Sentences with phrase «education figures in»

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The curriculum will be developed in consultation with a number of prominent African American organizations and figures including Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director - counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

In other education news, the Facebook founder and CEO also shared his diaper - changing hack during a Facebook forum: «Have you figured out yet that when you change the diapers you have to slide the new diaper underneath?»

The economy in eastern Europe was slowly liberalizing, and Kholodenko figured he could find success as an entrepreneur thanks to his business education and language skills (his family emigrated from Ukraine when he was five years old).

In 1989, just 4 percent of people aged 55 to 64 had education debt, but by 2013, that figure had grown to 30 percent.

Goldman, who is now a regularly - featured education expert for ABC News, says the company generated seven - figure revenues in 2010 through advertising, live events, custom content creation, and data sales.

Failed to address homophobia through Safe Schools Task Force: In 2003, then Education Minister Christy Clark convened a «Safe Schools Task Force» — their report acknowledged that concerns about homophobia figured prominently in submissions and that attempts to raise the issue of homophobia in schools often met with resistancIn 2003, then Education Minister Christy Clark convened a «Safe Schools Task Force» — their report acknowledged that concerns about homophobia figured prominently in submissions and that attempts to raise the issue of homophobia in schools often met with resistancin submissions and that attempts to raise the issue of homophobia in schools often met with resistancin schools often met with resistance.

At the same time, the amount of education loans outstanding, which has increased every quarter since the New York Fed began tracking these figures in 2003, rose $ 33 billion to surpass $ 1 trillion for the first time, according to this measure.

Her dad has a «common school» education, but isn't as adept in figuring out the bottom line and is honorably inclined to have little interest in that direction.

Wesley was not a significant figure in my theological education.

But in the figure of Ma we see a strong Christian woman who leads her family in education, culture, courage, and love.

Recognizing the inadequacy of an education that teaches facts and figures but ignores questions of morality and meaning, Harvard attempted to address the problem in the early 1980s by adding a «moral reasoning» course requirement to its core curriculum.

Besides Sowell, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University, other prominent figures in the black conservative movement are Glenn C. Loury, a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government; Walter E. Williams, a professor of economics at George Mason University; I A. Parker, president of the Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, Inc.; Robert Woodson, president of the National Association of Neighborhood Enterprises; and Joseph Perkins, editorial writer for the Wall Street Journal.

I can't yet figure out how to make good use of the Internet (though I suspect that someone who took on the calling of typing in enthusiastic reviews of good Christian books on the amazon.com Web site might make a remarkable impact), but I'm sure videos ought to play an important part in the kind of education I've been trying to describe.

Private (and thus Catholic) schools figure more prominently in postprimary education.

«I think a lot of Christian educationalists are concerned about the direction of travel... they are day - in day - out helping to run schools... they don't feel they get much credit for it they feel that instead senior educational figures talk about Christian education and religious education and religious schools as if they are the problem.»

In a way, I got my own seminary education just at the age (10 - 13) when kids are first starting to figure out what they believe, independent of their parents.

AAFRC now keys its 1960 - 1972 figures for charitable giving in the areas of education and health — the second and third largest areas of charitable giving, religion being the first — to figures developed by the Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs, commonly referred to as the Filer Commission after its chair, John H. Filer.

Mary Somerville, overcoming, as her daughter says, «obstacles apparently insurmountable, at a time when women were well - nigh totally debarred from education»; Charlotte Bronte, writing in secret and publishing under a pseudonym because only so could she hope for just criticism; Harriet Hunt, admitted to the Harvard Medical School in 1850 but forced out by the enraged students; Elizabeth Blackwell, applying to twelve medical schools before she could secure admission, and meeting with insult and contumely in her endeavor to study and practice medicine; Mary Lyon, treated as a wild fanatic because she wanted American girls to be educated — such figures are typical in woman's struggle for intellectual opportunity.

According to the Department for Education figures, they are less likely to reach the expected grade in reading during their SATS at the end of Year 2.

And, as someone who switched from a very lucrative 6 - figure IS / IT career and invested a half - million dollars in my education (tuition and lost wages), you'd better bet I've investigated and studied this all quite seriously.

According to figures from the National Association of Teachers of RE and the Religious Education Council, take up of the GCSE RS short course has also fallen by 53 % from 211,269 in 2012 to 99,601 in 2014

Major figures in various fields discuss how they have extended Rogers» approach in therapy, education, and research,

Historical figures from the Muslim world were often known for their noble actions and decency and fostering intercultural exchange and education... but sadly politicoes and power hungry selfish individuals have created a perverted image of the religion and its peoples by purporting that their actions are supported by Islam when in fact they are not.

I can totally relate to this — > «especially at the moment when I'm trying to figure out this next stage of life in the big wide world outside of the cocoon of full - time education.»

