Sentences with phrase «needs effective citizens»

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Current controversies over «fake news,» Russian interference in the election, and bias in online news all underscore the fact that Google and Facebook have replaced traditional media in providing many people the information they need to be effective citizens.

We need to convert the energy, skills, and grassroots experience and insights of our country's many citizen - based mobilization efforts into more effective political power.

Europe's citizens need effective means for coping with challenges generated in other states in the region such as migration, pollution or contamination of food.

Prior Court of Appeals rulings maintain that all schools in the state need to prepare youngsters to be effective citizens with the ability to vote and serve on a jury.

And so they are not just the skills one needs for work, they are also the skills all of us need to be engaged and effective citizens in a 21st century democracy, as well as to be life - long learners.

Early in the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills we developed the P21 Framework for Learning to help educators understand the outcomes that students need to become effective citizens and workers in the 21st century.

The response from citizens, which was overwhelmingly in favor of strong and ambitious climate action, highlights the global public's conviction that governments need to reach a strong and effective new climate change agreement at COP 21, the UN climate change conference in Paris, in December.

We need to teach students how to be effective collaborators in that world, how to interact with people around them, how to be engaged, informed twenty - first - century citizens.

Through its research, education, international programs, and government innovations awards, the Institute fosters creative and effective government problem solving and serves as a catalyst for addressing many of the most pressing needs of the world's citizens.

In interviews with several hundred business, nonprofit, philanthropic, and education leaders, the author identified seven «survival skills» that 21st century students need to succeed as workers and citizens: (1) critical thinking and problem - solving; (2) collaboration and leadership; (3) ability and adaptability; (4) initiative and entrepreneurialism; (5) effective oral and written communication; (6) accessing and analyzing information; and (7) curiosity and imagination.

The City of Tulsa, recognizing the need to promote spay / neuter as an effective means of population control, recently launched its «Paws & Think» campaign, urging citizens to stop and think about the consequences of irresponsible breeding and accidental litters.

I am not an expert, just an ordinary citizen who has followed energy issues for 40 years; but for what it's worth, I think that nuclear and coal - with - CCS are neither necessary (since we can get all the electricity we need, and more, from renewables) nor effective (since nuclear will take too long to build up to the point where it makes any significant contribution, and working CCS doesn't exist and is unlikely to exist for decades).

«There really needs to be cost - effective action,» Mazmanian said, «especially if we're going to ask citizens, businesses, and communities to invest in adaptation strategies.»

This was because they were controlled by people ensuring what interested them or what ensured their job, rather than what the student needed to become an effective informed citizen.

In a case decided yesterday by the General Court this tension between secrecy needed for the effective conduct of negotiations and the right of citizens to be informed was readily apparent in determining whether the Commission was acting lawfully in its decision to refuse access to documents related to those negotiations to European Member of Parliament Sophie in «t Veld.

Police officers need to have adequate training on the best and most effective ways of keeping the law and protecting citizens and their property.

Built relationships with citizens which allowed for effective diffusing techniques and negotiation as needed.

• Competent at emptying and cleaning waste receptors, disposing trash in an environmental friendly manner • Well versed in clearing off snow from walkways and driving lots using chemical cleaners • Proficient in communicating courteously with colleagues and patrons • Demonstrated ability to clean and disinfect isolation rooms periodically as per HIPPA issued applicable SOPs • Adept at carpet shampooing using steam cleaners • Familiar with deworming and fumigation protocols and applicable safety measures • Effective skills in removing any stains from the floor and staircases and disinfecting the same periodically • Efficient in washing and cleaning restrooms and sanitizing the same • Substantial knowledge of various chemical cleaners and detergents, compliant to safety protocols associated with usage of same • Special talent for dusting and polishing furniture, door handles and window sills • Expert in scrubbing, buffing and refinishing all kinds of floor • Excellent skills in glass cleaning and giving it steak free shine using synthetic shiners • Proven ability to vacuum and clean rugs, carpets and matted floors • Track record of conducting minor premises and floor maintenance tasks and reducing overall damage • Profound skills in floor mopping, brushing and sweeping utilizing various manual and electric mops and water dip equipment • Knowledge of OSHA issued workplace hygiene and safety guidelines • Familiar with proper usage protocols of various cleaning equipment along with proven ability to clean and store the same properly after usage • Well versed in maintaining and ensuring the privacy, dignity and wellbeing of citizens, patients and residents • Demonstrated ability to listen to and understand client needs, follow instructions and deliver customer oriented satisfactory floor cleaning services