Sentences with phrase «american public an opportunity»

Wells Fargo wants schools and communities to be safe from gun violence, but changes to laws and regulations should be determined through a legislative process that gives the American public an opportunity to participate.

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As an employer, the Food and Nutrition Service's hiring paths include opportunities for the public, federal employees, veterans, individuals with disabilities, family members of overseas employees, military spouses, Native Americans, and senior executives.

As part of White House Demo Day, President Obama will also announce new public - and private - sector commitments that will give Americans more opportunities to pursue their ideas.

The Planned Parenthood videos and, just as important, the reaction of liberal elites to the Planned Parenthood videos demonstrate the enormous obstacles and the equally enormous opportunities that conservatives face in reaching a large fraction of the American public.

I welcome the opportunity to demonstrate that the American Family Foundation is not an organization which deals in prejudice, fanaticism, and hysteria, or that its call for responsibility on the part of destructive cults is bad for religion or the public order.

This is an opportunity for the American public to really be introduced to the sport at the National level, and to see what rugby means to those who know and love the sport.

Sportsbooks are now shading their lines towards American League teams based on public perception, which means this could be an excellent opportunity to go against the grain and buy low on NL teams — especially in games with low totals.

Additionally, waiver requests must be made available to the public to ensure accountability and provide American farmers and food providers an opportunity to seek out school districts that need affordable American - grown food.»

In his first public comments since speculation abounded that he was mounting a third campaign for the presidency, Mitt Romney was mum about his plans for 2016, but said the GOP must focus on making the world more secure, providing opportunity for all Americans and eliminating poverty.

Much to his own surprise, Gore is being offered another opportunity to talk ecological sense to the American public.

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) co-sponsor the Genetics and Public Policy Fellowship to give genetics professionals an opportunity to contribute to the policy - making process.

Instead, here is a man rightly enraged by the ignorance and bigotry of those who have no interest in learning what kind of player — let alone man — he is but knows that any public display of that anger and frustration would ruin his career and the future careers of any African American who could have the opportunity to play in the majors.

As a prolific writer and renowned public intellectual, he frequently explored trends in American race relations and family life, hailing, for instance, the controversial report, «Equality of Educational Opportunity» (1966), by his friend James Coleman, which stressed the relationship between broken families and poor student performance in the public schools.

A recent book by Greg Duncan and Richard Murnane, Restoring Opportunity: The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge of American Education, for example, describes what the authors call «high schools that improve life chances,» pointing in particular to small, nonselective high schools created in New York City by the Department of Education and New Visions for Public Schools.

If American public education can not deliver equitable opportunities to learn, guess who will suffer the most.

Nor do appeals to competition and equal opportunity hold much sway over the American public (see Figure 8).

The same spirit of opportunity led to one of American public education's noblest efforts: the inclusion of disabled youngsters in the mainstream of school life.

Some 11 years after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas's system of financing public schools, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has launched a new challenge in state court, charging that the finance system denies students in poor districts equal educational opportunity and should be declared unconstitutional.

Helping these kids, many of whom are fleeing from violent and impoverished conditions in Latin America, gain the high - quality learning they need to succeed in this country is an opportunity for school reformers to humanely help these kids and transform American public education for all children at the same time.

Educators must understand the history and context of American public education, including institutional racism and discrimination, as well as the moral imperative to ensure equity of outcomes, opportunities and resources for the most vulnerable students.

In its latest attempt to combat this opportunity gap, the Seattle Public School District has started a student voice initiative to integrate the voices of African - American male students into policymaking.

Despite the American Legislative Council's tentative embrace of Donald Trump's presidency, they are foaming at the mouth for the now - endless opportunities to further privatize public education — a key ALEC goal they have been promoting and pushing for decades.

Clearly, we want all of our public school graduates to partake in the «American dream,» awash in opportunities to earn a decent living in a vibrant economy of a country with the highest standard of living in the world.

PRAISE AND CRITICISM OF DEVOS PILE UP: More than 250 civil rights groups have signed a letter opposing Betsy DeVos» nomination, arguing she would «undermine bedrock American principles of equal opportunity, nondiscrimination and public education.»

