Sentences with phrase «opportunity of a great education»

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«While we have this image that America is this land of great opportunity, the truth is, the places we're talking about [at the top of the ranking] have high social mobility — meaning if you're born to a relatively poor family, it's not an obstacle, you'll be able to get an education and get ahead.

We must remain committed to education, retraining, and help for displaced workers... We need to help displaced workers make ends meet between jobs and move people quickly on to the next opportunity... [C] ommunity colleges do a great job of providing the right skills to workers and the right workers for firms.

«There are a great many young people considering forgoing the traditional post-secondary education route in favor of less debt, more employer - sponsored training, and more employment opportunities [according to the Universum research],» said China Gorman, newly installed as Universum's chairman of the board for North America and former chief operating officer and interim CEO at the Society for Human Resource Management.

The culture of consumerism and the chase for material symbols of wealth and security have sometimes come to be dominant; the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment in many has slowly begun to degenerate into empty and sterile ritualism; the legitimate thirst for education has often become perverted into an obsessive drive to acquire with the greatest speed the formal diplomas necessary to gain entry to jobs offering the easiest opportunities to make the quickest rupees; political statesmanship in some areas has begun to depreciate into an opportunities race for power and position; the spirit of SEVA (Service) to the nation has intermittently begun to be suffocated in many, by the abuse of discretions, sometimes mediated by a bloated bureaucracy itself enmeshed in a vast network of multiplying paper and self - proliferating regulations; menacingly many good and decent people even in public life, have come to be corroded by a culture of demanding corruption; and some potentially creative lawyers, have begun to take perverted pride in mere «cleverness», rendering themselves vulnerable to the prejudice that they are a parasitic obstruction in the pursuit of substantive justice.

One great advantage that ministers and pastoral counselors have is the opportunity for education and consciousness raising about changing roles and identities and their effect on marriage through other facets of church life.

Thankfully, a great deal of trapper education opportunities are available to those willing to seek it out, including, field training, periodicals, books, and online bulletin boards.

Co-sponsored by the Greater Marathon Chamber of Commerce, the seafood fest also helps fund members» continuing - education opportunities.

The tools of technology and media exposure are sidelined in favor of giving each child a greater opportunity to become completely immersed in the experience of their education.

The mission of Pleasant Ridge Waldorf School is to provide a full Waldorf education to children in Early Childhood through Grade 8 and to be a vital and active part of the Driftless region through the spiritual and cultural opportunities we bring to the greater community.

This course is part of the requirements to become a Lamaze - Certified Childbirth Educator, an opportunity for continuing education units for experienced educators, or just a great way to further your education as a birth professional.

The Georgia Department of Education School Nutrition Program and the Georgia School Nutrition Association invite you to part in two great professional opportunities in Athens.

It is amazing to me, in this great State of New York, with all the financial resources we have, that the Senate and Assembly can not get together, as well as the Governor, to see what needs to be done to provide balance of education and the needed funds to allow students, parents and families more of an opportunity to attend parochial schools.

«We want to make sure that economics is not a barrier to higher education and the Excelsior Scholarship is a great opportunity and we want to make sure that all students who want to seek that opportunity have that advantage and take advantage of that scholarship, which the cut - off time is July 21st.»

The New York Times editorial board called the Common Core a once in a generation opportunity; U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says the new curriculum may prove to be «the single greatest thing to happen to public education in America since Brown v. Board of EducatioEducation Arne Duncan says the new curriculum may prove to be «the single greatest thing to happen to public education in America since Brown v. Board of Educatioeducation in America since Brown v. Board of EducationEducation.»

This summer, for the first time, the Department of Education (DOE) is giving every family an opportunity to find a great pre-K program and register their child.

«The marketisation and privatisation of our great public education service compounds this disadvantage with access to important educational opportunities, for too many children and young people, now on the basis of parents» ability to pay.

«We have large numbers of our neighbors in this district living in poverty, without access to opportunity, health care, or a great education.

In his «100 - day action plan to Make America Great Again,» Trump announced the School Choice and Education Opportunity Act, which, among other proposals, would redirect education dollars to give parents the right to send their child to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of theiEducation Opportunity Act, which, among other proposals, would redirect education dollars to give parents the right to send their child to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of theieducation dollars to give parents the right to send their child to the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school of their choice.

But my clear view, and that of the party today, is that the greater risk is to allow this opportunity for real change to pass us, and education in Wales, by.

«We have large numbers of our neighbors in this district living in poverty, without access to opportunity, healthcare, or a great education.

«If CRISPR could do what Ritalin does and improve impulse control and give a child a greater range of opportunities,» he says, «then I'd have to say we have the same moral obligation to use CRISPR as we do to provide education, to provide an adequate diet or to provide Ritalin.»

Makhatadze's research is enabled by the vision of The New Polytechnic, an emerging paradigm for higher education which recognizes that global challenges and opportunities are so great they can not be adequately addressed by even the most talented person working alone.

«Because our findings strongly suggest that attending public pre-K helps to promote information access and test taking for gifted and talented programs, with the advent of universal pre-K, the New York City Department of Education has an even greater chance to provide information about public educational opportunities to many more children across all demographic subgroups,» said Weinberg.

