Sentences with phrase «support public education as»

Federal and state policymakers should support public education as a means to grow their economies and help create well - educated citizens.

Does the Secretary of Education have to support public education as part of their job or is their job simply to push for better education standards in the nation using whatever methods they think best?

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This category, defined by Employment and Social Development Canada as covering health, education, social and community services, can include high - level leadership in fields from parks and rec to employment support to public health.

It's tempting to see tacit support for education as a win - win, a move that's both in the public interest and in the interests of corporations.

We invest much less in young children, and that stems largely from the fact that most other advanced economies view early childhood education, child care and other benefits targeted at parents with young children as «public goods,» meaning investments that, absent public support, would be insufficiently made from the perspective of society's well - being.

With growing interest and support from public markets (including through the incorporation of DanoneWave as the largest public benefit corporation in the U.S. and their public commitment to become a Certified B Corp by 2020 as well as Laureate Education's IPO in early 2017), multi-billion dollar companies are following suit and choosing to operate their businesses with purpose and accountability.

For one thing, Ward says, most of these analyses do not take into account societal costs, such as the property taxes all homeowners pay to support public education.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

He criticized the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. the Board of Education, and in 1956, at the invitation of the governor, he addressed a joint session of South Carolina's legislature to support the concept of separate but equal for churches as well as for the public schools of the land.

But this is a far cry indeed from the public controversies that our current epidemic of so - called realist atheism has given rise to, such as whether it is permissible to pray or celebrate Christmas in schools and other public institutions, or to grant government support of one kind or another to private religious education.

«The association is recognized as an industry leader in government and industry relations, communications, education, technical assistance and public advocacy support,» MGA points out.

As an alternative to punitive restrictions with no clear public health benefit, the food and beverage industry supports nutrition education and purchasing incentives to encourage healthy choices.

The fact that Nick agreed to support VH1 Save The Music to promotion music education in public schools, as well as MyWorkButterfly, a social network to help moms return to work and working moms trying to do it all, tells a woman all she needs to know.

Each of the voices in this conversation brings a breadth of experience, research, and knowledge — and BOND is a tremendous opportunity to bring it all together: research on infant / early child development, attachment, sociology, public health, education, the experience of medical professionals, pediatric support professionals, educators, volunteer, and manufacturers, and of course, our collective minds and skills as a service community working to strengthen human bonding and family health.

«As an organization that fully supports Connecticut Public Act 10 - 62 (the Connecticut Concussion Act) and one of the leading resources in concussion education, it was important to the CATA to provide to our membership as well the public and other healthcare providers access to this comprehensive concussion online learning opportunity.&raquAs an organization that fully supports Connecticut Public Act 10 - 62 (the Connecticut Concussion Act) and one of the leading resources in concussion education, it was important to the CATA to provide to our membership as well the public and other healthcare providers access to this comprehensive concussion online learning opportunity.&Public Act 10 - 62 (the Connecticut Concussion Act) and one of the leading resources in concussion education, it was important to the CATA to provide to our membership as well the public and other healthcare providers access to this comprehensive concussion online learning opportunity.&raquas well the public and other healthcare providers access to this comprehensive concussion online learning opportunity.&public and other healthcare providers access to this comprehensive concussion online learning opportunity.»

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeedingsupport, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeedingsupport individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeedingSupport from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

In addition to program support, Dawn and Shedd will roll out a pilot education - based program for Chicago Public Schools in early 2017 as part of the larger Dawn Helps Save Wildlife campaign.

Education reform — loosely defined as support for charter school expansion and enhanced classroom standards and evaluations — had largely subsided as a major issue in 2016 for state lawmakers, but had bitterly divided the Capitol in 2015 as Gov. Andrew Cuomo sought to develop new standards for public school teachers.

Some are calling her support for charter schools, a growing alternative to public education, as a conflict of interest much like Pruitt's.

As Public Comment Period Ends, The Education Trust — New York, Educators for Excellence, New York Educator Voice Fellowship and High Achievement New York Urge State Education Leaders to Maintain High Standards and Deliver the Tools and Support Educators Need Albany — To reach their full potential, all New York State students — especially those...

You can find more information about our campaigns work on other secularist issues — such as marriage laws, religion and education, public broadcasting and pastoral support — elsewhere on our website.

«The basic purpose of this commission, according to the governor's charge, was to «comprehensively review and assess New York State's education system, including its structure, operation and processes...» In failing to deal at all with such major issues as funding, special education, the lack of appropriate supports for English language learners, as well as ignoring major current controversies such as implementation of [teacher evaluations] and common core systems, the commission has ill - served students, parents, and the public at large.»

At our state conference last month, we overwhelmingly passed resolutions supporting guaranteed healthcare as a human right, free public education from pre-K through college or trade school, a living wage and fair compensation for all, investments in environmental protection and renewable energy, restoration of voting rights to former felons, public financing of elections to eradicate the corrupting influence of big money in politics, and other policies that serve the people.

He also worked as a policy analyst on a New York education task force, and as a consultant with public housing authorities and child support enforcement agencies around the country.

