Sentences with phrase «about education justice»

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Those who work in theological education are also aware, however, that we must also avoid intellectual or spiritual tourism — the tendency to explore the range and quaintness of the world's wondrous variety without asking about the truth - claims of various cultures, without attempting to discern the relative justice of alternative social practices, or without seeking commonalities that may overarch multiple lands and religions.

The heart of the issues is this: Theological education, in Stackhouse's view, incorporates the relevant pluralism in a way that inescapably implies a systematic relativism about all questions of truth and justice regarding God; it implies that the «Christian thing» has no intrinsic unity or identity.

Accordingly, what will make education «theological» is that it engages students» rational powers in such a fashion as to capacitate them for rigorous, disciplined, systematic theorizing about God's truth and justice.

Katrina is passionate about education topics as well as social justice issues.

At the Alumni Weekend 2011, Dr Mark Philp, Professor Simon Caney and Dr Adam Swift discussed the issue of intergenerational justice and asked questions about how we should allocate resources inter-generationally across areas such as welfare, pensions, higher education and the environment.

The proposals in the criminal justice and courts bill show that, ironically for plans that have been sold as being about education, the government is failing to learn those lessons.

Mr Justice Collins found the «virtual ban» was unlawful because it contradicted Grayling's public comments about the importance of books being useful for education and rehabilitation.

The annual gathering of the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators this weekend is often dominated with talk about policy in the state budget, like education spending or criminal justice reform.

Reports over the weekend suggested that Lord Justice Leveson called Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood to complain about Mr Gove's February quote, although it is unclear whether he demanded the education secretary be gagged.

About three years ago, however, the General Legal Council, which has supervisory jurisdiction over the legal education in Ghana, led by Chief Justice Georgina Wood, decided to take the conduct of examinations away from the School.

«It is essential that those who care about social justice, fairness and equality, who value public services and care about the future of state education, do not allow this to happen.»

We can not have a situation where more and more decisions about Scotland are being taken in Scotland, and yet Scottish MPs come to Westminster and vote on English - only issues, shaping the destiny of health, education, justice, environment and probably taxation, too, in England, potentially against the wishes of most English representatives.

Educational Justice Political Action Committee, which formed to «address the major disparities that exist in education funding and quality» citywide, said it interviewed dozens of Council candidates about their education stances before endorsing 13 of them.

Rochester, NY About Blog GRS is the Warner School of Education's science teacher preparation program committed to social justice through meaningful and authentic science inquiry.

Austin, TX About Blog The State Bar of Texas Blog, offering news and information for TX lawyers & attorneys on Rule of Law, justice, law - related education, MCLE, CLE, law licenses, the Supreme Court of Texas, the Texas Bar Journal & bar exams.

Using the greatest hits blueprint, one would think any big - time film treatment about Thurgood Marshall, an American hero for racial equality, has to include Brown vs. Board of Education and his ascension to become the first black U.S. Supreme Court justice.

You can also read our latest forum on the Obama - era directives from the federal education and justice departments, which asked schools to modify disciplinary policies in response to concerns about disproportionate suspension rates.

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, an advocate for civic education, offers this observation in Guardian of Democracy: «Knowledge about our government is not handed down through the gene pool.

When I published a piece earlier this year about the tense estrangement between conservative education reformers and the movement's increasingly dominant social justice wing, it did not sit well with members of the latter group, including Rhames, who penned a response on Education Post titled, «An Open Letter to White Conservative Education Reformereducation reformers and the movement's increasingly dominant social justice wing, it did not sit well with members of the latter group, including Rhames, who penned a response on Education Post titled, «An Open Letter to White Conservative Education ReformerEducation Post titled, «An Open Letter to White Conservative Education ReformerEducation Reformers.»

When asked about the choice of Lekuton as keynote speaker, doctoral candidate and AOCC Tri-Chair Candice Bocala said, «His resume seemed fitting to engage us all in a discussion about race, social justice, and education across geographic and political boundaries.»

What do you need to know about the new education secretary and Supreme Court justice?

With Senate hearings on U.S. Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. scheduled to begin Sept. 6, several education groups said last week that they were content to wait on opining about whether the federal appellate judge should become the high court's next associate justice.

MB: I am glad that you ask this question, because here again is about how do we go at the personal and local level to bring about the culture of peace, and the call for justice, liberation and human fulfillment, the education began at home, in childhood, from my mother and father.

: I am glad that you ask this question, because here again is about how do we go at the personal and local level to bring about the culture of peace, and the call for justice, liberation and human fulfillment, the education began at home, in childhood, from my mother and father.

In this edition of the EdCast, Levinson speaks about the book and the cases that inspired it, and looks at challenging questions of ethics, justice, and equity in education practice and policy.

