Sentences with phrase «ideas education majors»

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As part of its 7 Days of Genius Festival, a weeklong series of panel discussions and talks kicking off March 1, New York City's 92nd Street Y is launching its first Genius Startup Competition, a contest that's intended to unearth big ideas that can have a major impact in fields such as education, energy, sustainability, and other industries that are poised to address the world's most pressing problems.

By the fourth century B.C., Athenian culture had become self - conseious about its ideal of both culture and education — or, more exactly, about education as «culturing» the young.10 At that point Plato introduced the first major modification in the idea (though, as it turned out, not the practice) of paideia.

It was the governor's longest State of the State address so far — by about a minute — and, according to Tom Precious, of The Buffalo News, «offered a toned - down plate of major spending ideas,» and «made no bold pronouncements for historic spending initiatives, as Cuomo did last year with promises for record education funding from Albany.»

«This is a major step backwards, a retrograde step for any idea of getting a scientifically literate population in the future,» says Neville Reed, the society's education officer for schools.

If you're completely new to the idea of student voice, Imagine Education has a good primer on the overall concept, and the 4 major steps toward making student voice work.

But when policy intervenes to reshape the teacher's priorities, it is invariably on behalf of the laggards, for they are the beneficiaries of major governmental efforts — such as NCLB and IDEA — to advance the education of youngsters who face difficulties and to reward schools and teachers that accomplish this.

Even though the education world has changed around it — as have technology, mobility, fiscal conditions, demographics, and so much more — it remains essentially stuck where it was in 1975 when the first major national law in this realm (now known as the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act or IDEA) waeducation world has changed around it — as have technology, mobility, fiscal conditions, demographics, and so much more — it remains essentially stuck where it was in 1975 when the first major national law in this realm (now known as the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act or IDEA) waEducation Act or IDEA) was passed.

The kind of use value for education that I think he prefers refers to ideas, knowledge, self - development — very different from the kind of «use value» that has made business our largest undergraduate major.

The idea that we would pass a major piece of legislation about education and, in effect, shovel money into states and say «Do with it what you want», and not have some accountability for how that money is spent, I think, is appalling.

TFA's underlying idea is that many smart, accomplished college graduates would make significant contributions to public education - if it weren't for the fact that they must have majored in education or be willing to spend one to two more years (and significantly more in tuition) earning a master's in education in order to get certified.

Kantor (1991) also noted that one of the major fears with ESEA was the idea that local education authorities would have little interest or initiative in using federal funds to support economically disadvantaged students.

That equity principle underlying ESEA was reaffirmed in the 1970s with the passage of major legislation aiding disabled students, later named the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

There are three major formula fund categories that traditionally account for the lion's share of federal education funding — Title I, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and education funding — Title I, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and Education Act (IDEA), and Title II.

IDEA is the major — but not sole — vehicle for providing education to students with disabilities.

No major network has yet committed to the series, but California kindergarten teacher and NEA member Patricia Raina did win an NBC essay contest with the idea, and she'll be heading east to take part in NBC's «Education Nation» teacher town hall this Sunday.

Its first major initiative in the education arena was an attempt to boost high school graduation rates by promoting the idea of smaller schools.

Committee lawmakers also signed off on a major charter reform bill, House Bill 779, that, among its provisions, gives charter operators the power to expand enrollment by up to 30 percent without requiring the approval of the state's charter office and the State Board of Education, an idea hotly criticized as reducing quality control measures in the state's booming charter sector.

Mayors» Report Card on Education Early in 2014, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings approached the Bush Institute with a unique, challenging idea: Create a scorecard for mayors to use in evaluating their cities» major school district.

No less than eight other major education programs are coming due for their own scheduled renewals, including those that provide federal support for students with disabilities (IDEA); career and technical education; early childhood learning (Head Start); and college affordability, access, and teacher training (Higher Educateducation programs are coming due for their own scheduled renewals, including those that provide federal support for students with disabilities (IDEA); career and technical education; early childhood learning (Head Start); and college affordability, access, and teacher training (Higher Educateducation; early childhood learning (Head Start); and college affordability, access, and teacher training (Higher EducationEducation Act).

Now I know the idea is that even if most of these first year teachers are pretty bad, if 1 % of them go on to become major players in education reform then having 10,000 will lead to 100 leaders while having 5,000 will only lead to 50 leaders.

A topic of major contention between liberals and conservatives education policy debates today revolves around the idea of teacher tenure and whether it is helping or hindering education reform.

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which provides the major source of federal funding to help school districts fund educational services to students with disabilities, the federal share of funding that Congress initially promised in 1975 is up to 40 percent of the average per pupil expenditure.

Ideas about developing the whole child with arts and music and addressing the major impact poverty has on a child's education lit up the twittersphere as advocates for education across the country live tweeted from the event.

«Leap Before You Look examines the college's critical role in shaping many major movements, and ideas in postwar art and education, including assemblage, contemporary dance and music, the New American Poetry, and the American studio craft movement — influences that can still be seen and felt today.»

With my experience and knowledge, I would like to bring a major change in the education system by contribution of innovative ideas in the process of teaching.