Sentences with phrase «other kids in the city»

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The kids in Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore and other cities who live through a siege of gun violence EVERY DAY.

Her backstory of growing up in an African - American family of 10 children in inner - city Detroit is remarkably aligned with the foundation's mission of helping kids and families succeed in some of the poorest corners of the U.S. Among other things, under Tabron's leadership at Kellogg, the foundation has doubled down on its prescient — and bold — racial equity work.

Holiness for me was found in the mess and labour of giving birth, in birthday parties and community pools, in the battling sweetness of breastfeeding, in the repetition of cleaning, in the step of faith it took to go back to church again, in the hours of chatting that have to precede the real heart - to - heart talks, in the yelling at my kids sometimes, in the crying in restaurants with broken hearted friends, in the uncomfortable silences at our bible study when we're all weighing whether or not to say what we really think, in the arguments inherent to staying in love with each other, in the unwelcome number on the scale, in the sounding out of vowels during bedtime book reading, in the dust and stink and heat of a tent city in Port au Prince, in the beauty of a soccer game in the Haitian dust, in the listening to someone else's story, in the telling of my own brokenness, in the repentance, in the secret telling and the secret keeping, in the suffering and the mourning, in the late nights tending sick babies, in confronting fears, in the all of a life.

fyi: my wife and i set up a foundation years ago to help the black kids in the cities — we give and give to help others while JOE BIDEN GAVE A TOTAL OF $ 5,000 IN AN ENTIRE YEAR???? what if - the billions wasted on obamacare would be put into a pool to pay for «the poor» health issues, or those on food stamps who drive new cars / have cell phones / eat at the nice places — cut out that frauin the cities — we give and give to help others while JOE BIDEN GAVE A TOTAL OF $ 5,000 IN AN ENTIRE YEAR???? what if - the billions wasted on obamacare would be put into a pool to pay for «the poor» health issues, or those on food stamps who drive new cars / have cell phones / eat at the nice places — cut out that frauIN AN ENTIRE YEAR???? what if - the billions wasted on obamacare would be put into a pool to pay for «the poor» health issues, or those on food stamps who drive new cars / have cell phones / eat at the nice places — cut out that fraud.

Charitable Work: Jason is most proud of his work with charity youth programs including the RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities), the Challenger Baseball Program and others serving as both an instructor and motivational speaker for kids.

The fact is, more kids bred to play in professional sports daydreamed about playing for the crowds of New York or some other big city, not for fill - in - the - blank small - market crowd.

Even though almost every student at the KIPP Academy... is from a low - income family, and all but a few are either black or Hispanic, and most enter below grade level, they are still a step above other kids in the neighborhood; on their math tests in the fourth grade (the year before they arrived at KIPP), KIPP students in the Bronx scored well above the average for the district, and on their fourth - grade reading tests they often scored above the average for the entire city.

I think city councils could do more good for kids by considering other food and kid scenarios like banning soda served to kids in public schools, or requiring food with nutritive value to always be served when refreshments are offered at a school, or requiring restaurants to offer kids real food choices on the kids menu.

And other cities like Fort Lauderdale offer kids get in free days with access to museums and kids activities.

In an age where some families are jetting around the world while others stick to staycations, some kids never have the chance to leave their own city or state.

Ideas: Any number of bounce places you might have around town, favorite place your child likes to visit like the zoo, indoor or outdoor pool, a «kid - friendly» museum or other fun place in your city.

At the launch in the City of London, Mr Clegg accused the other parties of «kidding people» about what he called the «big black hole in the public finances».

«He's opposed to the site because it exposes more people, more kids, and more minorities to environmental hazard that any other site in the city's plan,» the e-mail said.

You led the opposition to starve MTA of congestion pricing and other funds, and now you're posturing as a champion of schoo kids in NYC, spanking MTA for resisting picking up the tab for student MetroCards that are clearly the State's (and City's) reponsibility.

«In our city you have some kids that are better prepared than others.

The annual guide to the finest, greatest, and most incomparable that our city has to offer in the categories of food, home design, nightlife and other recreation, health and beauty, shopping, and kids» diversions.

Quite often people lose their friends in a number of ways, including moving to other cities, changing priorities and interests, getting married and having kids.

I'm divorced and my kids are grown and live in other cities in Oklahoma.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the Fillmore East.

