Sentences with phrase «education than any generation»

They will be lifelong, self - learners, who take more personal responsibility for their ongoing education than any generation in history.

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True, many things are cheaper to buy than a generation ago, but the big - ticket items like shelter and post-secondary education are taking a much bigger bite out of household budgets today.

While you paid more for your education than any previous generation, your college experience was, if anything, dumbed down.

Even though the current Millennials ages 25 to 32 are better educated than the generations of young adults who preceded them, 14 the survey found only one significant generational difference in the overall perceived value of their education in preparing them for a job and career — some 41 % of Millennials ages 25 to 32, 45 % of Gen Xers and 47 % of Baby Boomers say their schooling was «very useful» in getting them ready to enter the labor force.

And they know that education for them is much more costly than than it was for earlier generations.

Fogel adds that for Millennials, a career in sales comes with the stereotype that it's not actually much of a career — «anyone can do it or you're born to it,» Fogel says, implying that this generation — which collectively has more college degrees than any other generation — doesn't believe sales positions are worthy of their four - year higher education.

They have had greater access to education and information than any previous generations.

After all it seems to me that Generation Y has, through world travel, through mass education and through sheer amount of leisure time actually faced a greater degree of natural and artistic beauty than any other that has preceded it.

In this regard it is clear that moral education, even in its diversity and its oppositions, is more a story about the legitimation of American culture than it is about its transformation; as in every generation in America, the substance of moral education has reflected the central assumptions and ideals of the prevailing zeitgeist.

However, noting that even their increased earnings barely took the participants» income above poverty level, the evaluators recommend that an early focus on education and training rather than on income - generation may be a more productive long - term strategy for these young men and their children (Spaulding et al, 2009).

Paul Tough: I believe there's this new generation of character education coming along that is different than the last generation.

But because these exams are not available in most state schools, Mr Willetts warned a «worrying divide is opening up in British education» that could lead to a bigger gulf between state and private schools than there had been in a generation.

All these issues face Long Island's community colleges, which together serve more than 40,000 students and are widely regarded as an essential gateway to higher education for nontraditional and first - generation college students.

The first generation to be born in the 21st century will be worse off than their parents unless changes are made to open up the education system, Ed Miliband will say on Tuesday as he outlines plan for new technical degrees.

WHEREAS, research shows that women are substantially less likely to self - select or be recruited for elective office, this gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time and that qualified female candidates who are equally or more qualified than men are often seen as less qualified or less viable than male candidates; and WHEREAS, research confirms that the presence of more women in a governing body leads to greater transparency and a focus on progressive policies such as closing the funding and achievement gaps in education, closing gaps or loopholes in contraception coverage and affordable health care, closing the wage gap, and removing obstacles that contribute to poverty of women & children; and

Global fertility has halved in a generation to fewer than 2.5 children per woman, thanks to social trends such as education and urbanisation.

The Next Generation Science Standards do a better job overall of covering genetics than most previous state standards, but are missing some key content, according to a new study by science education specialists at the American Society of Human Genetics.

Today's generation of education reformers exhibit something more akin to diffidence, even cowardice, and not without cause: After decades of dominance and setting the agenda for American education, we should have a few more successes to point to than a relative handful of successful urban charter schools.

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The Project on the Next Generation of Teachers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education released today new research showing that Teach For America (TFA) corps members teach in their low - income placement schools considerably longer than the TFA two - year obligation.

In explaining how people become digitally literate, breadth of use, experience, gender, and education are more important than generation (Helsper and Enyon, 2010).

A position paper by IBO, the independent group that governs the program, elaborates: «The IBO is unapologetically idealistic in believing that education can foster understanding among young people around the world, enabling future generations to live more peacefully and productively than before.»

What President Obama termed «the most meaningful education reform in a generation» has proven, for my money, to be more a cautionary tale than a model.

Nothing is more tragic than the virtual abdication by the American high school of its responsibility for the mathematical and scientific education of the next generation, leaving U. S. 15 - year - olds below the industrial world average on math and science tests.

In the end, the high - stakes test is the definition of what we think successful education stands for, for better or worse, and I think it's still an open question whether the next generation of assessments will really match our aspiration to encourage rigorous, deep thinking rather than the rote - like product from the testing regime.

