Sentences with phrase «great purposes of education»

We tell ourselves that one of the great purposes of education reform is to lift poor children out of poverty.

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The Wine and Spirit Education Trust is an organization, from Great Britain, having the purpose of organizing courses in the wine and spirit domain.

«It is with deep humility and great purpose that I accept this responsibility to work on behalf of the people of Westchester; and vow to continue my record of success on education reform, cost - cutting, and service to the community.»

For so long the habitual nature of taking a magic pill to fortify our bodies has been the norm, and while that fortification is still very important, it's great to see such a rise in consumer education and research that shows which nutrients can serve a specific purpose — everyone has different needs, after all!

Dr. Vicki Zakrzewski, Education Director for the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, suggests engaging students» sense of awe to help them develop purpose in their lives.

In their new book, «Great Minds and How to Grow Them», Wendy Berliner and Deborah Eyre suggest that education is in the process of acquiring a new meaning and purpose.

The curriculum — which embeds all - purpose academic words the students will need to read high school and college textbooks in math, English, science, and history — has helped to «build a bridge toward greater understanding of what is being read by students,» says Ben Honoroff, the literacy coach for MSQI in the Department of Education.

Sullivan's bios are bound to motivate students to explore library and Internet resources to learn more about these important men and women, but the stories have great potential for serving an even higher purpose — for instilling in readers of all backgrounds the importance of discipline, pride, perseverance, and education!

The aim, to replace every secondary school with a modern, purpose built premise has, in my opinion, delivered many first class establishments where pupils have been encouraged in their education through the provision of great environments in which to learn.

Today, debates about the purpose and provision of education — on the left and the right alike — are reduced to platitude - laden charges that it is up to schools to do what the social reformers of the 1960s could not accomplish through entitlements, social - welfare programs, or other Great Society initiatives.

The purpose of the Project Foundry Network is to promote the great work done in our schools as pioneers in transforming American education and to highlight the role Project Foundry plays in their success.

Perhaps one of the greatest tragedies of contemporary society lies in the fact that the child is becoming increasingly isolated from the serious activities of adults... Until school and society are bound together by common purposes the program of education will lack both meaning and vitality.

We had a great collection of stakeholders in education come together and chime in with their personal perspective on how discipline policies fail to serve the purpose they were created for, as well as thoughts on how to move forward.

As educators, we can begin creating a culture of authentic appreciation within the profession by encouraging and empowering one another as we commit to courageously living out our purpose of achieving our greatest selves through servant leadership in education.

From the viewpoint of Makiguchi or Dewey or Kohn or Fromm or Ikeda or Socrates or Thurman or the great preponderance of education thinkers, the fundamental purpose of education presented by this reform proposal is wrong.

(b) The purposes of establishing charter schools are: (i) to stimulate the development of innovative programs within public education; (ii) to provide opportunities for innovative learning and assessments; (iii) to provide parents and students with greater options in selecting schools within and outside their school districts; (iv) to provide teachers with a vehicle for establishing schools with alternative, innovative methods of educational instruction and school structure and management; (v) to encourage performance - based educational programs; (vi) to hold teachers and school administrators accountable for students» educational outcomes; and (vii) to provide models for replication in other public schools.

«Ciji is a passionate educator dedicated to ensuring that every family and every child has great educational options that support a life of purpose and opportunity,» says Andrew Neumann, CEO and executive chair of Open Sky Education.

The underlying purpose of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model is to establish greater alignment, integration, and collaboration between health and education across the school setting to improve each child's cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development.

COOR ISD has received a grant from the Michigan Department of Education for the purpose of administering, facilitating and monitoring the Great Start to Readiness Program in our area.

Even though your purpose is not that good but then still everything leads a great lesson that would be useful in the long run since whichever of the two education program you'll choose is rest assured that you will surely learn from it.

While some agents gravitate to them for continuing education credits or personal marketing purposes, the greatest benefit of education is the opportunity to continue expanding our knowledge and skills.