Sentences with phrase «of educational advocates»

To a growing number of educational advocates, getting students to make an early career decision may be just the ticket to focusing the wandering teen mind and keeping kids involved in school.

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But one of the lawyers involved, Johnathan Smith of the legal advocacy and educational organization Muslim Advocates, told me in an email that he believes the U.S. agency has jurisdiction to ensure that foreign air carriers comply with U.S. laws.

And if this be so, our work as educators and as advocates of a well - functioning American educational system is to develop citizens who are at home in the canons that comprise the formal reality of their heritage, who are equally at home with the varied individual things that comprise the material reality of that heritage and of their present life, and who are able to devise constantly new frames that are adequate to both, that marry ancient canon and novel particular in a new canon which integrates as fully and complexly as possible all its participant elements.

The solution they advocate, therefore, can be said to be «modernist»: it believes in essential structures, and proposes that we recover the old and proper integrity of the undergraduate curriculum by reaffirming the centrality, and hence the authority, of those essential structures of understanding that have been defined by the traditional educational canon.

[31] Christopher Duraisingh advocated the first one, and forcefully argued that mission has to become «the undergirding perspective of the educational [i.e., theological education] process itself.»

In reaction against the authoritarian formalism of classical education, modern educational progressives have advocated a relationship of essential equality between teacher and student.

I have advocated such an educational institution chiefly for the sake of society as a whole.

Dads as breastfeeding advocates: results from a Randomized Controlled Trial of educational intervention.

A private, non-profit organization founded in 1958, NASBE works to strengthen state leadership in educational policymaking, promote excellence in the education of all students, advocate equality of access to educational opportunity, and assure continued citizen support for public education.

Whether it is exploring one of our trails, participating in an educational program, attending a summer camp, becoming a citizen scientist, or advocating for sound environmental policy — there is a place for everyone.

Wolfberg AJ, Michels KB, Shields W, O'Campo P, Bronner Y, Bienstock J. Dads as breastfeeding advocates: results from a randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention.

But because the law only covers federally funded educational institutions, advocates for female sports programs assert that girls still are left out or treated as second - class citizens in hundreds of municipal leagues across the U.S.

That was in addition to the $ 80,000 she earned in her primary job as president of Pathways Awareness Foundation, a not - for - profit organization that advocates inclusion of disabled children in mainstream educational and...

APMI provides educational programs in the local elementary and secondary schools, developed multilingual asthma educational materials used by providers and caregivers, provides comprehensive asthma home visits to improve self - management through assessment, education, and establishment of a plan towards environmental control of asthma triggers, and advocates for improved access to asthma related services.

Together with more than 100,000 members, we care for 35,000 acres of conservation land, provide school, camp, and other educational programs for 225,000 children and adults annually, and advocate for sound environmental policies at local, state, and federal levels.

Family life and home schooling advocate and educational reformer John Taylor Gatto believes that rigid school routines discourage children from the process of self - discovery.

«I chose not to speak publicly about these disagreements, however, because I feel my responsibility as CEO of Success Academy is not to advance my personal beliefs on a broad range of political issues but instead to focus all of my energies on advocating for our kids and public policies that expand educational opportunity and parent choice,» she wrote.

The task force, a group of principals, parents, community board members, elected officials and Department of Education representatives, has met regularly over the years, advocating for new schools and educational space in the increasingly family - filled lower Manhattan neighborhoods.

She will advocate for strong local control of schools; improved teacher, student and parent accountability; and renewed pre-eminence for Iowa's educational system.»

The burgeoning educational theatre program for Bronx youth received a financial boost this fall — in the form of a $ 30,000 state grant secured by Senator Klein, who has long been a staunch advocate of the arts and arts programming for local families.

Most elected leaders, advocates and residents of the community are in favor of the proposal; they see it as a way to bring to the area jobs and educational opportunities that prepare people for job - rich fields.

Public Advocate Letitia James, a graduate of CUNY's Lehman College, noted that CUNY — which is largely state - controlled and funded — is an affordable educational option for students who come from low - income families.

We need examples of curriculum materials that are informed by practice and research and by what we know about how students learn, and the core concepts that we've agreed all students should learn,» said Malcom, an advocate of a more diverse and inclusive educational approach for students, including those from backgrounds underrepresented in the sciences.

Advocates of gifted education argue that gifted and / or talented youth are so perceptually and intellectually above the mean, it is appropriate to pace their lessons more aggressively, track them into honors, Advanced Placement, or International Baccalaureate courses, or otherwise provide educational enrichment.

