Sentences with phrase «meaningful education for»

Alison Suffet Diaz is the Founder and Executive Director of Environmental Charter Schools (ECS), a growing network of schools that provides a meaningful education for youth in the underserved communities of South Los Angeles.

Alison Suffet Diaz is the Founder and Executive Director of Environmental Charter Schools (ECS), a growing network of schools that provides a meaningful education for youth in the underserved communities of South Los Angeles.

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After analyzing job meaning for 453 jobs from the Occupational Information Network (O * NET), Payscale then examined median pay, job satisfaction, job stress, and typical education level for each occupation, and compiled its second annual list of the Most and Least Meaningful Jobs in America.

Through policy development, education, and advocacy, the Institute is building support for meaningful action at the local, state, national, and international levels.

If government wanted to assist the poor it would provide a meaningful education and stimulate business to create jobs for the poor.

Through your financial investment in The Grace Case, your sisters around the world have roofs over their heads, food on the table for their children, and they are able to provide their children with an education, medical care, opportunities, life - transforming hope and experience empowerment through employment and meaningful vocational callings.

Leadership in this age depends on education in all four modes — pastoral, liturgical, prophetic and governance — and in their integration, which is the necessary prerequisite for meaningful mission in the «80s.

Much more promising is the appearance here and there of day - care centers at the parents» workplace, and day care provided by parishes and temples where it serves the triple purpose of providing meaningful work for members of the community (especially older people), meeting a pressing need of the community's young couples, and beginning the religious education of the community's children.

However, an increasing number of Protestant ministers in this century have complemented attention to the sermon with concern for meaningful worship, pastoral care, religious education, and other avenues of ministry.

Both for good and for bad, for loss and for gain, personal learning is always accompanied by suffering, and patience is the virtue that makes such suffering positive and meaningful: we endure for the sake of an education.

Sarah strongly values education and is driven by a genuine thirst for knowledge in an effort to broaden her guests» experience in new and meaningful ways.

The problem is that no such programs yet exist (although this is going to be a key objective of our SmartTeams program, and our pilot program for the NCAA and Department of Defense under our Mind Matters Challenge grant), and even if were implemented on a widespread basis (which, once again, I hope will happen once we launch the full SmartTeams program in 2016), it is unclear whether such a shift in emphasis in concussion education will achieve any meaningful increase in rates of self - reporting, at least in the short term.

Based in Houston, TX, the Recipe for Success Seed - to - Plate Nutrition Education program is helping Houston students find a deeper, more meaningful connection to the food on their plates.

We encourage our parents and families, staff, faculty, grandparents, alumni, alumni parents and other supporters in our community to consider making a meaningful gift so that we can continue providing the best curriculum, materials, and training to ensure an incredible Waldorf Education and experience for the whole child.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

He has written and lectured extensively on issues pertaining to innovative classroom instruction, and is the author of Understanding Waldorf Education: Teaching from the Inside Out, Covering Home: Lessons on the Art of Fathering from the Game of Baseball, which received the National Parenting Publication's gold award, and Navigating the Terrain of Childhood: A Guidebook for Meaningful Parenting and Heartfelt Discipline.

And anyone with a desire for good science and / or any real understanding regarding meaningful education / advocacy work can tell you that a person who bullies and rants is doing a disservice to their agenda.

«I will prioritize passing meaningful ethics reform, supporting our middle class families and small business owners, fighting tirelessly for better public education, and providing the residents of our district with the resources and services that they deserve.»

The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that meaningful sexual and reproductive health education is part of the mandatory school curriculum for all schools, including academies, special schools and youth detention centres, in all areas of the State party.

• Connecting people to jobs, education, skills training and enhanced transit to «offer meaningful economic opportunity for all.»

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...

The Honorable MaryEllen EliaCommissioner of Education and Presidentof the University of the State of New YorkNew York State Education Building89 Washington AvenueAlbany, NY 12234Dear Commissioner Elia: We write to urge the State Education Department to revise its timeline in order to provide meaningful time for the state to engage parents,...

«As Democrats, the IDC remains committed to the fight for an equal education for all New York students — which the Dream Act would provide, protecting a woman's right to choose, increasing workers» wages, and enacting meaningful campaign finance reform.

