Sentences with phrase «at education questions»

They addressed the funding issue at education questions in the House of Commons and criticised proposed changes to school funding.

He bounced back this afternoon at Education Questions in the Commons.

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As you've no doubt guessed, it's a digital revolution that calls into question the very principles of education, prompting Peter J. Wells, chief of higher education at UNESCO, to remark that: «Industry employers contend that half of what students learn in the first two years of a four - year technology degree will be out of date by the time they graduate.»

His questioning of the presumed superiority of prestigious schools — students may fare better at less - elite institutions where their self - esteem takes less of a beating — adds a provocative wrinkle to the hot debate over education.

In a discussion paper published today, the Shareholder Association for Research & Education looked at the question of political spending by Canadian corporations, from an investor perspective.

Informal education settings within the community are increasingly seen by many in the broader STEM education community as the best venues for getting at the «inspiration question» and attracting students toward STEM - focused career pathways.

Unfortunately Gregg doesn't provide any education, but last that I checked, he does hang out at the Investors Underground chat room, where you could ask him questions and sneak in on his trading strategy - IU Chat Room: Investors UnderGround

The document begins by asking what Catholic Schools are actually for (a question some of us had been asking ourselves), and addressing the question of whether, if they are not actually achieving what they are supposed to, we should have them at all: «Are we losing sight of the uniqueness of Catholic education?»

The case is similar, as probably no one will really deny, in the domains of social policy, culture and education, in the attitude of Christians to thermo - nuclear and other modern weapons and in innumerable similar questions of public life at the present day.

At minimum, pastors need to be confident enough of their own theological education that they don't run scared at the thought of laypeople learning to ask questions the pastor can't answeAt minimum, pastors need to be confident enough of their own theological education that they don't run scared at the thought of laypeople learning to ask questions the pastor can't answeat the thought of laypeople learning to ask questions the pastor can't answer.

The second reason is the critical significance of the race question in American civic affairs at the present time, particularly in the field of public education.

My second question follows from the first and reflects my own efforts at concrete seeing: how do we apply metaphysical principles to education?

The next stage of Kass's education was the «educational prejudice» he acquired at the University of Chicago «in favor of discussing the great questions and reading the Great Books.»

While at times community colleges have been criticized for a lack of academic rigor, there can be little question that they have made formal education more readily accessible to larger segments of our population, and fostered a sense that education is an ongoing, lifelong process.

Also, in a letter to Mark Barr concerning the possibility of being offered a post at Harvard, Whitehead says the post would be very attractive because it would provide him the opportunity of developing in systematic form his «ideas on Logic, the Philosophy of Science, Metaphysics, and some more general questions, half philosophical and half practical, such as Education» (ANW - 2 134).

That question has been at the forefront of recent discussion of Christian higher education.

The standard method of theological education — a method practiced in the public schools and on through the university — is one of attending a certain number of classes, drafting some papers and, at the end of the term or course, writing the answers to some questions in order to indicate comprehension of the materials covered.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

It has been nurtured in many ways: by research into basic issues in theological education underwritten by competitive grants offered by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.; by the work of some theological educators commissioned by the Endowment to think about these questions; and by a series of seminars and conferences convened by the ATS to discuss some of the results of this research and reflection.

Magazine was the winner of the 2003 Golden Lamp award from Education Press, and he also answers parents» questions online at NickJr.com.

As I mentioned in the first post on how to talk to kids about pornography, I'm thrilled that former regular contributor Amy Cody (Parent Education Manager at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts) is generously returning to answer these important questions.

As a trustee of her daughter's school and President of its parent association, she found herself answering many questions at school Open Houses and education events.

'' Question: I was just looking at your site and I appreciated your thoroughness in presenting much education and materials that people can use when potty training their child.

It is a question that bothers Joan Dye Gussow, professor of nutrition and education at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City.

«You can't necessarily trust a child's answer to this question,» says Gwynn Mettetal, associate professor of education at Indiana University South Bend and mother of two.

She didn't question the fact that the increased emphasis on writing and thinking — all stressful activities — at my alma mater, Hillsdale High in San Mateo, Calif., is a good thing, after I noted many of the changes were made by Stanford education school graduates.

