Sentences with phrase «policy for their children so»

Some people opt to purchase a whole life policy for their children so that low rates can be locked in very early on.

Some people opt to purchase a whole life policy for their children so that low rates can be locked in very early on.

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Yes to a decent refugee policy that provides a home for desperate men, women and children fleeing war: immigrants and refugees helped to build this country, and will continue to do so.

I had a pretty good life insurance policy (which I couldn't pay for any more), and seriously considered how I could kill myself while making it look like an accident so that I could provide for my wife and three children.

Airlines operating out of the US must comply with FAA policy, which states that they are allowed to use the FAA - approved car seat of their choosing so long as they have purchased a ticket for their child.

The Toolkit is designed to help managers and practitioners meet the strong policy requirements for father - inclusive services coming from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, and elsewhere: in the Children's Centre Guidance, the Childcare Act 2006, the National Services Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services, the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, the Gender Equality Duty (in the Equality Act, 2006), and so on.

So, while policy must recognise that new mothers still do most of the childcare and new fathers most of the earning, it must also acknowledge that both parents are equally responsible for both caring and earning: neither can work unless his or her children are looked after; neither can care unless the other — or the State — is footing the bill.

I sincerely hope that UNICEF, under your leadership, will contribute to this significant year by maintaining its legal support for this crucial policy tool that contributes so enormously to child survival.

However, I'd be much more willing to overlook something like the candy reward for a great grade (as misguided and repulsive as I think it is), than to overlook a daily snack policy that so clearly impacts every child's day - to - day life.

Charlotte Wright, professor of community child health at the University of Glasgow and one of the members campaigning for the change in the policy, told The BMJ that she had no objection to the college surveying its members given that the numbers who voted at the annual general meeting were so small — 66 delegates supported the motion and 53 were against it.

So it looks like I won't have to «flip out» on the district (as you so nicely put it) as they are beginning to create policies that parallel the healthy eating standards they are already trying to teach the children by eliminating junk food as a way to celebrate birthdays and opt for healthy treats or goodie bags insteaSo it looks like I won't have to «flip out» on the district (as you so nicely put it) as they are beginning to create policies that parallel the healthy eating standards they are already trying to teach the children by eliminating junk food as a way to celebrate birthdays and opt for healthy treats or goodie bags insteaso nicely put it) as they are beginning to create policies that parallel the healthy eating standards they are already trying to teach the children by eliminating junk food as a way to celebrate birthdays and opt for healthy treats or goodie bags instead.

«It is a good idea to try to pair less preferred foods, like vegetables, particularly those that your child doesn't like so much, with something to give it a little more flavor,» Marlene Schwartz of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University told Reuters.

In a wide - ranging interview with the AP, Trump said young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and now here illegally can «rest easy,» telling the so - called «dreamers» they will not be targets for deportation under his immigration policies.

«Excellus BlueCross BlueShield's policy of community involvement and their understanding of the gravity and scope of Oneida County's lead poisoning issue will make it possible for our Lead Primary Prevention program to expand its HEPA vacuum loaner program and more aggressively attack the problem of lead dust, so harmful to children, and so prevalent in the county's aging infra - structure,» Picente said.

After being introduced by Save the Children chief executive, Kevin Watkins, Mr Crabb began: «One of the real challenges that we have on the centre - right of British politics... is how we remake and restate the case for our global responsibilities and sticking with our policies to invest in overseas development at a time when there are so many domestic pressures and cut backs in spending.»

In a speech that was equal parts wish list, progressive victory lap and ominous critique of the federal landscape, the governor issued an ambitious list of 30 - or - so proposals, including implementing a uniform sexual harassment policy for state and local officials, tightening up efforts to combat election meddling, ending homelessness and expanding access to food at school to combat child hunger.

Another policy response, they said, would be to screen all students for giftedness, not just those who are referred by teachers or parents, and to provide outreach to parents so they have the information and skills to help schools identify their children as gifted.

My wish for the holiday season is that my university's administration will stop opposing postdocs» efforts to unionize so that we can work together to make meaningful progress on policies related to workplace discrimination, parental leave, child care subsidies, livable salaries, affordable health care, and more.

«So much of our funding for children in adversity focuses on girls,» said Kathryn Whetten, director of the Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research at the Duke Global Health Institute.

Nestle: Well, we will do it in the way these changes always take place — you do it through education of the public; you create demands for different kinds of foods; you teach parents to go into schools and look at what their kids are eating and then do something about it; you change policy so that it becomes more difficult for food companies to advertise to children; you stop them from marketing junk food to kids using cartoon characters.

So until we can actually get the policy changes to make the world a healthier place, the family has to be a bastion of protection for children in the home.

Protecting the privacy of children is especially important, and for this reason we have adopted certain policies and procedures to help do so.

I question our collective judgment when it comes to child birth, treatment for hormonal imbalances, overuse of antibiotics, judicial procedure governing Central Park bicycle path violations (long story), environmental policies, energy policies, the fashionable integrity of drop - crotch pants, and the list goes on... so why not beauty?

In particular, the long - term implications of China's One - child Policy have not only made it more difficult for the growing number of urbanized individuals to find a spouse, but have also raised the stakes for them to do so.

