Sentences with phrase «instead of giving schools»

Here's what's different from last year's take: instead of giving schools ratings, this year NCTQ ranked them both locally and nationally, arguing that doing so makes it easier for users to compare various teacher - prep programs.

My solution is for parents who choose to send their children to nonpublic schools, instead of giving them school vouchers, have their property taxes exempt from funding public schools since by doing this they help reduce the size of public school class sizes.

Not exact matches

Why not give away money anonymously, instead, say, of having the UCLA medical school named after you?

«The drop in the participation rate has been centered on younger workers,» said Mr. Shapiro, «many of whom have given up hope of finding a decent job and are instead continuing in school and racking up enormous amounts of student debt, which has contributed to the recent surge in consumer credit outstanding.»

«New Democrats are calling on the Liberals to use the Pacific Carbon Trust to reduce the carbon footprint of our schools and hospitals instead of giving handouts to big polluters like Encana.»

«Whether it was the use of hotels instead of supportive care to house youth like Alex Gervais, or the heartbreaking story of Paige Gauthier whose belongings were dropped off in a black garbage bag at her last known school when she aged out, Mary Ellen gave British Columbians a window into the stories of children and youth being failed by the Christy Clark government.

The Catholic Education Service (CES) has been criticised by Muslim and secular leaders for choosing Judaism instead of Islam, given that the latter is the second largest religion in the UK after Christianity, and that Muslim children can form up to 90 percent of the student body in some Catholic schools in Britain.

I'm doing something positive instead of giving something up, which is a little «old school»... It's my parish's turn to house a group of homeless families for a week through the Interfaith Hospitality Network so my family will cook the evening meal next Tuesday.

Giving them handouts instead of insisting that fathers BE fathers and teach thier kids to value school and make good grades.

Consider adopting a classroom with your church home group or Sunday school class or for your family Christmas (instead of gifts for each other, give the gift of education).

Instead of giving up, those interested in the intelligent treatment of religion in the schools might try various alternatives.

Lolol when I was writing that I was like «what's that annoying word for a group of high school girls???» Google came through for me, idk why that parallel even came to mind with the pumpkin pie spices but I've given up trying to understand my brain ha Well you would be happy to know that in this case even I would ditch bananas in an instant for this version instead.

I long ago coined the term «Glen Mason Territory» to describe when a school gets tired of only being good, fires a good coach (instead of figuring out how to give him more support), and plummets out of existence because of its impatience.

Although my heart wants to home school or unschool Ava, I'm not giving in and instead am leaving her in public school for kindergarten (in a class of 25 kids) this year.

However, it also gives the opportunity to find the perfect nanny for your little one, instead of just accepting the random teen who goes to school with a neighbor's daughter's friend.

In part 2 of this two - part series, James discusses exactly what to do when your children get in trouble for fighting at school or at home — and the right kinds of consequences to give them so they learn to use appropriate behavior instead of lashing out when they feel like hitting someone the next time.

Another notable feature in both the proposed and final rules — one likely to be of special interest to elementary school parents — is a requirement that wellness policies set nutritional standards for foods and beverages that aren't sold but instead made available to children at school, such as offerings at classroom parties or treats given out by teachers as a reward.

Given conflicting data indicating that 90 % of districts are already meeting the standards successfully, many school food advocates have asked the obvious question: instead of weakening nutrition — a move that directly harms kids — why not put more effort into helping the small minority of districts that are struggling?

For anyone who needs inspiration on what to give out instead of candy, the «Resources» section of my website PEACHSF.org has a link to a good list of «Healthy Halloween Treats», and it is also available in Spanish and Chinese, in case you want to share it with your child's school.

«They're afraid that we'll all bring in greasy food instead of healthy food and it won't be as good as what they give us at school,» said student Yesenia Gutierrez.

Instead of giving in to industry attempts to push sugary chocolate milk, let's ask Congress to help schools serve more calcium - rich broccoli, kale, beans and fortified plant - based milks when lawmakers revise the Child Nutrition Act.

Instead of giving your child small paper notes or reminders on their way to school, which can be easily lost, save paper, and write them a note they can't miss at lunch time.

The kids tell me the food sucks now lol but they do nt see the bigger picture either... while it was a different era for us when us parents were in school; the fundamental rights shouldve remained the same... which is give the kids their choices... the Federal Gov can INCLUDE nutritious items on the free lunch menus while including more choices for them instead of reducing them to avoid social stigmas within the student body of the schools... Kids can be so cruel... Ive lived that first hand... I'm wondering who to contact to protest these changes.

Instead of getting your child dressed after breakfast, just before leaving for school, give them their clothing to put on earlier in the morning, while you are making breakfast, packing lunches, or getting yourself ready.

