Sentences with phrase «by education for»

This is governance of education by education for education.

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NEW YORK, 10 March 2015 — Gender - based violence in school settings is having a damaging impact on the education of millions of children across the world according to a new paper released today at the Commission on the Status of Women, by the Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO and United Nations Girls Education Initiative (UNGEI).

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the publication today of a new report by Education For Choice (EFC), examining the quality of education on abortion and contraception in UK schools.

Not exact matches

Only 12 percent of Hispanic men and 21 percent of black men have a college degree by their late 20s, compared to nearly 40 percent of white men, according to the National Center for Education Statistics at the Department of Education.

Closing the education gap faced by working - age men of color, for example, would boost their aggregate annual earnings by $ 170 billion; average weekly earnings among U.S. workers would rise 3.6 percent; and total U.S. GDP would increase by 1.8 percent, according to the Council of Economic Advisers.

It has been on an upward price track for years, in part because the Chinese — compelled by the lack of a social safety net to save rigorously for things like higher education and in case of illness — have few other investing vehicles with which to protect their savings from the ravages of inflation.

The Department of Education has seen the surge in waiver applications because its Office for Civil Rights has «exceeded its legal authority» by taking the position since 2013 that the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination applies to transgender students, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor said.

UNESCO's Incheon Declaration in 2015 makes a down payment on the answer by articulating an aspiration: «Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and... lifelong learning opportunities for all» by 2030.

-- Roman Giverts, CEO of VuMedi, a video medical education network, used by more than 250,000 doctors and hospitals, for learning and evaluating treatment options in one place

Schools desperate to prove the practical applications of their degrees are funnelling unpaid labourers to employers: the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in Vancouver was justifiably ridiculed when it advertised for four unpaid busboy «internships,» but the jobs were defended by Vancouver Community College, who said «even dishwashing» is an education.

According to a recent Google Consumer Survey, conducted for the education company Upromise by its financial services parent, Sallie Mae, the majority of students expect to continue receiving financial support from their parents for up to two years after their college graduation.

The market for education software is crowded today, but D2L has kept ahead of its competition by listening closely to educators, experimenting constantly and having faith that the market will catch up to its ideas.

And it's really bad for the Canadian economy, which needs young women to fill both our population gap (by having babies) and our skills gap (by putting their considerable educations — women now make up nearly 60 % of new university graduates) to work.

The widely enjoyed social benefits residents get in exchange for their taxes, such as universal health care, access to education and subsidized parental leave, could have something to do with the «strong social foundations» touted by Sachs.

«Education Today,» a three - year - old, 19 - employee newsletter for parents, published by Educational Publishing Group in Boston, is distributed nationwide to 60 corporations.

The artist is an anti-violence campaigner in his hometown of Chicago, and he was recently praised by former First Lady Michelle Obama for his million - dollar donation to Chicago's education system.

Companies are placing more value on training and retaining staff by establishing a professional development budget, offering time off for education, or setting up in - house training on new tools and concepts.

Results from the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, a test conducted by Department of Education, also showed average math scores for 4th and 8th graders falling for the first time since 1990.

By taking the time to think about it, you may also realize that you could use help figuring out how to finance your kids» college educations, plan for a comfortable retirement or determine if you have the right types and amounts of insurance coverage.

A society is most productive when all its talent is unleashed by a combination of two factors: equal opportunity (for example through free quality higher education) and social mobility.

His bid for the presidency was marred by a seemingly inadequate knowledge of national affairs, which was most pronounced during a televised debate that showed Perry unable to remember the name of a third federal department he'd said he planned to cut, along with the Departments of Commerce and Education.

Microsoft, which launched the YouthSpark initiative at last year's CGI to create jobs, education and entrepreneurship opportunities for 300 million young people by 2015, returned with a private dinner for young participants and nonprofit partners to discuss the progress so far.

«At a time when young adults and families are struggling more than ever to pay for higher education, they simply can't afford to have more financial support eliminated by this tax plan,» said Reid Setzer, Young Invincibles» director of government affairs.

