Sentences with phrase «educational concerns with»

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During this year's convention of the National Association of Evangelicals, Blair, an NAE member, launched a group called Evangelicals Concerned, which is described as «an educational task force for ministry with homosexuals and their families and churches.»

Second, a decision that Christian educational institutions will not surrender themselves to a pure imparting of technical skills or promotion of technical rationality which concentrates on technological tools only but will in all situations be concerned also with developing critical rationality enabling the students to examine the exploitive ends and purposes hidden in all technical situations.

the purpose why God allowed multiple religions to evolve and exist in the distant and even today is because our minds intellectual capacity has increased tremendously after we became civilized about 10,000 years go.Earlier when we were hunter gatherers our priorities was just to find food to survive, Then we became more knowlegible and our concern includes the intelle tual need to understand the meaning and purpose of our existence, so God allowed the founding and establishment of many religions by humans to conform with their intellectual, social and educational development, Since this is not static, it contiually diversify and change to conform with their times of existince, History showed that this is continuesly improving, so the future expects changes towards Panthrotheism in accordance to His will.

You've spent a lifetime concerned with children and educational policy.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

The book is concerned with fundamentals of religious educational philosophy.

On the one side, it is possible for the church to let the rest of the world go by — and for the minister to concern himself mainly with his pulpit robe equipment, the shape of the baptistry, the architecture of the sanctuary, and perhaps the related facilities such as the educational rooms and the kitchens.

Partisans of parochial schools, understandably concerned with rising costs and sincerely dedicated to both the religious and secular educational missions of their schools, would inevitably champion aid to nonpublic schools and promote political action to achieve their goals.

Generally speaking, there are three kinds of educational institutions which are concerned with the teaching of the history of religions.

At the same time that she was ingesting all this psychological research about motivation, Farrington was also studying the related sociological literature, which was concerned with how institutional structures affect individual behavior and, specifically, how certain educational structures — like school funding mechanisms, teacher contracts, or patterns of segregation — might incline students toward success or failure.

«The fact that 58 % of athletes continued to play with their concussion symptoms is troubling,» said Tracey Covassin PhD, ATC, and Associate Professor and Undergraduate Athletic Training Program Director at Michigan State University, and an expert in sport - related concussions; «not from a research perspective but from an educational perspective and safety concern for the athletes.

Discuss the concerns shared with you by the teacher and say that you want to get help for your child but before you go to your child's physician, you would like the school to do a full psycho - educational assessment of your child so that you will have all of the information that your child's doctor will need to make a thorough assessment.

However, because some parents have voiced their concerns over some of these mind numbing games in the last couple of years, the toy developers have now come out with a few educational games that your child will enjoy playing.

Send a letter to the North York General Hospital to share with them your deep concerns regarding the sponsorship of their upcoming Paediatric Update, an educational events dealing with infant and young child nutrition and health, by manufacturers of infant formula products.

To confuse matters further, Graham Badman appeared to have muddled Social Services concerns with educational ones.

You could talk with his school's speech therapist — although most schools won't treat a lisp, which is considered a cosmetic concern rather than an educational concern.

Unfortunately, not all schools are created equal and I think that those who find themselves dissatisfied with their local school should feel free to either try to change it (which we tried and failed as other parents did not seem concerned, nor was the principal open to change or our volunteer help to find other suitable educational alternatives to watching Pixar movies) or look elsewhere.

This planning goes beyond far beyond the educational planning considerations with younger children and includes concerns about independent living, integrated employment, and community participation.

Talk with his school's speech therapist about the situation, though most schools won't treat a lisp, which is considered a cosmetic concern rather than an educational concern.

Much of contemporary social science and policy research is concerned with fathers» impacts on children's socioemotional development.1, 2 Yet material contributions made by fathers («breadwinning») remain central to an array of impacts on children, 3 including with respect to children's educational attainment and prospects for social success.

There was also concern that some embassies were not being used for proper diplomatic purposes with some of them being used as tourist offices, for educational purposes or for financial gain.

Early teething trouble with the UK system led to reports of up to 20 % of the most popular websites being blocked, and concerns remain that the lack of transparency may mean that important educational resources continue to be falsely blocked.

«Indeed, for as much promise as the Internet offers young people in the form of educational resources and social connections, there is great concern about the dangers and unknowns associated with a medium that is growing by several billion web pages per day.»

According to Osinbajo: «Today the attainment of wealth, power or educational influence is the mark of success which is not necessarily a bad thing except we are no longer concerned with the process of attaining success.»

