Activists in the neighborhood said the space should be used for elementary-school grades, where there is the greatest need. ❋ Barbara Martinez (2011)
Although science says it's not summer yet, I've got a nice, bucolic, seasonal buzz going. 2009 will be my twenty-fifth summer collecting comic books (not counting that lackadaisical elementary-school period when I just read the things); and while I don't particularly like sharing stories from the Olden Days, this time it feels appropriate. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Large urban school districts have made steady gains on elementary-school math and reading exams in the past nine years but continue to score far below national averages, according to federal data released Wednesday. ❋ Stephanie Banchero (2011)
Ms. Wenner's initial observation spurred her to put numbers on an urban reality: More than half of the city's elementary-school children had no playground access. ❋ Paul Glader (2010)
"This is the first time some of these children have seen a buffalo harvested," said elementary-school teacher Kimberly White Bull. ❋ Stephanie Woodard (2011)
And my mother, a silversmith, turned elementary-school art teacher. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Ed Lawlor, a 52-year-old elementary-school teacher from Kenosha, grew angry as he spoke about what he called Gov. ❋ Kris Maher (2011)
The orchid variant of the DRD4 gene, for instance, increases risk of ADHD (a syndrome best characterized, Cochran and Harpending write, “by actions that annoy elementary-school teachers”). ❋ Unknown (2009)
The family with elementary-school kids and a puppy when the housing debacle began five years ago now has middle-school kids and the dog weighs 80 pounds. ❋ Ruth Simon (2011)
You don't need the cherry on top of a nutritionist declaring in front of your elementary-school class that a body like yours is "not really designed to survive." ❋ Sandra Beasley (2011)
Noah's mom, Lisa, doesn't recall her own elementary-school homework as stressful: "Sure, you had it, but it was simply reinforcement of what you did during the day." ❋ Unknown (2011)
At the Graphic Classroom, Chris Wilson wrote recently about using comics about Greek mythology as a way of buttering up elementary-school students for Rick Riordan's first Percy Jackson novel, based on that mythology. ❋ Unknown (2009)
My favorite experiment so far involved turning elementary-school kids into the things they were studying. ❋ Jaron Lanier (2010)
For complicated reasons, I attended a score of them, both in the United States and abroad; I taught in Louisiana and Los Angeles for more than a decade; I have volunteered in all sorts of schools, and am now a mother of elementary-school students. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Puss in Boots is a great-looking dud, a movie that will be too sophisticated for the youngest viewers and only exciting or funny enough for an elementary-school audience. ❋ Marshall Fine (2011)
Eight states have raised their standards for passing elementary-school math and reading tests in recent years, but these states and most others still fall below national benchmarks, according to a federal report released Wednesday. ❋ Stephanie Banchero (2011)
