Sentences with phrase «access to science education»

Many of the outreach activities that Richards organizes emphasize providing access to science education for students from all backgrounds.

His relationship with the magazine helped lead the way to his joining the board of directors for its parent organization, Science Connected, a nonprofit aimed at creating equal access to science education and providing resources to science teachers.

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«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.

Through coding camps, career scholarships and a growing community of coders, Kode With Klossy is increasing access to computer science education and opportunity.

Goer has also written The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, which gives pregnant women access to the research evidence, as well as consumer education pamphlets and articles for trade, consumer, and academic periodicals; and she guest posts on Lamaze International's Science & Sensibility.

Guest speaker at the 4 - 7 p.m. gathering will be Anita Walker, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency that promotes excellence, access, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences across the Commonwealth to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents.

JDM facilitated the construction of 2 Classroom Blocks at UCC; a new Block Lecture Hall at UPSA; a Lecture Hall at UHAS; and a lecture Hall and Science Laboratory at Sunyani Polytechnic to ensure increase access to tertiary education.

... The first grants will support Computer Science for All and ScriptEd to expand access to computer science education in schools across the city, as well as remove barriers for women and minorities to join NYC's thriving tech sector (where less than 10 percent of professionals are currently minority women).Science for All and ScriptEd to expand access to computer science education in schools across the city, as well as remove barriers for women and minorities to join NYC's thriving tech sector (where less than 10 percent of professionals are currently minority women).science education in schools across the city, as well as remove barriers for women and minorities to join NYC's thriving tech sector (where less than 10 percent of professionals are currently minority women).»

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Educational and corporate subscriptions give institutions and students unlimited access to the New Scientist Archive, an essential tool for science and technology education and research.

Innovative uses of science and technology are reducing the digital divide, enhancing human rights online, and advancing access to medicines, clean water, education and more.

Boylan said adopting such an approach addresses the two central challenges at the focus of National Science Foundation funding: the need to improve the quality of STEM education and expand access to STEM across groups.

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The report observes that India benefits from large numbers of energetic English speakers and «strong» legal and financial systems but notes that many of the country's numerous science and engineering graduates have had only «limited access to first - tier [science and technology] education.»

28 November 2011: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publisher of the journal Science, partners with the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education and Research to provide academic and research institutions across Algeria with site - wide access to Science.

To ensure the benefits of science, she added, governments have a duty to fund research, enable data and samples to be gathered, support science education and training and ensure access to the information communications technologies necessary for the communication of sciencTo ensure the benefits of science, she added, governments have a duty to fund research, enable data and samples to be gathered, support science education and training and ensure access to the information communications technologies necessary for the communication of sciencto fund research, enable data and samples to be gathered, support science education and training and ensure access to the information communications technologies necessary for the communication of sciencto be gathered, support science education and training and ensure access to the information communications technologies necessary for the communication of sciencto the information communications technologies necessary for the communication of science.

21 December 2011: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announces that the Russian Ministry of Education and Science has selected Science Classic, the digital archives of Science (1880 - 1996), as the first acquisition in a major project to provide national access to scientific archives.

To combine his interest in research with a wider interest in science, Peter Cotgreave took on the directorship of Save British Science, a campaigning organisation that presses the governments in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast for better funding for science, stronger science education in schools, and policies that allow the general public to have greater access to the benefits of scientific and technological researcTo combine his interest in research with a wider interest in science, Peter Cotgreave took on the directorship of Save British Science, a campaigning organisation that presses the governments in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast for better funding for science, stronger science education in schools, and policies that allow the general public to have greater access to the benefits of scientific and technological rescience, Peter Cotgreave took on the directorship of Save British Science, a campaigning organisation that presses the governments in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast for better funding for science, stronger science education in schools, and policies that allow the general public to have greater access to the benefits of scientific and technological reScience, a campaigning organisation that presses the governments in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast for better funding for science, stronger science education in schools, and policies that allow the general public to have greater access to the benefits of scientific and technological rescience, stronger science education in schools, and policies that allow the general public to have greater access to the benefits of scientific and technological rescience education in schools, and policies that allow the general public to have greater access to the benefits of scientific and technological researcto have greater access to the benefits of scientific and technological researcto the benefits of scientific and technological research.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announces that the government of Brazil has partnered with AAAS to obtain sitewide access to Science Classic, the digital archive of Science from 1880 to1996, for use by the institutions of the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes Consortium), the nation's extensive information portal.

She is a leader in efforts to improve access for girls and women to STEM education and careers, serving as the co-chair of the Gender Advisory Board of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development.

The treaty will help visually impaired individuals worldwide to have «access to and full participation in science education and research», says Richard Weibl, director of the Project on Science, Technology, and Disability at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washingscience education and research», says Richard Weibl, director of the Project on Science, Technology, and Disability at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in WashingScience, Technology, and Disability at the American Association for the Advancement of Science in WashingScience in Washington DC.

Ensuring there are enough qualified workers and better participating of under - represented groups in STEM - related jobs will take providing better pre-college education, increased access to college education and STEM training, and improved tracking of science and engineering workers, experts told a AAAS audience.

