACK at GMAIL dot COM) is where ill refer anyone that needs a deadline fix on there credit.

April 26th is National Kids & Pets Day, an event created by pet lifestyle expert Colleen Paige, dedicated to furthering the bond between children and animals, raising awareness about shelter animals, and educating parents and children about pet safety.

As well as caring for animals with special needs, disabilities, and serious injuries, they have educational programs for adults and children alike, and a current issues campaign team who are always seeking to further educate and inform the public about the treatment of animals.

Frankly, I can't imagine anything more important that I could be doing with my life than trying to educate the public about the reality of this problem, to do my best to make sure that we make decisions today as far as the environment and in particular carbon emissions, that will preserve the planet for my daughter — I have a six year old daughter — our children and our grandchildren.

This presents a credibility problem in the government's efforts to educate children about the real dangers associated with drugs such as heroin and crack cocaine, a far more important job of the ONDCP and DEA.

They make the employer aware of a candidate's aspirations in educating children by assisting the teacher and make obvious the fact that some skills and experience has are being offered, thereby motivating the employer to read further and invite the applicant in an interview.

This is an exciting time for public education in California and further evidence we are moving from the «No Child» to focusing on how best to educate and develop the Whole Child — public education's new North Star.

Your approaches so far to try to help your child to cope with those challenges and improve those behaviors have been valiant efforts, educated by the hours of research and care that you put into trying to help your child.

Our analysis of parent comments corroborates previous work in this area and provides a far more comprehensive collection of factors than previous studies.4 — 7, 23 — 35 Previous efforts implementing the American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD demonstrated a need to augment the time - constrained efforts of physicians to educate and support parents.36 Future studies are needed to develop and test systems to support parents facing treatment decisions for their child newly diagnosed with ADHD.