Sentences with phrase «which inform parents»

Ofsted also praises the academy's work to increase parental involvement, including «inspire» mornings which inform parents about how their child will be taught and what support they can offer at home.

A simple and transparent way to do this is for state report cards, which inform parents about school outcomes and summarize the information on AYP status, to include information about the number of instructional days at test date as well as the total number of instructional days for the year.

During his years in New York Martin Wong also kept in close contact and conducted an extensive correspondence with his family in which he informs his parents about his experiences in New York and reports, in particular to his mother, about his latest purchases and sales.

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So far, the only feeding test of GM rice conducted were in China, which was met with ethical issues as the project leaders failed to inform the children and their parents that it was GM rice they were feeding them with.

Support organizations can provide an educational pack of information for the parents of allergic children, which can be helpful in informing teachers and other staff about your child's needs, keeping them alert to dangerous situations that could lead to an allergic reaction.

Canada The LGBTQ Parenting Connection is a network of agencies and organizations that provide information, resources and support to LGBTQ - led families and work to create healthy and informed communities within which LGBTQ - led families can thrive.

Staff were very informed and knowledgeable when discussing food allergies and intolerances, which was a bonus for us but would be a real relief for parents of allergic kids.

It also offers a broad view of cultural alternatives which contributes to parents» ability to make conscious informed parenting choices, rather than unconsciously conforming to cultural norms.

We pledge to provide factual and relevant information to help parents make an informed decision about which crib mattress to buy for their family.

The Seal of Approval program is designed to continue the efforts of The National Parenting Center, which was chartered in 1989 to help create better informed parents as they tackle the challenges and enjoy the many rewards of pParenting Center, which was chartered in 1989 to help create better informed parents as they tackle the challenges and enjoy the many rewards of parentingparenting.

A course, «Being the Best Dad I Can», has also been designed, informed by standard parenting course theories, which contain some powerful elements but do not take into account father - specific expectations, experience, situation and aspirations, let alone those of separated dads.

But, I caution you this: if, in any way, you serve in a professional or consulting role to expecting mothers and parents, (midwife, doula, childbirth educator, LLL leader, etc.), you have the responsibility to be fully informed on all these issues to which you refer.

I've since found out they offer freeze pops (sugar, water, food coloring) as a form of hydration, occasionally substitute her afternoon snack with «Special Treats» when they're doing a group activity like watching a movie, vanilla wafers... as early as 9:30 am, donut holes when supplied by a generous parent who tends to do it nearly weekly, and then birthday and holiday party treats (which I knew about but have concerns about frequency and being informed when it's happening so I can adjust her other meals accordingly).

After hearing the concerns of the HISD Nutrition Services Parent Advisory Committee, our school food department informed us yesterday that it has already reduced the number of times juice is served to our children from five days a week to three, that it's switching over to a lower - sugar (but not artificially sweetened) juice, and that it's entirely eliminating Craisins (which contain six teaspoons of sugar per serving) from the breakfast menu.

The current infant sleep safety guidelines for bedsharing advocate informing parents of how to make a bedsharing environment safe should a breastfeeding mother doze off while feeding in bed, which is far safer than dozing off anywhere else.

When children begin to make their own informed decisions (with our guidance, much like authoritative parenting) about how much they eat and which foods feel good in their bodies, it eliminates the power struggle and provides a healthier atmosphere in the family home.

This Amazon link to The Informed Parent is an affiliate link, which I've just begun using.

The adoption agency and the county agency having custody of the child shall determine the scope and detail of information which shall be provided so that the prospective parent may make an informed decision to adopt.

While poor judgement has no remedy except that it can only be improved with experience (which, ironically, involves making more poor judgement), there is absolutely no reason that would - be parents can afford to be poorly informed in modern times.

Calm and confident parents are empowered to make informed decisions about their care, which can contribute enormously to a positive birth experience.

As a readers» magazine, we recognize parents as the experts and wish to provide truly helpful information upon which parents can base informed choices.

Since the Back to Sleep campaign, which aimed at informing parents about the importance of babies sleeping on their backs, SIDS has drastically decreased.

I believe parents should know that there may be a risk associated with bedsharing AND the ways in which that risk can be reduced so that they can make an informed decision.

In the meantime parents need information with which to make informed decisions, and should be encouraged to weigh up any potential risks and benefits of bed - sharing in light of their own individual circumstances.

An agency which offers services to birth parents who are considering relinquishing a child for adoption shall provide a minimum of three hours of counseling, or any additional hours of counseling necessary to assist the parents in making an informed decision regarding their child's adoption, consistent with the child's best interest.