The announcement last week that the US Departments of Justice and Education will end Obama - era protections for transgender students proves the Trump administration is serious about transferring control of education from the federal government to thEducation will end Obama - era protections for transgender students proves the Trump administration is serious about transferring control of education from the federal government to theducation from the federal government to the states.

So far REMIX has presented the film OT: Our Town, which documented a Compton, California high school's production of the American stage classic, Our Town; and has hosted a conversation about hip - hop in education, and the ways it can be used as a tool in classrooms to address issues of literacy, race, and social justice.

As New York City councilwoman Eva Moskowitz noted in a letter to Justice DeGrasse, «Education spending has increased by about a third since I took office in 1999, yet our schools have not improved by a third.»

But Global Education is not only about global themes, world problems and how to find solutions altogether — it is also about to envision a common future of Peace and Justice for All connecting micro-macro perspectives.

He joins us in The Global Search for Education to talk about the social justice education that students need, the learning shift that's involved and the best case studies he's seeEducation to talk about the social justice education that students need, the learning shift that's involved and the best case studies he's seeeducation that students need, the learning shift that's involved and the best case studies he's seen so far.

Features in the winter 2013 issue include a discussion of how math education is changing in the United States in light of the Common Core Standards; a look at the storied career of alumna Margaret H. Marshall, former justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; and a piece about the critical and difficult work that many Ed School alums are engaged in around the world educating children in post-conflict zones.

Black History Month was always about racial justice and educational opportunity, he says, and the month can stand today «as an example of what it means for practitioners to be empowered and collectively committed to making education purposeful in the lives of students...

If you see education reform as a social justice or civil rights crusade, you will care mightily about whether every charter is educating its share of kids with disabilities and whether enough «people of color» are running these schools.

Tamir Harper, student and education advocate, will lead a courageous and uncomfortable discussion about equity and social justice in education.

This is the space that I know the most about and the area that I've studied and worked on over my career, starting from a public interest law firm experience at the Institute for Justice, [then] the Heritage Foundation, the White House, and the U.S. Department of Education running the Office of Innovation and Improvement.

The brief provides state and local policymakers and education and juvenile justice leaders with information about how they can use the accountability requirements under ESSA to improve the quality of education and postsecondary and workforce success for youth in juvenile justice facilities.

The guidance issued today by the Departments of Education and Justice adds another voice to an ongoing conversation about how gender identity is addressed, and expresses an interpretation of Title IX that is unsettled law.

Jenisha «Jay» Fair, Physical Education Teacher CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, NEVADA «I am involved because I want to use my voice — as a young educator — to advocate for my students [and] raise awareness about the importance of social justice in every classroom at every school,» says Jenisha «Jay» Fair of her involvement with the union.

I was grinning broadly when he wanted to know more about The Fellowship - Black Male Educators for Social Justice and the Relay - Graduate School of Education program.

Policy analyst Andrew Rotherham of Bellwether Education Partners in Washington, D.C., said that while he's seen strong school - based restorative justice programs in action, he has concerns about the sudden popularity of — and political pressure for — alternative programs.

The newly proposed draft regulations for the Every Student Success Act (ESSA), released by the U.S. Department of Education on May 26th, not only give clarity to states about how to interpret the law — they also provide a clearer picture of how the law will serve the needs of at - risk students, in particular students with foster care or juvenile justice experience.

An International Baccalaureate scholar inquires about the world around them, takes an active role in leading their education, and has a mission for social justice.

About Partnership for Educational Justice (PEJ) An affiliate of the national education nonprofit 50CAN, PEJ pursues educational equity through legal action that empowers families and communities to improve the quality of public schools.

Other items had nothing at all to do with education but, being champions of «social justice,» the activists came up with an NBI which proposes to inform the public about the dangers of fracking, another that calls for the end of «food deserts» (don't ask) and one that wants President Obama to investigate the continued incarceration of Leonard Peltier, a man who was convicted of first - degree murder in the slaying of two FBI agents in 1977.

Abstract: In this article, Picower and Doyle move the discussion about social justice education from the theoretical to the practical by examining how critical social issues can be integrated into the design and sequencing of lessons.

Along with Steve Barr and Marshall Tuck, I was part of important conversations about how labor leaders, truly progressive labor leaders, could work for educational justice through our education reform work.

Of course, liberal notions about the potential of education to serve the ends of justice are nothing new to American social thought.

«Chicago activists, educators, students, academics and parents are coming together June 2 to talk about how we can use Free Minds, Free People, the powerful national gathering on education justice, to support the development of a national education movement.

Imagine Schools» founders, Dennis and Eileen Bakke, are passionate about making a difference in education by applying a unique organizational and operational structure guided by shared values of integrity, justice, and fun.

This project involves interviewing each state about their education programs for students in juvenile justice facilities and how the facilities are held accountable for student growth and success.