Sentences with phrase «of urban parents»

In both urban and rural communities, 64 percent of parents say they are «very satisfied» with their child's charter school, compared to 54 percent of urban parents and 56 percent of rural parents who say they are «very satisfied» with their child's assigned - district school.

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Sidewalk Labs, the mysterious urban innovation group of Google parent company Alphabet, has spun out a start - up called Cityblock that aims to rethink health care.

«Parents could begin with a discussion of current events and the news, reading children's books about important historical figures who have championed social equalities, encouraging children to participate in small acts to conserve water and resources, and visits to urban and rural areas,» she says.

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«Young men who grow up in homes without fathers are twice as likely to end up in jail as those who come from traditional two - parent families... those boys whose fathers were absent from the household had double the odds of being incarcerated — even when other factors such as race, income, parent education and urban residence were held constant.»

Young dads: the effects of a parenting program on urban African - American adolescent fathers.

Committee members will also include: Brian Brady of Mikva Challenge, Dr. Byron Brazier of the Apostolic Church of God, Celine Coggins of Teach Plus, Sarah Cobb of Neighborhood Parents Network, Guillermo Gomez of The Healthy Schools Campaign, Timothy Knowles of the Urban Education Institute, Karen Lewis from the Chicago Teachers Union, Phyllis Locket of New Schools for Chicago, Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina's Church, Juan Soto of Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, Alderman Latasha Thomas, Robin Steans of Advance Illinois, Senator Kimberly Lightford.

Next we heard from Mark Terry, who gave a compelling comparison of his old school district — a low SES urban district with a high ELL population, an 85 % free / reduced qualifying rate, and a high need for meal and nutrition education services — and his current district, which is more affluent with a much lower free / reduced qualification rate and a community of parents who have high expectations for student success and a healthy lifestyle.

These models are getting more and more popular specially in an urban environment where parents used to run a lot of errands around town.

As a fellow member of the Parent Advisory Committee in Houston, I'd love to hear any large - scale victories in sizable urban school districts.

Inglesina Trilogy Stroller Review stroller is of parents who lives urban life style & used to go for shopping, city walk or park walk.

Contributing editor Amy Gates blogs about eco-friendly living, urban homesteading, attachment parenting and breastfeeding - including her experience of nursing while pregnant and tandem nursing, at Crunchy Domestic Goddess.

Committee members will also include: Brian Brady of Mikva Challenge, Dr. Byron Brazier of the Apostolic Church of God, Celine Coggins of Teach Plus, Sarah Cobb of Neighborhood Parents Network, Guillermo Gomez of The Healthy Schools Campaign, Timothy Knowles of the Urban Education Institute, Phyllis Locket of New Schools for Chicago, Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina's Church, Juan Soto of Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, Alderman Latasha Thomas, Robin Steans of Advance Illinois, Senator Kimberly Lightford.

The Thule Urban Glide has all of the essential qualities that parents need.

One study of kids living in highly - stressed urban settings found that parents who identified themselves as practitioners of positive discipline were more likely to have children who were stress - resilient (Wyman et al 1991).

You can find urban styles in any of the designer and children's boutique stores where parents, grandparents, relatives and friends, get a kick out of buying outfits that mimic the adult style.

One of the more common situations of young parents nowadays, is the lack of space, especially for families living in urban areas.

Built upon the award winning urban jungle platform, terrain is the powerhouse of the range, where sporting aesthetics, precision steering and maximum control enables active parents to enjoy living life without limit on and off road.

The MIOS is the epitome of the carefree urban lifestyle: Weighing just 19 lbs and measuring a mere 19.7» in width, the MIOS is the ideal companion for parents navigating the city streets.

«So close to perfect that it almost seems designed by a particularly persnickety committee of parents, the rejiggered 2015 Luxury Collection stroller distinguishes itself from earlier Urban Jungle models with details both practical and aesthetic.

There are lots of good studies in the West on breastfeeding and immune function but I wanted to stay away from Western psychology and epidemiology papers in my post because of their over-reliance on the children of urban, white, and educated parents (an unrepresentative sample).

After chatting with many parents, and lots of research, we rounded up our top picks for urban environment jogging and running strollers.

@Ashwini, As I mentioned I tried all the places that I could think of: friends, my preschool, Berkeley Parents Network, Facebook, Bananas, Care.com, and Urban Sitter before finding her on Urban Sitter.

All in all, I highly recommend this stroller to any parent who wants an urban stroller for kids up to four years of age.

Air - filled tires are perfect for urban living parents because of the smooth riding experience in all terrains.