Co-written by estimable Frownland director Ronald Bronstein, it's inspired by the experiences of street kid Arielle Holmes, who plays a fictional version of herself alongside actor Caleb Landry Jones in what's described as «a tumultuous drama about a New York City couple battling addiction in the midst of a love affair»... And finally, the prize for oddest remake of the week: French thriller specialist Jean - François Richet is changing gear rather alarmingly with his, er, «reboot» is the word I'm looking for, of Claude Berri's 1977 comedy Un moment d'égarement, in which two fathers take their sexy adolescent daughters on vacation — and one of them is seduced by the other's jeune fille.

Both kids end up in New York City, where they find connection — to family, and each other — at the Museum of Natural History.

The kid (Freddie Highmore) is discarded, like every other robot in robot - happy Metro City, which hovers over littered, polluted planet Earth.

by Walter Chaw Massively over-written, smug, baselessly self - assured, and world - weary in the way that people who watch a lot of «Sex and the City» and «Girls» are world - weary, Leslye Headlund's rank, unwatchable Sleeping with Other People is like that date that Death goes on «Family Guy» with the girl who tells Him you can't hug your kids with nuclear arms.

I've always found that students are motivated to write letters to other kids and have found many ways to connect students with other children in our city, as well as in other cities and countries.

Those top fashion designers, along with several others, are donating surplus materials and their staffs» time to help hundreds of New York City students in the «BID for Kids» program.

First of all, a superintendent isn't making a decision like this on his or her own, especially in large cities, where the school system is embedded in many other systems that are servicing kids and families.

LAUSD kids under @DrDeasyLAUSD outpaced other urban kids in gains on NAEP in reading & math, but raw scores still well behind big - city avg

Lost in the recent fight over TV ads about racial inequality in New York City schools is another sort of inequality — that kids in charter schools only receive a fraction of the funding that all other public school children receive.

As a parent, I want to prevent any future Mr. Grants from entering my kids» school or any other school in the city.

«Beekman is the only school in the city where the kids are kind to one another and treat each other as equals instead of competing in strict pecking order.»

At a time when schools are under increasing pressure to teach tougher standards (known as the Common Core) and begin the path to college readiness in kindergarten, this school, and several others around the city, are taking care of kids» emotional and physical needs as a route to improving their ability to learn.

In an unnamed Third World city, Rat, Raphael, and Gardo live with thousands of other kids in a garbage dump, where they dig for anything that could be profitablIn an unnamed Third World city, Rat, Raphael, and Gardo live with thousands of other kids in a garbage dump, where they dig for anything that could be profitablin a garbage dump, where they dig for anything that could be profitable.

If the Washington Post or New York Times can do a national story on the inflated salaries of so many top city administrators in the context of public needs, such as those of K - 12 kids and other library patrons, then so much the better.

After a week of watching kids huff glue and have seizures in the street, Ania and I decided to move to El Pobaldo, a wealthy neighborhood on the other side of the city.

By day we were able to explore incredible European cities together and in the evening our children were able to hang out with other kids their age while my husband and I enjoyed a show or a quiet drink in one of the ship's lounges.

Johor Bahru is Malaysia's second biggest city and it's the home to Legoland, Malaysia, the Angry Bird park, Sanrio Hello Kitty Town, and other theme parks (in case your kids get hopelessly bored).

We rode bicycles around the city, and kids chased us, waving; men selling strange fruits plied us with samples and delighted at our expressions after the first bite; women in the market dressed us in traditional clothing, giggling at our attempts to fasten our longyis (a sarong worn by both men and women); hands were always helping, and people walked with us and talked with us for no other reason than to have a quick chat or ask about our home countries.

As a kid, I knew what lay inside every painting in 64, down to the last detail, and running around New Donk City, Fossil Falls, and every other land in Odyssey is just as addictive.

The inner - city kids going nowhere from broken and dysfunctional families would learn self - discipline and other values necessary for success in life, breaking the intergenerational cycle of hopelessness, and some of the lefty kids might become a tad bit more patriotic... or at least not so hateful of our military.

In Rhode Island, elected officials and community leaders use both the national Kids Count Data Book, so they can see how RI compares to the other states and the nation as a whole, and the annual Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook, to see how Rhode Island is doing state - wide and throughout its 39 cities and towns.