Sentences with phrase «citizen education tools»

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As the technological era permeates cultures worldwide, the mass media are increasingly employed as a tool of the production - consumption cycle rather than as a resource for the education, information, and entertainment required for the well - being of all people, an element essential to the development of citizens in any democracy.

Because education doesn't just give people the tools to make a good living — it gives them the character to live a good life, to be good citizens.

The African Heights Foundation is a not - for - profit organization, based in Accra, Ghana, dedicated to using the tools of education, advocacy and civic participation to raise leaders and active citizens excelling in various sectors of society in Ghana and Africa.

He set about some polar exploring of his own, looking at the idea of citizen journalism as an education tool and the extent to which scientists achieve an unmediated form of communication through their blogging.

In CFE v. New York, Judge Leland DeGrasse ruled that an adequate education included the «foundational skills that students need to become productive citizens capable of civic engagement and sustaining competitive employment,» the «intellectual tools to evaluate complex issues, such as campaign finance reform, tax policy, and global warming,» the ability to «determine questions of fact concerning DNA evidence, statistical analyses, and convoluted financial fraud.»

The compulsory level has been designed to equip an individual with the basic tools they need to survive in America as regular citizens whereas the higher education level is meant to equip individuals with the necessary tools they need to survive as professionals in America and also capable of working in any part of the world.

When we released our education choice scorecard in October our goal was to provide a tool for citizens to evaluate their legislators» voting record on these critical reforms.

As schools and their partners now begin to shape their response to the revised citizenship education curriculum, it is important to balance the opportunities it offers young people to understand their voting rights and develop the tools they need to manage their future finances with a corresponding need to encourage their growth as citizens of a globalised society.

The new State of Our Cities report, released today at a mayors» roundtable at the Bush Center, is an explanatory and comparative tool prepared by the George W. Bush Institute to help leaders (and average citizens, for that matter) make sense of city level education data.

While Cowart went on to explain that a project like this is not a catch - all solution for encouraging reading and library participation, it is a valuable tool for reaching patrons where they are and for making the library an important part of the community for all citizens, not just the few who come to the physical location for content, education, and technology needs.

The only robust defense against fake news is education — so citizens as a whole have the inclination and tools to check their sources of information.

We need to ensure states have the necessary tools to effectively implement early education so the next generation is citizen ready.