Sentences with phrase «of kids across the state»

If we and the other families do not have our day in court and the ability to stand up for our children, we risk this injustice continuing and hurting tens of thousands of kids across the state for years to come.

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It's back - to - school time for kids across the United States, and while having time with my own children this summer was truly wonderful, I am happy to admit that I am eager to see them get back to their own work of being students.

During this time, select Boston's locations across the United States will collect proceeds from the sale of Gourmet Pizzas in addition to guest donations for the Boston's Pizza Foundation in support of Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign.

Marbles Kids Museum's marketing department states in a list of talking points that even with the increase, admission fees still cover less than 40 percent of the cost of providing each museum visit, and at $ 7, Marbles Kids Museum remains one of the most affordable children's museums in North Carolina and across the country.

Give Kids A Smile ® is a grassroots movement of dental healthcare professionals to help children across the United States with dental care.

This on top of all the time taking my kids to practices in the evenings and games all across the state on the weekends.

Kids sports are a ritual played out in millions of households across the States every weekend.

Schools can serve healthy lunches, but whether kids will eat them is a question that has been asked often since the 2012 - 13 school year, when districts across the United States raised the nutritional quality of meals to meet updated national standards.

With 19 day camps and one overnight camp, Mass Audubon helps kids across the state make the most of summer.

«Secretary Duncan's report saying New York is on the watch - list for failure is yet another warning that the inability of school districts across the state and their unions to come together has jeopardized the quality of our kids» education,» Cuomo said.

It's a state where we teach our kids not to use drugs and then we legalize a drug that has sapped the ambition and desire from millions of young people across the country.

«This is the state where I have been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ equality and for women's health and women's rights, including a woman's right to choose, and in the last 17 years, I have been traveling across this state fighting for better public schools for my kids but also for all of New York's kids,» Nixon said.

(reported by Politico on Mar. 29, 2016 to «oversee 27 coordinators across the state,» one in each CD) CEO of the TLC Kids Group, which owns camps in NY and PA, as well as a management company and a charitable foundation.

In a partial victory for the Cuomo administration, the Court of Appeals dismissed the claims of an educational group that New York was failing to provide a «sound basic education» to school kids across the state.

A new report released today by a group of education advocates argues that allowing New York City to raise taxes on the wealthy to pay for Pre-K would benefit kids across the entire state.

Hugh Farley, completing his fourth decade this year as a member of the state Senate, walked through the oversize, motorized revolving door and across a lobby filled with FFA kids.

Over the past two years, state legislators across the country have launched an unprecedented series of initiatives aimed at lowering labor standards Education and parenting articles offer expert tips and information on raising kids.

If states are instead encouraged to spread their resources across everybody, as the authors of Quality Counts would clearly have them do, they'll never do right by the kids in greatest need of serious early - childhood education.

Distinctive Charity Shares Stache of Cash with Schools They may not be commonly recognized as a philanthropic group, but in cities across the United States men are banding together to raise fuzz and then razing that fuzz as part of a unique charity — Mustaches for Kids — that generates money for kids in local schoKids — that generates money for kids in local schokids in local schools.

But with roughly 5,500 kids across the state still dropping out of high school every year, Professor Reville and others acknowledge that Massachusetts, widely recognized as having the nation's leading education system, still has a long way to go.

«By letting every state set their own benchmark, define their own standard and use their own assessment, combined with the requirement of 100 percent proficiency, they basically incented states to keep dumbing down and lowering their cut score in order to get more kids across the bar,» Weiss explains.

I have personally developed so much at Rocketship and have been very fortunate to play a part in our growth — from 160 kids to over 5,000, one city to several across multiple states, a handful of staff to over 400.

Efforts to disentangle success from economics are made somewhat harder by New York's decision not to adopt one of the national Common Core tests, which promised to allow more apples - to - apples comparisons among school districts across the country (though New York has a modified version of the Common Core standards in place, the state makes its own exams to test whether kids are meeting those expectations).

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

Because state and local authorities are in charge of implementing curricula, kids across the country are learning different things and being assessed in different ways.

As a result of Minnich's leadership, state education agencies are now better positioned to support their schools and districts, to elevate teacher voice in decision - making and to offer career pathways to every kid across the country.

«We're going to be focusing on empowering innovation and opportunity across the state of Wisconsin, as well as working to provide resources to our kids that struggle the most.»

