Sentences with phrase «schools work for all children»

«We were supporting whatever schools worked for the children... If a charter school... gets a better result, we have no unconditional commitment to either side.»

What proponents hail as a bold attempt to make schools work for every child, the superintendent of the Montgomery County, Va., public schools sees as a mountain of needless paperwork, mandates, and unrealistic expectations.

This is commonly cited as a reason that private schools work for children of all abilities; for example, one website, GreatSchools.net, states that «Private schools are generally committed to providing small classes and individual attention to students.

For more than 30 years, the Intercultural Development Research Association has committed to making schools work for all children, especially those children who are historically left behind — low - income students, minority students and those who speak a language other than English.

How then do we make schools work for all children?

«Those of us who know that charter schools work for the children who are in those schools, and for the children who are not in those schools — and (who know that) if they were to disappear, the emphasis and the push that goes on to make those kinds of changes in all schools would also disappear — we have to stand together.

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For example, 71 percent of businesses with 11 to 100 employees allow them to take time off from work for children's school activities, such as parent - teacher conferencFor example, 71 percent of businesses with 11 to 100 employees allow them to take time off from work for children's school activities, such as parent - teacher conferencfor children's school activities, such as parent - teacher conferences.

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.

As a working mother, I worry for the future of my children, of schools, and of business.

Besides providing school curriculum, Amazon also has created a tool for teachers to gather and share their own materials and course work, in addition to service that teachers can use to tell parents what school supplies their children will need.

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.

School, personal preference and child - care responsibilities dominate reasons for working less than full time, according to Statistics Canada.

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.

Guided by the belief that all children should have an equal opportunity to thrive, WKKF works with communities to create conditions for vulnerable children so they can realize their full potential in school, work and life.

Through CEFA, Natacha creates jobs for 200 + women, enables thousands of women to work all day, give quality schooling for their children, and enables women to open their own schools.

Other work - from - home ideas include catering services for birthday parties, small weddings and anniversaries; a babysitting service, which may require licensing from local health and child welfare services; a pet - sitting service, which may require approvals from your landlord and potentially your neighbors; and tutoring services for middle and high - school students.

Marie started her career working in a home for the elderly, later with adults and children with developmental disabilities, as a counsellor and family - support worker in Toronto, and once again at the School Board as an Early Childhood Educator working with children with disabilities.

There a great deal exponentially increasing headwinds as you push to higher incomes (much higher taxes, required child care for two working parents, professional school student loans).

Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense.

The primary business of Hobby Quest is after - school programs for children aged 5 to 14 years old, working mainly with and in schools and community centers.

I work in California... what I do is behavioral based counseling for children who have behavioral issues, be it in the home or the school or community.

I am a Catholic (by Catholic I mean, regularly attend church, send my children to Catholic school, and work in many ministries) I also use contraception, but I don't think that organizations the church runs should have to pay for anything they oppose — even it I don't oppose it.

There she worked to establish schools for local children, built clean water wells, helped create «grazing projects as one solution to long - term conflicts between Nigerian farmers and Fulani herdsmen» and assisted with a local child sponsorship program.

In interviews with CNN, religious leaders from Newtown, the site of last year's school shooting where 20 children and six adults were killed, said that a recent gun control agreement does not do enough to fight gun violence, leading one rabbi to doubt whether Congress was actually working for the American people.

As I go to court with poor immigrants, visit their children in schools and translate for them in job interviews, I am always stmck by how much social capital I have by simply being able to speak English well and to work as a professional in the community.

When in Britain, they work full - time raising the # 70,000 required to run the orphanage and the new school that they have recently opened for 350 children alongside.

Christian education is in the world and for the world... man must work out his salvation in the concrete situation in which God has placed him; not by protection but by contributing to the whole human community of which he is an integral and inseparable part... parents, who have the first and the inalienable right and duty to educate their children, should enjoy true freedom in the choice of their schools, etc..»

Do you have any advice or ideas for those of us at home with small children, or working the daily grind 9 - 5 jobs, or in school full - time to honor our commitments to family, work and school while simultaneously working to benefit our communities?

