Sentences with phrase «civic participation among»

Monday's discussion at the University Club ranged from their views on marijuana (Miner supports legalization; DeFrancisco does not) to economic development (both criticized the state's Regional Economic Development Council process) to a decline in civic participation among the electorate.

She is hoping to encourage civic participation among the district's youth and said, if elected, she wants to create a «junior corps.»

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The Council's public tech division was a unit first created under Mark - Viverito as part of an effort to modernize the Council, increase outreach to communities of color and increase participation among communities typically less involved in civic activity.

As we considered this principle anew, we recognized that the relationship among the ways we conceived of civic education — as skills, knowledge, dispositions, and participation — was unclear.

Jafet is an active member of her community and has led several grassroots efforts focused on increasing civic and political participation among the Latino community in Whittier.

Pedro Noguera was a presenter on LPI's inaugural webinar in the series Achieving Equity Through Deeper Learning, which addressed ways schools and school districts can improve academic achievement, particularly among students who are farthest from opportunity, through engaging students in learning that focuses on meaningful mastery of subjects, critical thinking, problem - solving, collaboration and other skills necessary for college, career, and civic participation in the 21st Century.

Even if recent events like the earthquake in Sichuan and the Beijing Olympic Games raised a sense of civic awareness and public participation among China's youth, NGOs do not hold nearly the same appeal to many of China's brightest that they do in the West.

Those studies show, among other things, a positive correlation with self - esteem, educational achievement, civic participation, and crime prevention.