Sentences with phrase «of education arenas»

As the banner of student voice is unfurled in an increasing number of education arenas across the U.S., we're seeing young people stand up in unprecedented numbers to demand what is rightfully theirs: High - quality education.

Constraints on available funding include discretionary spending caps that limit available funds as well as competing priorities outside of the education arena in areas like infrastructure and health.

Not exact matches

Catholic teaching The teaching of the Church has always been consistent on the absolute primacy of chastity education within this delicate arena.

Builders, based in Aledo, Texas, whose expressed goal is «to exert a positive influence in government, education, and the family by 1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; 2) providing information to federal, state and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and 3) encouraging Christians to get involved in the civic arena.

In a room festooned with bunting and campaign posters, with telephones ringing in the background, Balmer nicely covered the various characteristics (naïveté, enthusiasm and more than a little self - righteousness) and concerns (from abortion to «secularist» influences upon education) of evangelicals newly involved in this arena.

CSWA's mission is to ensure that the California wine community is recognized globally as the leader in sustainable winegrowing in the marketplace and public policy arena through the development and promotion of sustainable practices, tools for education and outreach, partnerships with key stakeholders, and prioritizing research.

Childbirth education began over forty years ago in an effort to shift the mentality of birth as an illness to birth as normal and an arena where moms and dads have choices.

Padma is an extremely popular name in Asia and has been adopted by an unusually large number of people who ended up as famous figures, be it in the entertainment industry, education field or the political arena.

«Obviously, there are a number of areas we will be bringing forward alternatives to this budget, clearly in the education arena,» Barca said.

This panel will discuss the intersection in which natural history museums and science centers are arenas for shaping and guiding science diplomacy as it pertains to working with nations of conflict, tackling STEM education, and conserving endangered species.

Susan Sclafani, the Bush Administration?s assistant secretary of education for adult and vocational education, displayed the Bush Administration?s priorities in education and detailed several new initiatives in the vocational training arena, including greater involvement by the private sector.

«Our findings show how local arenas can serve as important battlegrounds in national politics — penetrated by networks of outside donors and organizations who see local elections as critical contests over competing visions of education,» said Reckhow.

Through a mixture of News, Reviews, Perspectives, Education Forums, and an Editorial, we explore the obstacles to progress, be they within the classroom, across the school system, or in the larger social arena.

They included efforts to prepare communities to adapt to climate change; the cancer moonshot, precision medicine, and brain research in the health arena; a network of advanced manufacturing institutes to recapture global industrial dominance; and public - private partnerships to improve science and math education.

Evolving needs and changing trends in the clinical and research arenas create a dynamic environment where continuing nursing education and training are essential to ensure the ongoing competency of nurses.

After over three decades in professional dance education, and many additional years of experience dealing with my own body image and eating issues - as well as those of other dancers I've worked with - I felt called to expand my knowledge and teaching into a different arena.

«Thinking outside the box» has become cliche now, yet in some arenas (like public education) many people still seem to prefer to stay in the box and cling to the traditional ways of doing things.

Eden's focus on the importance of outdoor learning and play can be seen throughout the work of the project as well as through the schools education team, with the ever - popular den building activities that take place in the project's arena during the summer and the landscaping and design of the play areas and gardens around the site.

This special series examines a fresh wave of advocacy organizations that wield increasing political influence in the education arena.

I trust that this article will be of value to those who have an interest in fire safety but also people in the education arena who may be confused by what to do.

Ultimately, he wants the United States to retake a pre-eminent place in the global education arena by boasting the world's highest proportion of college graduates by 2020.

A writer with interests in the arena of education, technology and the cloud.

Following this argument to its conclusion, education, as a broad field of human interaction, is not an appropriate arena for experiments.

In the search for solutions, education researchers and policymakers may have overlooked lessons about systems of choice from other policy arenas.

An educator for 34 years with solid union experience, Baxter M. Atkinson, new president of the American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA), is ready to tackle education issues in the national arena.

