Sentences with phrase «made education the major»

Lawmakers in Washington state made education the major subject of their 2007 legislative session, increasing school funding and modifying the requirement that all high school students pass portions of the state's academic test in order to graduate.

In order to accentuate her skills and knowledge base we made her education a major point of focus along with her dedication to continuing education in her field within the resume.

Not exact matches

Mr. Penn has spoken before diverse audiences ranging from executives of major venture capital firms, to state Departments of Education heads, to aspiring college students looking to make their mark on the world.

75, the federal government also introduced virtually all of the major policy innovations that make up Canada's system of social programs: Canada - wide Medicare, universal pensions, the modern unemployment insurance system, and cost - sharing with the provinces for higher education and welfare.

The other teachers who are making a major contribution to educating person - centered ministers are the chaplain supervisors staffing the two hundred and fifty plus clinical pastoral education centers (accredited by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education) Clinical training is, by far, the most important single learning experience available to a seminary student or education centers (accredited by the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education) Clinical training is, by far, the most important single learning experience available to a seminary student or Education) Clinical training is, by far, the most important single learning experience available to a seminary student or minister.

Insistence on the importance of that point for theological education is one of the major contributions of the Mud Flower Collective to the agenda of the debate about what makes theological education theological.

We hope this effort will foster a major advance in our theological education, and also nurture important conversations about how best to raise up and sustain the kind of pastoral leadership that makes a difference.

The increasing importance of leisure in modern society makes it appropriate that recreational considerations should assume major significance in education.

By moving in the directions I have outlined, we could make a major contribution not only to the coherence of theological curricula but also to theological education more generally.

The humanistic contribution of the Renaissance improved the liberal arts, as well as modern natural and social sciences, must be a major part of any liberal arts education that would make sense today.

English Protestantism made major contributions to education.

Neither one liked this, but their mother — then an older, second - career education major who knew these things (I have learned, by the way, to emphasize «second - career» over «older»)-- was now in a position to explain to them the dangers of making important decisions without her advice, since their brains still lacked frontal lobes.

To steer 25 + young adults from various cultures making relatively obscene amounts of money who have little real - word adult experience or formal education and who visit major cities full of temptations, not the least of which are people who exist to separate said money from them, through the rapids of these challenges as well as basically living with each other while existing in a media fishbowl.

Women have made major strides in education and employment, and the American workplace has been transformed.

Thacker is a driving force behind «Turning the Tide,» a new report he co-authored, published by the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Making Caring Common Project and endorsed by over 85 major college stakeholders, including deans of admissions from the most elite American universities.

A family court's award of joint custody will determine where the child will physically live and when, and the court will also make a determination regarding how major decisions regarding his health, education, and religious needs will be made.

Shared parental decision - making is defined as parents discussing and agreeing upon major issues in their children's lives including, but not limited to education, non ‑ emergency healthcare (for example orthodontics / braces), and extracurricular activities which would occur on both parents» (both parents» timesharing / visitation).

The custodial parent is entitled to make major decisions on the child's education, medical care, and other material needs of the child, while the other parent is allowed access to these records.

Rights and responsibilities of legal custody include making decisions about the child's legal status, medical care, education, safety, extracurricular activities, religious instruction, and other major life decisions.

At 1 p.m., senators and assembly members along with the Alliance for Quality Education will make a major education funding announcement, LCA Press Room, Legislative Office BuildingEducation will make a major education funding announcement, LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Buildingeducation funding announcement, LCA Press Room, Legislative Office Building, Albany.

The prime minister today set out major changes to the education system that she claims will make Britain a «great meritocracy».

Press reports suggest that the second choice for the post was David Cameron, who also rejected the job, preferring to take on a major public service portfolio (he was made Shadow Secretary of State for Education).

New Federal Education Law Gives State Policymakers Chance to Improve Opportunity for All Students — But Risks Retreat from High Standards and Meaningful AccountabilityNew York, NY — A dozen major civil rights, education, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today thatEducation Law Gives State Policymakers Chance to Improve Opportunity for All Students — But Risks Retreat from High Standards and Meaningful AccountabilityNew York, NY — A dozen major civil rights, education, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today thateducation, parent, and business organizations from across New York State released a policy brief today that makes...

«They're major employers in their communities, provide almost a billion dollars a year to education, and have always honored their commitment to New York, making sure our state gets every penny its entitled to.

