Sentences with phrase «of school children in»

The Independent Schools Councils estimates the independent sector educates around 6.5 % of school children in the UK - with about 93 % of all pupils educated in state schools.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan unveiled the plans saying it was a «national mission'to improve the literacy levels of school children in the country, enlisting author and comedian David Walliams to help launch the campaign.

Rampant poverty and lack of awareness regarding the importance of education are the main reasons behind the high dropout and out of school children in these tribal villages.

«Therefore, we call on government to allow the current generation of school children in England to enjoy language, to be empowered by their skill in it, and not to become tangled in rules which have no application outside the narrow confines of a National Test.

Ms. Rosenthal, who represents the Upper West Side, led a group of school children in a cheer on Monday, asking «What do we want?»

Do you mean «the number of school children in the state» (which is what the quote says) rather than «purportedly harmed»?

Whether you have concerns about school lunch or child nutrition happens to be a passion for you, joining your school districts local wellness policy committee could give you the opportunity to have a positive impact on school food for all of the school children in your area.

As a fellow parent, advocate, or other community member concerned about the well - being of school children in the nation's capital, we hope you join us in this shared cause.

About 70 percent of all school children in the District qualify for free or reduced - price meals and receive the majority of their daily nutrition at school.

Endlessly dedicated to her involvement with the Slow Foods Miami Chapter, Frans champions initiatives that bring light to the farm - to - table community in Miami, and devotes herself to the education of school children in healthful nutrition and sustainable farming.

Not exact matches

Hours after the attack in Kabul, a suicide bomber in a vehicle attacked a foreign military convoy in the southern province of Kandahar, killing 11 children studying in a nearby religious school, police said.

Parents are increasingly interested in providing private school funding for their children 1) because they see the value and importance of good education and 2) because of frequent public school closings.

Even though Pioneer is considered a «high - needs school» and enrolls a large number of English language learners and children of immigrants, every student gets a chance to learn in Jones» high - tech classroom.

Yousafzai has been advocating for Pakistani women and children since the age of 11, when she documented in a BBC blog life in the Swat Valley under Taliban rule during a time when girls in the region were prohibited from going to school.

This fall, our team members in and around Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia volunteered with Cradles to Crayons, a national organization that provides children from birth through age 12 with essential items — all free of charge — to help them thrive at home, at school, and at play.

After years in which the number of children being excluded from schools declined, the latest figures that slipped out Thursday reveal that the number is starting to rise again.

For older children, letting them feel in charge of creating and choosing potential solutions is an important skill to develop as they learn to navigate life, lessons and school.

«At a minimum we need a law that protects the privacy of our children in our public schools,» Abbott said.

When the Kula Project first engaged with them in May of this year, they asked what their number one need is and the unanimous response was to have the funds to send their children to school.

«Don't put the person in a position of having to ask permission like a child when they need to miss a day of school and have to get a doctor's note,» he says.

«The whole reason for this company is to protect children in schools,» says the founder of Amulet Protective Technologies, which makes ballistic material that can be put into walls, doors, cubicle dividers, and office furniture to create bullet - stopping barriers in public spaces.

While a hungry child is less likely to be able to focus, most of the research looks at kids who are part of school breakfast programs, which means the majority of those kids come from underprivileged backgrounds and may not be getting enough to eat in general.

The NIH says breakfast «has been suggested to positively affect learning in children in terms of behavior, cognitive, and school performance.»

In spite of her busy schedule, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg drops her two young children off at school in the morning and leaves work by 5:30 p.m. to be at home with theIn spite of her busy schedule, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg drops her two young children off at school in the morning and leaves work by 5:30 p.m. to be at home with thein the morning and leaves work by 5:30 p.m. to be at home with them.

CBA is seen as a stable part of life in the country of 24 million where most people have had a mortgage, insurance policy or regular savings account with CBA at some point - often starting with its famed «Dollarmites» deposit account for school children.

Twenty - six percent of U.S. parents whose children in high school play sports hope their child will become a professional athlete one day.

