Sentences with phrase «members in a democratic society»

«And we should especially focus on ideas that will help our lowest achieving students stay in school, be inspired, learn, achieve, and graduate to become productive members in our democratic society.»

He believed that schools should prepare students to be active members in a democratic society.

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Dan Quart is a member of Community Board 8, an attorney, formerly with Legal Aid Society, and then in private practice — who is receptive to 504 Democratic Club's agenda, but may need some more experience before finding elective office.

Addressing the members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) UK branch, former President John Mahama slammed Civil Society Organizations, religious and traditional leaders for keeping mute over happenings in the Akufo - Addo government, and further bemoaned what he described as the hypocrisy in Ghana politics.

Mr. Quaitoo, who is also the Member of Parliament for Akim Oda, faced the scorn of the public, the National Democratic Congress Minority, and some civil society groups, for making ethnocentric comments, after saying northern farmers could not be trusted in their assessment of the damage from the army worm.

As a physicist and an eight - term member of Congress before taking the helm of AAAS, Holt has a unique perspective on the critical role science plays in a democratic society.

The students were judged the best in such categories as understanding «the importance of civic engagement in a democratic society» and using «technological skills to enhance the value of their projects» by a panel including CEOs of large businesses such as Walgreens and Radio Shack, as well as members of the educational and civic communities.

There are numerous mediating institutions in society that engage in democratic decision - making, but only members have a vote.

«To prepare all citizens to become responsible members of a democratic society» «To develop socialization and citizenship skills in children» «Preparing students for responsible, productive citizenship and imbuing them with values common to one democratic society»...

Founded in 1901 on the tenets of progressive education, the school currently enrolls 940 students and employs 200 dedicated faculty and staff members who, in addition to assistant teachers, substitute teachers and coaches, work together to ensure that the School lives up to its Mission to «educate students to think and act with empathy, courage and clarity as responsible citizens and leaders in a democratic society and global community.»

Key Issues To ensure charter schools and neighborhood public schools function in the best interests of students, parents and community members, we believe that, like all public institutions, they must be guided by six basic principles of a democratic society: transparency, accountability, quality, oversight, equity and public control.

First, more democratic forms of control will be more consistent with employees «beliefs and values in a democratic society and contribute to higher levels of job satisfaction and morale, whereas autocratic forms of control are expected «to reduce initiative, inhibit identification with the organization and to create conflict and hostility among members» (Tannenbaum, 1961, p. 35).

Marci Ledlow recently joined the faculty of the Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, VA where she is a faculty member in FEI's flagship program — Leadership for a Democratic Society (LDS).

In 2002, the courage, resilience, patience and commitment of members of the Green Belt Movement, other civil society organizations, and the Kenyan public culminated in the peaceful transition to a democratic government and laid the foundation for a more stable societIn 2002, the courage, resilience, patience and commitment of members of the Green Belt Movement, other civil society organizations, and the Kenyan public culminated in the peaceful transition to a democratic government and laid the foundation for a more stable societin the peaceful transition to a democratic government and laid the foundation for a more stable society.

It is this low opinion which has been used in the past to influence the public, not through sophisticated reasoning, but by reducing members of society to creatures not deserving of democratic expression.

provisions which immunize decision makers from liability «are not so uncommon or unusual in free and democratic societies as to render them constitutionally unreasonable» (citing a number of cases immunizing administrative tribunal members from personal liability for their decisions);

There is a «democratic disconnect» in that law societies» duty is to the public, but benchers are elected by the members of their law societies.