The Welsh Liberal Democrat manifesto recognised the need to support vocational education and invest in apprenticeships, as well as calling for public sector organisations becoming living wage employers.

What started out as a small, off - budget, temporary surcharge on insurance to help pay for charity care, hospital debt and graduate medical education as New York hospitals deregulated in the late 1990s, has ballooned over 19 years into a multibillion - dollar all - purpose revenue fund that supports dozens of public health programs, and plugs billion - dollar holes in the state's general budget.

Cuomo and NYSUT have been at odds over the evaluation push, as well as the governor's strong support for charter schools as an alternative to the present public education system.

Few in the public or private sector support a return to the old decentralized Board of Education, an institution viewed by many as dysfunctional.

As a part of the CFE lawsuit, education advocates tried to seek state support and funding for mandatory pre-kindergarten classes in the state's public schools.

When he broached the income inequality discussion, he framed it not as a matter of the very rich versus the very poor, but the zeroed in on the need to reform public education in the state, casting the teachers unions (generally supported by Democrats) as the villains in this telling.

Out Councilmember Corey Johnson of Chelsea also voted against it as did Inez Barron of Brooklyn, a staunch advocate for public education, but it passed 43 - 4 with the support of all three citywide elected officials — Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, and Public Advocate Letitia James — as well as otherwise liberal officials such as Manhattan Borough President Gale Bpublic education, but it passed 43 - 4 with the support of all three citywide elected officials — Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, and Public Advocate Letitia James — as well as otherwise liberal officials such as Manhattan Borough President Gale BPublic Advocate Letitia James — as well as otherwise liberal officials such as Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer.

Education Week is reporting on an Empire Center's report that says over the past decade «public schools hired nearly 15,000 teachers and almost 9,000 administrators, guidance counselors and other support workers over the last 10 years as enrollment dropped by more than 121,000 students.

Support us as we promote the responsible use of science in public policy and foster education in science and technology for everyone.

The bills also emphasize the value of having mission agencies like NASA continue to support training and public outreach activities — a jab at last year's failed attempt by the Obama administration to designate NSF, the Department of Education, and the Smithsonian Institution as the three lead agencies for STEM eEducation, and the Smithsonian Institution as the three lead agencies for STEM educationeducation.

Today, as a private non-profit research and education organization, Keck is supported by both public funding sources and private philanthropy.

Celldance is a program supported by the ASCB Public Information Committee to promote public engagement and education in cell biology, as well as to help cell biologists develop their skills in video - based science communication and storytePublic Information Committee to promote public engagement and education in cell biology, as well as to help cell biologists develop their skills in video - based science communication and storytepublic engagement and education in cell biology, as well as to help cell biologists develop their skills in video - based science communication and storytelling.

Universities and other higher education institutions as well as public - and private - sector non-university research institutions and large research funding organisations support international researchers with postdoctoral jobs and fellowships.

Julie is also the creator of Cooking to Heal ™, an autism education and cooking class program that provides public education in cities across the country as well as in - home resources for parents who can not attend events and would like support as they are implementing diet from home.

Your gift will help PCOS Challenge, Inc. raise public awareness about Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and related conditions as well as support PCOS education, advocacy, health screenings and research.

Now that I'm a grown up and no longer have Back to School shopping I still like to celebrate the occasion just as a small symbol of my support for public education (I'm kidding of course).

Westmont, Illinois About Blog Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving quality of care and quality of life by funding patient support programs, clinical research as well as professional and public education.

About Blog The NWFA (The National Wood Flooring Association) provides training, technical schools, technical support, education and networking to the wood flooring industry as well as the general public.

The Seattle Film Critics Society (hereafter, «SFCS») is an association of professional reviewers working in concert to facilitate a community that supports local productions and festivals, that enhances public education, awareness, and appreciation of cinema, and strengthens the bonds of critical dialogue as it pertains to the cinematic arts.

The Seattle Film Critics Society is dedicated to supporting local productions and festivals, enhancing public education, awareness, and appreciation of cinema, and strengthening the bonds of critical dialogue as it pertains to the cinematic arts.

We therefore, reaffirm education as a public good and reject calls for increased privatisation or commercialisation in education, including any support for low fee private schools and for - profit universities.

But you can have success as a Title 1 teacher, he says — three - quarters of projects on DonorsChoose.org are funded by donors the teachers don't know — often corporations or people visiting the site to support public education.

In this half - hour discussion with attendees at Education Week's Leaders To Learn From event in Washington, Janice K. Jackson, discusses her work to support principals and build community trust as CEO of Chicago Public Schools.

As noted above, the public as a whole expresses strong support for increasing or at least maintaining current spending levels on public educatioAs noted above, the public as a whole expresses strong support for increasing or at least maintaining current spending levels on public educatioas a whole expresses strong support for increasing or at least maintaining current spending levels on public education.

Even as public support for charter schooling has steadily increased over time (according to the 2015 Education Next poll the public supported charters by 47 % to 19 %), the media is filled with one charged charter debate after another.

PDK is thus clearly suggesting to respondents that people who support public education — as most Americans do — can not at the same time support vouchers.