Sentences with phrase «kids in the neighborhood did»

But as Paul Tough writes in his book, Whatever It Takes, about Canada and the Harlem Children's Zone, Canada had something growing up that a lot of other kids in the neighborhood didn't: a mother with a couple years of college under her belt who realized that education doesn't only happen in school.

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So in the (not so distant) future look for him to do animal sacrifices in his yard, beat / kill his kids when they mouth off, torch his neighborhood when he realizes he lives next to people that don't believe as he does, own and beat his slaves, and we won't even discuss how he'll treat his wives.

There are families in my neighborhood who have relocated here with their kids, and one thing they tell me is that they want their kids to grow up knowing that not everything is okay in this world — that racism exists, that injustice exists, that just because someone smells doesn't mean we have to be afraid of them, and so on.

I've worked with a lot of kids in neighborhoods where violence was a daily reality - being tough and making people think you might hurt them, even if you actually didn't, was, for many of them, a vital survival technique.

African - American churches that serve impoverished urban areas argue compellingly that many kids in their neighborhoods are left out of the «digital revolution» because they do not have home computers.

Another part of the answer has to do with early cognitive stimulation: Affluent parents typically provide more books and educational toys to their kids in early childhood; low - income parents are less likely to live in neighborhoods with good libraries and museums and other enrichment opportunities, and they're less likely to use a wide and varied vocabulary when speaking to their infants and children.

Well moving on is sometimes a hard matter for kids who may have grown a big group of friends, for instance 2 years ago when I had to go under a similar situation, one of my kids who as a consequence of me introducing him to a k 12 homeschool curriculum, had grow a good group of friends around the neighborhood, when time came for us to move on he did not want to move on and let behind his friends, so we had to explain him a lot about what we were doing and promise to bring him back so that he could keep in contact with his friends!

This delicious event makes it easy to do three great things with your family: get in the kitchen with kids, support a good cause and enjoy Chicago's amazing Hyde Park neighborhood.

We moved back to the place that I grew up; my kid's are growing up in the neighborhood I did, going to the same school, some of the same teacher's.

Point out any examples in your family or neighborhood — Uncle Jamie has red hair and his kids don't, Matthew has blue eyes and his mom doesn't.

His premise is that kids in neighborhoods like Harlem face so many disadvantages — poorly run schools, poorly educated parents, dangerous streets — that it doesn't make sense to tackle just one or two of those problems and ignore the rest.

At the end of the day and once they finish their homework, have your kids had any time to themselves to just play with friends in the neighborhood or do other things they want?

Other ideas are going for a winter walk to check out Christmas lights in your neighborhood, ice skating, building snowmen in your backyard, or doing a quick exercise video when the kids are napping.

If you don't live in a diverse neighborhood and your child doesn't go to a school with kids of other races, surround her with children's books and artwork featuring people of different races.

After all, what good does it really do when you're telling a single mom living in an unsafe neighborhood to have her kids move more while she's out working her two jobs?

«If I know there's a sexual predator in my neighborhood and Halloween is coming up, maybe I don't let my kids trick - or - treat on that block,» Lancman said.

«If you are able to make a neighborhood safer for people by getting rid of a gang problem, and the next day, people feel more comfortable letting their kids go play in the park because you've put away people who were terrorizing their neighborhood, that's great,» Bharara said, adding the caveat that you haven't done your job if the next day, 10 new gang - bangers show up.

One of those panels that I went to was on gunshot wounds in children in a neighborhood in Philadelphia; and I was just astonished at the mapping software that is used to try to understand on an epidemiological level why do some kids get shot or what increases your risks of getting shot.

Keychain flashlights are fun for kids and a good candy alternative if you don't live in a busy neighborhood.

It's not just that, many people hate running in the cold or the heat while others have no other option to work out, especially if they have to be at home with kids or don't live in a safe neighborhood for walking or running.

My two Godsons and niece live in SC and we don't get too many kids in our neighborhood, so I've become a Halloween Scrooge.

We don't have many kids in our neighborhood.

and I turn the lights off for Trick O» Treaters (there aren't many little kids in my neighborhood, and most of them go to other neighborhoods on less busy streets... so all we get are older kids who don't even wear costumes... which is really just going door - to - door begging for food... which is awkward).

Speaking of things we love, I also got to twirl around in the park like a fool while the ever - faithful Willie snarfled around, which is pretty much both of our favorite things to do, despite the fact that there were a couple of neighborhood kids watching.

We lose a lot of money again (which we do not have); and we lose lot enormous social capital (all the connections to the marginalized kids and families in our local neighborhood) because of this decision that was made by local authorities of the city of Berlin, claiming to have no money for initiatives like us (we are not the only ones suffering from such decisions).

In other words, if a kid's disability can be dealt with in the neighborhood school, then the kid doesn't have to be sent across town or even to another town's special schooIn other words, if a kid's disability can be dealt with in the neighborhood school, then the kid doesn't have to be sent across town or even to another town's special schooin the neighborhood school, then the kid doesn't have to be sent across town or even to another town's special school.

That it doesn't matter who your parents are or what color your skin is or what neighborhood you were born in — every kid in this country should get a fair shot at the American dream.

