Sentences with phrase «education participation as»

The unconditional means for special education participation as reported by parents in the NSCH are, as in other data sources, higher for blacks than whites, and lower for Hispanics and Asians than whites.

Not exact matches

Factors such as literacy and education rates, health and survival rates, women's participation in government and more are correlated with pay gaps in different countries.

Anita Krishnamurthi and Nick Hutchinson were able to talk about the much larger picture of PPP programs for informal STEM education, including how we measure private industry involvement, as well as how students are improving their grades, school participation, and post-graduation success rates.

The first step in this move was to count faculty participation in contextual education as a full course, one of the four offered yearly by each faculty member.

In the Summa Theologiae, Aquinas does not mean to say that natural law is shared by all animals including human beings» the natural law, as the «participation of the eternal law in the rational creature,» pertains only to human beings (I - II, 91.2)» but that natural law includes natural inclinations shared by other animals, «such as sexual intercourse, education of offspring, and so forth.»

They resurrect John Dewey, who for more than two years (1919 - 1921) lectured in China where he was named a «Second Confucius,» as he expounded his pragmatic ways of education and learning in a «communicating community» through social participation.

The ecumenical and neo-orthodox movements, as well as joint participation in graduate theological education, have not brought the different traditions together.

The readings offer four distinct perspectives on the nature and attainment of happiness, each of which will serve as the springboard for the discussion of a different set of issues in relation to the search for human ful llment: participation in public life, self - control and education, the longing for God, and the confrontation of death.

This bit is worth quoting in its entirety: The issuing committee «stresses that the participation of young people, in cooperation with other stakeholders, such as parents, in the development, implementation and evaluation of the programmes is vital for comprehensive sexuality education to be effective.»

Thinking about theological education as a participation in the symbolic will include the construction and engagement in present and future symbolic patterns as well as understanding and interpreting symbolic thought in past centuries.

Hence, good education must have as one of its major purposes a participation in the common life at an intelligent level, with due recognition of all that is relevant to augmenting that life.

Moreover, the inequalities occur in multiple spheres; education, health and political participation as well as income.

MCL 380.1502 (2) allows a school to credit a student's participation in extracurricular athletics or other extracurricular activities involving physical activity (sports, marching band, etc) as meeting the physical education graduation requirement.

Policy development in this and related areas needs to take into account that the education levels and workforce participation of these mothers are growing rapidly, as is motivation among both mothers and fathers to share the care of children more equally.

Mean and standard errors of monthly weight gain after adjusting for maternal age; race / ethnicity; education; household income; marital status; parity; postpartum Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children program participation; prepregnancy body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); infant sex; gestational age; birth weight; age at solid food introduction; and sweet drinks consumption.

In the year 2000, the U.S. Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education issued a joint report recommending sport participation as a strategy to increase energy expenditure, activity, and fitness among youth to promote health and prevent increasing levels of overweight among youth (54).

Motivations for family camp participation include: to experience camp as a vacation; to use camp as a therapy or intervention; or for general education, enrichment, or engagement (Agate & Covey, 2007).

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

The following covariates were considered in this analysis: household size modeled as a categorical variable (categories), marital status (categories), race and ethnicity (categories), maternal age modeled as a categorical variable (categories), parity (categories), education (categories), employment status (categories), maternal occupation (categories), and postnatal WIC participation.

As part of this initiative and its participation in Governor Andrew Cuomo's Liberty Defense Project, the State Bar Association will continue to offer continuing legal education (CLE) programs for attorneys seeking to represent immigrants in civil detention, administrative and removal proceedings.

The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra, (UPSA), Prof Joshua Alabi has called for community - based participation in the award of government scholarships, so as to help target and support the education of brilliant but needy students in deprived farming communities.

Some proposed measures to increase voter participation include nonpartisan elections and instant runoff voting as well as stronger voter education.

Mr Denham continued: «Widening participation in higher education should be seen as talent spotting by universities.

«Parental participation in the educational process is an important component that needs to be emphasized as much as hitting the books, which is why the Community Education Council elections are very important,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

The process of reform — known as the Bologna Process, which has since expanded to include the current 47 countries — has subsequently added to this agenda additional ideals such as equal access to higher education, student - centered learning, and student participation in quality assurance and governance within their institutions.

Perspiration, Gruszczynski says, was as good a match for political participation as a person's level of education — a stalwart measure in this field of research.

