Sentences with phrase «better inform citizens»

But the reports also suggest access to legal information to better inform citizens — who should be the primary focus of all access to justice initiatives — of their rights and obligations can be relatively easily achieved through more online legal information.

The book's exploration of the causes of this housing crisis and possible solutions (as of yet incomplete pending further research, Gates notes) will also make you a better informed citizen.

Not exact matches

Acting on this interest in expanded dialogue between Canadian millennials and our peers in Asia will provide us with the types of soft skills that will make us more effective learners in the classroom, better negotiators in the workplace, and more informed citizens.

Science education is becoming a key part of what it means to be a well - informed and well - educated citizen of today; therefore, any effort to temper science education in order to placate a vocal religious group cheats the students, cheats society, and cheats our future.

The impossibility of stamping «determinate sentencing» as good or bad in any given political climate points up the fact that reform measures ultimately depend on an informed, caring and articulate minority of citizens who can influence public opinion.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

The answers given by Dole and Clinton (Perot didn't respond) are familiar, so the questionnaire contained nothing that the reasonably well - informed citizen would not already know.

Detailing the general Indian revulsion against the violence in Gujarat and the search for justice by its victims, she highlights the «ability of well - informed citizens to turn against religious nationalism and to rally behind the values of pluralism and equality.»

«Natural rights mean simply interests which we think ought to be secured,» but it is clear that legal institutions increasingly had the task not only of securing those rights but of defining them as well.30 Laws, that is to say, not only would inform citizens what to do and what not to do but would have to serve as well to assess the morality of what they did.

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By talking with your child about current events and stories they see in the news or hear about at school, you can help your child to feel more confident in their understanding of the world and to become a better and more informed global citizen.

Insight is profoundly empowering: having a good grasp of matters of public affairs enables individual citizens to participate more confidently and make informed choices in the complex settings where decisions for the collective good are made and validated.

Rousseau's claim that it was an essential role of government to ensure citizens were neither too poor nor too rich was informed by his commitment to an ideal of citizenship and the republican notion that the state should aim at the common good.

In a statement, Bill Schwartz said «The process will continue until he concludes the review is fully informed, comprehensive and best serves the health and safety interests of the citizens of New York.»

STAR - Ghana has initiated a series of activities to inject # 22 million to develop a vibrant, well - informed and assertive civil society, able to contribute to transformational national development for all Ghanaian citizens in an inclusive manner.

At the very least, there can be no disagreement that Kingston Citizens did a fabulous job of informing the public and contacting the offices of power in a clear, full presentation of real costs to be weighed against benefits, which were, after all, not well defined at all.

When leaders and citizens of a village are grappling with how to best deal with a crisis over polluted drinking water, it's a strange time for the state Senate to withhold documents that might inform their discussion.

«Informing citizens about the health of the nation and discussing pivotal science and policy issues such as mental health, chronic and emerging diseases and other public health threats, and vaccine research are important to not only advance the national dialogue but also improve the country's overall well - being.»

Not only will the scientific workforce for the 21st century need skills and knowledge we haven't even heard of yet, but all global citizens, whether in their doctor's office or in a polling booth, need to be better informed.

When we do have pollution events there's a higher likelihood that first responders and citizens will be better informed about what's going on and what sort of actual risk there might be in their community.

Members of the OAIE can share resources and engage in online discussions, and, in doing so, will enhance stakeholder interactions and build well - informed communities working to respond and adapt to ocean acidification.The OAIE invites anyone working on ocean acidification to join, including but not limited to government, tribal, and academic research scientists, citizen scientists, experiential and formal educators, NGO employees, marine resources managers, policy makers, concerned citizens, aquaculturists, people in the fishing industry, technology developers, and data managers.

Knowing the names and faces of those behind local and state decisions positions you as a more informed citizen, which allows you to better advocate for your needs as well as the needs of your community.

Are some citizens better informed about education spending than others?

«We need therefore to equip as many of our future citizens as possible to understand how science works, its methods and its ethics; and to be able to make better informed judgements.

The prose in this volume will appeal more to the citation - enthralled political scientist than to the informed citizen, but the study itself brings together the best available evidence on the consequences of mayoral efforts to reform big - city school systems.

Thinking Critically through Digital Media enables teachers to use authentic materials and digital tools combined with motivating communicative tasks to develop students» abilities to function as critical and well informed digital citizens.

