Sentences with phrase «needs kids in city»

But just last week, the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) released a damning report showing that more than 60,000 special needs kids in city schools are not receiving all of the services they need and are entitled to under law.

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Donations are directed to the BBBS agency operating in the city or region where the investment is made to ensure that kids who need a mentor have access to one in their community.

Story for the gods... they don't need Van Persie to beat us, just get some kids off the streets in a Man U, Chelski or hell, even Monaco kit, top it up by putting the moaning one [or just about any brash folk like Berbatov] in the picture and we are in deep s ** t, our players will quake in their boots and lose the plot; we only beat Man City «cos their manager is almost as studious and gentlemanly as our prof. kindly remind me of one feisty game we've won in recent times, ok maybe Stoke [it took a broken leg to Ramsey and constant harassment before our players thought it was necessary to stand up to Stoke].

This off topic but I still feel we need a striker we can't let this talent Pablo Dybala go to Man City, I've watched this kid many times this season and he's a mixture of Aguero and Messi, currently he has 7 goals and 4 assists but i'm hearing rumours about Dortmund going in for him which will really disappoint me because i feel he can be a great striker for the future

If you'd like to help, call an elementary school in your city and offer to purchase lunch tickets or daily milk cartons for 1 o 2 or more kids in the school that the principal knows needs the help.

Caffeine and carbs are the antidote to long days and sleepless nights, and when parents, babysitters, and nannies in Cleveland need to recharge, many seek refuge in the vast selection of kid - friendly coffee shops around the city... more

While the need is greatest in the inner cities, don't forget that there are probably kids in your own local area that need help too.

In the late 1980s, Margaret Brodkin of Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth led a campaign that established the Children's Fund to ensure permanent funding for vital services for kids, and the city's Department of Children Youth and their Families was created, to make sure that children's issues were handled by a department focused solely on their unique needs.

BROOKLYN — A Crown Heights landlord who left tenants without heat in the winter and exposed kids as young as 6 to toxic amounts of lead dust to get residents out of his 14 - unit apartment building so he could charge more is proof the city's rent laws need to be strengthened, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday.

Democrat Sandy Frankel also approved of the concept, saying that, «We need to see that our kids in the city school district in particular have that resource available to them, and people in the community need that.

The city could be on the hook for the cash after failing to place 2,500 special needs kindergarten kids in public schools.

Serving as a think - tank intermediary to devise such a strategy, PASA developed a plan called Learning in Communities / Providence, led by Rhode Island Kids Count (RIKC) and funded by the Wallace Foundation, which had taken an interest in the needs of the city's after - school programs in April 2003 after several studies reported that high - quality after - school programs are an affordable and effective way to improve school attendance and success.

Suburbanites need education reform for the sake of their own children and not just for the poor kids in the big cities.

At this point, I'm of the mind that the ASD / RSD model, though it is a giant leap in our evolving understanding of public school governance and operation, is not the long - term solution for what city kids need.

Rosa Fernandez, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who graduated from New York City's Manhattan International High School, put it this way in The Schools We Need, a publication by and for high school students produced by the nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do: «Small schools are perfect for teenagers, because we need people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.&raNeed, a publication by and for high school students produced by the nonprofit organization What Kids Can Do: «Small schools are perfect for teenagers, because we need people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.&raneed people to be warm and care about us, to be after us — otherwise, we might take the wrong road.»

And though these states also bring the problems of rural education to the forefront, there are plenty of black and brown kids in cities who need our help as badly as any kid in Bed - Stuy, Brooklyn, does.

Rochester's City School Superintendent says the federal government has fallen short on meeting the needs of kids in special education.

«There is the will in the city of Los Angeles, in Chicago and New York, to tie reform to more money, to... get the kind of flexibility that we need to innovate and set the highest standards for kids,» said Villaraigosa, who was recently chosen to chair this year's Democratic National Committee.

«Teachers and students need immediate action, and by hitting the airwaves, we hope our leaders in Albany will hear the pleas of classroom teachers and deliver for them and the city's 1.1 million school kids.»

(In New York City, charters often have half as many special needs kids.)

Every kid in the city is automatically thrown into the lottery — no longer need to apply.

These include a reduction in time spent on testing, the ability for teachers to use their own judgment and expertise to determine what skills their students need to focus on, and an increase in cultural relevancy on the required assessments for students in urban Title I schools like hers (no more questions for city kids about sail boats or babbling brooks!).

