Sentences with phrase «decent education for»

... we are desperate for decent education for our children.

School districts and campuses would be held responsible by policymakers and taxpayers if they did not provide a decent education for every student.

«Parents know what's best for their children and will seek an adequate, decent education for their children,» said Dick Komer, an attorney who works with the Institute for Justice, a pro-school voucher organization based out of Arlington, Virginia.

Their obsession is self - marginalizing, doomed to be met with anger by the already angry and a shrug by the vast majority of noncombatants — parents and taxpayers alike — who simply want a decent education for their kids.

In place of Labour's hopeless acceptance of mediocrity in education, which has seen Britain tumble down the world league tables just when we need our children to be doing better than those in other countries, we will offer the hope of a decent education for every child, with immediate action to raise standards and radical reform to end the state monopoly over new school places.

Not exact matches

The council members, always grateful for receiving campaign donations and other treats from the wealthy developers, will not challenge the inequalities and defend our children's right to an education, decent housing and recreation facilities.

The culture of consumerism and the chase for material symbols of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for power and position; the spirit of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many, by the abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a vast network of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded by a culture of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit of substantive justice.

Her father, Obediah Scott struggled for a decent livelihood and his children demanded education.

The effort that is expended in segregating, isolating, and discriminating large segments of the population would be better spent dealing with things like decent education, housing and medical care for ALL.

Punku feel strongly that everyone has the right to have a decent income, good health, education, care and a positive outlook for the future.

Workers on Rainforest Alliance Certified tea farms benefit from decent wages and housing, as well as access to safe water, health care and education for their children.

Providing a decent, nutritious lunch for children does not preclude providing a decent education as well.

I never said feeding kids precludes a decent education, only that it is not necessary for one, and that it is not part of the mission coolernearlake cited to justify it.

But for the people who are actually living in the camp, the relevant question is whether the resources they need to lead decent lives (including opportunities for education and productive work) will in fact be provided so long as they remain where they are.

We are confident that these priorities will not only deliver jobs, but will improve the security and wellbeing of Ghanaians and communities across the country by increasing agricultural growth and development, providing decent work through skill and entrepreneurship development and industrialization, as well as increasing opportunities for all through the provision of quality education and health delivery.

Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said: «It's about making sure that everyone gets a decent day's pay for a decent day's work.

David Willetts thus made the able and decent John Denham - Secretary of State for Higher Education and Skills - look foolish as Labour whips dragooned their colleagues to vote for a measure few really support.

And it is an act of class war to assault the social architecture — the welfare state, the NHS, the principle of equality on education, accessible justice, decent housing — that our forebears fought for, built and that we, the people of this country, have paid for through our taxes and have kept dear for generations because we know that these are what underpin a fairer, better Britain.

«Scotland's continued success depends on the quality of its education system, which in turn depends upon securing decent pay and conditions of service for all teachers in Scotland.»

«That's more than what some families up here make in a year,» remarked Alcantara, who said she has been a longtime proponent for universal Pre-K from the start, and hopes to continue programs to ease the burdens on finding children a decent education.

«I am calling for a Green New Deal for New York to establish the human right of all New Yorkers to economic security and prosperity, including decent jobs, living wages, publicly - funded health care, good public education from pre-K through college, and affordable housing, mass transit, and clean energy,» said Hawkins, a working Teamster who unloads trucks at night at UPS in Syracuse.

His experiences impelled him to work for decent housing for minority families and better education for minority youth.

Fortunately, between the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, which appoints all Stanford postdocs, and the Office of the Vice-Provost for Graduate Education, there was a decent list of the black postdocs on campus, a valuable resource.

For a decent and humane life we must also provide an opportunity for good education, remunerative employment, comfortable housing, good clothing, and effective and compassionate medical caFor a decent and humane life we must also provide an opportunity for good education, remunerative employment, comfortable housing, good clothing, and effective and compassionate medical cafor good education, remunerative employment, comfortable housing, good clothing, and effective and compassionate medical care.

Sorry, but I'm a sucker for a posh voice and a decent education.