The MIOS is the epitome of the carefree urban lifestyle: Weighing just 8,7 kg and measuring a mere 50 cm in width, the MIOS is the ideal companion for parents navigating the city streets.

AJ Woodson is the Editor - In - Chief of Black Westchester and Co-Owner of Urban Soul Media Group, the parent company.

To: Education Reporters & Editorial Board MembersFrom: Buffalo Urban League, The Business Council of New York State, Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, District - Parent Coordinating Council of Buffalo, Education Trust — New York, Educators 4 Excellence, EPIC - Every Person Influences Children, High Achievement New York, National Center for Learning Disabilities, National Council...

«It is crucial that parents and members of the public know that this bond proposition, which will greatly benefit students in urban school districts around Westchester, will need support on Election Day,» said Williams.

This is Mark Rodriguez of The Political Parent Party and I must say how sad that such a great program like the Libertad Urban Farm would not be supported by the Parks Department.

I grew up in urban India in a middle class family, the daughter of two hard - working professional parents, both physicians.

Enck blames the decline on more and more young people growing up in urban cultures removed from hunting, an increasing proportion of ethnic minorities (who are less likely to hunt) in the population and — surprise, surprise — the rise in single - parent families «with fewer opportunities for children to learn about hunting from their fathers».

What I also realize because of the background that many students, inner city students or even urban students, like the Hopi reservation or any other, they come from heavily compromised backgrounds, family backgrounds; either it's drugs in the neighborhood or family or single parent homes whatever.

Such developments include the birth of outdoor preschools, the rise of park prescriptions in urban areas, and organizations like GirlTrek, CityKids, and NatureBridge that get desk - locked parents and tablet - obsessed kids outside more often.

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Retaining the gentle, non-verbal comedy and daffy sight gags of the popular stop - motion TV series — itself a loose spinoff from Aardman's cherished «Wallace and Gromit» franchise — while assigning Shaun and his flock an urban escapade more expansive than their usual short - form gambols, the film should reward small fry and parents jaded by more synthetic kiddie toons.

«Black Lightning: Season 1,» the CW's newest superhero series, presents a comic - book hero (Cress Williams) dealing with age, parenting, community duty and personal responsibility in a show that speaks to the lives of black teens and young adults in urban America.

When Black Panther star Danai Gurira was five - years - old, her parents moved her from Grinnell, Iowa, population 9,218, to their homeland of Harare, Zimbabwe — a bustling, urban city over two - and - a-half-thousand times bigger than the rural former factory town where she was born.

In the middle of the last decade, in urban communities across America, middle - class and upper - middle - class parents started sending their children to public schools again — schools that for decades had overwhelmingly served poor and (and overwhelmingly minority) populations.

I like the definition that Elena Aguilar uses in «Deeper Learning Means Educational Equity in Urban Schools»: Equity means that «every child gets what they needs in our schools — every child regardless of where they come from, what they look like, who their parents are, what their temperament is, or what they show up knowing or not knowing.»

Upon arriving at this large, urban middle school, I had noticed a racially mixed group of parents drinking coffee and laughing in a room filled with couches and books.

Finally, teachers object strongly to the massive amount of reporting and editorializing abot MCAS results and believe that the unfair comparisons drawn between urban districts and affluent suburban communities are destructive to the educational climate and demoralizing to vast numbers of teachers, students, and parents.

His recent research includes a four - year study of urban school leadership, an examination of the implications of social class for African - American parents»...

Parents of students enrolled in urban schools believe their children's schools are safe, according to a poll released last week, even though more than 60 percent think students fight a lot or aren't sure about the level of fighting.

Sure, there are plenty of Republicans who loudly support empowering parents with school choice, but they are still boosted by a party which expresses vocal disdain for the kinds of government supports on which many of these urban voters depend to keep their families intact.

Initially a tool for desegregation efforts in the 1970s (i.e., by encouraging white parents to stay in urban districts), magnets have evolved to serve a wide variety of purposes and settings.

Students in rural areas have to travel farther to reach school than their urban counterparts — a commute of several hours by boat is considered normal — and many of their parents may not have the education level necessary to help with high school homework.

In the Bronx, parent groups teamed up with the local teachers» union and the school district to tackle one of the most challenging issues facing struggling urban schools: supporting and retaining teachers.

Another problem is the sheer lack of high - quality public school alternatives within reasonable driving distance of many a failing urban school; given the choice between the low - performing school in their own neighborhood and the mediocre school ten miles away, parents may stick to the path of least resistance.