Sentences with phrase «who focus on education»

This policy helps ensure that the rankings serve as something of an apples - to - apples comparison among scholars who focus on education.

It probably helps to explain just how some of our impact entrepreneurs who focus on education could spend the money raised from the 5cent campaign.

We also interviewed Rodney Carroll, a union organizer; Yasmin Cornelius, the young and dynamic district manager of the local community board; Cynthia Doty, an intelligent district leader and former legislative aide, is the only non African - American candidate in this predominantly Central Harlem District, and Woody Henderson, a cable TV host and associate of Al Sharpton, who focuses on education and housing issues;

«I think what the city electorate wants and needs is a centrist leader who focuses on education and on growing the economy.

Long is an economist who focuses on education with an emphasis on the transition from high school to higher education and beyond.

Scott Sterling is a former English teacher who worked in Title I middle and high schools in St. Petersburg, Florida who is now a freelance writer who focuses on education.

CP's founder, businessman Trey Traviesa, is a former state lawmaker who focused on education policy.

«There are two issues,» said Ryan Anderson, a fiscal and policy analyst at the Legislative Analyst Office who focuses on education budget matters.

Not exact matches

While many young entrepreneurs who win venture - capital cash end up ditching their education to focus on their businesses full time, Banerjee says he won't take that path.

In fact, it's taxing the nation's future entrepreneurs, educators, and scientists, who are increasingly focused on societal benefits but can't afford to pay for their education out of pocket.

if you're from the US like i am, please move far, far away so those who believe in the first amendment and support all people the freedom to believe and live as they choose so we can focus on real issues like the economy, education, and ending oppression / slavery throughout the world.

But the impressive roster of scholars, journalists, and editors takes a broader survey of the landscape than Bloom, who focused on higher education.

Those who care about theological education need to give seminaries all the help they can to focus on their principal job: preparing theologically literate ministers for the 21st century.

Right now the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada is conducting a major study of the public character of theological education, with a special focus on how seminaries can educate leaders who take their public role seriously.

To support our efforts to bring food education to our nonprofit partner network, 412 Food Rescue has developed Clean Plate Cooking Classes, an employee engagement program for our corporate and business partners who are interested in team building activities focused on healthy, zero - waste cooking.

This focus on father - inclusive antental education stems mainly from a Sure Start study carried out in 2005 (as part of a project involving the Fatherhood Institute and a team from Bristol University), which focused on the experiences of 23 young black fathers who attended antenatal services.

I am hoping to have a progressive home and raise my daughter to be open and aware, but I do not think I will allow someone elses child into my home to possibly infect or abuse my daughter... He could certainly be a great guy, or he could not be... He could be a bad guy who could change my daughter by hurting her in many different ways... Sex is sex, but another human being being raised by some one you do not know could potentially be harmful... Even if I know the other childs mother or father... the other child could be not so good at heart... I will just raise my child to focus on herself and her future and her education and wants, needs, likes, and dislikes before jumping in the bed with some body who could hit her, impregnat her, or give her an STD: S

Research has shown that teens who take a gap year benefit from having a fresh perspective and an energized focus on their education when they start college.

Paul Tough is a writer who's been focusing on education for some time now.

We later met all of the founders of LLL, who told us that if they hadn't been so overwhelmed with focusing just on breastfeeding education and support, they would have loved to do what we were doing: focusing on parent education.

On the other side are educators who say a more competitive, focused and accountable education system will lift kids out of poverty by giving them a ticket to college and the middle class.

State education officials said there has been an increased focus on providing fresh fruits and vegetables in student lunches, as the state noted a significant increase in the past decade in the number of students who require meals at school.

Women who planned an epidural didn't see a need for childbirth education classes that focused on natural birth techniques.

«Past studies have looked at the effects of differential parenting on the children who get more negative feedback, but our study focused on this as a dynamic operating at two levels of the family system: one that affects all children in the family as well as being specific to the child at the receiving end of the negativity,» explains Jennifer M. Jenkins, Atkinson Chair of Early Child Development and Education at the University of Toronto, who led the team.

Based on data derived from the most recent NARM job analysis, midwife members who self - identified as «of color» will be invited to participate in focus groups to explore facilitators and barriers that they have experienced with respect to access to midwifery education, and as practitioners.

Passionate about his country and committed to building an enduring legacy, President Mahama who is inspired by such heroes as Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Mahatma Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and Prof. John Evans Attah Mills revealed that his vision from inception was to focus on five areas: Electricity, Education, Water, stabilizing the economy as well as restoring social and economic infrastructure.

