Sentences with phrase «of education front»

We said we would take this new stream of revenue and use it to develop our economy, improve our infrastructure, make our community safer while expanding opportunities for the arts and put the future of education front and center as a top priority.

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In fact, far from retreating from the education front, Barton says the council is working now on another set of skills - related recommendations — looking especially at mid-career «re-skilling» of workers who must adapt to technological change — for the third and final report it plans to deliver in November.

A guide explains in front of the 3D map of South China Sea at Nanjing Ocean National Defense Education Museum on July 12, 2016 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of China.

How to qualify: Once they have spent some time in front of the classroom, teachers aiming for an admin position head back to class themselves — for a master of education degree or additional specialist and principal's training, which varies depending on the province.

Federal student loans were initially designed to empower students, giving them the opportunity to reap the rewards of higher education without having to worry about paying for it up - front and out - of - pocket.

By the end of the semester, he'd raised another $ 5 million and was standing in front of the Digital Life Design conference in Munich, promising a world in which education was nearly free, available to poor people in the developing world, and better than anything that had come before it.

He does so in front of school kids and that's a clue: Primary education is a provincial responsibility, but it was symbolic of where much federal attention is focused these days, on funding matters in, or of relevance to the provinces.

On the education front, post-secondary staff layoffs continue and the University of Alberta remains defiant of Deputy Premier Thomas Lukaszuk «s attempts to control their institutional agenda.

It is shocking that a pastor with a seminary education can stand in front of his congregation and declare this.

Whether we place our faith in science, religion, education, government, the justice system or nothing more than the accuracy of the tube map in the front of our diary, each one of us lives by faith in whatever we trust to be reliable and true.

Other churches are fighting on different fronts: Beacon Church Brixton has seen many young men give their lives to Christ and come off the streets thanks to the passion of a teacher in their congregation; Ecclesia Church is partnering with an education charity to provide support for young people excluded from school; and Emmanuel Pentecostal church has organised successful youth events where Christian ex-offenders share their testimonies.

Every student who graduates constitutes a triumph; so few Ecuadorians complete college - level education that the title Licenciado («One with a college degree») is still used in front of people's names with as much solemnity as others might use «Doctor.»

Buildings for education, religion, culture, sport and government are sited either at the end of important street vistas or fronting squares or plazas.

In tune with this global rhetoric, the United Front Government in its Common Minimum Program made eradication of poverty as its main emphasis along with a seven - point agenda for ensuring safe drinking water, primary education for all, primary health care, housing, food security, road networks and mid-day meals to be implemented by A.D. 2000.

While desegregation must proceed on many fronts simultaneously, in no segment of life is it more crucial than in education.

It is time to break the silence on sexual and family abuse — a silence that still haunts churches and schools of theological education even as these very issues are front - page news.

If you can even spell the word «theist» and then add the «a» in front of the word it would help you be more conscious of where the education is needed in your life.

Years ago at the Clinical Pastoral Education course that I took, another student who was extremely frustrated with me yelled out at me in front of the whole class, â $ œDavid, you are an enigma!â $ At the time, I wasnâ $ ™ t sure how to take it.

Finally one of the oldest members of the congregation, a red - clay farmer of modest education, stood up, gripped the pew in front of him with his large, callused hands, and said, «I «speck what Sam says ain't completely true, but if it is true, we're in the right place here in church.

«They can learn more and experience education through highly customized dinners and events that put them in front of the product,» Adams says.

Ardent Mills» Mobile Innovation Center is a state - of - the - art culinary center with a multipurpose platform designed to bring onsite creativity, hands - on education and interactive R&D support to customers» front doors.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) today announced that «Facts Up Front» will serve as the theme for the consumer education campaign in support of the food and beverage industry's fact - based front - of - pack nutrition labeling system that was launched in January as Nutrition Front» will serve as the theme for the consumer education campaign in support of the food and beverage industry's fact - based front - of - pack nutrition labeling system that was launched in January as Nutrition front - of - pack nutrition labeling system that was launched in January as Nutrition Keys.

This highlights the need for public education campaigns to accompany the introduction of any front - of - pack labelling system to inform consumers about how to interpret this labelling in the context of other nutrition guidelines.

Author: Gregory Dal Piaz, founding Editor - in - Chief of Snooth.com, has been working on the front lines of wine education for over a decade and is currently concluding work on first book, on the wines of Chianti.

