Sentences with phrase «for civic action»

The eagerly engaged voices assembled here present an action plan to combat the increase in high - stakes standardized testing currently plaguing K — 12 education... the focus is on doing rather than shouting, and each essay in this anthology is a blueprint for civic action....

Global education, given its relatively brief heritage as experiential curriculum that aims to develop student awareness of social problems, inquiry skills, and capacity and attitude for civic action (Gaudelli, 2003), would seem to be an ideal platform for the introduction of serious video games, since their educational aims are essentially the same.

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Another had a legal background and became a resource in the community for prophetic ministry and civic action.

The smart and eloquent student who framed the whole TEA PARTY phenomenon for the audience was perfectly right that these people are a largely admirable example of democracy in action, of genuine «civic engagement» at the local level.

In 2017 we got a crash course is civics, elections, and Democratic party rules by running for District Leader and the Democratic County Committee, then immediately being thrust into the inside action to elect a new State Senator.

«The Jamaica Now Action Plan reflects an exemplary collaboration by the Mayor, the Borough President, civic groups and the community that can restore Jamaica as one of the region's most affordable and attractive destinations for living, shopping and working,» said Regional Plan Association Chair Elliot Sander.

To analyze the TCJA and identify and evaluate options for appropriate State and local government action, in December 2017 the Citizens Budget Commission convened a Special Committee consisting of CBC trustees, business and civic leaders, and policy experts.

The NYIC aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all by promoting immigrants» full civic participation, fostering their leadership, and providing a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York's diverse immigrant communities.

«Karen's commitment to public education, labor, human rights and civic action are the reasons for our endorsement,» said said Paul Egan, the UFT's director of legislation and political action.

It is billed as «a candid conversation about what the shifting demographic landscape means for grassroots movements, political action, and civic engagement; how can we shape our democracy into one that is truly representative of the people being governed?»

The Catholic Church, evangelical Christians, and concerned civic action groups who view embryo research as immoral are not likely to turn to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, the American Society for Human Genetics, the Hinxton Group, the Nuffield Council on Bioetics, or other scientific and medical organizations for their primary counsel.

His grant - funded project, Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age (EDDA), helped more than 100 ELA and social studies teachers in Oakland bring action civics inside their classrooms from 2011 through 2015.

A real impact of civic and intercultural education implies «moving away from a focus on individual (identity) difference / s towards a focus on finding, through principled intercultural discourse, consensus for social action to redress injustice and inequality in the multicultural society» (Ohana & Otten, 2012).

The National Action Civics Collaborative is a great starting point for looking at examples of meaningful PBL projects.

For example, Youth Climate Action Now is a civic engagement project in which students advocate for local environmental policies, such as reducing carbon emissions at the city levFor example, Youth Climate Action Now is a civic engagement project in which students advocate for local environmental policies, such as reducing carbon emissions at the city levfor local environmental policies, such as reducing carbon emissions at the city level.

The grade - level content standards for the year included an introduction to citizenship, so she designed a project in which they would need to take civic action in their community.

She more or less goes her own way in teaching the course, but after the first year of «Civics in Action,» the Boston Public Schools introduce standardized, districtwide midterm and final exams for it, and Levinson worries how her students will do.

This leads her into a full and sophisticated analysis of the effect of the movement for standards, assessment, and accountability on this kind of civic action teaching, and it is clear there is a bad mismatch.

Partner Build Grow, a new action guide from the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools, helps administrators, civic leaders, program directors, and other advocates develop plans to maintain and strengthen programs that give children the emotional and behavioral skills they need to thrive.

The Parkland Students Aren't Going Away (The Atlantic) Professor Meira Levinson is quoted regarding the student's rallying for gun control: «It's mind - blowing that while [the Parkland students] are still in the first days of dealing with trauma, anger, grief, they're putting it toward really careful and thoughtful political and civic action — it's just amazing,» What Is Innovation in Early Education and Why Is It Crucial?

