The USA is a nation that values education and hard work, and is driven by a culture of achievement and tenacity.
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"If the government truly values education they must make sure that students receive adequate levels of financial support", said Mr Burns.
In too many ways, the emphasis of higher education in general has become one of reputation building, not values or education.
With the continuous social, climate and other changes of our planet, UNESCO invests in timeless values: education, scientific research and cultural diversity, thus laying the foundations for peaceful coexistence and sustainable development.
" Exploring Synergies between Faith Values and Education for Sustainable Development" by the UNESCO Chair on Education for Sustainable Development (2012) The Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development and the University of Peace (Costa Rica).
'Our joint bid reflects the aim of Fifa and the United Nations of using sport as a tool in bringing nations together, promoting the values of education, health, peace and development, ' said a communique jointly issued by both federations.
Shared values-based education is what starts the drumbeat for a movement and sets the pace towards progress.
Normative Values in Adult Education and their Contemporary Relevance: The James A Draper Lecture, 2009, International Institute of Adult and Lifelong Education, Delhi, p. 22.
Although valuable and quite extensive contributions to pupils' understanding of spiritual values are made in religious education, Welsh, English, history and art, the provision for collective worship does not provide a context in which pupils' own spiritual awareness can be consistently nurtured.
Do we want people returning who have learned only to hone the tricks of the trade, or do we want people coming back to our neighborhoods who have had a chance to learn the kind of analytical skills and be exposed to the ethical values that a liberal arts education is able to impart?
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Only teachers who are well trained, can provide quality education and promote the values of citizenship, peace and intercultural dialogue.
Both Ministers of State for Human Resource Development, Shashi Tharoor and Jitin Prasada, stressed the importance of empowering youth with education, skills and values to cope with unprecedented changes taking place in all spheres of life and build knowledge societies.
In her intervention, Irina Bokova explored the main lessons learned since 2000 in taking forward the MDG and Education for All, and highlighted the need for quality, equity and values to lie at the heart of the post-2015 global education agenda.
Together, let us deepen our commitment to the common values of inclusion and social acceptance, education and understanding.
In this sense, the Confucian ethic on education undermines its paramount familialistic values.
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Signature programmes include Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a global data base and report card on MBA business education, and the Corporate Values Strategy Group, a forum for business leaders to promote change in policy and business practice in pursuit of long-term value creation.
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Main topic of this regional forum was the role of universities and higher education in promoting and integrating cultural values, peace and humanism in South-East Europe, where most countries are facing social and political transformations.
Increased acquisition by individuals and families of the knowledge, skills, and values required for better living made available through all education channels, including mass media.
The idea of a Blank Slate has distorted our values in child rearing, sentencing, politics and education, he says, and we have nothing to fear from the idea that we are shaped to some extent by our genes, only a more realistic understanding of what it means to be human.
The vanguard of efforts to change basic values could be reforms of the civil service and the education system.
Several price indices point to stabilising house values, which should buoy up property-tax revenues and education budgets.
Integrate into formal education and life-long learning the knowledge, values, and skills needed for a sustainable way of life.
That means if you live in a well-off neighborhood, you're likely to see thousands more dollars being spent on education in that district than in districts where the property values are much lower.
The United Nations Decade for Sustainable Development (2004-2014), for which UNESCO is the lead coordinator, seeks to integrate the values, principles, and practices of ESD into all aspects of education and learning in order to address the social, cultural and environmental challenges we face today.
UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: Education for Sustainable Development
For a sustainable future, we need an education system that promotes an appreciation of the environment, the values of peace, goodwill, tolerance, intercultural understanding and respect.
UNESCO: Speech by Hon Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin During the 184th UNESCO Executive Board Meeting,
It was at that moment when I realized I wanted to put my time, my education, and my energy into work more closely aligned with my values.
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Education reforms are also necessary if there is to be a reorientation of social values.
Bush, on his fourth trip to Missouri this year, also said that he and Talent have similar values, and that the youthful-looking 46-year-old would back his education programs, vote to make tax relief permanent and back his homeland security bill -- one of the measures Bush most wanted to have in place before the Congressional recess.
"The government recognises that religious education has a distinctive and unique contribution to play in teaching children about the beliefs and values underpinning our understanding of ourselves and what is right and wrong, our sense of belonging and respect for each other, " she said.
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