Sentences with phrase «largest federal child»

For 55 years, schools have celebrated National School Lunch Week (NSLW) by offering exciting menu ideas to promote the National School Lunch Program, the largest federal child nutrition program in the US.

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A federal judge has rejected Mozilla Corp's request to force the U.S. government to disclose a vulnerability related to its Firefox web browser that the company says was exploited by the FBI to investigate users of a large child pornography website.

The program uses the larger meal pattern of the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program to ensure adequate portions for all participating kids, and sticks to finger food - type items that are easy to deal with.

A federal proposal to tighten eligibility for free school lunches could force large numbers of low - income children out of a program that feeds more than 800,000 students in Illinois, local school officials say.

Despite the fact that CACs serve many more victims of child sexual abuse than they do victims of child physical abuse (CPA), federal data show that physical abuse is far more common, potentially indicating that CACs without a specialized response to physical abuse may be unequipped to serve a large population of child victims of abuse within their jurisdictions.

States with large numbers of immigrants have repeatedly petitioned the federal government for help with the cost of educating their children.

On this question, the public divides almost exactly in twain: 39 % of respondents support, but 43 % oppose «the federal government providing additional money to school districts with large numbers of immigrant children.»

The largest federal study to date found that, on average, children left Head Start knowing only one letter of the alphabet, and that many teachers were discouraged from teaching the alphabet.

The intense debate around teacher evaluation has been fueled in recent years by the federal government's efforts to spur the creation of more sophisticated evaluation systems at the state level, in large part through incentives embedded in the Race to the Top grant competition and No Child Left Behind waiver process.

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.

Within the past 6 months, two large federal mandates in education have taken schools in contradictory directions — and both in the name of poor children.

Peterson: Since John Dewey, school reformers have tried to customize education to the needs of each child, but each step towards customization has required a big step toward centralization (bigger schools, larger school districts, state certification for teachers, federal dollars and regulations, etc.) School systems are no longer embedded in the small politics of local communities and this has dramatically changed the way accountability works.

As states adopt comprehensive testing programs in response to the federal No Child Left Behind legislation, large databases will be assembled that make it feasible to compare the progress of any given student with a peer group that has a similar history of test results.

The largest federal expenditures on children and families, ignoring Medicaid, CHIP and the education system, are through provisions of the tax code that are tied to a taxpayer's income, number of dependents, and the amount parents spent on the care of their children.

Cuts in the overall federal budget could mean Tennessee could see larger class sizes, slashes to grant funding for pre-kindergarten and teacher training and, eventually, the elimination of athletics and band programs, according to superintendents and child advocacy groups.

Under the administration's budget, two of the department's largest expenditures in K - 12 education, special education and Title I funds to help poor children, would remain unchanged compared to federal funding levels in the first half of fiscal 2017.

Though his ruling was about Connecticut, he spoke to a larger nationwide truth: After the decades of lawsuits about equity and adequacy in education financing, after federal efforts like No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, after fights over the Common Core standards and high - stakes testing and the tug of war between charter schools and community schools, the stubborn achievement gaps between rich and poor, minority and white students persist.

Unfortunately, he failed to highlight the largest shortcoming in federal education policy today, and that is the need to reform and reauthorize No Child Left Behind.

PA Rep. John Lawrence (R - Chester), author of House Bill 1554, said, «the federal government has no business collecting information on children to build large databases.

Indeed, the Wall Street Journal dubbed it «the largest devolution of federal control to states in a quarter of a century,» and it should be encouraging to anyone who thinks that education is best handled as closely as possible to the children whom the schools are supposed to serve.

A little - discussed aspect of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a mandate that requires failing schools to hire after - school tutoring companies — the largest of which are private, for - profit corporations — and to pay them with federal funds.

Nearly a decade ago, the federal government adopted the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, which served as the largest expansion of federal education authority in our nation's history.

Instead, due in large part to the efforts of Noelle, Sasha and Leslie, congress did not act to pass this proposal, but acted put dollars back into the important federal programs providing services to children.

The largest federal formula grant is allocated under Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and flows to districts based primarily on the population of low - income students served.

The federal government seems intent on large scale experimentation on our children without parent consent.

The No Child Left Behind Act, the largest piece of education legislation on the federal level, for example, uses performance on math and reading exams to gauge whether schools are failing or succeeding — and which schools are closed or phased out.

Existing Targeted Federal Programs and Preschool Programs: The House bill would merge a number of programs aimed at migrant students, English - language learners, and neglected and delinquent children with the much larger Title I program for disadvantaged students.

Deven Carlson, a political science professor at the University of Oklahoma who studies how states are integrating the Common Core into their existing accountability systems, sees the teacher evaluation system as one of the central grievances of the New York parents and students, who — with some help from educators and the teachers union — orchestrated the largest sit - out of annual state tests since the 2001 federal No Child Left Behind Act that mandated them.

Saving for your child's college education is important, but experts say you shouldn't bankrupt yourself, sacrifice retirement savings or take undue risks like an unaffordable second mortgage or a large Federal Direct PLUS Loan.

Although child support, alimony, and federal income taxes are not eligible for elimination, a bankruptcy lawyer can help you deal with financial situations you can not control — such as large medical bills or being laid off — before you get overwhelmed with debt.

Deputy Sheriff — Duties & Responsibilities Deputy Sheriff with extensive background in child and family protective services Develop expertise in child abuse case management through extensive police and FBI training Create and lead training institute for social workers dealing with youth and young adult abuse survivors Instruct case managers in abuse investigations, witness interviews, and evidence collection Identify at risk children, follow appropriate procedures, and extricate youth from abusive situations Strictly adhere to federal / state guidelines, program policies, timelines, and budgets Represent the training institute with poise, integrity, and positivity in the public forum Interact with federal, state, and city officials, agencies, and community organizations Recruit, train, and direct large police staffs ensuring safe, effective, and professional operations Serve on multiple task forces focused on child abuse, international crime, and other specialized areas Consistently recognized and promoted for exceptional service record and dedication to the community

«ItsTimeForJustice.ca is intended to educate federal and provincial politicians about the relatively easy changes they can make to divorce law, to cut time and costs, in large part to the benefit of children.»

Two recent large federal investments in services for pregnant women and young children fuel the expansion of home visiting services and present opportunities and challenges to the existing early childhood service delivery systems at the state and local levels.

And as our state legislators scramble to find the money to close the large K - 12 budget shortfall and best support Wyoming children and families, there is something that our federal legislators — especially Senators Mike Enzi and John Barrasso — can do now to make sure our families are healthy and strong: support home visiting.

Building on extensive experience in large public systems, she is working with federal, state, and local agency leadership to build cross-system, trauma - informed approaches to improving outcomes for children, youth, and families.

Two options were explored for reaching parents with the program: Chapter I pilot schools (schools which qualify for federal funds based on economic and achievement criteria, e.g. those which serve a high number of free or reduced - price lunches and also have a large number of children under - achieving on group tests), and adult education programs.

And the $ 10 billion Mr. Obama has pledged for early childhood education would amount to the largest new federal initiative for young children since Head Start began in 1965.

In the last two years, while Mr. Wilde served as COO, he led the organization through three successful federal reviews; generated year - over-year child outcome increases, including some of the largest gains ever recorded in a Head Start program; and launched the company's new Shine Implement outsourced Head Start leadership division.

This year, the largest federal funding source for home visiting programs — the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting, or MIECHV, program — was able to serve only about 115,000 parents and children, a small fraction of the children and families who live in poverty in the United States.