Sentences with phrase «at a better education through»

«Mayor de Blasio is playing chicken with the futures of 48,000 - plus students waiting for a shot at a better education through charter schools.

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Through her work at Emerson Collective, Laurene has been a longtime leader in areas of education, immigration, social justice and the environment, and has demonstrated that she shares Ted Leonsis's belief in a double bottom line philosophy: that the companies that do best are those that do good in their communities.

«The education I received at Haskayne through professors with strong academic and business credentials, combined with work experience during my studies meant I was well placed to pursue a range of interesting career opportunities,» says Wesley.

Michael Cromartie of the Ethics and Public Policy Center chronicled his successful work bettering the media's coverage of religion through education, friendship, and a few days at the beach.

Novelty Hill and Januik Wineries invite you to join our Cellar Circle, a unique wine club offering an on - going selection of limited release wines as well as an insider's look at the world of wine through education and special events.

As well as a good number of returning players, ten new faces were put through their paces for the first time, including a Matt Queralt special at Cheltenham Crossfit Club and an education in shape from Head Coach Tom James.

• Embrace individuality: Through the advisory system, each student is recognized as an individual and has a well - supported designated advocate monitoring their education at Crefeld.

She has homeschooled her own children as well as others, was a founder of a private Waldorf School (Sanderling School in Carlsbad, CA) and now strives through the Charter movement to bring Waldorf education to all children at Journey School where she has worked for the past 14 years.

The problems of sports specialization at too young an age, over training, playing through injuries, and a society that feeds off of «there is no such thing as enough» attitude can not be solved with better shoulder pads or education on hydration in hot weather.

At the heart of Waldorf Education is an imagination of a better world through human beings» conscious collaboration with one another, the natural world and the spirit.

The balanced middle school program at Corvallis Waldorf School fosters confident students well - prepared for the challenges of high school, through academics, the arts, outdoor education, research projects and extra-curricular activities.

The competencies needed for a successful, purposeful, and joyful life in the 21st century are best cultivated through an education that fully meets and engages the developmental needs of children, which are fundamentally different in early childhood, elementary school, middle school, and high school — in other words, «the right thing at the right time.»

Through visits to the Room to Grow Space once every three months, the program provides families with a unique combination of one - on - one parenting education, referrals to other community services as well as all the clothes, toys, books and gear their babies need at every stage during their first three years of development.

For instance, the study of Mattar et al. revealed a marginal increase in EB at six months after delivery among the group which received a prenatal educational intervention highlighting the benefits as well as the management of breastfeeding issues as the main content of the educational material (booklet), video, coaching session and counselling, compared to the group receiving only the booklet and the video, and the one recipient of only routine prenatal care, concluding that that educational material alone in the prenatal period is not enough and that specific prenatal education that addresses breastfeeding following a single meeting through counselling can significantly improve

On her part, Ms Lankai Quarcoopome, who is an alumnus of the school (AGOSA» 76) and also the Guest Speaker, said she believes that «through quality education, we could make our lives better and also transform our nation and for this reason, we must insist on achieving very high academic and performance standards at all levels in the country.»

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

«I am calling for a Green New Deal for New York to establish the human right of all New Yorkers to economic security and prosperity, including decent jobs, living wages, publicly - funded health care, good public education from pre-K through college, and affordable housing, mass transit, and clean energy,» said Hawkins, a working Teamster who unloads trucks at night at UPS in Syracuse.

«She has worked tirelessly to create good middle - class jobs through community projects, provide affordable housing so folks have a decent place to lay their head at night and invest in education so that the children in her district receive the quality education they deserve.»

The most important answer is better science and technology education at all levels, especially in our schools and through our media.

Julie Luft, a professor of science and mathematics education at the University of Georgia and a co-organizer of the institute, said «scholars who have come through this Institute have really done well» in their subsequent academic careers.

Eventually, I received acceptance letters from all the summer programs for which I applied — as well as one for the National University of Singapore through the Education Abroad Program at University of California, Irvine.

Nestle: Well, we will do it in the way these changes always take place — you do it through education of the public; you create demands for different kinds of foods; you teach parents to go into schools and look at what their kids are eating and then do something about it; you change policy so that it becomes more difficult for food companies to advertise to children; you stop them from marketing junk food to kids using cartoon characters.

Continuing Medical and Interprofessional Education Program CME - IPCE at Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania is committed to providing lifelong learning opportunities for physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers and healthcare professional teams with the goal of improving the health and well - being of people and communities through strong emphasis on research, education, and cliniEducation Program CME - IPCE at Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania is committed to providing lifelong learning opportunities for physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers and healthcare professional teams with the goal of improving the health and well - being of people and communities through strong emphasis on research, education, and clinieducation, and clinical care.

Not only do we have the experience that comes from providing trauma care for more children than most other hospitals, but we have the expertise that can only be developed through commitment to research that helps explain the factors at play in traumatic injuries in children, and the best methods for education and prevention.

