Sentences with phrase «about education systems in»

Here you'll find links to the videos and additional resources for learning about education systems in various countries.

The paper's authors note that the findings are situated within some broader political debates about education systems in general.

As a mother of two gifted children, I am very curious about the education system in the US and this curiosity brought me to the DNA Learning Center.

The other teacher unions care about the education system in England too, but they clearly believe going on strike is not going to be an effective action at this time.

Free education for children is something we often take for granted and it surprised all of us to learn this unfortunate fact about the education system in Haiti.

Not exact matches

Canada's post-secondary education system has come under increasing scrutiny in recent times, with questions about the continuing value of a university degree and outrage in some quarters about tuition levels.

Look at STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)-- if we focused on finding early indicators of high performers in our education system, then treated them differently as they progressed through school as potential Canadian innovators, by the time they got to Grade 12 and were thinking about university, they would be wildly ahead of the innovation curve.»

Most of the stuff that this guy brings out; Old capitalism versus new capitalism, Financial intelligence and education and the importance of both, the possible pitfalls of the American social security system and medicare, Taxation system - who it favors and who it hurts the most, all the stuff about residential homes not being assets, the dollar and how it continues to decline in value and the rest all this stuff is absolutely true.

Clearly, many people do not know about or understand the concept of passive income and what freedoms saving / investing provides (Blame the lack of financial literacy in the education system).

I speak out against your ilk and any other group for that matter when they attempt t use their belief to dictate rights... LGBT rights; women's rights; education rights (in a secular country, no single religion has a place in the school system - teach about one, teach them all - fair is fair).

I used to believe that our epidemic of religious illiteracy was rooted in large part in a system of public education unwilling and unprepared to teach our young people about the Bible and the world's religions.

The things I find most appalling about religion reach a new zenith in Islam --(i) a dulling down of individual thought and a dogmatic requirement to conform to the views of the masses; (ii) a stultifying ignorant education system in which anything inconsistent with the Qur» an is not just discouraged, but censored; (iii) the subjugation of women to the point of educating them to be nothing but mindless f * king, breeding machines for their insecure husbands; (iv) a political class that feeds off the religious - based ignorance it imposes on its populations; and (v) a general back - sliding against the rest of the planet because heads are buried in Dark Ages mythology.

How about if they ban the words «god», «the lord» and «allah»... that would go a long way to solvng a great deal of «truth» in the education systems in schools..

In about a decade of seemingly unrelated social and political events, thousands stopped attending church and the government took control of the education and health system from the Roman Catholic Church and its «spent Catholicism,» as Martel puts it.

In my opinion, a public education system that does not teach students about GOD is creating a morally and spiritually bankrupt society that is destined to decline and destruction.

I am very ashamed of the education system in America that allows people to graduate from high school without knowing about the world around them.

Show Me Democracy tells the story of seven St. Louis college students who are battling injustice, raising awareness about police brutality and fighting for real reform in their community and within the local education system.

And yeah, apparently a lot of the «colonization» was derived from «superiority complex», such as calling something «backward and archaic system» and that without even talking about why it was / is considered such and without talking about what is supposedly better in the supposedly superior system, apparently in which education (respectivly mish - mash thereof) is a lot only applied when it serves some lower motive / s.

Whatever your thoughts about ghana's education are we are based on the much better British system rather than your hollow American one hence with only a tiny proportion graduating your government seeks to employ them in your public services.

Janaina, who bought her food from an organic street market, says cooking with so many vegetables was an education in itself, in terms of learning about food systems and how the world could be eating.

This highlights the need for public education campaigns to accompany the introduction of any front - of - pack labelling system to inform consumers about how to interpret this labelling in the context of other nutrition guidelines.

I read all the time about mal - practice in hospitals, incect cases in churches or schools, not even speaking about how our education system fails in a basic thing like teaching all of our children to read (you do your research and find out the number or illiteracy in this country).

Since kids of all ages go online (whether on the computer, through their gaming systems or even your smartphone), education about online safety is as important as safety in the community.

A classical soprano with an MFA in Theatre Education / Outreach and Dramatic writing, she started her blog because having a family gave her a point of view as a cook, and being a mother (to boys, ages 2 & 5, one with sensory - motor problems) made her even more eager to learn about food systems and how the stuff we eat affects little people's bodies and brains.

Speaking about Agricultural Literacy and Food System Education was Sue Knott of Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom, an organization with a huge wealth of online resources for teachers to integrate nutrition education into existing subjeEducation was Sue Knott of Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom, an organization with a huge wealth of online resources for teachers to integrate nutrition education into existing subjeeducation into existing subject areas.

