Sentences with phrase «parents vote on it»

Parents vote on the most useful baby kit - plus the so - called essentials that will just gather dust.

Let teachers, pupils and parents vote on it, not governors.

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' A parent Seattle suburb 19 hours ago If the Republicans want my vote as a college educated, suburban soccer mom of two in the West Coast, then they need to come to the table on gun control.

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JTA: N.Y. rabbis decry upcoming vote on consent waiver for circumcision - related rite Haredi Orthodox rabbis in New York are accusing the city's Department of Health of «spreading lies» in order to pass a law mandating that parents sign a consent waiver in order to use a controversial circumcision - related rite.

Mr Balls was speaking hours before a crucial vote on a Bill that would introduce sex and relationships education for children as young as five and forbid parents from removing their children from sex education classes once they turned 15.

My parents lived in Vancouver for five years and it's one of the best cities on the planet (often voted # 1).

Some other news about young people: 57 percent said that the primary reason they helped others was that it «makes them feel good personally»; 19 percent would not fight for their country under any circumstances, 24 percent were uncertain and 60 percent would not be willing to volunteer one year to serve their country; 17 percent could think of no famous person or celebrity they admired (only 1 percent admired Mother Teresa, and Donald Trump received a similar vote — indicating that religious and business leaders are among the least admired adults); 65 percent would cheat on a major exam in school, while 36 percent would lie to protect a friend who vandalized; 53 percent claimed that growing up for them is harder than it was for their parents (minority young people were more likely to say it was easier).

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Based on open online voting that generated more than 87,000 votes, parents rated key baby and toddler products in 27 categories.

In under 2 minutes, parents can involve friends and family via Facebook, Twitter, and Google + to vote on their favorite names.

House Bill 158, which was voted onto Alabama's House floor by a health committee yesterday, would allow adoption agencies within the state to refuse services based on «deeply - held religious beliefs,» including theologically - motivated opposition to LGBTQ parents.

Members of the United branch of the Association of Flight Attendants were the first to vote on tentative concessionary contracts at the heart of the effort to buy United parent UAL Corp..

Voted on the BabyList Best of 2016, the Puj Tub is a uniquely designed baby bath tub loved by parents.

BabyCenter Moms» Picks are based on a nationwide survey and online voting on BabyCenter.com that allow parents to voice their opinions about, and share their experience with, the key products and gear of parenting.

See the products that stood out from the rest, from strollers to diapers to bottles, as voted on by thousands of picky parents.

Awards were presented in 24 categories, based on parent votes for «the best family businesses and resources» in Boston.

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By treating free schools on their individual merits he allows Labour to embrace them and woo their parents» votes.

He voted for all the testing that parents and kids hate and voted to impose an outrageous evaluation system on teachers, usurping the authority of locally elected school boards.

The unfolding of events in the weeks leading up to the vote on 10 December demonstrated two key points: firstly, the importance of the Labour left taking a clear campaigning stand against such anti-woman, anti-working class and deeply unpopular policies; secondly, the crucial role played by a campaign led by women — the Save Lone Parent Benefit campaign — and orientated to linking up with parliamentary and labour movement opposition.

Hundreds of upset parents showed up last night at contentious meeting in Manhattan where a city panel was going to vote on closing 13 public schools this summer.

«Today, the state Assembly is poised to debate and vote on legislation (A. 6777) that only gets half the job done when it comes to ensuring parents are informed of their rights and protected if they choose to opt their children in grades 3 - 8 out of the controversial Common Core standardized tests.»

Vote Leave spent # 2.7 m on the services of Canadian digital agency AIQ in the run - up to the June 2016 EU referendum and the firm has admitted that it also conducted work for Cambridge Analytica's parent firm SCL.

In some cases, a DOE website blocked voting by parents eligible to choose candidates seeking to sit on district Community Education Councils or on high - school councils, parent leaders told The Post.

Three others received between 28 and 33 votes — not enough to establish a minority position — on the excessively revolutionary issues of gaps in anti-discrimination legislation, increasing numbers of parent governors at academy schools, changing balloting arrangements for school selections, and strengthening enforcement of the national minimum wage.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), who was the top vote getter in the Assembly on the Stop Common Core ballot line in 2014, today announced new legislation he is introducing, the «Common Core Parental Refusal Act» to require that school districts notify parents of their rights to refuse to have their children in grades 3 - 8 participate in the Common Core standardized tests.

