Sentences with phrase «seeing dozens of children»

Just when it seems it will never lift, we pull into the local schoolyard to see dozens of children wearing orange World Vision scarves, waving homemade flags, and running toward us cheering.

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«Every day, you see dozens of mothers looking for child care or nannies.

White children have of course seen dozens of white Santas by the time they would get to Jefferson, so it's not like they are suddenly worried that Santa can't be white.

And then I come home and see the beauty of our culturally diverse neighborhood; projects yes, but a dozen countries represented, children tearing about in the nearby parks hollering at each other in a dozen different languages, and I know our multi-cultural-ministry hearts are planted here for a reason.

Your child can probably name dozens of things she sees regularly, including items around the house (bed, door, chair), animals, (dog, cat, bird, fish), and familiar people.

And he answers, «certainly not because I have any direct self - interest — no... I'm not profiting from my involvement in charter schools (in fact, I shudder to think of how much it's cost me), and I have little personal experience with the public school system because I'm doubly lucky: my parents saw that I wasn't being challenged in public schools, sacrificed (they're teachers / education administrators), and my last year in public school was 6th grade; and now, with my own children, I'm one of the lucky few who can afford to buy my children's way out of the NYC public system [in] which, despite Mayor Bloomberg's and Chancellor Klein's herculean efforts, there are probably fewer than two dozen schools (out of nearly 1,500) to which I'd send my kids.»

An old schoolmate of Khan from Louisiana and MIT — another child of South Asian immigrants — was persuaded to leave McKinsey & Company to head the rapidly growing enterprise, which now includes, as one can see on the Internet, a few dozen young enthusiasts who seem a cross section of Silicon Valley.

There are several other scaled - up preschool programs that have been evaluated with well - implemented RCTs and found to have no immediate effects, including Even Start, the Comprehensive Child Development Program, and over a dozen curriculum improvement efforts pitting model curricula against run - of - the - mill programs (see PCER and CLIO).

A bipartisan coalition of 27 governors has joined the effort, saying they see teaching coding and programming as a way to draw middle - class jobs to their states, and dozens of school system superintendents and nonprofit leaders say they see computer science courses as essential for giving children the skills they'll need to be successful in the modern economy.

Studies also indicate that the more children you have, the less you spend on each one of them (see Cheaper by the dozen) and the amount spent will vary from province to province and by the size of the city you live in.

«I see dozens of insecure, demanding parents who live vicariously through their children,» says Buffone.

The pictures you see here are just three of the dozens of thank you notes sent to the artist by the children after their visit.