Sentences with phrase «make education the nation»

Richard W. Riley will leave a record of helping make education the nation's top priority when he steps down as the nation's top educator this weekend.

«The American people are «tuned in'to education, and they have made it quite clear that they expect us to make education this nation's number one priority.

The most important step in making an Education Nation a reality is not a greater investment of dollars, but a greater understanding of what this new educational system should look like.

Not exact matches

«We need to be unified as a nation, and show everyone outside Florida how we all gather together to make our schools safer so our kids can get an education,» Monica said.

Aside from being the nation's premier student loan news site, our goal here at the Student Loan Report is to help students and their families make wise decisions regarding their higher education.

But now those are already there at yours maybe if you prepare them right as to education and training for finally deputing them to return to their own countries with the needful backup and authority they will be useful tools for the advancement and prosperity of their nations then you will have no one wanting to immigrate leaving behind their own families and friends... in addition to that you will see those who immigrated towards your country start moving back to their own countries and this is the only solution to resolve the issue of illegal immigration and to find peace... otherwise if things go on as it is today surely slowly slowly you will find that your own countries become inherited by piling up immigrants who might get starved due negligence turn on against the Host country... that has contributed in the destructions of their countries but not towards and advancements or developments of their countries and nations to find peace and make a living..!?

The culture of consumerism and the chase for material symbols of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for power and position; the spirit of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many, by the abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a vast network of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded by a culture of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit of substantive justice.

Angie: from the volume of Dhimmi noise you're making, I suggest you take a trip to an Islamic nation and «get yourself an education» about life under Islam.

«Nationalism shows its character as a faith whenever national welfare or survival is regarded as the supreme end of life; whenever right and wrong are made dependent on the sovereign will of the nation, however determined; whenever religion and science, education and art, are valued by the measure of their contribution to national existence.»

Those in power, in all levels or education, government and the private sector, have become far to powerful and hell - bent on making the USA a Christian Nation, there is no way in hell, that they would let Christianity to ever be seen an taught as anything but perfect.

Thus, war and the threat of war make education in all nations subordinate to considerations of military strength.

The fact the 46 % of Americans believe in a literal interpretation of Genesis is truly embarrassing and is a testament to the poor investment we as a nation have made in education.

It is in fact an extension into the field of higher education of the government policy of globalization, that is, of letting the global market decide the pattern of economic development of the nation without intervention from the government in the name of social justice, protection of the natural environment or national self - reliance; it is a decision to make economic growth the ultimate criterion not only of economic development but also of social and cultural development of the peoples of the country.

My last point and Im out... Throughout our great nations history... we always found a way to fight through national issues and come up with solutions... Giving the problems we have now to people in the 50's and 60's... and they may actually come up with a solution... if you earnestly care about making a change... start at the lowest levels of government... go do something... find out costs... expenses... how to get more health care to people... do things like that... quit waiting on the government to provide all the answers... its not the way this country was founded... and not the way we get through problems... If you or ur family does nt have insurance... get a job that can provide you that... instead of hoping the government will do so... If you or ur family lacks access to education... move to an area that excels at it... education is invaluable... Do something about your problem... and quit waiting for the next big lotto...

Since then, we've swept the nation and made higher education the first sector where food recovery is the norm and not the exception.

The Board of Education has agreed to move forward on a plan to eliminate sugary beverages and make Florida the first state in the nation to ban chocolate milk in public schools.

«We're thrilled to be recognized by Forbes and it's a great culmination to this year during which time we've placed our 800th machine in the field and made a big impact in schools and community locations across the nation by providing convenient access to healthy foods and nutrition education.»

Recognizing the significant difference that this could make in and to our nation, Ghana has launched a campaign, under the auspices of UNICEF, to end child marriage in our nation by focusing not only on getting young girls in school but also on keeping them there their education is complete.

The IWD otherwise known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women's Rights and International Peace has since gained international recognition and celebrated world wide in different forms and even gained the status of a holiday in some countries such as Ukraine The day has also been marked under various themes encompassing peace and security, human rights, gender based violence, conflicts and hunger, education, gender equality, empowerment and affirmative actions, inclusion of woman in decision making, the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and many more.

On her part, Ms Lankai Quarcoopome, who is an alumnus of the school (AGOSA» 76) and also the Guest Speaker, said she believes that «through quality education, we could make our lives better and also transform our nation and for this reason, we must insist on achieving very high academic and performance standards at all levels in the country.»

«I've set out a vision of what this country can be, «one nation», and in 2013 we will be setting out concrete steps on making that vision a reality from business to education to welfare,» the Labour leader said.

