Sentences with phrase «important goals of public education»

This groundbreaking book illuminates the ways rising inequality is undermining one of the most important goals of public education — the ability of schools to provide children with an equal chance at academic and economic success.

This groundbreaking book illuminates the ways rising inequality is operating through disadvantaged neighborhoods, insecure labor markets and schools to undermine one of the most important goals of public education — the ability of schools to provide children with an equal chance at academic and economic success.

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• The 37 distinct action items of the Oneida County Farmland Protection Plan which lay out five goals of supporting ag - business while creating new businesses; connecting local farmers with consumers; bringing new individuals to agriculture through education initiatives; increasing public awareness and protecting important farmland resources.

From centrist Democrats who think that choice should only be limited to the expansion of public charter schools (and their senseless opposition to school vouchers, which, provide money to parochial and private schools, which, like charters, are privately - operated), to the libertarian Cato Institute's pursuit of ideological purity through its bashing of charters and vouchers in favor of the voucher - like tax credit plans (which explains the irrelevance of the think tank's education team on education matters outside of higher ed), reformers sometimes seem more - focused on their own preferred version of choice instead of on the more - important goal of expanding opportunities for families to provide our children with high - quality teaching and comprehensive college - preparatory curricula.

«The PDK poll also asked respondents to make a difficult choice between three important goals ---- preparing students academically, for work, or to be good citizens ---- in determining what the main goal of public education should be.

Among its most important goals is the work HARMONY HOME EDUCATORS does to foster an accurate and favorable image of home education to the general public and the community, cooperating with other home education organizations in pursuing common goals.

It held that the retroactive removal of the tenure system did not further the important state interest of improving education and instead was antithetical to the goal of developing and retaining a cadre of good public school teachers.

An important secondary goal of the Program is to develop future community leaders who will become civic advocates for public education.

Safety is the goal of the driving education course — and the theories, ideas, situational reactions, and important driving techniques are discussed to usher and safeguard the safety of the public.