In response to renewed calls by some health groups for more education and sales restriction of soft drinks, based off new figures from Roy Morgan Research, the Australian Beverages Council issued the following statement:

27 March 2015 MEDIA STATEMENT Australian Beverages Council responds to calls for more regulations of soft drinks In response to renewed calls by some health groups for more education and sales restriction of soft drinks, based off new figures from Roy Morgan Research, the Australian Beverages Council issued the following statement: Statement: «Australians» beverage preferences -LSB-...]

Included in that figure are 7,160 special education student - athletes who have Special Olympics in the classroom through our Schools Partnership Program.

Join an expert in the field who has built her 6 figure annual empire through prenatal education.

The National Center for Fathering is a non-profit research and education organization whose mission is to improve the lives of children and reverse the trends of fatherlessness by inspiring and equipping fathers, grandfathers and father figures to be actively engaged in the life of every child.

You'll learn from your peers in the more than 100 education sessions offered during the course of the conference, and hear from inspirational figures like Olympic athletes Jackie Joyner - Kersee and Shannon Miller during general sessions.

Now that there are some potential careers your child would like to pursue, figuring out how to save for your child's education is the next step in getting your child to realizing their dreams.

But the latest figures from the State Board of Education, which administers the summer meals program in Illinois, indicate there are 85 sponsors this year, Colgan said.

Having a successful six figure practice of 20 plus years has provided me with many resources and a lot of lessons that I wish I would have known when I first started out - especially regarding what is NOT taught in standard education and training.

Figure 3 shows the cluster - adjusted mean child verbal IQ scores at age 6.5 years across maternal education in each randomized group.

In the intervention group, however, mothers with partial university education showed a 12 % (95 % CI: 1.04, 1.20) higher relative risk of discontinuing exclusive breastfeeding before 3 months relative to mothers with completed university education (Figure 1a).

Research shows that when fathers / father - figures (resident and non-resident alike) are more involved in the school community beyond just attending sporting events — volunteering, attending class, grade and whole school events, showing up for conferences and getting involved in the parent association — children have been shown to get better grades, go further with their education and actually enjoy school more.

Padma is an extremely popular name in Asia and has been adopted by an unusually large number of people who ended up as famous figures, be it in the entertainment industry, education field or the political arena.

That's because its membership ranges from leading figures in industry, research and development, consultancy and education to students just starting their careers.

For instance, a professional teacher of Principal Superintendent (PS) status with the Ghana Education Service (GES) according to the figure quoted in the validation forms was to be paid 1,850.96 Ghana cedis but received a text message from the CAGD indicating an amount of 1,767.57 Ghana cedis as the salary for January 2016.

A group of religious leaders, parliamentarians, education experts, and prominent public figures have signed a joint letter calling on the new Education Secretary Damian Hinds to reconsider a proposal to allow fully segregated intakes in new and existing religious freeeducation experts, and prominent public figures have signed a joint letter calling on the new Education Secretary Damian Hinds to reconsider a proposal to allow fully segregated intakes in new and existing religious freeEducation Secretary Damian Hinds to reconsider a proposal to allow fully segregated intakes in new and existing religious free schools.

As far as education's place in the State Senate budget, Sen. Griffo said it's too early to share exact figures.

Three years later in 1998, the NDC government was finally able to re-introduce the VAT, but judiciously with a minimal figure of about 3.5 %, 2.5 % going into the Ghana Education Trust (GED) Fund.

The coalition's efforts to clamp down on immigration have also been criticised for damaging the higher education sector, with figures from the industry saying government policy is robbing the UK of billions in investment.

Katja Hall, chief policy director of the CBI, comments on Department for Education figures which show that 1.16 million 16 - to 24 - year - olds were not in education, employment or training in the third quarterEducation figures which show that 1.16 million 16 - to 24 - year - olds were not in education, employment or training in the third quartereducation, employment or training in the third quarter of 2011:

Figures from the districts released Wednesday by the state Education Department, called the property tax report cards, show budgeted spending growing by an average 2.36 percent in Nassau County and 2.33 percent in Suffolk County.

Nearly a third of the «educators» mothballed in the city Absent Teacher Reserve were banned from the classroom because of alleged misconduct and incompetence, Department of Education figures show — ...

The foldout also includes commitments to «support our public schools» and to «close the $ 4.4 billion annual gap in funding owed by the state to public schools» — a figure apparently derived from the Court of Appeals» 2003 Campagn for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State decision, which ruled Albany had shortchanged the city billions in education funds.

BHA Education Campaigner Jay Harman said «Faith groups make up over a fifth of all Free School applications in this group and that figure is far too high.

There are double dippers earner 6 figure salaries in NY State but they tend to be clustered in education jobs and in the NYS Legislature.

In his more than three decades leading the Buffalo Teachers Federation, Philip Rumore has become one of the most influential and controversial figures in the city's education landscapIn his more than three decades leading the Buffalo Teachers Federation, Philip Rumore has become one of the most influential and controversial figures in the city's education landscapin the city's education landscape.