Sentences with phrase «large children opt»

We are measuring children in primary schools, though there is evidence that some very large children opt out.

Not exact matches

It's true that more men are at home caring for the kids than ever before — there are about 2 million stay - at - home dads — but, and this is a big but, the largest number of stay - at - home fathers, 35 percent, are at home because of illness or disability, according to the Pew Research Center, not by choice, versus 73 percent of stay - at - home mothers, who either are choosing to be at home (presumably with the blessing of their partner) or who have had to opt out for any number of reasons (the cost of child care perhaps).

For a child as large as Charlie, I tend to always opt for the rear carry.

But Sonja Santelises, vice president for K - 12 policy and practice at The Education Trust, a Washington, D.C. - based nonprofit that works to close achievement gaps, sees a danger in large numbers of children with disabilities opting out of state tests.

While No Child Left Behind initially had a provision for penalties against large opt out numbers, which carried over to the new Every Student Succeeds Act, the «testocracy» seems to be too afraid to use this clause.

I also administered the SBAC test and was responsible for addressing the massive problems it created, from large numbers of parents «opting» children out to many glitches in technology that interfered with test completion.

According to a Center for American Progress report examining the largest school districts in the country, schools are closed for an average of 29 days each school year — not including summer recess — which is 13 days longer than the average private sector worker has in paid leave.58 Not only do days off increase the cost of child care, but the short length of the school day also decreases economic productivity when parents have to take time off from work or when parents with elementary school - age children opt out of full - time employment in order to accommodate their children's schedules.59

The CEA's efforts to push legislation to phase out the Common Core SBAC testing system is important and appreciated but Connecticut's students, parents and teachers also need the state's largest union to take a public and unequivocal position in support of parents and their fundamental right to opt their children out of the Common Core testing scam.

Authors of children's books with lots of images often opt for a larger size book.

These smaller Maltese are really too fragile for small children, so opt for a larger individual.

A small animal may be an appropriate choice for people and families opting not to adopt a larger pet, and some can be excellent companions for responsible children.

If the major financial liabilities, like your children's marriages are already taken care of, you need not opt for a very large annuity.