Sentences with phrase «reasons parents at her school»

Peggy George compiled a list of several dozen reasons parents at her school cited for requesting a specific teacher.

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he IS grasping at straws since the singel parent thing wasnt an issue... secondly... you apparently need to go to school and learn that there IS a difference between a woman and a man and that children benefit from BOTH... and hwo a man loves a woman as nature intended... its people like you who are reason for high divorce rates in USA, because they don tknow what love or marriage is..

Lack of time to eat breakfast, lack of awareness of the availability of breakfast at school, late bus schedules or parent drop - offs, and stigma are just a few reasons participation in SBP lags behind that of the NSLP.

After - school care may be a good child care choice for a work - at - home parent's family, even if one of the reasons to work at home is spending more time with family.

While studies have not yet been performed using the K - D test in screening athletes at the youth and high school level, the long use of the test in diagnosing reading problems in children «gives me reason to be very optimistic that the test could help parents and coaches to determine whether an athlete who has been hit may have suffered a concussion,» Dr. Balcer told MomsTeam.

On ABC's «Good Morning America» this morning, the author of a new book, also called «Fed Up With Lunch,» noted that one of the reasons her blog was so popular was because many parents aren't aware of what's actually being served at school.

«When Success Leads to Failure,» The Atlantic «The Gift of Failure,» New York Times «If Your Kid Left His Term Paper At Home, Don't Bring It To Him» New York Magazine «Books That Changed My Mind This Year,» Fortune «New Book Suggests Parents Learn to Let Kids Fail,» USA Today «7 Rules for Raising Self - Reliant Children,» Forbes «Before You Let Your Child Fail, Read This,» Huffington Post «How Schools Are Handling an Overparenting Crisis,» NPR «Why Failure Hits Girls So Hard,» Time «The Value of a Mess,» Slate «4 Reasons Why Every Educator Should Read «The Gift of Failure,»» Inside Higher Ed «Why We Should Let Our Children Fail,» The Guardian (UK) «Shelly's Bookworms: The Gift of Failure,» WFAA Dallas «Why I Don't Want My Kids to be Lazy Like Me,» Yahoo Parenting «Jessica Lahey,» Celia Walden for The Telegraph (UK) «How to To Give Your Child The Gift of Failure,» Huffington Post «The Gift of Failure,» Doug Fabrizio, Radio West «In the Author's Voice: The Gift of Failure,» WISU / NPR «The Gift of Failure,» The Good Life Project «Giving Our Children the Gift of Failure,» ScaryMommy «Lyme Resident's Book Challenges Parents and Kids on Failure,» Valley News «The Gift of Failure,» The Jewish Press

Lack of time to eat breakfast, lack of awareness of the availability of breakfast at school, late bus schedules or parent drop - offs, and stigma are some of the main reasons participation in SBP lags behind that of the NSLP.

Whether kids are just starting kindergarten or entering their last year of elementary school, there are many good reasons for parents to volunteer at school.

Parents with kids that study in different schools and do extra curricular activities, retired / old people, tourists, businessmen have a lot of valid reasons to still need to use a private or at least massive transportation system, so we can not rely solely on bicycle transportation methods for those, still, we must provide those that can rely on them (young people, average commuters living not that far from the office, teenagers...)

Notably, among the 58 % of parents whose child did not play school sports at all, 14 percent cited cost as the reason for non-participation.

Just look at first - rate private schools: in New York City parents spend between $ 20,000 and $ 40,000 per child, and they do so for a reason.

Parents of pupils who, for a wide range of reasons, make attainment and progress at a slower rate, including those with special educational needs, deserve to have accurate information about how their children are doing at school.»

And since parents often want to track what their children are learning, at back - to - school night I go over different ways parents can support spelling and math fact mastery — that's the reason to continue to send the list home, even with no mandatory work.

Yet, for many reasons including lack of time, a feeling of not being welcome at a school, not all parents are as actively involved as they could be.

The reason I don't have much time to write is because the parents and staff at our public charter school have been spending our summer repairing, repainting, re-landscaping, repaving, and cleaning up our site.