The kids go back to their neighborhoods and tell their friends what they re doing in school — Saturday soccer, after school dodge ball, and tutoring.

In my advocacy work I also find that more and more parents whose kids don't fit the cookie cutter mold of their neighborhood school are increasingly interested in the option of high - quality education online — even if it means missing teacher - led instructioIn my advocacy work I also find that more and more parents whose kids don't fit the cookie cutter mold of their neighborhood school are increasingly interested in the option of high - quality education online — even if it means missing teacher - led instructioin the option of high - quality education online — even if it means missing teacher - led instruction.

«Interest groups do all they can to keep new schools from opening up in neighborhoods where there are other schools existing — not because of what's best for kids, but because of what they perceive is best for adults.»

JW: If high - quality pre-K isn't such a good idea, why are rich people in my neighborhood running around thinking that the Earth will implode (and their kid won't get into Harvard someday) if they don't get a slot in the most sought - after preschool programs?

«The goal is to do away with neighborhood attendance zones that the administration says trap needy kids in struggling schools.»

No, their kids get to go to cool magnets and the better schools in town, because THEY DO N'T ACTUALLY LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH NUMBERS OF LATINO FAMILIEin town, because THEY DO N'T ACTUALLY LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH NUMBERS OF LATINO FAMILIEIN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGH NUMBERS OF LATINO FAMILIES.

Last year a city task force opted against mandating that charter schools give neighborhood kids preference in the admissions process, saying that doing so could potentially limit access to high - quality schools.

«We don't have kids that grew up with each other since kindergarten in the same neighborhoods,» said Principal Brenda Chun.

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Few Denver schools provide a high - quality education to low - income kids, and the ones that do are concentrated in particular neighborhoods.

He wants to do some things that Chad isn't interested in doing, like running a pre-kindergarten program for the local neighborhood kids.

«If kids living in low - income neighborhoods don't have access to healthy food and safe places to play, what are we setting them up for?

It is starting to mirror the opt - out movement, which was mostly driven by well - off white parents concluding that the «poor kids» tests meant to spark more accountability in poor neighborhoods did little for their kids.

«The most unsatisfactory - rated teachers, the most «U» - rated teachers, are found in minority neighborhoods and we need to look at that because if we have almost 80 percent of minority kids not reading, writing and doing math at grade level that's a problem.

In my advocacy work I also find that more and more parents whose kids don't fit the cookie cutter mold of their neighborhood school are increasingly interested in the option of high - quality education online - even if it means missing teacher - led instructioIn my advocacy work I also find that more and more parents whose kids don't fit the cookie cutter mold of their neighborhood school are increasingly interested in the option of high - quality education online - even if it means missing teacher - led instructioin the option of high - quality education online - even if it means missing teacher - led instruction.

«I don't want my kids going to school with neighborhood kids,» one mother in Kenilworth - Parkside who sends some of her children to a charter told the Post.

What you do then is come out with a statement, avowing that your main priorities are kids, parents and their neighborhoods, and bolster your case by spouting a bunch of good - sounding half - truths in an attempt to make yourself sound believable.

Located at 1379 S Voss Rd, Dr. Anderson says «while raising my four kids in this school district, it was always a dream once they were all gone, to open my own clinic and do what I love to do in my neighborhood.»

Just an fyi any dog is capable of killing a child!!!!!!! There is a German Shepherd in our neighborhood that chased a kid on his bike bit his leg and drug him off the bike!!!!! I have a pit my sister has a staffordshire terrier I've known people that raise them and I don't know of one of them that have intentionally ever hurt ANYONE better yet kill someone the most they've done is lick everyone too death in the face and tried jumping up on people!!!! My pit is around my 10 month old and my 4 year old not once has he snapped or hurt either one of them!!!

because the dog owners are internally leaving scraps of food on the upper left border of my yard - and where dogs eat they will usually crap; so this is what i have to deal wth - they breed dogs and let them run free as if they own my property as well; i have called animal control about 6 times within the past 2 years - i believe they are related or friends which is my assumption - and guess what not only do i have 1 neighbor who let their dogs use my yard as a toilet but another neighbor two doors down who collect stray dogs but do not feed them and let them roam the neighborhood so they can knock over my garbage can 2 - 3 times a week; i am at my wits end - i want to put red peeper on the border of my yard as well but i do nt want to be sued; i have even confronted my neighbor about this and just suggested that they would keep their dogs from crapping in my yard as well as jumping in my kids pool - what did these animal loving people say:» they're animals - we cant control where our dogs do their business or if they get hot and go into your kids pool!»»

We recognize that it will take some time before we're really able to call ourselves a part of the community, but we do intend to open our doors to our neighbors and host artist workshops for kids in the neighborhood, book release parties, or occasional figure drawing sessions.

We didn't know that this kind of thing still went on, but scientists spread «biosolids» on yards in poor black neighborhoods in Baltimore to test whether it might protect kids from lead poisoning.

If you live in a city and own a car and you've ever had an apartment that was street only parking in a busy neighborhood, you know that you don't ever want to endure that with kids in tow.