Sentences with phrase «parents of both groups of students»

(After all, parents of both groups of students tried to get them into charter schools.)

Not exact matches

Standing with a group of families who had traveled to the State Capitol from Parkland, an emotional Mr. Scott called the classmates of the slain students and their parents his inspiration, and praised them for helping persuade lawmakers to pass legislation, even if neither they nor he agreed with all of its provisions.

In WILTW May 26, 2016, we pointed out that more Americans in the 18 to 34 - year old age group were more likely to be living with their parents (32.1 %), the highest percentage since the 1930s, as opposed to living with their spouse or partner in a separate household (31.6 %)-- the unfortunate result of too little high - wage job creation and too much student loan debt.

Finally, a vertical group composed of two trustees, administrators, teachers, parents, excellent students, and failing or dropout students is held on the theme: «Our schools: What I like and don't like about them, and what I want them to be.

Progressive Catholic groups vented outrage Friday over the decision of a Roman Catholic school in Massachusetts to rescind the admission of an 8 - year - old student because his parents are lesbians.

She has spoken to a variety of groups — including parent educators, psychology students, conference attendees, and juvenile probation officers — about parenting as a prevention model for societal violence.

Communicating your school's nutrition program effectively means reaching out to a number of key groups; not just students and their parents, but teachers, administrators, custodians, and the community at - large.

Hey Bettina: I meant to send you a message for a long time — I wanted to let you know that we formed a group of parents to control the unhealthy food given to students for celebrations, fundraisers and rewards at our school.

I just found your blog via the local parents email list (3000 parents in silicon valley) and shared it with my POIG (pediatric obesity interest group) email list of MDs, med students, PhDs, RDs and some community members in the SF Bay Area.

We are a local group of parents, students, teachers, principals, nutritionists, policymakers, anti-hunger advocates, and community members who want our kids to have good food in our schools.

«If we want to fix childhood obesity, chocolate milk is just one of the things we need to get rid of,» said Jeff Anderson, a parent of three students at Wolftrap Elementary in Vienna and a member of Real Food for Kids, a Fairfax area advocacy group.

«This event was valuable not only for our [athletic training] students, who were able to interact with a different than usual target group, but also for the attending children and parents, who gained valuable information regarding safe sport participation and child exercise recommendations,» states Jan Kretzschmar, Director of Exercise Science at King's College.

During weekly meetings, parents may opt to teach a subject such as a foreign language or a science lab to a group of students.

As the chairperson of the nutrition committee of HISD's School Health Advisory Council (SHAC), I'm working with a dedicated group of parents and public health professionals to address the issue of a la carte foods in HISD — both the items sold by the district itself (like the Flaming Hot Cheetos above) and items sold by parent and student groups (usually in violation of state rules) as campus fundraisers.

In the middle of the last school year they hosted conversations with individuals and groups from the various sectors of the school: parents, teachers, founders, staff, board members, donors, and older students.

The Waldorf School of Princeton's comprehensive program begins with the observation of children and also may include child studies, consultations with parents as well as additional educators and / or specialists, various assessments, and individual and / or group lessons with other students.

Check out these guides from the National PTA and ask your local parent - teacher - student group to make the success of student nutrition programs a priority.

One study of U.S. school students found that Asian Americans tended to have peer groups that encouraged scholarship, and they performed well at school even when their parents were authoritarian.

The article talks about educating different groups of people, parents, student - athletes, and administration, and bringing them all together to make sure that all are on the same page to promote the safety of student athletes.

They Include: * Individuals, families, and corporate or community groups * Students, parents, professionals, and retirees * Seasonal, weekly, occasional, or one - time volunteers Depending on their interests, experience, and the time they have available, volunteers contribute to Mass Audubon in a variety of meaningful ways — welcoming visitors to the sanctuaries, maintaining trails, tending gardens, submitting wildlife observations, educating people of all ages, assisting with ecological management projects.

While complete school bans are on the increase, some have yielded to pressure from students, parents and special interest groups and settled on a compromise of sorts.

Silver told AQE members that he «respectfully» disagreed with Cuomo's claim in the State of the State last week that New York's public school students lack a lobbyist, adding: «The most powerful lobbying group for our students is their parents.»

