Sentences with phrase «advance social progress»

According to its website, «The Charles Koch Foundation was established in 1980 by Charles G. Koch in order to advance social progress and well - being through the study and advancement of economic freedom.

Never before have we had access to more effective means to advance social progress.

It was during this time that the Church developed scholasticism, built the Gothic cathedrals (with their stained - glass windows and monuments), created the universities and the hospitals, encouraged the sciences and technical progress, perfected international relations between states, abolished slavery, advanced social progress and raised the condition of women, in such a way that, in the fourteenth century, Europe had far surpassed all the other continents.

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«Bank of America's Neighborhood Builders program is just one example of how we deploy capital in communities and build cross-sector partnerships in order to advance economic and social progress, as part of our approach to responsible growth.

The idea of progress can defeat itself no more surely than by getting itself so believed that men expect automatic social advance apart from the conquest of personal and social sin.9

The point which emerges most clearly from these two illustrations is that the most destructive social evils of which we have knowledge appear on what, according to any previous conception of progress, have been high levels of intellectual and moral advance.

«Elite» status for both Brown and Kelly correlates with a school's uncritical appropriation of the nation's «democratic spirit» (cf. Kelly, 231), with its confidence in social progress (largely through education), technological advances, and skillful management.

One extension of the socially inculcated materialist bias is a certain view of novelty and change as both a telos and measure of social progress: the valorisation of consumption and accumulation, and the acceleration through advancing technology of ever more transactional forms of relating to others, has left a legacy of insatiable desire, and a need for permanent «churning» activity aimed at meeting it.

The Coalition has created new human rights resources for science and engineering associations, tools for human rights organizations that seek to incorporate science and technology in their work, increased awareness of the opportunities for scientists and engineers to contribute to human rights, and advanced international discussions regarding the significance of the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, as guaranteed in Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

«Scientific optimists» comprise a third of the public, believe strongly in the link between science and social progress, and are likely to support most scientific advances.

The researchers concluded that, «It is difficult to overstate the importance of competition in advancing economic growth, technological progress, wealth creation, social mobility, and greater equality.

As a key member of the OECD Senior Management team, Mr. Schleicher supports the Secretary - General's strategy to produce analysis and policy advice that advances economic growth and social progress.

The Establishing Practical Social - Emotional Competence Assessments of Preschool to High School Students project was created to advance progress toward establishing practical SEL assessments that are scientifically sound, feasible to use, and actionable as a key priority for the field.

What we learned is that ExpandED Schools offers a powerful strategy for schools to advance their culture, foster healthy social and emotional development of young people, and promote academic progress.

This period thus encompasses extraordinary advances in secular democracy and social progress and also great bloodshed and unrest: the Enlightenment and the guillotine.

Ian Hamilton Finlay's La Rèvolution est un Bloc, 1992 — a wooden block carved with the words of the title and a central aperture reminiscent of a guillotine's lunette — refers in content and form both to advances in secular democracy and social progress, and the bloodshed and unrest brought about by the French Revolution.

By connecting its unique competences in life sciences and materials sciences DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders simultaneously.

The Establishing Practical Social - Emotional Competence Assessments of Preschool to High School Students project was created to advance progress toward establishing practical SEL assessments that are scientifically sound, feasible to use, and actionable as a key priority for the field.

In a regular request for information to the OIPC that I make for each Social Justice Report I also specifically requested a region by region update on progress in advancing RIEAs and in consideration of proposals that had been submitted to OIPC through the ICCs.

The Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) has convened a national work group to advance progress on SEL assessments.

The Social Justice Reports for 2000 and 2001 examined progress to date on some of the governance and community - capacity building initiatives in light of the need to advance reconciliation in meaningful and productive forms.