Most recently, he completed the MBA program at Indiana University, Kelley School of Business in Indianapolis, Indiana, as well as the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, through Professional Education at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

No Excuses CrossFit was established in 2008 with the mission to establish trust, provide inspiration and education through the strongest of health practices while building the athlete within; bettering lives one person at a time.

Embrace a healthy lifestyle through education and the practice of natural and complementary medicine at Rhode Island's best yoga studios.

Our mission is to promote resilience, positive perceptions, good health habits and mindful awareness through yoga and mindfulness education, empowering children to excel at school, at home and in life.

I agree that from perception point it is better not to notice how young Americans who went in debt to pay for their education in college or university have no job at all or paid a low wage which will force them to dedicate themselves to repaying debt through the long period of life.

Like the Staten Island educator at the center of this film, The Kindergarten Teacher pushes boundaries and crosses lines as it navigates its way through a tricky story of a five - year - old boy (newcomer Parker Sevak), who shows an unreal gift for poetry, and his teacher, Lisa (a career - best performance by Maggie Gyllenhaal, who is also one of the film's producers), who struggles in her adult - education class to be a poet as well, if only to add a bit of culture to a home life that offers her little by way of intellectual stimulation.

An additional goal at YES Prep, besides getting kids into and through college, is to ensure that graduates return to Houston and use their education to better the community.

They will have opportunities for showcasing their teaching practices and experiences at national conferences, through online media and multi-media case studies, as well as through a range of other promotional material, and be proactively consulted for their views and opinions for campaigns related to education policy.

Much of its work is designed to help those working in education be at their best through the provision of a free counselling hotline, text, email and coaching support for individuals, a range of products and services including employee assistance programmes for and organisations.

AHOEC centres are at the forefront of delivering innovative, real, and exciting experiences to young people across the UK, its key aims being to promote all - round personal development through outdoor education and residential experience; to develop, establish and maintain good and safe practice in outdoor education; to encourage awareness of, and active respect for the environment; and to foster greater confidence and regard for others through a series of adventurous challenges requiring cooperation set in the outdoors.

Jayne Townsend, chair of the BIFM Education SIG, and estate and maintenance services manager (hard FM) at the University of Sussex, mirrored the strong message of nurturing the student and supporting their well - being through a quality built environment: «We provide facilities so our clients, the students, can learn in the best possible environment to help them get the best out of their university experience.»

Social mobility The issue of social mobility is what appears to be at the heart of the debate, with supporters saying it is good for social mobility as it give the most gifted better chances through a better education, and the detractors warning it leaves behind those that don't pass the entrance test, who are disproportionately from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

For example I noticed that all my students are very talented in music, some real fine artistic qualities or amazing vocals, some are very good at math, have a great vocabulary and a very good education, are young budding actors, I can reveal stories through shadow theater, dance or recite.

During his year in the International Education Policy (IEP) Program, the Michigan - native made a good start toward his goal, organizing many events aimed at helping his peers better understand what students with disabilities go through, including an international conference focused on supporting students with disabilities in higher education and participatory events such as Dining in Education Policy (IEP) Program, the Michigan - native made a good start toward his goal, organizing many events aimed at helping his peers better understand what students with disabilities go through, including an international conference focused on supporting students with disabilities in higher education and participatory events such as Dining in education and participatory events such as Dining in the Dark.

At Venable Elementary School in Charlottesville, Virginia, students are encouraged to adopt the healthy habits of physical fitness and good nutrition through exciting programs that begin in physical education class.

The single best thing our education system could do for high - ability students (and everybody else) is to enable them to move through the curriculum at their own pace.

Schools Minister Nick Gibb gave a speech at the Best in Class Summit, taking place at Sutton Trust, outlining the government's reforms to transform life chances through education and make schools the «engines of social mobility

At the same time, the digital world has opened up new audiences well beyond Education Week's traditional core readership of administrators and policy leaders and enabled the newspaper and its reporters to connect with readers online and through social media.

Join 1,000 global educators in the Arena for a passionate, open, knowledgeable and playful look at how, together, everyone can create a better future through education.

The comparability requirement in ESEA is the mechanism through which the federal government can ensure that the public education offered to poor students is at least as well resourced as that offered to their more affluent peers.

The ARCH project, developed through a Teaching American History grant partnership between the Howard County Public School System (Maryland) and the Center for History Education at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), is a framework for assessment that measures the process of historical thinking, as well as the retention of prior knowledge.

The best way to foster innovation and improved quality at scale is to empower parents — through mechanisms such as ESAs — to find education options that meet the unique learning needs of their children.

Overall, about 67 percent of third - through eighth - graders were proficient or better in Language Arts, and 75 percent of those students reached the same benchmarks in mathematics, according to data released today at the state Board of Education meeting in Trenton.

The Lab will support this network in creating and supporting cross-sector children's cabinets through light technical assistance support, webinars, annual convenings at Harvard focused on best practices, links to experts in the education and child development fields, and other networking opportunities.

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