Sentences with phrase «focus on their education when»

Research has shown that teens who take a gap year benefit from having a fresh perspective and an energized focus on their education when they start college.

Some students find it difficult to focus on their education when surrounded by the distractions of traditional schools.

Not exact matches

While the federal immigration system has been criticized for putting emphasis on post-secondary education when judging candidates as economic immigrants, Manitoba has designed its nominee program to focus on skill shortages in its own labour market.

«There is no filter when it comes to YouTube stars,» says Jill Murphy, editor in chief of Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization focused on education and advocacy for kids.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

However, when theological education's focus is on «orthodoxy,» the relation between theory and practice seems to be treated as though it were precisely what the first view rejects.

Her education is focused on nutrition and early childhood studies, making her an expert when it comes to writing about health and children's growth and development.

There are performance character strengths and moral character strengths, and when you look at existing character education programmes in the US, a lot of them focus on the moral: honesty, integrity sharing, inclusiveness.»

When Keith Williams of the Memphis Education Association spoke, he focused on how to create support among teachers for in - classroom breakfast.

Programs focused on low - income unmarried fathers may be very costly when case management is a necessary component but the benefits may also be higher than a short - term parent education program.

Compared to when he announced the Buffalo Billion, Cuomo spoke less about region specific initiatives this year --- but Upstate Mayors Byron Brown and Lovely Warren say the governor's focus on things like education funding, infrastructure and economic development remain important to their cities.

They steered clear of attacking the governor for his education cuts (protestors made sure that message got across when they demonstrated in person at the Capitol), and focused instead on calling for him to extend the millionaire's tax.

Commenting on the statement on licensing teachers by Tristram Hunt, Shadow Education Secretary, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «When this proposal was made by the last Government in 2010, it was in the context of a national framework of pay and conditions of service which recognised and rewarded teachers as highly skilled professionals and which provided them with rights and entitlements to working conditions which supported them in focusing on teaching and learning.

«For every kid that opts out, it's making a statement that we don't like the direction when everything becomes focused on a test or just the tested subjects as opposed to a well - rounded education,» he said.

At the same time, the stories about Nixon running inevitably bring up the education issue, dormant during the sleepy summer weeks in Albany, when most of the attention has been focused on New York City transit troubles.

Koslowitz ran a campaign that focused on health care, education, and senior issues, all of which she said she plans to focus on when she takes office.

The focus on higher education the first day is a break with tradition, as lawmakers have generally scheduled the first day of the joint legislative hearings on the budget to be «tin cup» day — when mayors and local government officials discuss the impact of the spending proposal on their municipality.

In this Focus on Education interview, WBFO»S Eileen Buckley talked with two concerned citizens who are fighting for a voice when it comes to resolving the city's educatioEducation interview, WBFO»S Eileen Buckley talked with two concerned citizens who are fighting for a voice when it comes to resolving the city's educationeducation crisis.

Critics have questioned when de Blasio would announce the bulk of his education policies, considering he has focused mainly on pre-K and the city's 94 struggling «Renewal Schools» since taking office.

«I think when you look at his record, there isn't anything outstanding in his record in terms of his focus on education.

Most of the discussion about graduate education and the postdoc has been focused on research, when it has always been the case that a majority of students do not go on to research universities.

But when her bill reached the House Education Committee earlier this year, Democrats argued that it would be a mistake to focus only on women, because minorities and disabled individuals fare just as poorly.

«When I started teaching a class at the Abdullah bin Zeid for Basic Education for deaf and mute students, they stood out to me because they're very clever and can stay focused on a topic for hours.»

Gender equality is known to flourish when women are able to focus on education and career progression.

Besides these wannabe stars of tomorrow, the picture focuses on folks resigned to their miserable lot in life, such as 14 year - old Henry, an undeucated shoeshine boy with no education who when prompted by Ms. Honigmann admits that he has no dreams, and no nice memories.

When Usable Knowledge launched in September — with a handful of stories focused on the Common Core, how teachers can make caring more common, and the best strategies to expand high - quality early education, among others — we had no idea what the response might be.

Learn through Service: When cases of the West Nile virus were reported in their area, Minnesota students sprang into action with a project that focused on preventing the disease through public education.

Yet we are focused on expansion at a time when the system still needs great improvement, including increased attention to generating high - quality, affordable models of early education and care.

