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Specific policies include the 30 - 50 Plan to Fight Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number of people living below the poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Accord.

«Nationalism shows its character as a faith whenever national welfare or survival is regarded as the supreme end of life; whenever right and wrong are made dependent on the sovereign will of the nation, however determined; whenever religion and science, education and art, are valued by the measure of their contribution to national existence.»

Indeed, through the colonial period and the first century of national life, American higher education was largely a product of the nation's churches: Harvard, Yale, Princeton and William and Mary were all founded primarily to educate the clergy.

It is in fact an extension into the field of higher education of the government policy of globalization, that is, of letting the global market decide the pattern of economic development of the nation without intervention from the government in the name of social justice, protection of the natural environment or national self - reliance; it is a decision to make economic growth the ultimate criterion not only of economic development but also of social and cultural development of the peoples of the country.

My last point and Im out... Throughout our great nations history... we always found a way to fight through national issues and come up with solutions... Giving the problems we have now to people in the 50's and 60's... and they may actually come up with a solution... if you earnestly care about making a change... start at the lowest levels of government... go do something... find out costs... expenses... how to get more health care to people... do things like that... quit waiting on the government to provide all the answers... its not the way this country was founded... and not the way we get through problems... If you or ur family does nt have insurance... get a job that can provide you that... instead of hoping the government will do so... If you or ur family lacks access to education... move to an area that excels at it... education is invaluable... Do something about your problem... and quit waiting for the next big lotto...

The National Association of State Boards of Education is the only national organization giving voice and adding value to the nation's state boards of edNational Association of State Boards of Education is the only national organization giving voice and adding value to the nation's state boards of eEducation is the only national organization giving voice and adding value to the nation's state boards of ednational organization giving voice and adding value to the nation's state boards of educationeducation.

The National WIC Association is the education arm and advocacy voice of the nation's 12,200 WIC public health service provider agencies and the 8 million WIC mothers and young children.

Two days ago, New York Times national education correspondent Sam Dillon had a front page story on the sharp increase in the number of formerly middle class households now taking advantage of free or reduced price school lunches for their children, a stark indicator of the nation's current economic woes.

At Concord, he served as the faculty advisor to the nation's first Gay - Straight Alliance (GSA) leading him in 1990 found GLSEN, a national education organization bringing together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and straight teachers, parents, students, and community members who wanted to end anti-LGBT bias in our schools.

The NEA Advocacy Fund is a super PAC that was launched by the National Education Association (NEA), the nation's largest teachers union, in 2010.

Could it be that the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers» union and one of the most politically powerful special interests in history, isn't really about educational effectiveness after all, and that the Democrat Congress is in the pockets of the NEA?

The higher cost of fringe benefits is another reason why New York State tops the nation in education spending — $ 19,552 per student — nearly double the $ 10,608 national average.

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New York spends more on education per student than any other state in the nation, roughly twice the national average.

Open Secrets, a project of the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics, ranks the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association — the nation's largest teachers unions — as the 9th and 11th most generous givers to Democrats out of more than 18,000 super PACs during the 2016 election cycle.

Speaking in turns on a theme: «English Studies in Non-Native Environments; Reflections and Projections» at the 32nd Annual National Conference of the English Scholars» Association of Nigeria (ESAN), on Wednesday, at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile - Ife, a Professor of Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis in the Department of English, University of Ibadan, Professor Akin Odebunmi, charged government and stakeholders to fine tune the acquisition of English language by introducing non-native English in nation's education curricula.

A plan to alleviate hunger among students from kindergarten through higher education has received some national attention, as one component would require every public college or university in the state to offer a food pantry on campus — a project that would be the first of its kind in the nation.

CATTARAUGUS / ALLEGANY TERRITORIES - SENECA NATION OF INDIANS - SCMC, LLC, a construction management firm and subsidiary of Seneca Holdings, LLC, was awarded a multi-million dollar contract to build the first phase of the National Wild Turkey Federation's (NWTF) new shooting complex and outdoor education center adjacent to the organization's headquarters in Edgefield, South Carolina.

She earned the recognition based what the President said is her ``... 12 years of dedication and commitment to the education of our nation's children through her work at the Young Educators Foundation and establishment of the National Spelling Bee and Young Debaters Competition in the nation of Ghana»

Research!America is the nation's largest not - for - profit public education and advocacy alliance working to make research to improve health a higher national priority.

Success Nwogu Educationists, including the Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education, Dr. Mas» ud Kazaure, have urged tertiary institutions to produce more graduates of industrial and technological courses in order to address the nation's developmental needs.

A president who had a lot of vision in terms of education, health, African unity and so many area of our national development but definitely not as the founder of this nation because it is palpably false,» he said.

Indeed, I suggest we consider a National Emergency for a Clean Environment to bring together, the local authorities, health authorities, education authorities and our traditional rulers to find practical ways of saving our nation from the health hazards brought by our insanitary conditions.

