Our program encourages a team approach that supports college, career, and
civic life by pairing middle school students with career mentors.
The research university would contribute to
civic life by unleashing scholarly creativity in a way that drove scientific and technological advancement.
Big Idea: How technology can improve
civic life by simplifying and streamlining the delivery of municipal and state government services through open data, better procurement procedures and open - source apps.
Not exact matches
In the thinking of Parker and CEO Matt Mahan, people's personal
lives are covered
by Facebook and their professional
lives by LinkedIn, but that still leaves their
civic lives.
Let's force all women to wear burquas on Mohammed's birthday.Doesn't work that way in this country and I am stunned
by these comments.We
live in a FREE country - got it?If you don't - sign up for remedial
civics please.
By focusing on the well - being of students after graduation in relation to their undergraduate program, the report returned to a basic premise of a liberal - arts education: moral formation for
civic life.
Intensely aware of, but disturbed
by, the pattern of self - segregation among young Korean American evangelicals, Ecklund is less interested in understanding the roots of their religious behavior than in analyzing its consequences for American
civic life.
I believe that its presence as a presupposition of efforts to generate a new
civic culture can be signified and
lived sacramentally in a variety of ways
by religious groups involved in the dialogue.
The situation in Europe, including Britain, is more nuanced than that in North America, largely because Europe's Muslim populations have a longer and more established social and political history in nations where Muslims (of the theological left, right and center) are represented
by sophisticated networks of» mosques and political NGOs that defend the rights of Muslims and shape their participation in
civic life, including the introduction of Islamic law for civil cases.
If it is ever to be brought into being in the real world, my basic democracy would, of course, require a fleshed - out superstructure in which real humans could
live together — arguing as well as deliberating, competing as well as deciding, united and distinguished
by something beyond their shared conviction that equality, freedom, and
civic dignity are essential to collective self - government
by citizens.
by saying: In three ways --(1) its members must fulfil their moral responsibilities and functions in a Christian spirit; (2) its members must exercise their purely
civic rights in a Christian spirit; (3) it must itself supply them with a systematic statement of principles to aid them in doing these two things, and this will carry with it a denunciation of customs or institutions in contemporary
life and practice which offend against those principles...
It serves as our most intimate and reliable experience of «home,» and thus provides us with the metaphysical ballast needed to endure the greater fluidity, heterogeneity, and change in modern
civic life governed
by the social norms we rightly seek to protect and preserve.
Lasch supports his periodization
by reminding us that the period from 1890 to 1920 was a time of intense participation
by middle - class women in
civic life.
In his reading of Weber, Lawrence locates the cause of a confusion that plagues both university and
civic life: «The realm of nature investigated
by science and exploited
by technology becomes the value - free domain of fact.»
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By virtually every measure, today's Americans are more disconnected from one another and from the institutions of
civic life than at any time since statistics have been kept.
«Borough presidents play an extremely important role in the
civic life of each of our boroughs
by providing an invaluable human interface between our constituents and our behemoth city service agencies,» Mr. Díaz said.
Republican political economy deepens this appeal
by focusing attention on that fact that tax justice is integral to blocking sources of political and economic domination that disfigure and distort the conditions of
civic life.
BY COLIN MIXSON Locals living in and around the Financial District are cordially invited to attend the Apr. 11 inaugural meeting of the New Downtown Democrats, a political club formed by area civic mavens to harness the relatively newfound voting power of New York's fastest - growing residential community, according to one founding membe
BY COLIN MIXSON Locals
living in and around the Financial District are cordially invited to attend the Apr. 11 inaugural meeting of the New Downtown Democrats, a political club formed
by area civic mavens to harness the relatively newfound voting power of New York's fastest - growing residential community, according to one founding membe
by area
civic mavens to harness the relatively newfound voting power of New York's fastest - growing residential community, according to one founding member.
The vibrancy of businesses or economic and
civic life in the region is on its historic lull, as evident in the frequent sit - at - home orders issued
by IPOB leader, which compliance is enforced
by members of BSS through intimidation, coercion and brute force.
«The Jamaica Now Action Plan reflects an exemplary collaboration
by the Mayor, the Borough President,
civic groups and the community that can restore Jamaica as one of the region's most affordable and attractive destinations for
living, shopping and working,» said Regional Plan Association Chair Elliot Sander.
This feeling can only be addressed
by a comprehensive and fundamental debate about the way we run organise our national
civic and political
life and a constitutional convention is the way to start it.
Many of the city's largest
civic groups, many economists and West Side neighborhood groups agreed with Mr. Silver's opposition, though sometimes for different reasons, saying the stadium would hurt development
by discouraging office tenants and residents who would not want to work and
live next to it.
«These programs help kids stay on the right path in
life by promoting
civic engagement and learning about economic security.
Conservatives have always resisted such gross rationalization of society, however, and insisted that local knowledge channeled
by evolved social institutions — from families and
civic and fraternal groups to traditional religious establishments, charitable enterprises, private companies, and complex markets — will make for better material outcomes and a better common
life.
The report is
by the Bradley Project on America's National Identity, a group of scholars, educators, and others that has studied key areas of the nation's
civic life over the last two years.