These two incidents were reminiscent of other, similar stories I've reported on in the past: in 2011, a Chicago school principal at the Little Village Academy placed an outright ban on home - packed lunches, setting off a barrage of criticism, and in 2012 there were widespread reports that a North Carolina «state inspector» had forced a child to give up her packed lunch of a turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips, and apple juice because the meal did not meet USDA guidelines; instead the child was forced to take the school lunch of chicken nuggets.

Maybe this is why schools have show and tell (or show and share)-- to give children something to clutch instead of Mommy's hand.

Before schools ban chocolate milk, they should ban all soda sales and most juice sales, as soda is entirely worthless / detrimental and juice is essentially sugar water, sometimes with vitamin C added (if children need vitamin C and won't regularly eat vegetables and fruits, give them vitamins instead of juice).

Instead of paying property taxes, taxpayers would instead give the money to a charitable fund set up for their local schools and goverInstead of paying property taxes, taxpayers would instead give the money to a charitable fund set up for their local schools and goverinstead give the money to a charitable fund set up for their local schools and governments.

Instead of parents having to take what they are given, we are giving them real choice in where their child goes to school...

Instead of giving 1 percenters a massive tax break they don't need, I am using my platform as a celebrity to advocate for LGBTQ equality, women's health, and better public schools.

In response to James» question about the Labour leadership candidates — Ed Miliband campaigned for Simon Hughes to speak out & is encouraging his supporters to call on the Lib Dems to stand up for their values, David Miliband has suggested ending the charitable status of fee - paying schools and (one of those non-monetary aspects to reducing inequality) giving representation to ordinary workers on corporate remunertion committees, Ed Balls has strongly opposed the VAT rise and is calling for a graduate tax instead of higher tuition fees, Andy Burnham has reiterated his support for a National Care Service and spoken out on the abolition of the Future Jobs Fund, Diane Abbot has called for fair taxation, cancelling Trident, and setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Borough of Opportunity: Tackling poverty and the widening social divide by giving a «hand up» instead of a «hand out» by transforming our state schools, providing a housing ladder of opportunity with home ownership at its core and regenerating our most deprived areas by using the public sector to pump prime major investment by the private sector.

For instance, if a school wants children to drink more white milk than chocolate milk, they can make white milk more convenient (put it in the front of the cooler), more attractive (sell it in a shapely bottle), or more normal (give it half of the cooler space instead of a small corner of the cooler).

If you're lucky enough to have your interview take place right at the company (instead of at your school or some other location), this gives you yet another opportunity to see people that work there.

Instead of using one planner I use my school planner (given to me by my school) as well as a notebook filled with to - do lists.

Instead of setting up your own online school, you're giving Udemy materials to sell to their students.

The local union abandoned the program in the face of a «surprise $ 180 million budget deficit,» and the district gave the money to charter schools instead.

Instead of aiming for big - name colleges, families should focus on the schools more likely to give students skills and experiences that are relevant to their future.

«Instead of confusion we need clarity - clarity for parents and clarity for the schools, because people will be wondering what to do next given the scale of the change.»

To one group of respondents we presented the issue as follows: «A proposal has been made that would give low - income families with children in public schools a wider choice, by allowing them to enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition.

The 1995 law simply reduced the board's size, gave Mayor Daley the right to appoint anyone to the board instead of picking from a community - generated list, and granted him the right to pick a schools» chief.

Instead of hoping that they speak up — or that school officials will take their pleas seriously when they do — why not give them the option to get out?

Instead of a worksheet on adding change, give students actual change to count or have them work in the school store.

Instead, she repeats reasonable but banal slogans such as, «When we give children the chance to succeed, they can» and «I do believe that schools and teachers can make a tremendous difference in the lives of [poor] kids who face these challenges every day.»

According to this line of thinking, I supposedly had given up on vouchers and charter schools and was urging the adoption of online learning instead.

The news from the Education Next poll had become so bad we were accused of asking an unfriendly voucher question (it referenced the «use» of «government funds to pay the tuition»), so we agreed to split our respondents into two equivalent groups and ask the second group a «friendly» voucher question instead: «A proposal has been made that would give low - income families with children in public schools a wider choice, by allowing them to enroll their children in private schools instead, with government helping to pay the tuition.»

And we would do well to shed the long - held assumption that we know how to help 3.5 million individual teachers become masters of their craft, instead giving consideration to some new ideas about what schools or the teaching profession itself might look like — ideas that could have a much broader impact on instructional quality.

Instead, school may start to look more like a community hub, where children can come and go depending on their learning needs, their families» needs, and the mix of in - school and out - of - school learning experiences they are engaged in at a given time.

Instead of giving first priority to teachers who were at the school before Katrina and hiring them based on seniority, as the union contract would have dictated, the charter school group asked each teacher applicant to take a short test of math and writing skills.

Instead, we defined clear outcomes for schools and supported teams with substantive resources — Knowledge Modules — to give all teams, regardless of prior engagement in education, the fundamental building blocks of design to inform and guide their work.