Sentences with phrase «educational crisis in»

This will allow CEG to further strengthen our position as a leader in urban education and provide a solution to the educational crisis in Detroit.

Nor is the problem that he went so far as to argue that the Court should «ignore» both the fact that the voucher program was initiated in response to a severe educational crisis in the Cleveland public schools and the fact that parental decisions about how to spend their vouchers were voluntary.

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A new president senses that «crisis» at Union has always (since 1836) consisted in the threat that some star in its constellation of educational commitments will withdraw from the whole.

Even though alcoholism ranks as one of the country's three major health problems, along with cancer and heart disease; even though it accounts for approximately 98,000 deaths every year; even though it is the root cause of most pastoral - care crises (suicides, auto fatalities, child abuse, divorces, hospital admissions, accidental deaths and home violence); even though it costs the nation $ 120 billion annually in terms of lost work time, health and welfare benefits, property damage, medical expenses, insurance and lost wages; and even though its effects impair the educational process of every child in every classroom, still the church acts as though alcoholism does not exist.

«The current crisis in the recruitment, retention and morale of the teacher workforce is a further issue on which Ofsted and the NASUWT agree has real potential to undermine the ability of schools to meet the educational needs and entitlements of all children and young people.

As the lead educational organization in the Hoosick area, continuing research and education on hydrology and geology is vital as the community recovers from the PFOA water contamination crisis.

Buffalo schools open in a month and a large group of clergy, activists, parents and school leaders turned out Monday night in Friendship Baptist Church for an emergency meeting to discuss what they see as an educational crisis.

In response to the educational and psychological crisis among refugee children, the NYU and Bahcesehir researchers enlisted colleagues with deep expertise in educational technology and designed an online, game - based learning intervention for refugee children named Project HopIn response to the educational and psychological crisis among refugee children, the NYU and Bahcesehir researchers enlisted colleagues with deep expertise in educational technology and designed an online, game - based learning intervention for refugee children named Project Hopin educational technology and designed an online, game - based learning intervention for refugee children named Project Hope.

People with high fearless dominance, above - average intelligence and a successful educational career could also become selfless heroes in everyday life, such as crisis managers or emergency doctors.

Offering data concerning black poverty, unemployment, crime, juvenile delinquency, narcotics use, and serious educational disadvantage, Moynihan maintained that the deep roots of this «crisis» lay in American slavery.

Whether the online humanitarian training is giving an aid worker a greater understanding of a crisis or teaching them to make decisions with lives on the line, the advances in educational technology has, perhaps, helped to save more lives across the world than in any other field.

This Askwith Forum explored the educational implications of the crisis most recently manifested in Ferguson and several other cities in the United States.

Ronald Reagan reversed the downward trend in SAT scores almost overnight when his National Commission on Educational Excellence galvanized the nation to take the educational crisis seriously.

In 2005, Denver Public Schools were on the verge of crisis — both financial and educational.

Will the emerging fiscal crisis accelerate the educational crisis that is leaving American students ever further behind the skill level it takes to function in the modern economy?

If we can present this to the American Pediatric Association as a medical crisis, not just an educational crisis, then we will get society's attention and have credibility in other sources.

The Department of Education just released its first - ever report on what it labels a «hidden educational crisis» — chronic absenteeism, defined as missing more than 15 days of school in a year — in American schools, and the statistics are sobering: In the 2013 — 2014 school year, more than 6.5 million kids fell into this categorin a year — in American schools, and the statistics are sobering: In the 2013 — 2014 school year, more than 6.5 million kids fell into this categorin American schools, and the statistics are sobering: In the 2013 — 2014 school year, more than 6.5 million kids fell into this categorIn the 2013 — 2014 school year, more than 6.5 million kids fell into this category.

Thus, to address a potentially growing educational crisis, the ECR project goal was to provide technical assistance to the Nigerian state governments, by collaboratively designing and delivering instruction in basic literacy, numeracy and social and emotional learning to IDP children and youth.

«The way out of the budget crisis is to prepare the state for a bright economic future by supporting the educational programs that are in - demand and are getting results.»

By Susan G. Weinberger and Janet B. Forbush In 2016, the U.S. Department of Education characterized chronic student absenteeism as a hidden educational crisis.

As the Failing Brown v. Board report states, «The refusal to offer Black and Brown and poor children the same resources and educational opportunities that are offered to white and wealthy children continues to be a national crisis that has yet to be acknowledged or addressed by those in positions of power.»