Making the host committee for the event are former Florida Education Commissioner Betty Castor, Tampa City Councilman Harry Cohen, former U.S. Rep. Jim Davis, former state Sen. Arthenia Joyner, former CFO Alex Sink and a host of other major Democrats in the Tampa Bay area.

He also applauded the Governor for announcing a major commitment to clean water infrastructure and water quality protection and said he welcomes «a serious discussion about college affordability and making high quality college education accessible for all New Yorkers.»

Among other things, the President focused on major achievements made by his government in the health sector, education and energy.

It was the governor's longest State of the State address so far — by about a minute — and, according to Tom Precious, of The Buffalo News, «offered a toned - down plate of major spending ideas,» and «made no bold pronouncements for historic spending initiatives, as Cuomo did last year with promises for record education funding from Albany.»

Major issues during the 2014 legislative session included education, guns in work parking lots, and requiring prescriptions for drugs used to make methamphetamine.

«The leadership has clearly heard the concerned parents and educators who support high standards but know that a moratorium on the use of standardized tests in high - stakes decisions is essential until the State Education Department makes major corrections to its failed implementation plan,» president Richard Iannuzzi said in the statement.

New York Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says the state has made major changes to the Common Core English and math assessments since last year when 1 in 5 students refused to take them.

State Senator Jim Seward is co-sponsoring legislation that if approved would make major changes in New York State education policy.

Regaining mayoral control of schools was one Michael Bloomberg's greatest legislative achievements as mayor; it marked the first time City Hall gained discretion over education policy since the Lindsay administration, when those powers were decentralized and major decisions were made by an education board.

But much major legislation failed to get through in time, including Shirley Williams» education bill, which would have extended parental choice, made school governors more representative and introduce maintenance grants for 16 - to - 18 year - olds.

Since 2009, the board has made major cuts to the public schools, eliminating over 400 positions and reducing kindergarten to a half day while increasing spending on special education and transportation for private school students.

As I pointed out in Part One of this series, I've learned a great deal from friends and mentors, although stumbling along making my own mistakes has been a major education as well.

Dr. McCrea and his team are also co-chairing the Concussion Assessment, Research and Education Consortium (CARE) project, a major national effort that will enroll more than 30,000 college athletes, making it the largest study of concussions to date.

In addition, they suggest that business education programs could play a major role in making ethics and CSR considerations a regular facet of corporate decision making.

Academics and students alike should be making better use of Wikipedia, a major study of digital technology use in Higher Education has recommended.

The aim, according to Antonio Ruberti, the commissioner for research, «is to make European citizens and decision - makers more aware of the major issues of scientific culture and scientific education».

They had made a results - based approach to federal education programs a major component of their «Three R's» proposal — on which much of the Bush plan and the final ESEA legislation were based.

Developing the skills and knowledge of the school workforce through this partnership, Carnegie School of Education aims to make a major contribution to improving the life chances of children and young people regionally and nationally.»

In his second major release, Visible Learning for teachers: Maximizing impact on learning, Hattie presents eight «mind frames» or ways of thinking that must underpin every action and decision made in schools and educational systems if they are striving to improve the quality of education.

Although students have the freedom to choose their major, this is an opportunity for schools of education to share information with their students to make better matches.

He identifies two major problems with current teacher education programs and makes recommendations for reforms to maximize teacher effectiveness, and ultimately, student outcomes.

«I am proud of all of the major policy accomplishments on which I worked, but I'm probably most passionate about consumer information in higher education, and arming families and students with the tools to make good decisions about college.»

The Ministry of Education in Israel should teach in schools — both in Jewish and Arab schools — the History and the Uprooting of the Jews from Arab countries, and its importance as a major element to Peace Making and Reconciliation.

If you're completely new to the idea of student voice, Imagine Education has a good primer on the overall concept, and the 4 major steps toward making student voice work.

School systems would have to raise their annual budgets by an average of about 20 percent in order to respond to three of the major recommendations of the National Commission on Excellence in Education: extending the school day to seven hours, extending the school year to 200 days, and making teachers» starting salaries «market sensitive.»

There are myriad recommendations in the book, which Mike boils down into three major themes: First, balance our fixation on college completion with renewed attention to career and technical education; next prioritize the needs of «strivers» — the low - income students who are working hardest to make it to the middle class; finally, encourage all students to follow the «success sequence» — including delaying parenthood — as the surest means of avoiding pitfalls that push kids off the path to upward mobility.