Sentences with phrase «participation in democracy»

Will it raise the level of participation in democracy?

By supporting and encouraging each other in our day to day learning, we will be shaping the next generation for active participation in our democracy.

In such a climate, expanding participation in our democracy can only be beneficial.

Our new publication offers primary and secondary source documents, close reading exercises, lesson plans, and activities that examine themes of memory, justice, and civic participation in a democracy.

Each year that parents go without high - quality school options, their children are being denied a path to college success and active participation in our democracy.

«Thanks to this opinion from Attorney General Schneiderman,» said Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone, «we can explore avenues to make voter registration more modern and help increase participation in our democracy.»

The theme of this year's OneWebDay is online participation in democracy, coinciding with the U.S. elections.

Far too many children — disproportionate numbers of low - income students and students of color among them, but many white students as well — have such low reading and mathematics skills that they will be forever locked out of decent jobs and full participation in our democracy if we don't do something different, and do it fast.

«We're controlling government spending and property taxes and increasing public participation in our democracy,» Greenwald said in a statement.

He wrote that: «I think the level of participation in our democracy isn't sad, but participation isn't just about voting.

The idea behind OneWebDay is to focus attention on a key internet value (this year, online participation in democracy), focus attention on local internet concerns (connectivity, censorship, individual skills), and create a global constituency that cares about protecting and defending the internet.

Mission of Kids Voting USA... Our mission is to create lifelong, informed voters among today's youth; support educators in teaching the rights and responsibilities of citizenship; stimulate political awareness among children and adults; and increase participation in our democracy

I have been particularly struck by the many comments and reactions from children for whom Harriet Tubman is not just a historical figure, but a role model for leadership and participation in our democracy.

What is crucial here is that we should not simply equate popular demand with populism and bemoan it retrospectively, but figure out ways in which citizens» participation in democracy can be intensified so that their demand can be attended to far before it explodes.

National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, who was one of the panellists, said rather than problem, increasing number of political parties would increased peoples» participation in democracy.

... It brought a lot of voices, a lot of registered voters, a lot of participation in a democracy, and they won,» Brown said.

The result is that said lawmakers are depriving their constituents of participation in democracy, a serious dereliction of duty; in effect, they are not «measuring up.»

When nearly 50 academics and policy - makers from 10 countries met recently in San José, Costa Rica to discuss education's role in fomenting citizenship and participation in democracy, the perhaps most - repeated quote of the conference was famed anthropologist Margaret Meade's: «Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world.

HGSE Cosponsors «Education and the Civic Purposes of Schools in the Americas» in Costa Rica When nearly 50 academics and policy - makers from 10 countries met recently in San José, Costa Rica to discuss education's role in fomenting citizenship and participation in democracy, the perhaps most - repeated quote of the conference was famed anthropologist Margaret Meade's: «Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world.

Social, emotional, ethical, and academic education: Creating a climate for learning, participation in democracy, and well - being.

-- Jonathan Cohen in «Social, Emotional, Ethical, and Academic Education: Creating a Climate for Learning, Participation in Democracy, and Well - Being»

In my view, the extension of the right to vote in municipal elections to permanent residents as proposed in Toronto appropriately disaggregates citizenship from other aspects of participation in a democracy.

Given how important education is to human growth and potential, to political and social stability, to vanquishing poverty, and to participation in democracy itself, there should be.

-- Jonathan Cohen in «Social, Emotional, Ethical, and Academic Education: Creating a Climate for Learning, Participation in Democracy, and Well - Being»