Chris Keates: «It is increasingly important to treat Ofsted's assertions about the quality of educational provision across the school system with some caution... However, notwithstanding these reservations, Ofsted's report highlights key issues that reflect some of the NASUWT's longstanding concerns»

«School districts worked hard under very trying circumstances to make sure the budgets they presented to voters balanced educational quality with the very real concerns of local taxpayers,» said NYSSBA Executive Director Timothy G. Kremer.

Since their inception, free schools have been subject to research, primarily concerned with two issues: student attainment and educational inequality.

Other concerns include what will happen to the community role that used to be performed by local education authorities in relation to badly - behaved pupils or pupils with special educational needs.

We heard about groups like the Western New York Book Arts Center, Young Audiences of Western New York, Theatre of Youth and many others stepping in to fill widening gaps in an educational system less concerned than ever with culture and creativity.

Of course, the NIH is just as concerned with health research as it is with educational training, but reviewers and staff have traditionally been «reluctant» to fund projects that involve computation, an NIH advisory committee wrote last year.

The Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion program facilitates communication between scientific and religious communities through partnerships with religious organizations to help incorporate science into educational programs and encourage scientific outreach to address public concerns about scientific advances and show how they address world problems.

With your support, the National Eczema Association provides impactful educational resources for patients and providers, advances research on eczema and new ways to treat it, and advocates nationally for the issues our community is concerned about most — more treatment options and better, patient - centered care.

PBH is a not - for - profit 501 (c)(3) educational foundation, with financial support from grants and volunteer contributions from the fruit and vegetable industry, the public health community, and concerned citizens.

The film offers a concise, coherent story which manages to be educational at the same time, as the script is peppered with factoids concerning U.S. history.

Ever since the Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) manifesto was launched in 2008, highlighting the powerful educational value of school trips, when asked whether the benefits of taking pupils on educational visits outweigh concerns over cost and safety, teachers and instructors have always answered with a resounding «yes».

Practitioner research is a workplace - focused opportunity for teachers to engage in and with educational research related to their professional concerns and interests.

Mark Woodruff, Executive of The JJ Charitable Trust says: «Literacy is one of The JJ Charitable Trust's main concerns and for years we have worked with charities to prevent and overcome poor access to literacy that too often sees children and young people fall prey to low educational attainment, low employment chances and even homelessness and prison.

We must be careful not to allow an intense concern with testing or any single educational objective, well - intentioned as it may be, to crowd out the activities that may best kindle the flames of learning and purpose in our students.

With a combination of journalistic drama and well - merited concern about our current educational outcomes, Green sets out a compelling argument that effective pedagogy embodies a highly complex set of skills and knowledge that can and should be taught to teachers.

Washington — Despite the scant attention paid to vocational education in the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education, Secretary of Education Terrel H. Bell said last week that the nation's vocational system is nonetheless an important educational concern and should become an equal partner with college - preparatory programs.

The same applies for the well educated, both because education is highly correlated with income and because better educated parents tend to be more motivated by educational concerns.

Along with 13 other educational concerns, members of the Bristol Virginia Education Association last month presented the school board with the results of a survey of 165 bvea members showing that many teachers disapprove of the books.

In recent years, that goal has been largely crowded out by an almost exclusive concern with access to school and educational attainment, with less regard for the quality and purpose of education.

While local governments have been strengthened with notable achievements in social services, concerns remain about their support for and competencies in managing educational programs.

University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax has a provocative lead essay in the latest issue of National Affairs that warrants thoughtful attention by all concerned with boosting the educational opportunities of poor and minority youngsters.

«With today's concerns about growing educational disparities, we carry an even greater responsibility as educators to make decisions and take actions that contribute to more equitable educational opportunities for children and families in and out of school.»

«Although we are pleased the draft SEN Code of Practice recognises the prominent role educational psychologists have in ensuring the wellbeing of all children and young people with special educational needs, we are concerned that there are not enough educational psychologists in nurseries, schools and colleges to carry out the proposals outlined in the draft.

However, despite the enthusiasm for both school restructuring and transformational leadership, the findings from international meta - analytic work comparing the impact of various approaches to educational leadership, along with wider developments and concerns over quality teaching and student performance noted in earlier chapters, caused a re-examination of the worth of instructional leadership.

Professor Moses is a philosopher of education who is centrally concerned with education policy studies, especially as related to race, ethnicity, and equality of educational opportunity.

As far as educational opportunity is concerned, many schools in Virginia distribute opportunities quite inequitably to their students, basing them first on race, then in accordance with family income.