Sentences with phrase «education cases on»

WASHINGTON — After an eventful year that included important rulings on desegregation, graduation prayers, and sexual harassment in the schools, the U.S. Supreme Court opens its new term this week without any major education cases on its docket.

The Oct. 1 action by the justices was one of several they took in education cases on the first day of their new term.

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It has been on an upward price track for years, in part because the Chinese — compelled by the lack of a social safety net to save rigorously for things like higher education and in case of illness — have few other investing vehicles with which to protect their savings from the ravages of inflation.

The school is opening up its online education program — based on case studies and videos — to applicants worldwide, including adult learners.

Social entrepreneurship contests: Entrepreneurs working on solving global problems such as hunger, poverty, energy and education now have a smorgasbord of contests from which to choose, including the Hult Global Case Challenge, which awards $ 1 million in prizes annually.

Last month the Canadian high - tech lobby group Information and Communication Technology Council along with Music Canada jointly made the case for increased government support of arts education, especially music, on the basis that music students «performed better in general intelligence skills such as literacy, verbal memory, mathematics and IQ,» are more creative and have better social skills.

Judge Orders Department of Education to Make a Speedy Decision on Single Mom's Student Debt Relief Case

Entrepreneurial education is also changing the focus of the class experience from case method to hands - on experience.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

The success of the concurrent delegations was an excellent example of how Canada can capitalize on some of its constitutional similarities with India — in this case, the devolution of power over issues such as education and national - resource management to the provinces — in order to improve relations for Canada as a whole.

Education is probably is one of the most traditional and untouched industry of our age that is largely a manual process heavy on paper documentation and case - by - case checking.

And in any case, the federal government is not stopped from partnering with the provinces on nation - wide initiatives in health, welfare and education.

Our research on Canada - China human flows, on Canada - India education initiatives and on the Asia Pacific Gateway provide a more detailed case for why these initiatives are important for Canada and how they might be implemented.

In a tour de force that will likely be debated for decades to come, Souter focused on two cases: the Brown v. Board of Education desegregation case of 1954, and the New York Times Co. v. United States Pentagon Papers case of 1971.

The entire approach of sex education is technocratic and, at best, morally neutral; in many cases, it explicitly opposes traditional morals while moralistically insisting on the equal acceptability of any and all forms of sexual expression provided only that they are not coerced.

The best single article I've seen on the moral case for parental choice in education is «School Choice as Simple Justice,» published in First Things (April 1992) and written by Prof. John Coons of the law school of the University of California, Berkeley.

Through your financial investment in The Grace Case, your sisters around the world have roofs over their heads, food on the table for their children, and they are able to provide their children with an education, medical care, opportunities, life - transforming hope and experience empowerment through employment and meaningful vocational callings.

Rather it frees governors and headteachers to focus more on deciding what type of sex education parents want their children to experience in school and, in the case of primary schools, whether there should be any formal sex education at all.

Their case studies form the core of class discussion and theory in a Christian education course based on Donald Schon's The Reflective Practitioner.

The book is at its best, as is often the case with books on education, when it is most specific.

Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong: Moral Illiteracy and the Case for Character Education by William Kilpatrick Simon & Schuster, 336 pages, $ 23 Reclaiming Our Schools: A Handbook on Teaching Character, Academics, and Discipline by Edward A. Wynne and Kevin Ryan foreword by James S. Coleman....

Though the Education Department emphasized that a presence on the list of schools being investigated insinuates «absolutely zero presumption» of guilt, several of the schools were involved in high profile incidents of alleged mishandlings of campus rape cases that triggered the federal investigation.

I have gone on at some length in the preceding pages about Postman's cultural diagnosis and worries about the contemporary function of education, although I have certainly not stated the whole of his case or even touched on his proposed solutions.

If we now suppose this feeling of unity to be taught as a religion, and the whole force of education, of institutions, and of opinion directed, as it once was in the case of religion, to make every person grow up from infancy surrounded on all sides both by the profession and the practice of it, I think that no one who can realize this conception will feel any misgiving about the sufficiency of the ultimate sanction for the happiness morality.

While the characteristics mentioned in the previous section dominate in the audience of religious television programs, evidence suggests that these programs are watched on occasion and in some cases regularly by non - Protestants, non-evangelicals, those of higher income and education, those in white - collar occupations, and those who claim no religious interest or church affiliation.

The Department for Education didn't comment on the case in particular, but a spokesman said: «When placing a child in a foster home, the local authority must ensure that the placement is the most appropriate way to safeguard the child and support their welfare.

