Sentences with phrase «equal number of parents»

Last week the organization released the results of a poll finding that 78 percent of parents support a charter school opening in their neighborhood and an equal number of parents favor more public school choices, regardless of where they live.

While many charter supporters spoke at those hearings, equal numbers of parents came forward and presented testimony that reinforced the four concerns raised by the organization.

(An equal number of Parent's Guides will be sent to your location based on number of registrations purchased.)

Not exact matches

To hold that same - sex marriage is part of the fundamental right to marry, or necessary for giving LGBT people the equal protection of the laws, the Court implicitly made a number of other assumptions: that one - flesh union has no distinct value in itself, only the feelings fostered by any kind of consensual sex; that there is nothing special about knowing the love of the two people whose union gave you life, whose bodies gave you yours, so long as you have two sources of care and support; that what children need is parenting in some disembodied sense, and not mothering and fathering.

This means that when a child spends an almost equal number of days with each parent, each parent is providing about the same care for the child and accrues about the same costs.

Mendel believed that parents contribute equal numbers of factors to their offspring.

The quantity of gaming products on the market is possibly equal to the number of parents arguing that children should not use these applications in the classroom when parents have such a challenge limiting their gaming time at home.

Seventy percent of parents say they'd prefer to have their child in a racially diverse school, including equal numbers of whites and nonwhites.

The site team must include an equal number of teachers and administrators and at least one parent.

School site councils include equal numbers of teachers and parents to help decide how to spend discretionary money coming to the school.

Children with rare (i.e., prevalence = 5 %) processing speed strengths and weaknesses were matched on age, race, gender, parents» education level, and general ability with an equal number of comparison participants without unusual processing speed profiles.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

At that time, industry experts and parents alike expressed the viewpoint that many consumers might be loathe to let young readers use their expensive electronics, and an equal number of critics explained that they wanted the original reading experience of enjoying a physical book with their emerging readers.

«The Bar Council has been lobbying for rule changes since the introduction of Shared Parental Leave in 2015 because we want parents to have a more equal role and because we want to see more equal numbers of men and women at the Bar.

As a result, these revisions provide a parenting credit based upon the number of overnights with the noncustodial parent ranging from 52 overnights annually to equal parenting time.

Considering the number of modern families impacted by divorce, our state should want to lead in reforming its family courts because our children most want and need equal time with both parents, especially in the unfortunate instance of divorce or separation.

Some parents have shared residency and have the children for equal numbers of nights.

If the child lived with each parent for an equal number of nights during the year, the custodial parent is the parent with the higher adjusted gross income.

For the sample characteristics, k equals the number of samples; for the parenting characteristics, k equals the number of analyses

If the child was with each parent for an equal number of nights, the custodial parent is the parent with the higher adjusted gross income.

If the child lived with each parent for an equal number of nights during the year, the custodial parent is the parent with the higher adjusted gross income (AGI).

In addition to popular support for equal parenting time, a number of recent studies have found that children fare better when they have a relationship with both parents.

House Bill 4691, known as the Michigan Shared Parenting Act, would change the law to state that children have a right to «substantially equal parenting time» in which courts would try to provide «balance and equality» in the number of overnight stays children have with eacParenting Act, would change the law to state that children have a right to «substantially equal parenting time» in which courts would try to provide «balance and equality» in the number of overnight stays children have with eacparenting time» in which courts would try to provide «balance and equality» in the number of overnight stays children have with each parent.