Sentences with phrase «of schoolchildren about»

We have pioneered innovative, science - based forest - restoration work, educated thousands of schoolchildren about the uniqueness and resilience of these wild marvels of nature, improved access to parkland and helped create parks and reserves that have touched the lives of millions of people from around the world.

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Suburbia may also have fostered the absorption of the monetary value - standard; the question most frequently asked by thousands of wide - eyed schoolchildren visiting the traveling King Tut exhibit was not anything about that fabulous era, or what those people believed as they prepared for afterlife, but rather, «How much does it cost?»

Schoolchildren in northern Indiana, I can attest, marked Lincoln's birthday by drawing crayon portraits of the president while listening to inspirational stories about his life.

There are several curriculum - linked activities for schoolchildren to get their teeth into, including getting children to create a chart of meat - free food according to the alphabet in order to help them with their literacy, learning about meat - free diets around the world for geography, and designing a four - week MFM diet for design and technology.

Staff from GreenPalm were joined by other local businesses to use their expertise to give a group of 80 Hull schoolchildren a lesson in global trade, during an event intended to help them learn more about International business.

Scores of schoolchildren bandy about, some offering heartfelt attempts to «tag» one another in the game of the same name, others waiting their turn for hot dogs and Slushies.

WASHINGTON — Warning that American schoolchildren need to learn about cholesterol as well as computers, a national panel of nutritionists said Wednesday that school lunchrooms must serve less fat and more fiber.

For more than 60 years, Drumlin Farm has given schoolchildren, families, and visitors from around the region and the world opportunities to experience first - hand the wonders of nature and learn about how our food is grown.

Department of Agriculturein January unveiled new rules aimed at improving the health standards of federally - funded meals consumed by about 32 million American schoolchildren.

In 2007 about 30 million schoolchildren took part in the National School Lunch Program at a federal cost of $ 8.7 billion.

A group of schoolchildren from Sheffield have been learning about airguns, gundogs and conservation with BASC this month.

He toyed with his Blackberry throughout the session, for instance, and paid about as much attention as the army of schoolchildren who were ushered into the public gallery half way through.

SPUC is an anti-choice group which, through its «Safe at School» campaign, delivers talks to parents and schoolchildren about the supposed harms of Sex and Relationships Education (SRE), and the dangers of abortion.

«He's wrong about the start date of the recession,» Brown argues - both of them resemble schoolchildren.

Ms. Toscano - Percoco was paid a yearly salary of $ 90,000, for a total of about $ 285,000, to teach schoolchildren about energy.

After leaving the Army he set up a consultancy called The Curzon Education Ltd, which won a # 120,000 grant to give lectures to schoolchildren about the role of Commonwealth soldiers in the First World War.

So when I heard Shane McCracken give a presentation about «I'm a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here,» an outreach program to connect schoolchildren with scientists, I asked to participate.

Currently, about one - third of American schoolchildren are considered overweight or obese.

You can see it in Steven Soderbergh's experimental «Bubble» from 2006, a love triangle set in a small - town doll factory featuring non-actors, and in Zhang Yimou's 2000 drama «Not One Less,» about the struggles of schoolchildren in a rural Chinese village played by... schoolchildren in a rural Chinese village.

Schoolchildren and teachers have been encouraged to start thinking about smart buildings as part of the movement to help young teenagers see career possibilities in science, engineering and technology.

The story of Bletchley Park's Codebreakers will fascinate schoolchildren of all ages and there is no better way to learn about their work than in the capable and inspiring hands of the heritage attraction's learning department.

Director Vicki Abeles» documentary is about the pressures faced by American schoolchildren and their teachers in a system and culture she describes as obsessed with the illusion of achievement, competition and the pressure to perform.

Back on March 13, 2011, retired Los Angeles school district teacher Doug Lasken and I wrote an opinion column for the San Francisco Chronicle about non-compliance with the Stull Act in Los Angeles and other California districts — so I could not be happier about this lawsuit, which may finally bring some justice for Los Angeles schoolchildren after years of the district's deliberate dodging of the law.

In fact, Mr. Branstad's May 8 veto of major portions of that measure has locked the four - term Republican in a stalemate with leaders of his own party and exposed both sides to charges that they care more about politics than schoolchildren.

About the same share of 8th graders attend schools where music and visual - arts instruction are offered as a decade ago — a proportion that accounts for only about half the nation's schoolchildren at thatAbout the same share of 8th graders attend schools where music and visual - arts instruction are offered as a decade ago — a proportion that accounts for only about half the nation's schoolchildren at thatabout half the nation's schoolchildren at that age.

