Sentences with phrase «education press on»

Barnett has authored numerous academic reports and many articles for the popular education press on the future of teaching and learning in 21st century schools and the importance of teacher leadership.

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos faced student criticism and then abruptly walked out of her own press conference during a visit on Wednesday to the Parkland, Fla. high school where 17 died in a mass shooting last month.

Ramos pressed the former Massachusetts governor on the issue, saying that his stance would keep people from getting a higher education.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) delivers a speach next to Vice-President Tarek El Aissami (L) next to Venezuela's Minister of Science, Technology and University Education Hugbel Roa (R) during a press conference to launch to the market a new oil - backed cryptocurrency called «Petro», at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, on February 20.

My goal would be to both ensure that those who depend on the program are protected, while also balancing the growing cost of Social Security with other pressing priorities — from programs for children, the vulnerable, public investments, and shoring up our education and worker retraining systems.

Based entirely on anecdotal evidence, however, I believe the press» credibility with senior citizens has taken a hit from which it is unlikely to recover, and it may be entirely due to the election of 2008, when the mainstream media utterly abandoned whatever responsibilities to the public trust to which it still felt obliged, tossed presumptive - nominee Hillary Clinton aside and» rejecting any - and - all discomfiting questions about his experience, background, past - operations, education, friendships or capabilities» hoisted candidate Barack Obama upon their shoulders and carried him into the White House in triumph.

Those who lived on the periphery were helped to organize themselves into communities which could press for better education, better transportation and better health conditions, which meant provision of clean water, sewerage and garbage collections.

And free discussion is, for Rorty, «simply [my italics] the sort which goes on when the press, the judiciary, the elections, and the universities are free, social mobility is frequent and rapid, literacy is universal, higher education is common, and peace and wealth have made possible the leisure necessary to listen to lots of different people and think about what they have to say» (CIS 84).

In A Colloquy on Christian Education (Pilgrim, 1972) and Generation to Generation (United Church Press, 1974) I expanded that thesis.

Beauty for Truth's Sake: On the Re-enchantment of Education by Stratford Caldecott, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Bratfps Press, 2009, U6pp, # 12.99

On constructive work in education, see Jack L. Seymour, Robert T. O'Gorman, Charles R. Foster, The Church in the Education of the Public (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1984), education, see Jack L. Seymour, Robert T. O'Gorman, Charles R. Foster, The Church in the Education of the Public (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1984), Education of the Public (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1984), 134 - 56.

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The stories run the gamut from simple press releases to heated op - eds on the pros and cons of any number of issues surrounding food in schools: nutritional value, funding, USDA guidelines, education, etc..

However, despite the valiant efforts of left Rawlsians to press down hard on pre-distribution and force it to yield some radical implications (O'Neill and Williamson, 2012; Doron, 2012), in Miliband's formulation it seems a weak reed, relying on labour market interventions such as education and training to alter distributional outcomes.

Gove is pressing on with his own agenda this week, with a raft of education announcements including promises to extend the school day to ten hours and enforcing community - service - style litter - picking to improve discipline.

Lib Dems in government pressed the nuclear button after a separate spat developed on Friday over Nick Clegg's plans to give under - sevens free school lunches, which is now under threat from the Department for Education.

Maloney tends to gloss over the specifics of his time in Albany, saying (as he does in the press release that announced Cuomo's support) that he «served in the administrations of two Democratic governors of New York, focusing on education and infrastructure policy.»

Also at 11 a.m., Schenectady City School District Superintendent Larry Spring holds a press conference on the local education funding increase with Sen. Jim Tedisco, and Assemblymen Angelo Santabarbara and Phil Steck, and Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy, Mont Pleasant Middle School Library Media Center 1121 Forest Rd., Schenectady.

Also at 1 p.m., de Blasio and NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina hold a photo spray and deliver brief remarks prior to conducting their weekly education meeting on Staten Island, which is closed to members of the press, Staten Island Borough Hall, 10 Richmond Terrace, Room 126.

At noon, Democratic candidate for Governor Cynthia Nixon will join the Alliance for Quality Education for a press conference on the 2018 New York State educatioEducation for a press conference on the 2018 New York State educationeducation budget.

Click here to signup for our call relay to Governor Cuomo on Wednesday, March 28th to demand that he fully fund public education in New York State: 518-474-1041, press 2.

A moratorium on using test results in teacher evaluations remains in place for this year, but the teachers union has continued to press the State Education Department to reset the testing benchmarks.

At 2 p.m., Rep. Adriano Espaillat hosts a press conference on the U.S. Department of Education's decision to deny support of Upward Bound program funding at Columbia University, Double Discovery Center, Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway, Manhattan.

He writes: «Our relationship had soured to the point that he banned Lib Dem special advisers from physically entering the Department for Education, hid on one occasion in the toilet to avoid speaking to David Laws, and let loose his somewhat unhinged advisers to brief against me, and even against Miriam, in the press.

