Sentences with phrase «in education pushes»

She is a former elementary school teacher whose passion for children and social justice in education pushes her to fight for equity and full inclusion for children of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

I've noticed in education the push to provide or sometimes require intervention programs for students who struggle in the classroom.

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The two are involved in an ambitious push to personalize and democratize education through providing every student with customized learning, an initiative tag - teamed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The company was later acquired by Chegg, a testament to how well Dwane was able to push the business forward — despite having no previous experience in the education industry.

An election - year boost in education spending helped push the Beehive State to the top last year.

Whatever the case, it is clear that Google is trying to push Chromebooks further outside of the education sector in which they're most popular today.

The country was in the midst of a major push to deliver several core subjects — including math and science — in English instead of Arabic and the education ministry needed to recruit thousands of teachers on two - year contracts.

She has tiptoed into the public sphere, pushing her agenda in education as well as global conservation, nutrition and immigration policy.

Sullivan seems to be everywhere in this red - hot area, whether it's backing work on gender equity in education or a push to nurture women entrepreneurs in Africa.

After taking an 8 % position in the company, Elliot Associates pushed the company to sell themselves, likely splitting up the education and health care business to two separate buyers.

Nobody else pushes ID education in schools except for radical Christian people.

I pray to whichever holy name (God, Allah, Jehovah, Krishna, Jesus, etc.) suits the ONE Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent being that ignorance is wiped away from our species and we become a closer, more loving, peaceful creature and that we realize how much time we waste and how much further we push our fellow neighbor and brother under God, regardless of creed, away debating over who's God is better and discover the error of our ways before we destroy each other... before it's too late, because The End is Nigh!!!!! LOL!!!!! Really though, isn't the world full of enough tragedy, and aren't their so many more important things that need our energy and attention like the innocent children in Pakistan dying from diseases from the flood or the homeless children in our own country, or the lack of education, which is exactly what leads to this kind of debate?

Not by chance, Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, underscored in an interview with the Italian weekly magazine La Settimana that the strong points of the last Synod of Bishops were the doctrinal framework, the Gospel of the Family, and the push for young people to receive an education about love.

Many of my friends believe that the push for diversity in higher education has led to a decline in emphasis on academic achievement.

A chapter called «Praxis and Solidarity» explores the push of many in the church for a more direct relationship between theological education and specific contexts and «underrepresented constituencies,» such as blacks, women, Hispanics, Native Americans and Third World peoples.

The Guardian: Turkey lifts ban on headscarves in schools Turkey has lifted a ban on female students wearing headscarves in schools providing religious education, in a move drawing criticism from secularists who see it as fresh evidence of the government pushing an Islamic agenda.

One of the issues Jordan is looking into these days is sports related — how big money - making collegiate sports like football and basketball push lesser revenue - producing sports like men's wrestling slowly into obscurity and how to keep college education and sports connected in a way that emphasizes academics and not TV money.

Despite the many ways women have pushed forward as far as education, the workplace, being breadwinner wives, etc., there's one area in which we still seem to have antiquated views — women overwhelmingly (78 percent, according to the Pew Research Center) want our men to have a study job.

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If you are interested in education at all, then you're probably familiar with the new push to encourage grit.

In our frenetic world, where pushing children to «hurry up or fall behind» has become the norm, Waldorf Education takes the point of view that childhood is something to be savored.

The push to rid the cafeteria of hydrogenated oils, artificial coloring and the deep fryer grew from a health education program in 2005.

This push has embraced forms of school development and quality assurance that are ubiquitous in the mainstream, while making efforts to adapt them to the special situation of Waldorf education with its focus on individual learning.

Julie was especially concerned about the extent of industry funding of education for health professionals and was also keen to push for legal action in defence of mother's rights to breastfeed.

That's why I'm also pushing for nutrition education in the classroom (and the lunchroom!).

I am honored to become a part of your «village» and help in any way I can with breastfeeding promotion, education, and lactation support both 1:1 and in the group setting, I have experience in both inpatient and outpatient lactation services, and I am so excited about joining the team at The Perfect Push to empower and support moms.»

Email blasts from the two liberal organizations note that Avella used to be an outspoken opponent of charters — and co-location in particular — and yet voted «yes» on the Senate one - house budget that education advocates say pushes more of the controversial co-locations and hikes state aid to charters at the expense of traditional public schools.

Still, event with a raise the agreement in place — believed to be one of the last and most contentious of the policy matters in the budget — there are remaining matters that must be dealt with, including a push to bolster charter schools and funding for education.

Cuomo is backing an effort in his education reform push that would put a monitor in charge of a school deemed to be failing.

The bill would overhaul a key component of a contentious education reform bill that was pushed through by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015, much to the consternation of the New York State United Teachers.

NYSUT often spends heavily on pushing education issues in the halls of the Capitol.

The Syracuse Republican insisted the conference had to remain united on the minimum wage vote, which was packaged with a boost in school aid and an elimination of education cuts GOP lawmakers had pushed for since last year.

Education Reform Now, a pro-charter school organization that is pushing to lift the cap in hopes of improving the state's Round II application for «Race to the Top» funds, has a new radio ad up that darkly hints about getting «rid» of any lawmakers who oppose reform.

The New York State United Teachers union today is bringing in hundreds of advocates to push for additional aid for schools and education in the state budget.

And despite growing support - from India to Sierra Leone - for publicly funded health and education systems modelled on our own, the Conservatives are pushing for private sector provision in DfID's new private sector strategy.

Here's yet another TV ad from the pro-charter school group Education Reform Now, which is pushing Albany to raise the charter cap in advance of the next «Race to the Top» funding application deadline on June 1.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia has quietly dropped plans to raise passing scores on Common Core Regents exams in English and math by the year 2022 — plans originally pushed as a linchpin in efforts for students» strengthened academic performance and preparation for college and careers.

No group in NYC has amassed more political clout than the teachers union, which has scored a new contract for its members, helped block charter schools from expanding, pushed for the renewal of mayoral control of city schools, and ensured the city education budget continues to soar.

This sentiment is echoed by governments and citizens across the world: Education can help us to better understand the world around us and our place in it, equipping us to push for good social, economic and political change.

Cuomo continues to push for accountability and choice in public education — even if, in the face of union opposition, he doesn't get all that he wants.

«We're going to demand that Governor Cuomo provide the funding that was afforded to us in a court decision for our schools,» she said as she joined advocates to push for more funding under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 2007 won a lawsuit against the state to provide increased education funding to the city.

The governor is likely to get push back from many in the legislature, who are close to education interests like the teachers unions and local school leaders.

The ads are part of a multi-million dollar push for health care spending in the budget, typically one of the costliest areas in the spending plan aside from education aid.

«I'm certainly looking forward to some meetings where the board can get away from distractions that have taken us off the tasks that we really need to do that will push forward the education achievement of the children in this district,» Board President Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold said.

or is their job simply to push for better education standards in the nation using whatever methods they think best?

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When there is no proof that academies improve children's education, certainly no more than any other school with extra funding, and with several academies in special measures, it is particularly irresponsible to push more schools down this route.»

The WFP largely sat out the battle over the so - called millionaire's tax, which other lefties were pushing very hard to see reinstated in full to offset the deep health care and education spending cuts Cuomo had proposed.

If what the four men in a room are considering is a straight expansion of the education tax credit the church has been pushing, then it would definitely apply to undocumented students, Poust said, because the bill in its current form makes no mention of immigration status.

It's not surprising that Cuomo wouldn't be amendable to the changes in the education policy he pushed so hard for in the weeks leading up to the adoption of the 2015 - 16 state budget.