Sentences with phrase «kids in the public school system»

Submitted and Written by Reana KovalcikNancy Easton and Chef Bill Telepan serve as the executive leadership for Wellness in the Schools, a New York City - based non-profit that inspires healthy eating, physical fitness, and environmental awareness as a way of life for kids in the public school system.

Does he even have kids in the public school system?

Since most voters do not have kids in the public school system, parents with children in public schools need political allies.

Not exact matches

Keep in mind all my kid graduated from public school and I have no kids in the school system at this time.

I want to introduce my kids to a God who is both personal and public, a God who hears their prayers about being afraid to go down the slide at school and who also cares about the systems of injustice and oppression in this world.

Plus those with older kids can clue me in to how to approach the next stage, how the public school system works, etc..

I recently read with interest that Real Food for Kids — Montgomery (RFKM), a parent group in the Montgomery County (MD) Public School system, has persuaded the district to eliminate Baked Doritos and Baked Cheetos from items sold to students a la carte.

I recently read with interest that Real Food for Kids - Montgomery (RFKM), a parent group in the Montgomery County (MD) Public School system, has persuaded the district to eliminate Baked Doritos and Baked Cheetos from items sold to students a la... [Continue reading]

Here in New york there are plenty of Celebrities (or wives of) who have their kids in the NY school systems (both public and private).

Now that my kids are no longer in the public school system, a few people have asked whether I'll continue to write and advocate about school food reform.

Each kid's participation in the public school system affects everyone else's ability to participate.

NYC Kids PAC, a progressive consortium of public - school parents, pelted de Blasio with three F's, four D's and three C's in its annual report card on mayoral navigation of the school system.

«In the Buffalo Public School system, we have 14,000 out of 34,000 kids who don't go to school 18 days or more,» stated FoSchool system, we have 14,000 out of 34,000 kids who don't go to school 18 days or more,» stated Foschool 18 days or more,» stated Fontana.

The Stoughton public school system had three classes in elementary school: A, B, and C. I was put in the C class with the kids throwing spitballs at the teachers, the ones who had been held back.

Hogwarts, the school of witchcraft and wizardry, s a celebration of the public school system with its houses, grand dining halls and traditional games as codified for lower - class kids in the early 20th century by Frank Richards in his stories about Greyfriars and St Jim's in the Magnet and the Gem.

The story is about Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin), a rich kid trying his luck for the first time in the public school system.

They often resemble a dysfunctional family, composed of three unlovable types: 1) aspiring politicians for whom this is a rung on the ladder to higher office; 2) former employees of the school system with a score to settle; and 3) single - minded advocates of one dubious cause or another who yearn to use the public schools to impose their particular hang - up on all the kids in town.

Disappointed in the school work brought home by her foster kids attending public school, the now Minnesota congresswoman decided to get involved because the school system didn't have an «academic foundation,» according to Bloomberg News.

And he answers, «certainly not because I have any direct self - interest — no... I'm not profiting from my involvement in charter schools (in fact, I shudder to think of how much it's cost me), and I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.»

I met Lee Ju - Ho, the former Minister of Education, Science, and Technology and now a professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, to understand his efforts to improve the Korean education system In the book The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley, Lee comes across as a forward - minded thinker about the challenges facing Korean education and the need to make changes to the status quo of how education is regulated, managed, and delivereIn the book The Smartest Kids in the World by Amanda Ripley, Lee comes across as a forward - minded thinker about the challenges facing Korean education and the need to make changes to the status quo of how education is regulated, managed, and deliverein the World by Amanda Ripley, Lee comes across as a forward - minded thinker about the challenges facing Korean education and the need to make changes to the status quo of how education is regulated, managed, and delivered.

In the piece, headlined «Alternative» Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation rateIn the piece, headlined «Alternative» Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduationSchools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduationschools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation ratein order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation rates.

«I've been in the public school system for some time, so I know that schools are full of great, dedicated teachers — and yet there are still some kids who aren't good readers or who aren't motivated to read,» says Coffey.

Sherpa Kids continues to push at the tendering door of the public education system but Ms Prout says most of the company's growth is happening in the private or church school arena.

Named the best educational documentary by the New York Independent Film and Video Festival, The War on Kids argues that the U.S. public school system has more in common with a penal system than anything educational.

«I trust our teachers to teach kids what they need to know without mandating every little thing,» said outgoing D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson, who is retiring in October following a five - year run leading the system.

