Sentences with phrase «part of the great education»

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A far greater part of the text — thousands of pages in more than 30 chapters — has to do with harmonizing regulations (financial, health and safety standards, etc.), reinforcing intellectual property rights (patents, copyrights), opening up new sectors to privatization and foreign investment (health insurance and education), and putting strict limits on how governments choose to protect the environment or create jobs.

abortion as a standard part of health - care provision, insisting on programmes of sex education that promoted a range of sexual activities and downgraded marriage... all this and more gave great cause for concern and brought together a group of doctors, teachers, social workers and others anxious to take some action.

Modern influences from the West tend to modify the educational process, but there are still parts of the world where the greater part of education, from the primary school through the university, finds its basis in the Koran.

And scholars familiar with the whole corpus know that, as Victor Lowe pointed out, «we can see how great a part of Whitehead's activities, all through his life, has been expended on 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.

The government is consulting on greater regulation of part - time education settings providing more than six to eight hours a week of tuition.

Megan: Wouldn't it be great if there was a movement towards providing women, throughout all parts of life, with fact - based education that enables them to make decisions for themselves that they are fearless in?

Being required to execute a great number of academic projects is a natural part of the higher education life, certainly.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

Inaugurating the facility as part of his «Accounting to the People Tour» of the Greater Accra Region, President Mahama said government remains committed to ensuring quality education.

In a potential bake - off within the conference, Flanagan's greatest advantage other than his education chairmanship may be the fact that he, like Skelos, is from Long Island, part of a bloc of (currently) nine senators who won't be anxious to cede control to the bulk of the conference that represents districts north of the George Washington Bridge.

The government's flagship Free Schools are under greater scrutiny than most because their very existence is part of a huge political debate about the direction of education policy.

As I pointed out in Part One of this series, I've learned a great deal from friends and mentors, although stumbling along making my own mistakes has been a major education as well.

Greater emphasis is also being put on transferable skills that serve not only academic scholars but also professionals who «may have research careers in other parts of society,» says David Crosier, education system analyst at Eurydice, the E.U. organization that provides information on European education systems and policies.

«The presence of BYU is a great example of this — marrying the secular pursuit of education with this religious theological belief so that it's part of the same quest,» Gibbs said.

After adjusting for maternal IQ and education, characteristics of the home environment, school district, and number of siblings, the children who were exposed to greater than 5 parts arsenic per billion of household well water (WAs ≥ 5 μg / L) showed reductions in Full Scale, Working Memory, Perceptual Reasoning and Verbal Comprehension scores, losses of 5 - 6 points, considered a significant decline, that may translate to problems in school, according to Gail Wasserman, PhD, professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia, and the study's first author.

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.

Ms. Leiphart's morning meeting is part of the school's character education program, initiated in 1995 and motivated by the merger of three schools into one, out of concern for the social skills of the students and in response to the post-Columbine awareness that schools should give greater consideration to students» social needs.

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society program.

EPE hired you based in great part on the strength of your prior experience, which may include education or awards, your credentials, and your representations about your ability and such credentials or prior experience.

As part of the larger TFA model, each region believes that one day all kids can receive a great education, but how to reach that is specific to each region, especially given its unique local context, whether in a large urban area or small rural area.

To imagine a great American education system, we must imagine a radically different approach to all parts of the system — including education research.

In 2009, Mayor Menino tacitly supported an increase in the number of «proven» Commonwealth charter schools that could operate in Boston as part of a broader education - reform bill that invested school districts with greater authority to intervene in low - performing schools and permitted districts to establish a few Horace Mann charter schools without the required union sign - off.

But there are some key educational practices that need to be addressed and that require a great deal of change on the part of the education establishment, which includes Weingarten and her unions.

