Sentences with phrase «produces engaged citizens»

The diversity of values within American society renders public schools ill - equipped to produce the engaged citizens our democracy requires

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Niemi and Junn further cite an extensive body of research - all produced after Jennings and Langton's work - showing that civics classes do help to make young people into knowledgeable, engaged, and / or concerned citizens.

As the founding staff of NBCP, our team will work toward the shared goal of producing engaged, socially responsible citizens of the world through an academically rigorous interdisciplinary arts education.

To produce results, it is important to learn from the past as we engage citizens, develop public policy and promote truly accountable schooling (see «From «Dropping Out» to «Holding On» — Seven Lessons from Texas,» by Robledo Montecel).

Many nations, like Scotland, Singapore and Canada, are pursuing broader, bolder goals in education like promoting wellbeing, developing creative and confident learners, and producing responsible and engaged citizens.

Simply improving messaging in accordance with recommendations of psychologists or following the recommendations of economists to create economic incentives to engage in less GHG producing behavior will not likely create strong citizen support for climate change policies unless citizens better understand that the narrative created by opponents of climate change policies about high levels of scientific uncertainty and unacceptable harm to the economy from the adoption of climate policies is not only false but has been manufactured by fossil fuel companies and other entities which have economic interests in continuing high levels of fossil fuel consumption.

Achieve a 100 % success rate of senior citizens being able to use the computer and MS Word software to produce business letters, send emails with attachments, and comfortably explore and engage on social media websites.