Sentences with phrase «by educational concerns»

The same applies for the well educated, both because education is highly correlated with income and because better educated parents tend to be more motivated by educational concerns.

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the purpose why God allowed multiple religions to evolve and exist in the distant and even today is because our minds intellectual capacity has increased tremendously after we became civilized about 10,000 years go.Earlier when we were hunter gatherers our priorities was just to find food to survive, Then we became more knowlegible and our concern includes the intelle tual need to understand the meaning and purpose of our existence, so God allowed the founding and establishment of many religions by humans to conform with their intellectual, social and educational development, Since this is not static, it contiually diversify and change to conform with their times of existince, History showed that this is continuesly improving, so the future expects changes towards Panthrotheism in accordance to His will.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

On the one side, it is possible for the church to let the rest of the world go by — and for the minister to concern himself mainly with his pulpit robe equipment, the shape of the baptistry, the architecture of the sanctuary, and perhaps the related facilities such as the educational rooms and the kitchens.

The Chronicle of Higher Education and Change have been much concerned about values recently, as have the American Association of Higher Education and the other Washington - based educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values in liberal arts education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at several universities.

Discuss the concerns shared with you by the teacher and say that you want to get help for your child but before you go to your child's physician, you would like the school to do a full psycho - educational assessment of your child so that you will have all of the information that your child's doctor will need to make a thorough assessment.

Send a letter to the North York General Hospital to share with them your deep concerns regarding the sponsorship of their upcoming Paediatric Update, an educational events dealing with infant and young child nutrition and health, by manufacturers of infant formula products.

Much of contemporary social science and policy research is concerned with fathers» impacts on children's socioemotional development.1, 2 Yet material contributions made by fathers («breadwinning») remain central to an array of impacts on children, 3 including with respect to children's educational attainment and prospects for social success.

«Parents» concerns about the rising cost of education vindicate the warnings given by the NASUWT to Coalition Ministers that on their watch access to educational provision is increasingly now on the basis of parents» ability to pay.

«Indeed, for as much promise as the Internet offers young people in the form of educational resources and social connections, there is great concern about the dangers and unknowns associated with a medium that is growing by several billion web pages per day.»

ERIE COUNTY, NY — October is Lead Poisoning Prevention Month, and today Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by Congressman Brian Higgins (NY - 26), Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein, community lead - abatement partners, and concerned citizens to call attention both to a $ 3 million federal grant awarded to Erie County to identify & eliminate lead hazards in 180 local homes and to the «Wipe Out Lead» educational billboard campaign, which is now underway and features a number that concerned citizens can text to access lead resources.

Other concerns include what will happen to the community role that used to be performed by local education authorities in relation to badly - behaved pupils or pupils with special educational needs.

In 1996, in response to these concerns, Varmus, then director of NIH, impaneled a group of experienced clinical investigators and academic health center administrators to make recommendations that might guide the NIH toward policy changes to alleviate the concerns in the clinical research community.14 Several of the panel's recommendations have been implemented, including increased support of the General Clinical Research Center budget, expanded support of training in clinical research, and the establishment of NIH - sponsored educational debt relief programs for clinical investigators.15 - 18 The panel also recommended restructuring of NIH peer review groups so that patient - oriented grant applications would be evaluated by study sections in which at least half the grant applications involve patient - oriented research.

28 - July 1 — Dropout prevention: Summer Leadership institute, sponsored by the National Dropout Prevention Center / Network, and the College of Health, Education, and Human Development at Clemson University, for teachers, administrators, counselors, educational policymakers, researchers, and business leaders concerned about at - risk youth, at the Madren Conference Center at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C. Contact: John Peters, NDPC / N, 205 Martin St., Clemson, SC 29634; [phone]; fax: [phone]; e-mail: [email protected].

Nicky Morgan has already confirmed that all pupils will be expected to take compulsory EBacc subjects by 2020, which has led some educational professionals to voice concerns, saying that focus on academic subjects could restrict the time available for creative and technical subjects.

Risk Management By making it easy for teachers to seek out good quality school trip companies, the red tape and health and safety concerns cited by many teachers and governors as reasons why they decide not to arrange school educational visits, become less of an issuBy making it easy for teachers to seek out good quality school trip companies, the red tape and health and safety concerns cited by many teachers and governors as reasons why they decide not to arrange school educational visits, become less of an issuby many teachers and governors as reasons why they decide not to arrange school educational visits, become less of an issue.

In recent years, that goal has been largely crowded out by an almost exclusive concern with access to school and educational attainment, with less regard for the quality and purpose of education.

The financial and educational costs were difficult to gauge, but stories bubbled up about teachers who were afraid to use Title I staplers on essays by non — Title I students and Title I staff who wouldn't break up playground fights between Title I and non — Title I students due to liability concerns.

«High school students are willing to forgo educational investment opportunities due to concerns about how they will be perceived by their classmates,» the study concludes.

Significant changes concerning the provision of special educational needs were implemented by the government last September.

Watch as BYOD programmes will steeply decline, governments and educational institutions will work harder than ever to collaboratively bridge the digital divide, schools will continue to develop their coding programmes and educational institutions will combat e-safety concerns head on by balancing learners» privilege and protection.

University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax has a provocative lead essay in the latest issue of National Affairs that warrants thoughtful attention by all concerned with boosting the educational opportunities of poor and minority youngsters.

Concerns over our educational system, fueled by our students» poor performance in international comparisons of achievement, have reinvigorated the call for early academic instruction as a remedy for inadequate teaching later on.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is also expected to announce four other measures concerning educational policy, including the protection of spending per - pupil, a guarantee ensuring all teachers in state - funded schools will be qualified by September 2016, the establishing of a Royal College of Teachers and a National Leadership Institute to promote high quality leadership in schools in deprived areas.

