Sentences with phrase «public school children who»

But when the superintendents of Florida put their justified fear of political retribution aside to do the right thing for the three million public school children who are counting on us, it's a good day.

By the 4th grade, public school children who score among the top 10 percent of students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are reading at least six grade levels above those in the bottom 10 percent.

Ms. Kittredge is the parent of public school children who attend P.S. 101Q and The Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School and has been a strong advocate for education for all of our City's children.

«Parents of public school children who object to curriculum changes this fall?»

Ms. Kittredge is the parent of public school children who attend P.S. 101Q and The Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School and has been a strong advocate for -LSB-...]

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The NRA, bolstered by Trump, has been a vocal proponent of allowing more guns in public places, including schools, but the exception for the convention has raised eyebrows and prompted skepticism among students and at least one parent who lost his child in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed and others injured.

She says the typical Waldorf parent, who has a range of elite private and public schools to choose from, tends to be liberal and highly educated, with strong views about education; they also have a knowledge that when they are ready to teach their children about technology they have ample access and expertise at home.

The editorial neglects to mention that Amazon wants enormous «tax incentives» so the deal would probably cost Baltimore more than it would benefit us — and by «Baltimore,» I mean those of us who live here, who use public services, who send our children to public schools.

Less than half (48.7 percent) of parents whose children were assigned to a public school were satisfied, but 82.5 percent of parents who chose a private school were.

Still a third national survey (1997) discovered not only that a strong majority of African - Americans (57 percent) and Hispanics (65 percent) favored vouchers, but also that it was precisely the black age group most likely to have children in the public schools (those 26 to 35) who supported vouchers most strongly (86.5 percent!).

Evrything this man has done has damaged our national security and compromised our freedoms, from suing states who want to initiate simple voter safeguards to working to help the public «schools» usurp the role of child - rearing from parents.

For this reason it is important for a democracy to have a strong public school system, and parents who cherish democratic ideals do well to send their children to schools, either public or independent, in which traditional class distinctions are minimized.

The fellow who is working so diligently to determine the right brand of condoms to be distributed to Washington, D.C. public school children is not David A. Catalina, it is David A. Catania.

Children who acquired AIDS through blood transfusions have been hounded from public schools.

I have a problem with people who want to use public funds and resources to promote their beliefs, who use their beliefs to stifle others» civil rights, who try to inject their beliefs into public school science classes, and who want their children to have the ability to bully others» with their beliefs.

Meanwhile, a group of 160 African - American community leaders sent NAACP a letter detailing their own objections to its charter - school opposition on behalf of «700,000 black families choosing to send their children to charter public schools, and the tens of thousands more who are still on waiting lists.»

Christian parents who care about the values of their children are rightly concerned about the moral and social values communicated through the public schools.

Deplore as we may the existence of the parochial school, its challenge to the separation of church and state, and its attempted inroads on the public treasury, the fact remains that parochial schools exist primarily because Catholic parents, who pay their public - school taxes, think it worth while to submit to additional cost and often to much inconvenience to see to it that their children receive the religious instruction denied them in the public schools.

In short: Can Christians who homeschool or enroll their children in private school still support public schools?

Without major public efforts in this field, the global super information highway is not likely to include the two billion people who live on less than $ 300 a year, or the more than 1 billion people who are illiterate and some 500 million children for whom there are no schools.

«Also I'm associated in the media and public with a number of people who have been accused, and in some cases pleaded guilty, to child abuse in a relatively small school within the same time.»

About three thousand students are already benefiting from the latest wrinkle in five states, «education savings accounts,» which provide even more flexibility to families by allowing those who withdraw their children from public schools to receive a deposit of public funds into government - authorized savings accounts that can be used to pay for private school tuition, online learning programs, private tutoring, educational therapies, or college costs.

With very few exceptions, nobody in these major cities who can afford an alternative sends their children to the public school.

I have a friend who was a child integrating a white public elementary school after the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.

Later, opposition to this point of view developed both from those opposed to all forms of religious instruction in public schools and from Roman Catholics who upheld the right to instruct their children in their faith.

It is an insult to those Christians around the world who face actual persecution when evangelicals complain because public school teachers are not allowed to lead children in prayer before lunchtime because it violates the Establishment Clause.

mentally ill, delusional people who believe in the existence of gods should be prohibited from voting, serving on a jury, running for or holding any public office, purchasing or owning firearms, teaching public school, or having any contact with children under the age of 18.

