Sentences with phrase «school children losing»

The publication, which is published by education company Pearson, states: «We heard anecdotes during workshops about primary and secondary school children losing sleep and being physically sick before sitting tests.

Given that the average suspension is conservatively put at 3.5 days, we estimate that U.S. public school children lost nearly 18 million days of instruction in just one school year because of exclusionary discipline.

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The Domtar campaign's appeal to nostalgia for greeting cards or our high - school diplomas — «Memories are more fond on paper» — will be lost on today's children.

To offset lost education taxes during a decade in which children of gigafactory workers are certain to boost enrollment, Tesla agreed to donate $ 37.5 million to local public schools starting in 2018.

In fact, if you don't fix these things, you will be shutting your doors in six months, your receptionist will lose her house, you will have to pull your children out of private school, and your CFO will become a panhandler.

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.

The three lost children in the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. (Cloe Poisson / Hartford Courant)

Like the old grade school game of «pass on the secret» through a line of children, the more people passing on information the more skewed the message gets and information lost.

A mother who lost her 6 - year - old son in a school shooting just over five years ago warned that more parents would lose their children if President Trump did not act, adding, «Don't let that happen on your watch.»

So if a child has to concentrate on studies common to all children (math, science, English, etc.) for their school day and is not allowed to openly pray, they lose their connection to God?

Children lose 272 million school days each year because of diseases related to unsafe water and poor hygiene; they lose 200 million years of school days because of worm - related illnesses, which can be held at bay with good sanitation practices.

In 1999, we are no longer reduced to «guessing» whether he was inspired or speaking only as a man: • adultery has lost its moral significance and become commonplace; • chastity has become a symbol of unhealthy development; • contraception in expectation of fornication is taught to children in the schools; • respect between the sexes has been replaced by mutual exploitation and / or competition; • marriage has lost its sacramental nature and its enduring promise; • statistically, divorce is common, teenage pregnancy is widespread, single parent and serially parented families increase, sexual disease is epidemic, intercourse is recreational, abortion is ubiquitous.

If we refuse baptism to children on the grounds of their parents» irregular life style, these children will almost certainly never go to Catholic schools and will, therefore, almost certainly be lost to the Church entirely.

Children were removed from their homes, put in to Residential schools where they were horribly abused, forced to leave the beliefs behind for fear of severe punishment at the hands of their christian masters, forced to lose their Native Tongue... all in some warped vision to tear down a culture and destroy it.

Called Syria's Lost Generation, these children have not only been traumatized, they've also lost the support structures — schools, social clubs, neighborhood activities — that generally provide a positive pathway to the futLost Generation, these children have not only been traumatized, they've also lost the support structures — schools, social clubs, neighborhood activities — that generally provide a positive pathway to the futlost the support structures — schools, social clubs, neighborhood activities — that generally provide a positive pathway to the future.

In total the foundation has worked with nearly 50 New Orleans schools and organizations, providing $ 300,000 to New Orleans Outreach for after - school assistance; $ 127,550 to the New Orleans Recreation Department to help with initial costs in the restoration of Pontchartrain Park; $ 78,000 to Best Buddies Louisiana, which facilitates one - to - one friendships for adults with intellectual disabilities; and $ 74,000 to the Greater New Orleans Rebuild Child Care Collaborative, to restore child - care facilities lost to KatChild Care Collaborative, to restore child - care facilities lost to Katchild - care facilities lost to Katrina.

That's a distinct possibility: «Several hundred thousand low - income children would lose access to free school meals.

When a child loses weight, he or she often improves academic performance in school, as well as day - to - day social interactions with peers, parents, and teachers.

Regardless of why Betsy DeVos made the comment, educators and parents are worried that children will possibly lose the school lunch program due to the House already attempting the move.

It's important that he has the opportunity to play with other children, this will give him the social skills he needs to make friends when he starts school as well as teaching him the concepts of sharing, taking turns and winning and losing.

Lost in the shuffle, though, are the kids who actually eat school food and, by extension, the parents of those children.

Other possible symptoms of depression in children and adolescents include difficulty with peer relationships, such as an inability to get along with friends; separation anxiety manifested as school avoidance or school phobia; and changes in home relationships and interactions, such as losing interest in family conversations, and a desire to be alone most of the time.

Food companies were concerned about losing access to millions of school children.

Neuberger points to a study indicating that, for every additional 1 percent of school lunch applications audited nationwide, 30,000 eligible children will lose benefits.

