Sentences with phrase «first education nation»

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• And that is why the Prime Minister announced more than $ 1.9 billion in new funding to implement the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act.

The Slaight Family Foundation has committed to providing that money over the next five years to 15 non-profit organizations that are engaged with the First Nations, Inuit and Métis on a wide range of initiatives, from health and education to cultural activities and preventing violence against Indigenous women.

It will continue working with First Nations to develop stronger, more effective, and more accountable on - reserve education systems.

The committee was pleased with the specific inclusion of the one - year extension of the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit, and the $ 8.4 - billion investment in capacity - building, education and social infrastructure for First Nations.

The C.D. Howe Institute hosted a small group of thinkers drawn from Canada's foremost leaders in First Nations education on April 15, 2016.

New education partnership with First Nations is net of funding committed in fiscal framework, but yet to flow to First Nations.

The total commitment to First Nations education is $ 750 million per year.

The extent of the decline is surprising given the nature of the components in this category — transfers to First Nations for education, health, social assistance, agricultural subsidies, student assistance, transfers to granting councils, among others.

That declaration followed comments the previous day that suggested he was open to slowing down the process, following a Senate committee report calling for more consultation with First Nations on taxation, education materials and addictions treatment.

Specific policies include the 30 - 50 Plan to Fight Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number of people living below the poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Accord.

Indeed, through the colonial period and the first century of national life, American higher education was largely a product of the nation's churches: Harvard, Yale, Princeton and William and Mary were all founded primarily to educate the clergy.

Since then, we've swept the nation and made higher education the first sector where food recovery is the norm and not the exception.

Good to Know Colorado is the nation's first public education campaign regarding the legal, safe and responsible use of retail marijuana.

Lead author Sara Chrisman of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in Seattle, Washington, viewed the finding that concussion education requirements for coaches under the state's first - in - the - nation «Lystedt Law» were being closely followed by public high schools in Washington State as «very encouraging but not surprising,» noting that schools had an incentive to follow the law because it provides legal immunity from litigation for schools that follow it correctly.

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At Concord, he served as the faculty advisor to the nation's first Gay - Straight Alliance (GSA) leading him in 1990 found GLSEN, a national education organization bringing together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and straight teachers, parents, students, and community members who wanted to end anti-LGBT bias in our schools.

But many physical education programs across the nation's school systems are among the first to fall victim to deeper budget cuts.

The Board of Education has agreed to move forward on a plan to eliminate sugary beverages and make Florida the first state in the nation to ban chocolate milk in public schools.

Healthy Schools BC Regional Grants are meant to support school districts and groups of First Nations and / or independent schools, in identifying, addressing and assessing priorities in the area of mental well - being through strengthening partnerships within the health and education sectors, and with community partners.

Participants include: US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan; US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack; First Lady of New York City Chirlane McCray; MSNBC hosts Chris Matthews, Joy - Ann Reid and Krystal Ball; talk show host Wendy Williams, the parents of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis; parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Ana Marquez - Greene; Harvard University Professor Dr. Charles Ogletree; NBC News legal analyst and author Lisa Bloom; William H. «Billy» Murphy Jr., Esq.; Essence Magazine notables Michelle Ebanks and Susan Taylor; Viacom's Marva Smalls; The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel; actor Malik Yoba; and members of Congress.

It's no secret that New York has long ranked first in the nation for the amount it spends on education per pupil.

At 11 a.m., NYS Schools Chancellor Betty Rosa, state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and other educators announce the first - in - nation curriculum materials to teach children about sepsis prevention, P.S. 150, 40 - 01 43rd Ave., Queens.

Addressing the ambassadors of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, Former President Mahama indicated, that he launched the «Progressively Free SHS Education» Project and also commissioned the first school — Prof Evans Atta Mills SHS at Otuam in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region.

«Our first - in - the - nation Excelsior Scholarship is designed so more New Yorkers go to college tuition - free and receive the education they deserve to reach their full potential.»

It's the latest addition to a sparkling resume that includes service as a state senator, United Nations ambassador, commissioner of the Port Authority and the state Division of Human Rights, president of the New York City Board of Education, and the first African - American elected state comptroller.

The first was to ask the government to declare a state of emergency in the nations education sector because the education of the Nigerian girls and boys is really important.

«This is the first issue that I want to address, and in many ways, I believe it is the most important issue that this state and this nation must address,» Cuomo said at a rally with Sanders in January, «which is higher education and the affordability of higher education.»

