One aspect of the American Association of University Women's report on how
schools educate girls that has elicited praise from the philanthropic community is its inclusion of research on girls who belong to ethnic and racial minority groups.
I'm a private
school educated girl who currently works in advertising.
Not exact matches
Changing entrenched views about
girls and education is a long - term process, she says, but so far her organization's efforts have helped to
educate 1.3 million children, including more than 80,000
girls that it has brought into the
school system.
Mary Somerville, overcoming, as her daughter says, «obstacles apparently insurmountable, at a time when women were well - nigh totally debarred from education»; Charlotte Bronte, writing in secret and publishing under a pseudonym because only so could she hope for just criticism; Harriet Hunt, admitted to the Harvard Medical
School in 1850 but forced out by the enraged students; Elizabeth Blackwell, applying to twelve medical
schools before she could secure admission, and meeting with insult and contumely in her endeavor to study and practice medicine; Mary Lyon, treated as a wild fanatic because she wanted American
girls to be
educated — such figures are typical in woman's struggle for intellectual opportunity.
Dressed alike in black dress, cape, and bonnet, after the widows Elizabeth had met in Italy, the Sisters opened St. Joseph's Free
School in 1810, which
educated disadvantaged
girls, and soon thereafter began St. Joseph's Academy, with pupils whose parents could afford tuition, enabling the Sisters to subsidize their mission.
• If one parent is better -
educated than the other, some children may benefit from the better -
educated parent undertaking more care: e.g. in Norway,
girls (but not boys) have been found to do better at
school when a father who was better
educated than their mother took longer - than - average leave (Cools et al, 2011.)
Concussion and Sports Related Head Injury: Code 280.13 C requires the Iowa high
school athletic association and the Iowa
girls high
school athletic union to work together to distribute the CDC guidelines and other information to inform and
educate coaches, students, and parents and guardians of students of the risks, signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion or brain injury, including the danger of continuing to play after suffering a concussion or brain injury and their responsibility to report such signs, symptoms, and behaviors if they occur.
They home
educated for many years, then the
girls went to
school.
My
girls have many friends who are both home
educated and who go to
school — and not just in their age group, socio - economic group or postcode.
One recent example is Hazel — which undoubtedly would not have increased as much as it has if first Julia Roberts hadn't named her daughter that, and then John Green hadn't named the main character in «The Fault in Our Stars» Hazel — a highly unusual name for a teenage
girl when the book was published, but one that
educated avant - garde writers like Green (prep
school grad, Kenyon College English major, married to an art museum director) were giving to their own baby daughters.
Formed as a public / private partnership, Teachers Who Code will use the
Girls Who Code model to equip New York City public
school teachers with the computer science skills to
educate students for high tech jobs of today and tomorrow.
Boys and
girls deserve the exact same education and mixed
schools insure that children are
educated in the same manner.
«
School affects
girls» chances of being diagnosed with an eating disorder: Higher proportions of female students, university -
educated parents linked to more eating disorders.»
Girls attending schools with higher proportions of female students, and high proportions of university - educated parents were more likely to be diagnosed with an eating disorder than girls at schools with lower proportions of female students and fewer university - educated par
Girls attending
schools with higher proportions of female students, and high proportions of university -
educated parents were more likely to be diagnosed with an eating disorder than
girls at schools with lower proportions of female students and fewer university - educated par
girls at
schools with lower proportions of female students and fewer university -
educated parents.
Among other things, I ran the Great Wall of China Marathon; worked out on a pearl boat in the Kimberley; appeared semi-naked in a music video wrapped only in cling wrap; worked on a Norwegian reality TV show filmed in Malta; trained eagles in Mongolia; donned a wig and lived like Dolly Parton in her hometown in Tennessee for a month; rode a bicycle around Taiwan; sailed on a pirate ship from Seattle towards Mexico before hitting a storm and having to be rescued by theUS Coast Guard; and helped
educate young
girls in Kosovo who are banned from attending
school because they wear headscarves.
Studies also show that
girls who are
educated earn higher salaries, and sending more
girls to
school and into the workforce can boost an entire country's GDP.
I would love to have lunch with Lauren Parsekian Paul, one of the founders of Kind Campaign, a nonprofit that helps
educate about the powerful belief in KINDness that brings awareness and healing to the negative and lasting effects of
girl - against -
girl «crime» through documentary films and
school based programs.
When you're in an English
school in Shanghai, you'll be sure to find well
educated Shanghai
girls looking to improve their English speaking skills.
two
educated women hold a boarding
school for young
girls.
She makes friends with Janis (Lizzy Caplan) and Damien (Daniel Franzese), two artsy - outsider types, who
educate her about the high
school hierarchy, and warn her to stay away from «The Plastics», three ultra-chic
girls who rule the
school.
Educating girls is essential to healthy and thriving communities but, globally, 62 million
girls are not in
school, and barriers to adolescent
girls completing
school are particularly significant.
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Girls who participate in physical education do better academically; learning to tap away anger and stress;
schools without P.E. could be labeled unhealthy; students raise vegetables and
educate the community about healthful food choices.
Enthusiastic Year 5
girls further
educated their cohort through an engaging assembly discussing the importance of healthy living, meal ideas and how to continue this lifestyle outside of
school.
