Sentences with phrase «on civic responsibility»

One of the three students, Danielle Palmieri, was drawn back to New Haven as a teacher because of the schools» focus on civic responsibility and citizenship.

When asked what she found particularly appealing about the Curriculum, Ms. Green said, «My students live in a food desert and I believe this Curriculum's emphasis on civic responsibility will encourage them to be active participants in changing that fact.»

If you're summoned for jury duty in Florida keep your thoughts on your civic responsibilities and leave your personal electronics at home.

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To credulously accept this sort of response, on an issue as important as this one, is behavior unfit for any citizen of a free country, where safeguarding the rule of law is a civic responsibility.

A person's contribution is the whole of his life, which includes his acceptance of civic responsibility, his participation in the life of the church, and his personal relationships in the community and on the job.

The impact on successive generations of young Americans was a decline in their commitment to all kinds of practices reflecting mainline American values: from demure dress and gentile language to orderly career and civic responsibility.

, community effort, civic responsibility, and leaving no trace on the environment.

In 2012 it was 2.8 % - It's been happening and I think that the NCCE whose mandate is to educate us on our civic rights and responsibilities should focus on that,» Jean Mensah said.

A media - centric, consumeristic celebrity culture, the erosion of civic responsibility, & the effectiveness of machine /» gangster» politics on a dynastic scale all contribute in challenging the assumption that a government of the people, by the people, & for the people can sustain itself in the long run.

Oba Ogunwusi while addressing staff of OIRS led by the Acting Chairman, Mr. Dayo Oyebamiji on the importance of taxation and other levies to human and capital development, he urged the people of Ife and the entire citizens of the state to always discharge their civic responsibilities as part of efforts to complement developmental agenda of the government.

The celebration is under the theme «Filing your tax returns, your civic responsibility», and is aimed at getting all eligible tax payers to file their tax returns on or before the deadline of 30th April, 2018.

In a national address on the state broadcaster, GTV, on Tuesday, the president said successful polls on Wednesday, December 7 is every Ghanaian's civic responsibility and must not be taken lightly.

He, therefore, appealed to the members of the commercial transport organisations and individuals to see it as a civic responsibility and report to the police any individual or group that will attempt to cause mayhem on the voting day.

We will take them on field trips, and they will learn about community activism and civic responsibility, how their neighborhoods work (or don't), who has power, who doesn't and why.

In discussing the importance of voting Senator Serrano said: «The acting of voting on Election Day is one of the most important civic responsibilities we as citizens have.

Remember that you are their boss, and it's your civic responsibility to let them know how to represent your interests, so feel free to contact them and let them know how they're doing, how you'd like them to vote on the issues and how they can support the causes dear to you.

On the Politics Show on 7 December, Former Shadow Home Secretary, David Davis, said: «Companies should have a sense of civic responsibility, and in my view, that means this sort of material should be provided free.&raquOn the Politics Show on 7 December, Former Shadow Home Secretary, David Davis, said: «Companies should have a sense of civic responsibility, and in my view, that means this sort of material should be provided free.&raquon 7 December, Former Shadow Home Secretary, David Davis, said: «Companies should have a sense of civic responsibility, and in my view, that means this sort of material should be provided free.»

Mr. Hornbeck said the idea was based on his belief that schools should help students learn to meet their social and civic responsibilities as well as attend to their academic needs.

In the year - round program at Fairview Elementary School, in Modesto, California, for example (see «Power to the People,»), students benefit from an emphasis on civic literacy and responsibility in addition to a regular academic program with about the same number of school days as traditional schools.

Proponents — including President Clinton and former President Bush — say participating in community service builds character, teaches civic responsibility, opens doors to career possibilities, looks good on college applications and resumes, and often provides services for communities they otherwise might not have.

Building on the rigorous traditions of urban Catholic education and focus on faith formation and development of the whole child — developing self - worth, moral character, a love of learning, and a sense of civic responsibility in all students

Pioneer Institute is an independent, non-partisan, privately funded research organization that seeks to improve the quality of life in Massachusetts through civic discourse and intellectually rigorous, data - driven public policy solutions based on free market principles, individual liberty and responsibility, and the ideal of effective, limited and accountable government.

He is the author of two books — Children's Social Consciousness and Promising Practices in Teaching Social Responsibility — as well as numerous articles and book chapters on civic education, character education, service learning, virtual education, and education reform.

Prepa Ibero is focused on imparting a sense of civic responsibility to its students.

Included in this strand are topics focused on learning strategies and processes that help students understand and demonstrate core ethical values such as respect, justice, civic virtue, citizenship, and responsibility for themselves and each other in school and in the community.

Through civic engagement and service - learning we can deepen students» sense of responsibility, building on their knowledge, and eventually developing into habits of caring and action.

She will focus on social studies, geography and civic responsibilities as a part of her implementation.

The website, for example, provides teachers with student tasks for applying civics in real - world situations and with civics lesson plans on American rights and responsibilities; giving back to the community; and examining historical contexts of justice and inequality.

Our emphasis on civic duty and responsibility helps students to recognize their importance as members of the Hoboken community.

«I've got to make sure the lesson focuses on a 21st century skill,» he says, which could mean civic responsibility, financial literacy, global awareness, health and wellness, problem solving, resiliency and systems thinking, among others.

The answer is that the institution's laggardly process of co-option is about the accumulation of revenue, not civic responsibility, and its remit seemed to have had an effect on Jeremy Deller's recent exhibition programme.

Further immersive and engaging installations contributed by a variety of territories such as Argentina, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia will build on this assertion, offering new insights into how creative practice can express and aid challenging socio - political topics including migration, civic responsibility and pollution.

We inhabit that space too and the artwork on view points to what we might miss happening around us, while provoking us to reconsider our civic responsibility.

In his May 24 Slate.com article, «Ask Mr. Science,» New Republic senior editor and Brookings Institution visiting fellow Gregg Easterbrook lauded former Vice President Al Gore's new film on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, as «worthy in content, admirable in intent, and motivated by the sense of civic responsibility Hollywood on the whole has abandoned,» before baselessly assailing the film as factually imprecise and morally careless.

Zack also discusses his initiative to enhance civics education in U.S. schools, his Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities, and other initiatives of his term as president.

«We do understand we have civic responsibilities as well as legal responsibilities,» Barra said in testimony on Capitol Hill in early April.