Sentences with phrase «for widespread education»

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Teachers in Arizona and Colorado turned their state Capitols into a sea of red Thursday as they kicked off widespread walkouts that shut down public schools in a bid for better pay and education funding, building on educator revolt that emerged elsewhere in the U.S. but whose political prospects were not clear.

From the religious angle we have Jews» early and widespread literacy as a sine qua non of studying Torah, which developed into a passion for education generally.

The success of the East Asian economies» first Japan and more recently the other East Asian market economies» shows that there is a crucial governmental role in providing services such as widespread education and health care, which it is quite possible for governments to do successfully at a fairly low level of per capita income.

• Revising how subsidies are allotted to producers, and how different practices are taxed across the value chain; • Influence the evolution of production standards so that they guide producers toward increasingly sustainable practices; • Refining public education regarding what are best practices of production systems (and accounting for them), and how to make them more widespread; • Studying the effects different practices and production systems have on society - wide challenges such as public health (and health insurance, whether it is publicly or privately provided), climate change mitigation, job creation and family income, etc..

The problem is that no such programs yet exist (although this is going to be a key objective of our SmartTeams program, and our pilot program for the NCAA and Department of Defense under our Mind Matters Challenge grant), and even if were implemented on a widespread basis (which, once again, I hope will happen once we launch the full SmartTeams program in 2016), it is unclear whether such a shift in emphasis in concussion education will achieve any meaningful increase in rates of self - reporting, at least in the short term.

That's why I and many others have argued that the HHFKA simply can't succeed unless it's bolstered by widespread nutrition education to prime children for the healthier food they're now encountering in the cafeteria.

«In the UK these barriers include the difficulty some women encounter when breastfeeding in public, widespread misleading marketing that formula is equivalent to breastfeeding, a lack of high quality services to prevent and treat any problems if they arise, a lack of community support, a lack of education about breastfeeding for young children, and lack of support for women to breastfeed in the workplace.

Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants1, providing protection from morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases2 and chronic diseases later in life.3 Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended, starting within one hour of birth and for the first 6 months of life, with continued breastfeeding to 2 years of age and beyond.4 However, rates of initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration have fallen since the widespread introduction and promotion of breast - milk substitutes.5 Successful breastfeeding depends on a number of factors, including a re-normalisation of breastfeeding as the infant feeding method of choice through antenatal counselling and education and breastfeeding support to prevent and resolve breastfeeding difficulties.

A key factor is the widespread lack of appropriate education for health professionals in the prevention and treatment of breastfeeding problems, which means that in a wide range of settings women commonly do not receive the quality of care needed from the health services (Cattaneo 2010; Renfrew 2006).

Members of a special team at the U.S. Education Department that had been investigating widespread abuses by for - profit colleges have been marginalized, reassigned or instructed to focus on other matters, according to current and former employees.

It became concurrent with widespread availability and access to education (especially college education) throughout the country for both men, and women.

Labour is calling for cross-party talks on how religious education is conducted and monitored in the state sector as a special poll for the Observer shows widespread concerns about the use of taxpayers» money to fund faith schools in a multicultural Britain.

Talking to politics.co.uk, Ruth Deech, former chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, reiterated her call for a widespread public education campaign.

«The real story is that Michael Gove's plans for A-level reform are not based, as he appears to be claiming, on evidence of widespread concerns in the higher education sector about the rigour and relevance of A-levels.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

So people have a hard time connecting compelling current concerns — such as widespread corruption, or non-competitive elections, or a need for major improvements in such fundamental policy areas as education — with the possibility for reform through state constitutional change.

And spokespeople for two organizations that are collating dossiers for Johnson's inbox — Universities UK, which represents British higher - education institutions, and the Institute of Physics — both told Nature on July 20 that despite concerns, they haven't yet seen evidence that Brexit is having a widespread impact.

Other features in the 2017 survey include a widespread support for science education, a low percentage of respondents seeking a job, and the dominance of a pharmaceutical company recognized for volunteerism.

Instead, the widespread presumption of the field is that medical education is exclusively not for - profit oriented.

For over a decade, the Kepler Mission Education and Public Outreach (EPO) program has built widespread excitement and engagement in this hunt for exoplaneFor over a decade, the Kepler Mission Education and Public Outreach (EPO) program has built widespread excitement and engagement in this hunt for exoplanefor exoplanets.

Lynch even founded the David Lynch Foundation For Consciousness - Based Education and World Peace to «prevent and eradicate the all - pervasive epidemic of trauma and toxic stress among at - risk populations through promoting widespread implementation of the evidence - based Transcendental Meditation program.»

In a time of widespread pressure for improvement in public education, this is the way the teacher unions put their power to most effective use.

Previous studies have found widespread support across the United States for increased funding of public education.

In the Valencian Community, the More - TIC Plan was introduced for widespreading the use of technological infrastructures as whiteboards, mobile classrooms, wi - fi networks, or thin clients in the teaching - learning process of the education centers subordinated to the regional Government.

