Sentences with phrase «current public discourse»

MIPFS organizes grassroots lobbying efforts and direct lobbying of state policymakers on education issues; it also works to help parents form local organizations to support their schools and to change the current public discourse about public schools through education efforts.

«Our current public discourse about children and filmed entertainment — the debates about the proper doling out of» screen time» at different ages, etc. — starts from the assumption that they naturally occupy this larval position, and that it's our job as — the adult insects?

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Hunter's book presents a strong case for understanding the current state of public discourse as a «culture war,» shaped by ideological extremes.

Political theorist Kody Cooper and therapist Brandon Wall have teamed up for a Public Discourse essay applying the insights of Internal Family Systems (IFS) psychology to our current political situation.

The proof point is our current debased and divisive national discourse, which is conducted daily with rising intemperance by American adults, nearly all whom attended the traditional public schools that Christakis, in my view, sentimentalizes.

We concluded our conversation, and then, in a private moment, she stated simply and eloquently what seems so difficult to say in the midst of the current politically correct public discourse about school reform: «If we claim our goal is to educated all children, we had better mean all children — not all children except the gifted.»

Using television advertisements, tabloid magazines and current affairs as her sources, Iveković juxtaposed these with images of her own life, addressing the discrepancy between public and private discourses, and pointing to the hypocrisy of the public declarations of gender equality in socialist Yugoslavia.

SexEd is an ongoing quest to expose the current state of sexual education in the US, encourage a public discourse around the topics of sexual health and education, and develop a sex education curriculum that is artist - inspired and community - based — something currently not in existence in the United States.

Every two years, the CURRENT: LA Public Art Biennial will focus on an issue affecting Los Angeles and other global cities to inspire civic discourse and use contemporary art to deepen connections between people.

The artists have an opportunity to actively engage with the migros museum's collection, to address aspects of current discourse and, ultimately, to present works from the collection to the public, as a counterpoint to their own contemporary works.

Are too many of our current leaders hiding the truth of global warming as well as «poisoning the well» of public discourse?