Sentences with phrase «education measure in»

In South Carolina, meanwhile, a House - Senate conference committee continued meetings last week to try to forge a consensus on a sex - education measure in that state.

Representative Michael Bileca, who sponsored the omnibus education measure in the Florida House, and who is a member of Conservative Leaders for Education, said that «getting better reporting on student growth and proficiency and getting it into the hands of parents: That's useful.»

And as a tumultuous week in Albany began to settle down, lawmakers needed little prompting to discuss their desire to change the education measures in the budget.

«The combined cuts to Medicaid and education measured in our study suggest that spending cuts during economic downturns fall more heavily on children than the elderly,» Boylan said.

Not exact matches

For instance, in terms of «tertiary efficiency,» a measure that combines several individual indicators related to post-secondary education, Canada crashes in at number 45, just a few spots ahead of South Africa and Morocco.

Measured against 65 other countries, Canada places fifth overall in reading, seventh in science and eighth in mathematics, behind China, Korea, Finland and Singapore in the Organization for Co-operation and Economic Development's (OCED) education assessment released in 2010.

The forecast also reflects the ongoing impacts of measures announced in the 2012 Budget to freeze the Business Education Tax reduction plan.

In this brief, we examine the relationship between education and two measures of employment status: unemployment and labor force participation.

In «Challenges, Growth and Opportunity: A Shadow Federal Budget for 2015,» authors William B.P. Robson and Alexandre Laurin outline measures that would help Canadians put their education, skills and talents to work, and enjoy economic security once they have left the workforce.

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.

The second problem is that in order to get some of its debt absolved, Puerto Rico agreed to impose the harsh austerity measures — reducing education and health spending, for instance — that hurt growth at the same time that thousands are fleeing to the mainland in search of economic opportunity.

«Even though the consumption tax is scheduled to be raised by 2 percentage points, a number of measures to mitigate the burden, such as a reduced tax rate and an increase in welfare benefits for pensioners, and the provision of free education are planned to be implanted,» the report said.

Official wage data also show ongoing strength in public - sector wage growth and a significant rise in wage growth in education: the WPI measure of public - sector wage growth increased by 4.2 per cent over the year to December, almost 1 percentage point higher than the equivalent private - sector wage series.

, and by working to lower the occurrence of unwanted pregnancies in the first place — which means better sexual health education in schools, funding for birth control measures and education about using that birth control, promoting research into methods of safe male birth control, and creating an environment where the women in your life can come to you to discuss safe sexual choices.

«In the competitive world of American ethnic communities, there are two paths to success: upward mobility defined according to wealth, education, and political power, and downward mobility measured by degrees of victimhood.»

Whether or not the present Government will seek to reintroduce some of these measures remains to be seen, but there has certainlybeen no let - up in the efforts of the sex education establishment to lobby in favour of statutory SRE and to remove the right of parents to opt out.

The implication could not be plainer: Because a community once founded will stand or fall together, and because one man's virtue is not sufficient, there is urgent need for education and transmission, beginning with a well - ordered house and with political measures to secure justice in the community.

He did not measure himself by the cultural standards of his day, as did some others, who scoffed at the fact that he was a carpenter (Mark 6:3), nor by the greatness of the order of the intellect (his education was that which could be gained at the local synagogue school) Some of the creatures made by the Word of God are greater in these respects than the one who is the Word of God incarnate, and that one is not ashamed of his inferiority.

Casting off the confines of the silliness of belief is what will finally free up humankind to some measure of greatness, provided of course believers don't succeed in squashing education in favor of myth, or blowing up the planet in the name of some angry invisible hominid who apparently lives in the sky.

The research team faced a formidable question in undertaking the study: How does one measure Christian education's impact?

If I had any influence on seminary education, I would like to see a course where students read some first - rate theology of creation» along with Attenborough and Eisner and Nasrecki, and maybe E.O. Wilson on ants thrown in for good measure.

They lived in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and shared a life with their neighbors, many of whom were by no measure equal to them in education, income, or social status.

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.

In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measureIn previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measurein the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.

As a two time grad, 85 with an English degree emphasis Mass Communication and another Master of Science in Education from December 2008, I DO NOT SUPPORT THESE CURRENT MEASURES AGINST THE OBAMA CARE HHS.

We believed that evil was relative in the world, that it sprang from an unsatisfactory distribution of wealth, from an ill digested education, from inadequate laws, or from pressures and injustices that might be eradicated by adroit measures.