The culminating project proposal fit nicely with four educational goals outlined
by the Washington Legislature in the 1990s: mastery of reading, writing, and communication; knowing and applying the core concepts of math, the social, physical, and
life sciences,
civics and history, geography, the arts, and health and fitness; thinking analytically and creatively and integrating experience and knowledge to form reasoned judgments and to solve problems; and understanding the importance of work.
I begin
by testing whether the strength of a school's
civic climate affected its students» anticipation of being engaged in politics later in
life.
The common core of knowledge, so essential to
life - long learning and
civic engagement, would seem to be threatened rather than enhanced
by this degree of specialization so early in a student's intellectual and social development.
Teacher educators must explore with preservice teachers how digital technologies shape and are shaped
by education and examine the deeper theoretical and pragmatic understanding of the core purpose of social studies to prepare
civic life.
By Jan Brennan Can one semester of
civics prepare metro Denver youth for an active and informed role in democracy and community
life?
Schools are critical public sites for nurturing the hope of democracy
by preparing students to participate fully in
civic life and in the building of a better society.
CES worked with school districts and other entities to shape the policy conditions that support and promote schools characterized
by personalization, democracy and equity, intellectual vitality and excellence, and graduates who experience success in all aspects of their
lives: educational, professional,
civic, and personal.
In this week's edition of the Rumors Video Roundup, we've got the Focus ST's little brother, the Ford Fiesta ST, getting put through its paces in Belgium, a factory - fresh Tesla Model S getting chomped to pieces
by the Jaws of
Life in the interest of safety, and the owner of a Koenigsegg CCR get his keys out the same way us workin» stiffs with
Civics and F - 150s do.
With more than 54 percent of the world's population now
living in urban centers, the goal of Soofa and Visionect is to improve the quality of
life for people
by providing easily accessible
civic information at the right time and in the right place.
Informally, OBOL advocates on behalf of animal welfare every day,
by mobilizing the compassion and creativity of a growing army of volunteers that includes hundreds of school children and parents,
civic clubs, faith - based groups, senior
living facilities, and businesses.
Working with visual emblems of
civic engagement, Hank Willis Thomas will present 13,471 (2016) and 15,589 (2018), embroidered fabric works each recalling the American flag but with stars that number
lives lost
by gun violence in recent years.
Working with visual emblems of
civic engagement, Hank Willis Thomas presents 15,093 and 15,580 (both 2018), embroidered fabric works each recalling the American flag but with stars that number
lives lost
by gun violence in recent years.
The Stockyard Institute was influenced
by an awareness of neighborhood histories and an under recognized group of community artists, architects, radical teachers, and local activists where a deep consideration of the social and
civic forms of engagement were as critical to their practice as to their
lives.
Jackson states that his exhibition, The Missing, «is inspired
by a 2015 New York Times article that detailed the 1.5 million Black men who are literally missing from
civic life due to early death or incarceration.»
Recent curatorial highlights include En Mas»: Carnival and Performance Art of the Caribbean, an Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award - winning traveling curatorial project (2014 - present); Up Hill Down Hall, a BMW Tate
Live commission for Tate Modern's Turbine Hall (2014); Tide
by Side, the opening ceremony of Faena Art's Miami Beach district (2016) and etcetera: a
civic ritual for Printemps de Septembre in Toulouse (2017).
In his sculptural installations, Handforth often transplants familiar objects found in
civic infrastructure — such as municipal signs, motor scooters, hydrants, street lamps, wheels, and traffic cones — into unfamiliar surroundings and transforms them,
by reworking or deforming their structures and configurations, in order to reveal something new about the ways in which these objects function in our everyday
lives.
before that he mentions how people have become disconnected from
civic life, from the places where the elite act in transparency
by mingling with the lower classes, from access to responsible financial institutions.
The agreement, a copy of which was obtained
by the newspaper El Universal, includes the use of Facebook's tools to measure
civic participation, access to real - time data of voting results granted
by INE, and the provision of a physical space in the Institute's office where, on election day, the company is expected to perform activities such as posting
live videos.
Ms. Senft also has served non-profit organizations whose mission she champions including acting in the role of Treasurer and on the executive board of Network 2000 whose mission is to place women on corporate boards and to mentor rising female executives; serving as elected board member for the Coalition of Geriatric Services in Maryland, whose mission is to expand compassionate alternative services to seniors at home and in residential
living; and as Vice President of the Roland Park
Civic League for six years, whose focus is on
civic engagement and the preservation of historic green space in Baltimore City, the monitoring of other land developments and the creation of a 100 year Master Plan for the preservation and modernization of the historic garden community designed
by the Olmsted Brothers.
Information Technology Making a Difference in Children's
Lives: An Issue Brief for Leaders for Children KirkHart, Rothschuh, & Kattlove (2008) Encourages the incorporation of information and communications technology into public programs serving children
by highlighting research and case studies showing how digital tools and applications can improve children's education, health, employment, and
civic opportunities.
Pew's work lays the foundation for effective policies and practices
by invigorating
civic life, conducting research, informing and engaging citizens, linking diverse interests to pursue common cause, and insisting on tangible results.
The award honours outstanding
civic participation, charitable work or advocacy
by a member board that falls under at least one of the five Quality of
Life principles as approved
by OREA's Board of Directors.