Sentences with phrase «said character education»
The Department for Education also said character education is central to its plans.
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The report, Character Nation, said character education should be embedded in the UK's educational curriculum.
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And the eventual arrival of the «HQ2» could affect housing and rents, education and transportation, and the very character of the city that Amazon selects — so Lee said it would be critical for the company to keep diversity in mind.
«Your choices in character have nothing to do with your education level or who your parents and grandparents are,» Miles says.
«Adult education is concerned with character,» says Buber, «and character is not above situation, but is attached to the cruel, hard demand of this hour.»
The texts on character education, says Kohn, «describe religious dogma, not scientific fact.»
In a statement seen by The Telegraph, a diocese spokesman said: «To maintain the clear Catholic character of Catholic schools the Bishops of England and Wales have stated that the posts of head teacher, deputy head teacher and head of religious education are to be filled by baptised and practising Catholics.»
O.K. Foods is very active in First Tee, which «provides young people of all backgrounds an opportunity to develop life - enhancing values such as confidence, perseverance and judgment through golf and character education,» the organization says.
In its decision, the EC has opaquely said, «After careful analysis of all relevant elements, we have come to the conclusion that the UK has provided sufficient clarification as regards its narrow interpretation of Sections 58 and 60 [the relevant law], which merely enables the faith - based education and is limited to ensure the maintenance of the religious character of the school.
«This exhibition is just the beginning of our work in telling the story of New York's colonial history and how our settlement by the Dutch has shaped not only our local character but aspects of state and even national character that we think will surprise and delight our visitors,» said Deputy Commissioner of Cultural Education and State Museum Director Mark Schaming.
The Department for Education (DfE) has appealed a ruling by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) which said that it must publish a list of all proposals to establish Free Schools as part of the first two «waves» (i.e. to open in 2011 or 2012), giving their religious character.
Too often, faculty use teaching methods that do not match the cutting - edge character of their biological research, said Terry Woodin, a program director in NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education.
Best guess says Sarsgaard plays the charming street artist ala his young - lady - seducing character in 2009's «An Education.»
«Character education,» she says, «means you get a group together and they come up with a set of words they want to focus on.
And in 1996 the president gave the movement the ultimate blessing when he said, in his State of the Union address, «I challenge all our schools to teach character education, to teach good values and good citizenship.»
Earlier this year, at the Hyde School, a private high school in Bath, Maine, dedicated to «family - based character education,» I witnessed a confrontation in an 11th - grade honors English class the likes of which, it is safe to say, few educators or scholars have ever seen.
The starting point is to recognize that the inherent character traits said to make good leaders are «much less amenable to influence by education, training, and practice than are knowledge and skill.»
If tossing a golf ball while delivering stilted homilies about caring can be considered character education, it is probably safe to say that the field has a serious quality - control problem.
By that time, according to a survey by the National School Boards Association, 45 percent of school districts said they had instituted character education programs, while another 38 percent said they planned to do so.
Thomas Lickona, the head of the Center for the Fourth and Fifth Rs (the fourth and fifth being respect and responsibility) at the State University of New York at Cortland and a leading figure in the field, says that two - thirds of the states» schools are now required either by legislative mandate or by administrative regulation to implement programs in character education.
The key, says new headmaster Thomas Nammack, is that «the school is working on character education in many ways, on many levels, all at the same time.»
The schools leadership team has worked very hard to set up a sound, consistent, and manageable system for monitoring student behavior, and PBIS seems to be a natural extension of the program and the schools character education program, DAmato said.
«Yes, we're doing character education,» says Gordon Hannon, no longer a Christian Brother, but who was brought back in as Catalyst CEO at the end of the 2009 school year to help right the Howland ship.
She said: «I firmly believe character education prepares our young people for life in modern Britain, regardless of their background or where they grew up.
The textbook helps us, but we can think and develop and do it our way and make it our own,» says Fremont Elementary School teacher Beth Feaver, who is also head of character education in Fowler.
Feaver says the Character - Education Committee annually surveys teachers about interests so that schools can design professional development in support of service learning.
A Department for Education spokesperson said: «Developing character and resilience is part of our core mission to deliver real social justice by giving all children, regardless of background, the chance to fulfil their potential and achieve their high aspirations.
All that has been said of the importance of individuality of character, and diversity in opinions and modes of conduct, involves, as of the same unspeakable importance, diversity of education.
Following the announcement of the original 21 winners, Mr Ierston said: «Character education is delivered through our leadership specialism and provides a strong backbone from which our children learn to make the right choices in life.
The government has said that up to # 2 million of its character education grant funding will this year pay for projects that have a «military ethos approach to develop character».
In a letter to parents, headteacher Donna Moulds said: «Our application demonstrated excellent practice in character education and was praised by the judging panel for developing the character traits, attributes and behaviours that underpin success in school and work.
Former education secretary Nicky Morgan has said teachers should not be measured on how they improve their pupils» character, but experts have warned that regulation is needed if pupil development is to be taken seriously.
They said that teachers have more time to teach when they use character education as the foundation of their pedagogy.
He said in the show, «It's a tremendous honor — really the highest honor you can achieve in education — and certainly we would not have accomplished that without the character program that we have in place.»
There may never be definitive data to say whether this approach to character education works.
Still, Marvin Berkowitz, a professor of character education at the University of Missouri, St. Louis, says the results are troubling.
The PTA is instrumental in making the school's character education component a success, says principal Dolores Goble.
At Bernardo Heights Middle School in San Diego, the budget for character education is small but participation is big, says principal Elaine Johnson.
Deirdre Reilly, Clairemont Elementary's PTA copresident, says the group happily earmarks some of the organization's dollars for the character education program.
But many school leaders and parents say they would support character education regardless of mandates.
Mazzola said, «After having attended the Summit, I am convinced more than ever that quality character education can help solve this serious problem that ruins the lives of far too many young people in our nation.
A proponent of character education says we must make students understand that it is wrong to lie; we need to teach them about the importance of being honest.
The feedback, win or lose, is an invaluable tool in assessing and improving your character education program,» said Aaron Wilken, Principal of Fox Middle School, a 2011 NSOC.
This is not to say that improving conditions in schools is not important; to the contrary, improving conditions in schools is imperative, and one now documented way to achieve this is through effective professional development focused on character education as a model for classroom management and instructional support.»
Several have said, «Well - conceived programs of character education can and should exist side - by - side with strong academic programs.»
«We are meeting the needs of families in St. Louis by providing access to world - class education and character formation at our public charter schools,» says Matt Hoehner, executive director for Open Sky Education's St. Louieducation and character formation at our public charter schools,» says Matt Hoehner, executive director for Open Sky Education's St. LouiEducation's St. Louis Region.
«The mission was to have fun, to build strong, positive relationships, and to promote the guiding principles of respect, kindness, integrity, responsibility, self - discipline and courage of the «Do the right thing» character education program from the Clayton City Council,» said Kat Marzel, who coordinated the four - day program.
The award will be presented at Character.org's National Forum on Character Education, Oct. 17 in Atlanta, GA. «The life of John Lewis exemplifies the civic virtues essential for sustaining and expanding the American belief in «liberty and justice for all,»» said Charles Haynes, Character.org's board chair.
Dr. Martin Luther King said, «Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of a true education.»
As Benjamin Cardozo observed nearly a century ago in regard to judgments in general, making sense of an image involves a wide array of implicit (which is to say, unconscious) meaning shaping factors, such as education, experience, class, ideology, and character.