Sentences with phrase «for city schoolchildren»

CITY HALL — New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn called Monday for an end to what she called a stream of unnecessary standardized tests for city schoolchildren — saying it turns kids into «guinea pigs.»

As a mayoral candidate, de Blasio promised to restore the protections, arguing that keeping experienced bus drivers was a matter of safety for city schoolchildren.

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With the IAAF World Indoor Championships returning to her home city of Birmingham from March 1 - 4, the Olympic 400m bronze medallist marked the 100 days to go milestone by helping to launch a ticket campaign offering 100 local schoolchildren the chance to attend the Championships for free.

But don't look to the U.S. Secretary of Education for guidance on which candidate would be best for the city's 1.1 million public schoolchildren.

«It's time for everyone to get to the table and work in the best interest of the 1.1 million New York City schoolchildren and their families.»

Quigley joined with a number of local northern Manhattan elected officials, including New York State Assemblymember Robert Rodriguez and New York City Councilmember Melissa Mark - Viverito, community leaders such as Department of Youth and Community Development's Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav and Supportive Children's Advocacy Network (SCAN)'s Executive Director Lewis Zuchman, and a host of residents, including local schoolchildren, for the center's unveiling in a late afternoon reception.

The Rochester Education Foundation is an independent, not - for - profit organization dedicated to raising resources and offering programs to support the success of Rochester's city schoolchildren.

«New York City has made great strides in offering a variety of language programs for our city's schoolchildren, and I'm honored that Queens will be home to the first South Asian dual language program,» said Chairman CrowCity has made great strides in offering a variety of language programs for our city's schoolchildren, and I'm honored that Queens will be home to the first South Asian dual language program,» said Chairman Crowcity's schoolchildren, and I'm honored that Queens will be home to the first South Asian dual language program,» said Chairman Crowley.

Understanding linguistic diversity among London's schoolchildren is key for the city's future as a «global player», research shows.

The Conference is a membership organization advocating for New York's urban school systems, including Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Yonkers and New York City, which make up 45 percent of the state's public schoolchildren.

Here's a tale of two cities for you: The villain is Mayor de Blasio, sentencing hundreds of minority, low - income schoolchildren to the educational guillotine.

After covering the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City and Pennsylvania for ABC News, Baldrick brought solace to youngsters touched by these tragedies with «The Children of 9 - 11 Wall of Hope,» a display of artwork and writing by children from the victims» families and schoolchildren across Pennsylvania.

It was notorious for many reasons: First, the court ordered enormous state and city expenditures, intending to attract white schoolchildren from the suburbs to the Kansas City schools so as to provide the minimum number of white children that proponents of desegregation considered necessary for a desegregated or «unitary» schcity expenditures, intending to attract white schoolchildren from the suburbs to the Kansas City schools so as to provide the minimum number of white children that proponents of desegregation considered necessary for a desegregated or «unitary» schCity schools so as to provide the minimum number of white children that proponents of desegregation considered necessary for a desegregated or «unitary» school.

Washington — School districts that were once racially segregated by law should remain bound by court desegregation orders until every wrong caused by the separation of races is cured, a lawyer for black schoolchildren in Oklahoma City told the U.S. Supreme Court last week.

He had never said a radical transformation required billions more per year when he asked to be held responsible for the fate of the city's schoolchildren.

Indeed, the city's fiscal disadvantage in 1993 was clear to everyone: its schoolchildren received some 12 percent fewer dollars than their counterparts elsewhere in the state; 11.8 percent of the city's teachers were uncertified, compared with 7.3 percent statewide; the city's students had 1 computer for every 19 students, compared with 1 for every 13 students statewide; there was 1 guidance counselor for every 700 city students, compared with 1 per 350 students in the rest of the state; there were 16.5 library books per pupil in the state, but only 10.4 in the city.

The Rochester Education Foundation is an independent, not - for - profit organization dedicated to raising resources and offering programs to support the success of Rochester's city schoolchildren.

Hartford Youth Scholars Foundation (CT): Dedicated to strengthening the city of Hartford by developing and implementing academic programs that increase college access for Hartford schoolchildren.

Parents and politicians have questioned how the District can redraw school maps — and thoughtfully plan for the future — without considering charter schools, which enroll nearly half of the city's schoolchildren.

Related: What will New Orleans» move to an all - charter school district mean for the city's schoolchildren?

The Baltimore City school board's surprise announcement Tuesday that it had selected Sonja Santelises to replace Gregory Thornton as city schools CEO may well be good news for the system and its schoolchildCity school board's surprise announcement Tuesday that it had selected Sonja Santelises to replace Gregory Thornton as city schools CEO may well be good news for the system and its schoolchildcity schools CEO may well be good news for the system and its schoolchildren.

Kenney says it's time for the city to be accountable for the education of its 200,000 schoolchildren.

That new book smell may soon be a thing of the past for New York City's schoolchildren.

Many of the city's pedestrian crossings span high - speed thoroughfares, adding an element of danger to the walk home for schoolchildren.

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All that beautiful space Wave Hill is small by botanic garden standards, but for schoolchildren from New York City's five boroughs, it is huge.

Oversaw all facets of computer support for New York philanthropy providing summer vacation opportunities for disadvantaged city schoolchildren.