«Education is a key issue, and I think what this poll says is that all of those involved in education have to do a better job of informing the New York voters and citizens of what their efforts are, what their purpose is, and how they're going about doing it,» Greenberg said.

Given the ever - increasing complexity and competitiveness of the 21st century world, it is essential for American students to have higher - order thinking and communications skills not only for the workplace and higher education, but to serve as well - informed citizens.

An essential 21st Century skill set for all of our nation's students includes the information and communication technology skills to allow for participation as creative and informed citizens as well as critical thinkers well versed in core subject area knowledge.

And more importantly, a farce of a forum undermines the rights of the students, teachers, school administrators, parents and citizens who make up Connecticut's public education community and need elected officials who are better informed about the Common Core and Common Core testing.

They should learn 21st century skills, STEAM and Creativity, thus becoming well informed, successful global citizens.

His goal isn't just to help his students pass the AP exam, which they do at three times the district average; it's to shape well - informed and influential citizens of the future.

In NFER's response to the secondary school accountability consultation I refer to the World Bank view of what education is for: «education enhances people's ability to make informed decisions, be better parents, sustain a livelihood, adopt new technologies, cope with shocks, and be responsible citizens and effective stewards of the natural environment.»

She talks about her mission as the head of the city's Community Engagement Team and her goals to get citizens better informed and more engaged.

And as educators, citizens, and parents, we need to be sure we do our own research into all sides of the CCSS inclusions and the ongoing debate so that we can be sure to stay informed and do what is in our children's best interests according to our collective conscience.

Since 1983, the Committee has worked to study priority issues, inform the public and policy makers about best practices and engage business leaders, families, students, and other citizens to demand educational excellence and equity for all children, from their earliest years through postsecondary education.

With access to so many new voices, it turns out that many of our pop - culture and publishing - sanctioned pundits and leaders are considerably less well - informed than we were led to believe, if not less well - informed than your average citizen.

At Chemical Bank, we are committed to helping children, teens, adults and senior citizens establish and develop good money management habits that allow them to make informed financial decisions, empowering them to take control of their financial future.

She also plans to have officers hand out brochures in the field that inform citizens about low - cost spay / neuter services, where to get low - cost or free pet food, and other information that might better help people take care of their pets and prevent them being surrendered to the shelter.

For example, in 2013, Best Friends» pit bull terrier initiatives staff worked with energized and informed citizens in Watertown, Wisconsin, to overturn a proposed discriminatory measure against pit bull terriers.

Just as Paglen works with hobbyist astronomers, curator Tyler Stallings, whose show «Free Enterprise: The Art of Citizen Space Exploration» will be seen next year at the Sweeney Art Gallery at the University of California, Riverside, comments that the «idea of citizen scientists, a burgeoning movement, shows a shift from scientists informing the public about what's good for them to research often done by amateurs.»

I love the fact that he keeps hammering away at everything a well - behaved citizen, whether of a liberal or conservative political persuasion, would have an informed opinion about — Abstract Expressionism, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, fast food, sweaty businessmen, big - breasted women, or capital punishment.

That's just the point: Visualizations such as this help city planners make better informed decisions about the program, eventually leading to a more robust, more efficient, service for cycling citizens.

(if Reneweconomy is getting 3 million hits there must be a groundswell of well - informed citizens out there who will not countenance coal developments?)

Citizens, as I think we'd both agree, should be informed voters and incorporate the best possible information (as well as personal values, ideology etc.) to their decisions.

To restore science to a place in the American political realm, Otto contends that citizens must be better informed; that the media must work to connect the public, scientists, and policymakers in an objective, nonpartisan manner.

Now their ridiculously manipulated science has been accepted as fact and become a cornerstone issue for CNN, CBS, NBC, the Democratic Political Party, the Governor of California, schoolteachers and, in many cases, well informed but very gullible environmental conscientious citizens.

Public mtg on climate action in SE FlaThe Compact effectively informed its citizens of the appropriateness of using the best available science for these ends but not through a «messaging» campaign focused on «scientific consensus» or anything else.

Imagine that these various federal enforcement and administrative organs in their diligence had also launched an intertwined network of websites, microsites and social media resources, as well as a reporting centre — a sort of hotline — where concerned citizens could inform the government about violators of this critical national law — a law with corporate penalties up to $ 10 million and civil damages up to $ 1 million per day.

In this session, practitioners from the Sheriff's Office and the Municipal Court will share how technology is helping to better - inform citizens of their decisions and be more responsive to citizen's needs.