Sentences with phrase «access education around the world»

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As founder and CEO of the Malala Fund, this poised 24 - year - old is determined to build a lasting organization that helps women around the world get access to education.

«Technology now gives us the means to extend the reach of high quality education around the world and to provide millions of people with access to learning and opportunities for advancement,» Levin, who also serves on President Obama's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology, said in a statement.

The 12 - week online class is an exciting opportunity for financial services, insurance, or banking professionals as well as entrepreneurs around the world who want to access the world - class education associated...

Benefits for approximately 1.5 million small - scale farmers and workers around the world include: • A fair price on products • Improved access to low - or no - interest loans • Technical assistance for building infrastructure • Communications systems • Collectively - owned transport & processing equipment • Better health care & education • Training & skill diversification

«Here's What College Education Costs Students Around The World», Business Insider, June 8, 2012, Accessed Jan. 20, 2017

She currently implements a landmark science cooperation agreement between AAAS and the Cuban Academy of Sciences, develops the Center's global science diplomacy education and capacity building initiatives, leads a research project analyzing science - policy connections around the world, and serves as an associate editor of the open - access policy journal Science & Diplomacy.

The group, «Service to the Scientific Community,» aims to raise the scientific community's awareness of human rights issues and to enhance the well being of people around the world through access to science (e.g., science education, science - based products, technology, processes), in accordance with Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).

Our study, along with prior studies, supports the notion that «cognitive reserve» resulting from early - life and lifelong education and cognitive stimulation may be a potent strategy for the primary prevention of dementia in both high - and low - income countries around the world.21 However, it should be noted that the relationships among education, brain biology, and cognitive function are complex and likely multidirectional; for instance, a number of recent population - based studies have shown genetic links with level of educational attainment, 22,23 and with the risk for cognitive decline in later life.24 Higher levels of educational attainment are also associated with health behaviors (eg, physical activity, diet, and smoking), more cognitively - complex occupations, and better access to health care, all of which may play a role in decreasing lifetime dementia risk.

Now, Students Helping Students is a growing movement that encourages students around the world to take action in their communities, organize fundraisers at their schools, and learn about the inequities of a world where access to education — or even to something as fundamental as books — is not a given.

As part of the U.S. government's commitment to Let Girls Learn, First Lady Michelle Obama and the Peace Corps have formed a powerful collaboration to expand access to education for adolescent girls around the world.

Also, the fact that many people around the world still live in extreme poverty and with no access to basic needs — such as transportation, sanitation, health, education — just aggravates people's sense of political misrepresentation towards official institutions.

While Turkish women have greater access to education than many women around the world, Gombas believes there is still plenty of room for reform.

These programs are proving the impact of high school education on community development, but they will only be truly successful if they are seen as a stepping stone to universal access to free high school all around the world.

While working on a project about the Ghana revolution, it caught her attention that girls her age around the world had great disparities accessing education, particularly in African countries.

It has been created ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April, where leaders, business, civil society and young people from around the world will gather in London to focus on a common future and helping ensure every young person can access a world - class education.

For example, because of article 23, which defines the universal right to education, most children around the world who did not have the opportunity to enroll in a school prior to 1948 gained such access as UNESCO mobilized governments and international institutions to support the most dramatic educational expansion in the history of humanity.

The event is giving pupils the opportunity to learn about the issues faced by many children around the world trying to access an education while living in zones affected by conflict, natural disasters or extreme poverty, and who lack the basic tools and teachers they need to learn.

Access education and training activities, network with members around the world, join development projects and more.

I bounced around for a while before landing at the Utah System of Higher Education, where I cut my teeth in state government, college access, and program management before transferring to state government in Arizona, and then into the non-profit world.

Curriki English Language Arts To help equalize access to education globally, Curriki makes world - class learning materials freely available to educators, students, and parents around the world by providing free and open resources to everyone.

Access to CO ASCD's Blog and Point / Counterpoint Columns from Leading Educators in the Field: CO ASCD's Blog and Point / Counterpoint columns include multiple viewpoints in education from ASCD Headquarters, CO ASCD members and partners, as well as leading educators from around the world.

To ensure that special education students are capable of accessing varied information about the world around them, Maryland should also include specific requirements regarding literacy skills and using text as a means to build content knowledge in history / social studies, science, technical subjects and the arts.

«And there's still millions of girls around the world who aren't getting an education, not just because of the lack of resources or not having access to schools... there are cultural barriers that are keeping young girls down.»

First published in 1995 as How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed - Ability Classrooms, this new edition reflects evolving best practices in education, the experiences of practitioners throughout the United States and around the world, and Tomlinson's continuing thinking about how to help each and every student access challenging, high - quality curriculum; engage in meaning - rich learning experiences; and feel at home in a school environment that «fits.»

The Discovery Education Summer Institute provides a unique opportunity to access the latest resources and ideas for digital learning, while sharing best practice with colleagues from around the world.»

EdTech companies around the world are currently providing solutions to problems such as the need for global access to quality education and adaptive learning strategies.

As more people around the world turn to free sources of information and education online, companies like Learnist have sprung to enable access to top content from both user - generated sources and experts in their fields.

CourseSmart has millions of users around the world and offers access to over 90 percent of core higher education titles as e-textbooks along with the largest catalog of e-resources and digital course materials.

We believe that global collaboration and a supportive international community leads to a strong, vibrant publishing industry, one that can continue to provide education and access to literature, promote literacy and reading, and foster cultural understanding around the world.

As part of its ongoing commitment to empower students, Microsoft today is releasing Minecraft: Education Edition early access for educators around the world.

Building on its 157 - year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal arts education.

At the same time, 3.5 million children around the world die from acute respiratory and diarrheal disease, most of which could be prevented with access to hand soap and education programs on the importance of hand washing.

constant and deep access and conversations related to public health management, epidemiology and the nature of medical evidence... That experience and on - the - job education has been invaluable as I've read through health studies and reviews related to wind power from around the world... which led to recognition of my expertise... I'm pleased to say that my material is helping to shape legal defences of wind energy, advocacy programs and investments in several countries.

Yet many women around the world still lack access to education.

There are a lot of studies around the world showing that, when you move to a city, access to education increases, access to income increases, your energy footprint goes down.

Pestalozzi is an organization that brings together young gifted students from around the world that would otherwise have little access to education, and offers them a two - year scholarship to eventually take the International Baccalaureate Diploma, a globally recognized qualification.

This system provides the Canadian market full access to the best and brightest around the world regardless of whether or not they have achieved an arbitrary level of education or possess a potentially unrelated level of experience.

For more than two decades, LISA — the oldest and largest trade organization in the life settlement market — has brought consumers around the world education and access to market participants who can facilitate the sale of a life insurance policy, translating to billions of dollars in additional value.

Hundreds of millions of people around the world, in poor and developing countries, lack access to credit due to absent or inadequate credit histories — credit that that could help in starting a business, pay for an education, or buy a home.