CrisisGo was started in 2013 by three co-founders — Reynolds, an education software sales rep, Songwei Ma, a software engineer, and Jim Spicuzza, who had launched and sold a business that made content - management systems for school websites.

That a 15 - year - old girl would be targeted and shot by the Taliban, live to tell the tale and then continue to fight for the education of women in Pakistan is the kind of story that cuts through cultural and geographic boundaries.

One of Shahid's first tasks was getting Malala's story told in a book, called I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (Little, Brown and Company, 2013).

Navitas chief executive Rod Jones says he has been impressed by the company's ability to retain earnings despite the closure of two university joint ventures in Australia, with the education provider growing net profit and maintaining guidance for the 2017 financial year.

Education provider Navitas has increased its debt facilities by $ 125 million to pave the way for future investments and initiatives.

«The first point of interaction is shaped by the color, and color is the most memorable sense,» says Leslie Harrington, a color consultant and the executive director of The Color Association, which does color forecasting, education, and advising for brands.

The Internet, by his estimation, «is the best tool we've ever developed as humans,» and while most for - profit startups realize this, «the nonprofits that are solving some of the most important problems in the world — that are trying to save lives and provide education — are not adopting it fast enough.

While Bloomberg rates the schools by their ability to prepare undergrads for jobs, that is, of course, not the only reason an undergrad might seek a b - school education.

It's no secret that higher education is commonplace for young entrepreneurs, but in an era where the approximate balance of the nation's student loans is growing by $ 2,762.27 a second, potential entrepreneurs could be holding back from pursuing their business ideas.

The percentage of women coached by women has declined to an all - time low, even while Title IX, which prohibits sex - based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal dollars, has dramatically increased participation numbers for female athletes.

Terry: The Western Australian education system is very good, evidenced by the mere fact that when you get to university level, there is strong demand for private clients to access our education and as we all know, the education sector is Australia's third largest export.

Giving these children a home and education and has been supported by Semester at Sea (Unreasonable at Sea's partner and host) for the last three years.

That's according to the Women in the Workplace 2016 survey of 132 companies, with more than 4.6 million employees, by Lean In, an organization founded by Sandberg to serve as a community and education platform for professional women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

Founded in 2009 by online education entrepreneur Shai Reshef, the goal of the university is to provide a free online education in computer science and business administration for students in developing countries who can't afford to go to college.

Well, research by the National Endowment for Financial Education estimates that 70 percent of those who come into large sums of money go broke within seven years.

(While not required to pay anything, most students contribute up to $ 4,000 for their education by the time they receive their degrees.

She may also try to address the skills gap of U.S. workers by pushing for educational incentives, such as free tuition for some kinds of college education, as President Obama has proposed.

But none of the broken things would be fixed by Donald Trump's proposed budget, which does away with federal subsidization of interest on student loans and eliminates the program that forgives loans for people who enter public service (including teachers)-- among other education - related cuts.

Borrowing by students and their families has picked up steam over the years as social and economic pressure grows to obtain a college education to get ahead, even as states reduce their financial support for colleges and colleges raise their tuition.

Surf Life Saving WA general manager David Armstrong said besides its education programs and surf lifesaving carnivals, the organisation also provided safety for around 16 events run by other sporting groups.

By analyzing what skills users are having the most trouble with, for example, the company's education team can refine certain parts of the games to help students succeed.

Through education, art, sports, music, vocational - skills training, medical treatment, and nutritional services, Falling Whistles is giving those affected by the war in Congo the tools and skills they need to stand for peace for years to come.

The teaching tools are being sold by TenMarks, an online education company that Amazon bought in 2013 for an undisclosed amount.

As the size and breadth of the company has expanded, G Adventures has slowly evolved into a multinational with 36 socially responsible programs in various communities that aim to provide education and business opportunities to locals by creating tourism jobs for them.

Here's another one: «by 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university.»

«We felt like the funding from this pack could have the greatest impact by making it possible for more women to get an education in those fields, and by giving them a platform to share their work and their passion for science.»