Like the Supreme Court in Zelman, the Ohio and Wisconsin courts reasoned that voucher programs do not provide money for the benefit of religious schools but rather for the benefit of students and their parents, who may independently choose to use the voucher at a religious school.

For this reason, we also examine two U.S. subgroups conventionally thought to have better preparation for school — white students and students from families where at least one parent is reported to have received a college degree — and compare the percentages of high - achieving students among them to the (total) populations abroad.

However, the AFT seems unwilling or unable to address abysmal performances at many Hartford schools — possibly one reason why Achievement First is, by far, the top choice for many Hartford parents.

At his former school, he gained accolades for his work from staff, students and parents but for some reason he didn't hit it off with his new boss.

One of the most important reasons why Alliance schools perform so well is our commitment to partnering closely with parents to ensure that learning doesn't end at the end of the school day.

One reason we converted at Vaughn was that parents with students with disabilities wanted them to come back to the school.

The court reasoned that because the services provided at the firehouse were adequate, the child's parents had not been forced to choose between the services and their right to educate their child at a religious school.

For these and other reasons, an extensive body of research suggests that small schools and small learning communities have the following significant advantages: • Increased student performance, along with a reduction in the achievement gap and dropout rate • A more positive school climate, including safer schools, more active student engagement, fewer disciplinary infractions, and less truancy • A more personalized learning environment in which students have the opportunity to form meaningful relationships with both adults and peers • More opportunities for teachers to gather together in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small schools at the middle level increases the chances for students to be successful in high school and beyond.

Under current rules, parents have the right to withdraw their children from RE lessons and collective worship at all maintained schools, including those of a faith character, and do not have to give their reasons for doing so.

If parents from Bristol to South Windsor to Lyme / Old Lyme to Madison, and in at least two dozen other school districts across Connecticut, are being treated with respect and dignity when it comes to the right to opt out their child out of the Common Core SBAC testing program, there is absolutely no reason that New Canaan's parents shouldn't be treated with the same degree of respect and honesty.

High - quality tutoring can meet each student at his or her individual level, 22 a level of differentiation that is impossible for even the most dedicated of teachers to provide.23 Essentially, every student with an educated, engaged parent has access to one - on - one tutoring at home, which is perhaps one of the reasons why homework compounds the advantages enjoyed by middle - class children.24 For students who, for a variety of reasons, may not have access to that kind of academic assistance at home, receiving more tailored instruction from their schools can help to level the playing field and close achievement gaps.25

Dear Editor: There is good reason why the parent trigger — a plan to allow a simple majority of parents at a failing public school to trigger reform options — is sweeping the nation.

A government spokeswoman did not comment directly on the reasons why some parents failed to register their children for free school meals but said: «The Department for Education already has a tool to enable parents to check for eligibility for free school meals, so we don't believe it's necessary for this amendment to be added to the bill at this stage.»

Although there were multiple stated reasons for the rally in the UTLA notice, co-location was on the mind of the parents LA School Report spoke to at Castelar.

It may seem foolish to purposely sit in a hot car and watch the interior temperature rise — and it was, though my parents will tell you I spent a good chunk of my high school and college years excelling at poor choices — but it was worth it if for no other reason than it got your attention.

(2) signed by an individual, or his parent, to the effect that he has been denied admission to or not permitted to continue in attendance at a public college by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin, and the Attorney General believes the complaint is meritorious and certifies that the signer or signers of such complaint are unable, in his judgment, to initiate and maintain appropriate legal proceedings for relief and that the institution of an action will materially further the orderly achievement of desegregation in public education, the Attorney General is authorized, after giving notice of such complaint to the appropriate school board or college authority and after certifying that he is satisfied that such board or authority has had a reasonable time to adjust the conditions alleged in such complaint, to institute for or in the name of the United States a civil action in any appropriate district court of the United States against such parties and for such relief as may be appropriate, and such court shall have and shall exercise jurisdiction of proceedings instituted pursuant to this section, provided that nothing herein shall empower any official or court of the United States to issue any order seeking to achieve a racial balance in any school by requiring the transportation of pupils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance, or otherwise enlarge the existing power of the court to insure compliance with constitutional standards.

