Sentences with phrase «for equal opportunity in education»

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One could go on enumerating undemocratic elements in our society — the vast disparity in incomes and living conditions, the myth of equal opportunity for education and employment, the regimentation and militarization of the public mind, the threat to democracy which would ensue if a system of compulsory peacetime military training should be adopted.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

In a decision released Tuesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that competitive cheerleading does not yet meet the standards of a varsity sport under Title IX, the 1972 federal law that mandates equal opportunities for men and women in education and athleticIn a decision released Tuesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that competitive cheerleading does not yet meet the standards of a varsity sport under Title IX, the 1972 federal law that mandates equal opportunities for men and women in education and athleticin education and athletics.

I want a Ghana that has equal opportunities for all its citizens and provides quality education to ensure a skilled workforce that can compete in the globalized economy.

Hill, now a professor of legal history and public policy at Brandeis University in Massachusetts, alleged at the time that Thomas had sexually harassed her when she was in her mid-20s and worked for him at the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

In turn, the businesswomen involved in the Collaborative are informing the LIA about issues important to them and the region's economic vitality, such as equal pay for equal work and making child care and early education opportunities more affordable and accessible to working familieIn turn, the businesswomen involved in the Collaborative are informing the LIA about issues important to them and the region's economic vitality, such as equal pay for equal work and making child care and early education opportunities more affordable and accessible to working familiein the Collaborative are informing the LIA about issues important to them and the region's economic vitality, such as equal pay for equal work and making child care and early education opportunities more affordable and accessible to working families.

What is the Department doing to encourage those states to provide equal opportunity in respect of education for girls and young women?

Sophie Pelisson loves her job as a data scientist for Frateli Lab, a Paris - based R&D organization promoting equal opportunities in education.

Fox explains that the Equality Challenge Unit has been established in order to «improve equal opportunities for all who work, and seek to work, in the UK higher education sector».

For the past few hundred years, women have lagged far behind men in the education stakes with equal opportunities a distant dream.

Higher education has already opened the door to equal opportunities for women and minorities in the U.S. — so is it possible that elementary school, as a new Tel Aviv University study suggests, is the critical juncture at which girls are discouraged from pursuing science and mathematics?

We want to strengthen Europe, improve integration through equal educational opportunities for everyone, drive forward the energy transition as a trigger for global climate change mitigation and firmly anchor cultural education in schools.

The Leaders Campaign will offer leaders the opportunity to visit the show and help ensure equal opportunities for all teaching staff to receive the high quality CPD, training and development they need for a successful career in education.

This set him apart from his more - liberal colleagues, who viewed Brown v. Board of Education (1954) not as a prohibition on the use of racial classifications in education, but rather as a mandate for judges to do whatever they could to promote «equal educational opportunitEducation (1954) not as a prohibition on the use of racial classifications in education, but rather as a mandate for judges to do whatever they could to promote «equal educational opportuniteducation, but rather as a mandate for judges to do whatever they could to promote «equal educational opportunity.»

Although the word «education» appears nowhere in the federal Constitution, advocates for recognizing that such a right is implied typically argue that it would ensure «equal educational opportunity» and foster more effective participation in civil society.

By making equal opportunity a central theme of the movement, organizations such as the BAEO, the Friedman Foundation (established by Milton and Rose Friedman and now known as EdChoice), Democrats for Education Reform, and other groups in favor of school choice have put Republican support at risk by emphasizing the role that vouchers can play in opening school doors to the disadvantaged.

of this decline, education leaders in the 1940s and 1950s declared that significant progress was being made toward equal opportunity for education.

Despite the sharp decline in the share of academic course taking, indeed, because of this decline, education leaders in the 1940s and 1950s declared that significant progress was being made toward equal opportunity for education.

Other provisions that lend a more credible basis to the view that inclusive education has been promoted in the Act, are provisions such as Section 28 which provides for designing and developing new assistive devices, teaching aids, special teaching materials and other such items necessary to provide «equal opportunities in education'to a child with disability; and clauses (f), (g), (h) of Section 29, which provides for suitable modification in the examination system through elimination of purely mathematical questions for the benefit of blind students and those with low vision (f); restructuring of curriculum for the benefit of children with disabilities (g); restructuring the curriculum for benefit of students with hearing impairment to facilitate them to take only one language as part of their curriculum (h).

Section 28 does provide for designing and developing new assistive devices, teaching aids, special teaching materials or other such items necessary to give a child with disability «equal opportunities in education», but it could be better worded to extend beyond just equal opportunities in curriculum and academics, to a totally interactive learning process, thereby implying the integration of all students, disabled and non-disabled.

The second cycle of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) has recorded an increase in student support of gender equality and equal opportunities for all ethnic and racial groups.

The second cycle of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study has recorded an increase in student support of gender equality and equal opportunities for all ethnic and racial groups.

The plan's five main objectives, to be delivered by 2021, are: to develop a new Welsh language; to increase opportunities for children and young people to use their Welsh in various contexts and embed their language use patterns from an early age; to support leaders and practitioners in Wales to continue to develop their Welsh language skills and have the knowledge and expertise to deliver the curriculum through the medium of Welsh and Welsh as a subject; to increase the number of learners in Welsh - medium settings; and to ensure that all learners can have equal access to Welsh - medium education and experience the best opportunities to develop their language skills.

«I started my career in education because I was passionate about closing the achievement gap and providing equal opportunities for all learners.

Oklahoma — Oklahoma passed the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act in 2011 allowing individuals and corporations to claim a tax credit for contributions made to a «scholarship - granting organization».

