Sentences with phrase «other kids across the country»

We [CGCS members] have been very clear over the last few years that we've backed the standards; we didn't want one set of standards for us and another set of standards for other kids across the country.

Not exact matches

At the White House on April 15th, Marley and Amelia gathered with kids from across the country selected to represent the other Let's Move!

In other words, IM» ing is great when you're gossipping with classmates, but email may be better when you're catching up with that friend across the country who suddenly has three kids under the age of five.

We think these schools, and likely hundreds of others, will be important to follow since there remains so little true innovation in high schools across the country where most kids are still just herded from one 50 - minute lecture block to the next for four years.

Of course, we'd be able to tell a lot more about whether the improvements are real if we were comparing the scores of kids in New Orleans schools with other scores from across the country by having them take the same tests everyone else does.

Libraries across the country are gearing up for their own summer reading programs, and along with B&N, Scholastic, and some other mainstays in kids» books, the goal is to fight the dreaded summer slide that results in a drop in measurable academic gains from the previous school year.

The government needs to put a climate recovery plan in place as soon as possible, and at this point, the most direct and most efficient way to encourage that is through the federal courts — which is why I am a plaintiff in a lawsuit with several other kids from across the country who believe the government must do more to protect the future of our planet.