Sentences with phrase «teach the nation about»

«I very much would like for education writers to use your role as teachers, to teach the nation about the ways racism continues to contaminate colleges and universities,» he said.

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Peoples» attention has been distracted into speculation about of how they might get rich in a parallel universe that might exist in theory — if one accepts the narrow - minded assumptions that are being taught — but whose most important real - world consequence is to impose a debt spiral on America and other nations.

When Santorum or Rick Perry was the nominee it was all about social issues and bringing us back to being a «Christian nation» in good standing with God for the Republicans, we heard a never ending drumbeat about abortion, prayer in schools, teaching creationism, and trying to end funding for planned parenthood, even stopping the funding of birth control.

Christians do not then force others to believe anything, but rather go to their homes as Jesus commanded his genuine disciples to do, seeking to discuss, reason and hopefully teach them about our Creator, Jehovah God and his kingdom, for Jesus said just before he ascended to heaven: «Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations... teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you.»

159:4.9 «But the greatest error of the teaching about the Scriptures is the doctrine of their being sealed books of mystery and wisdom which only the wise minds of the nation dare to interpret.

The number of Muslims in every nation that were globally pointed out might be correct, but the question here is, whether these numbers of Muslims are aware well about the teachings of Islam in the right way with out extremism?

Second, because I teach at a very large secular state university, one of the largest in the nation in one of the largest states, with a growing multicultural population, I am constantly required to think about religion (and what my own Christian faith means) in a pluralistic setting.

Even when there is no intent, subconscious or otherwise, to teach ethnocentrism and prejudice in our nation - state systems, the presentation of news (e.g. of damage done to people by earthquakes, avalanches, or wars) about distant peoples in a context of passive entertainment and commercial announcements as typically happens In western TV, radio and press fosters indifference.

How can these politicians believe that god uses them for his will... there are many out there that actually believe that god is using the U.S. to bring about his will... example... world peace... that is such a lie and makes no sense... the bible teaches that only gods kingdom will bring peace and security to humanity... no nation will bring about his will... much less currupt war mongering politicians... all nations left and right wingers or whatever will be crushed!!!!

He cites the role of the Bible in teaching literacy; Charles Finney's conversion, brought about by his study of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws; and an 1892 Supreme Court opinion, Church of the Holy Trinity v. U.S., which stated, «This is a Christian nation.»

Though the United States is defined as a «Christian» nation, this Mia Love said truthfully that «Americans care about jobs, the economy; they care about the debt and deficit spending», but not what the Bible really teaches about involvement in the political arena, with Mormons included.

«At the end of the day, it's about physical dimensions,» his father Kevin Knox Sr., an assistant coach with Each 1 Teach 1, told SB Nation.

It's also a great time to teach your child about history and some of the nation's greatest leaders!

At 11 a.m., NYS Schools Chancellor Betty Rosa, state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and other educators announce the first - in - nation curriculum materials to teach children about sepsis prevention, P.S. 150, 40 - 01 43rd Ave., Queens.

They recruited 449 undergraduate students and gave each of them a choice of donating $ 100 to one of two real but little - known charities: Kids Korps USA, «a nonprofit organization that engages young people in volunteerism and teaches them about leadership and civic responsibility,» or charity: water, «a nonprofit organization that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.»

A favorable PERB ruling would bring all of UC's nearly 6000 postdocs — about 10 % of the nation's total — into an international union that has already organized the UC system's 12,000 graduate teaching assistants, readers, and tutors into the Association of Graduate Student Employees / UAW.

We've seen a significant difference in the quality of teaching between the South and the Midlands and the North, a significant difference in terms of the quality of leadership, and we need to worry about this as a nation.

«We need the president of the United States to say that we need to teach our children about food and the consequences of their choices,» Waters told an audience gathered at the August 2008 Slow Food Nation conference.

The Project on the Next Generation of Teachers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is a multi-year research project addressing critical questions about the future of our nation's teaching force by studying how best to attract, support, and retain quality teachers in U.S. public schools.

This research is part of the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, a multi-year research project addressing critical questions about the future of our nation's teaching force by studying how best to attract, support, and retain quality teachers in U.S. public schools.

National histories are traditionally introspective and teach little about linkages between the nations.

About Project on the Next Generation of Teachers: Based at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers is a multiyear research project that addresses critical questions regarding the future of our nation's teaching force.

