Sentences with phrase «parents challenging the decisions»

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court last week let stand a ruling in a special - education case that school groups fear will result in more parents challenging the decisions of administrators over educational plans for children with disabilities.

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My parents faced a big decision: Should they keep me in the same school and allow my challenges to direct me toward a special education program?

All parents face similar challenges and decisions as part of everyday life.

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Or it may be established at a later age, especially in cases where the children are mentally or physically challenged to the extent that they're unable to support themselves or make their own decisions; or in situations previously agreed upon by the parents.

A frequent guest speaker at adoption events, Vicki hopes her story and experiences will give adoptive and expectant parents a better understanding of the joys and challenges of open adoption and the selfless decision that birthmothers make every day.

Many of our parenting decisions have been taken as... a challenge to the way my husband was raised — like we're saying they weren't good enough to him by doing things differently than they did.

That's why, at the toddle, we strive to give parents resources that can help them to make empowered decisions regarding how they raise their children and tackle these new challenges as they arise.

Whether it is practical for both parents to participate in decision making (for example, sharing joint custody in different time zones can be challenging logistically)

Education is a key component of preparation for the difficult decisions required of parents and is an ongoing process as each stage of growth and development brings new joys and challenges.

Developing understanding of the challenges facing providers and communicating what home birth parents need in each of these areas will better prepare consumers to constructively share their perspective and more effectively impact decision making.

As an entertainment franchise, the Syracuse Chiefs, Syracuse's Triple - A professional baseball team, are in a challenging situation — trying to generate attendance and fan loyalty when the performance of the team is a byproduct of the decisions made by its parent organization, the Washington Nationals.

A council in Wales has withdrawn its decision to exclude a humanist representative from the local body responsible for overseeing religious education (RE), following a legal challenge by a local humanist parent.

This week, education secretary Nicky Morgan announced plans to prevent parents from being able to use the law to challenge the decision to convert their local schools into academies.

«Sharing treatment decisions challenges doctors, parents of young children with autism: Researchers find gaps in knowledge, communication about ASD treatment choices.»

The systematic evidence clearly shows that school officials dominate special education, parents rarely challenge school officials» decisions, schools win most of those challenges from parents, and parents very rarely get their children placed in private schools at public expense.

Parents are entitled to challenge the decisions of school officials, but they rarely do and even more rarely win those challenges.

The political argument for involving parents and other community members more substantially carries along with it an explicit challenge to the traditional, hierarchical leadership and power structures in schools.156 According to Leithwood and Prestine (2002), the policies and reforms that call for decentralized decision making rest on certain important assumptions about the role of the principal and other school leaders.

Please help us get the word out to parents that they can challenge the decision — especially the one barring students from eighth grade graduation.

To challenge the non-promotion decision, parents need to call the Office of Elementary Areas and Schools: [phone].

32 The New Hampshire Supreme Court likewise rejected the standing of petitioners challenging the state's scholarship tax credit law, ruling that they could not demonstrate any harm.33 The following year, citing the decisions in Arizona and New Hampshire, the Alabama Supreme Court also held that a «tax credit to a parent or a corporation... can not be construed as an «appropriation»» but rather such funds retain their status as private funds until they enter the public treasury.34 That view seems to be the prevailing one in courts, so with the possible exception of Michigan, where the state constitution explicitly prohibits tax benefits for religious education, tax credits should survive scrutiny under such provisions.

A group of parents and their children are to go to court to challenge the government's decision to exclude non-religious world views from the new religious studies GCSE.

«I think one of the challenges I dealt with was convincing parents that our decisions are the right decisions,» a black educator told researchers.

On occasion, students and parents will challenge disciplinary decisions made by school leaders and school boards.

By Christopher Magan Twin Cities Pioneer Press «Attorneys for parents challenging Minnesota teachers union laws asked an appeals court panel Wednesday to overturn a lower court's decision to... Learn More

In both cases, parents and college administrators have «opted out» of the tests in order to challenge the dominant narrative that standardized tests can adequately demonstrate what children learn and be used for high - stakes decisions.

Despite a decades - long effort to restructure schools — in part, at least, to give parents a greater voice in school decisions — we see little evidence that teachers perceive much influence from parents, or from students.48 This outcome probably reflects the wellknown and persistent challenges teachers and administrators face in creating authentic relationships with parents for school - improvement purposes.

Although Connecticut law requires that School Governance Councils be utilized in school districts that are facing the greatest challenges, in Bridgeport, Paul Vallas appears either unwilling or unable to meet his obligation to include the community, parents, and teachers in the educational decision - making process.

The district's decision was challenged in the courts by the parents who asserted that the child's progress in his current setting was sufficient.

But Andrew Harland, chief executive of the Exams Officers» Association, told Schools Week that although it was «widespread, integrated practice» for staff to brief pupils on results and appeals, this did not mean every parent and pupil would know their specific rights around challenging schools» decisions.

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Once this estimate is figured out, students and parents can start making more clear decisions about how to approach the challenge.

One of the most challenging aspects of a separation can be coming to an agreement about custody and parenting time: where the children will live, how decisions will be made, where they will go to -LSB-...]

Parents of elementary school students lose their challenge to respondent school board's redistricting decision contending the board exceeded its authority, acted arbitrarily and abused its discretion in adopting new school attendance zones; the Loudoun County Circuit Court dismisses the parents&raParents of elementary school students lose their challenge to respondent school board's redistricting decision contending the board exceeded its authority, acted arbitrarily and abused its discretion in adopting new school attendance zones; the Loudoun County Circuit Court dismisses the parents&raparents»...

A Loudoun County Circuit Court upholds defendant school board's redistricting decision against a challenge by parents unhappy with the change required by the revised attendance zones.

As a parent raising a child or children when the other parent lives in a separate residence, there can be challenges with communication, schedules, decision making, and other matters important to you and your children.

Through practicing «parenting with intention,» submarine parents empower their kids to work their way out of problems, daily challenges and decision - making issues, Huffington Post reports.

Parents in Wales have successfully challenged the decision of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council to withdraw funding for full - time nursery education.

The decisions address support enforcement, shared parenting, and terminating ongoing spousal support — three areas containing challenges that men face in our courts.

During a time of transition when parents are dealing with legal, financial, social and psychological stresses, making major decisions that are in children's best interests is challenging.

Even after last year's US Supreme Court's Obergefell decision, the legal, psychological and financial challenges for same gender couples and same gender parents are neither the same as straight couples, nor all different.

They have made a conscience decision to be a parent and often must go through challenging means such as adoption, artificial insemination or surrogacy, to reach this goal.

Education is a key component of preparation for the difficult decisions required of parents and is an ongoing process as each stage of growth and development brings new joys and challenges.

If they don't, their decision could be challenged by lawyers for the parents or the child.

Like many experts, I prefer to think about this challenging task as devising a parenting plan, a legal agreement that spells out a clear, specific schedule for children as well as guidelines for each parent's coparenting responsibilities and role in decision making.

The comprehensive approach we take to supporting children, parents, families, and communities helps prevent family breakdown and child mistreatment, while empowering family members to better cope with life's challenges, and make decisions that promote health and wellness.

We know the joys and the challenges of adoptive parenting and want you to make an informed decision.