Sentences with phrase «better opportunities for young people»

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«The U.S. is good at creating job opportunities for young people, but in other countries, there just are not as many job opportunities for people between the ages of 16 and 25,» he says.

According to executives polled by EY, the top three drivers for young people would be salary (72 percent), opportunity to use the latest technology (43 percent), and a good work - life balance (38 percent).

- The company has already reached 70 % (7,000 employees) of its 10,000 - employee commitment for hiring «opportunity youth» (unemployed young people who are not in school) as well as being 25 % of the way toward its even more ambitious 100,000 opportunity youth hiring goal, the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, that Starbucks successfully goaded other corporate giants (Target, Walmart, etc.) to join in.

Education for marriage and pre-marriage counseling provides an opportunity for young people not yet ready for commitment — as well as for those thinking about or planning marriage — to study possible options and to identify and articulate their own hopes and expectations for marriage as well as what they expect and want from the person they marry.

The tournament was organised to promote the sport in China and inspire young people to take up the sport but also served well as a great social opportunity for alumni from all four universities.

Support for the individual: has opportunity to remain in touch with services; has access to support as a young person as well as a parent; has vision of future as an individual as well as a mother.

By studying campers» experiences and camp's impact on the lives of young people, ACA provides parents with the knowledge to make good decisions, to thoughtfully guide their children, and to offer opportunities for powerful lessons in community, character building, skill development, and healthy living.

But balancing the books is something we have to do today, so we can go on to do the things we want tomorrow: create a sustainable, balanced economy; provide the best life chances for all our children and young people; and build a society of growing opportunities and social mobility.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «Our public education system is a promise we make to the nation's children and young people that they will have opportunity, high quality, good outcomes and an expectation of success for all.

«We have been working for the past few weeks with our local employers, training providers and community partners to identify opportunities that will help us to provide training that helps young people get the skills they need to find good jobs.

Let us go to every part of the country and spread the story of our good news; tell the young people and the students about the skills training programmes, tell them there will be opportunities for all.

«We know young people have been leaving our region at record rates for more than 20 years in search of better opportunities,» Bellone said.

The Welsh Labour Government should be making sure that these opportunities are suitable for young people before they apply, to give them the best chance of getting on in life.

Our vision is for schools that give every child the best possible start in life, and high - quality universities that every young person has the opportunity to access.

Much like his universal pre-kindergarten program, de Blasio's vast expansion of middle school after - school offerings allows more structured opportunity for young people as well as more assurance and opportunity for parents.

We should do everything we can to protect Erasmus, as well as other EU funded schemes increasing opportunities for young people.

Facebook and Instagram provide opportunities for young people to connect and communicate with friends as well as people they know in person but aren't necessarily close to, such as classmates.

They conclude: «Schools should acknowledge that sex is a special subject with unique challenges, as well as the fact and range of young people's sexual activity, otherwise [they] will continue to disengage from SRE, and opportunities for safeguarding and improving their sexual health will be reduced.»

Such concerns have led the European Commission (EC) to develop an ambitious strategy for human resources and mobility, based on four priorities: making science more attractive for young people; improving training and mobility opportunities to facilitate the access of researchers to new knowledge and skills, and to attract researchers to Europe; developing better job opportunities for researchers by closing the gap between academia and industry; and improving public recognition of the researcher's status and profession.

The massive projects needed now — such as devising a model of climate change detailed enough to be truly predictive or batteries efficient enough to compete with gasoline — can not wait or depend on chancy funding, he believes.He added that a strong national commitment to goal - centered basic science could help solve other important problems by drawing America's talented young people into scientific work and providing them with better opportunities for aspiring researchers to build careers with a realistic chance of making both a significant scientific contribution and a decent living.

The results have been all too visible: a «brain drain» to the United States, difficulties in recruiting the best and brightest from Asia, few opportunities for young people interested in careers in industry, and obstacles to mobility between countries and between academia and industry.

But when you are willing to acknowledge that that's a fool's errand, you start to see such mandates as barriers to opportunity — the opportunity to pursue career and technical programs that are likely to produce better long - term outcomes for young people.

Key Measures Special educational needs key measures include a single assessment process (0 - 25) which is more streamlined, better involves children, young people and families and is completed quickly; An Education Health and Care Plan (replacing the statement) which brings services together and is focused on improving outcomes; An offer of a personal budget for families with an Education, Health and Care Plan; A requirement for local authorities and health services to jointly plan and commission services that children, young people and their families need; A requirement on local authorities to publish a local offer indicating the support available to those with special educational needs and disabilities and their families, and; The introduction of mediation opportunities for disputes and a trial giving children the right to appeal if they are unhappy with their support.

On opportunities for young people, Neil said: «This is an exciting and, often, daunting moment for young people and there is a fantastic array of options available that act as a springboard to a good career, from technical and vocational qualifications to academic routes.