This year, we have refined our policy to require that a personalized learning plan be designed for each student retained, so that the principal, teacher, and parents can all monitor the child's progress.

«Like other schools whose premises include wooded areas, our policy when a child climbs a tree, is for staff to observe the situation from a distance so the child does not get distracted and fall,» Martin told the Mail.

There are numerous devices that can achieve this goal (tax credits and education savings accounts, for instance), and some offer greater flexibility than others, but through the policy lens, they all accomplish the same thing: giving families and children who would not normally have the chance to choose private school the opportunity to do so.

Over the past 15 years, No Child Left Behind and other federal policies have given special prominence to one primary measure for assessing student progress: the so - called percent proficient measure.

«Nick Hoekstra embodies the fine qualities of students in the International Education Policy Program: a commitment to lead so all children can learn what they need to become architects of their own lives; ambitions to support educational change that exceed the resources he currently controls; and ingenuity to collaborate with others building networks for continuous improvement to produce 21st - century education,» says Professor Fernando Reimers, faculty director if IEP.

Much as we should embrace technology and take full advantage of its benefits, so too should we embrace no screen policies for our children and encourage them to learn through experience, play and adventure.

[20] As Andrew J. Coulson concluded in his review of the global research literature on the effectiveness of different models of education systems: «Education markets work best when families pay directly for their own children's education, and so the ideal education policy is one that makes it easier for parents to assume that financial responsibility themselves.»

The policy goal for education should be expanding and diversifying educational options so all children have access to the kind of education that best suits him or her, not homogenizing schools.

So, all of the Republicans» talk about giving parents the right to choose is a politically expedient strategy, regardless of whether voucher or tax credit supporters truly believe this policy is best for children.

As with so much public policy, it is a clear communication in action of the expectations we have for our society, especially when it comes to ensuring that every child gets a high - quality education.

But it is the involvement of education professionals in the decision making at each of these levels that matters most so that their leadership and expertise inform the policies that support a whole child education for every student.

WHEREAS, the so - called «reform» initiatives of Students First, rely on destructive anti-educator policies that do nothing for students but blame educators and their unions for the ills of society, make testing the goal of education, shatter communities by closing their public schools, and see public schools as potential profit centers and children as measureable commodities; and

So faced with this information, and an official school policy of doing nothing for gifted children before 3rd grade, the 1st grade teacher did her best to provide him with «enrichment».

AFC also believes that Congress and the Administration should pursue additional and bold policies to fulfill the President's promise to expand school choice, including: a K - 12 tax credit to leverage private money in support of scholarships for lower income families; vouchers for children of active duty military members so they can attend schools of their parents» choice; Education Savings Accounts for children in Bureau of Indian Education schools; and more funding for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.

Samantha Tran, senior director for education policy at the Oakland - based advocacy group Children Now, said more specifics are needed throughout the accountability plans so community members can clearly see what districts plan to do.

Why do so many educational policy makers who can afford it, such as former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, send their children to private schools while at the same time doubling down on the one - size - fits - all mandates for «other people's children?»

Second, we simply can not tolerate anyone telling us these policies are for our own good... The communities they're changing so rapidly are our communities, and our experience with school closures and charter school expansion confirms what an abundance of research has made quite clear: these policies have not produced higher - quality educational opportunities for our children and youth, but they have been hugely destructive... Third, while the proponents of these policies may like to think they are implementing them for us or even with us, the reality is that they have been done to us.»

The consequences — from allowing states to render poor and minority kids invisible altogether through such subterfuges as lumping all of subgroups into a so - called super subgroup category, to ignoring the failures of suburban districts to improve education for all children, to intolerable incoherence in federal education policy — were clear from the beginning.

One would expect more serious discussion of a matter that removes so many children from the formal learning environment for what have often been minor infractions, but the Board was easily satisfied with a promise and a few weeks of using changed policies.

Broadly, these include restructuring programs so that all children have regular, nutritious meals; providing models for schools and districts that continue to use alternate meal policies; and avoiding punitive scenarios when families can't pay.

The design should be intuitive so the strengths and challenges of a particular school are easy to understand by all audiences - whether you are an education policy expert with a Ph.D., a parent in an underserved community with failing schools looking for better school options, a busy parent managing a child's involvement in school activities, or a first - time parent choosing a kindergarten.

Through his role as Chief Executive Officer of New Schools for Chicago, Daniel Anello is creating a platform for parents and students to make school quality so resonant that decision - makers are compelled to support education policy that prioritizes the interests of children rather than the adults.

So now the question is... What are citizens to do when their government lies and promotes policies that allow for the bullying and mistreatment of children?

Our policy memo aims to explore what has caused this problem and to identify its constituent parts so that we can devise a solution in the pursuit of a truly equal education for every child.

These options have certain consequences that come into play so it's important to work closely with your life insurance agent if you plan on purchasing a permanent policy for your child to make sure you understand the ins and outs of your particular policy.

Term life insurance is not available as a standalone policy on children (because the term would likely be over by the time they needed income replacement for their own families), but a permanent policy will last their lifetime so long as the premiums are paid.