Because, although it's widely accepted that many evidence - based parenting programs positively affect children, families and communities, most parenting programs reach only a very
small number of parents.
Opponents of the law say that method strips the democracy out of a neighborhood school by letting
a small number of parents decide its fate for generations to come.
A: We often focus on
the small number of parents who have clearly lost their moral compasses.
«There is
a small number of parents in any city who are attracted to citywide school issues,» said Marcia Klenbort, director of apple Corps in Atlanta.
The findings also show that
a small number of parents have limited access to the internet, which is why the system still offers an alternative cash method.
Furthermore, only
a small number of parenting characteristics have been included in these reviews.
Not exact matches
According to evolutionary psychology, the emergence
of the human species was accompanied by a change in reproductive strategy, a switch to producing a
smaller numbers of offspring whose
parents made a correspondingly greater investment in seeing them reach adulthood.
You could look at things like the
number of miles travelled by car per day that have a greater impact on risk, but obsessing about
small risks is contrary to happy / healthy kids and
parents.
Parents can totally use screen time to set boundaries for their kids, by making sure they adhere to a limited
number of hours, and by allowing them to «earn»
small increments
of screen time for good and positive behavior.
Publicity about latchkey kids has been plentiful in recent years, but the
number of young children who must care for themselves after school because their
parents work is relatively
small, according to American Demographics magazine.
A
small but committed
number of parents shun diapers for their infants, saying it just works better.
Youth,
parents and coaches may have little or no awareness
of the large
number of calories contained in snacks and beverages commonly offered in youth sport settings or the relatively
small number of calories children expend during sport.
A few longitudinal studies, along with a
small number of experimental studies, have recently emerged allowing an improved estimate
of the causal impact
of parenting behaviour on emotional health.
Researchers supporting co-parenting identified a
number of fundamental methodological flaws
of recent studies that challenge co-parenting
of infants and young children: the failure to interview both
parents,
small and non-representative samples and use
of unreliable and invalid measures, and the fact that even these studies have actually found no significant differences in child outcomes in single versus co-parenting families.
A
small number of secondary prevention programs for fathers
of young children have been conducted and evaluated.18 For example,
Parent — Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), a short - term, evidence - based, training intervention for
parents dealing with preschool children who display behavioural problems was evaluated in the Netherlands using a quasi-experimental design.19 The results showed a large effect on fathers» reports
of child behaviour problems at the completion
of the intervention.
I hope Howard Dean and Harold Ickes (who was one
of the major architects
of stripping MI and FL
of their delegates) do not have
small children because their ridiculous version
of solving this problem by going back on what they said the consequences
of moving up their primaries would be violates Rule
number one
of parenting — mean what you say.
A
small group
of parents, teachers and friends highlighted this fact by lighting 180 luminous bags in front
of Old County Hall on Monday, roughly the
number of opioid overdose deaths cases confirmed by the Health Department so far this year.
Not that there are many complaints from pediatricians or
parents of the relatively
small number of children who develop uncommon cancers best treated with proton therapy.
Offspring that inherited the triplicated genes and the genetic susceptibility to cancer had only half the
number of intestinal tumors as their cancer - prone
parents, and the tumors that did develop were
smaller, the team reports in the 3 January issue
of Nature.
They commonly serve disadvantaged students; they are all under pressure to attract
parents and to satisfy a
small number of authorizers; one school may deliberately imitate another by adopting a policy that seems to be working in the other school; schools may also imitate one another unconsciously (as when teachers who have worked at one school are hired by another and bring their knowledge with them).
A
small but growing
number of states (Arizona, Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, and Tennessee) have created ESA programs, which enable
parents to choose educational services for their children from among a wide range
of offerings.
Wilshaw has said that while a
small number of primary schools offer this form
of education, more need to be involved as they are best placed, as they will have wider access to the kind
of specialists that young children may need, such as speech and language therapists, behaviour management and
parenting support.
In most cases, only a
small number of teachers had contact with
parents.
Across the country, a
small but growing
number of parents are doing the same thing.
Reporting the findings
of an annual survey
of Australian
parents, grandparents and guardians, Monash University academics Associate Professor Shane Phillipson and Associate Professor Sivanes Phillipson say 84 per cent think their child's teacher is highly educated but a
smaller number don't agree.
