Sentences with phrase «parents encountered a system»

Most important, for perhaps the first time in Chicago's history, low - performing schools were pressured to do better, and students and their parents encountered a system that did not just pass everyone through regardless of what they learned.

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The primary aims of this study are to document the process of moving towards new, integrated systems in each of these cities; to highlight which strategies moved the cities forward in creating these systems and what barriers the cities encountered; to examine how these cities incorporated the needs of students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from different economic backgrounds into their system designs; to understand how students, teachers, and parents, and others experience elements of the new system and how these experiences differed for students with special needs; and to document quantitative outcomes on a range of measures, disaggregated by student subgroup.

But any resulting proposal is expected to encounter fierce resistance from many Boston Public School parents who fear a unified enrollment system could give charter schools a competitive edge in student recruitment.

Students assigned to special education programs often encounter significant challenges in obtaining an education in the New York City public school system — some parents are sent back and forth between schools and enrollment centers without their problems being resolved; some students are kept out of school because they must wait for proper placements or special education services after the school year starts; and some students with disabilities do not receive the special transportation they need to get to school.

Previous studies1 3 6 have reported that immigrant parents encounter obstacles in their parenting in the host country (eg, insufficient information about the parenting system, role change and power conflict between parents and children, all of which contribute to stress in parenting).

Topics include the impact of substance use on family systems, parenting, child development and safety issues encountered in home visiting.