Sentences with phrase «point of education»

This over simplistic assumption misses the fundamental point of education; it is about helping children realise their potential, whatever that may be.

Click here to see a chart that presents a side - by - side comparison of some of the major points of their education platforms.

Gov. Bill Haslam, a Republican, called his state «the focal point of education reform in the nation.»

Hunter concludes that the ultimate point of education (which is composed of knowledge, creativity and wisdom) is «simply to express compassion in the world,» a lesson that real world leaders still haven't mastered.

In all this, unfortunately, the education media has been so busy transcribing the charged talking points of education advocates (the desire for more money being one of those issues where «reformers» and teacher unions mostly stand shoulder - to - shoulder) that they've given free play to those inclined to cry «wolf!»

The answers to each of these questions will lead to various points of education (the size issue for instance, is often revised when I ask the family to think of the foot - length they mention as a coiled up piece of rope... «oh, well it could be bigger than the one foot length you mentioned, then») and help provide the family with good choices.

I soon learned that you have the option to merely click on each space instead of dragging which totally eliminated these errors and really should have been the defacto point of education for PC and Mac.

Whereas in the past subjects such as English, literature, music, art and humanities was a focal point of education, today these disciplines are often the first to have their funding reduced.

If we're not going to teach science, what's the point of education?

Remember: the point of education is to educate your child and help them master skills, not to burden them with unreasonable expectations.

When it comes down to it, we need to return back to the point of education.

All these tough issues seem to point, roughly, to the Big One: What's the point of an education?

Kane claims that «The point of education research is to identify effective interventions for closing the achievement gap.»

In spite of her union endorsements and dialing back of certain reforms (many of which needed dialing back), Democratic education reformers must thoroughly back Clinton's immigration reform efforts so that we don't forget the point of an education.

The point of education research is to identify effective interventions for closing the achievement gaps that Coleman observed and ensuring that that information is usable.

By Daniel Willingham November 22, 2010; 11:38 AM ET Categories: Achievement gap, Daniel Willingham, Guest Bloggers, Research Tags: academic and ethnic, achievement gap, daniel willingham, john ogbu, social cost to academic achievement Save & Share: Previous: Hannah Arendt and the point of education Next: The N.Y. chancellorship mess gets messier