A Melbourne - based doctor and his friend have invented a playing card game designed to educate schoolchildren about the importance of immunisations.

For the people who really know about the issue — and can prove the value of providing all schoolchildren with good food — the proposal to make it free for them is a no - brainer.

Although most of the nation's 52 million schoolchildren are still on traditional schedules, about 2 million attend school year - round; they attend school the same number of days as students on traditional schedules, but they get shorter breaks throughout the year.

This Education Week special report is all about the concrete — and equally crucial — topic of school facilities and what it takes to assure that the nation's 56 million schoolchildren have a modern, fully - equipped, well - maintained school to attend, and a place where all that theory and educator experience can be put into practice.

Let them then not pretend otherwise, despite all this talk by Randi Weingarten and Karen Lewis about the new CTU contract being in the best interest of Chicago's schoolchildren.

Parents of schoolchildren must be concerned about the impact of these budget cuts, which will likely increase class sizes and result in fewer teachers, counselors and instructional aides, including assistants for children with special needs.

The 71 - year - old has lost about 29 pounds, bringing the 5 - foot - 9 inch education activist to a mere 132 pounds — all for the sake of America's schoolchildren.

Local newspapers carry stories and editorials about the bill, while parents, teachers and schoolchildren on both sides of the debate have contacted legislators with their views.

A group of Rutherford County schoolchildren found themselves recent fodder for legislators» jokes about the state's public school system.

Given the facts that student needs are rising — poverty rates across Wisconsin have been rapidly increasing, with about 40 percent of schoolchildren now eligible for free or reduced lunch — while financial support for schools at both the state and federal level is falling, they have a tall order in front of them.

State Sen. Debbie Clary, a Republican who represents the Rutherford County area, had forwarded some of the jokes made by legislators about the schoolchildren's grammar to Rutherford County School Superintendent Janet Mason to show her what was being said about the schoolchildren and to urge the students to either stop writing or at least use proper grammar.

Even with 60 new schools, charters would make up a smaller proportion of all schools at CPS than they do at some other large urban districts — in New Orleans, for example, about 70 percent of schoolchildren attend charters.

If you live in New York City, where the majority of schoolchildren are Black, Latino, and poor, then you care about school quality a great deal.

In the same way, DeVos's denunciations of the federal government and her refusal to make even a tepid call - out to the value of the public education system, can't help but have an effect on the way some Americans feel about their neighborhood public schools, which educate the vast majority of the country's schoolchildren.

* About 10 percent of schoolchildren in the United States go to private schools, according to 2013 - 2014 data, the latest available, with 38 percent of these enrolled in Catholic schools.

And so far, they haven't expressed concern about other ideas Tennessee's teachers may be planting in the unsuspecting heads of our state's schoolchildren.

The 50 stories gathered here, along with hundreds of others, were submitted as part of the Rethink Learning Now campaign, a national grassroots effort to change the tenor of our national conversation about schooling by shifting it from a culture of testing, in which we overvalue basic - skills reading and math scores and undervalue just about everything else, to a culture of learning, in which we restore our collective focus on the core conditions of a powerful learning environment, and work backwards from there to decide how best to evaluate and improve our schools, our educators, and the progress of our nation's schoolchildren.

I've followed the trajectory of Camden Public Schools since I started this blog ten years ago and I'm sad about the loss of this gifted leader who relentlessly prioritizes the needs of schoolchildren above institutional stagnation.

Among Chicago schoolchildren in sixth through 12th grades, about 8 percent lack any kind of internet at home, according to a 2013 report by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research.

But the group's plan for public schoolchildren isn't actually about promoting worship of the devil.

On one hand, it might be the only time of year that schoolchildren will learn about the important moments and people in black history that shaped our country and world.

Perhaps worse, a lucky select contingent of schoolchildren got the chance to meet their Unfortunate Events hero, but the most unfortunate event that day involved his regaling the kids with a story about having only one testicle.

Local schoolchildren regularly visit the centre to learn about animal welfare and the importance of demonstrating compassion and kindness towards working animals.

As well as rehoming unwanted and abandoned cats, the charity also promotes neutering, provides cat care advice, and delivers talks about cat care to thousands of schoolchildren and community groups every year.

Every year hundreds of schoolchildren read Scott O'Dell's fictional account, Island of the Blue Dolphins, and many people contact the Museum for information about the Lone Woman.