For more than a generation he was known as the Department of Education's data - collection guru, the person inside the bureaucracy who understood best what information to collect and how to collect it.

With more than 98 years» experience in timber buildings, established over four generations, Scotts has used its expertise in sports pavilions, equestrian buildings and specialist timber products, to carefully design and manufacture bespoke education buildings that meet the needs and requirements of today's pupils.

These federal vouchers trained the «greatest generation» and made it possible for a greater percentage of Americans to continue into higher education than in any other country.

Children today — and many adults too — have less contact with the natural environment than any previous generation, this is despite all the evidence about the positive impacts contact with nature brings to a child's education, health and wellbeing.

This paper shows that breadth of use, experience, gender, and education are just as, if not more, important than generation in explaining how people become digital natives.

In tests taken by 15 - and 16 - year - olds in 2012, before our education reforms had been implemented, England was the only country in the OECD in which the literacy and numeracy skills of young people were no better than those of their grandparents» generation: adults aged 55 - to - 65 performed better in literacy and numeracy than those aged 16 - to - 24.

What President Obama termed «the most meaningful education reform in a generation» has proven to be more a cautionary tale than a model.

Education is a global enterprise, one that brings humanity together in discerning how to pass on to the next generation what we consider valuable, and how to prepare them to create a world that is better than the one we are passing on to them.

More than likely, these residents — many of whom are first - generation middle class residents, entrepreneurs, and blue - collar workers — would use a Patent Trigger law to remove control of P.S. 45 from the New York City Department of Education, and lead an overhaul so that all families and their kids have a wider array of choices.

Thanks to data from the Professional Growth Effectiveness System and the TELL Survey, districts will have more information than ever before on how many effective teachers they have and where they are working, said Christine Boatwright, administration education program consultant in the office of Next Generation Learners.

Thomas P. DiNapoli, the state comptroller, had given the green light to state education officials in June to pursue a no - bid contract with Wireless Generation, an education technology company based in Brooklyn in which News Corporation had acquired a 90 percent stake last November for more than $ 360 million.

More than a generation ago, the U.S. used to lead the world in education achievement with the highest high school graduation rate and college - going rate.

Not only are we in a crisis, we have failed generations of students and their parents, with policies that have sought to provide more comfort for the adults than quality education for the students.

«For less than 1 percent of what our nation spends on education each year, we've convinced nearly every state in the country to raise their standards for teaching and learning — the first time that's happened in a generation,» said Obama, referencing the Common Core.

The ADA generation experienced more equality and access to opportunity in education, the workforce, and the community than their predecessors.

There are greater percentages of low - income, Latino, and English Language Learner students than in generations past; these students are the very ones who have been historically underserved in the current education system.

Through its Transition to Teaching programs, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, IDRA partnered with universities and more than 20 K - 12 public schools across Texas to prepare a new generation of skilled, effective teachers to lead and innovate in schools that need them most.

For first - generation, low - income (FGLI) students who traditionally earn these credentials at lower rates than their peers, advising can be an especially critical tool for ensuring that the transition to and through postsecondary education is as smooth as possible.

While Friedman's free market philosophy has guided generations of business people and politicians, his views on education are less well known: The economist who advised Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher became interested in school choice more than six decades ago, long before charter schools and private school vouchers became options.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan has claimed that this «new generation of state assessments» will be different from and better than the current crop of standardized tests.

More than any other issue, education is the civil rights issue of our generation and it can't wait — because tomorrow won't wait — the world won't wait — and our children won't wait.

But they know not to talk about substantive education issues that affect these children like the one reported by the Civil Rights Project: «Based on evidence from several important measures of segregation, the Civil Rights Project stands by its strong contention that re-segregation has occurred, and that African - American and Latino students are experiencing more isolation in schools than they were a generation ago — and further, that this segregation is deeply linked to unequal educational opportunities.»

Many first - generation, lower - income students have more higher education options available to them than they realize.

Academy trusts are publicly funded charities that should focus on their primary objective of education rather than being distracted by income generation whatever justification they might give to such activity.

It is changing the face of pre-K through12 education because it is more than a technology fad; it is a fundamental shift in instructional practice that will improve student outcomes for future generations.