Sentences with phrase «general education efforts»

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This gets back to the New York Times column I cited yesterday, which disparaged business efforts to address what have traditionally been public sector issues — like fixing the health care system, exploring space, or providing general education and training.

When we create content at IDC to support our clients» content - based marketing efforts, we first indentify our clients» target audience (buying persona) plus buyer cycle stage (i.e., general awareness / education, preference, purchase and post-purchase; within each stage there are specific tasks or «jobs» you prospects / customers need to accomplish such as, short list creation, business case development, final recommendation and decision, etc.) We also consider our clients ideal outcome or action they want their target prospect / customer to take once they interact with the content or messaging.

For our efforts to go beyond such survival - mode, and to actually do what conservative pundits are calling for, depend a great upon a broader reform movement to restore genuine liberal education to the general curriculum and to give its champions real power.

Properly speaking, general education is not superficial, despite the contrary testimony of some efforts bearing that name.

In general, churches choose to associate with the SBC (or any of the other Baptist bodies) because it allows them to cooperate with other autonomous congregations to accomplish shared goals: mission efforts, public witness, theological education, etc..

It is for these reasons, and in accordance with our Core Values in which we pledge to «support and encourage collaboration with professionals in related fields within medicine, health and education to promote sleep health and sleep safety from birth to adulthood among families and the general public», that we endorse the initiative and efforts of Start School Later.

New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany is led by Angela Dickens, the general counsel for StudentsFirstNY, a group that has backed education reform and charter school efforts in New York.

March 5, 2010 Pomona hearing 1:00 - 4:00 PM Health and Mental Health Transportation, Economic Development, Environmental Conservation Rockland County Fire Training Center Auditorium 35 Firemen's Memorial Drive, Pomona, NY 10970 Contact: Dan Moscato at [phone] or [email protected] March 12, 2010 Bronxville hearing 4:00 - 7:00 PM Education, Labor and Family Assistance Public Protection and General Government Concordia College Sommer Center for Worship & the Performing Arts 171 White Plains Road, Bronxville, NY 10708 Contact: Shelley Andrews at [phone] or [email protected] The Hudson Valley Delegation of the New York State Senate In an effort to ensure the Hudson Valley is fairly represented in all legislative matters before the Senate, nine local Senators representing the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester have formed a bipartisan delegation to more effectively advocate for the needs and concerns of their constituents.

AAAS, the world's largest general scientific organization, is stepping up its efforts to attract visiting scholars to work with the association in its programs that engage topics as varied as science diplomacy, nuclear disarmament issues and science education.

CERN Director General, Luciano Maiani, and European Commissioner for Research, Philippe Busquin, will open the event with speeches underlining the importance of joining efforts for science education and outreach in Europe.

education effort took place showed a higher awareness of general food safety principles, when compared to national averages.

And, last September, the UN secretary general announced the Education First Initiative, an unprecedented effort to get all children into school, including those in emergency situations.

At an event at HGSE on Tuesday, Andreas Schleicher, director for education and skills, and special adviser on education policy to the secretary - general at OECD, who led this effort in coordination with countries participating in PISA and the OECD Secretariat, will introduce the OECD PISA framework and assessment strategy.

As Director - General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova is actively engaged in international efforts to advance quality education for all, gender equality, cultural dialogue and scientific cooperation for sustainable development and is leading UNESCO as a global advocate for safety of journalists and freedom of expression.

The University and College Union (UCU) General Secretary Sally Hunt, said: «Successive Governments» efforts to transfer the bill for higher education teaching onto graduates have created unsustainable levels of debt, with students from low and middle - income backgrounds being hit the hardest by the repayment burden.

The National Institute for Urban School Improvement, funded by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school dEducation Office of Special Education Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school dEducation Programs, was created to facilitate and unify reform efforts in general and special education in the nation's urban school deducation in the nation's urban school districts.

Acknowledging that the Goals 2000: Educate America Act «has some political baggage,» a senior Education Department official last week urged state officials and members of the business community to redouble their efforts on behalf of the standards - based school - reform strategy and of school reform in general.

As part of this effort, these students are increasingly included in the same testing programs used with the general education population.

Study Tracks Growing Understanding of UDL Education Week, May 15, 2012» «A significant amount of this money was used to improve the capacity of general education to serve students with disabilities, not develop separate special programs,» said [Professor] Thomas Hehir... «All of that [effort] is about giving teachers the skills to teach students with more diverse needs.&raquEducation Week, May 15, 2012» «A significant amount of this money was used to improve the capacity of general education to serve students with disabilities, not develop separate special programs,» said [Professor] Thomas Hehir... «All of that [effort] is about giving teachers the skills to teach students with more diverse needs.&raqueducation to serve students with disabilities, not develop separate special programs,» said [Professor] Thomas Hehir... «All of that [effort] is about giving teachers the skills to teach students with more diverse needs.»»

Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said Morgan had been «very hard of hearing» since the policy was announced, and said it had taken the combined efforts of parents, teachers, school leaders, governors, Conservative councillors, MPs and education unions to get the government to «see sense».

(Calif.) In a major effort to crack down on K - 12 truancy, key parts of a package of bills — brought forward by Attorney General Kamala Harris — won passage Wednesday from an Assembly education panel.

But even Joseph Cirasuolo lobbying effort on behalf of the Steven Adamowski deal failed to persuade legislators and the before the General Assembly adopted Malloy's Education Reform legislation the Adamowski's pension deal was removed.

CCSSO helps to bridge special education and general education systems to ensure integrated efforts to improve outcomes for all students, including students with disabilities.

Prior to joining the Texas Education Agency, Ms. Gelinas worked as a policy associate at the Alliance for Excellent Education, where she provided general leadership in policy efforts and authored or co-authored multiple briefs and papers relating to federal high school policy and teacher quality.

In addition, the award will support general operational needs of The Mind Trust, including its aggressive community engagement efforts to ensure those most affected by education reform are engaged in conversation.

This national effort, serving college faculty members working in preservice preparation programs, aims to ensure that general education teachers, school administrators, school nurses, and school counselors are well prepared to work with students who have disabilities and with their families.

According to Deans for Impact, «Building off many efforts that came before it and reflecting the general consensus of the scientific community, The Science of Learning is intended to serve as a resource to teacher - educators, new teachers, and anyone in the education profession who is interested in our best scientific understanding of how learning takes place.»

Special education teachers and administrators should make concerted efforts to collaborate with their general education colleagues to make inclusion the norm rather than the exception.

Now, with the next session of the Connecticut General Assembly only a few weeks away, comes that news that a group called «Educators 4 Excellence» is opening operations here, as the corporate reformers seek to continue their efforts to privatize and undermine Connecticut's public education system.

But your blog is about DC, and it seems to me that the post underplays DC Public Schools» successful efforts while overplaying the general concerns raised by others about technology in education.

Given Trump's general opposition to criminal justice reform, the antipathy among Republicans and many conservative reformers to the Black Lives Matter movement (which has championed Obama's efforts), and the skepticism among so - called conservative reformers (most - notably Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and his amen corner at Education Next) on school discipline reform, expect nothing more after January.

WHEREAS, the ESEA Discussion Draft repeals the long - standing Title I Maintenance of Effort (MOE) and the Title IX General Provisions MOE requirement, and without them, state and local education funding could be lowered by states with no consequences to the state's ongoing receipt of federal aid; and

The resolution cited the fact that charter boards accept public money but lack democratic accountability, that charter schools are contributing to increased segregation, that punitive disciplinary policies are disproportionately used in charter schools as well as other practices that violate students» rights, that there is a pattern of fraud of mismanagement in the sector in general, and it then called for opposition to privatization of education, opposed diversion of funding from public schools, called for full funding for quality public education, called for legislation granting parents access to charter school boards and to strengthen oversight, called for charter schools to follow USDOJ and USDOE guidelines on student discipline and to help parents file complaints when those guidelines are violated, opposed efforts to weaken oversight, and called for a moratorium on charter school growth.

Previous work on the impact of philanthropy in education terms these types of status quo investments as «lower leverage» grants, which can include funding for efforts in professional development, unrestricted or general purpose grants to schools, or special - purpose grants to fund a particular program or activity (e.g. arts enrichment).4 The contrasting approach — the «higher leverage» investment — is investment with the potential to exert systemic influence on public education, which can be divided into two broad categories: 5

This should involve increased efforts to support more students with disabilities in general education settings, the maintenance of high expectations for students and clear mechanisms to hold district and school leaders accountable for the performance and graduation of students with disabilities.

By selecting adaptations that are concrete and easy to implement, providing opportunities for ongoing dialogue about the implementation, and supporting teachers in their efforts to learn selected techniques, you can begin to change the practices of your general education colleagues (Gersten & Woodward, 1990).

For many reasons, which we discuss below, current efforts of professional development featuring multicultural education in general, and specifically literacy as cultural practice, fall depressingly short.