The purpose of this grant is to build a community of scholars, based at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) but reaching out across the broader Harvard community, that will support the development of a highly select group of Early Career Scholars, stimulate significant work in the field of civic learning and action, and establish a major site for developing and disseminating empirical and theoretical work in these areas to the worldwide research community.

It will need strong civic leadership, a plan for investment and action, and creative problem solving.

My guess is that a number of adults will also assume that students who take a knee are just copying the professional athletes — although in my experience, even very young children who take a civic or political stand are usually quite thoughtful about their reasons for action.

Apart from its direct actions, the Trump administration's rhetorical support for various measures, such as apprenticeship programs, continues to shape civic debate and inform congressional efforts.

Learning Exchanges catalyze individuals and teams to re-imagine how schools and communities can fully engage collective power for the benefit of children, youth, and families by reclaiming the purposes of education as academic, social - emotional, and civic; uniting the power of place and wisdom of local people; redefining professional learning as a hopeful process that engages the heart, mind, & spirit; and taking actions to eliminate inequity and injustice in schools and communities.

Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment (SOCM) is a member - run organization that encourages civic involvement and collective action so that the people of Tennessee have a greater voice in determining their future.

In 2000, we simply highlighted how the Internet could be used by teachers to access information and people to support the development of children's (a) «personal civic beliefs,» (b) «capacity for social and public action,» (c) «ties to their localities and the world outside,» and (d) «awareness of past present and future» (Cogan, Grossman, & Lei., 2000, p. 50).

This begins with demonstrating the power of technology to support specific social studies activities and projects that together center on the development of children's (a) «personal civic beliefs,» (b) «capacity for social and public action,» (c) «ties to their localities and the world outside,» and (d) «awareness of past present and future» (Cogan et al., 2000, p. 50).

Investigating Disciplinary Literacy says that for an action place to blossom, three key factors must be present: money (as in adequate resources), civic capacity (community or parent support and acceptance), and professional capacity (the «know - how» to implement instruction or change).

Every summer, YPP brings together 100 youth across our offices for a six week intensive summer action program that teaches civic engagement skills and involves young people in organizing campaigns.

Innovative efforts — such as Generation Citizen's action civics programming and Judicially Speaking's guest lectures from civics experts — have allowed for small changes to make a big impact on how teachers educate the next generation of leaders.

As students take action after Florida's school shooting, introduce a framework for civic participation in your classroom.

The «useful museum» is a civic institution that promotes art as a tool for social change and is created by the sum of the actions of its users.

Projects of particular interest are those that apply a systemic lens to the root causes of global warming; enroll the leadership of frontline communities most vulnerable to the impact of climate change; push for broad - based civic engagement and community action; and wherever possible leverage the value artists and culture bearers bring to processes for devising and deploying practical solutions to this global crisis.

Located in the center of the action in downtown Cincinnati - adjacent to the Contemporary Arts Center and across the street from the Aronoff Center for the Arts — 21c Museum Hotel Cincinnati is a 156 - room boutique hotel, contemporary art museum and cultural civic center.

Speakers will include some of the world's most forward - thinking visionaries who, together, will discuss key civic issues, propose solutions, and formulate action for the city of tomorrow.

This season's search for knowledge is coupled with a calling for return volunteers to redeploy their knowledge in some civic action leading to sustainability, however defined.

Our Youth Network creates a platform to meet the demand by young people for opportunities to influence environmental action through service, development, leadership, civic engagement and organizing by way of collective empowerment of our chapter network.

Now, the Project and its 450,000 - strong online Community are pivoting toward a focus on Solutions, including Community - generated campaigns to reduce plastic pollution, grow the sharing economy and reduce political corruption, as well as a six - week Citizen Muscle Boot Camp to help everyday changemakers gain the skills needed for effective civic action..

In a case of civic action that's gone way too far, student protesters at Berkeley living in trees for the last 18 months to protest the removal of an oak grove on campus to make way for athletic fields have begun throwing human excrement at arborists

The NYIC promotes immigrants» full civic participation, fosters their leadership, and provides a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York's diverse immigrant communities.