Matthew Reed, chief executive of The Children's Society, said: «Internet access opens up a whole new world of opportunities for children and young people's education and development, but it has many risks as well as benefits.

This provides at least the opportunity for the awarding organisations to develop more up to date specifications that better reflect the needs of young people and the country.

Guided by the new IQ tests (which did as much as any single thing to convince American educators that tracking was not only possible but preferable) and the rise of guidance and counseling programs (which could match young people with the curriculum track best suited to their «scientifically» determined individual profiles), America entered an era of democratic dumbing down: the equal opportunity to choose (or be chosen for) failing programs.

These competitions play a vital role in raising skills standards among young people and provide an opportunity for competitors to challenge themselves against the best in the country.

The announcement last week included support for underperforming schools alongside a package of measures to offer young people more opportunities to make the best of their lives in social mobility «cold spots».

The plan's five main objectives, to be delivered by 2021, are: to develop a new Welsh language; to increase opportunities for children and young people to use their Welsh in various contexts and embed their language use patterns from an early age; to support leaders and practitioners in Wales to continue to develop their Welsh language skills and have the knowledge and expertise to deliver the curriculum through the medium of Welsh and Welsh as a subject; to increase the number of learners in Welsh - medium settings; and to ensure that all learners can have equal access to Welsh - medium education and experience the best opportunities to develop their language skills.

A range of measures outlined by education secretary Justine Greening are set to improve education and opportunities for all children and young people, as well as encourage more teachers into schools.

A safer and better internet for children and young people can only be achieved collaboratively, and as technology use continues to shift and new risks emerge, schools will continue to play a crucial role in empowering young people to make the most of opportunities offered by technology and to protect them from harm.

Continuous improvement of educational opportunities for young people is one of the best means of human capital investment, and it carries an enormous potential for payback.

Organizations such as 4 - H Clubs, Scouts, the Junior Grange, Rainbow Girls, and church youth fellowships offer some surprisingly sophisticated educational and travel opportunities for young people, and are well - accepted within rural communities.

This represents a rare opportunity for organisations, funders and schools to gain a better understanding of the effectiveness of an intervention for vulnerable young people through a large - scale outcome evaluation.

In our efforts to better prepare young people for success in postsecondary education, careers, and civic life, we must create a range of learning opportunities both inside and outside the classroom.

For example, South Brooklyn Community High School moved from hosting one career day to three in which they provide opportunities for mock interviews with professionals from different industries as well as seminars from Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, a nonprofit that helps prepare young people for professional and personal responsibiliFor example, South Brooklyn Community High School moved from hosting one career day to three in which they provide opportunities for mock interviews with professionals from different industries as well as seminars from Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, a nonprofit that helps prepare young people for professional and personal responsibilifor mock interviews with professionals from different industries as well as seminars from Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow, a nonprofit that helps prepare young people for professional and personal responsibilifor a Better Tomorrow, a nonprofit that helps prepare young people for professional and personal responsibilifor professional and personal responsibility.

Why couldn't young people have the opportunities for professional learning as well?

As San Bernardino City moves to take Linked Learning «wall - to - wall» throughout all nine of its high schools by 2017, it is also beginning to build a strong foundation in K - 8 to better prepare young people for these emerging new high school opportunities.

Schools provide one of the first and perhaps the best opportunity to help young people build the sense of community that makes it possible for them to deliberate in civil fashion (Flanagan, 2014).

That's why we, on behalf of staff, students, education leaders and providers, are asking you to pledge additional investment for further education in your Budget on 22 November, to support more and better learning opportunities for young people and adults.

The UK government has recently been consulting on new proposals for ensuring good school places and opportunity for all young people in England, regardless of disadvantage (the consultation closed earlier this week).

I'm lucky there's a lot of good advice and opportunities to be had for young people these days.

Billy Couper, gallery director at Castle Fine Art, said: «This auction is an opportunity to pick up a petite piece of art from some of Scotland's best - loved artists and rising stars, while raising money for an amazing charity that helps so many young people across the city and further afield.»

Kimberly is a Board Member for Steward Speakers, an organization dedicated to enhancing the community by providing opportunities for young people to engage with America's best leaders and brightest luminaries.

«Good GCSE grades certainly open up many opportunities for young people.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced the opening on Feb. 10 of a number of Air Traffic Controller Specialist trainee positions, creating some of the best federal job opportunities for young people, according to The Resume Place.

For parents Safer Internet Day provides an opportunity to educate young people about how to use the internet safely and positively whilst empowering them to take the lead in creating a better internet.

The outcomes and reforms agreed at COAG have resulted in Australians smoking less and living longer, more young people completing Year 12, a better - skilled workforce, more people with disability getting the help they need, better opportunities for indigenous Australians and billions added to our economy through productivity improvements and business savings.

These reforms have resulted in Australians smoking less and living longer, more young people completing Year 12, a better - skilled workforce, more people with disability getting the help they need, better opportunities for Indigenous Australians and billions added to our economy through regulation reform and productivity improvements.