After 175 years of
educating boys and 18 years of debate about admitting
girls, the prestigious Lawrenceville
School of New Jersey has decided to become coeducational.
The importance of better education about periods for young women was something the majority of respondents emphatically agreed upon, over two thirds (68 %) said that if
girls were better
educated about periods and how they affect their bodies, they wouldn't be so reluctant to take part in sports at
school.
The notion of
educating boys and
girls separately, however, received a boost in 2006 with the publication of new federal regulations clarifying the legal status of single - sex
schools and classrooms.
Thirty years of firsthand experience has taught me, at least, that when it comes to
educating boys and
girls in middle and high
school, equity is essential — and separate makes the most sense.
Once derided as harmful and anachronistic, the notion of
educating boys and
girls separately received a major boost in 2006 with the publication of new federal regulations clarifying the legal status of single - sex
schools and classrooms.
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Organisers (Foundation to
Educate Girls Globally) say the program operates against a backdrop of gender disparity across India with the result that 3.7 million girls are out of school - the third highest number in the w
Girls Globally) say the program operates against a backdrop of gender disparity across India with the result that 3.7 million
girls are out of school - the third highest number in the w
girls are out of
school - the third highest number in the world.
The
girl had been
educated at home and at a private religious boarding
school.
At the Ed
School to participate in the Askwith Forum, Against the Odds:
Educating Girls Globally, Bokova spoke to the Harvard EdCast about the global constraints faced by girls and women face in receiving an education and what UNESCO is doing to
Girls Globally, Bokova spoke to the Harvard EdCast about the global constraints faced by
girls and women face in receiving an education and what UNESCO is doing to
girls and women face in receiving an education and what UNESCO is doing to help.
The Clinton Administration, signaling it will take a strong stand in controversies involving disabled students» desires to be
educated with other children, has joined in a California lawsuit involving a mentally retarded
girl who wants to attend her neighborhood
school.
This means we all share responsibility to
educate the 59 million children who today are not in
school, to close the educational opportunity gaps facing
girls, poor children, and children of marginalized groups around the world, including refugees, and we must take responsibility to ensure that all children who do attend
school indeed learn what is necessary to be empowered global citizens.
Boys and
girls are
educated during their main
school years separately, but come together for trips and visits.
ProfessorJBA: Dr, K, share with me your thoughts on Michelle Obama's Better Make Room initiative and why should
schools connect this to their work in
educating girls.
The charity,
Educate Girls, is being funded by a «development impact bond», with the aim of improving school enrolment and raising standards for girls in Rajas
Girls, is being funded by a «development impact bond», with the aim of improving
school enrolment and raising standards for
girls in Rajas
girls in Rajasthan.
Like all the More
girls she has been
educated to a far higher standard than is normal for the day and is well versed in Latin, Greek and the healing arts (More helped set up St Paul's
school in London, that exists to this day, he then set up a home
school along the same lines for his own children who became famous across Europe for their learning).
Sally Beauman was born in England, in Devon,
educated at a
girls»
school in the West Country, and then read English Literature at Girton College, Cambridge where she graduated in 1966 with an MA in English Literature.
Miranda Carter was
educated at St. Paul's
Girls»
School and Exeter College, Oxford.
She was
educated at Saltburn High
School for
Girls and won a scholarship to the University of London, where she read English at Bedford College.
For example, in the chapter about God entitled «The Three - Letter Word,» she begins with how she learned about God as a young Jewish
girl educated in a British convent
school.
Cross Manage is a sports manga, its terribly utilitarian title referring to its hero, the reluctant manager of a high
school girls» lacrosse team; it's the only series of its type in the digital Weekly Shonen Jump, and it doesn't stray too far from the most typical story tropes, often pausing the action to
educate the readers on the rules and strategies inherent to the game being played.
She is the Founder and President of her
school's Days for
Girls Club, which distributes sustainable feminine hygiene products to women in need and aims to destigmatize menstruation through
educating her peers within the community.
For
Girls Who Code, the nonprofit that works to educate, inspire, and equip high school girls with the skills and resources to pursue opportunities in computing fields, an annual report is not just a document — it's proof that their initiatives are working and that their investments are paying
Girls Who Code, the nonprofit that works to
educate, inspire, and equip high
school girls with the skills and resources to pursue opportunities in computing fields, an annual report is not just a document — it's proof that their initiatives are working and that their investments are paying
girls with the skills and resources to pursue opportunities in computing fields, an annual report is not just a document — it's proof that their initiatives are working and that their investments are paying off.
Born in Philadelphia and
educated at the Philadelphia High
School for
Girls, Temple University's Tyler
School of Art, and the Yale University
School of Design and Architecture, Chase - Riboud has lived in Paris since 1961.
This list doesn't even include the education entrepreneurs that are working to
educate girls (Drawdown Solution # 6), like Lekki Peninsula Affordable
Schools, a low - cost private
school chain in Nigeria with an all - inclusive fee structure and flexible payment system, or Sudiksha, which has pioneered a train - the - trainer model for training new preschool teachers in India.
Hale was born in Yorkshire in 1945 and
educated at Richmond High
School for
Girls before reading law at Girton College, Cambridge.