For example, churches may participate in interracial dialogue programs, preschool education programs such as Head Start, nursery school programs for children of working mothers, alcoholism education programs, sex education programs, open housing programs, health and education programs for migrant workeFor example, churches may participate in interracial dialogue programs, preschool education programs such as Head Start, nursery school programs for children of working mothers, alcoholism education programs, sex education programs, open housing programs, health and education programs for migrant workefor children of working mothers, alcoholism education programs, sex education programs, open housing programs, health and education programs for migrant workefor migrant workers.

9/11 — Ordinary people at work get attacked with planes Aurora - Ordinary people at a movie for entertainment Virgina Tech — Ordinary people at college to learn Newtown — Ordinary children in elementary school Boston — Ordinary athletes, their friends and family out to support them

For example, one church school has a social worker who, at the invitation of a teacher, visits that class to observe and work with a troubled child.

The report envisions a Europe where the damage wrought by internet porn and skanky Abercrombie ads is repaired by school - based «compulsory, age - appropriate and gender - sensitive sexuality and relationship education, provided in a mixed - sex setting, for all children and adolescents.»

She explained: «I think we need to look at the way our schools work and the way that we enable our children to grow up and give them a chance to be children for a little bit longer.»

He writes about the sixteen days he spent sailing the Pacific Ocean with five buddies and a crate of canned meat, the time he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state, his stubbornness in getting into law school by sitting on a bench outside the dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll, his «office» at Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland, the flowers he sent to the elderly woman who nearly killed him running a stop sign, the work he's done to free Ugandan children from prison.

The children were able to go to school for free — unlike the rest of Haiti — because of Jean - Alix's work already.

In addition to steady income, Vi Bella provides school sponsorships for all of our artisan's children in Haiti and they fund after - school programs for children in Mexico which is a huge thing to working mothers!

Thus, if a single mother works to support her family and must leave her children unattended for a few hours after school, it could be construed as neglect and must be reported.

For example, when working with children in the grammar school period and with their parents, it is important to understand the general growth issues and needs that are typical of the particular life stages of the children and of their parents.

Even the Sunday School took its rise in a move to provide the elements of education for the working children of the poor on the only day they were free.

Even individuals, when they do such planning as budgeting for their financial needs, work in order to place meals on their tables, decide where to send children to school or do shopping in order to get the value for their money et cetera, they are involved in politics.

In the discussion group were Chuck, the leader, who works for a machine - parts producer and is the father of two children; Joyce, housewife, who has three children; Elmer, a salesman, who has two married children; and Beth, Dorothy, and John, high school students.

Pack it for work, or school, or you children's lunches.

when i lived with my grandparents school let out before they got off work i went to an after school center where i received tutoring for my homework or i played with other kids in similar situations on occasion this place would take us on field trips one such field trip was to the local roller skating rink i was not a klutzy child, not more than the usual actually, i was quite coordinated at sports but put round wheels on my shoes and it was a mess i fell on my ass more times than i was standing and no lie the next day i could not poop

Olga Quevedo Castro, 36, from Imuris, Sonora, has been working for four years at Wholesum Harvest and is currently the supervisor for the nursery and primary school that cares for children of employees.

The company works closely with the Boulder Valley School District to provide gluten - free, whole grain breads for school lunches to help families worry less about their children's food alleSchool District to provide gluten - free, whole grain breads for school lunches to help families worry less about their children's food alleschool lunches to help families worry less about their children's food allergies.

Delicious and healthy meals are served up to the children at the start of week by not - for - profit school meal provider Food for Thought, which works with 17 schools in Merseyside, including two Surestart centres.

So I left law school and I headed out west and reconnected with my passion for cooking that I had as a child and started working in the kitchen of a natural food store in San Diego and just started experimenting in the kitchen and just getting really creative.

She has worked with other well - known chefs, such as Henry and Tom Herbert (The Fabulous Baker Brothers), Stevie Parle and Antonio Carluccio, and cooked for royalty, politicians and LA school children alike.

We're working to ensure that more sustainable dairy products are included in school meals for children in Honduras.

The Alliance works with schools, companies, community organizations, healthcare professionals and families to build healthier environments for millions of children.