We have to do better in teaching our children about our nation and its government.

The arts need a voice in power, say people in the field, someone in the corridors of influence to argue the benefits of teaching the nation's students about classical and jazz music, ballet, and sculpture.

For two nations that border each other and have a shared history, certainly in the border states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, American schools teach remarkably little about our neighbor to the South.

Are you involved in teaching about Latin America in the U. S. or vice versa, teaching about the U. S. in Latin American nations?

Tripod has become one of the nation's leading provider of classroom - level survey assessments for K - 12 education, delivering valuable insights about teaching practices, student engagement, and school climate.

But there is much Finland can teach America's reformers, and the rest of the world, about what outside of testing and rigid modes of management and assessment can make a nation's schools truly excellent.

ARLINGTON, Va. — Speaking about OECD's release today of the Teaching and Learning International Study (TALIS), Ron Thorpe, president and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, praised the results of the study: «Teachers across the nation have confirmed that professional development is too often disconnected from what teachers do every day in the classroom.

[/ quote] Though the uneven racial dynamics between teachers and students have enlivened conversations about the critical importance of a diverse teaching profession, these discussions have yet to galvanize an interest in understanding the institutions and teacher education programs that prepare the future teachers of color in our nation.

Through these and other programs, the public puts $ 500,000 behind each resident, and about 115,000 residents are trained in the nation's 1,000 teaching hospitals every year.

Learning in the 21st Century is about moving beyond teaching facts and more fully integrating complex thinking into our nation's classrooms.

«The rapid advance of technology and the very different way teachers approach teaching today, along with the almost simultaneous [aging] of the nation's education infrastructure, is creating a tremendous need to rebuild schools — yet school officials have very little knowledge about what education will look like 10 or 20 years from now.»

Moreover, many of these same policy makers justify increasing instructional time as part of the international education arms race while ignoring the fact that teachers in nations such as South Korea and Singapore only actually teach about 35 % of their work day compared to 80 % in the U.S. (Wei et al., 2009).

The Civics Education Initiative is a first step to ensure all students are taught basic civics about how our government works, and who we are as a nation... things every student must learn to be ready for active, engaged citizenship.

Describes the School Administration Manager process or «SAM process,» an approach that about 700 schools around the nation are using to direct more of principals» time and effort to improve teaching and learning in classrooms.

I write for The Nation and Slate, and I'm working on a book about the history of public school teaching.

Because of the increasing need for international cooperation, schools should teach about the United Nations, including the principles embodied in the United Nations charter.

I'm talking, of course, about the huge number of Teach for America alumni who are even now applying to the nation's top law schools.

«We've seen a significant difference in the quality of teaching between the South and the Midlands and the North, a significant difference in terms of the quality of leadership... and we need to worry about this as a nation,» he said.

TFA will contribute only about 9,300 corps members to the nation's schools in the coming school year; even if every graduate of a selective college entered teaching — and some would surely be terrible teachers — we'd still have a shortage.

Teach students about our nation's leaders this month by incorporating history into all aspects of your classroom.

The Education Technology Board is comprised of respected and influential connected educators and edtech specialists who are passionate about education technology and have their fingers on the pulse of which apps, teaching tools and web site resources are most popular with educators and school districts across the nation.

Regardless of teachers» opinions about OSPI, their union, or non-profits, we are in a unique situation in this state where teaching and teacher leadership is supported unlike anywhere else across the nation.

A revised and expanded teacher's guide from the Wisconsin Historical Society Press will help teachers fulfill the requirement of teaching about Wisconsin's American Indian nations and tribal communities.

Damon cites the teaching of the civil rights movement as an opportunity to teach students to be citizens who think critically about their nation but who also have a civic purpose.

The Wisconsin American Indian Education Act (Act 31) requires schools to teach about the history, culture, and tribal sovereignty of Wisconsin's American Indian nations and tribal communities.

This website is a collection of authentic and accurate resources for teaching about Wisconsin's Native Nations.

She handed out two passages, one about Eliza Scidmore, a writer and explorer whose idea it was to plant cherry blossom trees around the nation's capital, and another about George Washington Carver, an African - American botanist born into slavery who taught poor farmers how to grow alternative crops to cotton.

By teaching your students about the terms «veteran» and «sacrifice» you will be instilling pride for our nation's military in the next generation.