Sentences with phrase «giving qualities of its parents»

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«It's the first generation that is making less money than their parents, so we've got to give them a super-convenient solution, but we can't compromise on the quality of the food.

Cramer recommended that parents give their children the gift of stock in a high - quality company that resonates with younger people.

(Statistics show that a third of parents and their children use devices at the dinner table) So parents can use the DVDs to give themselves a rich menu of ideas for lovely and novel ways of quality relational moments with their child.

UPPAbaby produces high quality, luxury strollers, giving parents some of the best features.

Through exciting weekly classes, quality supporting materials and parent involvement, Music Together inspires families to bring music - making back into daily life, giving children the foundation for a lifetime of musical expression and enjoyment.

Being able to use a swaddle blanket that gives your child these soothing qualities is not only fundamental but it gives parents peace of mind and sleep as well.

Through exciting weekly classes, quality supporting materials and parent involvement, Music Together inspires families to bring music - making back into daily life, giving children the foundation for a lifetime of musical expression and enjoyment.An innovator in the field, Music Together began as an educational project of the Center for Music and Young Children in Princeton, NJ.

In the absence of any external rating system, experts recommend that parents look for signs that their pediatrician is giving quality care, including:

«All the main parties have given increasing recognition in recent years to the importance of investing in childcare - both the quantity of hours that allows parents to access work, and the quality of care that helps child development.»

Although parents from advantaged backgrounds spoke more with their children, there was no difference between advantaged and disadvantaged families in the quality of the word - learning experiences parents gave their children.

For instance, learning how to talk to a parent about her diabetes, or helping a spouse manage his heart failure medicines, could improve the quality of the support family members give.

Despite the rhetoric dominating the national media, which gives the impression that our schools are struggling and that educator quality is to blame, 71 percent of parents give the school their oldest child attends an «A» or «B» (these numbers drop substantially when it comes to the national level, perhaps because of the media's rhetoric — a mere 18 percent give the nation's schools as a whole an «A» or a «B»).

If I were an ESA parent, I would have zero interest in what my state education officials had to say about the quality of, say, the online courses offered by a given university.

Another problem is the sheer lack of high - quality public school alternatives within reasonable driving distance of many a failing urban school; given the choice between the low - performing school in their own neighborhood and the mediocre school ten miles away, parents may stick to the path of least resistance.

Each school will be given grades in six areas: (i) pupil academic progress (gain scores); (ii) pupil attainment (of particular academic goals); (iii) the narrowing of gaps of high and low pupils in particular categories (low SES, minority, gender); (iv) parent opinions of the school's quality; (v) teacher and staff opinions of the school quality; and (vi) pupil opinions of the school quality.

Kevin Courtney, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Every parent, teacher and school staff member knows the debilitating effect a chronic lack of money has for the quality and type of education schools can give to children and young people.

The key points from each strand are highlighted as follows: Early Identification and support • Early identification of need: health and development review at 2/2.5 years • Support in early years from health professionals: greater capacity from health visiting services • Accessible and high quality early years provision: DfE and DfH joint policy statement on the early years; tickell review of EYFS; free entitlement of 15 hours for disadvantaged two year olds • A new approach to statutory assessment: education, health and care plan to replace statement • A more efficient statutory assessment process: DoH to improve the provision and timeliness of health advice; to reduce time limit for current statutory assessment process to 20 weeks Giving parent's control • Supporting families through the system: a continuation of early support resources • Clearer information for parents: local authorities to set out a local offer of support; slim down requirements on schools to publish SEN information • Giving parents more control over support and funding for their child: individual budget by 2014 for all those with EHC plan • A clear choice of school: parents will have rights to express a preference for a state - funded school • Short breaks for carers and children: a continuation in investment in short breaks • Mediation to resolve disagreements: use of mediation before a parent can register an appeal with the Tribunal

By giving teens something constructive to do when their parents are likely to be at work, quality afterschool programs hold the promise of preventing high - risk behavior, building resiliency, and improving students» prospects following high school.

Parents can also give you some perspective on the quality of work that students produced the previous school year compared to this one, and whether they are being challenged.

By providing clear, understandable information that is accessed by somewhere between one - third and one - half of the nation's parents in any given year, GreatSchools has arguably done more than any other organization to bring sunlight to the education system and nudge parents towards schools of quality — and to choose those schools on the basis of trustworthy, unspun information.

When asked to rate the overall quality of the child's school at baseline, the parents of Hispanic students gave an average rating of 2.63 (on a 4 - point, GPA - type scale), compared to the 2.29 rating given by the parents of African Americans.

«One of the gaps that we saw is that there was a lot of attention on the supply side of school quality, making better options available, investing in teacher quality, and so forth, but not a lot of attention is paid to how to help parents navigate those new options or interpret all data that was given to them,» said David Keeling, a co-founder of EdNavigator and the nonprofit's communications chief.

Parents gave high marks to the quality of instruction at the private schools.

The Every Student Succeeds Act requires states to give parents and the public a wealth of information on school quality and performance.

NEA Leader Stresses Goal of Great Public Schools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community involvement.

