Sentences with phrase «schools are for children»

«They fight to keep special schools open because they understand how good these schools are for their children.

Because schools are for children, Progressive - era reformers saw fit to remove them from the dirtier aspects of partisan conflict.

The school is for children aged four to eleven, and serves pupils from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds and social backgrounds.

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The 11 children who were killed were studying in a nearby madrassa, or religious school, said Matiullah Zhman, a spokesman for Kandahar police.

Parents are increasingly interested in providing private school funding for their children 1) because they see the value and importance of good education and 2) because of frequent public school closings.

Guns have been strictly controlled in the United Kingdom for the past few decades, spurred in large part by the 1996 Dunblane massacre, when 15 children and their teacher were killed by a local man who walked into a school in the Scottish city armed with four hand guns and began shooting.

The books I was selling were for parents to help children with subjects in school.

According to the latest edition of «The Good Schools Guide,» Thomas's Battersea is «a big, busy, slightly chaotic school for cosmopolitan parents who want their children to have the best English education money can buy.»

Her family was so poor that, as a child, Oprah was teased at school for wearing dresses made of potato sacks.

Yousafzai has been advocating for Pakistani women and children since the age of 11, when she documented in a BBC blog life in the Swat Valley under Taliban rule during a time when girls in the region were prohibited from going to school.

For older children, letting them feel in charge of creating and choosing potential solutions is an important skill to develop as they learn to navigate life, lessons and school.

Also based out of Jordan, Alhodhud's programs are fun and entertaining for young school children, while also helping them learn how to read.

«Parents and grandparents want to help their children or grandchildren pay for school, and the last thing they want is for them to be made worse off because of their own financial distress or death.»

«The whole reason for this company is to protect children in schools,» says the founder of Amulet Protective Technologies, which makes ballistic material that can be put into walls, doors, cubicle dividers, and office furniture to create bullet - stopping barriers in public spaces.

CBA is seen as a stable part of life in the country of 24 million where most people have had a mortgage, insurance policy or regular savings account with CBA at some point - often starting with its famed «Dollarmites» deposit account for school children.

Eating a meal at school makes a difference for children who are chronically hungry.

Her older brother, Connor, was attending The Schilling School for Gifted Children in Cincinnati.

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.

There's a high demand for babysitting and childcare services, whether it's regularly picking up and dropping off children at school for two - parent working families or accompanying a family on a trip as a childcare provider.

«Any child who leaves school by 2010 without real IT skills will be setting themselves up for a life in poverty,» he said.

She was poised to retire from twenty years of teaching school when her adult children turned to her for help.

Activities must be supervised, contribute to development of the child, not part of a regular school curriculum and ongoing (for example, five consecutive days at a camp).

Instead of «snow days» my Minnesotan childhood was filled with «cold days» — the difference being that «cold days» are when it is literally unsafe to leave children outdoors waiting for the school bus.

Now parents are too frightened to send their children to school, and prefer for them to stay at home or even shelter underground to ensure they're protected if bombing begins.

Lloyd Blankfein's path tothe pinnacle of finance nearly rivals for degree of difficulty that of his legendary predecessor Sidney Weinberg, who was one of eleven children of a Brooklyn bootlegger and started working at Goldman Sachs as a gofer shining spittoons, in 1907, a few years removed from elementary school.

He explained that even when the children did go to school, the constant noise and threat of air strikes meant it was hard for them to focus anyway.

For example, children's services — always a strong category — had segments that shrank (luxuries such as after - school enrichment programs), while other segments were as healthy as ever, including tutoring and child care.

A similar program to MediaWise was recently piloted in Canada under the name NewsWise, where it provided a program for school - aged children to learn to find and filter accurate information online.

Finding that much unpaid care for preschool children is a tall order, but even older children need care when they are not in school.

Susan's children were off to school and out of respect for the family, we kept things quiet until they got home and could talk to their grandmother.

This account can be used for day care, after - school care, baby - sitting, or camp expenses for children under 13; it can also cover the costs of nursing or other care for employees» dependent parents.

For the record, a quick list of things that need to be done: Sell or rent your current house, find your new home, squat in temporary accommodation in between, pack and move, close out old utilities, set - up new utilities, update your health insurance and driver's license, ditto with banking and vehicle registration, deliver said vehicle to new location, ensure spouse and children have jobs and school / daycare placements, find childcare in between if necessary, settle everyone in.

Go for this card if you see lots of traveling in your future, whether it's because your child goes to boarding school or that you're planning on taking a vacation, Wallethub advised.

«Children are looking for what's cool for the new school year, and as a result, loyalty to a retailer or brand is being eroded.»

Your child dawdles over her breakfast, insists on tying her own sneakers (even though she hasn't quite mastered the technique yet), and is on pace to be late for school — again.

The program includes a commitment from the cable companies to offer to $ 10 a month broadband Internet access to homes with children that are eligible for free school lunches.

Greater attention to treating children with language disorders, such as stuttering, also drives demand for these professionals, about half of whom are employed by schools, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Turning our provincial school systems into providers of universal free child care for well - to - do families is a perversion of good public policy.

He's made giving back to the community an integral part of his business, starting in 2012 when he began offering free classes once a month to The Little Light House, a tuition - free school for children with special needs.

As parents, you think the best thing you can do for your children is to encourage them to go to college and get a good education — and, hopefully, that will help them land good jobs with higher earning power than if they had high school diplomas alone.

He also serves on the corporate advisory board for The University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and is a member of the Board of the San Jose Children's Discovery Museum.

It's back - to - school time for kids across the United States, and while having time with my own children this summer was truly wonderful, I am happy to admit that I am eager to see them get back to their own work of being students.

In 2001, the Hill Times wrote that Harper argued that «pulling their children from «union - run» schools should be a viable option for all parents.»

Parents can request a deferment on repayment while their child is attending school at least half - time and for an additional six months after the child graduates.

No, for children across the country, this is the season of going back to school.

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 rest are people who have re-entered the job market after a break, perhaps to raise children, or those who have started looking for the first time after finishing school.

His patrons were almost all from a school that was located just down the road, where children and teachers would come for their lunch hour or to get a snack after class had ended for the day.

Mr. Kassie is actively involved in community and charitable organizations and is the Chairman of the Board of Baycrest Health Sciences and is on the board of the Richard Ivey School of Business and was formerly on the boards of the Toronto International Film Festival Group and the Hospital for Sick Children.

«Xerox is the poster child for monopoly technology businesses that can not make the transition to a new generation of technology,» said David B. Yoffie, a professor at the Harvard Business School.