The Guardian: Louisiana education case highlights Bobby Jindal's creationism state Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal is rapidly emerging as a new «moderate» Republican voice, but a court case beginning Wednesday is set to shine light on a controversial policy in his state which sees government funding given to schools that teach creationism.

The media coverage has often needlessly inflamed the conversation, and yet you could hardly invent a case that would touch on a greater number of fundamental issues in Christian higher education:

foodpro will also host a series of free education sessions on several contemporary industry issues, including traceability, best practices and sustainability, including case studies and demonstrations.

This service includes: > Providing dispensing equipment for laundry, warewash and housekeeping applications; > Regular preventive maintenance calls; > Material Safety Data Sheets packed in all cases; > Continuing education for staffs; > Wall charts and procedure charts; and > An on - staff specialist.

foodpro will also host a series of free education sessions on other topical industry issues such as best practices, traceability and sustainability, including case studies and demonstrations.

Nutracon is the premier education and networking conference for the health and nutrition industry and provides relevant insights for innovation based on science and technology, case studies and market.

THE McCALLUM CASE Ensign Napoleon McCallum may have been led to believe by the previous secretary of the Navy, John F. Lehman Jr., that he could be both an officer and a Los Angeles Raider (SCORECARD, Aug. 17), but the fact remains that he promised the Navy and his country that he would serve not less than five years on active duty in return for a free education.

In case you missed it, our match against Hull City on Sunday 6 May will be an occasion to raise funds to sustain and grow Brentford FC Community Sports Trust's health, community, education and...

Education during pregnancy rarely has anything serious to do with breastfeeding, and since breastfeeding is perceived by most pre-parenthood women to be a natural, instinctive thing instead of a learned behavior (on both mom & baby's part) if it doesn't go absolutely perfectly from the first moments they may feel something is wrong with THEM and clam up about it while quietly giving the baby the hospital - offered bottle along with the bag of formula samples they give out «just in case» even if you explicitly tell them you're breastfeeding (which was my experience with my firstborn in 2004 and one of the many highly informed reasons I chose to birth my next two at home).

The National Adoption Center will review cases on the list over six months and then send files to the Minister of Education for approval before proceeding to court.

In some cases, continued academics in higher education may allow some rights or privileges of adulthood to be withheld until a later date; or conversely, if the children were held back and attended high school on a full - time basis, but have passed the age of majority.

The Academy was an anchor organization on an amicus brief for the case signed by child health and education organizations, outlining harms to children whose parents face deportation and arguing that lifting the circuit's injunction would provide millions of children with the family stability and security essential to their psychological, physical and emotional well - being.

Rather than passing herself off as some sort of miracle worker, or trying to sell me on a simple five - step plan she'd come up with, she made it clear to me that improving school food can not happen without lots of hard work and, most importantly, without funding; in her case, San Francisco's board of education is willing to kick in significant money each year to cover the costs of the improved school food.

The reality is that the state of education and the effect of poverty on children is a case for absolute emergency.

Programs focused on low - income unmarried fathers may be very costly when case management is a necessary component but the benefits may also be higher than a short - term parent education program.

Such education should provide age - appropriate information on: confidential sexual and reproductive health - care services; contraceptives; prevention of sexual abuse or exploitation, including sexual bullying; available support in cases of such abuse and exploitation; and sexuality, including that of LGBT children».

In this case, I think the latter is unduly paternalistic and discriminatory towards those who, quite reasonmably, want to do something other than get more education or training, e.g., start a business, move home, save for a deposit on a house etc. etc..

He said: «We've struck the balance between building on our impressive track record and delivering on the priority areas - including the economy, transport, health, education and justice - while also putting forward a detailed case for securing more powers.

Some studies of children who attended preschool 20 or more years ago find that early childhood education programs also have lasting effects on children's later life chances, improving educational attainment and earnings and, in some cases, reducing criminal activity.

In a strongly worded letter, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has accused officials at the Department for Education, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, of breaking the Coalition Agreement, by intervening in a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious schools.

A department spokesman said the agency could not comment on a specific individual's case because any related appeal of an enrollment decision would go before the education commissioner.

Although Elia has declined to comment on the case, her spokeswoman has indicated the education department is reviewing its options in case she is called on to make a decision.

«Our Education Committee will hold a second public hearing in New York City on May 19 to further examine this issue, giving Mayor de Blasio and his administration another chance to make their case in a more thorough and more convincing way.»

In some cases, a DOE website blocked voting by parents eligible to choose candidates seeking to sit on district Community Education Councils or on high - school councils, parent leaders told The Post.