Tom Rudin, director of the Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the National Academies of Science, said opening up access to higher education is a key to increasing the STEM wEducation and Workforce at the National Academies of Science, said opening up access to higher education is a key to increasing the STEM weducation is a key to increasing the STEM workforce.

The Sandra K. Abell Institute for Doctoral Students gave the Ph.D. students access to eight established researchers on science education.

Individuals with limited economic resources and limited access to high - quality education have fewer opportunities to develop science literacy and health literacy, the report says.

Family and social problems, lack of community support, poor access to quality education, relocation from their communities, and a shortage of science and technology role models are just some of the problems that youth living on reserves have to deal with, says Mervin Dewasha, founder, president, and treasurer of CASEA.

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).

Program aims to increase access to shared scientific and engineering instruments for research and research training in institutions of higher education, and not - for - profit museums, science centers and scientific / engineering research organizations.

Thanks to the Science Buddies Kit Club program and companies who want to support STEM education in their local communities, more students have access to quality science and engineerinScience Buddies Kit Club program and companies who want to support STEM education in their local communities, more students have access to quality science and engineerinscience and engineering kits.

Our aim is to provide free access to robotic telescopes and a fully supported education programme to encourage teachers and students to engage in research - based science education.

Our organization has a long history in supporting science education — be that through the enrichment of the curriculum of schools, the employment of students through co-op programs and summer jobs, by enabling post-doctoral research, or through opening access to our unique facilities and expertise.

While some jobs, will require an advanced degree, a 2014 study funded by the National Science Foundation points out that 2 - yr and 4 - yr training with access to continuing and technical education will be sufficient for many of the future positions in nanotechnology, nanomanufacturing, and beyond.

In the postsecondary space, the Gates Foundation made a number of grants — both directly and through NGLC — to intriguing ventures with the potential to improve education dramatically, including some of my disruptive favorites: start - up MyCollege Foundation, which will establish a non-profit college that blends adaptive online learning solutions with other services at a low cost; University of the People, the world's first tuition - free, non-profit, online academic institution dedicated to opening access to higher education globally; New Charter University, a competency - based university that charges only $ 199 per month for students seeking a degree and for which NGLC will fund a research study of its online students and a comparative one of students enrolled in a blended - learning environment delivered through a partnership with the Community College of the District of Columbia; Southern New Hampshire University, which under its President Paul LeBlanc has already created an autonomous online division and will now pioneer the «Pathways Project,» which will offer a self - paced and student - centric associates degree; and MIT, which will use the funds to create a free prototype computer science online course for edX.

-- access to a full, rich curriculum (science, history / social studies, art, music, world languages, and physical education);

It should move leaders in education to rethink the way we look at college admission and rethink the way we present the things we say we value: civic engagement, historical knowledge, mathematical literacy, honoring the arts, access to science.

This week, as we celebrate the new rise of computer science education, we shouldn't forget how some these efforts might also offer a glimpse into new models for expanding students» access to industry experts across subject areas.

For K — 12 education, he proposes programs to «recruit math and science degree graduates» to teaching and «ensure that all children have access to a strong science curriculum at all grade levels,» more funding for «intervention strategies in middle school» for «teaching teams, parent involvement, mentoring, intensive reading and math instruction, and extended learning time» — all to address the «dropout crisis.»

How Behavioral Science Could Improve College Access The Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/12/13 «Many efforts to help disadvantaged students go to college have focused on providing better and simpler information.

If they have access to education in their native languages, they can be learning about math and science and how to read.

This in turn helps all children to gain access to a higher level of science education — and that's what we're most excited about.»

Macalalad decided to focus on getting students better access to computer science education through a venture called CodingConnect.

We must do more, and invest more, to address the uneven and inequitable access to STEM education that contributes to the persistent achievement gap, especially among African - American and Latino students, and particularly in math and science proficiency.

This video outlines how MESHGuides provide educators, researchers and policy makers with access to the science of learning, supporting them in their work as well as the achievement of UNESCO and OECD priorities for education.

they discuss disparities in access to quality early education and the brain science and economic benefits of ensuring it's available for all children.

The study found that networks of policy makers and educational leaders facilitate access to research that informs decisions related to statewide science education reform.

The groups lauded reforms to standards, assessments, funding equity and access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses, but lashed into the Harkin - Enzi draft for rolling back the federal government's role in policing states» education goals:

Capuano Early Childhood Center, Somerville This project integrates a combination of content - based information, reflective practice in a community of practice, and access to materials and spaces to launch a sustained and integrated science education curriculum.

The amendment, which Johnson submitted to be included in the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriation Act that has yet to pass, prohibits DOJ from enforcing provisions of the ADA that ensure equal access to public education.

«We really are doing a lot worse in math than we are in science and reading,» said Peggy Carr, the acting commissioner for the National Center for Education Statistics, who had early access to the PISA results, which were released to the public on Tuesday.

Achieving Educational Equity through Career and Technical Pathways Rashid Davis, Principal of New York City's P - Tech (Pathways in Career and Technical Education) High School, shares the details of his pioneering school model that provides a pathway for historically underserved students to complete high school, an associate's degree in applied computer science, and gain access to «new collar» jobs at IBM — all at no cost to students or their families.