«If I were U.S. Secretary of Education,» Nancy Flanagan told Education World, «job number one would be to surround myself with the best advisors possible — outstanding classroom teachers — and then strive to put their expertise to good use in the policy arena.

Although the education theories on which much of fuzzy math is based are promoted in many education schools in the United States, it is not accurate to say that everyone in the education arena buys into these ideas.

In the health education arena, for example, researchers have contributed substantially to understanding when and how to run randomized trials using schools as the units of allocation and analysis to test schoolwide risk - reduction programs.

Somewhere during my first two years at the University of Missouri, amid student protests against the Vietnam conflict, I realized that the greatest field for attitude change was the arena of education.

But the state has pursued similarly draconian policies in other arenas, one of them education.

At this month's annual meeting of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, at least one speaker gave the group kudos for starting to move special education into the school - refoEducation, at least one speaker gave the group kudos for starting to move special education into the school - refoeducation into the school - reform arena.

All that does not leave much space for serious discussion of the issues in any specific policy arena, education or otherwise.

Sherpa Kids continues to push at the tendering door of the public education system but Ms Prout says most of the company's growth is happening in the private or church school arena.

Its population is that of a mid-sized American state - the authors suggest Kentucky - which is the arena in which most important education policy choices are made in the United States.

Nearly six decades after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education court case established racial equality as a core commitment of American schools, the decision still shapes the way we think about the concept of equal opportunity in many diverse arenas.

15, was tired of witnessing the challenges of education — from bullying to the cradle - to - prison pipeline — yet rarely hearing anyone talking about those issues in the public arena.

Each year, Bett provides this arena for open and informed discussions about the future of education, as well as invaluable training for educators across the sector, and Bett 2017 was no exception.

With the launch of the iPad 2 several years ago, Apple swooped into the education arena, leaving everyone else behind.

This special report — the first in an e-learning series from the technology team at Education Week Digital Directions — aims to highlight the progress made in the e-learning arena, as well as the administrative, funding, and policy barriers that some experts say are slowing the growth of this form of eEducation Week Digital Directions — aims to highlight the progress made in the e-learning arena, as well as the administrative, funding, and policy barriers that some experts say are slowing the growth of this form of educationeducation.

These special reports from the technology team at Education Week Digital Directions aim to highlight the progress made in the e-learning arena, as well as the administrative, funding, and policy barriers that some experts say are slowing the growth of this form of eEducation Week Digital Directions aim to highlight the progress made in the e-learning arena, as well as the administrative, funding, and policy barriers that some experts say are slowing the growth of this form of educationeducation.

But no matter what their interpretation is of a new collaborative grant program that will funnel tens of millions of dollars to K - 12 and higher education technology initiatives, most ed - tech experts agree on this much: With the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation unveiling an initiative in the ed - tech arena for the first time in nearly a decade, people will take notice.

The potential transfer of technology that customizes experiences for consumers to the educational arena is explored and comments are provided by U.S. education official Karen Cator and educational consultant Thomas Greaves.

He has invested the majority of his career leading organizations and service - related businesses in the financial services and education finance arenas.

This is the arena where the legal language of special education was born.

The best education journalism of the week was Leila Fadel's NPR segment, Turning rampant anti-Muslim bullying into teachable moments, which describes how a Muslim family near San Jose «pushed back against bullying and intimidation, at school and the local political arena.»

And the State Superintendent says, despite spending most of her career in the education arena, she has quite a bit of knowledge in a variety of areas.

California, which has one of the nation's lowest funding levels for public education, has been among the most aggressive states experimenting in this arena.

The National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers remain powerful players in the K - 12 policy arena.

Mr Hobby added: «For a significant number of young people and their schools, moving the goalposts in this way will jeopardise not only places at sixth - form college and other arenas of post-16 education but university applications and beyond as well as the schools» status with regard to the government's own benchmark.»

When the term «public charter school» is discussed in the education arena, some might think of college preparatory courses, a focus on STEM, or dual - language programs.