If you're just starting to consider home education, or have recently taken your children out of school to educate them at home, you probably have all kinds of questions about what to do, how to help your children to learn, whether to use a formal curriculum, how to organise meals around home education, whether you'll ever again get any time to yourself... These home education articles address these issues and more, from my perspective having «been there, done that!».

Men were invited to complete an evaluation sheet at the end of the antenatal education session with questions on the content of the class, the facilitator and presentation strategies.

Based on the research questions at hand, the Center draws from CHOP and University of Pennsylvania - based expertise in emergency medicine; pediatric trauma; surgery; nursing; social work; pediatric and adolescent medicine; epidemiology and biostatistics; bioengineering; computational engineering; psychology; behavioral science; communications; and health education.

At the center of all of them lies the question of the identity of Waldorf Education.

The question arising from this problem became «can women be taught how to push more effectively» and women were randomly allocated to antenatal education sessions aimed at teaching them how to push effectively.

I was admitted through the ER, where I was strapped (continuous monitor and IV fluids) to a hard bed, and all sorts of uncomfortable things ensued: I was sick over the side of the bed, wracked with contractions my doula and husband could not assist with, peppered with questions by interns (why did they need to ask me my level of education at that moment?)

In response to a parliamentary question tabled in the House of Lords, the Department for Education (DfE) has at last conceded that the overwhelming majority of objections submitted to school admission policies by the British Humanist Association (BHA) and Fair Admissions Campaign (FAC) correctly identified breaches of the law.

If not through conditionality of membership prospects, the EU should be involved at least in a number of politically - related and politically - neutral questions, from education reform to public control for tender procedures and anti-corruption measures with detailed benchmarks.

At the Alumni Weekend 2011, Dr Mark Philp, Professor Simon Caney and Dr Adam Swift discussed the issue of intergenerational justice and asked questions about how we should allocate resources inter-generationally across areas such as welfare, pensions, higher education and the environment.

Cynthia Nixon answers a question at a press conference with the Alliance for Quality Education, a pro-school funding group.

At prime minister's questions earlier, he came face - to - face with Tony Blair, calling for a cross-party approach to improving education.

Tempers flared among the six Democratic candidates vying to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside) this fall during a debate hosted Friday by TimesLedger Newspapers at which each contender answered questions on overdevelopment, education, parking and public safety.

State senators questioned New York's top educator and other education professionals Tuesday at a hearing in Syracuse looking at new Common Core assessments and student achievement.

At a press conference Wednesday Mayor de Blasio was asked whether Governor Cuomo's characterization of mayoral control of schools as an «experiment» and his proposal that mayoral control be renewed for a shortened three year period «raises questions about whether or not he's a true reformer on education.»

On Friday, May 2nd, WBFO's Senior Reporter Eileen Buckley will be joined by education reporters from the Buffalo News in questioning the school board candidates as part of a two - hour special on WNED TV that begins at 8 pm.

Questioned about his own privileged upbringing Mr Cameron said he was lucky, especially in contrast to the people «trapped» at the bottom of society, which he blamed on poor education, family breakdown, alcohol and indebtedness.

They and State Sen. Peggy Lehner, the Republican chair of the Senate Education Committee, confirmed that omission by questioning Hansen at Tuesday's board meeting.

Sen. Kathy Marchione questioned whether the money for public financing would be better spent on gap elimination aid for education, while Sen. Greg Ball threw a pointed jab at Democratic Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, wondering out loud about independent expenditure groups funded by «Soros.»

Pridgen answered education questions following the end of a recent Common Council session at City Hall.

Some invigilators of the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Northern Region have taken a swipe at the West African Examination Council (WAEC) for not distributing the question papers on time.

She ignored repeated questions about how Success would handle the threat of student deportations at a press conference in November when she announced she would not serve as Education secretary, and again declined to comment in a New Yorker article several days later.

While that might be nothing new for Cuomo — he's been at odds with teachers unions and education advocates throughout his administration — Russell says the question has come up, whether this year he's gone too far.

The debate around how to finance undergraduate education at English universities has been reignited by a new report from the business, innovation and skills select committee questioning the sustainability of the current student finance system.

Almost three dozen speakers fired questions at state Education Commissioner John King and other state officials in Fayetteville Tuesday, during the latest central New York forum on the new Common Core curriculum.