The summit, which was organized by the Government - University - Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) of the National Academies of Science and held in Washington, D.C., 11 to 12 November 2002, included representatives from government agencies, disciplinary societies, and several education and science organizations who presented a litany of policy prescriptions and recommendations on the educational and societal forces that affect the experiences and expectations of the nation's future scientists and engineers.

Through its Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) supports interdisciplinary graduate courses at various universities around the nation.

Added Shirley Malcom, head of Education and Human Resources programs at AAAS, «We look forward to expansion of this initiative to other units, to help citizens across the nation recognize the importance of science in the preservation and management of our national parks, often referred to as «America's Best Idea.

Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, long the nation's leading defender of evolution education, discusses the NCSE's new initiative to help climate science Education, long the nation's leading defender of evolution education, discusses the NCSE's new initiative to help climate science education, discusses the NCSE's new initiative to help climate science educationeducation

This month the National Science Foundation will unveil guidelines for a new $ 160 million program to improve math and science education in the nation's elementary and secondary schools.

The National Defense Education and Innovation Initiative, proposed today by the 62 - university consortium, comes one day after the latest legislative proposal aimed at increasing the nation's innovative capacity (ScienceNOW, 25 January).

Those voices include, as this column noted in early July, two recently published reports: Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation's Prosperity and Security, from the U.S. National Academies, which urges universities to «restructure doctoral education..., shorten time - to - degree and strengthen the preparation of graduates for careers both in and beyond the academy,» and the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which advocates «additional training and career development experiences to equip students for various career options, and test ways to shorten the PhD training period.»

At Missouri S&T, McMillin and other researchers are working to improve cyber security with an emphasis on safeguarding the nation's infrastructure while educating students in this field through its National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.

According to Profile of Teachers in the U.S. 2011, a report from of the National Center for Education Information, 16 % of the nation's public school teachers entered the profession through an alternate route like the one Cruzan followed.

The President's budget offers hope that the nation will continue to make science and education investments a top national priority while taking serious steps to reduce budget deficits.

So anyway, we headed down the canyon, and I should say that the reason we did this particular trip was because it was put together by the National Center for Science Education, which is the Oakland based group that really does the frontline work with protecting evolution education in the nation's publicEducation, which is the Oakland based group that really does the frontline work with protecting evolution education in the nation's publiceducation in the nation's public schools.

Professor James Tam, dean, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, and Professor Lee Eng Hin, dean of the faculty of medicine, National University of Singapore, announced some very good news in human capability development — that is, education and training — which remains an important area of focus for the nation's new initiatives.

According to Mote, DOD and its contractors account for about 2 % of the nation's STEM workers — a lot, but not enough to swing national education or hiring policy in any particular direction.

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Patti Ralabate is the Interim Associate Director for the Education Policy and Practice Department at the National Education Association, the nation's largest professional employee organization.

This year's national Teacher Town Hall builds on the first annual event in September of 2010, as well as local town halls with teachers in Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia that were held as part of the Education Nation On - The - Road tour in May and June of 2011.

The National Standards Review Team accomplished, at least in large part, what the nation's governors and many business leaders called for at an education summit last...

On April 26, 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education released «A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform.»

In its report, A Nation at Risk, the National Commission on Excellence in Education declared that the «intellectual, moral, and spiritual strengths of our people» were in danger.

Following the success of last year's event, NBC News is bringing back the National Teacher Town Hall to the 2011 Education Nation Summit.

Imagine an «Education Nation,» a learning society where the education of children and adults is the highest national priority, on par with a strong economy, high employment, and national Education Nation,» a learning society where the education of children and adults is the highest national priority, on par with a strong economy, high employment, and national education of children and adults is the highest national priority, on par with a strong economy, high employment, and national security.

«What made this convening so impressive is that while so much in education reform can divide activists into warring camps, expanding learning time unites reformers around a shared vision of bringing excellence and breadth to our nation's most impoverished and struggling schools,» said Lecturer Chris Gabrieli, cofounder and chairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding learning time to improve student achievement and enable a well - rounded education.

Some supporters argue a common set of rigorous national standards will transform American education, prepare students for college and careers, and allow our nation to maintain international competitiveness.

Frustrated by the lack of significant progress in school reform, the nation's governors met at the National Education Summit in Palisades, N.Y., last March to recommit themselves.

At last week's Askwith Forum, «Transformative Change in American Schools,» Michele Cahill, — vice-president for national program and director of urban education at Carnegie Corporation of New York, — spoke to the importance of transformative change and systemic reform within K — 12 schools across the nation, focusing largely on Common Core Standards.

She has been a Distinguished Lecturer at ASCD national conferences, was honored as a Finalist for Distinguished Achievement Award for her educational writing by the Association for Educational Publishers, and writes extensively for professional educational journals as well as consulting for the media including Wall Street Journal, Education Week, USA Today, NBC News Education Nation, among others.

The National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers» union, has asked U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and members of Congress to waive accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act for schools hit by the hurricane as well as those taking in large numbers...