With most families getting one of their top - ranked schools, the number of satisfied parents could give system and school leaders time to improve the application process further as well as the quality of schools offered.

Advocates argue that by giving parents an array of options on which to spend the grant funds, they will be more mindful of both the quality and cost of the services they seek, allowing them to get the most out of the grant.

Before your editor tears apart the problematic thinking behind the latest version of the Center for Education Reform's so - called Parent Power Index, let's give the organization credit for at least providing a measure of which states are expanding opportunities for high - quality education.

For example, rather than giving parents the online equivalent of a blank sheet of paper on which to list schools to which they want their child assigned, parents could receive a default list that is pre-populated based on an algorithm that takes into account school quality, school diversity, and travel distance.

Other things equal, I believe giving parents more ability to exercise educational choice is a good thing, and I think this is true above and beyond other measures of performance or quality.

On the importance of government, for example, Brian Eschbacher, executive director of Planning and Enrollment Services in Denver Public Schools, described policies and systems in Denver that help make choice work better in the real world: a streamlined enrollment system to make choosing easier for families, more flexible transportation options for families, a common performance framework and accountability system for traditional and charter schools to ensure all areas of a city have quality schools, and a system that gives parents the information they need to choose schools confidently.

This action by the NAACP is a slap in the face to 700,000 African American children currently benefiting from public charter schools and the millions of African American parents struggling to give their children a quality education.

She has been instrumental in expanding school choice programs nationwide, which has given students with disabilities and those from low - income families the opportunity to attend the quality school of their parents» choice.

«Parent Revolution and the parent trigger law in California and in other states finally gives parents an entry point in which they can engage in the discussion about the quality of their children's education in a failing school, and why that school is failing year after year,» said Miller, the senior Democrat on the U.S. House education commParent Revolution and the parent trigger law in California and in other states finally gives parents an entry point in which they can engage in the discussion about the quality of their children's education in a failing school, and why that school is failing year after year,» said Miller, the senior Democrat on the U.S. House education commparent trigger law in California and in other states finally gives parents an entry point in which they can engage in the discussion about the quality of their children's education in a failing school, and why that school is failing year after year,» said Miller, the senior Democrat on the U.S. House education committee.

MEF fuels high quality school options that are not limited by districts, giving parents the greatest number of choices available in Memphis.

Even parent - teacher conferences would only give parents a small glimpse into the quality of education their child is receiving.

«We are giving thousands more parents a choice of high - quality local schools that offer the excellent standard of education that all pupils deserve.»

These goals serve as the primary tenants for advancing the high school renewal work to: 1) establish system coherence by aligning central office and site programs, and accelerating student learning by leveraging and expanding knowledge and skills among staff, parents, and community members; 2) improve the quality of instructional leadership by providing ongoing professional development for school leaders; 3) improve the quality of teaching throughout the district through embedded professional development; 4) increase student engagement in the learning process by personalizing learning environments to build on student interests; 5) increase community involvement in schools by giving principals ownership of the change process, expanding student voice, and bringing parents and students into the school renewal process.

«As urban parents, we have to work ten times as hard, be ten times as engaged, and be ten times as savvy about the system to give our children even a slim chance of getting into a quality school,» said Jessica Martinez in a statement, the mother of one of the plaintiffs.

«Charter schools in every community are filling a void in public education by giving parents and students the choice to pursue a high - quality education regardless of where they live, or their socio - economic background.

«The scholarship program gives parents access to quality education options that work best for their individual needs,» said Ann Duplessis, president of the Louisiana Federation for Children.

«The Louisiana Scholarship Program gives parents access to a high - quality education in a safe and secure learning environment,» said Ann Duplessis, president of the Louisiana Federation for Children.

This gives Parent Power activists a much more personal perspective on the underlying causes of the nation's education crisis, a lower tolerance for silver - bullet thinking on how to deal with these issues, and ultimately, a greater willingness to use any tactic possible to give all children high - quality education.

Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child's school, from the quality of teaching to dealing with bullying and poor behaviour.

Despite evidence that the complexity of the nation's education crisis requires an array of solutions — including strong curriculum standards and robust consequential accountability, the overhaul of teacher quality, revamp of curriculum and standards, expanding school choice, improving school data systems and giving parents their rightful decision - making roles in education — far too many reformers are busy touting and flacking their one grand solution and dismiss others that, in their minds, don't further their own.

«Free schools are giving all parents, not just the rich, the choice of a high - quality school with great teaching and strong discipline.»

My sarcasm with using the «Walmart Charter School» was not saying that charter schools have the same quality of Walmart, but simply that anything almost anything is better than the current system, and when given an opportunity to go to a charter to improve their education, parents and kids should grab it — regardless of whether it is a for profit corporation, a non-profit school, or some school set - up by some rich dude.

Any school that cares about happy parents, attracting more students, recruiting quality staff, keeping everyone informed, and building a reputation it is proud of, will give top priority to its school website strategy.

We believe that what really matters is giving every child, regardless of income or family circumstance, access to a high - quality education freely chosen by his or her parents.

«It will mean giving parents more choice of the public schools their children attend as one way of assuring higher quality without heavy - handed state control.»