Sentences with phrase «millions of children across»

Sure, it's still fun to anticipate all of the presents that will be waiting for you under the tree, but now you understand there is no magical fat man hopping from house to house, delivering toys to the millions and millions of children across the globe.

Yet today millions of children across our nation find themselves trapped in failing schools, barring them from the chance to receive the education they need to climb out of poverty and up the economic ladder.

My friend Lindsey Burke from the Heritage Foundation is off base regarding a federal education tax credit and the tremendous benefit it could have for millions of children across the country.

NEW YORK, 10 March 2015 — Gender - based violence in school settings is having a damaging impact on the education of millions of children across the world according to a new paper released today at the Commission on the Status of Women, by the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO and United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI).

The EFA Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO and UNGEI call for urgent action to combat school - related gender - based violence NEW YORK, 10 March 2015 — Gender - based violence in school settings is having a damaging impact on the education of millions of children across the world according to a new paper released today at the Commission on the -LSB-...]

As millions of children across the U.S. end their summer vacations and head back to school, parents are getting ready to ease their kids back into the school - year routine of homework, extracurricular activities and going to bed at a reasonable hour.

With the Soft Drinks Industry Levy coming into effect recently, millions of children across the United Kingdom are expected to benefit from the government's key milestone in tackling childhood obesity.

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Independent researchers across the U.S. have spent millions of federal dollars developing dozens of evidence - based programs shown to teach children to make wise and responsible decisions about drugs.

Outpouring of spontaneous generosity at 34th annual fundraiser sets new records 6/8/2014 — St. Helena, CA — The winning combination of renowned Napa Valley wine, talented chefs and stunning scenery inspired bidders from across the country and around the world to open their hearts and wallets, leaving behind $ 18.7 million for healthcare and children's education nonprofits.

In conjunction with May as Exercise is Medicine ® Month, «The World's Largest Exercise Class» is coming to children and schools around the world May 1, as millions of participants across the globe celebrate the 25th annual Project ACES ® Day beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 1.

If you really want to improve school meals, here are 10 effective ways to support the hard - working school nutrition HEROES who are reshaping local and national food systems, teaching kids about where food comes from, and feeding millions of children their best meals of the day — every day — in thousands of schools across our country.

Contrary to this quote from Betsy DeVos, there is such a thing as a free lunch and it is employed every year for millions of children all across the United States.

Each day across the United States, more than 4 million children, many from low - income families, receive meals and snacks through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

The budget also allocates more than $ 7 million for upgrades and the creation of children's water playgrounds across the city.

Obesity aside, this more recent study is a good reminder, even as we complain about the quality of school food across the board, that the NSLP is a critically important safety net for the 31 million American children who eat a free or reduced price lunch every single school day.

Every day, millions of school children across the United States grab a lunch tray and get in line.

Each day, more than 32 million children across the United States are served school lunch and more than 12 million children are served school breakfast through the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs.

The school feeding programme which he said has increased enrollment by 30 percent, currently serves over 7 million school children, across 22 of Nigeria's 36 states, and continues to grow as more States sign up for it.

«I want to be ridiculously clear, I believe in education for children all across the state of New York, including the city of New York with 1.1 million students,» he said during a WCNY radio show Wednesday morning.

The improvements to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit (CTC) that were enacted several years ago are extremely important to millions of working families across the country, including nearly 1.5 million children in 755,000 New York families.

The global refugee crisis and there are 65 million refugees across the world that crisis is a challenge, much of which is on the borders of Europe and that challenge can be met by co-ordinating with our European neighbours, both to crack down on the people smugglers who put men, women and children to sea in unseaworthy vessels.

The proposed cuts, part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's expected 2013 executive budget, would take $ 170 million from after - school and child care programs, leaving nearly 50,000 students without those programs across the city.

Students from Buffalo - area schools will join more than 2.5 million children across the world to celebrate «Read for the Record» tomorrow, Thursday, October 22 at 10:30 a.m. in the Auditorium of the Central Library in downtown Buffalo.

Almost 180 million children across the globe are stunted, a severe, disabling consequence of malnutrition, repeated childhood infections, and sometimes irreversible damage.

Almost 180 million children across the globe are stunted, a severe, disabling consequence of malnutrition and repeated childhood infections that puts them at risk for cognitive impairment and disease.