If you tell your child that he has lost the privilege of attending the school dance on Friday, don't give in because he starts to behave better.

It's worth noting that these complaints tend to come from parents at schools in which the free / reduced lunch population is low — most of these children are eating breakfast at home anyway, and the inconveniences and lost instructional time seem to outweigh any benefits of the program.

Without establishing a routine in the household for both homework and bedtime, it can be very easy for a child to lose interest in school work.

Unfortunately, by the time children reach grade school this approach can often backfire, causing children to lose important social power and denying them the opportunity to develop the skills and experience to negotiate these difficult social waters themselves.

Nowhere near as big a thing, but I missed both of my children's first tooth loss; my eldest was at school when it happened, and my second lost her first tooth while my husband and I were out celebrating my birthday.

«At a time when school systems have completely lost focus on what really matters, John Hunter reminds us what we should be teaching our children.

Whether or not a sports organization keeps score for your 4 - year - old's T - ball team, and even if your teenager's school basketball team loses every game, involvement in sports can be a great thing for children of any age.

The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program stated, that children who «lose interest in doing school work, suddenly begin to do poorly in school, or appear anxious in school» are typically victims of bullying.

If this is the first time your child will be away from you, he may worry that you're not coming back, or that you'll get lost and won't be able to find your way back to the school to pick him up at the end of the day.

The exact same thing happened to my SIL the first week of school — her child lost all her super expensive stainless steel lunch gear.

Some children really do benefit from child - centred or autonomous style learning, perhaps more so when they have never been to school and never lose their questioning, eager enthusiasm.

Because most of Chicago «s public schools have closed campuses and 88 percent of the children attending receive free or reduced - price lunches, Phillips is more concerned about getting the students to eat than losing them to outside competition.

We will embroider your kids personalized lunch bag with your child's name or initials, making a unique gift that is hard to lose in the pile of lunch bags in your child's classroom at school!

With the steady encroachment of technology into the average home and the emphasis on academics in school early on, most children these days lose out on valuable playtime at home and in school.

For many, it's hard to muster sympathy for stroller - pushing elites, with their Scandinavian toys and double lattes, whining about a few minutes of lost instructional time, when so many disadvantaged children come to school hungry.

Start by assuming that this person is someone who really does care about the kids and what they eat, who really does want to feed children in an atmosphere of nurturing and respect, but who has probably been beaten down by so many years of having to focus on the bottom line, and of hearing the criticisms of school food, that she may have almost lost the will to live, let alone to fix school food.

Instead of giving your child small paper notes or reminders on their way to school, which can be easily lost, save paper, and write them a note they can't miss at lunch time.

Now, of course, the food stamp program may lose significant funding if Congress continues to look to SNAP dollars to fund the stalled child nutrition bill (the CNA), which covers school food, as well as WIC and other federal food programs.

However, the clips will hopefully prevent your child from losing everything and it's much more clothes - friendly then what they do in ski school if your kiddo shows up without a set of clips or attachment for his or her belongings.

The Hagstrom Report (subscription only) reports that Stan Garnett, former director of child nutrition at the Agriculture Department, «has resigned from the School Nutrition Association over its efforts to encourage members to lobby Congress to pass a bill requiring the USDA to waive healthier school meal requirements to any school that says it has lost money in the program for six months.&School Nutrition Association over its efforts to encourage members to lobby Congress to pass a bill requiring the USDA to waive healthier school meal requirements to any school that says it has lost money in the program for six months.&school meal requirements to any school that says it has lost money in the program for six months.&school that says it has lost money in the program for six months.»

And since more than half of all flavored milk in the U.S. is sold to children in schools, she says, there's a lot to be lost if chocolate milk gets kicked out of the cafeteria.

Because the hard truth is this: if we really intend to wean an entire generation of children off school food «carnival fare» (nachos, nuggets, burgers and fries) and introduce them to fresher, healthier entrees, we are, without question, going to lose some kids along the way.

It's not easy to manage funds and make sure all the kids and parents are happy, but whatever the proper way to make sure a school district doesn't lose money, and that all kids are nourished, should not include embarrassing a child in front of their peers.

The school year is quickly approaching its end, and it's time to make sure your child doesn't lose their academic momentum!

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «Parents now no longer have the certainty that when they send their children to school they will be taught by a qualified teacher and children have lost that critical entitlement.

A New York City proposal to diversify middle schools on Manhattan's Upper West Side, by setting aside seats for children with low test scores, is facing stiff resistance from parents worried their high - achieving children might lose access to the popular public schools.