If you are the non-custodial, or non-principal residence parent, and your children are under the age of majority or unable to live independently for a valid reason such as illness, disability or because they are attending school at a post secondary level etc. — then, by law, you are required to pay child support.

[13] He considered (1) the existing shared parenting arrangement and the relationship between the children and Ms. G; (2) the existing shared parenting arrangement and the relationship between the children and Mr. S; (3) the desirability of maximizing contact between the children and both parents; (4) the views of the children, which had not been canvassed; (5) Ms. G's reason for moving; (6) the disruption to the children of a change in custody; (7) the disruption to the children consequent on removal from family, schools, and community; and (8) various other factors, such as Mr. S's economic stability, the importance of the paternal grandparents, the location of the proposed residence at Moyie Lake on a leased lot at an RV park, the girls» relationship with Mr. G and his children, and Ms. G's inflexibility.

When you teach at law school, as I have, you become familiar with a variety of reasons as to why students choose to study law — perhaps there's a history of lawyers in the family; or their parents want them to do something, anything professional; or they want to right wrongs, get that BMW, enter politics, point damning fingers at witnesses... Even with those students who wound up in law school with apparently only a shrug for a reason, some explanation eventually surfaced.

The Home Tuition Programme provides funding to parents to provide education at home for children who (for a number of reasons, such as chronic illness) are unable to attend school.

When aggression has gotten out of control and the child is experiencing difficulties in friendships and is getting into trouble at home and school or daycare, a counselor who understands some of the reasons for the aggression may be of help to the child and the child's parents.

For this reason, we intentionally spend regular time with our client's parents and other important adult figures, keeping them updated on how things are going, clear about goals moving forward and checking in about what they are noticing at home and school.

That's the reason most programs aimed at promoting child health, safety and well - being, preventing child abuse and preparing children for school include goals promoting high quality parenting.

A child may use the doll to let a therapist / school counselor / teacher / parent know he is angry with the adult for any reason by shaking the doll at the adult.

Behavior problems at school are among the most frequent reasons that parents contact me about their children.

• What is going to happen to your teenager if you don't take steps now to change his behavior right now • Why when you listen to what your child says to you, you are missing 93 % of what is going on • Your teen's number one priority, and why this stops him from obeying you • Why all the behavioral techniques you have read in so many parenting books never work on your child... and what does work • Why using punishments, consequences, and coercion will destroy your home • Four reasons your teenager will defy your requests and refuse to obey you, and what you can do about each one • Medical interventions: medicines and natural supplements that have been proven to help with ODD behavior in 90 % of teens • The four underlying causes of defiant behavior, and how you can use them to eliminate arguing, talking back, and abusive behavior • Why most behavioral treatments and parenting books fail to help with defiant teenagers, and why they usually make things worse • How to side step power struggles and why you must do that • 9 parenting strategies that experts commonly recommend that will absolutely positively never work with your ODD child • Three reasons why rewarding good behavior is going to backfire - unless you know exactly the correct way to do it • How you may be helping your teenager to become defiant • Why your teenager sees you as an irritating nag, and how to change that • Five problems that you create when you respond to bad behavior • Why rewards and punishments don't work with defiant teens and what you can do instead that does work • 5 easy to use strategies to get your teen to cooperate • The key to understanding and eliminating the underlying cause of bad behavior • The one word that will allow you to control any argument you have with your child, allow you to maintain your dignity and authority as a parent, show your child that you are the one who is in charge • Ten keys to coping with a defiant child • How to handle a behavior problem in school • Three strategies that will put an end to homework battles • How to make the teacher your ally to eliminate your child's school defiance • A six word sentence that will get your child to obey you • Five things your child's teacher needs to know in order to be successful with your child • How to change bedtime from a battle into a chance to build your relationship • How a few properly placed words will transform your child and make him obedient and cooperative • 5 easy ways to gain your child's cooperation • How to refocus to get your child through school and get him to excel at what he is really good at • Why what you say and what your child hears have almost nothing in common • How to really uncover what is bothering your child so that you can improve his behavior