Word: parental
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...here to change kids or increase their reading scores," says Geraldine Laybourne, a former grade- , school teacher who is Nickelodeon's general manager. "We think it's pretty tough being a kid today. They're growing up in households where most have a single parent or both parents work. We ought to be a place where they can just relax, where kids can just be kids...
...heavily played by Jon Lovitz -- but it is ultimately redeemed by the four dab hands who wrote this comedy. Richard Benjamin has directed a pleasant holiday surprise. The fable is sweet without being cloying, light without being too airy, suspenseful and sexy without being so much so that a parent has to distract himself with a lot of guidance...
Linda Lambkin, a negotiator for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), HUCTW's parent union, said that building security considerations were often negotiated into union contracts...
...addition to meeting those needs, McGrath said her priorities would include "opportunities for teacher renewal," increased parent involvement and reducing the dropout rate, especially among members of minority groups and people whose first language is not English. According to Fantini, Cambridge has a dropout rate of 38 percent...
...sweeping plan calls for preschool classes and nutrition plans for children starting at age three, after-school instruction for children of working parents every day of the working year, teaching "mentors" for students from single-parent homes from preschool to high school graduation, and adult education classes...