And when they do talk about education, both Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Duke focus on support of parental choice, school prayer, and the teaching of values — all positions Mr. Bush takes, too, albeit without the...

During one of those interviews, during a time when she was thinking about going back to school and focusing on her passion, urban education, she asked McCartney if she thought she should apply to one of the master's programs at the Ed School.

Current discussions of grit in education focus on the need for students to pursue long - term goals — such as going to college or becoming a nurse — and to hang in there when trying to learn challenging material in school.

Koretz focuses his research primarily on educational assessment and testing, particularly when it is used as a tool of education policy.

In addition, in cases in which inclusion really means «mainstreaming» (special education students are «brought into» a regular classroom for certain periods of the day) or when special education professionals focus solely on special education students instead of supporting, and interacting with, all students, individual differences are magnified and social isolation is increased.

This focus shocked many Americans, as was clear from the bad press the National Education Association, the nation's largest teacher union, received when some of the curricula posted on its website suggested that teachers avoid attributing blame for the attacks — despite the fact that the attacks were a clear product of a well - organized terrorist group.

Since «education at its core is social work,» Daly believes more focus is needed on the learning that «happens between and among human beings when they interact with one another.»

When it comes to the study of implementing education reforms, analysts tend to focus on the formal channels of implementation and the standard tools of public administration — for example, intergovernmental hand - offs (federal to state to district to school), alignment of curriculum, assessment and other components of the reform, professional development, getting incentives right, and accountability mechanisms.

The federal role in education has been a growth industry since at least the Johnson administration, when the Elementary and Secondary School Act (ESEA, now the Every Student Succeeds Act, ESSA) was passed as a part of the War on Poverty, with a focus on closing the achievement gap and equalizing funding between the rich and the poor.

Ultimately, Knee is at his best when he focuses on the mechanics of building a strong education business, but he fails to help the reader understand how money and power flow in that context.

Based on the theories of German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus, whose work in the late 1800s focused on memory, Kerfoot's own exploration into spaced education began in earnest toward the end of his medical residency when...

If Gates and others with billions to devote to education continue to focus on reforming the old rather than building new, I fear their efforts will soon be forgotten after the Emperor's New Clothes adulation fades when they stop having large sums to give.

Several principals who use PBIS told Education World that they were elated to see that when student behavior improved under the system and teachers had more time to focus on instruction, academic performance shot up as well.

«It is hard now to think back 30 or 40 years ago when there was not much attention or focus on special education of students or perhaps more recently, in the last decade, with focus more on English - language learners and the rapidly changing demographics in states.»»

When reshaping our education systems, should we solely focus on the future and innovation or are there forgotten elements of the past that we should bring back?

But with the new era of education now firmly on the horizon Focus Education founder and former school inspector, Clive Davies, says «positivity is key» when it comes to ensuring that the transition process runs smoothly, and that potential benefits are fully appreciated to make a difference for education now firmly on the horizon Focus Education founder and former school inspector, Clive Davies, says «positivity is key» when it comes to ensuring that the transition process runs smoothly, and that potential benefits are fully appreciated to make a difference for Education founder and former school inspector, Clive Davies, says «positivity is key» when it comes to ensuring that the transition process runs smoothly, and that potential benefits are fully appreciated to make a difference for children.

Instead, it focuses on three specific challenges that are often encountered when districts, especially small districts, grapple with the costs of their highest - need special - education students, and it makes three recommendations that districts and states could put into practice today, without waiting for reforms or help from Washington, as they seek ways to mitigate those problems:

During a discussion held at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) on Wednesday, the panelists said that a broad cultural and religious literacy, a historical context, and a focus on empathy are all important elements when bringing the sensitive topic to the classroom.

At a time when federal education policy is focused on getting all students to proficiency, and budget shortfalls have led to cutbacks in all sorts of special programs, the best and the brightest are mostly left to fend for themselves.

This annual effort focuses on improving education across America and takes place during the months of August through October when students around the nation head back to the classrooms.

At the end of last week and again yesterday, I wrote about grim news from a new study regarding what teachers think students are learning when it comes to citizenship, and how distant our focus on education as the «new civil right» is from traditional concerns about preparing students for the rigors of citizenship.

At a time when other federal and state policies are focused on achievement, school results, and the narrowing of learning gaps, why do we carve out a huge subpart of K — 12 education for a program that's still centered on inputs and services?