Sentences with phrase «american education speech»

Riley to salute, math Olympians as second annual state of American education speech, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education

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Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

Cuomo yesterday invoked Dr. Martin Luther King in a speech to a mostly African - American audience when arguing that the «education bureaucracy» has failed students.

In a wide - ranging speech on «ending systemic racism,» Hillary Clinton presented a $ 125 billion plan to assist poor and minority communities with job training, education and re-entering society after incarceration, part of an effort to speak directly to African - American voters as the Democratic primary contest heads to South Carolina.

The governor's speech was about closing Rikers Island, fixing public housing and equitable education funding — all issues tuned to appeal to an African - American audience, and potentially at stake in the state budget.

SHANGHAI — When President Obama last year proposed a «historic commitment» to empower Americans with a clean energy education program, his speech appeared to have reminded Chinese leaders of their own educational needs.

Secretary Riley's «State of American Education» Speech Provided here is the full text of Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley's speech delivered February 17, 1998, in Seattle.

Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley delivers his first «State of American Education Address,» starting a series modeled after his annual education speeches as governor of South Education Richard W. Riley delivers his first «State of American Education Address,» starting a series modeled after his annual education speeches as governor of South Education Address,» starting a series modeled after his annual education speeches as governor of South education speeches as governor of South Carolina.

Sen. Dole also criticized affirmative action and bilingual education in his speech to members of the American Legion, who were meeting in Indianapolis.

Last February, in a speech in Washington, D.C. that drew 45 of the nation's governors as well as a hefty sample of the nation's education policy elite, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates issued a jeremiad on the state of the American high school, arguing that this venerable institution is obsolete and a threat to the nation's economic and political well - being.

«I can tell you this — if you gave the American people a choice today between using federal dollars to renovate and build new public schools or using public tax dollars to pay for private school vouchers, there would be no question how the American people would vote,» asserted U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley in a speech made when the report was released.

In a June speech at the City Club in downtown Chicago, Lewis asked her well - heeled audience, «When will we address the fact that rich white people think they know what's in the best interest of children of African - Americans and Latinos, no matter what the parents» income or education level?»

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In a speech to the National Indian Education Association's legislative summit in Washington last week, NIEA President Ryan Wilson said he wanted Congress to back legislation designed to help preserve American Indian languages.

In this edition of the EdCast, Johnston reflects on his convocation speech (and the protests), his vision for American education, and best practices for thoughtfully communicating in broader education discourse.

The idea for the National Board, first articulated in a speech in 1985 by American Federation of Teachers president Albert Shanker, was a centerpiece of the 1986 report of the Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy's Task Force on Teaching as a Profession, titled «A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century.»

Education has a powerful effect on Americans» valuation of the right to free speech.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will give a speech in Indianapolis on Monday night (tonight) at a summit hosted by the American Federation for Children.

In a widely regarded speech at the American Enterprise Institute called «The New Normal: Doing More with Less,» education secretary Arne Duncan noted that a loss of housing valuation meant that education funds are down sharply and aren't coming back anytime soon.

Antonucci goes back to 1997 when National Education Association president Bob Chase made a feel - good speech in which he acknowledged the existence of the «vast majority of Americans who support public education, but are clearly dissEducation Association president Bob Chase made a feel - good speech in which he acknowledged the existence of the «vast majority of Americans who support public education, but are clearly disseducation, but are clearly dissatisfied.

From EdWeek: In a fiery speech, Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, condemned Education Secretary Betsy DeVos» school choice proposals, calling them «only slightly more polite cousins of segregation.»

Meanwhile DeVos» lack of soft skills required of any political officeholder — along with her failure to hire a strong communications team who can help her prepare for public events — was also on full display last week when she criticized teachers and American public education for not being innovative during a speech before innovation - minded teachers and school leaders at SXSW's annual education conference.

In a speech Monday night, DeVos called the push for school choice «right» and «just» and an opportunity to «drag American education out of the Stone Age and into the future.»

Her other involvement with the Pittsburgh community includes: serving as a Building Representative, Executive Council Board Member, PFT Staff Vice President for Middle Schools and as co-chair of the Special Education Communication Council; connecting speech and language specialists with the PFT through her work with the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association.

At the forum, held at PS 89 in New York City's Tribeca, Ravitch — author of the best - selling «The Death and Life of the Great American School System» — warned in her keynote speech about the harm done by excessive reliance on standardized tests, privatization through charter school expansion, and the growing influence of wealthy private foundations on education policies.

Whatever one thinks of Mitt Romney's acceptance speech last week at the Republican National Convention or actor Clint Eastwood's mocking of President Barack Obama (with help of an empty chair), this can be said: Republicans made a strong case for their proclamation that they are the party strongest on continuing the reform of American public education.

That anxious appeal — along with its many variations — has become the refrain now firmly embedded in speeches and opinion columns about American public education.

Alonso's speech marked the first public acknowledgment that the city hopes to model its construction funding plan on a groundbreaking schools project in Greenville, S.C. Transform Baltimore, a coalition of education advocates led by the American Civil Liberties Union, has been lobbying city leaders to carry out Greenville's plan, which would require a nonprofit or other entity to float the bonds on behalf of the school system.

In a speech today in Buena Park, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, cited former LA Unified superintendent John Deasy as a failed example of school district management and argued for collaboration over fiat as the pathway to success in public education.

Under the current administration, the sentiment at USDE has apparently changed, such that in March 2011, in a speech to the American Association of People With Disabilities conference in Washington, D.C, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that he would end the so - called «2 percent rule» because «we can no longer celebrate the success of one group of students if another group of students is still struggling.

Becky Pringle, vice president of the National Education Association, and Loretta Johnson, secretary - treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers, introduced the education issue with a pair of impassioned speeches on the need for quality publicEducation Association, and Loretta Johnson, secretary - treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers, introduced the education issue with a pair of impassioned speeches on the need for quality publiceducation issue with a pair of impassioned speeches on the need for quality public schools.

As Tom Mighell, past Chair of the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management Section said in his 2010 IgniteLaw speech before the 2011 ABA TECHSHOW, No Lawyer Left Behind, most law schools do not provide practice management education, and this omission needs to be rectified by employing practicing lawyers to teach these subjects, making them requirements for graduation, and including a practical component.

Possess the education and experience requirements for a Certificate of Clinical Competence in speech - language pathology granted by the American Speech - Language - Hearing Association or has the educational requirements and is in the process of...

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.