Sentences with phrase «hundreds of thousands of children»

Accountability structures and tougher standards, charter schools, and school - choice programs have changed the educational experience of hundreds of thousands of children and their families.

And that is happening, I think to, you know, literally hundreds of thousands of children in this country.

«Despite all their promises, they left hundreds of thousands of children with little to no chance of getting to the best universities,» he said.

But making sure new drugs are affordable for poor countries is still a cheap way to save hundreds of thousands of children.

At the same time, we are also faced with hundreds of thousands of children at risk of food poverty in this country.

«Tax credits help ensure millions of families are better off in work and have lifted hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty,» she said.

Each have hundreds of thousands of child viewers per episode.

This way, hundreds of thousands of children get to experience the joy of play, just as we all did.

It is estimated hundreds of thousands of children are physically abused each year by a parent or close relative.

However, more than 10 studies comparing hundreds of thousands of children who did or didn't receive MMR vaccines consistently showed no increased risk of autism.

However, the current threat to federal funding for after school and summer programs under 21st Century Community Learning Centers, combined with dramatically under - resourced state - funded programs creates a dual threat for California, which could have enormous negative impacts for hundreds of thousands of children and their families.

Following the CTU strike Romney commented on the decision of the union «to turn its back not only on a city negotiating in good faith but on hundreds of thousands of children relying on the city's public schools to provide them a safe place to receive a strong education.»

The so - called «no - excuses» model — and sundry variations on that theme — have helped hundreds of thousands of children in poverty, many of them African American and Hispanic (and many English language learners), to gain a fresh lease on education.

The competition, organised by tuition provider, Explore Learning, has been running for ten years and has inspired hundreds of thousands of children across the UK to put pen to paper and give writing a try.

Why does Saddam Hussein bear no blame for using resources to fortify his regime while hundreds of thousands of children suffer in his country?

«The governor is fighting to reform a system that spends more money per student than any other state in the nation while condemning hundreds of thousands of children to failing schools over the last decade,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi.

The earlier report found that California's ECE system is complex and fragmented, and fails to provide hundreds of thousands of children with the quality early learning experiences they need.

Learning Ally has already helped hundreds of thousands of children become confident, independent learners.

«The federal government's failure to take action to protect DACA recipients is appalling, un-American, unjust and puts hundreds of thousands of children at risk,» Cuomo, a Democrat, said Tuesday.

As information flows in from hundreds of thousands of children, educators are able to see what activities work best for children with different learning histories, and adjust the content (who sees what, and what they do) to optimize instruction for each type of child.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said: «Due to the turbocharged sponsored academy programme hundreds of thousands of children are now getting a better education - a key driver in our mission to spread educational excellence everywhere.

Just because the Catholic Church killed and tortured countless innocent human beings «in the name of god» for many centuries and tried to hide the r * ping of hundreds of thousands of children by its own priests for decades?

It is an intimate tale of triumphs and setbacks, but also a story of tremendous consequence, as America begins coming to terms with the literally hundreds of thousands of children with autism who will be making the transition to adulthood in the coming years.

A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing — especially when it results in a stealthy government formula for raising lunch prices at the nation's schools that will cause hundreds of thousands of children — perhaps millions — to abandon the program.

«But I think it's an extraordinarily bad choice for the BBC, and I think it's actually a slap in the face to these tens and hundreds of thousands of child abuse victims.

«Governor Cuomo has systematically distorted the facts to justify why he is failing to provide hundreds of thousands of children without the educational opportunities that is their constitutional right.

Unfortunately, following years of neglect from the Bloomberg administration, our city's school system is plagued by school overcrowding and excessive class sizes, where hundreds of thousands of our children simply don't have adequate space to learn.

We can only dream about how different the outlook for GMO foods would be today if the world's first extensive experience with the technology had been a product like golden rice, engineered specifically to address a critical malnutrition problem, vitamin A deficiency, that blinds hundreds of thousands of children every year in Africa and Southeast Asia.

And lawmakers in Arizona and Nevada enacted far - reaching provisions that allow hundreds of thousands of children from different walks of life to access these accounts.

The play is about the British Child Migration Scheme - which involved hundreds of thousands of children being exported to Commonwealth countries.

Teachers and parents were enraged after hundreds of thousands of children took tests that they argued should have been more suitable for 15 year olds.

Through smart charter school growth, these authorizers will give hundreds of thousands of children an opportunity for a better education each year.

The war in Syria has meant millions of people have fled the country, and hundreds of thousands of children now don't have a school to go to.

Every year hundreds of thousands of children plead for the latest fad or top toy on the market, only to discard them a few weeks after Christmas when the novelty wears off.

EJF's new report, «Slave Nation» exposes how the Government of Uzbekistan continues to lie to the international community while routinely compelling hundreds of thousands of children as labourers in the country's annual cotton harvest, highlights below.

Collectively, we reach hundreds of thousands of children worldwide.

Reforming the Federal Child Care System: President Obama has taken consistent steps to improve the early care and education available to families through the Child Care and Development Fund, investing more than $ 2 billion to assist hundreds of thousands of children and families at the height of the recession.

With expanded, stable funding, MIECHV could serve hundreds of thousands of children and families in need across our nation, enabling them to lead healthier, more prosperous lives, and allowing state and federal government to see returns on their investments.

Over the last 14 years, hundreds of thousands of children who might have benefited from the opportunity of adoption have instead become statistics, adding to the numbers of children who die on the streets, or are forced into slavery or prostitution.

The second main plank in the argument is that one polio vaccine, developed by Hilary Koprowski at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, was tested on hundreds of thousands of children and adults in the countries that are now Zaire, Rwanda and Burundi between 1957 and 1959.

In a post on the American Federation for Children (AFC) website, Chairman Betsy DeVos described Williams» legacy as living on in the lives of «hundreds of thousands of children across the country who benefit from school choice.»

The Center for Reform of School Systems creates effective school board - superintendent teams and strong instructional and operational systems to transform education for hundreds of thousands of children.

The Children's Defense Fund, which she founded in 1973 and has led ever since, has sponsored major children's advocacy initiatives — including the Black Community Crusade for Children, the Freedom Schools summer and afterschool enrichment program, the Cradle - to - Prison Pipeline Campaign, and the Youth Advocacy Leadership Training program — that have improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of children in need,» said McCartney.

«The governor is fighting to reform a system that spends more money per student than any other state in the nation while condemning hundreds of thousands of children to failing schools over the last decade,» Azzopardi said.

On a day when congressman John Faso should be voting on a clean Dream Act to help hundreds of thousands of children become United States citizens — members of the only society they've ever -LSB-...]

Jason Botel, executive director of the policy, research and advocacy nonprofit MarylandCAN, said «those who hide behind the «Maryland's Schools are # 1» claim are putting hundreds of thousands of children and indeed our whole state at risk and are impeding our ability to pass the reforms needed to ensure all children have access to high - quality public education.»

Due to the turbocharged sponsored academy programme hundreds of thousands of children are now getting a better education - a key driver in our mission to spread educational excellence everywhere.

We are very proud to support and celebrate these two initiatives (GO Run For Fun & The Daily Mile) that have been making a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of hundreds of thousands of children in the UK and beyond, for the last four years.»

The nonprofit Smile Train, which provides free cleft surgery and care to hundreds of thousands of children in developing countries, created VR experiences that immerse viewers into the lives of children with clefts in India.