This is a plan that keeps spending under two percent, reforms New York's education bureaucracy, implements the nation's strongest and most comprehensive disclosure laws for public officials and makes the largest investment in the Upstate economy in a generation.

Reforming the state's pension plan for new employees will put our costs in line with other states across the nation and preserve the invaluable services, like education and public safety, that make New York the best place to live, do business and raise a family.»

He also promised to continue to enact the Dream Act, to offer college aid to children of immigrants in the country illegally, hold down the state's near highest in the nation property taxes, and to make New York's education system the best in the nation.

Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: «Our public education system is a promise we make to the nation's children and young people that they will have opportunity, high quality, good outcomes and an expectation of success for all.

The Minister, represented by the Executive Secretary, NCCE, Prof Monday Joshua, noted that the education sector needed to key into the various «change initiatives» of the government to make the nation stronger than it was before.

What The Nation should be doing is advocate to secure the rights of those kids that are being forced to make a choice between education and a religious observance.

President Mahama said his government will fulfill its promise to the nation by expanding and upgrading senior high school education which he made in his 2012.

«With a college education now a necessity to succeed in today's economy, I am proud to sign this first - in - the - nation legislation that will make college accessible, strengthen the middle class, and build a brighter future for all New Yorkers,» Cuomo said in the release.

Research!America is the nation's largest not - for - profit public education and advocacy alliance working to make research to improve health a higher national priority.

The policy was implemented at the behest of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who argued it made sense to give City Hall control over public education in the nation's largest city.

With the expected cuts to the Department of Education's budget, Wilson said targeted funding, especially for teacher training, is crucial to make sure computer science takes root in the nation's classrooms.

To achieve that goal, Project 2061 conducts research and develops tools and services that educators, researchers, and policymakers can use to make critical and lasting improvements in the nation's education system.

These types of investments are making Nevada's institutions of higher education, schools, cities, private businesses, and counties synonymous with some of the nation's most innovative clean energy projects.

The lawmakers» statements at the Berkeley hearing make clear that they could use a good deal more education about the realities of life in the nation's university labs.

«A half century ago, this nation made a commitment to lead the world in scientific and technological innovation; to invest in education, in research, in engineering; to set a goal of reaching space and engaging every citizen in that historic mission,» Obama said.

Large numbers of overseas students make higher education the nation's third - largest export sector.

The President's budget offers hope that the nation will continue to make science and education investments a top national priority while taking serious steps to reduce budget deficits.

Education World takes a look at the progress the nation's schools have made toward each goal.

The Nation's recent online learning expose, How Online Learning Companies Bought America's Schools, in its zeal to connect various dots into a narrative of a corporate public education takeover, makes critical errors.

The consequences of this miscalculation are now evident with Egypt, the country that had made great strides in education which is now appearing as the most unstable, even though the same education gains seems to be what is shielding the nation from descending into anarchy.

«What made this convening so impressive is that while so much in education reform can divide activists into warring camps, expanding learning time unites reformers around a shared vision of bringing excellence and breadth to our nation's most impoverished and struggling schools,» said Lecturer Chris Gabrieli, cofounder and chairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding learning time to improve student achievement and enable a well - rounded education.

The nation's governors and business executives have tapped Harvard Graduate School of Education Lecturer Robert B. Schwartz to head the organization created to help implement the commitments made at the 1996 Education Summit.

The experiment in place - based education earned the 17,000 - student Grand Rapids school district a coveted $ 10 million grant from XQ: The Super Schools Project in 2016, one of 10 awards made to schools and districts around the nation that challenge conventional ideas of what high school is.

Yet, while research shows that today's students need «some» postsecondary education or training to make a good living in today's economy, the nation has yet to flesh out what that means short of a baccalaureate degree.

Through the Isolated Children's Parents» Association, or ICPA, thousands of parents in Australia's tiniest towns and remote areas can bend the ears of national politicians and state education leaders who make the rules for schools in a nation similar in geographic...

I am pleased that this strategy is already moving forward in many, many states; that our nation's governors and state legislators of both parties are choosing to make a solid commitment to boost education, to advocate high standards, and to take advantage of this era of budget surpluses and good times to make our schools better so that we'll have even better times in the future.

President Reagan's criticisms of the nation's schools and his proposals for improving the quality of education are misleading the American public and threatening to reverse 20 years of progress made possible by federal support of education, according to a report by 19 education and civil - rights leaders.

The U.S. and the U.K. were both awakening to being «nations at risk,» due in no small part to the parlous state of their public education systems, and reformers in both countries were pushing for big changes — changes that their respective «education establishments» didn't want to make.

Opposition to parental efforts to ensure a quality education for the nation's children might make headlines, but it will only slow us down if we let it.