Nevada is one of the 10 states selected to participate in New Skills for Youth (NSFY), an initiative enhancing state efforts to increase the number of kids across the country who are prepared for success in both college and career.

Von Hayek's take was that it's difficult, and in many cases futile, for policymakers to operate as engineers because they simply don't have the degree of control or as much information as they need to design effective solutions — in the case of K — 12 schooling in the United States, solutions that are going to work for 50 million kids scattered across 90,000 schools.

I, like so many teachers across our great state, can tell you with great joy the hundreds of examples of ordinary students doing extraordinary things in the classroom; Tell you the time when tears filled my eyes, when life hit a student like a ton of bricks, and give you the names of kids who were the first in their family to go to college.

By Melissa Figueira Policy Associate In the fall of 2017, following successful pilots in districts across the state, the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey, or KIDS, will be implemented in Illinois.

In the fall of 2017, following successful pilots in districts across the state, the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey, or KIDS, will be implemented in Illinois.

Thanks to your advocacy and the commitment of lawmakers to great schools, kids and educators across the state have reason to celebrate.

Michigan's school choice policy has opened the door for thousands of parents across the state to take their kids out of their home school district and go to schools in neighboring districts.

Tennessee is one of the 10 states selected to participate in New Skills for Youth (NSFY), an initiative enhancing state efforts to increase the number of kids across the country who are prepared for success in both college and career.

In terms of breaking out the data, we can breakout migrant status and foster status, which is one of my upcoming posts.foster kids are suspended at much higher rates across the city and state.

As kids across the country return to school, the results of a new poll suggest it's adults who need a lesson on the Common Core State Standards, a set of end - of - grade expectations in math and English adopted by 44 states and the District of Columbia.

Mississippi KIDS COUNT, a project of the Family and Children Research Unit at Mississippi State University's Social Science Research Center surveyed kindergarten teachers across the state to assess their perspectives on student readiState University's Social Science Research Center surveyed kindergarten teachers across the state to assess their perspectives on student readistate to assess their perspectives on student readiness.

Oklahoma is one of the 10 states selected to participate in New Skills for Youth (NSFY), an initiative enhancing state efforts to increase the number of kids across the country who are prepared for success in both college and career.

GLMA members across the state of Georgia know what it means to help kids in College and Career Readiness Programs learn the critical thinking, information literacy, media literacy, and technology literacy skills they need for their future paths.

But if our pets are like kids, what does it mean, then, if one of the largest toy stores declares bankruptcy and announces it's closing 180 stores across the United States?

Close to various nearby local attractions and world - class shopping including Aventura Mall across the street, Turnberry Isle Miami has a wide array of award - winning activities and amenities on property for all guests to enjoy, including two 18 - hole Raymond Floyd redesigned championship golf courses, a three - story spa & fitness center, a state - of - the - art tennis center with a new exclusive partnership with Cañas Tennis, a beach club, multiple pools including a lagoon - style pool with a waterslide and lazy river, a 40,000 square - foot conference center, marina access, a kids club, and a distinguished membership club.

The program is designed to help parents get «inside information» on what's hip in 10 destination cities across the United States through a survey of kids, ages six to 16, on topics ranging from the best skate parks to the best burger joints, shopping locations, museums and more.

«Pollution from this plant put kids» health at risk at more than 80 schools and day care centers across both Massachusetts and Rhode Island, but at the same time, our states are becoming the hub of the quickly growing offshore wind industry.

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 States.

The KIDS COUNT Data Book is an annual publication that assesses child well - being nationally and across the 50 states, as well as in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

MCA is proud to be part of the national KIDS COUNT project, a state - by - state effort funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation to track the status of child well - being across the country.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released its annual KIDS COUNT Data Book detailing the latest national rankings of states across 16 key measures within four domains including, economic well - being, education, health, and family & community.

The House Finance Committee was hearing testimony on legislation, supported by Governor Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island Kids Count and the Economic Progress Institute, to expand and improve affordable childcare across the state, and RI NOW legislative committee member Alyson Powell was prepared to explain the process of how the budget hearings work so first time visitors to the State House would know what to exstate, and RI NOW legislative committee member Alyson Powell was prepared to explain the process of how the budget hearings work so first time visitors to the State House would know what to exState House would know what to expect.

Last month the Annie E. Casey Foundation released the 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book, providing an annual snapshot of how America's children and families are faring in every state and across the nation.