Sentences with phrase «more informed citizens»

Acting on this interest in expanded dialogue between Canadian millennials and our peers in Asia will provide us with the types of soft skills that will make us more effective learners in the classroom, better negotiators in the workplace, and more informed citizens.

Knowing the names and faces of those behind local and state decisions positions you as a more informed citizen, which allows you to better advocate for your needs as well as the needs of your community.

How is that becoming a more informed citizen?

The Chinese immigrant girl who photographed her mother at a sewing machine, then translated her stories from the factory floor, will become a stronger and more informed citizen because of that — and perhaps an artist or writer, too.

It's fine that the telecom companies are going to prioritize the sites that pay for speed, even though those sites showcase the Kardashians and not content that helps me become a better, more informed citizen.

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The survey was conducted after the 2016 United States presidential election and polled more than 21,000 people described by organizers as «business leaders, informed elites and general citizens.»

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

As this trend becomes more pronounced, the information which is necessary for citizens to make the kind of informed decisions which could reverse this trend is itself becoming increasingly scarce, so that eventually the mass media will be able to provide only circuses for the masses who embrace it gladly, and no longer can tell what they are missing.

By working together with these fine organizations, we can help our citizens be more informed about the beverage calories they consume.»

By talking with your child about current events and stories they see in the news or hear about at school, you can help your child to feel more confident in their understanding of the world and to become a better and more informed global citizen.

Insight is profoundly empowering: having a good grasp of matters of public affairs enables individual citizens to participate more confidently and make informed choices in the complex settings where decisions for the collective good are made and validated.

Think tank launches get lots of publicity and speeches pour out about creating «informed citizens» and much more.

Only by pulling back the veil of secrecy, informing citizens of the atrocities that their tax money is funding and holding experimenters accountable for abusing animals in the name of science when more reliable, cruelty - free options exist, can we hope to bring scientific research into the modern age.

«Whether you are a volunteer firefighter who wants to see what happens when the calls originate, or just an interested citizen who wants to know more about this vital part of the services County Government provides, we encourage you to attend this open house and come away informed.»

Education and communication help world citizens to take informed decisions and move towards more sustainable, low carbon societies.

We develop international professional experiences that create more informed, skilled, and engaged citizens.

More and more, Edward becomes informed on the questionable and intrusive tracking, legal manipulation, and data collection being secretly conducted by the U.S. government on not only foreign threats, but its own citizens without formal warrants, court orders, or proper search - and - seizure proceduMore and more, Edward becomes informed on the questionable and intrusive tracking, legal manipulation, and data collection being secretly conducted by the U.S. government on not only foreign threats, but its own citizens without formal warrants, court orders, or proper search - and - seizure procedumore, Edward becomes informed on the questionable and intrusive tracking, legal manipulation, and data collection being secretly conducted by the U.S. government on not only foreign threats, but its own citizens without formal warrants, court orders, or proper search - and - seizure procedures.

It's their hope that if they arm students with hands - on learning opportunities, those students will become more active, informed citizens — prepared to vote, volunteer, and engage in civic life.

Poor and minority citizens are just as informed: Although many have speculated that low - income and minority citizens are less informed about or interested in school quality than more advantaged groups, we found no evidence that this is the case.

The prose in this volume will appeal more to the citation - enthralled political scientist than to the informed citizen, but the study itself brings together the best available evidence on the consequences of mayoral efforts to reform big - city school systems.

Here is an example of the use of a «Nudge» to help citizens take more informed decisions: Nudges and Learning: Evidence from Informational Interventions for Low - Income Taxpayers.

«When children grow up in a culture and begin their schooling with support for thinking, feeling, and acting in groups, they are more likely to participate in and practice democracy as informed and caring citizens.»

Online, they are also invited to reflect on how they fit into the wider world and our unfolding human story — one important facet of becoming more informed, thoughtful, and engaged «global citizens.»

And more importantly, a farce of a forum undermines the rights of the students, teachers, school administrators, parents and citizens who make up Connecticut's public education community and need elected officials who are better informed about the Common Core and Common Core testing.

She talks about her mission as the head of the city's Community Engagement Team and her goals to get citizens better informed and more engaged.

By engaging citizens, the signs will also help city leaders make more informed decisions.

Engaging citizens, the signs will also help city leaders make more informed decisions.

rea Pound Pals, C.A.P.P., is a group of area citizens working together with law enforcement, city entities, and local vets, to make our area a more informed and responsible pet ownership community.

nd Pals, C.A.P.P., is a group of area citizens working together with law enforcement, city entities, and local vets, to make our area a more informed and responsible pet ownership community.

and Area Pound Pals, C.A.P.P., is a group of area citizens working together with law enforcement, city entities, and local vets, to make our area a more informed and responsible pet ownership community.

We develop international professional experiences that create more informed, skilled, and engaged citizens.

That's just the point: Visualizations such as this help city planners make better informed decisions about the program, eventually leading to a more robust, more efficient, service for cycling citizens.

We are speaking out as parents, citizens and attorneys, but our analysis is informed by more than 20 years each at the Environmental Protection Agency's San Francisco Regional Office, including Allan's extensive experience overseeing California's cap - and - trade and offsets programs for the EPA.

But the reports also suggest access to legal information to better inform citizens — who should be the primary focus of all access to justice initiatives — of their rights and obligations can be relatively easily achieved through more online legal information.

In this session, practitioners from the Sheriff's Office and the Municipal Court will share how technology is helping to better - inform citizens of their decisions and be more responsive to citizen's needs.

We develop international professional experiences that create more informed, skilled, and engaged citizens.

911 operators take telephone calls from distressed citizens, take information of their location and emergency type and inform the concerned emergency service... Read More»

No, it is to get informed citizens involved whereas the 2020 Summit was largely the «in - crowd» who already have a say having a yet more formal structured say.

We develop international professional experiences that create more informed, skilled, and engaged citizens.