Get an education about what's possible with sustainable packaging when nature is the ultimate measuring stick at SPC Impact in San Francisco, April 24 - 26.

Our sustainability programme in Madagascar is making a real difference through agricultural best practice advice, empowering local women, crop security measures and ensuring education for farming community children.

It also requires the Department of Education to develop a procedure to monitor and measure implementation of a local school system's wellness policy monitoring implementation plan, and provide technical assistance to support local systems in this effort.

Additional Accountability Requirements: The State Board of Education amended its Health, Wellness, and Safety Policy in 2006 to require the Department of Education to create a plan for measuring implementation of the wellness policy.

«We can not measure the influence that one artist or another has on the child's sense of beauty, upon his power of seeing, as in a picture, the common sight of life...» ~ Charlotte Mason, Original Homeschooling Series, Volume 1, Home Education

In some cases, they think schools cut costs or take other adverse measures that negatively affect their child's access to a free and appropriate education.

The book cites dozens of studies performed by these professionals — each one measuring success in a slightly different way — with education, salary and prosocial outcome such as «avoiding arrest» and «staying married» as markers.

In addition, we also offer Birth Boot Camp natural childbirth education for couples, labor comfort measure workshops, birth and postpartum planning sessions, and family - centered postpartum doula care.

(1) nutrition guidelines for all foods sold on school campus during the school day; (2) setting school goals for nutrition education and physical activity; (3) establishing community participation in creating local wellness policies; and (4) creating a plan for measuring implementation of these wellness policies.

We know that the information gained in childbirth education courses increases knowledge, reduces fear, gives tools for comfort measures, brings together the partners (or birth team), and presents options.

Absolute inequality measures reflect not only inequalities across socioeconomic subgroups but also public health importance of the outcome in consideration, and they could provide different, even contradictory, patterns of inequalities from relative measures in a given outcome.21, 22 However, measuring absolute inequality is often neglected in health inequalities research.23 Relative risks (RRs) and absolute risk differences (RDs) of discontinuing breastfeeding among mothers with lower education compared with mothers with complete university education (reference category) were separately estimated in the intervention and in the control group and then compared between the two groups.

We also estimated relative indices of inequality (RII) and slope indices of inequality (SII) as summary measures of relative and absolute inequalities of breastfeeding outcomes, respectively, across the entire distribution of maternal education.24 For child IQ, linear regression analyses using GEEs were performed to estimate mean IQ differences in lower maternal education from the reference category in each intervention group and compared between the groups.

If you or your child are treating home education as a temporary measure, you might want to stay in touch with the National Curriculum for core subjects.

Postpartum Doula $ 30 / hour Day and overnight postpartum support for parents and their newborn infants in the «fourth trimester», including breastfeeding support, comfort measures for your postpartum recovery, light housework, meal planning and preparation, newborn care, sibling support and parenting education (ie.

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Article 5 (b) States Parties shall take appropriate measure: To ensure that family education includes proper understanding of maternity as a social function and the recognition of the common responsibility of men and women in the upbringing of their children, it being understood that the interest of the children is the primordial consideration in all cases.

Launched in September 2013, through a three - year cooperative agreement with Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), the Home Visiting CoIIN works to achieve breakthrough improvements in select process and outcome measures, including benchmark areas legislatively mandated for the Federal Home Visiting program, while reducing or maintaining program costs.

Taking a non-hospital childbirth education class equips you with even more knowledge and options, in addition to non-medical comfort measures, to help cope with labor.

In our direct education work, FoodCorps currently concentrates on schools with high rates of students from low - income households, as measured by eligibility for free or reduced - price school lunch.

In fact, in his research summary for the National Home Education Research Institute, Dr. Brian Ray says, «The home - educated are doing well, typically above average, on measures of social, emotional, and psychological developmenIn fact, in his research summary for the National Home Education Research Institute, Dr. Brian Ray says, «The home - educated are doing well, typically above average, on measures of social, emotional, and psychological developmenin his research summary for the National Home Education Research Institute, Dr. Brian Ray says, «The home - educated are doing well, typically above average, on measures of social, emotional, and psychological development.

Through constructive endeavour we have agreed a package of measures that values the professionalism of teachers and supports their continued commitment to as they to deliver the highest standards of education for children and young people in Jersey.»

We also make sound investments in education to help our students, fund critical infrastructure, and propose new measures to strengthen our communities.»

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo moves to rebrand the education investment tax credit, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie this week signaled the measure remains a heavy lift in the Democratic - led chamber.