Sentences with phrase «educational purposes they have»

Tell them you want to know more about standardized tests and what educational purposes they have.

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Incarcerated youth in Oregon have also been given access to online resources like podcasts and movies for educational purposes since 2013.

«There's a lot more interest circulating for tours to Cuba, but it may take some time for individual travel to pick up because you still have to go for educational purposes or to help the Cuban people,» Rebecca Heidgerd, the director of marketing at StudentUniverse, told me.

Americans other than Cuban - Americans would not be allowed to travel on their own for general tourism purposes, but only with organized educational and other groups on pre-set itineraries.

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The term «applicable educational institution» refers to an educational institution which a) had at least 500 students during the preceding taxable year; b) the aggregate fair market value of the assets of which at the end of the preceding taxable year (other than those assets which are used directly in carrying out the institution's exempt purpose) is at least $ 500,000 per student of the institution; and c) more than 50 percent of the students are located in the United States.

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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.

Save your money, go to your local mosque and ask for an English copy of the Quran, we would be more than happy to give you a copy of our holy scripture for your educational purposes.

No longer can we assume that the educational understandings that have informed us, the purposes that have inspired our efforts, or the theological foundations that have undergirded our programs are adequate for today.

«Our purpose is not to denigrate any religion or faith, which would be repugnant to our educational purposes,» the Harvard student group had said in a statement, «but instead to learn and experience the history of different cultural practices.»

The social dominance of the market has changed the nature and purpose of our educational system.

Toys that have a purpose of being educational!

In addition, some school districts might reduce their level of support for school food programs once revenues increase, which would reduce the net revenue increase to the school food program (though it would free up resources for other educational purposes).

School districts in some states, including all five surveyed, may have additional protection under «recreational use» statutes, which offer immunity from certain claims against landowners who open their property to the public for recreational use.10 In states with broad recreational use statutes, such as Indiana, opening school kitchen facilities could be considered a protected activity under the law, depending on the circumstances of the use and other factors.11 However, in Massachusetts, protection for recreational activities extends only to purposes that are «scientific, educational, environmental, ecological, research, religious, or charitable,» 12 so the state's statute might not apply when districts allow for - profit groups to use school kitchens.

Officials plan to operate the school as a year - round classroom, and other government bodies in Elmhurst and surrounding areas, such as Bensenville and its Park District, have expressed an interest in using the school for educational and historical purposes.

This is just political manipulation of students» educational outcomes which has nothing at all to do with the real purpose of education.

I've updated my answer with the source of the precedent (which is the real reason), but I'm going to leave the bit about house rules in for educational purposes if nothing else...

But it also served a dual political purpose: It jabbed at the tradition of mayoral control of New York City's schools, and it also allowed the governor to take an aggressive stand on the issue of educational equity — a marquee issue of Ms. Nixon, a longtime education activist who has placed the issue squarely at the heart of the early stages of her campaign.

It would accomplish this by creating a new tax credit for those who make a charitable donation for educational purposes.

So, when funds have not been earmarked in advance for postdoctoral educational purposes, it's often necessary to use some creativity.

«The primary purpose of [Bioteach] is to simply provide a focal point of freely accessible reference and educational resources that have a life science angle,» says Dr. Dave Ng (pictured at left), founder of the site and leader of the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory (AMBL) at UBC.

But unlike the United States, Germany has never been a place where individual wealth has led to setting up foundations for educational, research, or even social purposes.

He checked beforehand with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, which told him that it would not object to peyote use by non-Indians for serious scientific, educational, or journalistic purposes.

We do it because we enjoy it, but I have seen it used for educational purposes — I've been told a number of groups use it as an example when teaching logic — and I do find that gratifying.

While this design doesn't allow you to have complete control of the airflow, it is less expensive to build and run, it can be made using readily available materials, and it is an effective design for educational purposes.

It would also have a negative impact on the use of such resources by scientists working on other organisms — often motivated by hunches from other MODs — more casual users or those who lack significant funds, such as researchers at under - resourced institutions and those using such data repositories for educational purposes.»

The information presented in this website is intended for educational purposes only, and has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.

In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.

We've collected a bunch of these — only for educational purposes — from Reddit and our own nightmarish past experiences.

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It would appear that the University of Melbourne, too, has come to the conclusion that virtual reality can be used for educational purposes.

«Nothing short of critical pedagogical interventions which would overhaul what we consider to be the very purpose of our educational system, and the resources to channel these interventions into more meaningful curricular design, can help us change these terms of engagement.»

Animation has also been repeatedly used for educational purposes for all age groups, including adults.

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.

So ok, Facebook wasn't created for educational purposes, but you'd be surprised of how the social affordances of this versatile tool can generate great potentials for social learning.

The remaining districts have received comparable amounts to be used for any educational purpose they see fit.

«Reflecting on much of my past research and policy advisory work to support the expansion of educational opportunity,» said Reimers, «I realize that I had tried to support the improvement of educational quality without really asking what the purpose of education should be.

Blogs have offered great opportunities for online collaboration, reflection (for personal or educational purposes), for the creation of an e-portfolio, for coordination tool and as a way to find more information to think and research about.

So next time a member of staff tells you that the purpose of an educational visit is to «have fun», challenge them to put a bit more thought into the educational value that the visit will have.

«With everything we participate in on a school level, we need to be able to articulate the impact on the student learning experience and what NT Learning Adventures has achieved is having the tourism operators directly inform the schools of the outcomes and clearly identify the educational purposes behind a tour to the NT,» she said.

Furthermore, when federal investigators come knocking, you must demonstrate to them that (a) your discipline policy serves an educational purpose and (b) there's no better approach that could have a less adverse impact on students.

The purpose of Professor Javier Collado is to contribute to achieving the general objectives and core competencies set by the Organic Law 2/2006 of March 3, in the high school, with the «diffusion of knowledge» through a photo exhibition and an educational - multidisciplinary talk and consciousness - raising that will address the «different realities - realities equal» to live in the countries he has been working in Latin America: Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico.

New tools have been released recently that demonstrate that texting can, in fact, be used for educational purposes.

But a variety of new tools have been released recently that are tapping into the popularity of texting and the ubiquity of cellphones and are demonstrating that these can, in fact, be used for educational purposes:

There have been many successful examples of historic buildings being refurbished and remodelled in recent years to ensure that they remain fit for educational purposes for many years to come.

The education section of the app store has nearly 10,000 free or inexpensive (often 99 cents, usually no more than $ 4.99) apps designed specifically for educational purposes.

These programs would, among other purposes, «assist the Secretary, State educational agencies, and local educational agencies in the coordination and integration of Federal, State, and local services and programs to engage families in education.»