But if Ferguson is running neck - and - neck with — and in the case of harsh discipline for special ed kids, moving far ahead of — St. Louis, it is trailing behind the big city in providing opportunities to take college - preparatory math and science courses needed for success in higher education, in career, and in being a knowledgeable player in society.

I'd like to see Mayor de Blasio tell these children, the highest need kids in New York City, that there's no such thing as a bad school.

Brinig: As we discuss in our book, the loss of Catholic schools is a «triple whammy» for our cities: When Catholic schools close, (1) poor kids lose schools with a track record of educating disadvantaged children at a time when they need them more desperately than ever; (2) poor neighborhoods that are already overwhelmed by disorder and crime lose critical and stabilizing community institutions — institutions that our research suggests suppress crime and disorder; and, (3) middle - class families must look elsewhere for educational options for their kids, leading many to migrate to suburbs with high - performing public schools.

Given that the percentage of low - income suburban fourth - grade young men struggling with literacy is only seven percentage points lower than that for big - city counterparts (and only six points lower for suburban fourth - grade young women peers than for big - city counterparts), suburban districts are doing as poorly as big - city counterparts in providing the poorest kids with high - quality education needed for success in an increasingly knowledge - based economy.

At a time when schools are under increasing pressure to teach tougher standards (known as the Common Core) and begin the path to college readiness in kindergarten, this school, and several others around the city, are taking care of kids» emotional and physical needs as a route to improving their ability to learn.

BMW is finally bringing its baby SUV, the BMW X1, to the US this fall as part of the X1's mid-life refresh or life cycle impulse (in BMW - speak) and it fits a whole lot of trends into a car smaller than the Toyota RAV4: It targets city dwellers who need small vehicles for tight parking spaces; it speaks to baby boomers who have fewer possessions (and kids) to lug around but still want an upscale vehicle; and it has many but not all of the big - Bimmer tech goodies that can raise the price of a new Bimmer by $ 20K, including BMW's suite of applications that live in the center stack for music, information, and navigation.

If the Washington Post or New York Times can do a national story on the inflated salaries of so many top city administrators in the context of public needs, such as those of K - 12 kids and other library patrons, then so much the better.

Living in a small apartment in the city with two kids under two years old and two dogs leaves us with a huge need to exercise them or face the consequences.

Featuring a window with lots of natural light, the City Urban Family will provide all the space and bedding you need, including two separate rooms, a Queen bed and four Singles, plus a range of facilities including an LCD smart TV with digital channels, in room movies (perfect for keeping the kids amused) and wireless internet.

Among our list of the most popular kid - friendly hotels in Chaweng are some of the city's top villas and resorts, which boast an impressive range of facilities which suit the needs of parents and children.

In an article for City Lab, titled «Suburban Sprawl Stole Your Kids» Sleep,» Mimi Kirk describes a surge of public interest in starting school later, in order to accommodate teenagers» need for more sleeIn an article for City Lab, titled «Suburban Sprawl Stole Your Kids» Sleep,» Mimi Kirk describes a surge of public interest in starting school later, in order to accommodate teenagers» need for more sleein starting school later, in order to accommodate teenagers» need for more sleein order to accommodate teenagers» need for more sleep.

Through this initiative, Equal Justice Works is partnering with Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), Kids In Need of Defense (KIND), and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) to place 55 legal professionals — lawyers and paralegals — in 14 cities across the United StateIn Need of Defense (KIND), and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) to place 55 legal professionals — lawyers and paralegals — in 14 cities across the United Statein 14 cities across the United States.

«With 69 percent of the city's children living in low - income households, families need to have access to the supports and safety nets they need to help their kids grow up safe, healthy and educated.»

It became evident that wealthy suburban children needed social and emotional skills just as much as their inner city, low - income counterparts (and every kid in between).

«If you provide parents with critical parenting tools, they will have what they need to foster academic success in their kids,» said Chief Mike Brown, Salt Lake City Police Department.

The school is not the problem the problem is the way how the parents help their child's to behave and to study because some parents they think the school have to do the all learning to the kids but they are wrong i like the school and I like the teachers too just the city need to help with resources because we need more people to control the lunch time in special to the little ones.

With more kids in tow, the need for more space at an affordable price is increasingly pushing millennial buyers outside the city.

In Kansas City, Mo. «You need to get ready to pack lunches again, get the kids ready for soccer and football practice and get back to that routine.»