Sentences with phrase «instead education for life»

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That means that if these eager witnessing beavers took the money and gave the damn sign to Coca - Cola and instead bought into Uganda's Water School program that uses the suns UV rays to cleanse water, 3,000 families would have clean water for LIFE and the education to teach their neighbors how to use the Water School!

Instead, it suggests making communities attractive places for firms that employ well - educated people to relocate to, and also for those people to live, with particular «emphasis on K - 12 education, and recreational and housing amenities.»

What would be great to see is Microsoft move away from just focusing on the content creation marketplace of its traditional Office suite and instead leverage its acquisition of LinkedIn and Lynda.com to do three things: support competency - based learning — through badges, portfolios, and rich profiles for all students; invest in building students» social capital — a key determinant of life success that education typically ignores — in a deliberate way; and, through both of these efforts, help students discover and cultivate their true passions.

Meanwhile McDonnell gave his now - former Secretary of Education, Gerard Robinson, little in the way of political backing or cover to push for any significant reforms; instead of seeking out a strong reformer with national credentials (which he could have actually found living in the state's northern region near Washington, D.C.), McDonnell chose as Robinson's successor, Laura Fornash, who has more experience with higher education than witEducation, Gerard Robinson, little in the way of political backing or cover to push for any significant reforms; instead of seeking out a strong reformer with national credentials (which he could have actually found living in the state's northern region near Washington, D.C.), McDonnell chose as Robinson's successor, Laura Fornash, who has more experience with higher education than witeducation than with K - 12.

Delaware (where my daughter just moved) is right, Secretary DeVos should review this guidance letter, and until the federal government gets its act together on secondary education (which it appears may never happen), families should opt out of state schools subject to federal dictates, opting in, instead, to learning institutions that embed preparation for exams at a pre-university level that can lead to placement advanced in future course sequences: these advanced level subjects should be embedded within the balanced curriculum that an international baccalaureate education represents, in contrast to the narrow extension of elementary school that DC bureaucrats remain focused on, as if time had not run out on the Obama administration and its failed efforts to improve the lives of American youth, now mired in debt that it encouraged in pursuit of a «North Star» goal that led the United States astray.

Instead of shifting student demographics between schools, Thernstrom says that the education system would benefit far more from policies that help recruit higher quality instructors in high - poverty schools, creating a learning - focused environment that builds life skills as well as academic ones and providing separate educational facilities for students who aren't committed to learning.

• The spouses» income and ownership of property • The spouses» present and future earnings • The spouses» education and training levels • The hinderance of one spouse's job - seeking ability by the other spouse (for example: domestic violence) • The children's residency • The maintenance - seeking spouse's ability to support self • The spouses» living conditions prior to marriage • The maintenance - seeking spouse's lack of income due to remaining home to raise the children instead of being gainfully employed • The children's extra expenses (for example: schooling, day care or medical expenses) • Providing care for disabled children, adult children, elderly parents or in - laws • The maintenance - seeking spouse's contributions to the marriage (for example: becoming a homemaker and not receiving a fixed income) • Either spouse's loss of assets due to a risky behavior • Loss of health insurance benefits due to the divorce (The maintenance - seeking spouse will need to obtain insurance.