Malcom listed interventions that can improve women's participation in science, such as STEM education programs for girls, prizes that recognize women scientists, international collaboration among and recognition of women in science, women's organizations and conferences and programs that examine policies that keep women out of leadership roles.

He refocused the BRIDGES program while functioning temporarily as its acting director, created the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program, encouraged professional societies to apply for funding to increase the participation of underrepresented students in biomedical and behavioral research, and established the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students.

Designation as an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center follows a rigorous application process that includes volume of cases, advanced imaging and care capabilities, around - the - clock availability of specialized treatments, dedicated neuro - intensive care beds for complex stroke patients, post-hospital coordination, participation in research, and staff with all necessary education and skills to care for the most complex stroke patients.

The Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, referred to as IINSPIRE LSAMP, is a Midwest STEM partnership for innovation in research and education.

Through participation in the CLB, members have a forum to share their perspective with the Endocrine Society leaders represents on issues, such as clinical education, healthcare legislation, or patient education.

This context is fine in larger cities as it fits with the general social ideals and norms, this is however not the case for remote and regional centres, especially with regards to NESB indigenous Australia, where our education system basically serves as a tool (ethically / morally dysfunctional tool) for their assimilation into national Australian community where they find meaning through participation at all levels.

As discussed above, tertiary education will empower refugees or asylum - seekers to achieve other dynamic development outcomes, including poverty, development of human dignity and personality, understanding tolerance and friendship, maintenance of peace, effective participation in a free society, promotion of gender equality and respect of environment.

The contractor then extracts information on each student's demographic characteristics, enrollment, test scores, and certification for and participation in various programs such as free and reduced - price lunch, special education, and English - language services.

Persida Himmele, a Millersville College education professor and co-author of a book «Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Listener», recommends a picture walk as one of the nearly 40 techniques for active engagement outlined in her book.

Youth as a social phenomenon and young people as the primary target population of formal education and training fade from view behind an avalanche of indicators that describe participation in institutional processes for learning but reveal little about those who take part.

If you view participation in special education as providing critical services to appropriately identified students, the fact that a given black student is less likely to be placed in special education than an otherwise identical white student is deeply troubling.

Because education serves as the gateway to full participation and success in American society, Rodriguez contributes to many students being shut out.

It's true that the percentage identified as in need of special education budged downward by 1 percentage point, but the participation rates of special education students on the NAEP increased by 1.5 percent over the two - year period.

The Foundation also funds projects that increase participation in football and other sports and address some of society's key challenges, such as social inclusion, health, education and equalities.

Although financial education isn't yet a requirement in Michigan, student participation in the credit union program can qualify as the fourth math credit required for high school graduation.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), the current state of affairs could be the result of some bad habits in recent years, as daily participation in high - school physical education classes dropped from 42 percent in 1991 to 28 percent in 2003.

Today she works as department math chair at John Dibert Community School — a turnaround charter belonging to the FirstLine Schools network — in New Orleans, where she says her education, particularly her participation in a pilot program called Instructional Leadership (IL) at HGSE has significantly influenced and shaped her daily duties.

Educators have long argued for greater participation of students in the education process, but not as a way of reducing costs.

For the last 13 years Matt has worked in charity leadership as a director of local youth and community services, as Operations Director at School Councils UK, a national education charity specialising in youth participation and active citizenship in schools, and more recently leading on the delivery of ThinkForward, the successful Social Impact Bond funded, five year education - to - employment initiative.

When the Continuing Education Committee evaluates a course, they consider the Curriculum Vitae of teachers (publications, participation in research projects, teaching given and received, etc.) as well as the attention that each teacher will provide to students.

«The aim of this research is to increase girls» participation, interest, engagement and ultimately performance in areas of STEM education and, as a consequence, influence the transition of girls into post-school options of study and employment in these fields.»

The climate in China as of recent has not been conducive to a large participation in eLearning through access to resources such as good internet and technology, but Internet Plus Education will change that.

A bill drafted by the unicameral legislature's education committee, Land expected to be taken up as early as late last week, bars residents of a district that affiliates with another from full participation in open enrollment...

The Questions I Wish Id Asked When Interviewing for The Principalship As you prepare to interview for your next school leadership position, Education Worlds Principal Files team offers advice about questions you might ask when the interviewers invite your participation.