Each of these suggestions will not only create better leaders, but can help children perform better in school and develop better personal relationships throughout life.

If one child decides not to go to school, goes to a cheaper school than expected, gets a full scholarship (more on that in a minute), or for some other reason doesn't use all of the money, you can simply change the beneficiary on the account and give those funds to another child... or even to yourself, if you'd like to go back to school.

Typically, incoming presidents have allowed a grace period for politically appointed ambassadors to leave the country so that they have time to transition their children out of schools and prepare for life back in the US.

«If present public expenditures on schooling were made available to parents [through a voucher] regardless of where they send their children, a wide variety of schools would spring up to meet the demand,» writes Milton Friedman in Capitalism and Freedom.

While out walking in London recently, I passed a group of uniformed school children moving in an orderly, single - file line, with teachers in front and rear.

As he was leaving a statehouse meeting in mid-July, Patrick was asked by reporters to respond to Kennedy's complaints about the cost of additional children in schools.

More of those children remained in school longer, therefore delaying their entry into the workforce.

«No child's life should be put at risk because a parent, school, or healthcare provider can not afford a simple, life - saving device because of a drug - maker's anti-competitive practices,» said Schneiderman in a statement.

«One study compared the families of children who were rated among the most creative 5 percent in their school system with those who were not unusually creative.

Not only does the ability to capture and recall knowledge make it more likely that a child will excel at school, but having rich, vivid memories of everyday experiences also help children make sense of the world and their place in it, enriching their experiences and building essential life skills.

The company also faced intense, unwanted attention in the aftermath of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn. where 26 people, including children, were killed by a gunman armed with, among other weapons, a Remington Bushmaster assault rifle.

That has resulted in the organisation reducing some of its community education programs that were offered to 30,000 school children last year

Canfield cites his children as examples — some of them always loved drawing, while one started becoming a salesman in middle school.

To offset lost education taxes during a decade in which children of gigafactory workers are certain to boost enrollment, Tesla agreed to donate $ 37.5 million to local public schools starting in 2018.

Chrisann Brennan, Jobs» first girlfriend and mother of his first child said that even in high school, Steve was «disconnected and awkward,» and that he had «a mix of genius, authenticity and emotional woodenness.»

The fourth child and younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch went to Harvard to study film and history after graduating in 1991 from Horace Mann, an elite New York City private prep school.

Few are more at risk in that catastrophe than the children of eastern Aleppo; prevented from going to school or even hospital, as both are deemed too unsafe, they live under constant fear of attack.

Lloyd Blankfein's path tothe pinnacle of finance nearly rivals for degree of difficulty that of his legendary predecessor Sidney Weinberg, who was one of eleven children of a Brooklyn bootlegger and started working at Goldman Sachs as a gofer shining spittoons, in 1907, a few years removed from elementary school.

In fact, if you don't fix these things, you will be shutting your doors in six months, your receptionist will lose her house, you will have to pull your children out of private school, and your CFO will become a panhandleIn fact, if you don't fix these things, you will be shutting your doors in six months, your receptionist will lose her house, you will have to pull your children out of private school, and your CFO will become a panhandlein six months, your receptionist will lose her house, you will have to pull your children out of private school, and your CFO will become a panhandler.

Children talk to each other instead of being shunned in the school canteen.

Gordon L. Flett, a psychology professor at York University in Toronto, says more than 50 percent of today's Western school - aged children exhibit the perfectionist traits hinted at above.

Last year, one such company, Dovden Investments, launched at least 35 lawsuits against Canadian organizations — including a school for gifted children in Alberta and a pair of individual developers of free public - transit apps — that ostensibly stole the obscure intellectual property in its portfolio.

Similarly integral projects are funded by Virgin Money, our bank, which helps schools to educate children in the basics of entrepreneurship.

With its state license for 116 students; lucrative tuition subsidies for single parents, available from North Carolina's Child Care Resources program; and expertise with children, from infants to after - schoolers (up to age 12), this business could advance as quickly as a 2 - year - old — if placed in the care of a growth - minded new owner.