Sentences with phrase «while middle school children»

As a very general rule, young children need much more frequent access to parents, while middle school children and older may enjoy and tolerate longer stays with each parent.

Not exact matches

Canfield cites his children as examples — some of them always loved drawing, while one started becoming a salesman in middle school.

And while the Science authors found instruction to be basic and repetitive even in American schools with a mostly middle - class or upper - middle - class student population, they found that the situation was considerably worse in schools that enrolled a lot of low - income children.

In addition, the MomsRising members have helped get every child in elementary, middle school and high school access to healthier foods in school, as well as get junk food marketing out of the schools so that kids have healthier food options while they are in school.

I was a very overweight child and while we did have foods offered in a cafeteria in my high school, we never had any school offered food in my public elementary and middle schools here in the Bay Area.

The eldest boy, a 15 - year - old, has become depressed and refuses to go to school altogether, while the middle child, a boy of 12, has started to get into trouble at school as his frustrations boil over.

A few simple tips to keep your child on track while tackling middle school work.

There is a long two - hour lunch break in French schools, and while this makes the day longer (maybe too long) for the kids, on the other side, the children have a good break in the middle of the day to eat their lunch slowly and digest afterwards in the recess area (French law states that children must sit at the table for a minimum of 30 minutes).

The children of Cynthia Nixon, Samantha Bee and Louis C.K. got into this popular public middle school, while hundreds of others are shut out every year.

Wondergy offers fun and entertaining science programs to elementary and middle - school children and adults while combining Ken's three passions — science, entertainment, and education.

As a parent, I'd view the film first and then with your middle school age child or older teen at home so you could discuss the themes while answering questions.

Starting out as a child actor, Yelchin landed his first roles in independent films and on TV while still in middle school, getting his big break in 2001's sentimental Stephen King adaptation Hearts In Atlantis, where he played opposite Anthony Hopkins.

When a new Japanese family arrived in the middle of the school year, the origami instructors worked with the principal to encourage these children to sign up for their after - school class, where they could show off Japanese culture as experts while experiencing the comfort of using their own language in a classroom setting.

We disagreed immediately on several key issues such as keeping middle - school children in school while high schoolers were being tested.

Craig Haas, Special Ed and Student Services Coordinator at Edwards Middle School, shares how his team uses expanded learning time to provide relevant academic support to each individual student while breaking down stigmas between children of different abilities.

With four children — one each in high school, middle school, elementary school, and preschool — she struggled to get them to all of their various activities while also attending to the different study levels.

As noted above, in Ga and Hyderabad we were comparing public and private schools that were located in similar, low - income areas, while in Kibera, private schools served only slum children, and public schools served middle - class children as well as slum children.

While the media has in recent years been focusing on sexual assaults at college, Finn says that middle and high school children — even elementary school children — are increasingly experiencing or witnessing high levels of violence and sexual assault and harassment.

When the bell rang for early dismissal on a recent afternoon at Cold Springs Middle School in Nevada, students sprinted toward the buses while teachers filed into the library, where posters filled with the names of every child in the 980 - student school covered the School in Nevada, students sprinted toward the buses while teachers filed into the library, where posters filled with the names of every child in the 980 - student school covered the school covered the walls.

And with regards to closure, while I surely disagree with middle class Californians on many policy issues, I'm not sure that I think I know enough about their children to close schools that have modest negative test impacts but high enrollment demand.

For good or ill, elementary teachers can have a major effect on individual children, while middle - and high - school teachers see more students less often, affecting four or five times as many students in a less time - intensive, more subject - specific way.

But while Sir Michael Wilshaw's view of the «unlucky child» being a victim of geography is backed by the recent improvements in the capital, there is undoubtedly also a case that «unlucky» children lose out on access to many of the most successful schools because they are born into low or middle income households.

All I know is that the primary schools where I live are now more like sweat shops and crammers while middle class parents are saddened to see less smiles on the faces of their children and see a weary resigntaion about school

Approximately 1,000 children attend three middle schools in Jackson, while two more schools — another in Jackson and one in Clarksdale — plan to open this year.

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The city struggles to retain middle - income families and those with older children, and some schools are overcrowded while others are under - enrolled.

While teachers are in class, parents will demonstrate Tuesday at the Capitol, said Debra Green, whose children attend Jefferson Middle School and Memorial High School.

While the enrollment rate for children from middle - income families in U.S. private elementary schools has declined significantly over the last five decades, the level for high - income families has been relatively steady, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research study released this month — a trend that could come to perpetuate the nation's growing wealth divide.

While these aren't exactly the «mental taxation of school,» participating children largely continue to learn, in measurable and positive ways, through the hot middle months of the year.

Doris Entwisle, Karl Alexander, and Linda Steffel Olson noted, «children from poor and middle - class families make comparable gains during the school year, but while the middle - class children make gains when they are out of school during the summer, poor and disadvantaged children make few gains or even move backwards academically.»

Response While many schools that adopt Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) models are low - performing and do serve significant numbers of children from low - income families, there are also many mid-to-high performing schools using CSR models that serve children from middle and upper class families.

It may be contentious to state that many American children, whether they come from poor, middle - income, or wealthy families, do not have adequate access to high - quality educational opportunities and, as a result, fall short of achieving their academic potential while in school.

While this is a laudable goal, the proposed new formula takes desperately needed funds away from schools serving children from middle class families of all races.

However, while the most common forms of family engagement (such as encouraging parents to attend school events, serve as classroom volunteers, and participate on fund - raising committees) tend to line up well with middle - class child - rearing practices and family resources (Lareau, 2003), they can be less accessible to families who have recently arrived in the United States, or whose child - rearing practices differ from those of school leaders.

Instead of providing all kids with college - oriented learning (as Eliot supported), these educators pushed what would become the comprehensive high school model, with middle - class white kids (along with those few children of émigrés deemed worthy of such curricula) getting what was then considered high - quality learning, while poor and minority kids were relegated to shop classes and less - challenging coursework.

While parents of disadvantaged students do attempt to enroll their children in higher - scoring schools (when knowledgeable about the data)(Hastings, Justine, and Weinstein), middle and upper - class parents are often more successful because they are not confined by local governmental laws that block low - income students and their families from living near or attending these schools.

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One word of warning, though — their life spans are among the shorter ones for larger breeds, so you should only choose an Irish Setter if you want to teach those inevitable life lessons while your children are in middle school.

According to New Mexico State Police Sergeant Emmanuel Gutierrez, the 69 - year - old driver lost control of a Mesa Vista Consolidated School District bus carrying nine children, drove nearly 100 feet down an embankment, and crashed into a number of trees while transporting the elementary, middle, and high school students to School District bus carrying nine children, drove nearly 100 feet down an embankment, and crashed into a number of trees while transporting the elementary, middle, and high school students to school students to class.

SEATTLE — The Raikes Foundation and Committee for Children today announced a partnership fueled by a three - year, $ 235,000 grant to help students at three local middle schools avoid risky behaviors, prevent violence, and succeed in school, while also advancing research in the field of social - emotional learning to make learning programs from the nonprofit Committee for Children even more effective worldwide.

One, my middle child lives there while going to school and that seems to be another few years.