Sentences with phrase «for affluent kids»

Few parents have the time, energy or education policy experience to go hunting for the facts on which schools are actually helping all their students learn, which ones are in desperate need of support, and which ones are eking it out for affluent kids but still failing to deliver an equal education to every child.

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For Levine's latest book is, in fact, a cri de coeur from a clinician on the front lines of the battle between our better natures — parents» deep and true love and concern for their kids — and our culture's worst competitive and materialistic influences, all of which she sees played out, day after day, in her private psychology practice in affluent Marin County, CaliFor Levine's latest book is, in fact, a cri de coeur from a clinician on the front lines of the battle between our better natures — parents» deep and true love and concern for their kids — and our culture's worst competitive and materialistic influences, all of which she sees played out, day after day, in her private psychology practice in affluent Marin County, Califor their kids — and our culture's worst competitive and materialistic influences, all of which she sees played out, day after day, in her private psychology practice in affluent Marin County, Calif..

The USDA knew all along that the Paid Meal Equity provision of the HHFKA would likely drive participation downward, and while the intent is well - meaning (to make sure that reimbursements for low income kids» meals are not unintentionally subsidizing lower prices for slightly more affluent paying students), no one benefits when fewer kids eat the school lunch.

Because while I don't want my kid eating Go - Gurt either, I do have a lot of sympathy for school personnel and for parents — even these more affluent, private school parents — who believe they are providing healthy snacks when they select applesauce, yogurt and crackers over the many other options out there.

But yes, I think there's an absolute disregard be that for kids, or disabled, or struggling families... I guess it comes out of the Thatcherite policies of the 80s to sort of reward the affluent.

Love, Simon, Berlanti's first film since the 2010 rom - com Life As We Know It, traffics in similar vibes: Good kids meaning well and fucking up anyway, idyllic setting (an affluent suburb in Georgia), swears saved up for only the most fevered moments.

This situation is not only a sad outgrowth of America's socioeconomic divide but also a huge problem for universities and employers, considering that birthrates are flat or down among the affluent white suburban families that have traditionally sent their kids to college.

Everyone likes the idea of boosting the number of effective teachers in schools with large numbers of poor and minority students, but in his testimony before the committee, Ed Next executive editor Rick Hess had a few warnings for those who think the obvious course of action is to encourage states and districts to move effective teachers out of schools with affluent kids and into schools with poor kids.

How might we change that and make it likelier for poor kids to take part in high - quality enrichment along with their affluent peers?

So I hire a highly qualified online teacher, and my kids get the same opportunity for a quality education as kids in Eagle, an affluent suburb outside of Boise.»

In a way, he's right, but affluent parents shopping for private schools for their kids might shrug.

Most of these families, I suspect, will be relatively affluent and well - educated — either capable of paying the difference between private school tuition and the value of the ESA or able to afford for one parent to stay home with the kids and play teacher.

In the bad old days, before statewide standards, affluent communities tended to ask their kids to shoot for the moon (or at least 3s, 4s, and 5s on a battery of Advanced Placement exams), while too many schools in low - income neighborhoods were happy with basic literacy and numeracy.

Related: Should an urban school serving black and Hispanic students look like schools for affluent white kids?

There have been a set of studies done out of John Hopkins University that track student gains in learning over time, and they find that in general the slope of learning gains for low - income kids and more affluent kids in this country is pretty equivalent between September and June of every school year.

As Results Are in: Common Core Fails Tests and Kids shows, NAEP scores of students whose education was focused exclusively on the Common Core curriculum decreased while NAEP scores for students in affluent suburbs whose education is not limited to test prep for standardized tests increased.

Schools with affluent populations start out with kids who are likely to do well on standardized tests and shouldn't necessarily get the credit for their high scores.

The MKC targets affluent urban dwellers who want a small SUV or crossover; Baby Boomers downsizing but unwilling to give up the premium features of bigger SUVs and crossovers; parents with 1 - 2 kids; and women who prefer crossovers for the superior ride height and perceived safety over a passenger car.

See Our Kids, Harvard political scientists Robert Putnam's new book, where he talks up the importance of mentoring for low - income kids, who find it hard to make the same connections that students from affluent families Kids, Harvard political scientists Robert Putnam's new book, where he talks up the importance of mentoring for low - income kids, who find it hard to make the same connections that students from affluent families kids, who find it hard to make the same connections that students from affluent families can.

-- Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids - by Madeline Levine, PhD «This should be required reading for all young affluent parents.»