On the evaluation front... don't know if you have them in your neck of the woods, but around here Area Education Agencies do free of charge evaluations for speech and hearing issues and also provide assistance on sliding scale basis.

At the moment the world is their school, and education is in front of and around them every day, with ancient history, new cultures, different ways of life and more.

I see our school, the only one in Kansas, as the pioneering front for bringing an education of abundance and dedication to the whole child to the heart of our nation — where love for education exists but can be greatly transformed in the now.

Two days ago, New York Times national education correspondent Sam Dillon had a front page story on the sharp increase in the number of formerly middle class households now taking advantage of free or reduced price school lunches for their children, a stark indicator of the nation's current economic woes.

Education always begin with simple things such as teaching them how to behave in front of others, how to eat, how to greet people and other skills we expect from a three - year old.

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With Michael Gove's ears still burning from being made to stand at the front of the class with his hands behind his back following his humiliating EBacc u-turn, the Annual Ofsted Report, due to be given by Sir Michael Wilshaw and John Goldup next Wednesday morning, will be quite an important performance indicator for the education policy talking heads.

Here, Macri's current Minister of Education, Esteban Bullrich, is competing against former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who assumed office in 2007 as part of the Peronist «Front for Victory» faction.

At 4 p.m. Tuesday, Black Lives Matter activists will rally in front of the Department of Education to deliver a list of demands to Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, which include ending zero tolerance programs, ending «black teacher pushout,» and a mandatory K - 12 black history curriculum.

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten (front left) and UFT Vice President for Education Evelyn DeJesus (right) join New York State United Teachers members at a school in Puerto Rico to deliver gifts and supplies to students.

While housing laws may dominate the minds of politicos this year, two other issues are more front - of - mind for the everyday public's interaction with government: public safety and education.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

«Our members are very knowledgable about education issues, and while there is great concern about the implementation of the Common Core and the over-reliance on testing, there are many other issues that are front - burner for NYSUT members,» he said, listing concerns over the property tax cap, equitable school funding, the teacher evaluation system and the statewide expansion of pre-kindergarten.

An uplifting front page story in the Buffalo News showing that fathers have a role to play in the education of their children.

The Governor's message was astutely deferential to Upstate's need for economic growth, meanwhile Cuomo also avoided triggering the tripwires of controversy on education and the environment (which provided Zephyr Teachout with opening to garner a third of the 2014 Democratic primary vote); Cuomo advanced strong measures around election law reform and on the criminal justice front vis a vis Bail reform, as well as the Dream Act and MWBE all of which registered positively with minority voters.

Also at 10:30 a.m., parents of student plaintiffs will gather in front of the NYC Department of Education's headquarters at Tweed Courthouse to announce the filing of an historic class action lawsuit for failing to protect students against violence at school, Manhattan.

«Faced with a choice between a front bench position that I have loved and doing what I believe to be right for my constituents and for the many hundreds of thousands of families who are ill - served by state education in this country; there is in conscience only one decision open to me,» he said.

After upending Cameron's education and housing policies, she then fronted unsuccessful Tory election operation that disowned large parts of the Cameron legacy.

Prior to the higher education bill, there was also debate about the fairness of up - front fees as opposed to fees paid off in retrospect.

The Guardian's front page on Saturday carried an investigation by the BHA and Education for Choice into the activities and behaviour of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC).

Lavine, 61, said her priorities as mayor are to reverse what she sees as signs of the city's decline on several fronts, including crime, poverty, infrastructure and education.

Hawkins chose to announce in front of the NYC Board of Education to highlight his call for adequate funding for public schools and an end to high - stakes testing.

«The state education department has put the testing in front of the curriculum,» Easton said.

On other fronts, the GNYHA / 1199SEIU Healthcare Education Project and the Partnership for Quality Care will co-host an Ebola educational session for thousands of hospital and other healthcare workers.

The much deferred announcement is due at the end of the month, but some senior vice chancellors last month infuriated the Labour front bench by issuing an open letter opposing the tuition fee cut only days after meeting the shadow higher education minister, Liam Byrne.

On Monday night, a group of teachers «occupied» the steps in front of the state Education Department building and railed against what they say is an educational money machine in the form of a private contractor that writes mandatory tests.