Sentences with phrase «mission of public education»

The mission of public education is to create informed American citizens; our students are our future employees, coworkers and taxpayers.

But as she clearly lays out, these new «gifted academies» move Connecticut away from the true mission of public education and back to the ugly era of school segregation.

This New Public Management, imported largely from the corporate sector without sufficient critique, has pulled professionals further away from the democratic mission of a public education — a mission that has been more an ideal than a reality in the history of public schooling.

Health and well - being are central to the mission of public education, and a healthy school environment is shown to improve academic performance (Birch & Videto, 2015).

Having become a «jobs program» for adults, the real mission of public education — teaching children — has been lost and our country has been suffering greatly because of it.

DeVos pushed back on those who insist that support for school choice is necessarily an «attack» on public education and argued that choice can be wholly consonant with the historic mission of public education:

This goes against the very mission of public education.»

Not exact matches

Board of Directors, a charitable organization whose mission is to promote investor education by providing the public with information about abuses in the financial services industry.

LOUISVILLE, KY — Trucking Moves America Forward, the industry - wide image and education movement, reported significant achievements in the past year in its mission to change the public perception of the trucking industry.

The Christian Right wants public money to be used for private religious education (vouchers), buildings and services to be used for private religious purposes (this article), and they want subsidies in the form of tax breaks, special exemptions of other sorts, and they even want to destroy Aid to Needy Families so they can drive people into seeking help at their private religious «missions» where you are not allowed to eat unless you are a Christian, and so on.

In general, churches choose to associate with the SBC (or any of the other Baptist bodies) because it allows them to cooperate with other autonomous congregations to accomplish shared goals: mission efforts, public witness, theological education, etc..

During the course of the last two or three generations the theological curriculum has been «enriched» — like vitamin - impregnated bread — by the addition of a long series of short courses in sociology and social problems, rural and urban sociology, the theory of religious education, educational psychology, methods of religious education, psychology of religion, psychology of personality, psychology of counseling, methods of pastoral counseling, theory of missions, history of missions, methods of evangelism, theory and practice of worship, public speaking, church administration, et cetera, et cetera.

We accomplish our mission by soliciting, collecting, rescuing, growing, preparing and packaging food for distribution through a countywide network of social service agencies and programs; and through public awareness, education and community advocacy.

CSWA's mission is to ensure that the California wine community is recognized globally as the leader in sustainable winegrowing in the marketplace and public policy arena through the development and promotion of sustainable practices, tools for education and outreach, partnerships with key stakeholders, and prioritizing research.

The California Association of Winegrape Growers was founded in 1974 with the mission to provide industry leadership to advocate public policies, research and education programs and trade positions that enhance the business of growing California winegrapes.

Earth Day Network's year - round mission is to broaden, diversify and activate the environmental movement worldwide, through a combination of education, public policy, and consumer campaigns.

CIS Wake will use the money to further its mission of reducing Wake County Public School System's dropout rate and preparing students for post-secondary education and careers.

The Graphic Classroom founder, Chris Wilson, has made it his mission to seek out excellent graphic novels covering a wide range of subjects and styles and get them into the public education system here in the U.S.

NECPA's mission is to create broad public understanding of the benefits of high quality early childhood care and education and a raised awareness of the «professional expertise» required to deliver that high quality care and an appreciation of the advantages that children receive from accredited centers and schools.

Our mission is to create a positive relationship between people and nature through collaborations, education, research and collections, exhibitions and public forums to grow our region's urban connection to the world of nature and science.

HUMAN Everywhere's mission is to leverage the power of social entrepreneurship to improve the nation's collective health by increasing access to nutrition education and healthful foods while advocating for public policy that contributes to these goals.

Today you'll learn all about a national campaign with the mission of de-stigmatizing public breastfeeding by education men and empowering women.

Since so few understand Selective Mutism, our mission is to increase public awareness of Selective Mutism, to promote greater understanding of these disorders through education and research and to provide support to professionals, affected individuals and their families.

Since so few understand Selective Mutism, our mission is to increase public awareness of Selective Mutism and related childhood anxiety disorders, to promote greater understanding of these disorders through education and research and to provide support to professionals, affected individuals and their families.

In awarding the accreditation, the association reported that Naper Settlement benefits from professional management, adherence to standards and a commitment to improvement, public service, accountability and fulfillment of its mission, to further education and historical preservation.

The Auxiliary Board's mission is «to support Shedd Aquarium and its Board of Trustees by actively developing new sources of support and increasing public awareness of the aquarium's exhibits, research, conservation and education programs.»

