Sentences with phrase «in the hands of parents»

Any effort to revolutionize American education by putting more power in the hands of parents should not overlook the country's rich resource of private schools.

Child support payments are usually neither deductible by the parent who is paying them, nor taxable in the hands of the parent who is receiving them.

A powerful process that puts the power back in the hands of the parents where it belongs.

If children want to make it sweeter by adding extra honey, maple syrup or fruit they can, but we think that decision is best left in the hands of parents.

That knowledge in the hands of parents is a potent weapon against mediocrity.

Alongside transferable tax allowances it would put real choice in the hands of parents.

With spending in the hands of parents, education funds can be more fairly allocated and lead to equal or less spending and better education.

While divorce can be a big part of your child's life, what will determine his ultimate quality of life is still in the hands of each parent.

Parenting choices remain solely in the hands of the parents, without question.

While this may put the problem in the hands of the parents, it at least gives them a chance offer guidance on whether and / or when to eat it.

If children want to make it sweeter by adding honey, maple syrup or fruit they can, but we think that decision is best left in the hands of parents.

And about leaving as many of those choices in the hands of parents (and later, yes, even the children) as possible.

By placing school choice power directly in the hands of parents who know their children far better than any bureaucrat, real freedom comes when parents are able to shop education dollars for the very best academic program.

But «I don't spend a lot of time on vouchers or even tax credits because I think charters are a faster way to get great schools in the hands of parents.»

Locally launched #itdoesnthavetohurt campaign puts medical information in the hands of parents using social media.

I think the best thing we could do when we were gone was leave Cameron in the hands of my parents.

The scientific rationale for ORT, and for continued feeding during diarrhoea, has been established beyond doubt: The challenge now is to place that knowledge in the hands of parents so that they themselves can protect their children against the dehydration and malnutrition caused by childhood's most common disease.

Voluntary national tests in reading and math would be a powerful tool for change in the hands of parents, principals and teachers.

«The White House is using scare tactics and budget gimmicks to kill K - 12 education reform, because they know a new law will lead to less control in the hands of Washington bureaucrats and more control in the hands of parents and education leaders.»

SB39, which was passed in the House on March 11, puts the standards for home - schoolers firmly in the hands of their parents.

Through our partnership with GreatSchools, we put data about how local schools are doing in the hands of parents across the Bay Area.

We seek to put greater ownership in the hands of parents and families, professional educators and local community leaders — who are passionate and motivated to serve every child no matter what their socioeconomic background, level of affluence, upbringing, native language or country of origin.

Sometimes, as in A.A v S.N.A., the court may choose to leave the children in the hands of the parent who is doing the alienation.

At TPI and our subsidiaries around the world, we hope to create global social change by putting evidence - based parenting in the hands of every parent.

These schools initially were championed by many as putting the power in education back in the hands of parents and communities, after receiving strong backing from the Coalition Government and a great deal of publicity.

The bottom line is that education funds can be more fairly allocated by putting spending decisions in the hands of parents, and used much more efficiently in parochial schools, private schools and online supplemental learning programs.

One way forward for simplification and increases in the productivity of the federal investment is to make social programs intended to support lower income families with children more like tax expenditures — putting more money directly in the hands of parents to spend on the care and development of their children and less money directly in the financial accounts of states, welfare agencies, and social service providers.

Two - Way Baby Monitors Two - way baby monitors are devices that work like a walkie - talkie but the control of changing the setting from a receiver to a transmitter lie in the hands of the parent.

First, you should explicitly introduce how you'll be using scannable technology to put information in the hands of your parents.

In other words, rather than leaving the choice of school in the hands of parents, parents would have to beg the federal government to allow their children to escape from failing government schools.

Circumcision is a cosmetic procedure in infants; often done without anesthetic, and the baby has no memory of it, and it is a decision left in the hands of the parents.

«The budget places power in the hands of parents and families to choose schools that are best for their children,» Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said in a statement.

Within Optimal Families power is in the hands of the parents who have an egalitarian coalition and children are able to be heard fully and influence decisions.

It is in the hands of the parents to decide.

«I wish I could take this compact, powerful, clear - eyed, beautifully written book and put it in the hands of every parent, teacher and politician.

Progressives often challenge this assumption, but are hard - pressed to show that dollars are worth more in the hands of teachers than they are in the hands of parents.

Indiana, Louisiana, and Florida are examples of three states» that have put the decisions about a child's education in the hands of parents, and the competition this created has caused all schools to examine the education they are providing as parents now have a wealth of new options.

As San Francisco's Board of Education prepares to hold public meetings this spring on how to spend the extra funds, the fate of increasingly unequal public schools could be in the hands of parents themselves.

The Wall Street Journal quotes U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos saying, «The budget places power in the hands of parents and families to choose schools that are best for their children by investing an additional $ 1.4 billion in school - choice programs.»

By offering parents the opportunity to choose which school best fits their child's needs, the Children's Scholarship Fund puts the power of education back in the hands of parents, where it belongs.

According to Gov. Brian Sandoval, «The language approved by the commission, passed with unanimous bipartisan support, puts the decisions that have an immediate impact in our classrooms directly in the hands of parents, teachers and principals, which is where it belongs.»

I came here to answer Tennessee's urgent call to improve Priority schools and to build a new kind of school district that would put the power back in the hands of parents and teachers.

Their responsiveness is greatly increased, however, when the power to make decisions about curriculum, budget and personnel is in the hands of the parent / community constituents of the school.