Important opportunities This concern, however, was after an interval followed by another concern — that children and young people were being deprived of two things: important educational opportunities and the opportunity to experience life and hence to learn how to manage risk at a personal level.

Reformers are school district leaders who aim to make centralized, government - run educational systems work more effectively by imposing new rules and regulations concerning what school administrators and teachers can and can not do.

Clearly, the editors are impelled to undertake this project by the steady and depressing reality of the great gaps in educational achievement between the poor and the well - to - do, the black and the white, and similar issues, and the contributors are motivated by the same concerns.

(a) In grades kindergarten through five, the program shall be designed by a certified school counselor in coordination with the teaching staff, and any appropriate pupil personnel service providers, for the purpose of preparing students to participate effectively in their current and future educational programs, to provide information related to college and careers, and to assist students who may exhibit challenges to academic success, including but not limited to attendance or behavioral concerns, and where appropriate make a referral to a properly licensed professional and / or certified pupil personnel service provider, as appropriate, for more targeted supports.

There continues to be a wide margin between financial concerns and other issues, with all other answers in the single digits, led by items such as educational quality and standards, teacher quality, school violence, and drug use.

What has become clear is that explicitly focusing on the educational concerns of poor and minority children regardless of where they live, and expanding that to the criminal justice reform and other the social issues that end up touching (and are touched by) American public education, is critical, both in helping all children succeed as well as rallying long - terms support for the movement from the parents and communities that care for them.

«At a time when there is increasing concern in many sectors of the educational system about the amount and utility of educational testing, Rick Stiggins poses a critical question: «If we were unconstrained by our historic testing legacy, what kind of system might we create?»

In response to these concerns, David Harris responded that, while he is open to different ideas about governance, that evidence suggests that districts under mayoral control perform better and are more accountable to voters by giving them a single line at the voting booth by which to express displeasure over educational issues.

This is also regardless of the fact that the federal government's «What Works Clearinghouse» - also positioned in this NPR interview by Kane as the closest entity we have so far to an educational FDA — noted grave concerns about this study at the same time (as have others since; see, for example, here, here, here, and here).

Section 402 of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 is short, just a paragraph long, but it demanded something huge: The federal government had to conduct a nationwide survey «concerning the lack of availability of equal educational opportunities for individuals by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin.»

American Educational Research Association: AERA is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results on an ongoing basis.

Laura Preston with the Assn. of California School Administrators said concerns had grown in the Capitol over the noisy divide between teachers unions and other educational organizations that could impede efforts to pass Proposition 30, the November ballot initiative backed by Gov. Jerry Brown.

Inspectors found that Year 11 pupils had not been entered for external exams, a decision it says «seems to have been driven at least as much by organisational concerns as by a consideration of individuals pupils» educational needs».

They are called on to promote equal educational opportunities for children in identified racial and ethnic groups, to monitor their development and academic achievement, and to address the unique challenges and opportunities faced by school board members working with issues concerning these students and their families.

Given that government ministers pray PISA in aid of even their most contentious education reforms, the evidence presented by Schliecher should give them cause for concern about the current direction of educational travel in England.

Somewhat overshadowed by the growing controversy over Mayor - elect Rahm's schools pick, this Tribune story shows the intention of the privatizers not to listen to the research about charters or to the reasonable concerns of interim CPS CEO Terry Mazany, who said about his decision to postpone consideration of new charter contracts at his first board meeting last January: «We simply do not have any budget flexibility to allocate dollars that will not lead directly to improved educational outcomes for all of our students.»

Dear Members of the Commission: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) is concerned about the damage done to educational equity and excellence by the use of high - stakes testing.

The Common Core was originally promoted in 2010 by a centrist bi-partisan coalition that included Democrats interested in leveraging more rigorous academic standards to improve educational opportunity and moderate pro-business Republicans concerned about workforce development.

Virginia, which gained a waiver last month despite its lack of aggressiveness on the reform front, reaffirmed its reputation for being more - concerned with not disrupting the state's educational ancien regime by approving AMO targets that only require districts to ensure that 57 percent of black students (and 65 percent of Latino peers) are proficient in math by 2016 - 2017.

AERA, the world's leading educational research organization, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.

Another concern: students with special needs who leave public schools also leave behind critical federal protections provided by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which work to guarantee that disabled students receive the educational services to which they are entitled under federal law.

(a) Promote and advance equal educational opportunities for Hispanic children by Council members becoming actively engaged in national dialogue on educational problems, issues and concerns in conjunction with the National School Boards Association and other national organizations committed to the continued growth and development of minority children.

OECD analysis finds that about 15 percent of variability in the performance of American students is explained by socio - economic factors; the OECD average is 10 percent.13 Research suggests that if the PISA results of U.S. students are adjusted such that the distribution of low - income students is more similar to other countries with comparable post-industrial economies, both math and reading results would look significantly higher.14 This does not mean the United States should not be concerned about international comparisons of educational achievement, but it suggests that the conclusions drawn from rankings based on national averages are limited and that reality is more nuanced.

Tapping into concerns about privacy, some opponents of Common Core have portrayed the new educational standards as a tool by the government to spy on children and store data on them.

However, because standardized testing is a matter of public concern, a local speaking as a union, or an individual member speaking as a parent or citizen, about educational concerns over standardized testing, for instance, in a letter to the editor or in a statement to the Board of Education, is protected by the U.S. Constitution at least so long as they are not encouraging other parents or students to opt out from a test.»