However, if you ask most teaching colleagues and
parents to share memories
of learning about poetry, they recall, often with pained expressions, intensely studying a
small number of poets in high school, where they had to analyze poems word by word.
Science is our middle name British Science Week offers a
number of ways for schools and colleges to get involved in a national science celebration, from
small - scale activities held during a lesson to all - day events that involve not just the students, but
parents and the rest
of the community as well.
Although the
small town enjoys strong
parent support, the First Day Holiday has also increased the
number of volunteers from the community.
This crowd - sourced data, parsed by state and by respondent role (teachers, higher education faculty,
parents, etc.) can then inform the comparatively
small number of individuals participating in the standard - setting workshop.
There's no doubt that teachers and
parents prefer
smaller classes, but what would the impact on student learning be
of increasing class size by this modest amount in order to make a large increase in the
number of days students spend in school?
That
number is
small compared to the Atlanta and Philadelphia scandals, yet with more state policies — like teacher evaluations, merit pay, and takeovers
of schools with poor ISTEP + scores — riding on students» scores on state tests, state officials, education experts, and
parents told StateImpact Indiana they see these pressures to get results as incentives for teachers who can't hack it to bend the rules on state tests.
In fact, a growing
number of Federal agencies (U.S. Departments
of Education and Justice, CDC, SAMHSA and IES), state departments
of education (Connecticut, Georgia, Minnesota and Massachusetts) and large and
small districts (from Chicago to Westbrook, Connecticut) are developing school climate policies and / or laws that support students,
parents / guardians, school personnel and even community members learning and working together to create safer, more supportive, engaging and flourishing K - 12 schools.
«I was talking to another
parent that I worked with at that time regarding high schools and I was telling her my concerns with (public schools) and Dante was always in a school that had
smaller classes and not a large
number of students enrolled,» explained Hamilton.
Ms. Anderson had argued that One Newark would offer more
parents the opportunity to opt out
of failing schools, and that by improving the
smaller number of public schools that remained, it would ultimately help retain the families that might otherwise leave the district for charter schools.
If I know for sure that my efforts can make a concrete difference in the lives
of the relatively
small number of kids, teachers, and
parents I interact with every day, why divert a single ounce
of energy to reaching out to lawmakers who seem more intent on bickering with each other than listening to the people they represent?
But in Kentucky, where more than 85 percent
of schools have site - based decision making councils, the
number of parents running for council positions and voting in council elections remains dismally
small.
If the quality
of public education is generally poor, then
parents must compete for a
small number of adequate schools - a competition that will be won by those with the greatest access to resources.
A
smaller number of preservice teachers created class webpages and blogs, recorded student work with digital cameras, and communicated by email with students and
parents.
The Chicago Teachers Union and a
parent group pressed the Chicago Board
of Education for clarity on its decision to have students at only a
small number of schools take the Partnership for Assessment
of Readiness for College and Careers exams in reading and math.
The majority
of participants were
parents and in
smaller numbers, we heard from community members, educators and students.
It is recognition
of what every
parent knows: Some teachers are exceptional, but a
small number are dreadful.
An unusual coalition
of small government conservatives and anti-testing progressives have joined with growing
numbers of parents concerned with how test based accountability is consuming their children's education.
Teachers hope to have the best school year ever — with a
smaller number of students, the most supportive
parents, and the freedom to practice their profession without worthless testing and impossible requirements.
There are many reasons that pet
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«I have been adopting dogs all my life and Daisy is
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If speaking about reasons, here is the reason
number one why
parents, a wife or a husband will not let you have a dog in your home (regardless whether it is a flat, or a house): dogs need space and unlike
small kitties, they are big, which means they need a lot
of space.
It is currently not found in most
of the big name retailers, but a
numbers of smaller specialty shops across the country do carry the product, and the company website provides a handy store locator to allow curious pet
parents to find the nearest Honest Kitchen retailer to them.
This loyal animal also could be the
small watch dog that an aging
parent or yourself may desire and that's why it's sitting at
number on our list
of the best
small dogs for seniors.
While a squirrel may be an atypical companion, industry experts say an increasing
number of consumers are becoming pet
parents to an eclectic assortment
of small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and birds.
Parents with
small children don't have to worry, as the island has a
number of peaceful beaches with shallow waters that are perfect for swimming and splashing about.