For instance, if you perceive that general education teachers in your building are not supportive of your efforts to include students, you may be able to work with your building principal and a general education teacher who is an ally to provide staff development sessions focusing on effective instruction or behavior management for students with disabilities and high - risk students.

In an effort to better gauge the impact of the private education loan sector on college accessibility, I recently had the opportunity to sit down and discuss the topic with Peter Carroll, General Manager of the Higher Education Division for Overture Loan Mareducation loan sector on college accessibility, I recently had the opportunity to sit down and discuss the topic with Peter Carroll, General Manager of the Higher Education Division for Overture Loan MarEducation Division for Overture Loan Marketplace.

General and targeted (Campaign 911, Project Red Ribbon) awareness efforts, and education programs targeted to youth, to inform about the dangers of impaired driving, suggest alternatives and change impaired driving behaviours.

- to provide refuge for homeless animals and animals in need and coordinate their placement in permanent and safe home environments; - to provide education through publications, seminars, and discussions to the general public on animal health and welfare, behavior and care including the benefits of spaying and neutering; - to provide information and referrals to affordable and low cost medical care including spay & neuter clinics and other animal medical and care facilities; - to provide information on training, behavior modification and general handling instruction along with referrals to vetted and certified professionals in these areas; - to liaise and network with other animal rescue organizations as part of a mutual effort to aid animals in distress; - to solicit donations and funding from government agencies, corporations, private foundations, public charities, individuals and the general public at large to finance the medical, housing and other incidental costs of homeless animals while in the custody of the organization; - to organize and participate in fundraisers to benefit furtherance of the overall main purpose and goals of the organization; - to have the normal functions, operations, programs and pursuits incidental to a fully recognized and operational nonprofit animal rescue organization.

Public policies and education programs aimed at reducing cat overpopulation should include provisions for neutering unowned free - roaming cats, and efforts should target the general public, not only pet owners, because not all households that feed unowned free - roaming cats own pets.

AGWSF has removed this from its fictional Greenhouse Effect Energy Budget — and they have invested a great deal of effort in hiding this by brainwashing the general population through the education system who now think any number of absurd, impossible things before breakfast.

After a brief review of the general community profile, the applicant will continue to the reporting portion of the application, which asks questions about the community's engineering, education, encouragement, enforcement and evaluation efforts.

As Chapter 1 discusses in detail, environmental groups as mostly 501C3 organizations were allowed to spend unlimited sums on public education which includes advertising and communication efforts advocating generally for a need for action on climate change or a general cap on emissions.

1998 $ 5,000 ExxonMobil Corporate Giving Source: Exxon Education Foundation Dimensions 1998 report 2000 $ 110,000 ExxonMobil Foundation project support Source: ExxonMobil Foundation 2000 IRS 990 2001 $ 35,000 ExxonMobil Foundation Source: ExxonMobil 2001 Worldwide Giving Report 2002 $ 35,000 ExxonMobil Foundation Source: ExxonMobil 2002 Worldwide Giving Report 2003 $ 25,000 ExxonMobil Foundation Climate Change Issues Source: ExxonMobil 2003 Worldwide Giving Report 2003 $ 47,000 ExxonMobil Foundation General Operating Support Source: ExxonMobil 2003 Worldwide Giving Report 2004 $ 35,000 ExxonMobil Foundation Climate Change Issues Source: ExxonMobil 2004 Worldwide Giving Report 2004 $ 40,000 ExxonMobil Foundation General Operating Support Source: ExxonMobil 2004 Worldwide Giving Report 2004 $ 50,000 ExxonMobil Foundation Grassroots Efforts on Climate Change Issues Source: ExxonMobil 2004 Worldwide Giving Report 2005 $ 90,000 ExxonMobil Foundation DISCREPANCY: 2005 Corporate Giving Report: no description.

The Consulate General of Mexico in Austin is pleased to announce the launch of the Consular Assistance Special Campaign for Mexican Nationals in Central Texas, a new effort sponsored by the Mexican Government to promote «know your rights» seminars, US citizenship workshops, financial education clinics, and individual consultations with immigration attorneys, among other services.

On the other hand, citizens may be more accepting of efforts to help Quebecers, new and existing, to improve their understanding of French and support businesses of all sizes to introduce or enhance French communication, through general education on Quebec's culture and the advantages of advancing the French language in the workplace, and specific language training dedicated to particular fields of work.

Enlisting students in efforts to tackle these questions advances their general legal education.

The conference formed part of a general effort by SLS that year to expand its public legal education offerings.