Two graduates of the AACR Scientist ↔ Survivor Program, a special educational experience that gives patient advocates the opportunity to attend and learn from researchers at the AACR Annual Meeting, have put together some tips to help guide advocates who are attending this or any large scientific conference.

Rare Gene Superheroes is an e-learning educational resource consisting of four, 20 - minute interactive, online modules aimed to train patient advocates with the goal of strengthening and optimizing rare disease patient advocacy pre-sequencing and post-sequencing support functions.

A business executive and founder of Emerson Collective (which advocates for policies on educational reform), Laurene immersed herself into her work and causes after her bereavement.

Jose Vilson of EduColor, a movement and platform for educational equity and justice, discusses strategies for elevating the voices of public school advocates of color.

Cybercharter advocates and entrepreneurs are not surprised at the criticism (and lawsuits, nearly all of which have been unsuccessful) they have been handed from public school districts, Democratic legislators resistant to educational choice initiatives, and teachers unions.

Here we find curriculum organizations, teacher education organizations, and educational policy organizations working together against standardized testing, the privatization of public schooling, the school to prison pipeline, advocating for parent and community involvement in schools.

She advocates for thinking in terms of «bridge years,» which she describes as high school — college transition experiences supported by existing educational institutions.

He's been successful at working with members of Congress from both political parties and has been a forceful and dedicated advocate for educational excellence.

The chief executive officer of EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit group that advocates upgraded Internet access for schools, articulates what many educational technology leaders like to remind educators, policymakers, parents, and students: «Schools don't have the expertise they need to effectively design and implement a network,» says Evan C. Marwell.

Currently, she interns at Boston Children's Hospital's Advocating for Success Program, where she works with a team of developmental specialists, pediatricians, special educational advisers, and social workers to provide the best solutions for children with developmental disabilities.

PREDICTION: NCLB will be accepted, if grudgingly, as a fact of educational life, but will evolve by policy advocates and new congressional leadership.

Hence, whether you are going into teaching, policy making, curriculum development, research and scholarship, administration, social entrepreneurship, new educational media, or some other field — I suggest that to the extent that you see yourself as committed to the «civil rights struggle of our time,» you should work to empower youth rather than solely to advocate or act on their behalves.

To advocates of a «living Constitution,» this lack of clarity is liberating: it frees them to do anything they think appropriate for promoting equal educational opportunity.

Because the current system, with all of its flaws, ensures that many of America's most vulnerable children are given access to special services and, whenever possible, significant exposure to a regular educational environment, parents and advocates oppose reforms because they fear losing the opportunities that children now have.

By espousing empirically based standards as a fix for educational problems, advocates of these measures do more than oversimplify complex issues.

Proponents of a core curriculum were called «reactionary in political and social affairs,» whereas progressive educators were «radicals who advocate their educational theories and practices to reconstruct society and change the social order.»

Naturally as an advocate, I meet lots of dissatisfied parents, but I also see very unhappy teachers and administrators who are equally frustrated with a special education system laden with laws and red tape that often doesn't result in even adequate educational achievement.

The Foundation reaches millions of Australians in local communities through sporting clubs, workplaces, health care settings and schools, offering educational information, drug and alcohol prevention programs and advocating for strong and healthy communities.

Our lab actively advocates for honest, data - driven conversations about the failings of the current education delivery system, the impact of poverty on student learning, and the necessity for designing and building new systems that guarantee that our twin educational goals of equity and excellence are achieved for each and every child.

This was noteworthy because DeVos has not always been an especially effective advocate for her cause, tending to lean on unfortunate talking points and failing to explain the practical, intuitive case for choice as part of a broader educational vision.

But he is no great advocate of any specific programs or approaches, whether to improve educational achievement or deal with the underlying problem of family fragmentation that makes life for children more difficult.

One plotline of this tragedy is that the state — actually, its judiciary and various misguided advocates — had thought it had solved Camden's educational woes years ago.

Some education reform advocates who lean to the left are questioning the foundations of the educational system as well as the reform efforts that have been made — not always by people of their preferred political persuasion — since the 1990s.

Smarick's study, «The Chartered Course,» explores how private schools and advocates of educational choice can learn from the charter sector.

The Case for Urgency: Advocating for Indigenous voice in education, by Dr Kevin Gillan, Suzanne Mellor and Jacynta Krakouer, argues the case for evidence - based research and evaluation of educational programs.

When pioneering educational technology advocate Jan Hawkins wrote an essay for Edutopia in 1997, «The World at Your Fingertips: Education Technology Opens Doors,» about how technology brings the tools of empowerment into the hands and minds of those who use them, she couldn't have known her words would be even more relevant today.