Sentences with phrase «beyond education advocates»

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«I have always wanted to help brilliant but needy students in less privileged communities by advocating for «education for all», and to also promote the culture and creative arts industry in the Volta Region and beyond.

Those voices include, as this column noted in early July, two recently published reports: Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation's Prosperity and Security, from the U.S. National Academies, which urges universities to «restructure doctoral education..., shorten time - to - degree and strengthen the preparation of graduates for careers both in and beyond the academy,» and the Biomedical Research Workforce Working Group Report, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which advocates «additional training and career development experiences to equip students for various career options, and test ways to shorten the PhD training period.»

Even the teachers unions have been in the grip of neoliberal education policies, although for years I have advocated a social movement unionism — that is dedicated to engage beyond workplace concerns, but also in terms of wider political struggle for social and economic justice, for human rights, and for participatory and direct democracy.

He said: «NAHT have long advocated age - appropriate sex education and PSHE for all pupils in all schools, to help prepare young people for the challenges they will encounter in their adult lives and the current challenges they will face beyond the school gates.

Last weekend, at the Celebration of Teaching and Learning, surrounded by educators, representatives from the nonprofit and business worlds, global education experts, academics, and education advocates of all stripes, I found it inspiring how committed the group as a whole was to not just improving family engagement in schools, but expanding engagement beyond the family, to the community in general.

The NASPE also advocates the merits of recess because it provides youth with additional opportunities for physical activity beyond the physical education class, but when schools rely on several teachers to supervise great numbers of children on a playground during recess, the resulting issues can be blamed on specific physical activities like tag.

When will the advocates of school - based management learn that education bureaucracies will not devolve without a fundamental change in authority that extends beyond creating local school councils or adding a few more prerogatives for principals?

Understanding that the 21st century economy requires Michigan residents to be equipped with education and training beyond a high school diploma, the Alliance advocates for all valuable postsecondary credentials beyond high school, including professional / technical certificates and academic degrees.

Researchers, teachers, education advocates and others agree that eighth grade math is a critical indicator of success in high school and beyond.

Education advocates say that, looking beyond test scores, a more accurate measure of success for Workshop, or any other high school, should involve following kids in the years after graduation.

From the perspective of these folks, most - notably the education historian - turned - sophist Diane Ravitch, the Newtown massacre serves as their chance to mount their usual criticisms of the school reform movement and advocate against public charter schools, as well as go beyond that.

To spread global competence beyond individual teachers and their classrooms, education systems must leverage teachers as advocates and ambassadors, advance whole - school engagement strategies, and support innovative school leaders.

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Instead, the majority of the community school conversations to date, have focused largely on advocating for a whole - child approach to education that defines teaching and learning beyond the narrow constraints of a traditional classroom and school infrastructure and practice.

All in all, and beyond the different possible interpretations of a same set of data (which is always possible in social science), what we have to acknowledge is that the privatization of education is far from being the panacea once sold by the advocates and designers of the Chilean neoliberal educational model.

Our interactive education programs teach children to respect and care for all animals, becoming advocates for animals in our community and beyond!