Sentences with phrase «education levels rise»

Faith does imply not needing proof, but religious followers actually have a huge need for proof, particularly as the education level rises.

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The education system will keep rising your difficulty until you find a level — like college — where you're not exceptional anymore.

The best clue for the source of the rise of the female breadwinner comes from splitting the data by the education level of the female partner.

Orr and Topa attribute the resilience of the economy to the rise in skill and education levels of the region's workforce.

The treatment of the Nazi period in all its aspects - Hitler's rise to power; his establishment of a dictatorship in Germany; the abolition of the rule of law; the persecution of all kinds of political opponents; the racially motivated persecution of the Jews, culminating in the Holocaust; the reticence and opposition of German citizens; and, Germany's instigation of World War II - is compulsory teaching matter at all types of schools in Germany and at all levels of education.

The prospects for the rapid development of new education, research, and treatment resources throughout the country were brightened in 1966 by a rising tide of interest on the national level.

Somewhat dubious, I searched for the data, which reveals the pro-lifer was right on the facts but offering an unsupported interpretation: The study showed that the maternal mortality rate declined after abortion was prohibited in 1989, but that it had already been declining for more than a decade, probably as a result of rising levels of women's education.

Whether we point to «secularization» or «modernization» or merely mobility and rising levels of education, the cultural and social base on which the once - dominant denominations built their fiefdoms has all but disappeared — the lingering reality of racial division being the glaring exception.

The development of universal free public education, beginning at the elementary levels and rising within recent years to the college and university levels, has been a direct consequence of the democratic impulse.

If young people were to rise above the level of their parents, they clearly needed the knowledge and skill that education could supply.

Our general education levels are rising.

Speed of travel, the intensification of communication and the rise in the average level of education have also meant that the various aspects of western modernity have spread quickly around the globe.

Rising levels of education, as we know, have had a number of serious consequences for American religion, both direct and indirect.

A second illustration comes from considering the effects of rising levels of education on American religion since World War II.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

In some groups the attempt to raise the level of theological education still goes on against strong opposition despite the rise in the level of general education in the nation.

On the basis of what evidence is at hand one can conclude that while there has been a gradual rise in the level of theological education in the last half century the training of a significant number of Protestant ministers is very inadequate, if adequacy is measured in terms of college and seminary training.

Growing up in a household with three or more children also increases the likelihood of a low level of education by 1.4 times compared with being an only child; if there are four or more children this rises to a 2.5 times greater likelihood of low educational attainment.

I remain committed to achieving real action on gun control, sea level rise, healthcare, education and so many other issues affecting our everyday lives and the brighter future we hope to leave to our children that now more than ever require champions.

State funding for most districts is at the same level as 2008 - 2009 despite rising costs, which has caused «property owners to shoulder more» of the cost of education, she said.

Shattuck did not reject the idea that rising autism levels might be in part due to environmental causes; he merely showed the increase was largely an artifact of changing diagnostic practices, which themselves had been enabled by rising levels of attention to autism and its listing as a diagnostic category in special education.

The increase in use of words like «choose,» «compete,» «private,» «autonomy» and «innovation» demonstrated a growing prevalence of individualistic values coinciding with sharp rises in urban population, household consumption and education levels.

Whether education rises from high levels (say, 10 years to 11) or low levels (from one year to two), child mortality drops (the lines get thinner).

The need for greater education is growing along with coastal population densities and rising sea levels.

Rising levels of education among US adults over the past 25 years may also have contributed to decreased dementia risk.

Not surprisingly, all of this innovation and experimentation at the secondary level has led to a dramatic rise in applications to institutions of higher education by students without a traditional high - school background.

'» The idea that education should «relate to contemporary, not archaic educational needs» means that as «the level of skills necessary to participate as a citizen and as a wage - earner in society rise, expectations for an adequate education will also necessarily rise.»

Between 1870 and 1950, the average American's level of education rose by almost one year per decade.

Before stepping down as secretary, she told Virginia's General Assembly that the «trifecta» of challenges facing Virginia public education are rising poverty rates, higher achievement expectations, and decreased levels of funding.

We are all better off in a world of rising education levels and decreasing disparities.

There are, to be sure, innumerable regulatory, budgetary, and implementation issues posed by ESSA, and these are bound to engage the new Education Secretary, although they won't likely rise to the level of White House attention.

In a new article for Education Next, Alexandra Logue and Mari Watanabe - Rose of City University of New York and Daniel Douglas of Rutgers University present evidence showing that if students assessed as needing remedial elementary algebra are instead placed directly into a college - level statistics course with additional support, they are more likely to pass their initial college - level quantitative course and, after three semesters, more likely to have completed college - level credits than are students placed in remedial algebra courses.

This has meant that throughout the recession rollercoaster of recent years, employment levels in the education sector as a whole have risen robustly, and this resilience in the face of the recession should be encouraging for those looking for a variety of jobs within education.»

Recognising this demand, and building on a highly successful undergraduate program, one of Australia's leading universities, Curtin University, which was recently named a rising star in higher education, in partnership with Open Universities Australia (OUA) launched the Master of Education to help those looking to enhance their skillset and take their career to the needucation, in partnership with Open Universities Australia (OUA) launched the Master of Education to help those looking to enhance their skillset and take their career to the neEducation to help those looking to enhance their skillset and take their career to the next level.

The rising level of poverty has its roots in a broader economic shift that precedes the current recession, as the decline of low - skilled jobs has placed a premium on education.

In contrast, education levels elsewhere in the developed world continue to rise, with college graduation rates increasing roughly 5 percentage points among the other countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) over the past 20 years alone.

Further education reforms will be hampered by low teacher quality as long as the salaries of teachers do not rise to a competitive level — the level that would attract many high - quality applicants.

They engage in critical education conversations at the national level to provide a student perspective; serve as Educators Rising representatives at local, state, and national functions; and ensure that Educators Rising students have a voice in program development.

Educators Rising is an integral component of education and training programs of study at local, state and national levels.

While K - 12 education has been a perennial concern in the U.S., the pressures of providing equitable education to all of our citizens while keeping pace with the rest of the world are rising to alarming levels.

Further evidence comes from the sharp rise in the number of students who are diagnosed as learning disabled or are referred to special education because they can not read at the proper grade level.

When you ask education leaders in Omaha why the achievement gap is so glaring, you get the usual answers, «Those kids don't care, they're too poor to achieve at high levels, their parents don't get involved, etc. etc.» Fortunately we know that when schools expect ALL students to achieve, and give them great teachers who believe in their ability, students can beat the odds and rise above the challenges.

A Department for Education spokesman said: «Many areas are dealing with an unprecedented rise in primary numbers - back up to levels last seen in the 1970s.

N.J.'s big education news is our kids» sharp rise in proficiency levels on this past Spring's state standardized test called PARCC — districts will release scores tomorrow — but you'd never know it by looking at the papers.

In terms of the UK's performance, he said it fitted into the view that education standards had risen at the end of the 1990s and into the early 2000s and had then levelled off.

As the focus on teacher evaluation rises to the state and federal levels, we will need to articulate the full range of teacher practices and student outcomes that we want from our education system — and determine how we can measure them.

Blended learning in K - 12 education and at the postsecondary level continues to rise as free, high quality technology resources become more accessible and easy to use.

Some of the major perpetrators of the Holocaust had advanced degrees, some had two doctorates, and the Third Reich rose in Germany with the support or complicit acquiescence of a population with the highest level of education in the world at the time.

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