When President - elect Donald Trump tapped Betsy DeVos as his pick for U.S. Secretary of Education, he triggered a debate over whether widespread school choice — like the voucher system that DeVos supports — would really boost student achievement across the country.

Under his leadership of more than 30 years, ASG gained widespread recognition for being one of the largest non-profit friendly societies in Australia, encouraging parents to save for their children's future education.

The end result of widespread low - quality high - school education in the U.S. compared to the secondary education in equally economically advanced countries is that a greater proportion of adults in the United States are woefully underprepared for today's jobs.

For instance, to explain the meaning of «to be citizens and economic participants in a democratic society» he says that «there is widespread agreement that an adequate system of education is one that «ensures that a child is equipped to participate in political affairs and compete with his or her peers in the labor market.

The Department of Education has issued simpler guidance for parents and educators aimed at clearing up widespread confusion about when information may be shared under the main federal student - privacy law.

Even if our nation's schools are not beset by a widespread shortage of qualified teachers and teachers are paid salaries comparable to other professionals, there are still those who believe that teachers» pay is too low, that their salaries are simply not commensurate with our expectations of a good education for our children.

Accountability's edge is undoubtedly due not only to widespread public support for the idea (see «What Americans Think about Their Schools,» Fall 2007), but to the fact that, as practiced, it has posed only a minimal threat to the great vested interests of American education: local school boards, state departments of education, schools of education, and teacher unions.

Both the Department for Education and the Department of Health have looked at the topic focusing on how widespread the problem is and what can be done to prevent it from happening.

But times have changed, and with the rapid, widespread adoption of Google Apps for Education, this tool is one that I've always recommended to educators looking for a simple segue into the digital classroom.

As one of the first media theorists to acknowledge and advocate widespread net accessibility, I have been calling for more — not less — computer education.

If present evidence is to be used, two potent contributions to raising student achievement will be widespread: effective preschool programs for all children and intensive interventions that build capacities of families to support the education of their children.

Even if a host of organizations start offering micro-credentials and teachers begin pursuing them by the thousand, widespread adoption is not necessarily a win for the K — 12 education system.

In 2006, widespread student protests of inequalities in the education system prompted debate over whether entrepreneurs should be able to own and run private voucher schools for profit.

While contemporary organizing for education reform has deep historical roots, it has emerged as a widespread phenomenon in local districts across the country over the past 20 years.

The plans have faced widespread criticism from opposition parties and the education profession, with claims that there is no solid proof that converting a school into an academy will improve results and that the changes could lead to lengthy and expensive conversions for already high performing schools.

In response to widespread demands for better public education and for more choice among public schools, a number of state legislatures in the early 1990s permitted educators and local communities to develop charter schools.

In light of the widespread attention given to the Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff research, Education Next asked four experts to comment on the study's implications for teacher policy.

This theory stands out for its widespread and profound influence throughout the entire field of education and for the unmistakable evidence of its international impact,» said Richard Miller, president of Olin College of Engineering, who nominated Gardner for the prize.

«I welcome the widespread support for reform across primary and secondary education stakeholders, as well as throughout government, Catholic and independent school sectors and from various parent, welfare and business organisations,» Mr Birmingham said.

I think for there to be long - standing change in American education that is widespread, rather than just on the margins, first of all, people have to see examples of places that are like their own places where the new kind of education really works, where students are learning deeply, where they can exhibit their knowledge publicly, and where everybody who looks at the kids says, «That's the kind of kids I want to have.»

For all these reasons and more, we haven't seen the widespread changes President Obama or his Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, might have hoped for when they made teacher evaluation one of their signature policiFor all these reasons and more, we haven't seen the widespread changes President Obama or his Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, might have hoped for when they made teacher evaluation one of their signature policifor when they made teacher evaluation one of their signature policies.

Despite widespread media coverage of the opt out movement and significant retreats last year in federal education policy, the public remains solidly behind mandatory testing, with 80 percent favoring a federal requirement for annual testing.

In an era of widespread disagreement on education reform, increased confidence in local control of education, and the absence of a dominant theory on where reform goes from here, visionary mayors are emerging as leaders of thought and action in defining a new role for municipalities to play in developing and educating young people, with particular attention to children living in poverty.

Widespread attention to the standards increases equity of access to a high - quality education for every student, not just for those lucky enough to attend schools in more advantaged communities.

The political assault on Goals 2000 in a number of states (the governors of Virginia, California, Alabama, and New Hampshire refused to accept Goals 2000 funds because of the «federal intrusion» and «strings» that accompanied it), coupled with simultaneous efforts in Congress to abolish both Goals 2000 and the Department of Education, also contributed to a widespread view that tough enforcement would be a particularly hazardous course of action for the department to pursue.

For example, test - bashing wouldn't be so popular if progressive theories about education didn't resonate somehow with widespread American beliefs about children and learning.