In 2015, nearly six million children under the age of five died as did more than 300,000 women from pregnancy - related causes across the globe.

Fueled by more than 25,000 volunteers, NASA Nationwide brings current NASA science and engineering into thousands of communities reaching millions of children, teachers, and adults across our nation.

Established in 2003, Child's Play has distributed more than $ 40 million in donations from the staggering support of the video game community, bringing the universal joy of «play» to children staying at more than 200 hospitals and domestic violence shelters across the globe.

Outdoor Classroom Day will be celebrated across the world in as many as 52 countries on May 18th 2017, with the aim of getting over half a million children learning and playing outside of their classroom.

Parents have been fined a total of # 5.6 million across England and Wales for taking their children out of school during term time.

In all, more than 31 million children across the country were fed through the National School Lunch Program at a cost of $ 9.8 billion in fiscal year 2009.

The vast majority of EP alumni work for other education organizations, including high - performing charter school networks and education nonprofits, state and federal agencies that allocate billions of dollars across the sector and impact millions of children, education policy and advocacy organizations, and ed tech companies.

Since 1993, he has headed the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education, with primary statutory responsibility for implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which serves 6 million children with disabilities across the United States.

«What concerns me about this downturn is that everyone is feeling the pain,» says Richard Bell, a member of the AIE advisory board and the executive director of Young Audiences, the nation's largest arts education program, serving 7 million children in 700 programs across 26 states.

Pupils at Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School in Somerset, were the first to take part in an innovative scheme to raise awareness of the 124 million children in the world who are missing out on an education * across the globe.

«For millions of children and young people across the world, the school environment is not the safe and supportive place it should be,» said UNESCO Director - General, Irina Bokova.

Over the last 12 months one million micro: bits have been distributed to school children across the UK, which have been supported by the launch of the micro: bit website and hundreds of learning resources for teachers and pupils.

This March, from 12th - 18th, more than two million primary school children across the UK will be celebrating Shakespeare's timeless stories and poetry as part of Shakespeare Week.

New opportunity areas across England will receive # 60 million of funding to help local children get the best start in life.

Today's op - ed by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, and Stand for Children President Jonah Edelman is a disservice to millions of parents and children across the nation who want nothing more than equal access to a quality edChildren President Jonah Edelman is a disservice to millions of parents and children across the nation who want nothing more than equal access to a quality edchildren across the nation who want nothing more than equal access to a quality education.

Parents and children across the nation would be fortunate indeed if the Administration and Congress were to adopt a federal tax credit because it would facilitate access to a quality education for another 1 million students — most of whom will graduate and go on to college as the body of research into these programs clearly demonstrates.

Today's announcement is part of wider plans to create an excellent primary assessment system and will build on the progress already being made in schools across England, with 1.9 million more children in good or outstanding schools than in 2010.

Meanwhile, the parents of nearly 10 million school children across America have opted out of the traditional public school system in favor of private schools, charter schools or homeschooling.

The winners will be awarded a first - year grant of up to $ 6 million, totaling up to $ 30 million across the life of the grant, to support cradle - to - career services that improve the educational achievement and healthy development of children in underserved neighborhoods.

Either way, its ruling will profoundly affect not only the lives of thousands Louisiana families, but also millions of other American children who could be rescued from failing schools if powerful school reforms continue to gain momentum across the land.

Across the country, millions of children enroll in schools whose primary mission is to sustain a flow of dollars, not provide an excellent education.

PRESS RELEASE Google pledges $ 1 million to support innovative hub model that sustainably integrates making in schools across the country Oakland, Calif., September 2016 — Buoyed by the enthusiasm for maker education across the country, and with the generous support of Google, Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) and Children's Museum of Pittsburgh (CMP) are launching a new -LSB-...]

Pledging $ 100 million of their own money, Forstmann and Walton challenged local donors across the U.S. to match their gift and help them offer 40,000 low - income children the chance to attend the tuition - based schools of their parents» choice.

Using test score information required by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, the study analyzes the effects of segregation in more than 22,000 schools across the country that enroll more than 18 million students.

Foodlink distributes more than 19 million pounds of food each year to 500 + community partners, and its Community Kitchen prepares more than 1 million healthy, fresh meals each year for children in school, daycare and after - school settings across Rochester.