As the future congressman from this great district, I know Keith stands ready to deliver on the same fundamental issues he has fought for alongside me in the legislature — bringing more affordable housing to our neighborhoods, pushing through meaningful criminal justice reform and ensuring that all of our children have every chance to succeed with the promise of a first - rate education.

Bob McManus on what he hopes to hear from Cuomo regarding education reform: «Any proposal that lacks meaningful mechanisms for ridding the schools of incompetent teachers — that is, for cracking the union hold on the process — is also fraudulent.»

«For quite some time, Education Commissioner John King has closed off all meaningful conversation with parents, educators, administrators, and elected officials who have highlighted serious deficiencies in State Education Department policies,» Abinanti said.

«The court decision of a number of years ago said we have to provide our young people with a meaningful education and a good job for the future,» said Queens Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, chairwoman of the Committee on Eeducation and a good job for the future,» said Queens Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, chairwoman of the Committee on EducationEducation.

It also has the advantage of possibly costing far less than extra funding for health care / education that will have real meaningful results.

We also must invest in on our children's education, provide meaningful funding increases for our schools and make sure that we move the economy forward by creating good paying jobs.»

The Education Council Consortium put out a statement supporting Klein's bill, calling it a «strong first step to provide opportunities for all parents to have meaningful participation in educational policy discussions and decisions.

Damaging budget cuts have already led to overcrowded classrooms and made it difficult for many students to attain the meaningful education they deserve.

Declaring the workshop open, Chairman of the Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, represented by National Commissioner, Prince Solomon Adedeji Soyebi, said, «for any meaningful thing to be achieved in terms of voter education, it has to get down to the grassroots».

He observed «education is key and an indispensable tool for accelerated socio - economic development of any nation and therefore appealed to parents to give children who are the future leaders of the nation, the type of education that will equip them with knowledge and skills to meaningful lives in this complex world.

Hawkins will address the theme of his campaign, A Green New Deal for New York, which aims to restart the upstate economy by guaranteeing economic human rights to meaningful work, living wages, health care, education, affordable housing and mobility.

Working with its Subcommittee on Diversity, AGU?s Committee on Education and Human Resources has developed a long - range, strategic plan for AGU, to encourage meaningful change in the composition of the earth and space science community.

I found what I wanted: a meaningful career that lets me make use of both my interest and education in science and my love for the German and English languages, and that at the same time allows me to be with my kids almost as much as I want to be.

The annual award, which accepts only peer nominations, is given to one junior faculty member — on faculty for five years or less — who has made an outstanding contribution in medical / biomedical education and shown great promise for future meaningful contributions.

This is meaningful: Quickly after passage, reported Laura Camera, New York set about «dismantling what outgoing Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the administration spent so much political capital laying the ground work for.»

«Think of it like an Othello board — we need to gradually increase the number of people who have experienced really rigorous, meaningful, and engaging education, and then they can do the same for other people, and, over time, the numbers can grow exponentially.»

A college education meant not only mastery of the fundamentals of a given profession, but also a firm grounding in the ideas and principles considered vital for meaningful participation in society.

They concluded that performance on standardized tests from 1999 to 2002 was «significantly positively correlated» with «a school's ability to ensure a clean and safe physical environment,» «evidence that its parents and teachers modeled and promoted good character education» and opportunities «for students to contribute in meaningful ways to the school and its community.»

Legitimate college prep and 21st - century career and technology tracks prepare students to continue their education after high school without remediation and for meaningful employment.

Strengthening education schools, particularly programs for producing principals, depends on developing accurate, meaningful yardsticks to measure school success.

Edutopia blogger Lisa Dabbs underlines the importance of teaching with authenticity by recalling her own new - teacher struggles to make education a meaningful experience for her students.

By taking down the walls of their school and bringing learning into the community around them, Crellin makes education meaningful and magical for their students.

[Senior Lecturer] Mandy Savitz - Romer illustrated the importance of using developmental theories and research to create meaningful and powerful interventions for career development and college readiness across the education pipeline.

«Technology offers unprecedented opportunities for meaningful education improvement, and Emiliana is stewarding the kind of innovation that is essential to give each person the right to an education that empowers them to become architects of their own lives.»

Students realized that this project was not just about their own education, but about educating future students, and creating an honorable and / or meaningful experience for many community members.

That's why we need education entrepreneurs, leaders who can forge new and meaningful pathways to learning for all children.

What President Obama termed «the most meaningful education reform in a generation» has proven, for my money, to be more a cautionary tale than a model.