-- This will open up new avenues in education, outreach and innovation within the broader health sector and there will certainly be great opportunities for coordination and aligning with the SciLifeLab mission and activities, said Stefan Bertilsson, Scientific Director and SciLifeLab representative during the preparation of the KIC proposal.

Relyea's research is enabled by the vision of The New Polytechnic, an emerging paradigm for higher education which recognizes that global challenges and opportunities are so great they can not be adequately addressed by even the most talented person working alone.

Robert echoes the importance of education in preventing our insides from pressing down and out, suggesting yoga and fitness classes might be a great opportunity for instructors to spread the word on pelvic health and how to maintain it.

This is event is part of our comprehensive programme of further education in yoga and preparation for the September 2018 National Yoga Championships, and another great opportunity to deepen your practice and connect with your yoga community.

As a leader in integrative health education and practice, Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) is heading towards a year of great opportunities, and we seek your support as we embark on this journey.

«We are at a turning point in the history of education, and our goal is to bend that history toward greater opportunities and outcomes for all,» Ryan said.

We believe that one of the greatest school - based factors for improving education today is empowering educators with opportunities to develop a growth mindset by working together to build skills and strategies to increase the impact of their instruction in the classroom.

Their greatest advantage is, of course, the fact they are provided for free or at low prices, which is why both people with no official education and those with a university degree are readily embracing the opportunities.

Public education proves that America is still the great land of opportunity.»

Paez returned to the Harvard Graduate School of Education to discuss with students in the International Education Policy and Education Policy and Management programs the opportunities and challenges of advancing reforms that seek greater social justice.

These laws hold great potential to expand educational opportunity and remake the entire education system in ways that better and more efficiently meet the needs of children.

Here, Sam Warnes, a former teacher and founder of EDLounge, a unique platform that gives students who struggle with mainstream education the opportunity to access learning, explains how virtual classrooms and online support systems can provide a great alternative provision for students which adheres to government safeguarding and wellbeing guidance.

But when it comes to quality of teaching, the not - so - great teacher gives us the opportunity to get involved in our child's education at a deeper level than perhaps we have ever been before.

This «schooling without learning» is a wasted opportunity, the report argues — widening social gaps for already disadvantaged children, for whom the promise of education was meant to offer much greater access to good jobs, higher wages, better health, and lifelong security.

Extensive inequities in education funding, by which students with the greatest needs receive the fewest funds, still prevail in many parts of the United States; for that reason, state courts continue to have a critical role in ensuring meaningful educational opportunities for all children.

Drew Gilpin Faust, the current president of Harvard University, is right in insisting that «even as we as a nation have embraced education as critical to economic growth and opportunity, we should remember that [public schools], colleges and universities are about a great deal more than measurable utility.

Preparing for adulthood • Planning for young people's futures • A broad range of education and learning opportunities: Wolf Review • Employment opportunities and support: the role of disability employment advisers • A coordinated transition to adult health services: joint working across all services • Support for independent living Services working together for families • Local authorities and local health services will play a pivotal role in delivering change for children, young people and families • Reducing bureaucratic burdens on professionals • Empowering local professionals to develop collaborative, innovative and high quality services • Supporting the development of high quality speech and language therapy workforce and educational psychology profession • Encouraging greater collaboration between local areas • Extending local freedom and flexibility over the use of funding • Enabling the voluntary and community sector to take on a greater role in delivering services • Exploring a national banded funding framework • Bringing about greater alignment of pre 16 and post 16 funding arrangements

Education secretary Nicky Morgan said: «Great teachers are at the heart of our drive to extend opportunity to every single child.

It will be challenge and at the same time a great opportunity to renew and reinforce the commitments of the Education for All Campaign, launched in Jomtien, Thailand in 1990 with an enlarged conception of Education that goes beyond schools to include non-formal education procEducation for All Campaign, launched in Jomtien, Thailand in 1990 with an enlarged conception of Education that goes beyond schools to include non-formal education procEducation that goes beyond schools to include non-formal education proceducation processes (4)

The 25th anniversary of chartering is an opportunity to take stock of this policy innovation's greatest contribution: changing our understanding of what constitutes a public - education system.

Arsenal in the Community is partnering up with the University College London's Institute of Education (IOE) to provide more reading opportunities for young people in north London to help them become «great readers».

Begun as part of an effort to raise Americas literacy rate after WWI, American Education Week now serves as a special opportunity to shine a light on the great things that schools do.

In a tweet sent this evening, Mr Hinds said: «Delighted to be appointed Education Secretary — looking forward to working with the great teachers & lecturers in our schools, colleges & universities giving people the opportunities to make the most of their lives».

«By bringing together the greatest minds and authorities on fake news and education, the new parliamentary commission gives us a fantastic opportunity to make the case for critical literacy to sit at the heart of our education system.»

It was inspirational, and it was an opportunity to learn more of what it takes to prepare and support the kinds of outstanding leaders our schools need to ensure every child receives a great education and achieves at high levels.

The latest accreditation criteria are part of the Welsh government's national mission to reform education and include: an increased role for schools; a clearer role for universities; structured opportunities to link school and university learning; and a greater emphasis on research.

Richard Hamer, BAE Systems» Education and Early Careers director, says: «It is great to see more young people considering a degree or career in STEM and becoming more aware of the exciting opportunities available to them through these subjects.