Sentences with phrase «vast majority of parents»

Allowing open homosexuality injects a sensitive and highly charged political issue into the heart of the BSA, against the wishes of the vast majority of parents.

This writer has heard it suggested by diocesan officials, and even sometimes by teachers, that the vast majority of parents are incapable of giving sex education to their own children, or are embarrassed, unwilling or too lazy to give it.

You are a brave person to write publicly about this, but it's wonderful that you have, since the vast majority of us parents have background issues and baggage that can realy impact negatively on the quality of life for everyone in the house, even pets.

Attitude surveys, and more in - depth research, show that when attention turns to policies designed to support men and women in their sharing of breadwinning and childcare roles, this is in line with the aspirations of the vast majority of parents, who do not want to organise their household duties along gender lines.

I don't think that vast majority of parents have the first clue what their kids actually eat at school.

While most pediatricians and parenting experts don't recommend spanking, the vast majority of parents around the world admit to spanking their kids.

Every day I'm reminded that the vast majority of parents are hungry for ways to promote their baby's development and are willing to buy into the fact (literally, BUY) that it's complicated.

The vast majority of parent reports I've read and heard described the transition as easier than expected.

What has been very clear to me is that the vast majority of parents who spank do it in an effort to do the right thing.

The vast majority of parents, however, seek us out for help with their children's sleep problems.

I found this line of argument irritating because the vast majority of parents understand how beneficial vaccination is for their children and their communities, and appreciate that they are able to save their children from diseases that were once significant threats to their health and safety.

Although the vast majority of parents vaccinate their babies, many vaccinations are considered controversial.

Does the empirical research about the growth and development of children and adolescents reach the vast majority of parents?

Luckily, the vast majority of parents do end up surviving Daylight Savings Time, so don't worry.

A vast majority of parents love the maneuverability and light weight.

The vast majority of parents were foreign - born in Hong Kong or southern China, with relatively low educational attainment and a median income of between $ 30,001 and $ 45,000 in each of the study's three phases, spaced out equally over eight years.

A vast majority of parents — 72 % — support strong nutrition standards in schools.

The vast majority of parents in the 1970s would have gone to vote — twice in 1974 — because it was their duty.

His warnings have been dismissed by the MP backing the reform, Robert Buckland, who has insisted any change would not affect the vast majority of parents.

Of their high scoring, de Blasio said, «That's because of a heavy focus on test prep, which is just not the philosophy of this administration and of DOE, nor do I think it's what the vast majority of parents want to see for their kids,» de Blasio said.

A PBE would also be structure in a manner that directly empowers the vast majority of parents and students of this city — countering the racist white - dominated structure that has been re-enforced by Mayor Bloomberg with the silent complicities of the UFT.

«It also appears that he isn't listening to the vast majority of parents, teachers, and administrators throughout the state who have called on him to make certain changes, and yet he continues to go down the same path.

The vast majority of parents, 82.7 percent, reported being «somewhat» (36 percent), «very» (28 percent), or «extremely» (18 percent) interested in newborn genomic testing.

Marlo's husband, Drew (Ron Livingston), is nice enough but absent — he's constantly away on business trips, and when he is home, he's playing video games with headphones on while Marlo does the vast majority of the parenting and housework.

Meanwhile, the vast majority of parents can get what they want from their children's schools — which is, by and large, precisely what Common Core delivers.

(And not only in education: a team at the NYU Medical Center recently reported that the vast majority of parents with obese kids actually believe their children are «about the right weight.»)

The approach has also received strong support from the vast majority of parents.

Although the vast majority of parents were satisfied with their children's prekindergarten experience, their beliefs were inconsistent with research that indicates a child - centered approach is more beneficial for most children.

It's great to see the vast majority of parents recognise the importance of familiarising kids with gadgets at a young age.

Phil Neal, a director at Capita SIMS, comments: «The vast majority of parents believe teachers are doing a great job, but the research does indicate that information about how a child is doing in school needs updating.

The vast majority of parents attend the festivities — about 80 to 90 percent — Lafontaine estimates.

Fortunately, research has shown that the vast majority of parents from all racial and socio - economic backgrounds are willing to take several steps in order to acquire that information.

In surveys conducted in 1998 by Arizona State University's nonpartisan Morrison Institute, the vast majority of parents said they chose charter schools for academic reasons.

The vast majority of parents do not run away from this responsibility; they embrace it.

Despite rising pupil numbers, the vast majority of parents are able to do so.»

Asked to assign letter grades to their children's schools, the vast majority of parents - generally around 70 percent - issue As and Bs.

Rather than close and replace their schools or fire their children's teachers, the vast majority of parents in the United States want their schools funded sufficiently so they have the capacity to provide all children with the resources, services and support they need to succeed.

«These figures prove that the vast majority of parents are satisfied with their child's school and are confident that a concern they raise with the head teacher will be dealt with effectively and professionally.»

Choice is far more unequally distributed than financial resources; almost every school district in the country gets baseline financial resources, but the vast majority of parents in residentially segregated areas have effectively zero school choice.

Yet, even as you have been steeped in this process, research indicates that the vast majority of parents are not familiar in the new standards.

They fail to mention that the vast majority of parents and teachers strongly oppose the program due to the extremely high drop out rate.

A vast majority of parents at Castle Bridge School in Washington Heights opted to have their kids skip a city - mandated test.

But there is no mention that the vast majority of these parents pushing for more are already 1 - percenters (median family income in the district tops $ 150k), immigrants with advanced degrees, working on Wall Street or for one of New Jersey's many pharmaceutical companies.

While the vast majority of parents are blind to the issue, one of the most serious problems associated with the transformation of the nation's education system is the creation of massive databases that track a broad array of data about children and how a variety of public and private entities mine that data for various uses including marketing to children and parents.