The ways we engage with our friends, the preferences and hostilities we harbour, the views we have about teachers, parents, education, or people from other ethnic groups — however loosely held — can easily be «excavated» by the student of ideologies, who can then identify, classify and maybe even anticipate the ideas and behaviour people display in their roles as members of a society.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver spoke recently at a rally of the parents and students with Alliance for Quality Education, a lobby group that has backing from the teachers union.

Students and parents urged the Copiague Board of Education last night to reverse its action barring a group of seniors from graduation ceremonies in connection with vandalism of the high school.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 % of students statewide opting out of the tests.

Parent groups want Cuomo and state lawmakers to repeal the tough teacher - evaluation law passed last spring, which bases up to about half of teachers ratings on student test results.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

At a recent conference held by the teacher's group Educators for Excellence, New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says she plans to try to convince parents not have their children repeat this year's boycott of standardized tests associated with the Common Core learning standards, which resulted in 20 percent of students statewide opting out of the tests.

A group representing parents and former students at ultra-Orthodox yeshivas accused the de Blasio administration of dragging its feet in investigating their schools, out of fear of alienating a constituency that the mayor has assiduously courted.

The suit was filed on behalf of two groups, the NYC Parents Union and the Partnership for Educational Justice, and essentially argues the tenure provisions give students access to ineffective teachers and ultimately hinders children the basic constitutional guarantee of being taught literacy, math and verbal skills.

Working with input from educators, parent groups, and school administrators, the Governor will launch a weekly interactive webcast series called «Albany at Work» aimed at helping high school students learn about and keep updated on the workings of New York State government.

The roughly 9,000 students and many of their parents will participate in a rally organized by pro-charter group Families for Excellent Schools, which will push for an «end to New York's failing schools crisis.»

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

«New York City has never been the mayor's priority,» said Mona Davids, head of the New York City Parents Union, a student advocacy group.

Ed Brounstein put the interests of his parents ahead of the students and the many community groups that use the Bayside High School facilities.

Unions and parents groups rallied last April when New York became the second state to begin testing based on the Common Core, a set of learning standards that aim to give students a deeper understanding of material and boost skills necessary for the modern job market.

«Certainly, it's not scientific, but I would say there are thousands of students held back each year,» said state Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D - Long Beach), who has worked closely with the Multiple Pathways parent group.

New York parents groups, however, are much less at ease with the idea of allowing students to choose the bathroom they want.

Education commissioner John King and Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch told reporters in a conference call from Albany that a working group recommended the graduation requirements delay, among other tweaks, in reaction to concerns pouring in across the state from parents, teachers, students and lawmakers over how implementation of the Common Core is being executed statewide.

They also found that parental involvement in monitoring internet activity is low among this group with about a third of middle school and 17 % of high school students reporting that their parents monitor their internet.

In one fascinating example [pdf], Princeton University psychologist Eldar Shafir asked a group of students to act as the jury in a mock custody battle between two parents.

Scientists tested three groups — students from mainland China, British people with Chinese parents and white British people — to see how quickly their eyes reacted to dots appearing in the periphery of their vision.

In the second group, students performed the attention - boosting activities as well, but parents received only three 90 - minute sessions of instruction and did not have an opportunity to learn the curriculum in depth; in the third group, neither kids nor their parents did anything special.

When Andrew Kennedy was a neuroscience graduate student at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a group of desperate parents reached out to his mentor, then - UAB neurobiologist David Sweatt.

If you are a Christian single (whether a divorced single parent or never married college student) who has attended a number of Christian singles groups, you probably already know what I'm talking about.

For instance, in one corner, a college representative might be meeting with a group of students; in another corner, parents may be interacting with teachers; students might be completing their language assignment in a third corner; or they may be filming a video for a class assignment in a fourth corner.

Each group consists of three to five students who have been identified by a parent, staff, or themselves as needing additional support.

Chapters take on a variety of work, including: Regularly scheduled events for the public to discuss public education, school board candidate forums, monitoring school board meetings, translating proposed school board policies into other languages for various language groups, providing tours of schools for prospective students and families, working for adequate funding for public schools, engaging with bond elections, helping parents navigate enrollment policies, and in general, being involved in the issues of public schools in their communities.

In our busy day of juggling papers, lesson planning and managing sometimes more than a hundred students, we can easily forget the group that could lend significant support in our charge as teachers — parents and families.