Prime Minister: David Cameron Deputy PM & First Secretary of State: William Hague Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Osborne Leader of the Commons: Ken Clarke Home Secretary: David Davis Foreign Secretary: Sir Malcolm Rifkind Business & Employment Secretary: John Redwood Communities & Social Justice Secretary: Iain Duncan Smith Cabinet Office Minister: Francis Maude Defence Secretary: Dr Liam Fox Environment and Energy Secretary: Oliver Letwin Leader of the Lords: Lord Strathclyde Nations Secretary: Lord Trimble Education Secretary: Michael Gove Health Secretary: Chris Grayling Women & Equalities Secretary: Theresa May Pensions & Welfare Reform Secretary: David Willetts Trade & International Development Secretary: Alan Duncan Justice Secretary & Lord Chancellor: Dominic Greive Transport Secretary: Damian Green Farming, Food & Rural Affairs Secretary: Nick Herbert Housing & Local Government Secretary: Philip Hammond Culture Secretary: Julie Kirkbride

A plan to alleviate hunger among students from kindergarten through higher education has received some national attention, as one component would require every public college or university in the state to offer a food pantry on campus — a project that would be the first of its kind in the nation.

«With a college education now a necessity to succeed in today's economy, I am proud to sign this first - in - the - nation legislation that will make college accessible, strengthen the middle class, and build a brighter future for all New Yorkers,» Cuomo said in the release.

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«With the launch of the first - in - the - nation Excelsior Scholarship program, the dream of a college education and a better life is now within reach for all New Yorkers,» Mr. Cuomo said in a statement.

I am the co-founder and Director of The Washington Online Learning Institute, one of the nation's first highly accredited online schools of post-secondary education.

Meeting Tuesday at NIH for the first time, the new panel's members heard presentations from outside organizations working to improve precollege science education across the nation.

The dramatic shift has been partially attributed to First Nations peoples (a term that replaced the word «Indians» in the 1970s) gaining local control of education in 1973 and changing the on - reserve school system from a more traditional education to one mixed with First Nations history, culture, and values.

The film focuses on the years before the infamous Brown v. Board of Education decision and Marshall becoming the first African - American member of the nation's highest court.

I'd love for Florida to be the first state in the nation where every parent has a choice in truly customizing his or her child's education at the teacher, school or district level.

Four major education stakeholders in California came together last week in an unprecedented collaboration aimed at helping alleviate concerns over the nation's first statewide peer - assistance and - review program for teachers.

A school - by - school breakdown of scores on Massachusetts» first - ever exam for licensing new teachers is forcing some education schools to take a hard look at their curricula, even as state officials propose creating one of the nation's most intensive programs of teacher recruitment and training.

This year's national Teacher Town Hall builds on the first annual event in September of 2010, as well as local town halls with teachers in Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia that were held as part of the Education Nation On - The - Road tour in May and June of 2011.

Lingotot, the nation - wide modern foreign language education provider has become the first organisation of its kind to receive official accreditation for its courses within primary schools.

This article first appeared on NBC News» Education Nation blog.

Terrel H. Bell, secretary of education during President Reagan's first term, has criticized the Administration's proposed cuts in aid to college students, saying they constitute an «unwitting assault on the nation's colleges and universities.»

Before we can see an increase in the level of education in this nation we must first invest the money necessary to allow teachers and schools to explore and best tailor programs to suit the individual needs of students.

First, many of the nation's schools of education were unwilling to «share data with NCTQ,» a shocking display of willful non-transparency.

Education must rise to the top of the global development agenda — this is the goal of Education First, the new global initiative of the United Nations Secretary - General, Ban Ki - moon, launched in September 2012.

That is the conclusion reached in one of the first attempts to estimate the overall cost for schools of implementing the recommendations of the excellence commission, whose report — «A Nation at Risk» — was the first of a handful of major analyses of public education...

California school officials were correct to withhold special - education funds from a school district that refused to comply with special - education law, the U.S. Education Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in theducation funds from a school district that refused to comply with special - education law, the U.S. Education Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in theducation law, the U.S. Education Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in thEducation Department has ruled in a case that may be the first of its kind in the nation.

The Change Leadership Group will be the first - in - the - nation program to recruit, train, and supervise a network of education experts to deliver on - site training and support to school districts around the country.

The Philadelphia Board of Education voted 5 - to - 3 last week not to appeal a court order that opened Central High School, the nation's second - oldest public high school, to female students for the first time in its 147 - year history.