Sentences with phrase «while faith schools»

Despite Britain's multi-faith society, schools are still required to include a collective act of worship of a Christian nature, while faith schools and religious academies have raised fears about community cohesion and covert selection.

Not exact matches

He says spiritual mentors like a Sunday school teacher in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and some of his Redskins players helped him get back on track with a deeper, more meaningful Christian faith even while the struggles were at their worst.

Robert moved to North Carolina to pursue school at Duke, and while searching for a new church and faith tradition, Robert found Durham Friends Meeting and the Conservative Quaker tradition.

Faith schools have often been in the news and while some people support them, others want them closed down.

Just 20 per cent of respondents said they agreed that new state - funded state schools should be allowed to select up to 100 per cent of their pupils on the basis of faith while 79 per cent of Anglicans opposed the new selection proposals.

Ireson explained that Christian schools must learn to keep their «faith flavour» while still meeting requirements.

While in grad school, I ran across the author Henri Nouwen, who articulated the tension — or paradox — of faith as well as anyone I have read.

One witch tells of discovering her faith while she was at a church school.

PR insured that political parties would be represented according to their actual popular support, while the educational reforms guaranteed funding for all schools, even those with overt faith commitments.

While we acknowledge it is an additional financial burden to our family to select a private school, we believe a faith - based education leads to greater development of their faith, wisdom and spirit.

I have faith that together, collectively, we can find a way to feed our kids lunch while in school.

While in favour of Muslim faith schools and same - sex marriage, he advocates banning the Burka.

BHA Faith Schools Campaigner Richy Thompson commented, «We will continue to campaign for this information to be published, as while we are not opposed to Free Schools, we do have concerns around the diversity of religious and pseudoscientific Free Schools which are being backed to open by the Government, and believe there therefore needs to be more transparency in the approval process.»

«While the nation is still nursing the wounds of the abduction of Chibok girls, the Islamists abducted another set of school girls in Dapchi and released over 100 of them who professed Islam as their religion and retained in captivity Leah Sharibu on account of her Christian faith.

Labour gave with one hand, praising the role of faith groups in civil society and extending faith involvement in schools, while also coming to blows over adoption agencies and Alistair Campbell's infamous avoidance of religion.

If the Government continues to increase the number and type of «faith» schools and while failing to take action, so will their children and their children's children.»

Read the previous press release, «Full judgement published in Richmond Catholic schools judicial review»: http://humanism.org.uk/2012/12/14/full-judgement-published-in-richmond-catholic-schools-judicial-review/ Read the previous press release, «Vince Cable accuses Michael Gove's officials of breaking Coalition Agreement on «faith» school admissions»: http://www.humanism.org.uk/news/view/1150 A survey by the Accord Coalition published on 12 November found that 73 % of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that «state funded schools should not be allowed to select or discriminate against prospective pupils on religious grounds in their admissions policy», while only 18 % disagreed.

While some have taken notice of Mr. Astorino's anti-common core platform, a simple scratch beneath the surface reveals a candidate who puts all his faith in charter schools and would further decimate schools through a reduction of state aid.

While I was extremely ready to move for school and had absolute faith in my friendships at home, I knew that there would be a shift in culture, but I really wasn't prepared to make brand new friends.

While in school, he was an active member of the Catholic Newman Club, a popular Catholic club, and had a strong social network based on faith — but, as an adult, he had fewer avenues to meet single women who shared his beliefs and values.

This conveys to students that you have faith that they're trying to be cooperative in school, while you're also enforcing the rule.

Whereas educators in public schools are asked to teach character, perseverance, empathy, and tolerance while carefully steering clear of any faith - based underpinnings that have historically justified them, religious schools are free to teach morality unapologetically.

Like all schools, there are students and staff who are more devoted to their faith, while others are less so.

While students in Catholic schools (the most common form of private education) and secular private schools are more politically tolerant than students in assigned public schools, the 2 percent of America's students in other religious schools - an amalgam of schools sponsored by many different faiths - score lower on the political tolerance index.

Third, while making a legal case against the inclusion of faith - based schools, Markell wrote that «the government should not be in the business of funding programs or institutions that promote one religion over all others.»

While Cristo Rey Schools provide a Catholic college preparatory education for their students, students of every faith are welcome to attend Cristo Rey Schools.

Speaking in London, while also announcing plans to open new grammar schools, May said the 50 per cent cap was an obstacle that was stopping more good faith schools opening and said that the government should «confidently promote» the role that faith schools play in a diverse school system.

The study also highlighted that Catholic primary schools were particularly socially selective, choosing pupils purely on the basis of faith, while Church of England schools included a quota of pupils from non-religious families.

