Sentences with phrase «also civic institutions»

A blind spot in our technocratic impulse to improve outcomes (read: boost test scores) is that we forget that schools are also civic institutions where children go to become Americans.

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Building on the Catholic emphasis on the importance of free marital consent, Luther and Calvin developed further the covenantal understanding of marital commitment, elevated the status of women, emphasized the freedom of young adults to choose their partners, helped make marriage more compassionate and established marriage as a civic institution regulated by secular law yet also blessed and given meaning by the church.

But there is also some evidence for a policy success story for the institutions of civic Britishness developed in the Blair period.

It is true that republicans also stress that for these institutions to be non-dominating they must be supplemented by a sense of civic virtue in their citizens.

Welsh Liberal Democrats have also promoted the civic role of educational institutions, encouraging all Universities in Wales to become Living Wage employers.

Schools are also, by design, the institutions best equipped to teach civic and political knowledge and skills such as critical thinking and deliberation.

She's a vocal tweeter not just about education, but also public institutions and civic life as a whole.

They also must prepare students for a civic life in which they will have to work with fellow citizens of very different views to develop policies and institutions that can advance shared goals of peace, prosperity, and democratic deliberation.

The study also found that parents empowered by choice became «more likely to see a connection between education and the civic institutions of society, to say that their children were learning how government works, and to be involved themselves in civic activities.»

This unique functional paradise also offers comprehensive civic resources - from renowned medical facilities to dynamic cultural venues, from esteemed educational institutions to convenient transportation options.

Read our interview with ICA director Stefán Kalmar who joined the ICA at the beginning of this year, who told us in February: «Can the ICA be an organization that revitalizes the belief of civic responsibility in cultural institutions, but also of progress within society?