Sentences with phrase «large number of those children leave»

Nonetheless, a depressingly large number of those children leave the vegetable side dishes untouched and they go right in the trash.

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The largest number (41 percent) of respondents, however, said they plan to leave their children as much as possible and feel confident their heirs will be responsible with the money.

Since there's only me to eat it this time, I did leave the pasta out so I could freeze it — pasta will be added individually each time — but when I make it for my minister and his large family (seven children, with number eight due in just a few days), I'll include the pasta (as well as red wine — just a cup — in place of one can of soup) because there won't be any leftovers, even though I'll triple the recipe

The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers» union, has asked U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and members of Congress to waive accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act for schools hit by the hurricane as well as those taking in large numbers...

Neither the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) nor the states impose direct sanctions on members of school boards that oversee large numbers of underperforming schools.

And beyond the school and district accountability provisions spawned by No Child Left Behind and its kin, many states have upped the ante to incorporate teachers» contributions to their students» test performance into teacher evaluation systems, and these value - added measures require testing large numbers of students.

Ms Blower said large numbers of teachers leaving the profession, combined with a possible shortfall in the recruitment of trainee teachers, could be «disastrous for children and young people».

The failure to implement s. 31 and properly distribute the 1.4 million acres in a timely and competent manner left a large number of Métis children without this head start.