Sentences with phrase «basic economic education»

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Many of the countries and communities in which they operate face significant challenges in health, education, economic development, and basic infrastructure.

Now this doesn't mean that the Republicans should do NOTHING on immigration, but it does mean that their economic agenda should focus on issues that would help people in the two middle quartiles (and the last quartile) get what Reihan Salam called «the basics of a dignified middle - class life — affordable high - quality medical care, education, and housing» With that in mind, here is a partial (and I'm not sure totally compatible) list of policies that Republicans should be looking at:

The 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Amartya Sen, who defines economic development in terms of the free supply of basic necessities such as education and health care.

This includes not only demobilising the FARC, but bringing basic services, education and economic opportunities to Colombia's marginalised regions.

New York spent $ 21,206 per pupil compared to a national average of $ 11,392 in school year 2014 - 2015.38 Better targeting spending to the highest needs districts would contain costs while ensuring that all students have access to a sound basic education.39 The State wastes $ 1.2 billion annually on property tax rebates and allocates $ 4 billion annually on economic development spending with a sparse record of results.40 Curtailing spending in these areas would reduce pressure to increase taxes and lessen the tax differential with other states.

While we continue to review the administration's budget documents in more detail, the overall figures reflect an understanding that continued investments in basic research and higher education will more than pay for themselves through the innovations and subsequent economic growth they generate.

(Sec. 1503) Requires that NOAA be a full participant in any interagency effort to promote innovation and economic competitiveness through basic scientific R&D and the promotion of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

On the basis of the definition, the paper argues that basic education develops refugee children's personalities, talents and mental physical abilities and prepares them to be responsible adults who are productive and protect themselves against economic shocks.

Quality education refers to skills, knowledge, values and attitudes but also proper information to enable children and youth to tackle basic socio - economic needs in order to participate effectively in the sustainable development of their communities.

Just because, despite all our rhetoric to the contrary, as a country we do not set enough store by insisting that a sound basic education be available for all students, regardless of race or economic circumstance.

Education is not only a basic human right, but also an essential component of economic and social development.

Andreas Schleicher, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) director of education, said that a fifth of 15 - year - olds in the UK struggled to achieve even the most basic levels in maths and reading.

Physical Health Care Social Emotional Health Care Parent Education & Family Support Early Care and Education Basic Needs, Economic Security and Child Safety

In other words, promoting school choice as the solution is a distraction from the basic fact that parent income, along with interrelated racial and economic segregation, remain powerful determinants in the quality of education a child receives.

(Brennan, 1996) While some originally intended for public education to provide basic learning for successful democratic citizenship, others saw schools mainly as a way to support the economic workforce.

This document contains suggested evidence of student learning and activities, based on A Framework for Teaching Basic Concepts, Council for Economic Education, 1995.

Ignoring this basic economic principle, critics of charter schools and other forms of school choice see no hope for competition in education.

In addition, this section includes if a company's product or service is designed to solve a social issue, including access to basic services, health, education, economic opportunity, arts, and increasing the flow of capital to purpose - driven enterprises.

Old National provides valuable financial consulting to your plan participants through customized education programs including: enrollment, the importance of employee participation; the importance of increasing 401 (k) contributions, pre-retiree seminars, basic financial planning, basic investment knowledge, investment information specific to your retirement plan, and current economic updates.

Gary Rabbior, president and chief executive of the Canadian Foundation for Economic Education, suggests children as young as three or four can start learning some of the basics about money.

If well managed, cities offer important opportunities for economic development and for expanding access to basic services, including health care and education, for large numbers of people.

Article 8 of the Declaration on the Right to Development states that the realization of the right to development would ensure «equality of opportunity for all in their access to basic resources, education, health services, food, housing, employment and the fair distribution of income», achieved through appropriate economic and social reforms and the eradication of all social injustices.