The increase in mandated standardized testing is having a significant negative educational impact on children and contributes to the financial crisis facing districts across the Empire State.

The key document in framing the crisis this time was the Coleman Report, which highlighted the ways in which educational inputs did not translate into educational outputs and thus motivated legislators to see schooling as a production function that needed to be made more efficient.

More than 1 in 4 of the nation's full - time teachers are considered chronically absent from school, according to federal data, missing the equivalent of more than two weeks of classes each academic year in what some districts say has become an educational crisis.

Aligning with Alma Powell's belief in uniting a community to help solve the educational crisis, public schools across the country have developed comprehensive programs to bring dropout students back to their classrooms.

«You've found that our educational system is in the grip of a crisis caused by low standards, lack of purpose, ineffective use of resources, and a failure to challenge students to push performance to the boundaries of individual ability — and that is to strive for excellence.»

Jackson in particular has done almost nothing to advance systemic reform in his own hometown, and has offered little in the way of ideas on how to end an educational crisis that condemns half of all young black men to the economic and social abyss.

The essays in this volume represent the work of the leading scholars of affirmative action in higher education, and place the current crisis on campus in its larger context of historical discrimination and the legal battle for educational equity.

Virginia's educational doldrums is even more pronounced when one looks at how poorly the state has done in improving the achievement of young men, who most - heavily experience the consequences of the nation's education crisis.

The current era of corporate education reform began with the 1983 publication of the Reagan administration's report A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Education Reform, prepared by a committee of prominent professors, politicians, teachers, and business executives.5 Not only did the report attack many of the equity - minded federal education reforms that preceded it, A Nation at Risk also manufactured a narrative of public education in crisis, steeped in the language of Cold War military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authors wrote.

Schools and colleges are struggling to cope with the cuts and high needs funding is in crisis, threatening the support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

When Phillip Jackson founded the Black Star Project in 1996, few school reformers had fully focused on the crisis of low educational attainment among young black men.

As the foreclosure crisis threatens the financial stability and mobility of families across the country, it will be particularly devastating to African American and Latino families, who already lag behind their white counterparts in terms of income, wealth and educational attainment.

These include low - cost spaying and neutering, free educational programs for local schools and organizations, a pet - food pantry for financially challenged pet owners, and temporary foster care for the pets of owners who are in crisis or transition.

At Warrick Humane Society, our mission is to end the animal overpopulation crisis in our community, to find homes for homeless and neglected animals and to provide educational programs, fundraisers and volunteer services for the community.

The courses — which covered topics such as temporary animal sheltering in disaster zones and safe animal handling techniques in crisis situations — were a wonderful educational experience for all who attended.

Volunteers serve the community and help endangered pets in a variety of ways including through youth educational programs and tackling the overpopulation crisis.

Therapy Dogs Today - Their Gifts, Our Obligation by Kris Butler Highlights many of the new and creative ways people include dogs in clinical, educational, and crisis response settings.

The studio will also feature the visiting artist project in progress, Dismantled a response to the debates, realities and contradictions surrounding the current educational crisis; they are working with Sa Bachman and Krista Caballero.

In stark contrast to the present condition of crisis in education the architectural programs and educational research around 1970 gave rise to a number of experimental building principles and pedagogical idealIn stark contrast to the present condition of crisis in education the architectural programs and educational research around 1970 gave rise to a number of experimental building principles and pedagogical idealin education the architectural programs and educational research around 1970 gave rise to a number of experimental building principles and pedagogical ideals.

For example, in an installation for Altermodern: Tate Triennial 2009 at Tate Britain she focussed on the Kibbo Kift Kindred, a British alternative educational movement existing between 1920 - 1951, who were radicalised during the economic crisis of the 1930s into a nationalist monetary reform movement.

«This training provides the groundwork for sharing the facts and educating others about the climate crisis in a respectable, fun, digestible, and educational way... It leaves you with a sense of hope.»

• Devised and implemented an interactive program for teachers and students to determine emotional, social, cognitive and physical developmental issues • Developed plans aimed at crisis intervention which engendered great results in the form of rejuvenated and constructive participation • Introduced a student analysis system which took information from students on forms and provided valuable background information • Attained three certificates for determining educational disabilities in children between the ages 6 and 12

Recipients included The Centre on Philanthropy, which helps strengthen and sustain the nonprofit sector; Family Centre, which provides support and counseling services for families in crisis; and Bermuda Sloop Foundation, which provides experiential educational programs to public school teens.