Public education was, on its own, inadequate, and a formally free press was easily influenced by the wealthy.

Press reports suggest that the second choice for the post was David Cameron, who also rejected the job, preferring to take on a major public service portfolio (he was made Shadow Secretary of State for Education).

Malliotakis held a City Hall press conference this afternoon to criticize de Blasio for «outrageous amounts of money being spent on consultants» in the Department of Education.

At a press conference Wednesday Mayor de Blasio was asked whether Governor Cuomo's characterization of mayoral control of schools as an «experiment» and his proposal that mayoral control be renewed for a shortened three year period «raises questions about whether or not he's a true reformer on education.»

Mr. de Blasio rolled out his plan for turning around the «renewal schools» last year — and this is the second press conference he's had on his education plan in two weeks.

We spoke with Dietl today during a press conference focused on the Department of Education.

Tuesday evening, CUNY Institute for Education Policy (CIEP) will host a one - on - one conversation with the President of the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), Michael Mulgrew: «This unscripted conversation will cover a wide range of pressing issues facing New York State's teachers and their students.»

In this week's Press Pass conversation WBFO's Eileen Buckley and Buffalo News Education Reporter Tiffany Lankes discuss the high numbers and impact it has on student performance.

Another group of business leaders, corraled by the Partnership for New York City, sent out a similar letter on Monday afternoon, just minutes after de Blasio's press conference, expressing support for the education tax credit.

The Countryside Alliance believes a vibrant countryside needs five key changes and calls on the Government to: SERVICES — Ensure an accessible and reliable rural transport and broadband network HOUSING — Promote local solutions to the lack of affordable rural housing EDUCATION — Enable all children to gain a practical understanding of the countryside FARMING — Support British farmers and producers COUNTRY PURSUITS — Repeal the Hunting Act and champion country pursuits For more information or to arrange interviews please call the Countryside Alliance press office on 0207 840 9220 or 07500 834 163

Mayor Bill de Blasio met with New Jersey Gov. - elect Phil Murphy on Wednesday in a closed - door session that focused on transportation, education, jobs and fighting the Republican tax plan making its way through Congress, the mayor's press secretary said.

At 1 p.m., Shooters Committee on Political Education President Steven Aldstadt and Aaron Price, director of Gas Odyssey, hold a press conference calling for upstate New York to secede to prevent economic decline and limits on personal freedoms, 276 Washington St., Binghamton.

Herzek's positive statements on the proposal and access to higher education generally, and his statistic about the percentage of low - income students attending his college, appear verbatim in his endorsement from the governor's press release.

At 1:45 p.m., de Blasio hosts a press conference to make an education - related announcement, Richmond Hill High School, Door 9 on 113th Street (just south of 91st Avenue), Queens.

At 10 a.m., NYC Opt Out, Change the Stakes, and NYS Allies for Public Education hold press conference calling on New York City Department of Education Chancellor Carmen Farina to «inform all parents of their opt out rights,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At noon, NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez holds a press conference to call on the presidential candidates to address the disparities in STEM education for girls and students of color, 165th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, Washington Heights, Manhattan.

Education committee chairman Daniel Dromm told Capital that his colleagues had grown impatient waiting for the D.O.E. to act on discipline reform, though Friday's press release includes a statement from Dromm in support of the reforms.

He will join Simon Walters, the Mail on Sunday political editor, who last weekend reported that Lord Justice Leveson threatened to quit over comments made by the education secretary Michael Gove on the «chilling effect» of the inquiry on press freedom.

Hein is about to discover that once he steps outside that glass building he rules on Fair and Main streets into areas like public education and municipal government coordination, he will need allies who can trust him to keep them informed before the press release hits the fan.

The BHA has put the data in a spreadsheet for convenience - attached to this email and online at http://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/List-of-proposed-Free-Schools.xlsx Read the previous BHA press release, «Landmark Freedom of Information victory for BHA vs Department for Education», 15 January 2013: http://humanism.org.uk/2013/01/15/landmark-freedom-of-information-victory-for-bha-vs-department-for-education/ Read the Information Tribunal's decision: http://humanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/20130115-Decision-EA20120136-0166-0167.pdf Read more about the BHA's campaigns work on «faith» schools: http://www.humanism.org.uk/campaigns/religion-and-schools/faith-schools The British Humanist Association is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity.

Tisch talked about the importance of education reform on «The Capitol Press Room.»

The increase in per pupil funding was welcomed by MPs - Conservative former minister Anna Soubry said Ms Greening should be awarded a «huge gold star» - but those on the opposition benches pressed the education secretary on where the additional money was coming from.

«I am not running because I think what could be accomplished in public education is game - changing, is life - changing,» Moskowitz said during a press conference Thursday on the steps of City Hall.

This was revealed by the Minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, during a press conference on Thursday.

Speaking at the press conference on Thursday, the Education Minister said the commitment to the Free SHS policy, earmarked to start in the 2017/2018 academic year, was an indication...