Sentences with phrase «national audiences about»

As Missouri's state Teacher of the Year and an inductee of the National Teachers Hall of Fame, he enjoys speaking to regional and national audiences about the challenges and rewards of teaching.
Kathleen Cushman writes and speaks to a national audience about the lives and learning of adolescents.

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Taking into account viewing duplication and correcting for the fact that the diaries may underreport by as much as 15 per cent, the study says that the number of people who have watched at least one - quarter hour of religious television per week is about 13.3 million, or 6.2 per cent of the national television audience.
He opted instead for DC's Renaissance Hotel and a national audience, a speech bursting with vague campaign - style rhetoric about cops in communities and neighborhood policing.
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly talked about ending gun violence before a wary audience at the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network conference.
«People make jokes about commissions as a way of putting off dealing with important problems, but this one will serve both political and policy ends that are urgent, and will have a wide and attentive audience,» said Larry Levy, a political analyst who leads the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University.
The emotions and divisiveness from politics on the national level were evident in the audience, with a question about refugees on the day President Donald Trump signed executive orders clamping down on immigration.
«Trying to make jokes about what is daily becoming a more serious scandal in front of a national audience is not the wisest move,» Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf said, adding, «it just appears that things are out of control.»
Amazon's heart - wrenching and inspiring documentary about former National Football League player Steve Gleason, who is paralyzed from the neck down due to complications from ALS, scored big with audiences — including Best Supporting Actor nominee Michael Shannon — but failed to pick up an Oscar nomination in one of the deepest documentary fields in years.
«A member of the DGA's National Board and a recipient of the DGA's highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, Milos actively championed artist's rights throughout his career, speaking multiple times before Congress and world audiences about the importance of creative rights and artists» protections against the violation of those rights,» continued Schlamme.
But it doesn't stop there: this is an important festival both because of its timing as a final stop on the Fall Awards circuit, and because it draws national media and a national upscale audience who go home telling all of their friends about our movies, said David Glasser, COO / President, The Weinstein Company.
«The recognition of this award is most meaningful to us in signifying attention to marginalization that crosses national borders and a wider audience committed to thinking about the role of education in inclusive global communities.»
Given a golden opportunity to illustrate the promise of Common Core for a national audience, Gerson offers up a mechanistic, skills - driven lesson about a story whose place in literature is far from assured.
Educating an audience about a community issue or national need is a way for students to contribute their voices.
We anticipate an audience of about 300, including 150 By All Means city team members along with another 150 national leaders in the field.
Davis Guggenheim's doc about poor kids and charter schools got 11 major film award nominations and won four, including the National Board of Review and Sundance Audience Prize.
Governor Dannel P. Malloy told a national audience today that teacher concerns about the rapid pace of change in Connecticut public education are real, adding that «we're going to get through it.»
A resident asked about upcoming 11th - grade use of the SAT and the panel was unwilling to inform the audience that David Coleman, the renowned «architect of the Common Core Standards», was now leading the College Board which oversees not only the newly - designed SAT, but all Advanced Placement tests, the PSAT / NMSQT (for qualifying as a National Merit Scholar), the traditional PSAT, and more.
Jeanne Allen, president of the Washington - based Center for Education Reform, spoke to an audience of school leaders, education reformers, and interested citizens at North Carolina State University's McKimmon Center about the national charter - school movement and prospects for reform in North Carolina.
If you're focused and clear about your target audience and your objectives in reaching them when you start your marketing / publicity campaign, you have a better chance later of reaching a larger or more national market.
The Writing Pittsburgh series is an opportunity for Pittsburgh writers to share their stories about the city with a national audience, and its fellowship is an opportunity to learn about small press publishing from the inside.
Exploring the role of craft and war in the construction of national identity, Smith's works are often sites of interaction, which provide a context for expression and dialogue among audiences about American history.
«As a place of discovery and learning, the DMA is proud to share Förg's vivid work with a new generation of local and national audiences for the first time in nearly 30 years, and to reignite dialogue about this fascinating artist.»
Maybe it makes sense for the Arts and Leisure section, which targets more of a national audience than daily critics, to worry about crowd pleasing.
A series of pilot projects will evaluate which interpretive stories, themes, and methods most successfully engage today's audiences with the Arch Street Meeting House — a National Historic Landmark and Philadelphia's first burial ground — and will offer participants a unique opportunity to learn about Quaker history.
«Our target audience is actually the policymakers in all state and federal governments, who are the very ones who are thinking about how they should structure this National Energy Guarantee.»
The Norwegian national broadcaster (NRK) used the opportunity to educate the audience about climate change in the Arctic through Oppdrag Nansen, a television program that documented how four 13 - year - olds followed the footsteps of Nansen by staying on board Lance for a week to study the ice and snow with the scientists on board.
«Over the past couple of years my associates and I have talked about synthetic fuels as a major national need to a lot of audiences,» he noted.
Respondents from each of the six audience segments were randomly assigned to three different experimental conditions in which they read brief essays about climate change discussed as either an environmental problem, a public health problem or a national security problem.
«If there's a family crisis or something with the kids or other clients, we don't care about it — get the job done,» Linda Louie, general counsel for the National Hot Rod Association, told an audience of about 100 women Wednesday.
In the last 12 weeks I have made many presentations about the results of the National SRL Study to audiences of lawyers and justice system professionals, as well as to other public («non-lawyer») audiences.
Tapper also noted that Israel spent a block of time during a televised town hall last week being «rather belligerent» toward the National Rifle Association instead of informing the audience about new developments in the investigation.
London, England About Blog English National Ballet is a blog on dancers, choreographers, costumiers, musicians and designers bringing ballet to the widest possible audience.
Washington DC About Blog Wit's End Puppets is an innovative and experimental puppet theater in the national capital region, producing original work for adventurous audiences; collaborating with local partners to bring quality puppetry into contemporary performance; and educating children and adults about the craft of puppAbout Blog Wit's End Puppets is an innovative and experimental puppet theater in the national capital region, producing original work for adventurous audiences; collaborating with local partners to bring quality puppetry into contemporary performance; and educating children and adults about the craft of puppabout the craft of puppetry.
About Blog FIRST for Women is a national consumer magazine that gives its audience of 4 million readers the tools and inspiration they need to feel great, look beautiful and love every dimension of their life.
Its mission is to educate and inform the listening audience by constantly challenging the national media's sweeping generalizations and fear - based journalism so its listeners can make informed decisions about «the business of life» in America's Finest City.
She is an author and travels nationally as a member of the National Perinatal Association Board of Directors speaking to multi-disciplinary medical audiences about the importance of mental health and family involvement in the equation of good medicine.
ABE's main purposes are to issue advanced credentials to Clinical Social Workers based on uniform national standards of practice, and to educate the public and various audiences about the value of these certifications and the services of those who hold them.
London, England About Blog English National Ballet is a blog on dancers, choreographers, costumiers, musicians and designers bringing ballet to the widest possible audience.
His 2004 book, The Truth about Children and Divorce: Dealing with the Emotions So You and Your Children Can Thrive (New York: Viking [Plume paperback, 2006]-RRB- is written for a broad audience and was featured when Dr. Emery presented on the Today Show, Good Morning America, The Jane Pauley Show, National Public Radio, in Newsweek and Time magazines, and in many other print and electronic media.
Sharing findings about effective strategies and lessons with local and national audiences interested in developing and expanding pre-K-5 systems that improve children's outcomes
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