From the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1975 to its more inclusive follow - up in 1997; from the cry for attention from those lobbying for gifted students to calls for greater sensitivity to the learning styles of all student populations; from the initial proficiency tests of the early»90s to their high - stakes, pass - fail descendants; from the rise of bilingual education in some parts of the country to its demise in other regionspublic education has been a veritable vessel oEducation Act (IDEA) of 1975 to its more inclusive follow - up in 1997; from the cry for attention from those lobbying for gifted students to calls for greater sensitivity to the learning styles of all student populations; from the initial proficiency tests of the early»90s to their high - stakes, pass - fail descendants; from the rise of bilingual education in some parts of the country to its demise in other regionspublic education has been a veritable vessel oeducation in some parts of the country to its demise in other regionspublic education has been a veritable vessel oeducation has been a veritable vessel of change.

For years the public has been led to believe — thanks, in large part, to union lobbying — that teachers were the most important part of the education process and the public has rewarded them with decent wages and benefits (wages and benefits which would be even greater if not for the assembly line problem).

The solution to rising costs and subpar results is not central planning but greater control over education on the part of all families, rich and poor.

«This has led to a very vibrant charter school movement in Washington in part of the great search to find out what kind of education or educational system will establish better school systems for all — white, black, brown, yellow,» Ottaway says.

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.

These compulsory subjects make up the EBacc as part of a government push to ensure a greater focus on rigorous academic education.

Senator Tom Harkin thought he would needle Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander a little bit last week regarding recent comments by Bush Administration officials blaming the Los Angeles riot in part on Great Society social programs.

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.

A Department for Education spokesman said: «Our new RS GCSE ensures pupils understand the diversity of religious beliefs in Great Britain through the study of more than one religion — an important part of our drive to tackle segregation and ensure pupils are properly prepared for life in modern Britain.

The Great Stagnation of American Education New York Times, 9/7/13» [Professor] Richard J. Murnane, an educational economist at Harvard, has found evidence that high school and college completion rates have begun to rise again, although part of this may be a result of weak labor markets that induce students to stay in school rather than face unemployment.»

This won't be an easy omelet to unscramble, especially in today's hyper - racialized climate of mistrust and even violence, but there's no part of federal education policy in greater need of redirection — and none that is more subject to unilateral action by the executive branch.

The namesake and chairman of The George Lucas Educational Foundation discusses his vision of Edutopia at Dreamforce, the annual conference for customers of the customer - relationship - management company salesforce.com, as part of the event's increased focus on education reform and the need for greater business investment to achieve that goal.

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.

As part of the education and skills measures announcement, a total of # 30 million will be invested in support for schools that struggle with recruitment and retention, including investment in professional development training, so these schools can benefit from great teaching.

The report, part of a book of essays entitled «The Future of Assessment: 2025 and Beyond», suggests that current trends in the education sector are «narrowing the curriculum and focusing on those students whose performance has the greatest impact on the headline accountability measures».

I knew that having students in Digital Leaders was a vital part of a school who was serious about advancing technology enhanced education practice and that involving young people in education reform has great potential.

NEA Leader Stresses Goal of Great Public Schools for All Kids National Education Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community invEducation Association president Dennis Van Roekel wants to give all students access to a quality education in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community inveducation in part by working to close the achievement gap, seeking more funding for public schools, and increasing parent and community involvement.

Kraft Heinz involvement is a great opportunity to showcase our products to the education catering sector and to be part of such high profile activity is terrific.

John Norton at Middleweb shares great resources for all grade levels and is one of the nicest and most helpful people in the education part of the social media world.

Michael Rebell: 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.

Another favorite early education program, Head Start, a creator of which died on February 2, was launched in 1965 as part of Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty and is another early education initiative that enjoys great public support.

Prior to AYPF, Jesse worked as a junior associate in the enrollment office at DC Public Schools, as part of their Urban Education Leaders Internship Program, and as an intern in the Housing Unit at Greater Boston Legal Services.

As a «one nation» government we are clear that every family should have access to a great local school and every child should get the very best education - and free schools are a crucial part of that aim.

But charter supporters are hopeful, in part because of the belief that it would help Kentucky get a greater share of President Obama's $ 4.4 billion «Race to the Top» funds to pay for education reform and innovation.