Sentences with phrase «most powerful education»

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«(I had) this dream that from a tiny acorn, the potential of a young person, could grow this massive oak tree... as Nelson Mandela said: «Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.»

Dissecting the marketing playbooks of successful product producers including Nike, Red Bull, Steve Jobs, and Dr. Dre, guerrilla marketer Al Lautenslager delivers an education on maintaining marketing momentum and developing the most powerful sales team you'll ever have — loyal customers who advocate your brand and champion everything you sell.

She was also recognized as one of YWCA's 2012 Women of Distinction in Education, and became the first college president to be inducted into the Women's Executive Network ™ Hall of Fame after being named one of Canada's Most Powerful Women in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

The power that Israel wields over our Democracy is evident in the miss - appropriation of wealth, while our children are treated to a public education not worthy of circus animals, Israel has our defense industry pumping out fighter jets at 350 million each, and it's no surprise they have the most powerful military on earth.

In his encyclical Divini Illius Magistri, issued in 1939, Pope Pius XI deplored the fact that «these most powerful means of publicity, which can be of great utility for instruction and education when directed by sound principles, are only too often used as an incentive to evil passions and greed for gain.»

The three - and - a-half-year study found that «effective Christian education is the most powerful single influence congregations have on maturity of faith.»

«BarSmarts is one of the most powerful and successful bartender education programs in the industry,» said Shawn Kelley, Senior Brand Manager for Brand Education, Pernod Rieducation programs in the industry,» said Shawn Kelley, Senior Brand Manager for Brand Education, Pernod RiEducation, Pernod Ricard USA.

Nestlé believes that education is the single most powerful tool for ensuring that children understand the value of nutrition and physical activity to their health through the course of their lives.

Could it be that the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers» union and one of the most politically powerful special interests in history, isn't really about educational effectiveness after all, and that the Democrat Congress is in the pockets of the NEA?

The failing schools campaign supports the charter sector's most powerful ally, Governor Andrew Cuomo, and his ambitious, controversial education agenda.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's ruling that Superintendent Kriner Cash can circumvent the union contract to make changes at receivership schools will likely end in a court battle with one of the most powerful teachers unions in the country.

A group devoted to continuing his education agenda and founded in part by his longtime schools chancellor has become one of the most powerful forces in Albany by pouring millions into lobbying and adroitly exploiting rivalries in state politics.

It was the latest twist in a battle that has captivated New York politics, with consequences that could reach far beyond the issue of childhood education, and a clear signal that the tension between the state's two most powerful Democrats is not likely to abate any time soon.

MODERN education is, says David Orr, squarely to blame for the many threats to the biosphere that now exist; and he further contends that it is the educated and powerful few who do most of the damage.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

«It's important to acknowledge that entertainment can be the most powerful form of education,» the British filmmaker said during a lengthy speech, going on to praise the BBC documentary Planet Earth.

«Entertainment can be the most powerful form of education,» said Scott, before finishing, «By the way i'm available in [fall] 2019.»

Assuming that ESA administrators can successfully develop oversight techniques, ESAs could become the most powerful and flexible mechanism we have for customizing education to individual student needs.

It is no accident that the American labor movement has been kept afloat by the success of public - sector unions - and that the largest, most powerful union in the country is not the Teamsters or the United Auto Workers, but the National Education Association.

As much of a reader and education technology enthusiast as I am, I believe this most powerful resource is something else entirely.

The result is that, as our nation has struggled to improve its public schools, the teacher unions have emerged as the fiercest, most powerful defenders of the status quo, and the single greatest obstacle to the reform of American education.

But that's no reason to give up on education as the most powerful tool for building a fairer, more humane and more inclusive world.

Education is the most powerful weapon which can change the world, as Nelson Mandela used to say.

«Worldwide, schooling and access to education remain the most powerful policy levers for improving children's life chances.»

I believe education is one of the most powerful institutions to level the field for so many people.

Abstract: Within the past years Ban Ki Moon (Secretary - General of the United Nations) has been stressing many times the role of education as the most powerful weapon in building peace across nations.

Equally important is well - informed choice, a powerful principle in our economy and in higher education, but one that is severely constrained in K - 12 public education, particularly for low - income populations that are most likely to be assigned to low - performing schools under the nation's residence - based school system.

KMM: I personally identify with UNESCO's values in the sense that I truly believe Education, Culture, Social and Natural Sciences, and Communication and Information are some of the most powerful drivers for sustainable development and peace, as a sustainable future can not exist without sustainable peace.

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Deeper Learning: 10 Ways You Can Die Education Week, 8/25/16 «One of the things I've learned in my own journey in trying to teach people about deeper learning is that the most powerful things you can do is give adults models and experiences that mirror what you are hoping they will do for students.»

If the public, the political parties, and the most powerful interest groups are either apathetic about or hostile to education reform, how can the reformers prevail?

But President Obama's first — and most powerful — education message to all Americans came with his stimulus package.

As we were writing Disrupting Class, which focused largely on how to help the U.S. transform its education system into a student - centered one by harnessing the power of disruptive innovation, it was clear that, in certain respects, the theories of disruptive innovation would be most powerful in helping the developing world.

For well over a quarter century, the NEA and the AFT have been the most powerful groups in the politics of education — with more than four million members, formidable sums of money for campaign contributions and lobbying, well - educated activists manning the electoral trenches, and organizations that blanket the nation, allowing them to coordinate all these resources toward political ends.

Despite its lofty goals for every student and the support of some of the most powerful national players in education reform, the modern standards and accountability movement has hit a rough patch, if you haven't noticed.

Nelson Mandela said, «Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.»

The first is that the teacher unions are far and away the most powerful actors in American education.

And these people are represented by organizations — most prominently, the teachers unions — that are extraordinarily powerful in politics, and are even now taking action to prevent technology from transforming American education.

One of the most powerful executives in television as co-chairman of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney / ABC Television Group, Sweeney led off this season's series of Askwith Forums at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Monday night (Sept. 20)...

One of the most powerful exercises I have ever completed was writing down my philosophy on teaching and education.

Today, Wilson understands how his mother, and his education, gave him a voice when he needed one most: «Designing and building is powerful because it can show people what you're feeling and what you're going through.»

In choosing and advocating for the most powerful learning experiences for their kids, they might keep in mind the Nellie Mae Education Foundation's definition of student - centered learning: that which is personalized and competency - based; that happens anytime, anywhere; and that encourages students to take ownership of their own learning.

Even weakened, together the NEA and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) constitute the single most powerful force in American education policy.

Todd Finley (@finleyt) believes that «games unite many of the most powerful initiatives in education: problem based learning, brain - based strategies, technology, collaboration, inquiry, and student engagement.»

«While the ability to publish and to share is powerful in and of itself, most of the learning occurs in the connections and conversation that occur after we publish,» argues education blogger Will Richardson (a member of The George Lucas Educational Foundation's National Advisory Council).

Nelson Mandela once said that education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.

While AB 934 was once an honest attempt to support effective teachers and prioritize quality in California's education system, the bill is now the product of backroom deals in the state capital with the state's most powerful special interest groups.

In a new Request for Information, two of the most powerful groups in education philanthropy jointly seek «state - of - the - art» ideas to improve students» math, writing, and «executive functions.»

The strategy of flipping your classroom that I learned from Jon Bergmann has been, without exception, the single, most powerful overnight transformation in education I have ever seen in my 30 + years as a teacher.

Why I do this work: I went into education because I believe that a quality education is one of the most powerful tools a child can acquire; yet my five years in the classroom revealed firsthand the stark contrast in educational quality and experience that we offer to children in this country.