We spoke for over an hour about school food (lunch and breakfast) and issues like nutritional content, food and nutrition education, and the issue of universal food («free for all») versus the current three - tier system in school meals.

And because sex education is no longer taught in as many states as it had been before, I strongly urge parents to begin talking to their children early about the facts of life and their personal value systems.

«We also have to remember the public education system is about the students and we want to get the best teachers in the classroom that we can,» Cuomo said in earlier in the year.

Cuomo's Commission on education reform got an earful at a public hearing in Albany yesterday, as speaker after speaker complained about a statewide school system that they say is in disarray.

In response to this decline, the Church of England has been incredibly open about the motivations behind its continued involvement in the education systeIn response to this decline, the Church of England has been incredibly open about the motivations behind its continued involvement in the education systein the education system.

Governor Cuomo's Commission on education reform got an earful at a public hearing held at the State Capitol today, as speaker after speaker complained about a statewide school system that they say is in disarray.

Think about how we could transform that public education system and really make it a model of pride and be able to say to every child in this city and in this state, «you are going to get every shot you deserve,» because we have a public education system that is second to none.

The letter, written by a top Cuomo aide, says the student test scores are «unacceptable,» and asks Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch and outgoing Education Commissioner John King what to do about an evaluation system that rates just 1 percent of all of the teachers in the state as poorly performing.

I think there are some areas where clearly there is value and rationale in there being closer decision - making between Wales, Scotland and England, whether that's around higher education funding or about how we're going to fund social care in future [or] the nature of our education systems.

Baroness Warsi has said that she backed Michael Gove's complaints about the number of Old Etonians in David Cameron's inner circle because she believes the Education Secretary wants a «world class state system».

The point in all this, about which I am sure we agree, is that if Labour was serious about a one - nation education system it would be discussing these different legal routes to bringing all state funded schools under democratic control.

Commenting on the statement by the Secretary of State for Education setting out proposals to reform the system of primary assessment, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «It is important to recognise, and as the NASUWT has stated consistently, that many of the concerns expressed about statutory primary assessment are the direct result of their use in the current high stakes school accountability regime.

Teachers want a serious conversation about what's needed in this next chapter for the state's public education system.

About StudentsFirstNY Formed in April 2012, StudentsFirstNY with more than 150,000 members, is New York State's leading voice for students who depend on public education for the skills they need to succeed, but who are too often failed by a system that puts special interests, rather than the interests of children, first.

As director of SU's sustainability education, May «works with professors and students from all disciplines, as well as with staff in energy management, food services, parking and transportation, buildings and grounds, and waste management to promote understanding and research about the university as a whole system of resources and best practices,» according to a university webpage.

«For a body that talks so much about education, to leave without an agreement where in a matter of days you could revert back to the board of education system, is just the height of irresponsibility,» Cuomo said.

«Teachers need to be honest about faults in the exam system if they are to gain more respect and esteem for the profession, the shadow Education Secretary says today.

He also spoke about the public education system, saying young people are graduating from high school without having the reading, writing or math skills needed to excel in a college environment.

New York City education administrators should try to learn from the mistakes of their counterparts in Tennessee where a rush to implement a complicated new teacher evaluation system has overwhelmed administrators with paperwork and demoralized staff members concerned about being improperly and unfairly rated.

«We have grave concerns about a budget that allows for teacher layoffs, which would be immensely damaging to our education system and children's opportunities for a quality education,» City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council Finance Chair Domenic Recchia, Jr. said in a statement.

«I'm sure that he's intending it to cloak his other positions, like less funding in an already underfunded system of education in New York state, and his other positions about getting rid of due process and his very Wisconsin Walker - like positions about collective bargaining,» Weingarten said.

Easton talks about the impact of the governor's proposed education budget, accountability in the education system, charter schools and much more.

However, questions certainly need to be asked about liberal approaches to education, particularly the promotion of moral pluralism in the state school system.

IN THEIR CONVERSATION THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT CHANGES SHOULD BE DONE TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO HAVE A HIGHER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE, AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO CURB LOW TEST SCORES.

«The funny thing is, particularly in the urban center, the problems that are facing Syracuse are the problems that I face back home in the Bronx when we talk about education, when we talk about poverty — trying to lift families out of poverty and improve the education system,» Heastie said Tuesday morning, after emerging from a closed - door meeting with Miner.