However, this misunderstands the purpose of anthroposophy, which is never taught directly to students and parents even in private schools, most of whom will never have heard of it: instead, anthroposophy informs what the teachers teach.

In the current study, researchers evaluated the Research Based, Developmentally Informed Parent (REDI - P) program which The problem of summer loss has long been known to affect children of all ages, but it is especially pronounced among children from disadvantaged backgrounds who are just starting school.

Indeed, in a 2012 English High Court judgment, Mr Justice Mitting endorsed the findings of my own investigation which discovered that a claim, published in the Lancet in February 1998 by Wakefield, Walker - Smith and others that «Investigations were approved by the Ethical Practices Committee of the Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, and parents gave informed consent» was false.

As the film heads into awards season following a summer release, talk will presumably build about which of the women leads the film, but any such debate should be nipped in the bud: Moore and Bening are as democratic a partnership as the characters they play, each performance informing the other to an equal extent as they intricately map out their roles in the parenting game.

Last year, Payments UK informed Education Business readers about the variety of different, alternate payment methods that were open to them, which could make life easier for parents and their children, as well as the schools themselves (Education Business 20.7).

Grades gauge «truth in advertising» by indicating the degree to which states inform parents of how well their students are doing on an internationally accepted scale.

The school consulted with students, teachers and parents, explored research (including the work of Alfie Kohn and John Hattie), read articles by Joe Bower on abolishing homework, and looked at policies in other jurisdictions — all of which informed the decision to stop setting formal homework.

The study's grading system is designed to assess «the degree to which states are accurately informing parents how well their students are doing on an internationally accepted scale,» or what the authors refer to as «truth in advertising.»

And it adds that its template letter, which parents can use to inform heads they are withdrawing their children from Sats, has now been downloaded more than 6,000 times.

The folders include the teacher's weekly newsletter, which keeps parents informed about academics and upcoming events.

There's already reason to worry about the candor and clarity with which parents are — or more likely aren't — being informed whether their kids are really «on track» for «college and career» and we don't know whether the bleak results and educator upset that's apt to follow will cow policy makers into reinstating the illusion.

Our approach to achieving this goal focuses on three objectives: (1) to develop a reliable, predictive panel of biomarkers (including both biological and bio-behavioral measures) that can identify children, youth, and parents showing evidence of toxic stress, and that can be collected in pediatric primary care settings; (2) to conduct basic, animal and human research on critical periods in development and individual differences in stress susceptibility, thereby informing the timing and design of a suite of new interventions that address the roots of stress - related diseases early in the life cycle; and (3) to build a strong, community - based infrastructure through which scientists, practitioners, parents, and community leaders can apply new scientific insights and innovative measures to the development of more effective interventions in the first three postnatal years.

Google Classroom: Once teachers set up their students in Google Classroom, parents can get summaries of their student's progress, classroom announcements, and due dates for assignments, which helps them not only stay informed, but stay on track.

That means school choice can «sort» children into different types of schools: the most informed and committed parents colonise the better ones, which may then rely on their reputations to keep their position in the pecking order.

The evidence on these questions available to date comes from small - scale studies of specific school districts, making it difficult to reach general conclusions about the degree to which parents and the public at large are well informed about the performance of local schools.

With school choice likely to be a big focus of the new Administration's education agenda, these efforts will be undermined if parents lack the basic information they need to make an informed choice about other options, which the regulations provide.

The government has written to trust bosses to inform them of the change, which it hopes parents and staff will use to hold them to account.

Results from these tests — which most students take online — are used by the commonwealth to identify schools in need of assistance and to inform parents and the public about the progress of schools through the awarding of annual accreditation ratings.

MAP ®, or the Measure of Academic Progress, is a computerized adaptive test which helps teachers, parents and administrators improve learning for all students and make informed decisions to promote a child's academic growth.

Empowering parents with the tools they need to make an informed decision on which path is best for their child is essential to the charter school movement.

Murray, who helped write the legislation, said that ESSA halts the practice of sending letters to parents informing them that «their children's schools had not met adequate yearly progress,» which Murray argues «didn't really help.»

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking new participants for its Air Quality Flag Program, which can inform students, staff and parents about the air quality in their communities.

At this point, the easy process of picking and choosing which laws to follow via the innovation district mechanism means that the taxpayers and parents in your district won't necessarily have certified teachers to instruct their children, won't necessarily be informed if they don't, won't know if their class sizes exceed 22:1 in early grades, and won't have information about much of anything affecting their children's education.

The state, which has lagged behind most others in gathering education data, squandered a chance to inform teachers, parents and itself.