Sentences with phrase «local civic issue»

Butterfield Trail promotes experiential learning with Expeditionary Learning Units, an immersive, interdisciplinary approach that integrates standards, curricula, and a local civic issue into instruction.

Not exact matches

The issue is public prayer at her local town board meetings, another contentious case over the intersection of faith and the civic arena.

We'll keep you up to date on local and county - wide issues and invite you to events where you will meet your fellow dynamic, civic - minded people of Delaware County, NY.

They work with community organizations and other neighborhood - based civic groups on local issues.

The need for the amendment emerged from Borough President Katz's Hurricane Relief Task Force, which brings together multiple local, state and federal government agencies, elected officials and civic leaders to one table to discuss relevant recovery and rebuilding issues.

Choi said the program turns traditional civics on its head — instead of starting by teaching how a bill becomes law, students are asked what local issues they are passionate about improving, for example.

This study makes an analysis of the impact of a civic and intercultural education methodology requiring students to analyze the situation of the Roma community at local revel and formulate a public policy proposal related to an issue affecting members of Roma communities.

For example, local businesses and civic leaders could offer scholarships for students to attend existing camps and summer programs that would otherwise be out of reach because of cost or transportation issues.

Kennedy Russ described her shock as she collected data about the lack of access to reproductive healthcare for women, and completed a six - week internship at a local hospital where she «saw these issues in real life» and became «committed to her civic duty» to change the injustices she researched and observed.

The gallery often collaborates with NoMüNoMü (josephorzal.com), a civic - minded collective run by artists Joseph Orzal and Nora Müeller, to produce events such as last spring's Now More Than Ever, a discussion series on how current governmental policies may affect local issues.

They express genuine concern for local issues, and actively participate in civic and charitable organizations that shape our community and drive positive change.

Able to liaison with teachers and other school employees and local civic leaders on issues such as curricula, budgeting and school policies.