The group's original mission statement read: «To provide a medium through which parliamentarians and organisations with an interest in religious education can discuss the current provision of religious education, press for continuous improvement, promote public understanding and advocate rigorous education for every young person in religious and non-religious world views.»

Critics have carped that the Bloomberg - led system fails to give parents sufficient voice — whatever that means — but the current arrangement is a night - and - day improvement over the old Board of Education, which was not only less accountable to the public, but failed at its most basic mission: improving our schools and teaching our kids.

We are focusing on our core mission of education and research, while continuing to advance critical economic development projects that foster the creation of good New York State jobs through public - private partnerships, which also provide unparalleled opportunities for our research faculty and students.»

SUNY Chancellor Kristina M. Johnson said, «Dr. Murabito is a dedicated public servant who understands the academic, research, and economic development missions of public higher education and knows how to ensure their success.

A voice for science and scientists everywhere, AAAS fulfills its mission to «advance science and serve society» by communicating the value of science to the public, helping governments formulate science policy, promoting advancements in science education and diversity, and helping scientists develop their careers.

Its mission is to fight inequities in public education by introducing a diverse group of high achievers into districts with severe teacher shortages.

The legislation, signed into law on Tuesday, restores funding for what NASA calls education and public outreach (E / PO) programs operated by SOFIA and dozens of other scientific missions.

The bills also emphasize the value of having mission agencies like NASA continue to support training and public outreach activities — a jab at last year's failed attempt by the Obama administration to designate NSF, the Department of Education, and the Smithsonian Institution as the three lead agencies for STEM eEducation, and the Smithsonian Institution as the three lead agencies for STEM educationeducation.

As part of fulfilling that mission, the Association works to enhance communication among scientists, engineers and the public, and fosters education in science and technology for everyone.

As a member of the Science Team of the MESSENGER mission to Mercury, Chapman has been studying images and other data returned from the spacecraft's first flybys of Mercury and from its primary and extended orbital missions around the planet; he is Education Public Outreach liaison with the Science Team and, as a member of the Geology Discipline Group of the Science Team, he is helping to conduct searches for satellites of Mercury and putative vulcanoids, as well as concentrating on studies of Mercury's craters and geological processes and history.

Its mission is «To improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide», working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

Additional information about Science Buddies» mission and the science education resources we provide, free of charge to the public, can be found in our About Us section, and by browsing the contents of our website, www.sciencebuddies.org.

The mission of Science Foundation Ireland's education and public engagement programme is to catalyse, inspire and guide the best in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education and public engagement.

The mission of HHN is to serve as a resource for the public by promoting the prevention, treatment and cure of hormone - related conditions through outreach and education.

The Forum Leads delivered an invited plenary presentation entitled «Science and Science Education Go Hand - in - Hand: The Impact of the NASA Science Mission Directorate Education and Public Outreach Program» at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) in San Jose, CA (Ensuring STEM Literacy: A National Conference on STEM Education and Public Outreach).

About the Education Mission CBN has built a comprehensive education program consisting of precollege, undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral initiatives, as well as public eEducation Mission CBN has built a comprehensive education program consisting of precollege, undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral initiatives, as well as public eeducation program consisting of precollege, undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral initiatives, as well as public educationeducation.

About the Office of Public Outreach At the heart of STScI's mission are outreach and education.

An overview of Kepler Mission Education and Public Outreach Projects can be found here: http://kepler.nasa.gov/education/EducationandPublicOutreachProjects/

McLean Hospital's staff of more than 1,900 caring and compassionate individuals focus on the hospital's mission to deliver compassionate clinical care, conduct innovative scientific discovery, and provide comprehensive professional training and public education.

The University of California - Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory also will build instruments for the mission and support education and public outreach efforts.

The LASP team also will provide science operations, build two of the science instruments and lead education and public outreach efforts for the MAVEN mission.

Its mission is to advance the health of the people of the Commonwealth through pioneering education, research, public service and health care delivery with its clinical partner, UMass Memorial Health Care.

The SAGE III on ISS Education and Public Outreach program shares the excitement of the SAGE III on ISS mission (planned launch 2014) highlighting its pathfinder qualities, its legacy and role in climate study continuity, and its partnerships with the ISS, other NASA centers, and international collaborators.

Dr. Dines is on a mission of education, within which she and her group Cultured Reframed plan to use a public health approach similar to how my generation was educated about drinking alcohol and driving.