The Goldwater Institute, the Foundation for Excellence in Education, the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options, and the American Federation for Children argue that the Blaine Amendments were «motivated by bigotry» and «present an obstacle to the provision of high - quality educational opportunities for millions of American schoolchildren» that must be removed in order «to vindicate our nation's sacred promise of equal educational opportunities.»

President - elect Bush's selection of Linda Chavez, the president of the Washington - based Center for Equal Opportunity, to head the Department of Labor drew kudos and criticism last week from those familiar with her extensive career in education and government service.

A wide array of civil rights and minority groups appreciate the help they receive from the NEA, including the NAACP ($ 25,000), Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ($ 170,000), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ($ 10,000), the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network ($ 7,500), the National Women's Law Center ($ 10,000), Rainbow PUSH Coalition ($ 5,000), People for the American Way ($ 128,000), National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund ($ 12,500), National Black Caucus of State Legislators ($ 5,500), National Association for Multicultural Education ($ 5,000), National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education ($ 17,500), and something called the Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund ($ 10,000).

Plaintiffs» lawyers in the Reed lawsuit had argued that the disproportionately high percentage of layoffs at the middle schools — 70 percent of teachers at one school — violated students» constitutional right to an equal opportunity for an education.

Looking at the challenges effective teachers and leaders face every day, what would it really take to help them ensure every student in NC has the opportunities guaranteed to them in our state constitution of equal opportunity for a sound basic education?

This will expand the eligibility for the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act to any student who has received an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in the past five years.

2015: A Great Year For Children In Mississippi December 21, 2015 by Brett Kittredge As we prepare to close the book on 2015, we can look back on a great year for children in Mississippi that included passage of the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, the opening of the first two charter schools in the state, and the election of stronger education reform majorities in the state legislatuFor Children In Mississippi December 21, 2015 by Brett Kittredge As we prepare to close the book on 2015, we can look back on a great year for children in Mississippi that included passage of the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, the opening of the first two charter schools in the state, and the election of stronger education reform majorities in the state legislaturIn Mississippi December 21, 2015 by Brett Kittredge As we prepare to close the book on 2015, we can look back on a great year for children in Mississippi that included passage of the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, the opening of the first two charter schools in the state, and the election of stronger education reform majorities in the state legislatufor children in Mississippi that included passage of the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, the opening of the first two charter schools in the state, and the election of stronger education reform majorities in the state legislaturin Mississippi that included passage of the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, the opening of the first two charter schools in the state, and the election of stronger education reform majorities in the state legislatufor Students with Special Needs Act, the opening of the first two charter schools in the state, and the election of stronger education reform majorities in the state legislaturin the state, and the election of stronger education reform majorities in the state legislaturin the state legislature.

Capital Prep and Steve Perry have shown a complete and utter inability to provide equal educational opportunities for Latino children, children who are not fluent in English and children who need extra help due to their special education requirements.

House Bill 33 will expand the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs program to any student who has received an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in the past five years.

26 Accountability Measures In The Special Needs Bill March 3, 2015 by Grant Callen and Brett Kittredge Senate Bill 2695, The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act, creates a pilot program to give parents the option of withdrawing their child from a public school and receiving an Education Scholarship Account (ESA) with $ 6,500 to help pay for educational expenses outside the traditional public school.

House Education Committee Passes Special Needs ESA Bill February 26, 2015 by Grant Callen Today, the Education Committee in the House of Representatives passed The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act (SB 2695) on a voice vote.

Disequalizing factors in our school finance system continue to increase, and it is difficult to understand how children can receive an equal opportunity for a sound basic education when districts are becoming less uniform.

More than 50 years after the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education, the nation's public school system has yet to fulfill its promise of equal educational opportunity for all.

In his acceptance speech, Scott said he fought in Congress for all students to have equal opportunity in educatiIn his acceptance speech, Scott said he fought in Congress for all students to have equal opportunity in educatiin Congress for all students to have equal opportunity in educatiin education

Their involvement, as well as the 1993 ruling in McDuffy v. Roberson ordering the Commonwealth to provide equal educational opportunities for all students in Massachusetts, led to the passage of the Education Reform Act of 1993.

What this report shows is that there is currently a systemic failure to ensure that the moral purpose of public education as defined by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Vincent v. Voight is being fulfilled: «An equal opportunity for a sound basic education is one that will equip students for their roles as citizens and enable them to succeed economically and personally.»

HB 33 would expand the eligibility for the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act to any student who has received an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in the past five years.

Education Scholarship Accounts: HB 33 would expand the eligibility for the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act to any student who has received an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in the past five years.

Education Scholarship Accounts: The eligibility for the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs program has been expanded to any student who has received an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) in the past five years.

«We reformed education with nearly 100 % charter schools in New Orleans and now we have statewide school choice because every child deserves an equal opportunity for a great education,» Jindal said in launching his presidential campaign.

The Equal Opportunity For Students With Special Needs program, first passed in 2015, allows students who have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) to receive a scholarship that can be used by parents on a variety of education expenses, including tuition and fees, textbooks, theraEducation Plan (IEP) to receive a scholarship that can be used by parents on a variety of education expenses, including tuition and fees, textbooks, theraeducation expenses, including tuition and fees, textbooks, therapy, etc..

We do all of this in service to our mission and for what lies at the heart of our theory of impact: students of color living in poverty who deserve equal access to opportunity through a high - quality education.

Guatemala, the Peace Accords and education: a post-conflict struggle for equal opportunities, cultural recognition and participation in education

Finally, he encourages Congress to adopt an «equal education» clause, that states no child in the US will be «denied equal educational opportunity in elementary and secondary education through the lack of a challenging curriculum, well - prepared and effective teachers, and the funding to pay for that education.»

ESSA was signed into law in late 2015, reauthorizing the 50 - year - old federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that was meant to provide equal opportunity for all students.