Indeed, although Clinton's political ambitions were clear to many who knew him, the documentary neglects Clinton's higher education and its incubation of his political desires to focus on his more formative high school years.

Our focus should be on reaching those who would thrive in higher education, but for whom it simply isn't an option - as they don't have the resources to realistically enter it.

«That's the message sent loud and clear yesterday by thousands of parents across New York who rose up against a top - down, one - size fits all approach to education that focuses on the over-utilization of high stakes Common Core standardized tests and refused to have their children be any part of this culture of testing.»

It also reorganised secondary education into two basic types: grammar schools, which focused on academic studies, with the assumption that many of their pupils would go on to higher education; and secondary modern schools, which were intended for children who would be going into trades, and which therefore concentrated on basic and vocational skills.

Republican Assemblyman Jim Tedisco of the 112th district believes that every legislator and the governor will focus on turning the economy around»... and the fortunes of our constituents in terms of jobs, economic expansion for small businesses, keeping our young people who get great educations in New York State IN New York State and stopping that «brain drain.»

In this Focus on Education report, WBFO's Eileen Buckley reports on students who have been attending a five - week summer school program to gain skills necessary to head to college this fall.

But the atmosphere was cordial between them and Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia, who has been on the job for just over half a year, and who has focused on easing tensions stirred up by her predecessor, and Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Larry Levy, who leads the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, said Long Island voters typically focus on issues of education and taxes.

WBFO's Focus on Education reporter Eileen Buckley met with one of those students who was enrolled in the Hillside Work - Scholarship Connection program.

WBFO»S Focus on Education Reporter Eileen Buckley spoke with the student, who created a powerful self - portrait in his art class displaying the strife he left behind in his home country and the difficulties he experienced while living in Buffalo.

In this Focus on Education report WBFO»S Eileen Buckley talks with Buffalo News Education reporter Sandra Tan who traveled to Brooklyn to learn about a teaching model for English Language Learners.

There were several education - focused groups not associated with charter schools or unions who spent significant money on lobbying last year.

As part of our Focus on Education reporting, WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley discussed the survey with Buffalo News education reporter Mary Pasciak, who helped compile an extensive online voter guide to help inform city voters about the caEducation reporting, WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley discussed the survey with Buffalo News education reporter Mary Pasciak, who helped compile an extensive online voter guide to help inform city voters about the caeducation reporter Mary Pasciak, who helped compile an extensive online voter guide to help inform city voters about the candidates.

In this Focus on Education interview, WBFO»S Eileen Buckley talked with two concerned citizens who are fighting for a voice when it comes to resolving the city's educatioEducation interview, WBFO»S Eileen Buckley talked with two concerned citizens who are fighting for a voice when it comes to resolving the city's educationeducation crisis.

I thought there were good ideas,» said Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who applauded Quinn's focus on early education and the need for more and higher - quality affordable housing units.

Before that, he was a deputy mayor under Mayor Michael Bloomberg who was focused on education.

WHEREAS, research shows that women are substantially less likely to self - select or be recruited for elective office, this gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time and that qualified female candidates who are equally or more qualified than men are often seen as less qualified or less viable than male candidates; and WHEREAS, research confirms that the presence of more women in a governing body leads to greater transparency and a focus on progressive policies such as closing the funding and achievement gaps in education, closing gaps or loopholes in contraception coverage and affordable health care, closing the wage gap, and removing obstacles that contribute to poverty of women & children; and

Beloin - Saavedra, who focused her campaign on education issues and lost an August primary to Gerratana, said Tuesday night she has no regrets about running.

Guerriero, who lives on the Lower East Side and teaches education and politics at Columbia University and NYU, said she would focus on schools and small business.

As part of our Focus on Education reporting, WBFO's Eileen Buckley spoke with St. Bona president Sister Margaret Carney who talked about the school's three - day Centennial conference taking placelater this month.

Von Behr, who has a master's degree in social research — his master's work focused on the history of technology — recently set up his own knowledge brokering consultancy, behr outcomes, aimed at the education and cultural heritage sectors.

High school students who take part in pre-college programs that focus on science are much more likely to pursue higher education and, eventually, careers in science, technology, engineering and medicine — the STEM disciplines.

«Pre-college science programs lead to more science majors: Students who participate in pre-college programs that focus on science more likely to pursue education, careers in STEM.»

«We appeal both to politicians, who make educational laws that are increasingly more focused on instrumental subjects, and to teachers, who are the final link in the chain and teach Physical Education day after day.