Authorizers stand behind creating better public schools in a challenging system, a better education for all kids, and a better way to get there.

He spoke of the virtues of home - schooling, and indeed, one of the roundtables in the studio was devoted to «alternatives» and was mostly convincing the audience to scrap the public school system entirely and teach the kids around the kitchen table.

Dr. Thompson's book, A Teacher's Tale: Learning, Loving and Listening to Our Kids, is a case study of the unintended negative effects of test - driven, competition - driven reform on an inner city high school in the Oklahoma City Public School Sschool in the Oklahoma City Public School SSchool System.

I was akin to the kids in that I had been an immigrant and an English - learner, but the public school system I was in was completely different in the way the students were taught and the way the school was organized and the supports I had.

In my 30 + years as a school SLP and 3 kids go through the public school system (to 8th grade), the first thing to note is that truly «gifted» students are few and far between.

California's largest - in - the - nation public school system educates — or purports to do so — 6 million - plus kids from dozens of socioeconomic, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds.

Most public schools served only the students unable to escape the system, which, in New Orleans, means poor black kids.

They want their kids to be close at hand, in the local school, and that is exactly what the traditional public school system provides.

Forty - four percent of Louisiana public schools received a D or F ranking under the state's grading system, and some 84 % of the kids in the program come from one of those low - performing schools.

If half the kids leave a public school system and half the money leaves too (actually, voucher money never equals the actual cost per student), there is still the same amount of money per student left in the public schools.

Florida's huge dropout rate ranks us 5th in the nation (57.5 % according to Education Week / 2006) and early childhood experts warn that kids enter public school in deficit mode because we lack an effective system of early childhood intervention (ages 3 - 5).

It's frustrating to listen to Chancellor Carmen Farina talk about the state of New York City public schools, because the school system she talks about in press conferences is so far removed from the reality that so many kids face every day.

These subsidies have not only improved education for the students who attend the schools of choice, but study after study has shown that kids who remain in public school also benefit when a voucher system is instituted and schools are forced to compete for students.

If you're interested, my own kids attend a very good public school system in the suburbs.

With these #KnowYourTruth graphics, we are celebrating the long history of communities of color who have organized better school options for their kids, and are exposing the systematic racism that still exists in the public education system today.

NECSN's Western New York Advocacy Manager Duncan Kirkwood said, «We want the public here in Buffalo to understand just how the school system is failing our kids.

As a graduate of the Bridgeport Public Schools, a parent of a recent graduate of the school system, a former Bridgeport Board of Education member, and an active unpaid advocate for the public schools in my hometown, I couldn't help but chuckle when I read the recent editorial «CEA rhetoric not helping kids, public schools are» by Jeremiah Public Schools, a parent of a recent graduate of the school system, a former Bridgeport Board of Education member, and an active unpaid advocate for the public schools in my hometown, I couldn't help but chuckle when I read the recent editorial «CEA rhetoric not helping kids, public schools are» by JeremiahSchools, a parent of a recent graduate of the school system, a former Bridgeport Board of Education member, and an active unpaid advocate for the public schools in my hometown, I couldn't help but chuckle when I read the recent editorial «CEA rhetoric not helping kids, public schools are» by Jeremiah public schools in my hometown, I couldn't help but chuckle when I read the recent editorial «CEA rhetoric not helping kids, public schools are» by Jeremiahschools in my hometown, I couldn't help but chuckle when I read the recent editorial «CEA rhetoric not helping kids, public schools are» by Jeremiah public schools are» by Jeremiahschools are» by Jeremiah Grace.

The state has 6 million kids in its K - 12 public school system, 60 percent of them are classified as either poor or English - learners and as a group they trail badly in educational accomplishment.

«Our system, which forces thousands of kids and their families to fight year - after - year to secure state support for their existing seat in their public school, is fundamentally broken,» said Jeremiah Grace, Connecticut state director for the Northeast Charter Schools Network (NECSN).

«There are many people who have a «dream school» in mind, which may or may not fit their kid at all,» says Catherine McCauley, a Toronto teacher and guidance counselor who has worked in both the public and private school systems.

(Of course, this in no way guarantees a smart, attuned kid, but compared to the odds of success in the public school system, it sure seems to help).

«Many bright or gifted kids can do well in a good public or private school system.

By statute, states can not cut funding to charter schools, and even if they could, they don't save any money by doing so — the kids will still be in the public school system.