Sentences with phrase «of schoolchildren who»

Their stories are inspiring — and hopefully motivational, especially for the balcony full of schoolchildren who attend the awards ceremony each year in San Francisco's Opera House.

The superintendent of the Burlington Railroad added additional train routes to accommodate groups of schoolchildren who poured in from all over Nebraska to view the work.

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.

«There would be a number of schoolchildren who would want to go to this nature sanctuary,» he said.

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A donation to the Annual Fund is an investment in your colleagues, and in the future of your profession; Foundation funds help educate and empower the men and women who feed America's schoolchildren every day.

I also wanted to hear directly from workers who have the thankless job of serving millions of schoolchildren every day.

AQE Executive Director Billy Easton heaped praise on Silver, calling him «one person who's not only been listening for as long as you can imagine to the needs of schoolchildren across the state, but has been reflecting that voice back and speaking it out in the halls of decision - making» and the «originator of pre-kindergarten.»

It's a cruel thing to do to children, not to mention the moms and dads who see charters as escapes from the traditional public schools that are failing most of the city's other schoolchildren.

You could even take a note from 1963 schoolchildren, who put big boxes over their heads to see a projection of an eclipse.

Analyzing survey data from almost 6,000 UK secondary schoolchildren (aged 11 - 16) from communities with traditionally low science engagement, the authors investigated who participates in science learning outside of the classroom.

That's when Norman Garmezy, a developmental psychologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, began studying schoolchildren who thrived despite severe hardship, such as neighborhood violence or parents with mental illness.

Schoolchildren who washed their hands twice a day reduced their risk of developing the flu by 50 %, according to a 2011 study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Though the aforementioned schoolchildren have heard of John Brown and know that his body lies a-mouldering in the grave, probably none had heard of Newton Knight, a real character on whom this film is based, and whose heroism as a farmer who became a deserter (for good reasons) emerges when he becomes a freedom fighter.

Both Kheda Gazieva as Aminat, Ramasan's still beautiful but exhausted - looking mother and Aslan Elbiev as the ambivalent, mysterious Isa, who was wounded in the conflict (the actor really is missing some fingers which gives the character's dexterity as a handyman an added prurient fascination) are excellent, and the supporting cast of local neighbors, Austrian police officers, social workers and schoolchildren are perfectly cast too.

On Friday 16th March, the school hosted 400 schoolchildren from other local schools who participated in a range of activities.

Substantial improvement in the education of American schoolchildren has to be based not on those rare individuals who are willing to do this, but on raising the level of competence of a workforce of millions.

Indeed, one could make a strong argument that any outsized influence that teachers unions exercise in school board elections provides a nice enhancement of democratic decisionmaking on education policy because teachers, as much as any other group in society, can serve as powerful advocates for those Americans who can not vote: schoolchildren.

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.

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.

According to the Boston Globe, Kozol said he will continue his partial fast until Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy (a sponsor of the original bill) agrees to overhaul what Kozol called a punitive law that relegates urban schoolchildren to an inferior, stripped - down education and demoralizes teachers, who he believes are forced to teach to the test.

Jaylen is one of 4,000 Hoosier schoolchildren — 2,500 in Indianapolis — who are learning instead of lounging thanks to Summer Advantage, a program founded in Indianapolis with the help of the nonprofit Mind Trust that tries to use summer to push kids to higher achievement rather than letting them backslide.

But you can't repay the schoolchildren who've seen five years of their educations disrupted by ever larger class sizes, fewer instructional days, and administrations struggling with cash flow management.

«These school leaders have been at the forefront of efforts in their communities around the country to raise student achievement and provide urban schoolchildren the high - quality education they deserve,» added CUBE Chair Micah Ali, who serves on California's Compton Unified School District Board of Trustees.

It's a cruel thing to do to children, not to mention the moms and dads who see charters as escapes from the traditional public schools that are failing most of the city's other schoolchildren.

After citing the evidence of large gaps in achievement by low - income students and English learners, Liu wrote, «The schoolchildren who brought these actions (Robles - Wong and Campaign for Quality Education) do not claim they are entitled to a world - class education.

«The scholarship program serves as a lifeline to thousands of Louisiana schoolchildren from low - income families who would otherwise have to attend an underperforming public school.»

With the prior agreement with Hartford Public Schools, the City and Connecticut set to expire in the 2014 - 15 school year, the ACLU has returned back to the negotiation table with the intention of drafting a balanced and innovative long - term agreement that further prioritizes integration and reaches the 59 percent of Hartford schoolchildren who remain in racially isolated schools.

But his less - than - honest autobiography has been accepted unquestioningly by allies like Arne Duncan who use it, as he does, to support needless test obsession for millions of schoolchildren, on the theory that more accountability for teachers will cure our social ills.

Texas School Business magazine has chronicled the life of public education in our state for more than 60 years by focusing on best practices and on the people who serve Texas 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.

One of the most commonly taught stories American schoolchildren learn is that of Ragged Dick, Horatio Alger's 19th - century tale of a poor, ambitious teenaged boy in New York City who works hard and eventually secures himself a respectable, middle - class life.

For the following persons Children / young people aged 16 or under, students of art schools, students of art history, school classes from Cantons BS / BL, schoolchildren who are researching projects or preparing course content, anyone accompanying a person with disabilities, teachers for the preparation of classes, journalists (with press card), staff of Basel Museums.

This dual - function cardboard desk and backpack could help prevent problems of poor posture and eyesight for rural Indian schoolchildren who do not have a desk.

Gifting safe, reliable, home solar systems and lights to schoolchildren, families, and communities who need them the most is our way of showing that we can do well and do good.

25 of 33 preschool children and 81 of 107 schoolchildren who were identified as having a psychiatric disorder based on parent reports still had disorder 4 years later.

Of 240 schoolchildren who were assessed at 5 — 12 years of age, the parents of 218 children (91 %) and the teachers of 224 children (93 %) completed questionnaireOf 240 schoolchildren who were assessed at 5 — 12 years of age, the parents of 218 children (91 %) and the teachers of 224 children (93 %) completed questionnaireof age, the parents of 218 children (91 %) and the teachers of 224 children (93 %) completed questionnaireof 218 children (91 %) and the teachers of 224 children (93 %) completed questionnaireof 224 children (93 %) completed questionnaires.

A Bite 2 Go is a new program that provides weekend food supplies to schoolchildren who depend on free and reduced school meals as their main source of nutrition.

[jounal] Rigby, K / 2006 / Expressed readiness of Australian schoolchildren to act as bystanders in support of children who are being bullied / Educational Psychology 26: 425 ~ 440

Concerned about the future of the children in her poor rural community, Clary recruits local business to sponsor classrooms of schoolchildren, providing them with one - on - one mentoring, field trips, gifts and supplies, and most of all, people who care.

From the schoolchildren who donated their pennies to large corporations who gave millions, Americans from across the country and from all walks of life opened their pocketbooks and hearts.