But it means that the economic and financial measures must be to correct the inequalities that create impoverishement which result in lack of education, decent and dignified jobs, food, water, accessible health and housing for all, transportation, recreation, etc..

For years the public has been led to believe — thanks, in large part, to union lobbying — that teachers were the most important part of the education process and the public has rewarded them with decent wages and benefits (wages and benefits which would be even greater if not for the assembly line probleFor years the public has been led to believe — thanks, in large part, to union lobbying — that teachers were the most important part of the education process and the public has rewarded them with decent wages and benefits (wages and benefits which would be even greater if not for the assembly line problefor the assembly line problem).

Urban school districts must focus on how to enable all students to meet graduation requirements and make them ready for postsecondary education, which is essential to qualify for employment with decent wages.

I think it does a decent job of capturing, at least at a very general level, what John will be most known for in the decades ahead as people reflect on the history of the education reform movement and its prime movers.

For the first time, the state will be able to intervene in schools and districts that just can't seem to deliver a decent education.

«I strongly suspect that most Trump voters with kids — to the extent that education is on their minds — are chiefly interested in having their current schools work better, ensure a decent and prosperous future for their students, including readiness for real jobs.»

We need a state education system that caters for all students, not gimmicks where the rich have decent schools and throw a few crumbs to the plebs.

The children in the lowest - achieving schools today are not being adequately educated or prepared for further education after high school — if they make it that far — or for decent jobs.

They give parents an important choice about where their children go to school and, in many cases, are the best bet for a decent education.

Subsidising places for pupils in private schools just reinforces the idea that you can only get a decent education in the UK if you go private.

Concept Schools, for almost ten years, have been serving for the people of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri in providing a decent education to the American kids.

The only reason these parents spend this money and make this effort is because their children will have a chance for a decent education if they are in the «gifted» program instead of the soup where children are placed haphazardly.

Louisiana's voucher program is adjusted for family income and is intended above all to give a shot at a decent education to underprivileged minorities, who are more likely to be relegated to the worst public schools.

«The study reveals that a decent fraction of charter schools, 17 percent, provide superior education opportunities for their students.

«That's what our long - term plan means for you, a decent education system and the chance for your child to get on,» said Mr Cameron.

Roberts concludes by calling for a legislature «that doesn't hate traditional public schools,» by which she means one that is focused on «giving all parents» the «choice of getting a decent education in the public schools — the ones that most Arizona students attend.»

Moreover, as with defending job security as a cheaper way to attract decent teachers, defined - benefit pension plans have big downsides with hidden costs: They make it unappealing for a talented person to work as a teacher for just part of a career, make it hard for teachers to move around, offer huge bonuses to older teachers who don't add any special value, etc. (And this is all viewing education in isolation — committing future taxpayers to pay for pensions teachers are earning now is going to mean spending less on other priorities in the future.

Although decent responses exist for every one of these concerns, as do sundry ways of curbing their excesses, it's probably time for education reformers and policymakers to admit that just pushing harder on test - driven accountability as the primary tool for changing our creaky old public - school system is apt to yield more backlash than accomplishment.

The Buffalo and Rochester school districts are chronically struggling, and that charter schools provide the only real option for students to receive a decent public education.

It should be our mission to provide an excellent education for all children, and we know what is needed to provide that: high - quality early years education, and the best heads and teachers teaching the right curriculum to manageable classes in decent school buildings, with high standards and good behaviour.

Once we * do * address poverty (with more than selfishness, denial and resignation), the next steps to excellent education for all (that is, great public schools) are also obvious and proven (over and over and over): 1) Sufficient & equitable funding 2) Decent facilities 3) Strong teacher training 4) An end to reliance on high - stakes assessments that narrow the curriculum & reduce instruction to drill - and - test tedium

Such costs include missed opportunities for people to access quality education, good jobs, affordable housing, decent health care, and social well - being.

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And, for those students who lack the language or writing skills to earn a decent grade, it allows them to get through those tough assignments in order to further their education.

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