While teacher unions acknowledge this situation, they accept no responsibility for the loss of faith in our schools.

Faith - based schools, they assume, are in the business of «indoctrinating» their pupils, while public schools are by definition committed to critical thinking and to the emancipation of their pupils» minds from the darkness of received opinions, even those of their own parents.

Some respondents believed this would make governance difficult, as one faith school «might have overall control», while others requested that a non-faith school be included in any such trust.

For example, some prepared Thanksgiving word search puzzles may have religious references or references to Native Americans that do not fit your district policy, while faith - based schools may wish to emphasize the Christian origins of Thanksgiving.

The free school was put in special measures after the inspection, which found students showed «a lack of respect and tolerance towards those of different faiths, cultures or communities», while safeguarding procedures, recruitment processes and academic progress in writing skills were also insufficient.

Theresa May has claimed the existing cap is failing in its original ambition — to make faith schools more diverse — and that it is also preventing some religions, like the Catholic church, from opening more schools as they refuse to turn away Catholic pupils on the basis of faith and so will not open schools while the cap exists.

While charter school advocates say the practice often reflects no more than smart budgeting, some educators and others question whether the schools receive the proper oversight to ensure that religious groups are not benefiting from taxpayer dollars intended for public school students — or that faith - based instruction is not entering those classrooms.

Alison Ryan, education policy adviser at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said: «While many state faith schools are excellent schools, with mixed pupil intakes, some voluntary aided schools, whether intentionally or not, are less diverse ethnically and have fewer disadvantaged pupils because of the faith criteria they use in their admissions policies.

While it is true that some of our schools have a large proportion of pupils from other faiths (across England, 30 per cent of our pupils are either not Catholic or non-religious) the primary role of a Catholic school is to provide a Catholic Christian education.

Sen. Gloria Romero, who sponsored the parent - trigger law and ran for state schools chief four years ago, said that while she disapproves of Torlakson's allegiance to the California Teachers Association, she has more faith in him at this point than the untested Tuck.

The Obama administration is helping communities take the leap of faith through incentives like Stronger Together, which would offer grants to help districts create and implement strong voluntary, community - developed plans to increase socioeconomic diversity in their schools while improving student achievement.

The government plans to spend # 50 million a year expanding existing grammar schools and also hopes to allow other schools to select based on ability, while also introducing a raft of measures to make it easier for new faith schools to open, and force universities and private schools to play a bigger role in the running of local schools.

A faith - based community, the school focuses on academic excellence, while ensuring the dignity of each individual.

Around # 50 million a year is expected to be spent on the expansion plans while the government will also introduce new measures making it easier for new faith schools to open, and force universities and private schools to play a bigger role in the running of local schools.

The office also unveiled a new brand identity for Catholic schools: Faith - Based, Future - Focused, which summarizes our dual mission of building men and women of strong faith and moral character, while also honing the intellectual abilities that will set them on the path for lifelong sucFaith - Based, Future - Focused, which summarizes our dual mission of building men and women of strong faith and moral character, while also honing the intellectual abilities that will set them on the path for lifelong sucfaith and moral character, while also honing the intellectual abilities that will set them on the path for lifelong success.

According to Concordia's mission statement, the school is committed to providing a challenging, supportive, and faith - based learning environment, which emphasizes justice, compassion, and moral integrity; and while the school maintains a Christian focus, students of any background are welcome, and diversity is encouraged.

While a Catholic school in tradition and teaching, we welcome families and students of all faiths.

While education and personal development is taught through the lens of the Catholic faith, families of all faiths and traditions are welcome and encouraged to attend St. Catherine School.

After all, the federal, state, and local governments already works with faith - based operations to provide healthcare and other services — including $ 3 billion in federal dollars into Catholic Charities alone — while Centrist Democrat and progressive school reformers are more than happy to back charters, which are operated by nonprofit and even for - profit organizations, and support federal and state student aid (which flows into private and parochial universities).

For the better part of eight years I have in full faith sent my children off to their wonderful schools and teachers in anticipation of all that they would learn and participate in while under their care.

Inspired by snapshots that Noah Davis» mother, Faith Childs - Davis, took while attending South Shore High School in Chicago and during the years following, the works included in 1975 Paintings capture scenes of the city's South Side and Faith's travels to California and abroad.

Even in Péladan's time two schools of thought existed, artists such as Jean - Auguste - Dominique Ingres thought, «To create a work of art one must have a certain elevation of soul and faith in God,» 1 while Gustave Courbet discouraged young painters from using mystical, religious, and Christian subject matter, advocating that painting should represent what the artists can observe, not the invisible and nonexistent.