Only eight Labour women MPs voted against the attacks on lone parent benefits, with a handful of others conspicuously abstaining.

The UFT delegates voted overwhelmingly on March 20 to support the 60 - member UFT Task Force on School Governance's recommendations to limit mayoral control of the school system to give more say to parents and communities.

NEW YORK CITY — City officials voted Wednesday to close five of its struggling schools in The Bronx and Brooklyn despite strong opposition from elected officials, parents, teachers and students who called on the Department of Education to reconsider.

The Assembly voted for a temporary moratorium on the state's work with inBloom as well as a provision that would allow parents to opt out their children from data collection.

Parents are calling on the city board to keep MLK open if they take a vote at this Wednesday's meeting.

Parents of special - needs Camp Anchor participants on Sunday announced they are filing a class - action lawsuit alleging that a Hempstead Town attorney and his wife violated privacy and confidentiality laws when they sent a letter to campers» families urging them to vote for Town Supervisor Anthony Santino.

Nixon's parents were politically involved; her father did an award - winning series on the civil - rights movement, she proudly recalled, and she remembered her mother taking her into the voting booth on Election Day and explaining that they were not only Democrats — they were liberals.

[6] On election day itself Labour called for the resignation of a Liberal Democrat councillor in Danehouse ward, Arif Khan, after claiming his parents were registered for proxy votes despite living in Pakistan; however Khan denied doing anything wrong.

«It's a disgusting tactic to scare our kids in a fake setting on camera just to scare parents into voting for her,» Frank said in a statement.

In a statement released after the vote this afternoon, the union's president, Michael Mulgrew, praised Mr. Espaillat's record on education, and argued the Washington Heights lawmaker «understands what New York schools need and will make sure the voices of teachers, parents and students are heard in Congress.»

Downing Street said Mr Hughes — who abstained in the Commons vote on raising tuition fees — agreed to take up the unpaid role as an «access advocate» to persuade parents and children from poor backgrounds they will be able to afford a university education when the new fees come into effect.

Despite months of protest, tens of thousands of letters and e-mails and passionate testimony by parents and educators, the New York State Board of Regents voted on Nov. 16 to implement a series of «cost containment» proposals that affect some of the most vulnerable students.

While the state Board of Education voted for budgetary reasons to shutter schools for 17 days a year, leaving 171,000 students without class on many Fridays, protests from parents forced officials to reinstate seven of the days.

On December 15, Townsend Harris» Parent Teacher Association voted on a resolution calling for the DOE to take several actions, including a restart of the C - 30 process and the immediate removal of the Interim Acting PrincipaOn December 15, Townsend Harris» Parent Teacher Association voted on a resolution calling for the DOE to take several actions, including a restart of the C - 30 process and the immediate removal of the Interim Acting Principaon a resolution calling for the DOE to take several actions, including a restart of the C - 30 process and the immediate removal of the Interim Acting Principal.

Beloin - Saavedra was among the top vote - getters on the ballot in her most recent re-election, and is popular with parents and much of the school faculty.

In the state Senate, the measure was sponsored by Senator Diane Savino (D - Staten Island), who spoke on the floor before the vote about her parents, both of whom suffered from lung cancer.

This is Mark Rodriguez from The Political Parent Party and it is a shame that the City Planning Commission would vote yes on this project without pressing for a Community Benefits Agreement.

The Rating Board nevertheless may rate such a motion picture PG - 13 if, based on a special vote by a two - thirds majority, the Raters feel that most American parents would believe that a PG - 13 rating is appropriate because of the context or manner in which the words are used or because the use of those words in the motion picture is inconspicuous.

By a 31 - 4 vote on Feb. 8, the Senate passed a bill that would bar student parents who miss more than four weeks of payments from sports and other extracurricular activities, including drama, debate, and school publications.

As a side note, parents got only three votes on this one.

Issued more than a week ago, Minister Berry's warning comes after an ACT Christian college asked parents to vote no in the postal survey on same - sex marriage, Fairfax Media reports.

We included administrative data from teacher, parent, and student ratings of local schools; we considered the potential relationship between vote share and test - score changes over the previous two or three years; we examined the deviation of precinct test scores from district means; we looked at changes in the percentage of students who received failing scores on the PACT; we evaluated the relationship between vote share and the percentage change in the percentile scores rather than the raw percentile point changes; and we turned to alternative measures of student achievement, such as SAT scores, exit exams, and graduation rates.

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