Sentences with phrase «national discussion just»

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If you want to get a sneak peek at what the Christian community will be talking about in 5 - 10 years, just spend some time on a Christian college campus.From evolution to religious pluralism to homosexuality, the issues that play out on the national scene often begin in classrooms, late - night dorm room discussions, and chapel services.

Parental leave is a topic just getting started in the United States, and national discussions are sure to pick up in the next few years.

Just this past Friday, I spent a good chunk of an afternoon working with a national security - focused nonprofit, helping them set up a process of adapting their rich store of content to a new website soon to go live — a discussion that's partly about information architecture, partly about writing and partly about search engine optimization.

There is growing national discussion about the need to create a more expansive definition of learning to include all the ways that youth can access educational opportunities — not just through the traditional school model, but also through afterschool activities, time spent with the family, and increasingly, through interaction with digital media.

In part, this is because the education system is just too large for a targeted national discussion.

The trust's chief operating officer Mary McKeeman resigned last month after just 10 months in post, and Sir David Carter, the national schools commissioner, said earlier this month that discussions about pulling out of its remaining northern schools began months ago.

Oh, wait: Most national standardizers avoid that discussion like the plague because they know that the overwhelming odds are the standards will end up either dismal, or at best just unenforced.

We just endured a dispiriting national election that featured almost no discussion of education beyond one candidate's promise to expand school choice and another candidate's promise to make college free.

I wrote a post about an eye opening discussion I had with the executive director of NAVTA (National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America) just last winter.

Around 1990, just 12 years old, I was getting to and participating in environmental discussions (children's summits and Austrian national TV shows offering teenagers a chance to give speeches and discuss ethical issues on live television), going to Germany to the Children's Summit in 1991, organized by the magazine «natur»; in 1992 I tried to make it to Rio, and the feeling around then was one of urgency, public support, amazement and hopefulness about the young people who were going to change things.

This is obvious just by looking at the National Weather Service forecast discussions produced for all major cities in the United States, where it is clear these issues are well known to virtually every meteorologist.

In yet another in a back - to - back - to - back nonstop series of amoral discussions and actions in the Trump White House, now we can watch them wiggle and maneuver to see just how much moral, legal and national responsibility they can get away with evading on the known most critical issue the world faces.

As Mr. R. Petlock stated in the National Post the «Discussions about freedom of religion, and freedom of choice in personal dress, just distract people from the real issue.»

Having consultants who don't just talk about AFAs from the sidelines, but who framed the national discussion on AFAs and have used AFAs for years can make a real difference.

Our co-founder and CEO, Drew Houston, just finished up his keynote, which included a discussion with Salesforce's Marc Benioff, and special appearances from customers including National Geographic and News Corp..

The National Primary Health Care Conference has just wrapped up in Adelaide, and you can get an idea of some of the wide - ranging discussions from the #nphcc Twitter stream.

This research report synthesizes the discussion, research, and practice around technology and media for young children since 2011 — just prior to the release of the National Association for the Education of Young Children [NAEYC] and Fred Rogers Center joint position statement in March, 2012 — and is aligned with Fred Rogers» ideas about television and how that technology and media could encourage and support whole child development.