Each school has been «adopted» by a celebrity or public figure, exposing children to inspirational people who have worked hard for their successes.

Whether it be public school or homeschool, you strike me as the type of mom who will do what is in her heart that is best for her children.

I have seen one of my children graduate from public High School (he's now in college) and have a daughter who was in public school until 7th School (he's now in college) and have a daughter who was in public school until 7th school until 7th grade.

Of course, I was a public school kid, who had a crazy family life, and here I am, a decent human being:) This is an important decision, although your child won't necessarily be «ruined» whichever choice you make:) That was more like a dollar's worth of advice!

However, if your child is a student who can finish at the top of his or her public school class while securing the support needed to navigate the college admissions process, then he or she may be better off as a giant gerbil in a pint - sized Habitrail.

A family with a child who does not have an IEP but who might qualify for one should contact their local public school system about setting the IEP process in motion as soon as possible, since it takes time for the public school system to determine each student's eligibility.

I have family and close friends who are teachers, and do not discount what they do to serve our nation's children in the public schools.

Anyone who read last December's New York Times report on beef processing might understandably shudder when watching a child eat a hamburger in a public school lunch room.

My suggestion — as a parent of public school children and as a former public and private school teacher — is that we individuals who are «outside» school culture (i.e. not administrators or teachers) become invested in whatever ways we can.

As a mom who will have her child entering the public school system in the near future, it's encouraging to finally read some positive news.

My partner who was the co-chair with me of the committee we worked on continued as she had children still in the public school system and I took my son out for a year to homeschool (we had already spent several years homeschooling before his 2nd grade year spent in the public system).

Even parents who are homeschooling children or have sent them to private schools are entitled to ancillary services courtesy of their public school district if it's been determined that the children have a learning disability or other disorder that requires intervention for them to function optimally in school.

We thank the North American Registry of Midwives Board for helping facilitate the study; Tim Putt for help with layout of the data forms; Jennesse Oakhurst, Shannon Salisbury, and a team of five others for data entry; Adam Slade for computer programming support; Amelia Johnson, Phaedra Muirhead, Shannon Salisbury, Tanya Stotsky, Carrie Whelan, and Kim Yates for office support; Kelly Klick and Sheena Jardin for the satisfaction survey; members of our advisory council (Eugene Declerq (Boston University School of Public Health), Susan Hodges (Citizens for Midwifery and consumer panel of the Cochrane Collaboration's Pregnancy and Childbirth Group), Jonathan Kotch (University of North Carolina Department of Maternal and Child Health), Patricia Aikins Murphy (University of Utah College of Nursing), and Lawrence Oppenheimer (University of Ottawa Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine); and the midwives and mothers who agreed to participate in the study.

adolescent homeschooled students slept an average of 90 minutes more per night than public and private school students, who were in class an average of 18 minutes before homeschooled children even awoke.

Black, who now teaches physical education for the Chicago Public Schools, said although she taught dance, the Park District philosophy was to «develop the whole child.»

CHICAGO — In his new book, «Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why,» journalist Paul Tough investigates the challenge of educating low - income children, who now account for more than half of all public school sChildren Succeed: What Works and Why,» journalist Paul Tough investigates the challenge of educating low - income children, who now account for more than half of all public school schildren, who now account for more than half of all public school students.

In fact, I chose to teach in a public high school precisely because I pitied the children who felt forced to be at school, who felt trapped like I did when I was their age.

I know of a jewish atheist who started homeschooling her children when she moved to an area where the public schools weren't great.

Many non-traditional educational options exist for children who would otherwise be enrolled in local public schools.

But for other secular homeschoolers, those who do not follow a particular philosophy — which may either mean that they fall into the group of homeschoolers known as eclectic or that they use many public school methods — they don't or don't seem themselves as having a single, shaping vision that guides all their choices other than providing their children with an excellent, safe education.

She worked for years as a preschool teacher in the public school system until she had her 3rd child, and now she is a stay at home mother who keeps busy with her four children, exploring all of the nooks and crannies of their surroundings.

Children who transfer out of a Waldorf school into a public school during the earlier grades probably have to upgrade their reading ability and to approach the science lessons differently.

«As the mother of two young kids who attend New York City public schools, I know first - hand how important it is for children to eat lunch at school,» said U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, a Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Kids Safety Caucus.