The report found that while charter schools have dramatically improved public school opportunities for American families over the last quarter century — particularly for urban students and students of color — most charters continue to look fairly similar to the schools Americans have attended for generations.

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The American Federation for Children Young Alumni Network is an effort to recruit young adults who received vouchers or opportunity scholarships, tax credit scholarships, education savings accounts, or attended public charter schools, or participated in online and blended learning programs at any time during grades K - 12.

Scaling P - TECH and other public - private CTE partnerships will allow Congress, states, and program leaders to close the skills gap and give every American student and worker the opportunity to succeed.

Thanks to moves in states to allow for voucher - like tax credit plans, companies can offer poor and minority families new opportunities to escape the worst American public education has to offer.

Thankfully, through the hard work and dedication of thousands of advocates, educators, families, and elected leaders, we've made significant headway toward expanding public school choice and educational opportunity to more American students than ever before.

The deficiencies of U.S. public schools should be of concern to all Americans, as a globalization introduces new competition for talent, markets, capital, and opportunity.

The money will be awarded through the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation — established by the famed composer and producer — along with the American Theatre Wing, which is focused on supporting theater education opportunities for underserved students and under - resourced public schools in an effort to close the gap between talent and opportunity.

American Federation of Teachers: The AFT is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high - quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families, and our communities.

«Our leaders — President Obama, Governor Schwarzenegger, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan — recognize that potential, as well as the innovation that charter schools bring to public education; the first purpose of American public education is to ensure that all children are provided with the opportunity and support to reach their full academic potential.»

Fairfield University Professor and Network for Public Education Board member Yohuru Williams argues these tests, which are manifestly unfair to the neediest children, feed into racial determinism in American society while closing doors of opportunity for Black and Latino children.

A public charter school, the SEI Academy is an outgrowth of Self Enhancement Inc., a non-profit that has pushed since 1981 to broaden opportunities for children, with a focus on Portland's African American population.

SEI Academy is a public charter school and an outgrowth of Self Enhancement Inc., a non-profit that has pushed since 1981 to broaden opportunities for children, with a focus on Portland's African American population...

It's American Education Week, which provides the opportunity to celebrate public education and the individuals who work to ensure that every child receives a high - quality education.

Connecting the entire American public with opportunities is enhanced when the public workforce reflects the public it serves.

ALA Immediate Past President Molly Raphael had the opportunity to visit China last fall to speak to the library community there about some of the struggles that many American libraries face as they try to provide ebooks and digital content to the public.

Library Card Sign - up Month September is Library Card Sign - up Month - a time when the American Library Association and libraries across the country remind the public that a library card is the key to limitless opportunities.

Consulting assignments have ranged from helping investment managers design innovative retirement income solution programs for defined contribution plans, writing public policy and market landscape papers, serving as program manager for an industry - led coalition to increase American's savings, speaking engagements at client conferences, researching specific target - date fund market opportunities, and strategic initiative development.

The American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high - quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities.

For the first time the New York public had the opportunity to see Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Leger, Duchamp, Kandinsky, Derain, Brancusi, Bonnard, Delauney, Munch and many others along side such Americans as Marin, Ryder, Sheeler, Stuart Davis, Hartley, Feininger etc..

Featuring works from the BCMA's robust collection of American art, as well as loans from 30 prestigious public and private collections across the United States — such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Phillips Collection; Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston — the exhibition provides visitors with an opportunity to consider transformations in American art across generations and traditional stylistic confines.

VMFA Director Alex Nyerges said: «Leo Mazow is an outstanding curator and scholar of American Art, evidenced by his fantastic track record of organizing exhibitions, pursuing opportunities for fellowships, scholarly publications, public lectures and symposiums.

The 17th annual Citywide African American Artists Exhibition offers visual artists in the greater Houston area the opportunity to show their work to a broader public and to the collecting community.

«As home to one of the most comprehensive American art collections, we have an incredible opportunity to engage students and the public in ways that advance the national dialogue around American identity in context of the full sweep of U.S. history represented in our holdings.

Main Building 944 is open and free to the public five days a week and features commissions by renowned American Artists and Project Space, offering visitors opportunities for casual engagement with art and artists.