Sentences with phrase «real kids in their communities»

«Over the years, we've collected data on grandparents, parents and their children; I've observed real kids in their communities, not in a controlled laboratory setting, so the data is unique and highly useful,» Flinn said.

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Holiness for me was found in the mess and labour of giving birth, in birthday parties and community pools, in the battling sweetness of breastfeeding, in the repetition of cleaning, in the step of faith it took to go back to church again, in the hours of chatting that have to precede the real heart - to - heart talks, in the yelling at my kids sometimes, in the crying in restaurants with broken hearted friends, in the uncomfortable silences at our bible study when we're all weighing whether or not to say what we really think, in the arguments inherent to staying in love with each other, in the unwelcome number on the scale, in the sounding out of vowels during bedtime book reading, in the dust and stink and heat of a tent city in Port au Prince, in the beauty of a soccer game in the Haitian dust, in the listening to someone else's story, in the telling of my own brokenness, in the repentance, in the secret telling and the secret keeping, in the suffering and the mourning, in the late nights tending sick babies, in confronting fears, in the all of a life.

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«Until this community begins to deal with some deep - seated, real socio - economic and racially driven issues we have, you're not going to sell me the swamp land, that a kid on South Ave. is going to have the same ability and shared resources as a kid in Fayetteville - Manlius,» Owens said.

We support Ron Finley's work to provide access to urban gardens and real food for underserved communities in Los Angeles, as well as his efforts to empower kids to learn about and grow their own fresh food.

Asked to name a few, several people in the Ed School community talked about the academics — notably, the fact that she pushed through not just one but two new doctoral degree programs, and that she moved faculty and students to think about how their work will not only be admired by other academics, but will actually have an impact on real kids, real teachers, and real schools.

There is at least a century of real - life improvement projects in communities and the environment that kids and adults can work together on to adjust the health of our planet.

White, African American, and Hispanic higher - income parents valued income diversity in schools because they believed that kids benefited from exposure to «the real world» outside their own community.

So, I think that Virginia's feeling like a real breath of fresh air is rolling through the state in terms of really looking at things like more opportunities for kids to get out of school, particularly their junior and senior year, to be able to do internships or work experiences or independent studies or community - based project work.

«It is becoming clearer all the time that the current UTLA leadership isn't threatened by charter schools or other bogeymen — they're actually threatened by the notion that parents in these communities, whose kids have gotten a crappy deal for a generation or more, should have any real power to do something about it.»

We are not interested in playing a cruel game of «gotcha» with teachers, but we are interested in ensuring that all kids in their communities and states have access to a great education and real choices about their futures.

There is also a real sense of community in the village, so expect local kids to drop by and hang out.

The company also sponsors community projects in the vein of their «Growing Organic Kids» initiative whereby school kids get «real hands - on experience in growing an organic garden.&raKids» initiative whereby school kids get «real hands - on experience in growing an organic garden.&rakids get «real hands - on experience in growing an organic garden.»

Aside from Mari's busy life in real estate she enjoys being active and giving back to her community as demonstrated through her participation in the Koenig Rubloff Foundation (helping Habitat for Humanity and The Sunshine Kids).